Consent Item 5h
STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: March 17, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Kaylyn Stainbrook, Interim Parks and Recreation Director THROUGH: Amy Nilsen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Parks and Recreation Department Monthly Report for February 2025 STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive report as an informational item.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Parks Maintenance
There are two individuals in the onboarding process for part-time Parks Maintenance Worker I positions.
Lead Maintenance Worker, Jesse Town, attended a continuing education Pesticide Class in Redding at the beginning of the month. He will be attending supplemental courses throughout the year to maintain his certification. Parks Maintenance Workers will now include the opening of all basketball court gates to their morning opening rounds. The Police Department will be closing them in the late evenings.
Non-Routine Park/Facility Maintenance Items:
o Installed a 5’ gate at the south entrance to the Bartow Field (near the Horseshoe court)
o With authorization, helped facilitate the replacement of the broken fridge in the Park Office break room
o Assisted Public Works in gathering fire extinguishers for annual inspection Rentals
There were five Monday Club rentals. Additionally, several user groups, such as the Genealogical Society, AARP, Athlete Factory, Eel River Little League, Eel River Youth Soccer League, Emerald Football Club, Results Fit Camp, and Humboldt County Office of Education, continue to use our indoor and outdoor facilities on a recurring basis.
Community Service
In collaboration with the Humboldt County Probation Department, three Community Service Workers helped with park maintenance, serving a total of 38.5 work hours this month.
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Recreation
President’s Break Camp was held February 18 through 21. We had 18 campers registered for those four days of camp as well as four Leaders-in-Training. Hot Shots continues through the month of February and will conclude on March 8. We held our Manager’s meeting for Adult League Basketball, resulting in ten Men’s teams and six Women’s teams. Games will start in March and will be held Monday through Thursday nights at Fortuna High.
Year-Round Recreation Programs Schedules:
o Drop-in Pickleball: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, 9:00am – 12:00pm and Sunday evening, 7:00pm-10pm; Located at the Firemens Pavilion.
o Drop-in Basketball: Thursday evening, 7:00pm – 9:00pm; Located at the Firemens Pavilion.
o Drop-in Volleyball: Program paused during Hot Shots Youth Basketball Season; Located at the Firemens Pavilion.
o Public Skate: Fridays and Saturdays 6:30pm – 9:30pm and Sunday afternoon 1:00pm – 4:00pm; Located at the Firemens Pavilion. o Private Parties: Fridays 1:15pm, 4:00pm; Saturdays 10:30, 1:15pm, 4:00pm; Sundays 10:30am; Located at the Firemens Pavilion. o Playgroup: Thursday and Fridays 10:00am – 12:00pm; Located at the Monday Club.
February
Year-Round
Recreation
Program Totals
Drop-in
Pickleball
Drop-in
Basketball
Drop-in
Volleyball
Public
Skate
Private
Skate
Parties
Playgroup
Total Sessions 20 4 N/A 12 5 8
Total Participants 350 50 N/A 618 169 127
Fortuna Transit
Our second part-time Transit Dispatcher/Office Assistant started on February 6, allowing for Transit phone and dispatch coverage from 8am – 4pm Monday through Friday
Our third Bus Driver also began started on February 6, allowing for two in-town drivers Monday through Friday between the one full-time driver and two-part-time drivers
The Fortuna Women’s Group generously donated funds to sponsor the purchase of 13 punch cards specifically covering the trip cost of the “helpers” of our riders Consent Item 5h
Fortuna
Transit
February
2024
February
2025
YTD July
2023-June
2024
YTD July
2024-June
2025
Total
Passengers 835 658 6630 6915
Total Miles 2365 2284 18946 19719
Service Miles 2205 2142 17718 18363
Total Hours
Worked 300.00 266.50 2388.00 2220.00
Service Hours
Worked 262.5 240.75 2010.75 1980.25
Fortuna Depot Museum
Our February visitor total at the Fortuna Depot Museum was 164 people. This is in the middle range for our recent February visitation totals. February visitor totals in recent years were: 2024: 198, 2023: 239, 2022: 168, 2021 (open four days only): 22, 2020: 213, 2019: 133, 2018: 264, 2017: 180, 2016: 148, 2015: 205. In February 2025, we welcomed California visitors from Eureka, Fortuna, Humboldt Hill, Hydesville, Lakeport and Rio Dell, as well as out-of-state visitors from Arizona, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Texas and Vermont. Our February visitors included twelve people on a group tour from the Fortuna Senior Center.
The “100 Years Ago” exhibit has been updated to highlight 1925, with newspaper displays being changed daily in order to show editions of local newspapers from precisely 100 years ago.
Other new exhibits include a spring holidays display and “Now Playing! (100 Years Ago) at the Fortuna Theater.” This exhibit is updated every two weeks to highlight advertisements and photographs from the movies that were playing at the Fortuna Theater exactly 100 years ago.
New volunteers, Elizabeth Belluscio and Deborah Baskette, have joined longstanding volunteers, Toni Scolari and Pam and Bob Service, building up the museum’s volunteer pool and staffing the museum while Curator Service was away at a conference and on Presidents’ Week break.
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River Lodge
Our third part-time Conference Center Worker, Ryan Mojica, started on January 26.
He is eager to learn and has already proven to be a great addition to the team. Notable events in February include the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner and the State of the City Luncheon
January
2024
January
2025
Fiscal YTD
24 - 25
Total Events
9 11 80
Total Attendees 945 1277 11,599
Total Days
Occupied 9 11 124
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
Receive Parks and Recreation Department Monthly Report. Consent Agenda vote.