{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION\nMINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETING\nDATE:\nThursday, September 12, 2019\nTIME:\n7:10 p.m. Called to Order\nPLACE:\nCity Hall Council Chambers\nA video recording of the meeting may be viewed at https:llalameda.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx\nThe following are action minutes in keeping with the Sunshine Ordinance 2-91.17.\nROLL CALL\nPresent: Chair Limoges, Vice Chair Alexander, Commissioner Robbins and Commissioner Barnes\nAbsent: Commissioner Navarro\nStaff: Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) Director Amy Wooldridge\nChair Limoges proposed to hear items 7-B and 7-C prior to 7-A. All Commissioners were in\nagreement.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nCommissioner Robbins moved to accept the minutes of June 13, 2019 Regular Meeting as presented.\nM/S Commissioner Robbins / Vice Chair Alexander. All in favor with a 3 ayes.\nWRITTEN AND ORAL COMUNICATIONS\nWritten Communication\nOral Communication\nREPORTS FROM THE RECREATION AND PARK DIRECTOR\nARPD Director Amy Wooldridge gave the report. (See Exhibit 1)\nREPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS\nCommissioner Robbins:\nAlex & Dennis did a great job again with the Annual Alameda Tennis Tournament with over\n156 entrants, largest yet this year. Very well organized with t-shirts and food available to\nparticipants/audience.\nGreat to see replacing of tennis court lights at.\nWhile at Sweeney park spoke with parents at the playground. They said this was the best\nkid's playground because their 9 year old and 5 year old had equipment to play with. They\noften go to Walnut Creek to Heather Farms for the kids to play because A) Heather Farms has\n3 levels / different playgrounds next to each other so their kids of different ages can play at\nlength and B) They have large plastic shade umbrella's for the parents to sit under while the\nkids play C) She said the one thing lacking at all of our parks for playgrounds is adequate\nshaded sitting for parents while their kids play.\nBike for the Parks is coming up, don't forget to sign up!\n1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 2, "text": "Commissioner Barnes:\nHappy families at Paden using the RAP program, including Kindergarten\nOther programs advertise at the Incoming Parent Orientation in January\nWent to Lincoln Park and its beautiful\nTimeline for new magnolia tree at Littlejohn Park\nExcited Woodstock Park playground will re-open soon\nRecreation and Park Commission float in next year's July 4th Parade\nVice Chair Alexander:\nTook the Alameda Walk to the USS Hornet.\nAttended Jackson Park community meeting. Very thoughtful meeting.\nAttended two Starlight in the Movies. Great event and would like to commend Shawn and his\nstaff.\nWent to Tillman Park to watch the t-shirt baseball league game. Staff was wonderful.\nTook a tour of the Corica Park South Course, well done.\nLincoln Park fence looks great.\nTook several trips to Krusi Park. When is building being demolished? Answer: Will get back to\nyou.\nHas any work been done on the Alameda Point Campground? Answer: Bringing the Master\nPlan process to the Commission in November.\nWould like to see an article at least once a month about ARPD in the Sun and Journal.\nChair Limoges:\nHas marched in the 4th of July parade for 7 years with the Alameda Backyard Growers.\nAttended Jackson Park meeting and was interested to hear level and variety of comments.\nAttended Annual City Swim Meet in August, fun event.\nTook a training with the City of Alameda about procedures and transparency and the Sunshine\nOrdinance.\nAttended the groundbreaking for the Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal\nAttended EBRPD meetings about banning the pesticide Roundup. Would like to see it\nagendized.\n7-B Presentation on Carnegie Innovation Hall and the adjoining Foster House by Michael Sturtz\nwhich included history, intended use of the space and design concept. See Exhibit 2.\n7-C Review Options and Provide Direction on a Jackson Park Natural Play Area.\nARPD Director Wooldridge gave the report which included the background, neighborhood\nmeeting compiled comments and presented ideas and cost effective options for natural play\nspace. See exhibit #3 for neighbors input.\nSpeakers\nGrace Rubenstein - Parent who lives on Park Ave. across from the park. Take all of\nthese issues - traffic, noise - very seriously. Would love to see a play area there if\ndone right. A huge benefit to knit the neighborhood closer together. Saw a small\ngathering area in Tahoe with seating and people gathered at night to talk. Improving\npathway should come first as well. Seating as a perimeter is a brilliant idea. Would\nvote for a little slide. Kids love slides.\n2", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 3, "text": "Gary Cates - Lives at 1250 Park Avenue since 1974 and is opposed to a playground.\nRead a letter that is included in public comment letters, exhibit #3.\nSteve Aced - Board of Alameda Architectural Preservation Society advocates that\nnatural environment be preserved and the addition of swings and slides is counter to\nthat. Keep is as originally intended.\nJim Lott - Live at 1193 Park Ave. across from the park. Opposed to the playground\nconcept. A precious, narrow green space. Playground isn't a good fit for it.\nLisa Klofkorn (handout attached) - Raised children in this neighborhood. A traditional\nplayground that's fenced in doesn't fit in this park. The busy streets, poor condition of\ntrees and asphalt all pose hazards. The survey heard by the Commission at previous\nmeeting is skewed and inaccurate. Sign in sheet didn't ask for addresses of those\nattending neighborhood meeting. It was apparent that several people attending are\nfrom outside the immediate neighborhood, such as on Crist St. Map attached that\nshows overwhelming opposition from immediate neighborhood.\nBetsy Mathieson - Lived at 1185 Park Ave. for 19 years. Cool green space grows more\nimportant as Alameda grows. Jackson Park used to have more gathering places, such\nas picnic tables. Some have been removed to discourage loitering. Hope to\nrecommend against installing a playground of any type. If do, it should be low profile,\nfree of nooks and crannies, and easy to inspect for hazardous trash such as needles. If\nwant a fenced playground, take kids to Edison playground, Lincoln or Krusi.\nCybelle Kelley-Whitley - Lives in neighborhood for over 19 years. Kids grew up riding\nscooters, playing ball. Against having a playground at the park for reasons stated\npreviously. Money should be spent on other issues, such as bandstand, trees, and\nsidewalks.\nDenise Nowicki - Lives on Park Ave. across from Jackson Park. People who live\nacross from park are most impacted and weren't included in original survey. Many uses\nduring the day - people sitting on lawns, picnicking at tables, moms' groups, dog\ntraining. People do value the park for what it is and what it was designed to be. Raised\ntheir daughter at that park and not every park needs to be like the others with the same\namenities. Ask to honor how Jackson Park is now.\nKevin Vinkiteswaran - Lives 5 blocks away with two small children. Like the focus on\nactivation of the park. More people using it more regularly would be good to discourage\nactivities that we don't want such as litter, people inebriated and sleeping on the grass.\nWants to go to a park that builds community of all ages. Thrilled with something more\nnatural to complement spirit of the park.\nCharlise Tiee - 2058 Park Ave. with small children. Parking is so difficult in the\nneighborhood and don't want to move the car so walk to Lincoln Park or Krusi Park but\nit's a long walk that takes a lot of time. Would love to take them to Jackson Park but\nthere's a homeless guy who sleeps in the park daily which is not most inviting thing.\nGreat need for us to have a playground. Lincoln Park was so crowded this summer.\nWould be great to take them somewhere safe and nice.\nAmanda LaThanh - Live on Park Ave. across from the big picnic bench. Thanks for\nideas on natural playground. A lot of parents can't be here who emailed and voiced\ntheir opinion. Don't want to make it so tiny that it isn't used. Like the idea of the large\nfrog since the park was originally dedicated to animals. Playground is great idea to\nactivate the park. We should value history and also value those who live today and\nwhat they are asking for. Advocate for more funding for lighting and pavement.\n3", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 4, "text": "Tim Martin - Lives on Bay Farm. Represent an Alamedan who comes to Park Street\nwith small children every Friday. When kids want to play, have to walk all the way to\nEdison and back, which is a long way. Don't park at the park but over near the high\nschool and would walk there. In other large cities, there are a lot of neighborhood parks\ndue to a mandate for walkable parks. Each serves young people and older people and\neveryone. Don't think giant swings are necessary but fun stuff for the kids, more than\nlogs and benches, is important.