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HomeMy WebLinkAbout090920 - 5.2 ATTACHMENT ACreating Community through People, Arts, Parks & Programs THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REFLECT THE MISSION OF PARKS AND RECREATION: • Strengthen Community Image and Sense of Place • Strengthen Safety and Security • Facilitate Community Problem Solving • Protect Environmental Resources • Provide Recreational Experiences • Support Economic Development • Promote Health and Wellness • Increase Cultural Unity • Foster Human Development STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IMAGE AND SENSE OF PLACE Weekly maintenance of both the large and small dog parks at Hap Magee Ranch Park continues to be performed, including cleaning the drinking fountains, removing the mulch o of the DG pathways, repairing damaged fencing, potholing turf areas dug out by the dogs and performing irrigation checks and repairs. Sta continues to monitor all closed o areas such as the playgrounds, basketball courts and volleyball courts daily due to the Health Order requirements, making sure all signs are still in play areas. Weekly maintenance of all Town-maintained tennis courts was performed – blowing o the courts, adjusting nets or replacing nets when needed. Restrooms in the parks continue to be cleaned and disinfected nightly after the parks close and all park public restroom exteriors were pressure washed. Drinking fountain repairs were performed at Hap Magee Ranch Park. STRENGTHEN SAFETY & SECURITY The Diablo Vista Park synthetic turf replacement project and testing has been completed – this project was expedited to take place while elds were closed during the pandemic and turned out great. The monthly cleaning and grooming of the synthetic turf at Sycamore Valley Park was completed along with adding rubber in the base areas of the ball elds, where the rubber was displaced from use. Sta has pruned 12 trees at Oak Hill Park, two trees at Hap Magee Ranch Park and four trees at Sycamore Valley Park for safety clearance of pathways, elds and parking lot areas. These items may also reect how Parks Make Life Better! Parks and Recreation make lives and communities better now and in the future by providing access to nature, outdoor space to play and exercise, free-time fun in positive spaces, and socializing and learning in a gathering place. Bi-weekly playground inspections and repairs are being performed and playground ber was added to Osage Station Park and Oak Hill Park playgrounds. Monthly rodent control of all parks continues to be performed. Fire extinguishers were recharged in all three of the Hap Magee Ranch Park buildings, the yearly ow test on the re hydrant located outside the Swain house was completed and the stove hood re suppres - sion system in the Magee house kitchen was recertied. FACILITATE COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING Danville Senior Center in partnership with CC Café began oering a curbside frozen meal program in July. On Fridays, seniors who have called in a reservation can pick up 5 frozen meals for a suested donation of $15. In the month of July, over 300 frozen meals were distributed to Danville seniors. PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Town sta continues to be in full irrigation mode, completing four mainline repairs, removing a pressure regulator at Danville South Park, replacing seven remote control valves and completing 54 irrigation repairs in the park and school sites. A plant replacement project has begun at Danville South Park at both entrances to the park o Velasco Court and Serene Court, now that the irrigation pressure issues have been resolved. Replacement of the pressure gauge at the Diablo Vista Park irrigation pump was also com- pleted. At Hap Magee Ranch Park, a leaky toilet valve in the men’s restroom was repaired, as was the gate on the north side of the Magee House. An isolation valve was installed for the drinking fountain near the public restrooms, to allow repairs to be performed without turning all potable water o to the restrooms. PROVIDE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES Camp Danville was a huge success this summer! While COVID-19 took away some of the “normalcy” of a regular summer at camp, our sta adapted with grace to this new camp life. Camp Danville was lled with arts & crafts, outdoor games, water play and more, all while maintain- ing social distancing, extra cleaning and sanitizing and wearing masks! Camp Danville took place at 5 dierent locations with 6 camps that equaled to roughly 72 engaged and excited kids every two weeks. Hap Magee Ranch Park, Diablo Vista Teen Center, Charlotte Wood Teen Center, and Oak Hill Park all hosted camps of twelve kids ranging in ages from 5 to 11 years old while Los Cerros Teen Center hosted twelve, 9 – 13 years old campers. The Teen camp at Los Cerros had wheely been enjoying Wheel Wednesdays. At Wheel Wednesdays, campers bring their skateboards, bikes or scooters and show o their cool tricks to the camp sta. Donned with helmets, the campers weave in and out of cones and chalk ‘race tracks’ to show just how fast they can go! JULY ACTIVITIES • AUGUST MEETING PAGE 1 OF 4 ATTACHMENT A Bi-weekly playground inspections and repairs are being performed and playground ber was added to Osage Station Park and Oak Hill Park playgrounds. Monthly rodent control of all parks continues to be performed. Fire extinguishers were recharged in all three of the Hap Magee Ranch Park buildings, the yearly ow test on the re hydrant located outside the Swain house was completed and the stove hood re suppres - sion system in the Magee house kitchen was recertied. FACILITATE COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING Danville Senior Center in partnership with CC Café began oering a curbside frozen meal program in July. On Fridays, seniors who have called in a reservation can pick up 5 frozen meals for a suested donation of $15. In the month of July, over 300 frozen meals were distributed to Danville