The Parks and Recreation Commission held its 26th meeting on March 16, 2026, at 1:00 PM. The meeting included the approval of the February 16, 2026 minutes, staff presentations on project updates, Keeper Rancho Beautiful, parks and facilities, aquatics, and departmental reports. No public forum was held, and no discussion or deliberation items were brought forward.
26th meeting of the parks and recreation commission to order. Would you all please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? Undergone. First item on the agenda is our consent calendar, which is the approval of the February 16th, 2026 minutes. Commissioners, have you all had a chance to review those? Anyone have any comments, changes, corrections? There being none, may I have a motion to accept them? May I have a second? Need a roll call vote. Commissioner Romero. Do you approve? Uh Commissioner Herrera. Commissioner Edwards, do you approve? Here and approved. Commissioner French Barger. Here and approved. Commissioner Leedy. Commissioner Marsh. Yes, approved here. The March or the February 16th meetings have been approved. Thank you. Next is staff presentations. We'll start with project update with Diane Sony, our project's division manager. Good evening, Ms. Chairwoman. Commissioners. First up, we have confirmed that our wood removal contractor will be helping to remove down dead wood in the Rio Rancho Willow Creek Boski before the end of April of this year. It's a small area that's almost like a blow-down area. We have had wood removal there before last fall with our fire division, also with one of the local pueblos of downed wood. And we're just trying to remove material that is a fire hazard in that specific area. Last year, there was also work done through the forestry division with this same contractor in the north loop of the Willow Creek area as part of a forestry prescription treatment. We then followed up or also used goats, and I'm hoping to see if I can secure our local galloping goats for a couple of days after this wood is removed to remove some of the duff and some of the non-native vegetation that is grown in amongst these trees. And I'll provide an update after that work is completed, probably in May. But one of the smaller little league fields, that's to the west of the somewhat newly constructed concession building, and then also King Meadows parking lot replacement. Parks that are projects that are in process right now. Um we also are in the process of ordering the equipment for the Haynes Pool Pump Replacement Project. The hope is that it will only take a couple of weeks to get the equipment in, and that the replacement can occur before May 1st and the start up of the pool for the 2026 pool season. We also have funding and have uh are in the process of ordering the equipment for rainbow pool pumps replacement, but due to the timing of the delivery of that, it's likely that that replacement will not occur until after this pool season, the 2026 pool season. Also, we have our Haynes Pool parking lot replacement that will be scheduled for that work to commence in the fall as well after the pool season has ended. Right now, that's what we've got in the works. Um last time I also gave you an update about Broadmoor Senior Center. There's nothing very significant for me to add to that schedule for you at this time. And with that, um, for parks and park construction, if you have any questions, I'll I'll stand for those questions. If not, I'll move on to Keeper Rancho Beautiful. Any questions? Remarks? No, then please move on. Okay, thank you. Um so for Keeper Rancho Beautiful. Um, our staff obviously continue to always clean up a legal dump sites as they have done in the past.