\nMisha Chellam - a lot of the comments opposing the play space are valid but not \"keep\nJackson Park Green\" because this is a small area going over an asphalt area so it\ndoesn't impact green area. A lot of people who live around the park want to keep it as\nis. As a neighborhood who lives a couple blocks away, feel that it's not that inviting.\nPhilosophical - whose park is it? Love the concept of seating that rings the area to\npromote community. Helps solve problem of kids going in different directions without a\ntall fence.\nClaire Mathieson - Lives across from the park and is reading correspondence on behalf\nof neighbors, the Lees. No interest in a playground. Have two small children who love\nopen space, climbing trees and would like better asphalt for riding bikes. Concerned\nabout health of trees. Play bocce or croquet on green space. No need for a play\nstructure. Not an appropriate use of funds with so much maintenance to consider.\nToni Grimm - Argues against a play structure in the park. Heard that want a place to\nplay and says you can do that right now the way the park is. When moved here in\n1976, had a young child who used the park throughout all ages of her childhood. What\nis overall vision for offering park throughout the city? Have a variety of experiences in\ndifferent parks. Older people who walk the park, walk dogs in a serene park.\nNeighbors across from the street are more impacted by what happens in the park.\nShould take that into consideration.\nJanet Magleby - Executive Director of Downtown Alameda Business Association.\nReally believe Jackson Park is in need of a face lift and like that it's being considered\nand budgeted. Association is excited about opportunity about beautiful, natural play\nspace because it's not cookie cutter and you can see minds and muscles being used in\nthis space. Imagination and climbing. Parents bringing families to Park Street is exactly\nwhy Association is interested in this play space. Jackson Park is a downtown gem and\nneed to connect it to downtown. So people can enjoy downtown and also go enjoy a\npeaceful park.\nScott Birmingham - Lives on San Jose and Broadway a couple blocks away. Feel\nthere's huge room for compromise. Think a small area that's designated for children\nthat's currently an asphalt slab doesn't affect huge portions of park that remain as grass\ngreen space areas for bocce and use. Like the ideas to keep it natural and designed\nwith benches around area.\nVice Chair Alexander motioned to accept Option 3 to build a small gathering place that is a natural\nplay area with lots of input from the community members.\nM/S Vice Chair Alexander / Commissioner Barnes. Motion carried by the following voice vote: Ayes:\nChair Limoges, Vice Chair Alexander and Commissioner Barnes - 1. Noes: Commissioner Robbins.\nCommissioner Barnes move to prioritize the deferred maintenance at Jackson Park including if\npossible, prioritizing Jackson Park's lighting replacement as highly as possible on the list and\n4", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 5, "text": "addressing the pavement issues as well.\nM/S Commissioner Barnes / Commissioner Robbins. Motion carried by the following voice vote: All in\nfavor with a 4 - 0.\nNEW BUSINESS\n7-A Presentation of Mastick Senior Center Annual Report\nJackie Krause, Recreation Manager gave the report which included stats on the membership\nand programs and information on travel opportunities, community collaborations, the Advisory\nBoard, budget, projects, volunteers and staff.\nITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA:\nFY 2019-2021 Final Budget Overview\nAnnual User Fee Schedule\nSET NEXT MEETING DATE: Thursday, October 10, 2019. Director Wooldridge suggested to change\nthe regular meeting due to the possible absence.\nADJOURNMENT\nM/S Vice Chair Alexander / Commissioner Robbins\nChair Limoges adjourned the meeting at 10:10PM.\n5", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 6, "text": "EXHIBIT 1\n09/12/19 ARPD Director's Report - Presented by Recreation and Park Director Amy\nWooldridge\nMastick Senior Center\nIncluded in Mastick Senior Center Annual Report\nParks Maintenance\nWelcome to our newest Parks Maintenance Gardener, Nigel Lewis.\nReplaced the historic fence at Lincoln Park which was damaged by a driver under the\ninfluence. The Alameda Architectural Preservation Society gave us accolades for doing\nquality work and accomplishing it quickly.\nInstalled a new drinking fountains at skate park, Washington Park and Lincoln Park\nRenovation with aeration, top-dress and seeding at Multi-purpose, Tillman, Harrington,\nBayport Fields.\nIvy along fence at Lincoln Park that's shared with neighbors was significant cut back. Also\ntrimmed and addressed all trees at Lincoln Park.\nSignificant landscape work done at Harrington Park by trimming down bushes.\nRecreation Services\nRecently hosted well received community events which included Starlight Movie in the Park,\nOpera in the Park and the 106th Annual City Tennis Tournament where there were 156 entries\nthis year.\nNational Coastal Cleanup at Shoreline Beach takes place on Saturday, September 21. Please\nget out and volunteer to clean your local environment. Events start at 9:00am.\nThe 4th Annual Bike for the Park event is Saturday, September 28. All proceeds directly benefit\nthe Alameda Recreation and Park Department. Details and registration at Friends of the Park\nFoundation, www.alamedaparks.org. It's a fantastic event with a supported 25-mile ride and\n8-mile family ride.\nTeen Haunted House will once again be presented by more than 70 Alameda teen volunteers\nwho envision and build the theme, props, and costumes. This is a fun and creative way for\nteens to earn community service hours and funds generated are designated for teen\nprograms.\nStaff is working to continually refresh programs to keep up with new trends, changing\npopulations, and finding ways to balance affordability for participants with increasing program\ncosts.\nAdministration\nKrusi Park Recreation Center is being replaced with a new 2,000 square foot facility that will\nbe available for after school and summer programs, community rentals, classes and other\nprogramming. This project is occurring in three phases - the electrical is complete and the\nsite work is commencing on September 17th. The final phase is the building, which is a pre-\nfabricated building being built in parts offsite and will be constructed onsite later this year. As\nof 9/17/19, the existing restrooms will no longer be available but portable toilets are in place\nfor the public. The playground, fields and picnic area remain open to the public.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 7, "text": "Encinal Boat Launch Facility construction started a couple weeks ago and is funded by the\nDivision of Boating and Waterways in the amount of $1,450,000. The boat ramp is closed for\nconstruction of a new two-lane ramp with two boat docks for motorized and non-motorized\nwatercraft, a new restroom, lighting, ADA improvements, fish cleaning station, outdoor shower\nand resurfacing the parking lot. Construction will be completed in January 2020 and the boat\nlaunch facility re-opened to the public. The rock wall is still available for fishing and the beach\naccess remains open for all non-motorized boat launching.\nWoodstock Park Playground. There has been an outpouring of community support to\nreplacement Woodstock Park playground that was destroyed in an act of arson. A GoFundMe\ncampaign raised $24,173 from 286 individual donations. The Oakland A's Community Fund\nand Alameda Community Fund each donated $5,000 and the Community Learning Center\nSchools Board of Directors (the governing body of NEA and ACLC, two charter schools\nadjacent to Woodstock Park) is considering a significant donation later this month. The\nplayground design remains the same and the supplier, GameTime, approved a grant for a\n50% discount. The playground is anticipated to open by the end of 2019.\nSwim Center. The City Aquatic Center conceptual design Request for Proposals was issued\nand includes three design concepts and cost estimation. These conceptual designs will be\ndiscussed at a community meeting and brought to City Council later this year for final approval\nalong with funding options. Regarding the Emma Hood Swim Center repair, the School\nDistrict applied for the County permit at the end of August and plans to have the repairs\ncompleted by the end of 2019.\nWe are hosting a site visit with SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission staff to\ntour several shoreline sites and upcoming projects.\nNext Agenda\nAlameda Point Park Design Review\nFY 2019-21 Budget Overview\nARPD 2020 User Fees Schedule", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 11, "text": "CARNECIE\nINNOVATION HALL\nCarnegie Innovation Hall is a state-of-the-art center for innovation\nthat pairs educational programming and entrepreneurship with arts,\nperformance, music, and technology. This one-of-a-kind center\nfeatures engaging workshops and educational programming by day;\nand theatre, performing arts, and community events in the evening.