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Parks and Recreation reports higher program participation and senior center upgrades
Summary
The commission received a community services update: recreation registrations rose to 321 (from 282), guided hikes and volunteer cleanups planned, park repairs and sandbag station activations during storms, and the senior center CIP reported multiple completed upgrades plus ongoing programming and sponsorships.
Parks and Recreation staff provided the commission an update on community services, recreation participation, trails and maintenance, and the Corona Senior Center’s completed capital improvements and programming.
Miss Leon reported that winter youth basketball practices began early in January with games set to start Jan. 17 and that overall youth registrations increased to 321 from 282 (a near 15% rise year over year). She described three holiday camps with 218 participants, the adaptive winter dance, guided hikes at Skyline, and spring volunteer cleanups such as a Mondale Street planting and cleanup scheduled for Jan. 24.
Mister Cortez summarized parks and trails work: restroom partitions and epoxy floor repairs at Village Park, surfacing replacement slated to start Jan. 19, concrete spot repairs in the coming weeks, storm response (50 tons of sand stockpiled and roughly 2,500 sandbags distributed via a self-serve station), and about 22 trees damaged during the holiday storms. He also described a new partnership with the Orange County Mountain Biking Association for trail service projects, noting two pilot volunteer days were held in November and December.
Carolyn Bustos, senior center program coordinator, outlined completed CIP upgrades at the Corona Senior Center: five new HVAC units, upgraded parking-lot lighting, an expanded patio with ceiling fans, water-efficient landscaping, a new ADA-compliant reception desk, new ramps and handrails, updated fire sprinklers and alarms, and interior accessibility fixes. Bustos said the center serves up to about 70 congregate lunch participants daily and reported roughly 3,919 meals served in the month covered by the report.
Commissioners praised the programs and asked clarifying questions about quarter-to-quarter comparisons (staff said figures were compared to quarter 1), plant palettes in the City Park 90% documents, tree warranties for replaced trees, and the scope of trail work. Staff provided clarifications: tree replacements at Village Park were under warranty, 90% documents include planting palettes and plant lists, and the trail projects will expand beyond mountain-bike single track to hiking trail maintenance.
Provenance: community services and senior center updates (topic intro SEG 274; topic finish SEG 2221).