seniors. PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Town sta continues to be in full irrigation mode, completing four mainline repairs, removing a pressure regulator at Danville South Park, replacing seven remote control valves and completing 54 irrigation repairs in the park and school sites. A plant replacement project has begun at Danville South Park at both entrances to the park o Velasco Court and Serene Court, now that the irrigation pressure issues have been resolved. Replacement of the pressure gauge at the Diablo Vista Park irrigation pump was also com- pleted. At Hap Magee Ranch Park, a leaky toilet valve in the men’s restroom was repaired, as was the gate on the north side of the Magee House. An isolation valve was installed for the drinking fountain near the public restrooms, to allow repairs to be performed without turning all potable water o to the restrooms. PROVIDE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES Camp Danville was a huge success this summer! While COVID-19 took away some of the “normalcy” of a regular summer at camp, our sta adapted with grace to this new camp life. Camp Danville was lled with arts & crafts, outdoor games, water play and more, all while maintain- ing social distancing, extra cleaning and sanitizing and wearing masks! Camp Danville took place at 5 dierent locations with 6 camps that equaled to roughly 72 engaged and excited kids every two weeks. Hap Magee Ranch Park, Diablo Vista Teen Center, Charlotte Wood Teen Center, and Oak Hill Park all hosted camps of twelve kids ranging in ages from 5 to 11 years old while Los Cerros Teen Center hosted twelve, 9 – 13 years old campers. The Teen camp at Los Cerros had wheely been enjoying Wheel Wednesdays. At Wheel Wednesdays, campers bring their skateboards, bikes or scooters and show o their cool tricks to the camp sta. Donned with helmets, the campers weave in and out of cones and chalk ‘race tracks’ to show just how fast they can go! PAGE 2 OF 4 PAGE 3 OF 4 Yoga and sketching are two of the many online classes that were oered this summer so participants could still enjoy their favorite class from the comfort of their own living room. Yoga with Sahar on Tues- days and Fridays included “adventuring” to new lands and a pajama party on Friday evenings. Teens in sketching camp with Zina had the opportunity to learn about shapes and shading by starting their rst day of camp with sketching a basic plain red apple. From July 6-17, Danville ramped up attendance with at Rob’s Skate Camp! This year camp was held in Diablo Vista Park and was a big hit. 22 children attended camp in two separate weeks of learning to roll ride and perform basic tricks. While COVID-19 has prevented Arts & Rec on the Go from running for the last few months, we came back with a four day oering mid July. Two were on the Town Green and the other two were at the remote locations of Danville South Park and Diablo Vista Park. Each program had a sanitation station and sta to encourage socially distanced play. July 24 was the start of Danville's Agents of Discovery expe- ditions. The application based augmented reality tour allows for a catered interaction with our community. From high- lighting the history of basketball on our Danville South Park court or inquiring about the wildlife in the creek. Agents of Discovery helps inspire, inquire and intrigue around Dan- ville parks. Danville Wave Riders is a new aquatics camp that was oered and was a HUGE success! When COVID-19 hit, anything having to do with the pool was cancelled. This camp was geared toward tweens between the ages of 11-14. The camp focused on swim instruction, conditioning, recre- ation swim, and basic lifeguarding skills. The participants were taught what things “normally” would look like and the changes to the skills due to the pandemic. They were able to play games and swim a lot of dierent variation of relays while keeping their social distance. This camp was a 1-week Monday – Thursday camp from either 9AM – 12PM or 1PM – 4PM. Skyhawks Sports ran a Soccer Camp and Flag Football camp in July. Both camps were extremely successful. Skyhawks was able to provide conditioning and variation of games that t within the health order for the campers to come out and get some exercise and engage with other kids. It was extremely exciting to get our youth back out and playing sports even if it is in a modied way. Arora Tennis has been running Tennis Camps for ages 8-14 since July 6. Each session is one weeklong from Monday through Friday. The campers participate in dierent type of activities and games to learn about the sport of tennis. This camp has been sold out through the entire summer. SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Local businesses reported that they saw more trac due to the Hearts being outside their storefronts. They are very grateful for the increased foot-trac and revenue. Friday, July 31 was Harry Potter’s Birthday. To increase foot trac downtown, participants were encouraged to celebrate by participat- ing in Dobby’s Sock Hunt, a contactless scavenger hunt with local businesses and Town facilities. Socks were hung in windows and participants could snap a photo of each sock to submit for some mag- ical prizes. PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS Monte Vista High School Pool was open for lap swim in July. The pool is open for two sessions of lap swim from Mondays through Thursdays. The rst session is from 5PM – 5:45PM and the second session is from 6PM – 6:45PM. There can be at most 5 people regis- tered per session. The swimmers swam in every other lane so that social distancing could be kept the entire time. INCREASE CULTURAL UNITY On July 22, at 11:00am in conjunction with the Danville Library and the Recreation, Arts & Community Services Department, the nal Kidchella of the summer featuring the lead singer of the renown children’s band Octopretzel was held. The 30-minute performance was recorded prior to the event and posted on Face- book on the day of the event. At 11:00am, a video from the Danville