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 12, "text": "We combine technology, theater, arts, and innovation in a\nplace where our community is invited to dream, learn, design,\nand grow. We aim to serve as an entrepreneurial launchpad,\nempowering participants of all ages and backgrounds to\nimagine, create, and broadcast their ideas to the world.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 13, "text": "Center for\nComputer\nIMPACT\nR\nResearch in\nMeyer\nLIGHTING I AUDIO I VIDEO\nMusic and\nSound\nAcoustics\nThe most impactful and least intrusive upgrade to the Carnegie is state of\nthe art technology: digital sound, video, film, broadcasting, motion capture,\naugmented reality, virtual reality, and beyond.\nBRITELITE\nOBSCURA\no I G I T A\nL\nTM\nIndiePlaya\nKICKSTARTER\nYou Tube\nWhere My Movies Play TM\nBroadcast Yourself", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 27, "text": "A sampling of the types of community uses this project could make available.\nEvents BenefitsAnnual Neptune Beach Summer Festival\nEducational Benefits\nAnnual Halloween Haunted House\nWeekly Historic Tours\nAnnual December Tree Lighting Event (participation / support)\nOngoing Educational Programming (Youth and Adult)\nAnnual December Arts & Craft Gift Show\nYouth Summer Camps\nChinese New Year Festivities\nYouth After-school Programs\nSummer Outdoor Theater Events\nArt Therapy and Special Ed Programs\nNon-Paid City Events (12 per year included, others on request)\nAlameda High School Community Access Television\n36 Discount Community Events (others on request when available)\nSchool Dances and Proms\nEconomic Benefits\nSchool Graduation Ceremonies\nBat and Bar Mitzvahs, Confirmations, and other ceremonies\nNetworking\nQuincea\u00f1eras\nSkills, Knowledge, and Business Development\nWeddings and Birthdays\nEntrepreneurial Coaching and Courses\nCorporate Events and Year-end Parties\nProfessional Internships\nPublic Town Halls and Meetings\nCareer Pathway Development\nOpen Mic Nights\nIdea and Start Up Incubation\nKaraoke Nights\nKickstarter Launchpad\nLive Music Events\nYoutube Content Producer Channel Recording Suites\nLive Theatrical Productions\nAudio and Video Recording Suites\nImmersive Theater Experiences\nDress-up Dinner Theater Shows\nDrive-in Shakespeare\nAnd More\nPlease help us grow this list", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 39, "text": "Potential Community Partners\nAcademy of Alameda\nCollege of Alameda\nAlameda Architectural Preservation Society\nDance10 Performing Arts Center\nAlameda-Based Community Theater Company\nDowntown Alameda Business Association\nAlameda Boys & Girls Club\nEncinal High School\nAlameda Civic Ballet\nFoodshift\nAlameda Community Band\nFrank Bette Center for the Arts\nAlameda Education Foundation\nGinny Parsons\nAlameda Education Fund\nGirl's Inc of the Island City\nGreater Alameda Business Association\nAlameda Museum\nPacific Pinball Museum\nAlameda Naval Air Museum\nRhythmix Cultural Works\nAlameda Point Collaborative\nSaint Joseph Notre Dame High School\nAlameda School of Music\nStarland Music\nAlameda String Academy\nStudio 23\nAltarena Playhouse\nThe California Historical Radio Society\nArt Yowza\nThe USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum\nArtistic Home Studio\nTomorrow Youth Repertory\nBoys and Girls Club of Alameda\nWest Alameda Business Association\nChamber of Commerce\nYu Ying Learning (Mandarin bilingual school)\nWe need your help to grow out this list", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 40, "text": "Ways you can help make this happen:\nJoin the\nVolunteer to help with\nFundraising Committee\nCommunity organizing\nFinance Committee\nEvent planning\nPublic Outreach Committee\nAdministration\nDiversity Committee\nWriting\nHistoric Restoration Committee\nIT and Infrastructure\nEducational Programming Committee\nEntrepreneurial Programming Committee\nEvent Programming Committee\nTechnology Committee\nCommunity Advisory Board\nBoard of Directors", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 41, "text": "CARNEGIE\nHOME ABOUT RESTORATION COMMUNITY USES TEAM PARTICIPATE CONTACT\nIt\nINNOVATION HALL\ne\n00\nor\nS\n9\nCARNEGIE\nINNOVATION HALI\nCheck our website\nFor future meetings and join our mailing list\ncarnegieinnovationhall.org", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 42, "text": "CARNEGIE\nINNOVATION HALL\nVISUALIZING\nCARNEGIE INNOVATION HALL\nJOIN US\nAlameda's historic Carnegie Library is being restored into Carnegie Innovation\nHall: a state-of-the-art center for performance, education, technology, and\ncommunity and we need you!\nParticipate in a community workshop and explore the possibilities for this\nproject. Be ready to jump in, meet our team and learn how you can participate in\nour growing community.\nYour presence and engagement in these ongoing workshops is essential to ensure the\nCarnegie Innovation Hall grows into an Alameda space that:\nCreates programming which radically includes our entire community\nIncludes diverse community needs in creative and equitable ways\nBuilds upon the assets of our community\nSUN\nALAMEDA MAIN LIBRARY\n15 SEPT 2019\nSTAFFORD ROOM\n2PM TO 4PM\n1550 OAK STREET, ALAMEDA, CA 94501", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 43, "text": "Park Avenue Heritage Area\nSeptember 2019\nto\n07\n#73\n179\n- - #95\n1201\n1203\n1207\n1211\n1213-6\n1217\n1227\n1229-31\n1286 37\n1247\nPARK\nAVENUE\n=\nTREES\n2414-1 21\n1333\n1344\n1345 47 1349\n1551\n1393-57 1509\n1375\nPARK\nAVENUE\n1304\nISOS\n1308\n1314\n1318\n1320\n1322\n1334\n1336-38\n1340\n1344\n1346\n1350\nPARK\nAVENUE\n#66\n#70\n#74\n##2\nIISO\n#95\n1200\n1206\n1220\n1222\n224\n1224\n1252\n1236\n1240\n1246\n1250-52\n1254\n1258\n5 S 5\n2\nand\nResidences opposed to having\nplayground in Jackson Park\n(based on a partial survey)\nPARK", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 45, "text": "PARK\nAVENUE\nWEST\nMagnolias (E)\nPark Sign\nNOTE\nCown\nLown\nVII\nPARK\nAVENUE\nERST\nPlenic Area\nElevated Two Ther Fountein With upper of Lower Coping\nSycamores ()\nMagnolias ()\nPergola's With Flowering Vine\nLow Boxwood Hedge\nSingle Species Bed With Seasonal Color\nPalms (E)\nPavers\nLarge Urns With Annual Color\nCirculer Bed\nVictorian Style Bench\nSingle Species Beds With Seasonal Color\nOrnamental 42\"Wroughe Iron Fence\nVictorian Style Trosh Receptacle\nDecomposed Granite Paving\nInterlocign Pavers\nStone Seat Well\nRestroom in style of Gasebo\nSlopad Circular Rjoben Beds\nDrinking Fountain\nPavers\nVictorion Style Light Peles\nSycamores (E)\nLinden Treas (2)\nPARK\nWEST\nRed Oaks ()\nAVENUE\nRedwoods (E)\nJACKSON PARK\nSensonal Flowering Strubbs Around Concrets Seat (\")\nWith Now Drining Fountain For Dags\nCONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN\nCity of Alameda\nAlameda, California\nFebruary 1997\njha\nLondange\nLave\n---\no\n10\n20\n40\n00 FEQT\nPolms (E)\nLow Boxwood Hedge\nMagnolias (E)\nPargola's With Flowering Vine\nsightly Mounded Rib6on Bed With Sensona a/ Color\nInterlocion Pavers\nPART\nAVENUE\nEAST\nOrnamental 42e Wrought Iron Fence\nStandard Roses 'With Flowering Groundcover\nDischied Accessible Victorian Stryle Gassbo", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 47, "text": "I'm Lisa Klofkorn. I have lived across from Jackson Park for twenty years, and\nprevious to that lived for ten years in the neighborhood where many of the pro-\nplayground folks now reside. I raised my children in these two neighborhoods and\nI'm intimately familiar with both.\nA traditional playground, especially any structure that needs to be fenced in, doesn't\nfit into this narrow park, which was originally intended for passive recreation.\nOther factors that make this site a poor one for a playground include the busy\nstreets that surround the park on all sides, the poor condition of the existing trees\nthat may pose a hazard, and the lack of sufficient parking (as this is an extremely\nhigh density neighborhood with many multi-unit dwellings).\nI reviewed the video of your May 9 meeting. The social media surveys mentioned\ndid not ask respondents for their addresses, so it would not be possible to know if\nthe respondents were from the immediate area. The results stating that all\nrespondents were for having a playground built in Jackson Park were inaccurate, as\nI and others responded to the Nextdoor survey with our opposition and concerns,\nbut these comments were not referenced in the May 9 meeting. I'm attaching a few\nof these responses in the packet I'm leaving with you tonight.