They're due back on April Seventh.

Estuary Park construction is ongoing with completion at the end of twenty twenty-six.

They're working on the north side first, and then we'll construct the south two connectors.

Let's see here.

It's for beginning.

Spring break camps are taking place Monday through Friday, April 13th through the 17th.

And for the spring vacation camp is offered at Harrison, and other special interest programs will take place at various locations like the Alameda Point Gym.

Our teen and tweens career prep and job fair and uh for resumes takes place on Thursday, March 26th, the Alameda Boys and Girls Club.

Teens Teaching Tech, this is taking place on Thursdays in March on March 26th and April 9th from 4 p.m.

at the Mastic Senior Center.

This is a great opportunity where the seniors and the teens get together and learn how the iPhone works.

So there it's a really fun uh cross-generational event.

Um then our we're also still uh facilitating the the Queer Teen Alameda uh Center, which takes place at the Underground Teen Center at the Vets Building.

This happens Fridays at 6 p.m.

Um for more information about that.

You can go to Alameda Pride.com.

Um we're registering for summer volunteer programs, and um our volunteers can earn community service hours.

Um every act matters, assists with events such as the Spring Shindig, movie nights, Sandcastle Contests, Fourth of July parade, and community rec.

Our operation Green Sweep is Monday, Mondays and Fridays, June 22nd through July 24th, where the groups go out and help uh make our community cleaner, greener, and more beautiful.

And then we have our junior leader program.

This takes place Monday through Friday, July 6th through the 31st, from 8 until 5:30.

This is where uh kids can build leadership skills, gain experience, and prepare for future jobs with ARPD.

Um, and then we're currently uh actively interviewing potential part-time employees for our summer.

So um if you haven't yet, visit our website.

Um we have a lot of jobs posted for the summer.

Um for our uh sports program, our youth uh programs at the Alameda Point Gym.

Um we're still offering after school pickleball.

This is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5:30.

We have homeschool PE for K through fifth graders, it's taking place Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 till 12, and then we will have our spring break camps um at the Alameda Point Gym from April 13th through the 17th for those non-AUSD school days.

Um for our adult programs, we still have open gym, which is taking place on Sundays uh 6 to 10 p.m.

And then we have our tennis, our private and group uh sessions are available.

We're offering indoor pickleball Fridays from 9 30 to 12 p.m.

And then we're also offering indoor roller skating Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

till 10 30 at the Alameda Point Gym.

And then uh our spring softball leagues registration is closed and games begin the week of April 6th.

Um see here.

Um the Masti uh happenings at Mastic, we're having our um line dancing level one is taking place on Wednesdays um April 1st through the 29th, 9 15 a.m.

at the social hall.

Um, how to get help uh with health care costs is taking place on Tuesday, April 14th at 10 a.m.

Um this is a review of the Medicare program, eligibility application process and benefits.

And then stained glass and mosaic spaces are filling up quickly for the spring and summer sessions, but uh we do still have some availability there.

Umbers toured the guide dogs for blind campus and San Rafael and lunch in Sasolino on Monday, March 9th.

Um and then for parks, um Littlejohn Park.

There's been ongoing work to uh adjust the site for little league usage, including safety upgrades and ADA improvements in February.

Our maintenance staff participated in and chainsaw safety training and electric mower demonstration and electric mower demonstration.

Um as you well know for our method for going totally carbon neutral.

This will be key for um converting our equipment to electric eventually.

Lincoln Park, Thursday, February 9th.

We had to do an emergency tree removal and to protect the playground and prevent any injuries.

The rodeo rotary club and CASA, along with uh 100,000 trees for humanity partnered with ARPD to plant 22 trees near the playground and the ball field.

Um we've been working at Gene Sweeney Open Space Park.

Um irrigation system has been upgraded to a smart clock, which will really uh allow us to have better usage of water.

And then we are currently recruiting for a full-time gardener position.

The application uh deadline is Sunday, March 29th.

And please visit the city website.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Questions for Director Long.

No.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh moving forward, our next item is Commissioner Communications.

Uh Commissioner Robbins, would you like to go first?

I do not have much to report other than being able to use the tennis facilities, and as always, they're in fantastic shape.

And um that's it for this month.

Thank you.

Vice Chair Schwartz uh my son actually just started T ball, so I've been spending uh and will be spending a lot more time at Franklin than Hyatt historically have.

So uh appreciate that opportunity to get me to just experience different parks.

Um I know I mentioned this uh on and off, but again, as a child of two working parents when I was a kid, uh and with a son starting AUSD in in the fall.

Uh really appreciate all the programs you offer on non-ASU days.

Um I've always kind of peeked through them uh at the activity guide, but uh definitely I'm trying to get myself a little bit more prepared uh for for the upcoming uh school year.

Uh so again, really appreciate all those programs.

Um I know we got uh some communication on the the little league fencing for for Little John.

Um I haven't seen it, I haven't driven by, so I I don't really have any any questions or or input, but um just thinking about you know the park I experienced the most, which is Cruzy, uh, which is really four diamonds with a big field in the middle.

Um definitely want to just make sure that you know we're balancing the ability to have little league, but also keeping it, you know, like there's people on the field all the time when when games aren't going on um at Cruzy, and I would hate for like I'm envisioning something like that, you know, blocking access for that might be too late for for this year, but just maybe working with the little league um maybe next season or moving forward just to make sure that that access um continues.

So I just want to add a clarifying comment to there.