Library was posted featuring a storytime followed by a video at 11:30am which focused on crafts. At 12pm, Octopretzel’s perfor- mance was posted and is still available to watch for free at any time. The video has currently accumulated 610 views. PAGE 4 OF 4 FOSTER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT The month of July was great for the arts! The Town installed 17 heart sculptures all around downtown and has been receiving endless amounts of positive feedback about the hearts and how much joy they are bringing to residents and visitors alike. Many people are inquiring about how to purchase them as they love them so much! There will be an online auction set to take place in mid-October. Details can be found on the Hearts Around Hartz page on the Town’s website at www.danville.ca.gov/heartsa- roundhartz. Adult art classes have been continuing online smoothly with participants zooming in to learn how to draw. Children were nally able to experience some in-person art camps with the re-opening of some camps. They practiced their art while social distancing. It was hugely successful! Lots of happy campers and budding artists were to be found in Danville the month of July. On July 10, physical comedian and clown, Unique Derique performed for our Preschool Performance series that is now held virtually on Zoom to provide much needed entertainment for the preschoolers at home. He performed a variety of circus tricks, such as hat twirling, juling, and body percussion. PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER On July 25, The Village Theatre hosted its rst virtual concert in an eort to provide its well anticipated Music in the Park Series. This year due to the shelter in place order, the event was converted into a virtual event that was live streamed from the stage to viewers at home. Project 4 provided the great funk and R&B hits ranging from the 60’s to present day. The stream had over 2100 views. Skyhawks Sports ran a Soccer Camp and Flag Football camp in July. Both camps were extremely successful. Skyhawks was able to provide conditioning and variation of games that t within the health order for the campers to come out and get some exercise and engage with other kids. It was extremely exciting to get our youth back out and playing sports even if it is in a modied way. Arora Tennis has been running Tennis Camps for ages 8-14 since July 6. Each session is one weeklong from Monday through Friday. The campers participate in dierent type of activities and games to learn about the sport of tennis. This camp has been sold out through the entire summer. SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Local businesses reported that they saw more trac due to the Hearts being outside their storefronts. They are very grateful for the increased foot-trac and revenue. Friday, July 31 was Harry Potter’s Birthday. To increase foot trac downtown, participants were encouraged to celebrate by participat- ing in Dobby’s Sock Hunt, a contactless scavenger hunt with local businesses and Town facilities. Socks were hung in windows and participants could snap a photo of each sock to submit for some mag- ical prizes. PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS Monte Vista High School Pool was open for lap swim in July. The pool is open for two sessions of lap swim from Mondays through Thursdays. The rst session is from 5PM – 5:45PM and the second session is from 6PM – 6:45PM. There can be at most 5 people regis- tered per session. The swimmers swam in every other lane so that social distancing could be kept the entire time. INCREASE CULTURAL UNITY On July 22, at 11:00am in conjunction with the Danville Library and the Recreation, Arts & Community Services Department, the nal Kidchella of the summer featuring the lead singer of the renown children’s band Octopretzel was held. The 30-minute performance was recorded prior to the event and posted on Face- book on the day of the event. At 11:00am, a video from the Danville Library was posted featuring a storytime followed by a video at 11:30am which focused on crafts. At 12pm, Octopretzel’s perfor- mance was posted and is still available to watch for free at any time. The video has currently accumulated 610 views. FOSTER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT The month of July was great for the arts! The Town installed 17 heart sculptures all around downtown and has been receiving endless amounts of positive feedback about the hearts and how much joy they are bringing to residents and visitors alike. Many people are inquiring about how to purchase them as they love them so much! There will be an online auction set to take place in mid-October. Details can be found on the Hearts Around Hartz page on the Town’s website at www.danville.ca.gov/heartsa- roundhartz. Adult art classes have been continuing online smoothly with participants zooming in to learn how to draw. Children were nally able to experience some in-person art camps with the re-opening of some camps. They practiced their art while social distancing. It was hugely successful! Lots of happy campers and budding artists were to be found in Danville the month of July. On July 10, physical comedian and clown, Unique Derique performed for our Preschool Performance series that is now held virtually on Zoom to provide much needed entertainment for the preschoolers at home. He performed a variety of circus tricks, such as hat twirling, juling, and body percussion. PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER On July 25, The Village Theatre hosted its rst virtual concert in an eort to provide its well anticipated Music in the Park Series. This year due to the shelter in place order, the event was converted into a virtual event that was live streamed from the stage to viewers at home. Project 4 provided the great funk and R&B hits ranging from the 60’s to present day. The stream had over 2100 views. PAGE 4 OF 4 UPCOMING AUGUST EVENTS AUGUST 7 Preschool Performance with Adam Gottstein AUGUST 29 Comedy with Liz Grant & Friends