Good afternoon everyone. The second of the city council will please come to order with

the clerk call the roll to establish a quorum.

Thank you Mayor councilmember capelin councilmember tau mayor pro tem telementes councilmember

valance weila vice mayor maple councilmember gettah councilmember jennings councilmember

vang and mayor steinberg. I am here vice mayor maple would you please

leave us an elanding knowledge been in the pledge allegiance.

Certainly please stand if you are able please rise for the opening acknowledgments in

honor of sacmones indigenous people and tribal lands to the original people of this land

the nesanon people the southern my do galley and planes me walk put one one two people and

the people of the wilton ranch area sacramones only federally recognized tribe may we acknowledge

and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these

ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement and

appreciation for sacramones indigenous peoples history contributions and lives.

The remain standing salute and pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States

of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with

liberty and justice for all.

Thank you very much vice mayor good afternoon colleagues city staff and members of the

public we actually have a relatively brief agenda this afternoon. I don't think there

any reports out of closed session madam city attorney or there's nothing to report

out at this time. Thank you all right let's begin with a special presentation I'll turn

it over to councilmember Kaplan. Thank you mayor well I might have the honor to speak

right now I know I say this on behalf of all of my fellow council members and mayor that

we so appreciate our parks and recreation staff and July is where we get to officially

recognize our parks and rec staff of which this country has done for over 40 years and we

even went further because we like to call ours yipsy which is our youth parks and community

enrichment which I can't think of a better name to truly describe what embodies what the

city of Sacramento's does for our parks and our youth this year's theme is where you belong

and it celebrates the many ways that our parks and recreational professionals foster a sense

of belonging in our communities because there really is power in our parks power in our

youths and power with community enrichment.

A little bit of facts you guys know this well but the public should know this our yipsy team

employees over 1600 individuals serving the mission of empowering our youth strengthening

our neighborhoods and providing life enriching programs for a beautiful livable city of which

you guys really do an amazing job. Our yipsy staff provide daily care and maintenance for

over 235 developed parks pathways open spaces where we have in the city which is over 4,300

acres in our city limits in 2023 alone they supported over 5,000 organized sporting events

in our parks and permitted 475 family and community events on a daily basis they are managing

over 14 community centers 17 aquatic facility city wide so that families and children can

enjoy of all ages in our city. In 2023 as well for our aquatic team they experienced over

100,000 drop in visits to city pools provided over 650 swim classes that resulted in 48

100 registrations employing over 225 youth and were recognized as one of California's top

training providers by the American Red Cross again that cannot be understated we are surrounded

by water and riverways and knowing that people know how to save a life is truly important.

Through our programs such as the Sacramento Youth Commission and summer at City Hall every

year which has been going on for over 11 years this year there were 72 students who participated

who truly understand and embody yipsy it is employing our youth it is talking about the value

of what it is to work for the city as well as community enrichment of what it means to be in

local government. So I am always appreciative as well no offense but we are the city of trees

kind of are and every year our Yipsy staff, Arborist and others and community volunteers truly

the definition of Yipsy we planted 248 trees last year I know we are going to do more I know

my one youth over three different which I think the city so immensely we did 85 trees last year

we are going to try and talk that and do some more but Yipsy's partnership in all areas of

running the city with our youth with our parks with community enrichment for all ages cannot be

understated how important it is to the fundamental of who the city of Sacramento is. So I just want

to thank you and recognize each one of you in your departments for all the hard work together as

a team you guys make it happen I would like to open it up for my fellow council members to say a

couple of words before I call Yipsy's director Jackie Beacham up but Jackie you can come up and

stand up here while you hear accolades from fellow council members. Thank you Jackie.

Oh do you want to hear from Jackie first or oh let's hear from colleagues with every one vice

mayor of course yeah I'll make my comments very brief I wanted to say I can't say anything