\nIn Ms. Wooldridge's report on the July 30 meeting in Jackson Park, which I attended,\nshe comments that of those who voiced opinions about half were for the playground\nand half were opposed. The sign-in sheet did not ask for the addresses of those in\nattendance. After that meeting I wrote to Ms. Wooldridge to clarify what was meant\nby \"neighborhood\" in reference to the city council's stipulation that the playground\nwas \"contingent upon neighborhood approval\". She wrote back that the city\ngenerally uses the standard of 300' from any given project. At the July 30 meeting it\nwas apparent that several of the people voicing their approval of the proposed\nplayground were from areas outside the immediate neighborhood, including those", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 48, "text": "who live in my old neighborhood on and near Crist Street. Those that spoke\nprimarily in opposition to having the playground were residents living in the\nimmediate vicinity of the park, residents living within the 300' radius the city\ndesignates as the neighborhood needing to give approval. So, not all who spoke\nwere from the immediate neighborhood (within the 300' radius), and many were\nfrom outside the immediate neighborhood, thus giving an inaccurate appraisal of\nthe situation. I have printed out an updated map of Jackson Park and its\nsurrounding residential neighborhood showing those residences opposed to having\na playground built in the park. This map illustrates the overwhelming opposition\nthis neighborhood has to the addition of a playground in Jackson Park.\nI addition I am including a copy of the Conceptual Master Plan of Jackson Park,\ndrawn up twenty years ago, in hopes that the city would see fit to implement some\nof the improvements included in this plan, as well as seeing to much needed\ndeferred maintenance this park sorely needs.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 49, "text": "Nextdoor Jackson Park Playground Survey\nMarch 2019\nExamples of comments posted to this survey that were in oppositon to\nhaving a playground built in Jackson Park.\n\"\nMonica LeMaster East End Zone\nI'm very fond of the gorgeous trees and open green space, so I am against\nlosing any of the trees(-ever if they're not intentionally cut, could their\nroots get unintentionally damaged through construction?). I personally don't\nthink of the park as underutilized, as I've found things to do with my kids\nthere for the last 12 years. Though in those 12 years, I've also wished for\na\nplayground from time to time, especially when I have toddler in the house:\nI've learned to just bring a ball and enjoy the space as is though-building -\nfairy houses with the sticks is another favorite activity. I'm open to hearing\nmore about the idea though. I know there are a lot of families with young\nchildren in this neighborhood, some new and some old, and I would love to\nmeet them at a local, public playground.\nEdited 22 Mar\nThank\nReply\n6\nTerri Ogden, East End Zone\nT\nI am a devoted supporter of recreation in Alameda, having worked at the\nparks and serving on the recreation commission. That being said, I am\nvery much devoted to free play instead of always structuring children's play\ntime. My aunt used to live on Park Avenue and I can remember having\nsome awesome fun running around the park with my cousins playing for\nhours without the need for playground equipment. There is a lot to be said\nfor the imagination.\n22 Mar\nThank\nReply\n4\nMimi Laubach Whale's Eye\nI like Jackson Park as it is. I think ARPD could do more with the park-\nmaybe Sunday afternoon concerts in the bandstand, upgrade the pathways\nand add flower beds in areas. Most of our city parks have play structures\nalready and we have few \"green\" parks where we can enjoy simple nature\nin Alameda.\n28 Mar\nThank\nReply\n:\n3", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 50, "text": "Lisa Klofkorn East End Zone\nI have lived in a house facing Jackson Park for twenty years. I do not\nnormally have objections to adding playgrounds to existing parks, however.\nin regards to Jackson Park I have a few concerns.\nFirst, when this park underwent renovations in 2001, the proposed\nrenovation included two phases. Phase one, including the restoration of the\nbandstand, was completed. It's my understanding that phase two, including\nmuch needed improvements to pathways, lighting, and such, was never\ndone due to budgetary constraints. These improvements are still very much\nneeded in this park. How can the expense of adding a playground be\njustified when much needed park improvements have not been\nimplemented?\nSecondly, if a playground is added would a fence surrounding this\nplayground be necessary due to safety concerns, because of the close\nproximity of Park Avenue on both the east and west sides of the park? If a\nfence is needed I have worries this may negatively impact the beauty and\nopenness of the park. This park is very narrow by design and the space\nmay not lend itself well to the addition of a fenced off area within its\nboundaries.\n21 Mar\nReply\n6\nMonique Lopez. East End Zone\nV\nNo thank you\n22 Mar Thank Reply\n1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 51, "text": "Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 4:33:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time\nSubject: Jackson Park playground proposal\nDate:\nSunday, July 21, 2019 at 4:32:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time\nFrom:\nGary Cates (sent by gary cates <glcbfd1967@gmail.com>)\nTo:\nmezzyashcraft@alameda.gov,awooldridge@alameda.gov\nCC:\njacksonparkwatch@googlegroups.com\nBCC:\nSarah Foltz, mary ann cates, gary cates\nDear Mayor Ashcraft and Ms. Wooldridge,\nWe purchased our home at 1250 Park Avenue in April of 1974. We raised two children here and now\nhave two teenage grandchildren all of whom spent many hours enjoying the wonders of our\nbeautiful Jackson park.\nThey were allowed to use their imagination to enjoy what little green space we have in a very urban\nsetting. The park was never intended to include a playground. This became evident when the private\nproperties owned by the residents of Park Avenue were deeded to the City for the purpose of\nbuilding what would become Alameda's first Park.\nFor example, a fire station was once proposed for much of the space and rejected once restrictions\noutlined in the property transfer agreement were revealed. Because of the park's proximity to a\ncommercial district and Alameda High School the park and those of us who share the area are often\nexposed to negative conditions such various types of litter, including discarded food packaging, drug\nparaphernalia and liquor bottles and the noise of late night partying. The addition of a playground\ncould serve as a magnet for many unauthorized activities that would only exacerbate these\nproblems.\nThe park was conceived as a \"landscape promenade\" that did not incorporate concepts of play and\nrecreation such as playgrounds and sports fields. These elements can be found in later developed\nparks such as Lincoln and Washington and others.\nThe historic nature of the creation of the park and the wishes of the original grantors must be\nrespected. We fear that we may be living in a time where the concept of respect for history is being\neroded.\nWe understand and respect those who feel that a playground would provide improvements to our\npark. However in light of what is stated above we must oppose this proposal.\nSincerely,\nMary Ann and Gary Cates\n1250 Park Ave\nPage 1 of 1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 53, "text": "From:\nErin Zajonc\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nSupport for Jackson Park Play Space\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 2:54:32 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nDear Amy,\nI wanted to share with you my support for a play space at Jackson Park. My family loves\ndowntown and think that a nearby play space would make it even better.\nNot only will it provide a space for children to run around and socialize but it will also build\ncommunity and improve Jackson Park. One time, my husband went to Jackson park for my\nson to run around - but found it less inviting with people loitering for lack of a better word.\nLikewise, If there were a play space close to downtown, my family and I would eat and shop\nthere more often because we would have a space for our son to burn off some energy before\nand/or after.\nWe understand that there are fiscal considerations and therefore support the Commissioners to\nget conceptual designs for the potential play space.\nThank you for your time,\nErin Fong-Zajonc", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 54, "text": "From:\nJessica\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson park\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 5:01:19 PM\n*** CAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not click links or open\nattachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Help Desk with any\nquestions.\nHi Amy,\nI'm unable to attend tonight's city council meeting because it conflicts with my toddler's bedtime but I am emailing\nto express my support for building a small natural playground at Jackson park. I was at the meeting held at the park\nabout a month ago and wish I was able to attend this meeting.\nI would like to see the Commissioners support hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual designs to help\ncreate a beautiful functional play space at Jackson Park.