So on each side of the fence extensions we put in that are temporary.

There's over 30 foot sections that are left wide open so that there is access to the field from multiple locations.

Um it and again, you know, what we've done is to try to communicate that as well so that people can feel free to use the field anytime little league is not using it.

Yeah, great.

That's great.

Thank you.

Um that's all I have to otherwise I'm still at the pool a lot.

Um love to see how busy it's getting with the weather and hope everyone's uh you know able to enjoy some extra park time uh with uh daylight savings.

Great, thank you.

Uh for my part on this uh beautiful evening.

Um my report is simply that I was at Lincoln uh park directly uh before the meeting uh playing with my son.

Happy to report that the park was full of soccer players, pickball players, swimmers, uh basketball players, and the jungle gym uh was full.

So please provide that live live update.

It was pretty idyllic, uh made me awfully proud to be uh on my way to uh be here working with you all tonight.

Really terrific.

Um moving forward, the next item on our agenda is to approve the minutes from our February 12th, 2026 meeting.

Uh, do we have a motion to approve those minutes, please?

I'll motion to approve and roll call vote, please.

Commissioner Robbins.

Yes.

Vice Chair Schwartz.

Yes.

Chair ADs.

Yes.

Thanks very much.

The motion has been approved.

The next item on our agenda is regular agenda item 6A, which is a recommendation to approve the updated banner policy and approve the proposed storage unit policy.

And if memory serves, this is the item that came in December.

Is that right?

Yes.

Um exactly.

This is the second time you guys are seeing it.

We took the feedback that we received from the first meeting, incorporated that in, and we're bringing it back tonight for uh approval.

So we'll start with the the banner policy.

So the two major changes that we really have here is the duration.

So previously they were up for up to 60 days, and we're reducing that to 30 days.

So that really is the main change here.

And so just call your attention to that.

And then let's move on to the the storage policy because that was actually a whole new policy.

We've not had this before.

And as you were experienced the parks, and when you're out there, you see that a lot of our user groups bring extra storage material with them in order to make play easier.

And what this has done for us is it actually gives us a whole policy for trying to figure out just who's is what gives us a contact.

It also gets some skin in the game so people don't abandon property with us.

And I know during the conversation you guys thought the fees were a little low.

Um the census is new.

We thought we'd bring this out as an initial startup.

We're not using this to as a revenue generator.

This is really just trying to make sure that we can keep track of these storage units throughout the park.

Um one of the comments that that came up was that you you guys thought we should have a late fee should they not do an annual renewal?

Um so we've applied that.

Since the fees are so low, we put that at 50%.

So if you have a small container, it's 25.

If you have the large, it's 75 as the late fee.

So we're trying to you utilize that to encourage people to get on an annual basis where they are renewing automatically, and we can make sure we still have your contact information.

So it's not super complicated.

Um, but you know, we do have terms and conditions in there, you know.

Um we do have large containers, medium and small, and so I think it's a pretty fair policy about how it will be distributed throughout the park system.

Um and we have a caveat on there that you know the department has to approve it prior to anyone putting one out there.

So with that, I know this is a brief.

I'll open it up for I think we have to do questions or or clarifying questions.

So with that, please I'm here for anything.

Great.

Thank you for uh incorporating our feedback.

Um do we have any uh clarifying question or excuse me, clarifying questions for Director Long?

No.

Uh I had just uh just one um from the December meeting.

Uh wanted to make sure it didn't get lost.

Uh just in terms of managing keys associated with the the storage units.

Um what what's the plan for for for that?

Um at least it I'd have to double check with Joey, but I think the uh the Joey Carroll who oversees the program.

Um in a lot of the cases we would like to issue locks so that they get a key and we get a key.

Okay, great.

So that'll be the I think the smoothest way to do it.

Okay.

Terrific.

Uh any other clarifying questions?

Do we have uh public comment on this item?

No public comment.

Okay, thank you.

Uh any discussion among the commissioners?

No.

I figure we have any public comment.

I don't know if you've if there's organizations you've communicated to.

My only question is have you gotten any feedback on this?

Make it ever positive.

So we sent this to all of our user groups, and almost every single one of them is just thought it was a reasonable aspect.

Nobody has pushed back and said we this is unacceptable.

Great.

And to your point, this is uh minimal financial impact.

It's $1,500.

Yeah.

Uh great.

Would uh someone like to make a motion to approve uh both the updated banner policy as well as the proposed storage unit policy?

I'll make a motion to approve the updated uh banner policy as well as the storage policy in the second.

I'll second that.

Commissioner Robbins.

Yes.

Vice Chair Swartz?

Yes.

Chair ADs.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

The next item on the agenda uh in fact is our next meeting on April 9th.

Um, do we have any agenda items that anyone would like to put on that agenda?

No.

I just had a question.

The the other item that was on our December calendar was the uh memorial policy.

Um notice it didn't come back tonight.

Is there a plan for that in the future?

Yeah, so that one should be ready by April.

We just it needed a little bit more reworking before um we brought back you guys had significant comments on that one.

So great.

Uh Director Long, are there any items you'd like to add to the agenda?

Not at this time.

Okay.

In that case, we can continue moving forward.

The next item on the agenda is our adjournment.

Uh, can I have a motion to adjourn, please?

Uh we'll trade off all motion to adjourn.

Commissioner Robbins.

Yes.

Vice Chair Swartz.

Yes.

Chair Radies.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The meeting is now adjourned, and we'll see everybody in April.