Consent Item 3e
STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: August 18, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Kaylyn Stainbrook, Parks and Recreation Director
THROUGH: Amy Nilsen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Parks and Recreation Department Monthly Report for July 2025 STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive report as an informational item.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Parks Maintenance
Recruitments in progress: Three part-time Parks Maintenance Worker I positions Park/Facility Maintenance Tasks Completed (done in addition to several routine items):
o Fireworks Festival prep, event maintenance, and clean-up: 85 park staff hours
o Completed irrigation testing, repairs, and configuration o Continued to dress/prep softball fields for adult softball o Deep Clean of Rodeo Cook Shack
o Spread 65 bags of landscaping chips with the Fortuna Garden Club on downtown bulbs
o Assisted Recreation Staff with the relocation of Summer Fun from Rohner Park to Newburg Park
o Delivered picnic tables (via forklift) and receptacles downtown for First Fridays
o Rodeo Concert prep, event maintenance, and clean-up: 45.5 park staff hours o Rodeo Week prep, event maintenance, and clean-up: 271 park staff hours o AutoXpo prep, event maintenance, and clean-up: 172 park staff hours Rentals
There were three Monday Club rentals. Rohner Park rental facilities were used by Fortuna Rodeo and associated partners, as well as Fortuna Redwood AutoXpo. Newburg Park rental facilities were used by Fortuna Fireworks Festival. Additionally, several user groups, such as the Genealogical Society, HOPS in Humboldt, Fortuna Garden Club, Eel River Little League, Eel River Youth Soccer League, Emerald Football Club, and Results Fit Camp, continue to use our indoor and outdoor facilities on a recurring basis.
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Community Service
In collaboration with the Humboldt County Probation Department, one Community Service Workers helped with park maintenance, serving a total of 7.5 work hours this month.
Recreation
Summer Fun continues to maintain approximately 50 campers per week. There was a slight decrease during Rodeo and AutoXpo weeks when Summer Fun operated from Newburg Park.
Drop-In Volleyball and Basketball have been paused for summer months due to low attendance.
The regular Adult Softball League continues. CoEd Softball Manager’s Meeting took place on July 22.
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: Program paused for summer.
o Drop-in Volleyball: Program paused for summer.
o Public Skate: Paused for July due to Special Events
o Private Parties: Paused for July due to Special Events July
Year-Round
Recreation
Program Totals
Drop-in
Pickleball
Drop-in
Basketball
Drop-in
Volleyball
Public
Skate
Private
Skate
Parties
Total Sessions 13 0 0 0 2
Total Participants 235 0 0 0 55
Fortuna Transit
Due to staffing issues, Transit has been limited to one driver. Due to this, the Eureka shopping trip was cancelled for the month of July. However, Eureka Medical Trips were still prioritized.
This month 4 new riders signed up for the transit service.
Fortuna
Transit
July
2024
July
2025
YTD July
2024-June
2025
YTD July
2025-June
2026
Total
Passengers 1053 276 9904 276
Total Miles 2892 1069 29495 1069
Service Miles 2708 989 27462 989
Total Hours
Worked 332.75 114.5 3332.25 114.5
Service Hours
Worked 295.75 107.25 2976.75 107.25
Consent Item 3e
Fortuna Depot Museum
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.
July’s visitation total at the Fortuna Depot Museum is 419 people. The museum’s July visitor totals in recent past years are: 2024: 485, 2023: 380, 2022: 337, 2021:
487, 2020: closed, 2019: 596, 2018: 537, 2017: 699, 2016: 732, 2015: 569. In July 2025 we welcomed California visitors from Arcata, Bakersfield, Blocksburg, Carlotta, Crescent City, Eureka, Garberville, Grass Valley, Greenbrae, Hydesville, Isleton, Laguna Niguel, Loleta, McKinleyville, Menlo Park, Miranda, Monterey, Morgan Hill, Mill Valley, Novato, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Redcrest, Redding, Redlands, Rio Dell, Rohnert Park, San Diego, San Francisco, San Marcos, Santa Rosa and Visalia. We also welcomed out-of-state visitors from Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah, as well as one foreign visitor from Australia.
River Lodge
Notable events in July include:
o North State Transit Symposium
o Private Wedding
o FUHS Delta Training for Teachers
July 2024 July 2025 Fiscal YTD
25 - 26
Total Events
5 7 7
Total Attendees 560 705 705
Total Days
Occupied 8 12 12
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
Receive Parks and Recreation Department Monthly Report. Consent Agenda vote.