\nThank you for considering this feedback from me and my 22 month old!\nBest,\nJessica\nSent from my iPhone", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 55, "text": "From:\nBobbie V Centurion\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Pak\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 1:00:41 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\n***\nDear Amy,\nI\nam unable to be at the meeting, but would like to share some thoughts about play structures\nto be considered for Jackson Park.\nI am not in favor of installing any kind of play structure in Jackson Park.\nI have lived at the corner of Park Ave. and San Jose for almost 30 years. I raised three\ndaughters here and we enjoyed the park a lot.\nI appreciate the open free-form play that I see so often in the park. Our park, the way it\ncurrently is, encourages children to use their imaginations in wonderful ways. Any group of\nparents, or teachers can use the park in an abundance of creative ways.\nI also have concerns about our beautiful trees. A friend that lives near Longfellow Park told\nme that they lost a one hundred year old magnolia recently., and that part of the reason was the\nroots of the tree were negatively impacted by the compacted soil of a play structure on top of\nthem.\nAlso, I am concerned that a play structure would invite more cars into the area. Parking is a\nconstant issue for this neighborhood.\nI would like to see Park and Rec funding go towards replacing the dangerous paths and\nimproved lawn maintenance which keeps the grass from growing onto the paths.\nThank you for considering my ideas, and thank you for serving in public office.\nSincerely,\nBobbie V. Centurion\n1201 Park Avenue\nAlameda, CA 94501\n(510) 865-9945", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 56, "text": "From:\nScott Grieder\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nCc:\nCharlise Tiee\nSubject:\nIn support of a Jackson Park functional play-space\nDate:\nWednesday, September 11, 2019 9:10:05 PM\n*** CAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not click links or open\nattachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Help Desk with any\nquestions. ***\nHello Amy,\nAs I will be unable to attend the hearing tomorrow night, I am writing you in support of a Jackson Park play-space.\nMy wife and I have lived in Alameda for over 10 years on Crist St. We always thought that Jackson Park was a\npicturesque looking place with a fine gazebo, but rarely had ever seen anyone put the space to any good use. To be\nhonest, we mostly have just seen commuters waiting for buses there, teenage kids fighting after high school gets out\nand inebriated people passed out on the lawn.\nNow that we have small children and frequent other parks across the Island, it seems even more of a shame that\nthere's no dedicated area for young kids to play in. There are even signs up that say that bike riding in the park is not\nallowed. I think it's reasonable to think that the entire community could benefit from encouraging more walkable\noptions for families with young children. Many of the homes in the area lack any real back yards to play in or are\nsuited to outdoor play.\nWe'd like to see the Commissioners support hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual designs for Jackson\nPark. We believe that we could end up with a beautiful functional play space there. I fear that many of us in our\ncommunity are working parents of young children and are unable to turn up at these hearings. It's easy for us to be\nunder represented especially given the times allotted for meetings on school nights.\nJackson Park is not the center piece of private, gated community. The park deserves to be more than a publicly\nfunded and maintained front yard for houses along Park Ave. It's supposed to be a space for all of us to share.\nWe hope you support our neighborhood families and give us a chance to live and play closely with our neighbors.\nThanks for your consideration.\nSincerely,\nScott Grieder\n2508 Crist St", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 57, "text": "From:\nKaty Dreyfuss\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nIn Support of a Play Space at Jackson Park\nDate:\nTuesday, September 10, 2019 1:01:36 PM\nAttachments:\nATT00001.htm\nsig\nATT00002.htm\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy,\nMy name is Katy Nasitka and I am an Alameda resident who lives .4 miles from\nJackson Park. My kids are 7 and 10 years old. We often bike to Park Street and to\nfriends' houses near Jackson Park. We enjoy biking under the trees through the\npark's open space. We would enjoy the park even more with a play space specifically\ndesigned for young children. I hope you will consider supporting the hire of a\nlandscape architect who would create conceptual designs for a play space at Jackson\nPark.\nBest,\nKaty Nasitka", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 58, "text": "From:\nJaclyn Karnowski\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson park for kids!!\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 9:50:06 AM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHello,\nPlease note my support for a simple kids play structure at Jackson Park.\nI'm all for a simple climb / swing structure. Please hire an architect and let's get this thing\ngoing!\nI know it will reduce the drug activity in the park, it'll be a great reason to actually open and\nuse the bathroom that exists. And, it' Il be a catalyst for improving the walkway cement that is\nnow quite dangerous for anyone walking the path.\nThanks!\nJaclyn Karnowski\n2422 Webb Ave. Alameda\nJaclyn Karnowski\nConsultant | Educator\n810.444.0063 I jaclyn.karnowski@gmail.com\nbeautycounter.com/jaclynkarnowski\nOur mission is to get safer products in the hands of everyone.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 59, "text": "From:\nbmathieson@aol.com\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nCc:\nklofkorn@comcast.net; dnowi@comcast.net\nSubject:\nFor Recreation and Park Commissioners -- September 12 Agenda Item 7c\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 7:29:27 AM\nAttachments:\nCompilation of opposition comments 8-22-2019.pc\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHonorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission:\nI am a neighbor of Jackson Park and am looking forward to participating in your September 12, 2019,\nmeeting. I appreciate the conclusion in the staff report that states, \"Overall, it was clear that a playground\nis not necessary to fulfill the requested needs but rather a small natural play area and/or gathering space\nfor families would suffice.\"\nI would like to provide some additional context to the request for a playground in Jackson Park. Your May\n9, 2019, recommendation to the City Council that a playground be constructed in Jackson Park was\nbased on misleading information. The two Alameda residents who spoke at your May 9 meeting live in a\nneighborhood a few blocks from Jackson Park. One of them had conducted an online survey to gauge\ninterest in a playground at the park and told you that the survey respondents were all in favor of a\nplayground. That was not true; either the compilation of the survey results was flawed, or the speaker\ninaccurately summarized the results.\nThe input provided at the July 30, 2019, Community Meeting, which at least two of you kindly attended,\nincluded vast opposition to a playground by people who identified themselves as living in the immediate\nneighborhood of the park. In contrast, very few of the playground proponents identified where they live.\nUnfortunately, the sign-in sheet for the meeting included only names and e-mail addresses, with no\nrecord of where the meeting attendees live.\nSpeakers who stated that the closest playgrounds are a mile away are mistaken. Edison School, whose\nlarge, modern toddler and big-kid play structures are accessible to the public during non-school hours, is\n0.6 mile from Jackson Park and 0.4 mile (an 8-minute walk) from the Crist Street homes of many of the\npro-playground speakers. Lincoln Park is 0.7 mile from their homes, and Krusi Park is 0.8 mile from their\nhomes. Those three existing playgrounds provide ample opportunities for climbing, swinging, and sliding\non conventional play structures in a fenced environment.\nThe attached document is a compilation of comments that various Jackson Park neighbors emailed me\nabout the proposal for a playground in the park. They provide more detail about neighborhood concerns\nthan could be included in the compilation of input from the July 30 Community Meeting.\nI look forward to hearing the discussion at your meeting this Thursday. I hope that your recommendation\nwill be compatible with Jackson Park's uniquely valuable character as a place of peaceful respite, for all\nAlameda children and adults, from the hectic aspects of urban life.