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Parks and Recreation Commission
Minutes
December 7, 2022
Council Chamber – 990 Palm Street
The City of San Luis Obispo has returned to in-person meetings. Zoom participation will not
be supported. For those attending in-person, City facilities will be at limited capacity and
masks are strongly recommended.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:
Public Comment prior to the meeting (must be received 3 hours in advance of the
meeting):
Mail - Delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Address letters to the City Clerk's
Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401.
Email - Submit Public Comments via email to advisorybodies@slocity.org. In
the body of your email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number
(if applicable). Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting.
Voicemail - Call (805) 781-7164 and leave a voicemail. Please state and spell your
name, the agenda item number you are calling about, and leave your comment.
Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. All voicemails will be forwarded to the
members and saved as Agenda Correspondence. Voicemails will not be played
during the meeting.
*All correspondence will be archived and distributed to members, however, submissions
received after the deadline will not be processed until the following day.
Public Comment during the meeting:
To provide public comment during the meeting, you must be present in the Council Hearing
Room, 990 Palm Street. The Parks and Recreation Department is located at 1341 Nipomo
Street, San Luis Obispo. If you have questions, contact the City Clerk's Office at
cityclerk@slocity.org or (805) 781-7100.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
5:30 p.m. REGULAR MEETING Council Chamber
990 Palm Street
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Robert Spector
ROLL CALL : Vice Chair Kari Howell, Commissioners Rick Blair, Kari Duperron, Kris
Roudebush, Adam Stowe, and Andrew Webber present.
PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, people may address the Committee about items not on the
agenda. Persons wishing to speak should come forward and state their name and address. Comments
are limited to three minutes per person. Items raised at this time are generally referred to staff and, if
action by the Committee is necessary, may be scheduled for a future meeting.
Trent Johnson - Speaking on Bike Park/Pump tracks. Aquatics program is great. Participated in the
LLP Little Bella’s program overview (mountain bike program for young girls). Has an interest in
locations for future pump tracks. Bike tracks and enhanced tracks are in the works. Director Avakian
provided an overview of the current plans in progress.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the Parks and Recreation Committee of November 2, 2022. Motion made by
Commissioner Stowe and seconded by Commissioner Blair to approve the November minutes.
Abstention by Kari Howell. Motion to approved and passed.
CONSENT ITEMS
NA
BUSINESS ITEMS
2. Update on Jack House Committee Transition to Parks and Recreation Commission
Oversight (Burger - 20 minutes)
Recommendation: Receive update regarding the recommendation and approval by City
Council of the roles and responsibilities of Jack House Committee being transferred to Parks
and Recreation Committee oversight. Discuss future timelines, roles, and responsibilities.
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Director Avakian provided an update to the Commission on the Jack House Committee and
overview of the City Council approval for transition of oversight to PRC. The Volunteer
Coordinator for the Parks and Recreation Department has been hired and will be starting in
January and in the future will come before the Commission for an introduction. Jack House
expanded programing and events discussed. A new liaison from the Committee will need to be
selected in January. Jack House ADA compliance and the Liaison role specifics will be
discussed in the future. The JHC docent president is a volunteer position.
3. Presentation on the Current City’s Capital Improvement Projects Supporting Parks and
Recreation Facilities (Avakian/Hyfield - 30 minutes)
Recommendation: Receive presentation on the currently approved and forecasted Public
Works Department Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) that support the improvements of the
Parks and Recreation Department managed parks and facilities. Review of CIP projects that
are not specific to the department or specific overview of the Parks and Recreation
Commission.
Staff presented a PowerPoint of examples of ongoing rotation of maintenance and repair
projects at a variety of city park location scheduled for 2023-2025 and additional playground
replacements planned for 2024-2027.
Director Avakian: 2026 is slated for Laguna Lake Park. 5 years is the forecast we project for
funding and money that is set aside for the Blueprint projects. Feb through March of this year
we can review those projects that are in the queue.
Commissioner Blair: Bathrooms at Sinsheimer stadium status. Needs to be addressed more
quickly.
Director Avakian: It is a much larger discussion than solely the bathrooms.
Chair Spector: Long term and short-term solutions should be addressed and added as a future
agenda item. Content could come in January.
4. Receive Department-wide Program Updates (Staff - 30 minutes)
a. Ranger Service, Project Status Updates, General Department-wide Updates
a. Fall weather preparation, trail construction work, encampment clean ups, flood
control, Righetti Hill Trail, Winter evening access, Mountain Lions. Park
Project status updates on LLP, Bike Park, Righetti, Emerson, Mitchell, N.
Broad and Cheng.
b. P&R Event trailer arrived. Will be looking for sponsorships and roll-out to the
community in the Spring 2023. Plans programs and activation Spring 2023.
b. Youth Services (Teacher Workday Camp, Minimum Day Care, Staffing), Jack House,
Community Services (Gardens, Senior Programs, Youth Sports), Public Art updates.
c. Aquatics (Challenges and General updates: Lifeguard recruitment, Aquatics Specialist
position is open/available, Operating hours, activity guide on the website. Golf
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(Operations and Maintenance updates, food vendor Zen Dog update, holiday hours),
Facilities (Rain closures, Citywide Special Events for the holiday season).
SUBCOMMITTEE LIAISON REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS
Subcommittee Liaison Reports (Chair - 15 minutes)
a. Adult and Senior Programming: Commissioner Blair
i. Hadley Clegg (Coordinator) is doing a great job and building enthusiasm and
encouraging activities in the community. New Social media class and Boomer
volleyball. The support from P&R for the Senior Center is great
b. Active Transportation Committee: Commissioner Webber
i. Very active. Goal monitoring program, recommendations for next year.
c. Jack House Committee: Vacant
d. Youth Sports Association: Commissioner Stowe
i. No updates. Field usage for adult soccer clarification.
Communication:
1. Commissioners Discuss Meeting Date for January 2023
a. January 4th is next scheduled meeting.
ADJOURNMENT at 7:15
To the Regular M eeting of the Parks and Recreation Committee as approved by the PRC to
Wednesday , January 4 , 2023, at 5:30 p.m. to be in-person at City Hall (990 Palm Street).
The City of San Luis Obispo wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this
agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability
who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participa te in a meeting should direct such request to the Parks
and Recreation Department at (805) 781-7300 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. Telecommunications Device
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Meeting audio recordings can be found at the following web address:
http://opengov.slocity.org/WebLink/1/fol/61014/Row1.aspx