Fortuna City Council
June 16, 2025

Consent Item 4f

STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: June 16, 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 May 2025 STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Receive report as an informational item.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Parks Maintenance
 Recruitments in progress: Two part-time Parks Maintenance Worker I positions  Non-Routine Park/Facility Maintenance Items:
o The team started to tackle irrigation testing and repairs in several areas of the City as the weather gets increasingly warmer.
o Installed hundreds of Fortuna High Graduate signs on Fortuna Boulevard’s median.
o Forest Moon Festival preparation, facilitation and cleanup, including, but not limited to, landscaping, picnic table placement, gathering extra receptacles, hanging lights, managing gates, electrical needs, building custom frames, coning off safety areas, inflating and securing movie screen, litter pick-up, and more.

Rentals
There were six Monday Club rentals and four picnic area/cook shack rentals. Additionally, several user groups, such as the Genealogical Society, Eel River Little League, Humboldt Fastpitch, Eel River Youth Soccer League, Emerald Football Club, and Results Fit Camp, 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 27.75 work hours this month.

Recreation
 Completed recruitment for Recreation Leaders for Summer Fun.  Recreation Programs Supervisor hosted several recreation meetings in preparation for Summer Fun.

Consent Item 4f

 The Adult Softball Manager’s Meeting was held on May 20th at 6pm. A total of 17 teams registered. The season will start mid-June.
 Parks and Recreation hosted the Forest Moon Festival on Friday, May 30.

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.

March
Year-Round
Recreation
Program Totals
Drop-in
Pickleball
Drop-in
Basketball
Drop-in
Volleyball
Public
Skate
Private
Skate
Parties
Playgroup
Total Sessions 13 4 4 15 17 10
Total Participants 318 0 9 356 369 145
Fortuna Transit
 Transit continues to have two buses consistently available for transport Monday through Friday.
 Our riders continue to utilize the weekly Eureka Medical Trips and the monthly Eureka Shopping Trip.
 This month 15 new riders signed up for the transit service.

Fortuna
Transit
May
2024
May
2025
YTD July
2023-June
2024
YTD July
2024-June
2025
Total
Passengers 1099 834 9550 9430
Total Miles 2832 2749 26738 27968
Service Miles 2711 2516 25088 26023
Total Hours
Worked 335 310.25 3443 3176.75
Service Hours
Worked 294.25 270.75 2867 2831.5
Consent Item 4f

Fortuna Depot Museum
 May’s visitation total at the Fortuna Depot total was 274 people. This is in the high range of our May visitation totals in recent years. May visitor totals in recent years were: 2024: 265, 2023: 162, 2022: 166, 2021: 115, 2020: closed, 2019: 303, 2018:
288, 2017: 310, 2016: 243
 In May 2025 we welcomed California visitors from Antelope, Arcata, Auburn, Bodega Bay, Cameron Park, Coto de Caza, Dublin, Eureka, Ferndale, Forestville, Fortuna, Jackson, Lancaster, Lincoln, McKinleyville, Mendocino, Petaluma, Pinon Hills, Rough and Ready, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Ukiah. We also welcomed out-of-state visitors from Florida, Oregon and Washington as well as foreign visitors from Canada and France.
 Our May 2025 visitors included 65 attendees at the Forest Moon Festival who visited the museum during special evening opening hours on Friday, May 30. A temporary exhibit tied in with the Forest Moon Festival, featuring Star Wars memorabilia loaned by local collectors.
 As of the beginning of June, the museum is open 7 days a week (Monday through Saturday 12:00 - 4:30 and Sunday 1:00 - 5:00). This is the first summer that the museum has been open 7 days a week since 2019.

River Lodge
 Notable events in May include:
• Rotary 5130 three-day event
• Forest Landowners of California two-day event
• Dairy Princess Contest
• Fortuna Union High School Prom
• Fortuna Union High School Sports Awards Banquet
• Redwood Memorial Foundation Scholarship Awards Luncheon • Redwood Preparatory School Graduation
• Academy of the Redwoods Prom
May
2024
May
2025
Fiscal YTD
24 - 25
Total Events
13 15 121
Total Attendees 1396 1982 17,558
Total Days
Occupied 19 19 174
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:

Receive Parks and Recreation Department Monthly Report. Consent Agenda vote.