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RecreationandParkCommission | 2021-01-14 | 13 | EXHIBIT 2 01/14/2021 ARPD Director's Report Presented by Recreation and Park Director Amy Wooldridge Recreation Services Starting coordination of summer programming. Anticipating similar framework as 2020 with COVID safety protocols and small cohorts. Will have a virtual activity guide in February. Working on a roll out of our new E-Sports program with virtual leagues and tournaments. Will be hiring a Recreation Assistant that was authorized for this fiscal year but delayed due to COVID. Now moving forward. Our aquatics programs are booming! We are providing programming nearly all day, seven days/week with swim lessons, lap swim, adult and youth community swim and water polo teams. Mastick Senior Center Will start construction soon on the front entry improvements and bring it to current ADA standards. Recreation Manager, Jackie Krause, initiated and met with a group of Alameda County senior center managers/supervisors to discuss senior center programming and reopening. A very productive and helpful meeting that will continue. Virtual programs are continuing and popular. Mastick Senior Center is absolutely open virtually with a lot of online activity and many connections being made. Online activities for both the Leisure Club and Friends Connect, social groups for adults and teens with developmental disabilities. Have been partnering with the Kiwanis Club and Alameda Youth Committee. Park Maintenance Have planted nearly 175 trees in parks with 74 of those on the west end, keeping an equity lens for lower income communities. Working with 100K trees to implement a monthly Volunteers in Parks tree planting and mulching program. Will be hiring a Parks Supervisor in the next week. Hired three Gardeners who started at the beginning of this year. The new Alameda Point Neighborhood Park is anticipated to open to the public in mid-February. Naming will be delayed as the City works through a revised Naming Policy and procedure. Installed two new athletic field lights at Leydecker Park. Large sections of the asphalt pathway at Lower Washington Park and parts of Upper Washington Park is being resurfaced this month also with an updated ADA ramp and parking. Administration / Projects Public Arts Commission prioritized creation of Public Art Master Plan. This will include identifying locations in parks. Working to identify a new site for pickleball courts which have a huge amount of usage. Coming to the Commission in February. Working with Alameda Unified School District on a new Joint Use Agreement for the operation and maintenance of the two high school pools. | RecreationandParkCommission/2021-01-14.pdf |