\nSincerely,\nBetsy (and Scott) Mathieson\n1185 Park Avenue\n(510)523-5852", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 60, "text": "From:\nRachel Wilson\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nIn support of a playground at Jackson Park\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 1:34:49 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\nDear Ms. Wooldridge,\nI would like to see the Commissioners support hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3\nconceptual designs so we end up with a beautiful functional play space at Jackson Park.\nMy kids and I regularly walk and bike to the Park Street/Park Avenue area from our house on\nthe East End. I know my kids would really enjoy a play area that makes Jackson Park feel\nmore friendly to children.\nThank you,\nRachel Wilson\n1205 Post St, Alameda, CA 94501", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 61, "text": "From:\nCassandra Cook\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park proposal\nDate:\nWednesday, September 11, 2019 7:16:18 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\n***\nHi Amy,\nMy name is Cassandra Lee, a mother of two and resident of Alameda. I am writing in regards to the\nproposed play area for Jackson Park. I understand that there has been opposition to the park and wanted\nto voice my opinion and wholehearted approval ahead of the City Hall discussion. Unfortunately, due to\nthe logistics of having two young children, it is difficult for me attend the meetings on the park proposal.\nWhen I heard that there was a possibility of a new play structure for my children, and in such close\nproximity to our home and children's day care facility, my family and I were beyond elated. The parks that\nare close by are often crowded and I know that I speak for several families when I say that a new play\narea would be a godsend. I am in a Facebook community for 2016 (457 members) and 2018\n(541 members) mothers and we are always looking for places to bring our children.\nI understand that there are two options for building a new structure- preassembled or hiring an architect.\nOf course, I believe hiring an architect would increase the value of the park - in attendance and\naesthetics, much like the grandeur of the new Sweeney Open Space. Nonetheless, I honestly would be\ngrateful for any play structure! My specific request would be to include a structure accessible for younger\nchildren.\nSince I have moved to Alameda, nearly 10 years ago, the city has exploded with new life. I see more and\nmore young families moving here and growing. I know that this park would be a gift that would keep\ngiving to the community for generations to come.\nThank you for reviewing and considering the proposal for the park, and for reading my email.\nBest,\nCassandra\nThe Lee Family", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 62, "text": "From:\nHarrison Riley\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 10:09:04 AM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\nHi Amy,\nI'd like to see the Commissioners support hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual\ndesigns so we end up with a beautiful functional play space at Jackson Park.\nThanks,\nHarrison", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 63, "text": "From:\nKaren Larsen\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 10:14:32 AM\n*** CAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not click links or open\nattachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Help Desk with any\nquestions. ***\nHello Amy,\nI hope to be able to attend the meeting tonight and add my opposition to adding a playground\nJackson Park.\nBefore moving forward with adding a playground I think it is important to keep the commitment made many years\nago to spend money on repair and upkeep. It is particularly important to have a long range plan to replace trees with\nfinite lives. I am afraid there will eventually be a wholesale removal of trees changing the character and object of the\nPark.\nI know the funds slated for the play area do not come from the maintenance budget. All the more reason for those\nwho have been waiting for appropriate upkeep and repair to be upset with the playground decision.\nI sent an email in early July to your department asking when the giant stump left after the latest tree was taken down\nwould be removed and replaced. Since there was a sign placed by ARPD on the stump advising that this was going\nto happen I wanted to know when. I did not receive a reply.\nI was there the day an ARPD employee dropped by the Park, met a fellow, and pointed to the tree that was\nsubsequently removed. No notice was given to anyone. On the same day the tree was removed. While the tree may\nhave needed to be removed, it was in the same condition on that day as it had been for years.\nI hope you will forgive my cynicism, but I think that the tree was removed to make way for a play area about which\nno appropriate public input effort was undertaken.\nI do understand that parents want to have areas for their children to play. Jackson Park is already being used for that\npurpose. There just aren't play structures.\nIn an earlier email to you I suggested that a ring of benches might be appropriate. Parents could watch the children\nand get to know one another.\nThank you for your time and any effort you undertake to insure that money is directed appropriately.\nBest Regards\nKaren Larsen\n1206 Park Avenue.\nSent from my iPhone", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 64, "text": "From:\nDianne Woon\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park play structure\nDate:\nTuesday, September 10, 2019 7:46:24 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\nHi, Amy,\nSince both me and my husband have to attend a school function for our daughter, we won't be\nable to attend September 12 meeting. But we would like to express that we do not support\nbuilding any play structure in Jackson Park. When we moved here, our children were small and\nthey were able to enjoy using their own creativity to play at the park. Whenever we felt that it is\nneeded, we will take them to other close by park with play structure. I have been a stay home\nmom and a working mom full time as we raise our kids.\nAlso, since the park is so close to Encinal, it is a high risk to little ones and if you put a fence\naround the play structure, it will completely ruin the natural decor as we have been provided by\nthe mother nature.\nLast but not least, we find that any structure is a natural attractive to people to hang out especially\ndusk and after. Most people who support the play structure lives 1-2 blocks away from it,\ntherefore they never have to deal with calling APD as there are people gathering when they\nshould not already. Play structure will make it even easier, just like the bench at the end of the\npark, because they will have a place to rest and hang out and play.\nTherefore, we respectually oppose to have any play structure on Jackson Park. Instead, we\nrespectfully request to have the sidewalks around the park to be paved so there is no tripping\nhazarad.\nThanks,\nJason & Dianne Woon\n1254 Park Ave", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 65, "text": "From:\nLouise Van Geffen\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nFwd: Jackson Park meeting this evening\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 9:33:00 AM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nDear Amy,\nI will be unable to attend the hearing tomorrow night, however I would like to voice my\nsupport for a Jackson Park play-space.\nMy family and I have lived on Park Avenue in Alameda for 7 years. We always thought that\nJackson Park was a picturesque looking place with a fine gazebo, but rarely had ever seen\nanyone put the space to any good use. To be honest, we mostly have just seen commuters\nwaiting for buses there, teenage kids fighting after high school gets out and inebriated people\npassed out on the lawn.\nNow that we have small children and frequent other parks across the Island, it seems even\nmore of a shame that there's no dedicated area for young kids to play in. There are even signs\nup that say that bike riding in the park is not allowed. I think it's reasonable to think that the\nentire community could benefit from encouraging more walkable options for families with\nyoung children. Many of the homes in the area lack any real back yards to play in or are suited\nto outdoor play.\nWe'd like to see the Commissioners support hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3\nconceptual designs for Jackson Park. We believe that we could end up with a beautiful\nfunctional play space there. I fear that many of us in our community are working parents of\nyoung children and are unable to turn up at these hearings. It's easy for us to be under\nrepresented especially given the times allotted for meetings on school nights.\nJackson Park is not the center piece of private, gated community. The park deserves to be\nmore than a publicly funded and maintained front yard for houses along Park Ave. It's\nsupposed to be a space for all of us to share.