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Director reports updates: utility art boxes, Grijalva master plan, Hart Park projects and summer programming
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Community Services Director Emily Bustamante updated the commission on a utility box art sponsorship program ($3,000 per box), Grijalva Park master-plan engagement (community workshop March 31), Hart Park pickleball and fitness circuit nearing mid-April completion, and recent vendor agreements for aquatics and summer camps.
Community Services Director Emily Bustamante provided a multipoint update on parks programming and capital projects.
Utility box art program: the city is seeking artists and sponsors to transform city-owned traffic-signal control boxes into public art as part of USA 2 50 activities. Bustamante said each box requires a $3,000 sponsorship; designs that include full sponsorship would receive installation priority and any installation is contingent on available donation funding.
Grijalva Park master plan: as part of the Capital Improvement Program, the city has started a master-plan update for Grijalva Park to guide long-range enhancements. Consultants Montrose Environmental and Kimley-Horn will lead planning; staff will distribute a community questionnaire and host a public input workshop on March 31 at the sports center. Commissioners were reminded that, due to the Brown Act, no more than three commissioners may attend the workshop.
Capital projects and programming: Bustamante reported that Hart Park pickleball and fitness-circuit construction is on schedule for a mid-April completion and a ribbon-cutting will be scheduled. The Serrano Park Lodge pool-fencing project is complete; the Grijalva Park skate-park design is out to bid with construction expected to begin this summer and take about 7–8 months. The council recently approved a year-round aquatics agreement at Hart Park with Premier Aquatics LLC and an agreement with The Hub OC to provide youth and teen summer day camp at Shaffer Park.
Staff noted the next two city council meetings will be budget study sessions (operating budget on March 24; CIP presentation April 14) and that staff will return later with additional CIP details and community engagement results.
Next steps: staff will continue outreach for master-plan input, finalize vendor agreements and return to the commission with timelines and ribbon-cutting details as projects near completion.
