Parks staff provided a broad management report at the Nov. 19 meeting, citing event attendance estimates, ongoing capital projects and plans for holiday programming.

Jacqueline (parks staff member) said Placer AI cell‑phone data estimated about 1,800 people at Spencer Park on the day of the Howl at the Moon event and that visitors spent an average of 53 minutes in Houston Park that day. She cautioned the figures come from opt‑in cell‑phone data and exclude children and individuals who opted out of tracking, so the numbers are approximations.

Staff gave updates on Spencer Park: light poles for the park have been ordered and a storage-farm replacement project is roughly 50 percent complete with trusses erected; a contractor indicated a target completion date around Dec. 11. Jacqueline also outlined Christmas in the Park logistics: the walk-through grand opening is scheduled for Nov. 25 with the ribbon-cutting at 6 p.m., hot chocolate and reindeer at the lower pavilion, and vendor support coordinated with the incubator kitchen (Ryan reported 17 vendors anticipated).

The Parks Foundation held its Nov. 5 annual meeting and elected Isabel Crane and Chad Higgins as new members; Lynn Ness was re-elected president and Phil Stevenson reported as treasurer. Staff said they are developing donor signage and a donor wall for the new clubhouse and are coordinating with a city history project and Beth Myers to capture the facility’s 100-year history materials.

Staff also reported a submitted Shaper grant (results due Jan. 1) and noted positive social-media metrics: Facebook views up 48.8 percent and content interaction up 94.1 percent in the last 28 days; staff said those numbers guide marketing and outreach but are benchmarks rather than precise attendance counts.

The board asked staff to continue coordinating contractors, donor recognition plans and holiday logistics; staff will return with details as projects advance.