Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission Regular Meeting – June 17, 2026
Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission Regular Meeting – June 17, 2026
The Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission (PRTAC) held a regular meeting on June 17, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting included administrative reports on the City Streets and Sidewalks Program and the Placer.ai park analytics tool, as well as updates from commissioners and staff. A partial transcript of the meeting indicates the final portion of the meeting included discussion of a restroom and parking lot project at Westwood Hills Park.
Consent Calendar
No items were listed on the consent calendar. The approval of the May 20, 2026, meeting minutes was considered under item 4.A; however, the outcome of that vote is not reflected in the available transcript.
Public Comments & Testimony
No public comments were recorded in the available transcript. The agenda included a public comment period.
Discussion Items
- City Streets and Sidewalks Program – Annual Update: A presentation by Public Works staff was listed on the agenda. No details of the presentation or ensuing discussion are included in the available transcript.
- Placer.AI Annual Park Analytics Update: Parks Planning Manager Ali Koenig presented an update on park visitation trends derived from anonymized, aggregated mobile device data. The agenda summary report indicates the data informs decisions on planning, maintenance, programming, equity, accessibility, and visitor experience. The commission received the presentation for informational purposes. No discussion is captured in the transcript.
Comments by Commissioners and Staff
- Westwood Hills Park Restroom and Parking Lot Project: During commissioner and staff comments, staff reported that a single ADA unisex restroom was being designed for Westwood Hills Park. In response to a question about expanding the parking lot, staff indicated that the parking lot was being redesigned and that approximately eight additional spaces could be added without triggering additional ADA or wastewater requirements. A commissioner noted that expanding the parking lot could improve safety by reducing dangerous turnarounds onto Browns Valley Road for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. The chair acknowledged the comments.
- Other Updates: The agenda listed updates from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission representative (Commissioner Katz-O'Neill), the Napa Park and Recreation Foundation (Commissioner Streng), and Park Maintenance and Recreation Division staff. No details are available in the transcript.
Key Outcomes
- The meeting was adjourned to the next regularly scheduled meeting on August 19, 2026. No formal votes were captured in the available transcript.
Note: This summary is based on the agenda and a partial transcript covering only the final portion of the meeting. Full details of the administrative reports and earlier agenda items were not available.
Meeting Transcript
Imagine so. And then he asked if the city had ever considered expanding the parking lot. So it's always full into that area, which is just kind of dry grass and weeds and stuff like that, since the park is so highly utilized. And I said I don't know, but I would mention it at the end of the meeting. We were really only budgeted to look at the restroom, but we're taking this opportunity part of the design for that restroom, and we're looking at uh one single ADA unisex restroom for Westwood Hills. We are having them redesign the parking lot. And what we were looking at there is how many spaces can we add without triggering additional ADA stalls and additional um wastewater. Uh so I think it was eight. I think we have the capacity to add eight additional stalls. So that will be in the design. We don't know the cost of it. Um so I don't know if it will actually be funded, but once we know the cost of something, it positions a project when there is excess measure G funding available or uh project doesn't get completed that was slated if once we have a dollar amount and a design, we can we can come forward with the news. I'll pass that on. Yeah, hopefully. Thank you. Show me of some pool. Okay. Um with that we'll adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting on August nineteenth. May I squeeze in just one little follow up on record. Now the the area to the left of uh Beckett Westwood to the left of the park uh driveway, it's a big area, grass area. Is that owned by the city too? Or is that uh that is privately owned. That would be a nice ideal spot to pick up some parking spaces there. So that's all private. And also just tacking on before um Chair Bordana closes it off. It also seems like a safety perspective for those eight parking spots. And what I mean is if there ever ends up being the funding, it's actually really hard to turn around in the current parking lot. And so when people are trying to back out to then, for example, they think there's a spot there isn't, then they're coming out onto Browns Valley. It's actually really dangerous for both pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. So it seems like there it's also making the case that if there were funding available, just the more you can have people parking in the parking lot, the safer it is. Um, because when they're then coming to pull out onto Browns Valley to park, they're often annoyed because they haven't been able to park in the parking lot. Um so it just seems like there's also a case to be made for public safety as well. Good point. Any other comments or questions? Okay, thank you very much. Uh we will adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting. Which is August. You guys are dark in July. Okay. So
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