\nWe hope you support our neighborhood families and give us a chance to live and play closely\nwith our neighbors.\nThanks for your consideration.\nLouise Van Geffen", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 66, "text": "From:\nKate Fayngersh\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park Playground\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 12:44:14 AM\n*** CAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not click links or open\nattachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Help Desk with any\nquestions. ***\nHi Amy,\nMy family and I recently purchased a home in Alameda, one block away from the beautiful Jackson Park. I am\nwriting to you in support of the proposed playground, since I have two small children and attending support\nmeetings in person is difficult due to the timing happening during or after bedtime.\nI would like to see the Commissioners' support hiring a landscape architect to create a couple of designs so we can\nend up with a beautiful and functional play space at Jackson Park that the entire community can agree upon. At the\nlast meeting, the concept designs that were shared were beautiful, natural, and a tasteful size that took into account\nthe size of the park without creating an eye sore or attracting people who would drive/park cars in the area. Such a\nplay area would be wonderful and even those opposed recognized that something like that would be tasteful and\nagreeable.\nPlease let me know if you have any questions or if I can reach out to anyone else to offer support for this effort.\nI appreciate your help with this!\nKate Fayngersh\n415-902-6446", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 67, "text": "From:\nNalani N\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park Playground\nDate:\nSunday, September 8, 2019 10:36:34 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\n***\nDear Amy.\nI'm writing because 'm hoping to see the Commissioners support hiring a landscape\narchitect to create 2-3 conceptual designs SO we end up with a beautiful functional play\nspace at Jackson Park. Every time l' m at Jackson Park I think it's such a pity there isn't\na\nplayground. the park has SO much unrealized potential as a public space.\nThank you!\nNalani Warde", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 68, "text": "From:\nJennifer Zimmermann\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson park playground\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 8:48:26 PM\n*** CAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not click links or open\nattachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact the Help Desk with any\nquestions.\n***\nHi Amy,\nI am a local alameda resident with a three year old. I wanted to reach out because I understand from Ron Limoges\nthe last meeting there was opposition to the proposed park.\nI have been unable to attend any meetings due to work and lack of baby sitters but I fully support the need for some\ntype of playground at Jackson park.\nI understand the next step should be hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual designs so we end up with\na beautiful functional play space.\nPlease ensure this is moved forward\nWe appreciate the work\nJennifer, Jethro and Jax Zimmermann", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 69, "text": "From:\nSean P. Scanlon\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park Playground\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 7:32:33 AM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy --\nI am unable to attend the Recreation and Park Commission's meeting on Thursday regarding the\nproposed Jackson Park playground, but would like to put forward my support for the Commission to hire a\nlandscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual designs for a small gathering space/natural play area.\nThank you for all of your thoughtful attention to this potential project.\nRegards,\nSean Scanlon\n943 Park St.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 70, "text": "From:\nMontgomery, Angelina\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nRe: Jackson Park\nDate:\nThursday, September 12, 2019 9:47:58 AM\nAttachments:\nimage001.png\nimage003.png\n***\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy,\nI am unable to attend the meeting tonight and wanted to send my response to you directly. I have a\nlittle 2 year old and am an Alameda resident. We've owned our home in Alameda for a few years\nand have been renters here for years. I would like to support the city to build the play area at\nJackson Park. As a new parent we're always looking for new places to take our child to play, and new\nways to engage with our community. Having this new small park would be an excellent way to build\ncommunity for families in Alameda, especially at Jackson Park!\nThanks for your time and consideration.\nAngelina Montgomery, MPH\nHelp Me Grow Prevention Manager\nFirst 5 Alameda County\n1115 Atlantic Ave, Alameda, CA 94501\n510-227-6943\nangel.montgomery@first5alameda.org\nww.First5Alameda.org\nFIRST5\nALAMEDA\nCOUNTY\nNewsletter\nAlameda\nlorg\nCONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information for use only by the\nintended recipients. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any person, other than the intended recipients is strictly prohibited and\nmay be subject to civil action and/or penalties. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail or by\ntelephone and delete the transmission. Thank you.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 71, "text": "From:\nClaire Mathieson\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nPlease Forward to Recreation and Park Commissioners for 9/12 Agenda Item 7c\nDate:\nWednesday, September 11, 2019 4:09:38 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nDear Commissioners,\nMy name is Claire Mathieson, and I have been a resident of Park Avenue since 2000, when I\nwas a student at Otis Elementary School. I love Jackson Park because it is such a free, open\nspace; each day the park has many different kinds of visitors, and they are each able to use its\nblank green canvas to make it their own.\nWhen I was a child here, we did not have a playground, but we did not miss one either; we\nloved making up our own games. I have no significant childhood memories of playing on\nplaygrounds; however, some of my favorite memories feature games that my friends and I\ninvented - light stick tag, which my neighbors and I made up and played often in Jackson\nPark; concocting Harry Potter-esque potions from mud, grass, and leaves and using sticks as\nmagic wands; drawing elaborate chalk obstacle courses on asphalt and spending days working\nthrough the challenges together. Jackson Park is a unique place, a park that doesn't prescribe a\nway for children to play but rather provides them with a perfect, natural, open space where\nthey can bring their own imaginations together to create endless fun and enrichment in the\npresent and wonderful memories for the future.\nI think creativity is one of the most wondrous traits we have, and preserving natural,\ndistraction-free places like Jackson Park is essential to nourish creative thinking in an age\nwhen so much of what we do is fed to us through screens. Last year I participated in a\ncreativity retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin, and one of the teachers raised a\npoint that really stuck with me. We seem to have so many options now, with endless apps and\ngadgets at our fingertips. However, the teacher said, all of those things are part of a \"menu\"\nthat offers us a large - but limited and prescribed - set of choices. What's most precious, most\noverlooked, and most worth seeking out is what's not on the menu, what we find or create for\nourselves beyond the list of choices - like chalk maps and potions whose recipes only my\nfriends and I know. For me, Jackson Park as a wide, green, some-might-say plain open space\nis the world beyond the menu, a world that we can make our own, a world in which children\ndon't automatically find themselves climbing on a play structure made for them by adults but\nrather create a different play structure every day, every minute - one that is constantly in flux,\na marvelous combination of the natural world and their own awesome imaginations.\nI hope that the children of this neighborhood will continue to have the same opportunities I\nhad to use their inborn creativity to forge bonds with each other, with the natural world, and\nwith their future selves, who - if my own experience is anything to go by -will treasure the\nprecious memories of the time when their friends wielded lightsabers and wizards hid behind\ntrees.