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Home My Public Portal About16-Parks Dept. Rpt. Aug 2019Monthly Department Report – Parks & Recreation Memo To: City Council From: Kurt Wolf, Parks and Recreation Director CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager Date: 8/31/2019 Re: Monthly Department Report – August 2019 1. Fall & Winter Rec Programs & Registrations: Fall Programs include: • Fall Soccer (September 10-26) Gold Glove Park • No School Fun Days o October 4- Mountain Roots Orchard & Zim’s Hot Springs o November 8, December 30 and January 2- Cascade Rec Center pool & The Roxy • Tots and Tykes- 2 sessions (January and March) • Youth Basketball (November 4- December 14) • Adult Pickleball (TBD) • Adult Indoor Soccer (TBD) • Youth Volleyball (March 31- April 23) 2. Summer Rec Programs Wrap Up: Summer has been nothing but go-go-go and we are happy to offer such fun programs for the kids. Below is a brief update on all our programs and numbers: Tennis: Session 2 and 3, with a new instructor from Nampa, went great. Staff collected feedback from parents about their child’s experience; most would have liked more racket time and less coaching from the instructor. The Department was very pleased with Coach Lee’s performance and will gladly host him again next summer. Wee Soccer: Wow what a season! Our best yet, with over 100 kids participating. Pizza, fruit and vegetables were served to players, coaches and families after the final game. Always a fun time. T-ball: Better season than last year, with 38 kids registered. Pizza, fruit and vegetables were served to players, coaches and families after the final game. Always a fun time. Youth Athletic Training: This was a successful program, pulling in an average of 8 youth each session. The department partnered with Ponderosa State Park running strength drills on the grass and beach at the Visitor Center. Monthly Department Report – Parks & Recreation Traveling Playground: The public loved seeing the slip-n-slide set up at Art Roberts throughout the summer. Local families and out-of-town visitors alike played for hours. Staff is needed to monitor line and safety. Mountain Bike Camp: Staff wrapped up the final week of Mountain Bike Camp with participants at Jug Mountain Ranch. Sessions are always popular and the first to fill up. Adult Co-Ed Softball League: The Adult League Tournament week was August 12-14; with all 6 teams playing double headers, eating hotdogs, chips and fruit (provided and prepared by department staff for free). USA Idaho Softball certified umpires were present for all games. The winning team, Team 6 (sponsored by McCall Dirt Works) took away the trophy. The City Community & Economic Development team came in second place with the team Brown’s Mountain Market taking third. 3. Special Events: Movie by the Lake August 3rd and 31st August 3rd community members enjoyed the film “Dennis the Menace” with an attendance of 100-150 people at Legacy Park including Recreation staff Tara Woods and Stefanie Bork. August 31st “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” was shown by popular vote of 64% vs. Avengers Endgame at 36% on social media. 200-250 people attended the showing at Legacy Park and wrapped up our series of Movies by the Lake for Summer 2019. McCall Ball 11 teams signed up to play in this year’s annual Rotary Club fund raiser. Club president and event organizer Craig Vroom is not sure the event will continue in the future but was happy with the turnout. ReMax 1 won first place, second place went to Chuckleberries, and third place went to the AWeSOMe Sliders. 4. Parks Overview and Staffing: Recreation Supervisor Tara Woods relied heavily on help from department staff during the first few weeks of August, as the recreation aide returned to school. Following a crazy summer, Tara will be out the last week of August enjoying a well-earned vacation with family. Tyler Padgett, the department’s latest full-time employee, will be helping maintain Gold Glove fields throughout the ball season and assisting with facility reservations and collaborating parks maintenance to coincide with reservations. Ms. Wood is securing program instructors for tennis and soccer camps; and will be relying on volunteers for wee soccer and t-ball. Umpires will be hired for youth, adult and tournament softball programs. Seasonal staffing for Parks is better than it has been in three years. Seasonal staff have hit the ground running and have been a huge help with general maintenance, the unexpected, and project completions. New implements purchased through the Capital Improvement Program (CIP ) process have significantly reduced the amount of man hours associated with various maintenance tasks and day to day summer operations. Parks staff assisted in the Upper Payette Cooperative Weed Management (UPCWMA) Program again this year. The first co-op work day was in Lowman, followed by a day at Sage Hen out of Smiths Ferry, and Cascade in early July and two days in McCall in mid-July. The July UPCWMA spray days went great. There was an amazing turnout at the McCall spray day and treated over 18 acres of noxious weeds Monthly Department Report – Parks & Recreation within city limits. Focus areas treated included; water treatment plant, Payette Lakes District Sewer Lagoons, airport and airport approaches, Cemetery, Frisbee Golf Course, Industrial Loop area, Fox Ridge right of ways, and others. 5. Waterways Committee – Valley County Waterways Ordinance Update: County waterways committee motioned to send their revised work on the waterway’s ordinance to the County Commissioners during the September 03 Waterways meeting. They did not take public comment during this meeting. 6. Capital Projects & Maintenance: Riverfront Park – DEQ 319 Work: Work along the river bank was reviewed by Valley Soil and Water’s contract engineer and his comments where all positive and the project is proving to be successful. Staff will have timed freed up in August-September to continue revegetation work along the bank and to cleanup all lose ends. Revegetation Project at Riverfront Park: Parks staff have been working to establish native grasses and the trees planted during the fall and spring. The cool first half of summer helped these efforts and with supplemental irrigation things are starting to look good. Continued work throughout the fall will further these efforts. Gold Glove Park Improvements: Contractor completed the ADA improvements around the restroom in early May. Boulder Creek Landscape has installed the irrigation system and rock boarders, and staff finished up with planting materials. Wooley Boardwalk Wetland Mitigation Work: Staff was able to get into the wetland and cultivate areas to plant pollinator species this fall. We are working on a grant opportunity to assist with interpretive panels and will follow up with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure our obligations are met before the close of the calendar year. Waterfront Improvements: The area north of Mile High Marina continues to move forward and staff is committed to wrapping up the efforts with Idaho Department of Lands to obtain encroachment permits this winter. 7. Miscellaneous: Parks staff have conducted two “Pull Together Fridays”. The program has been a great success so far and we expect more great turnouts. So far there has been 250+ gallons distributed and around 40-50 participants that have worked with the County and City staff to treat numerous private properties. Staff has been extremely busy with regular maintenance as town has had increased use throughout the summer. As things calm down with the start of school, staff will transition into capital projects and deferred punch list maintenance items. At this time, staff will move to tackle and close out punch lists associated with ongoing projects such as Riverfront Park, Rotary Park (East End) Wooley Boardwalk (Interpretive), Gold Glove Park, Brown Park entrance and stair repairs. Coordinated projects with Idaho Fish & Game: Staff will meet with Idaho Fish and Game in early September to discuss partnerships and project opportunities on the lake and the North Fork of the Payette. Our primary area of focus will be river access opportunities on the North Fork of the Payette – including River Front Park. Monthly Department Report – Parks & Recreation Monthly Department Report – Parks & Recreation