\nSincerely,\nClaire Mathieson", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 72, "text": "From:\nAshley Lorden\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park playspace\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 9:57:38 AM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\nHello,\nI believe you are working on the next step for the Jackson Park playspace project, getting a\nfew design options so Recreation and Parks and the community can form a plan. I strongly\nsupport this project; as someone who lives nearby, I don't use this park nearly as much as\nother parks (which are farther away from me) because I worry it's not a safe place for my\nchildren. I really like the idea of constructing a play area for children that is designed to feel\nlike a natural part of this historic park, using earth tones and organic materials wherever\npossible. This would help the park get a lot more use by neighborhood families, which can\nmake it safer for everyone.\nThank you for your work on this project!\nAshley Lorden", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 73, "text": "From:\nKasimira Riley\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nJackson Park\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 10:15:14 AM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy,\nI'm writing you to let you know of my support for building a small play space for children in\nJackson park. I am in full support of hiring a landscape architect to create conceptual designs\nso we end up with a beautiful functional play space at Jackson Park.\nAs live just a few blocks away from Jackson park and have a 8 month old who would would\nlove to have a park and playground close by where he can be out in nature and interacting with\nother kids, I think the addition of a park would be a tremendous value add to the culture of\nthe community.\nI\nthink it is incredibly important to invest in the future of our community, and that is where I\nlook to the city to take care of the best interests of our children. I hope to have your support!\nKasi", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 74, "text": "From:\nJ.J. Navarro\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nCc:\nSarah Henry\nSubject:\nRe: Jackson Park agenda item on Recreation and Parks Commission 9/12/19\nDate:\nThursday, September 5, 2019 2:16:12 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy -\nThanks for your email.\nI will be out of town on the 12th and unable to attend the meeting.\nAs I've expressed in council chambers on two occasions, and during the neighborhood\nmeeting you hosted, I am very much in favor of building a tasteful, natural-looking play\nstructure in Jackson Park. In my view, it will go a long way to bring our community together,\ndeter the undesirable loitering and drug activity that the park is known for, and provide a much\nneeded play structure for nearby families.\nThank you for passing along my comments to the commissioners.\n-J.J. Navarro\nJ.J. Navarro\njinavarro@gmail.com\nm. 415-515-2259\nOn Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 10:29 AM Amy Wooldridge <AWooldridge@alamedaca.gov> wrote:\nHello Jackson Park neighbors,\nThis is to inform you that the Recreation and Parks Commission will be discussing the\noption of a play area at Jackson Park on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at City Hall, Council\nChambers on the third floor. It is also televised. The meeting starts at 7:00pm.\nThe staff report and attachments are available on the city's website here. Just choose the\nRecreation and Parks Commission from the drop down menu and then click on the\n9/12/2019 agenda. The blue hyperlinks on the agenda will take you to the staff report and\nattachments.\nThree options are being presented to the Commission for them to provide direction to staff.\nThese options include 1) hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual designs for a", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 75, "text": "From:\nYu-Yee Wu\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nRe: Jackson Park agenda item on Recreation and Parks Commission 9/12/19\nDate:\nThursday, September 5, 2019 11:19:20 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.\n***\nHi Amy,\nThank you so much for the email and update. I was at the first meeting at Jackson Park but\ncould not stay the whole time. I ask that the Commission support options 1 or 3 to have an\nappropriate sized natural playground integrated into Jackson Park, ideally including a small\nswing structure.\nI believe that having a small playground for the growing number of families nearby is in line\nwith and supportive of the population changes and growth in Alameda. A small playground\nwill not totally change the character of the park, which spans two blocks, one block of which\ncan stay as it is for those who don't want change to still enjoy if they don't want to be around\nkids. I don't see a small local playground becoming a destination point like the other bigger\nand fancier playgrounds, but will serve to be a delight and resource for families like mine who\nlive nearby who would like to walk to the park with their kids and give them a playground\nwhere they can be more active. Because of its close proximity to all the restaurants and shops\non Park St, it will also be a nicer place to walk to after spending time on Park St and would\nhelp kids get out more of their energy before going home. I ask that the Commission vote for\na small playground in Jackson Park to support the growing number of families who live\nnearby now and in the future.\nThank you!\nYu-Yee Wu\nOn Sep 5, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Amy Wooldridge <AWooldridge@alamedaca.gov> wrote:\nHello Jackson Park neighbors,\nThis is to inform you that the Recreation and Parks Commission will be discussing the\noption of a play area at Jackson Park on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at City Hall,\nCouncil Chambers on the third floor. It is also televised. The meeting starts at 7:00pm.\nThe staff report and attachments are available on the city's website here. Just choose\nthe Recreation and Parks Commission from the drop down menu and then click on the\n9/12/2019 agenda. The blue hyperlinks on the agenda will take you to the staff report\nand attachments.\nThree options are being presented to the Commission for them to provide direction to", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 76, "text": "From:\nhelenpak49@yahoo.com\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nCc:\nKHINEOUN KONG\nSubject:\nRe: Jackson Park agenda item on Recreation and Parks Commission 9/12/19\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 3:42:41 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy,\nI am unable to attend the meeting but I'd like to see the Commissioners support hiring a\nlandscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual designs to create a beautiful functional play space\nat Jackson Park.\nThank you!\nHelen & Khineoun Kong\n2304 San Jose Ave\nAlameda, CA\n510-910-0763\nSent from my iPhone\nOn Sep 5, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Amy Wooldridge <AWooldridge@alamedaca.gov> wrote:\nHello Jackson Park neighbors,\nThis is to inform you that the Recreation and Parks Commission will be discussing the\noption of a play area at Jackson Park on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at City Hall,\nCouncil Chambers on the third floor. It is also televised. The meeting starts at 7:00pm.\nThe staff report and attachments are available on the city's website here. Just choose\nthe Recreation and Parks Commission from the drop down menu and then click on the\n9/12/2019 agenda. The blue hyperlinks on the agenda will take you to the staff report\nand attachments.\nThree options are being presented to the Commission for them to provide direction to\nstaff. These options include 1) hiring a landscape architect to create 2-3 conceptual\ndesigns for a small gathering space/natural play area; 2) to leave the space as it is and\nnot do a play area; 3) build a small natural play area/gathering space with pre-made\ncomponents from a playground supplier that are natural looking components such as a\nclimable rock or animal sculpture. All of the feedback from the neighborhood meeting\nis included as well as photo examples and options for a small landscape play area /\ngathering space.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-09-12", "page": 77, "text": "From:\nDanny Roosevelt\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nvoicing support for the Jackson Park playground project\nDate:\nMonday, September 9, 2019 2:02:01 PM\nCAUTION: This email message is coming from a non-City email address. Do not\nclick links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is\nsafe. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions. ***\nHi Amy, I wanted to make my voice heard and let you know my family and I strongly support\nthe proposal to build a playground at Jackson Park and we've love to see the city hire a\nlandscape architect to product 2-3 conceptual designs to help ensure the project is successful.\nPlease let me know if there's anything I can do to help!\n- Danny Roosevelt (Broadway and Central Ave)\n--\nDanny Roosevelt\ndannyroosevelt.com", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf"}
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