1 TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Emma Kelley, Parks and Recreation Director MEETING DATE: August 20, 2024
SUBJECT: Monthly Report for the Recreation and Facilities Department
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file.
BACKGROUND
RECREATION SERVICES
• Movies under the stars were held in July offering two films shown on the City Hall front lawn.
o July 13th brought 200 guests to watch the featured film “The Goonies”. o July 27th brought 175 guests to watch the featured film “The Mighty Ducks”.
• August brought us the return of concerts in the park on the city hall front lawn featuring music on August 9th from “Upstream”.
• Recreation staff is finalizing the last summer concert in the park which will be held on August 23rd featuring the music from “80s All-Starz”. • The Lomita Railroad Museum kicked off its summer season featuring the return of their popular speaker series, organized by the Lomita Railroad Foundation. o July 26th featured the topic of “The Wonder of Birds” with 20 guests in attendance.
o August 9th featured the topic of “The First World War and Art Inspired” with 20 guests in attendance.
• Recreation staff is preparing to assist the Lomita Railroad Foundation on their next speaker series on August 23rd featuring the topic of “The Titanic and its influence on Pop Culture” presented by our Recreation staff member Alex Barnett.
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2 • National Night Out and Car Show was held on August 6th in the parking lot of Lomita City Hall. Recreation staff collaborated with our Lomita Sheriff’s station to help enhance the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community. Live music, food, vendors, and 25 cars were part of this year’s event.
• The Lomita Teen Program concluded on August 6th with over 40 participants and lots of core memories that our local teens will cherish and remember for years to come.
• Recreation Staff continues to plan, recruit sponsors, and organize the upcoming Cornhole tournament.
• Recreation staff has begun to plan the upcoming Winter 2024-2025 newsletter.
Facilities Rentals:
• To conclude the month of June we had the following number of rentals:
o 27 Picnic Shelters rentals
o 7 Tom Rico Center rentals
o 4 recurring groups in the Marc Fosnaugh Gymnasium (2 Saturdays & 2 Sundays)
o 2 recurring baseball teams on the softball field (Monday, Tuesday, and Friday)
• To conclude the month of July 2024 we had the following numbers of rentals:
o 20 Picnic Shelter rentals
o 2 Tom Rico Center rentals
o 17 Marc Fosnaugh Gymnasium rentals
Youth Sports
• Spring Youth Sports:
o Youth Soccer ended on June 25th with a total of 353 participants registered. • Summer Youth Sports:
o Youth Baseball started on July 8th, with 202 registered participants consisting of 16 teams in 4 divisions. This year’s baseball season will conclude on August 24th.
o Recreation staff hosted an open gym program for kids ages 7-12 for the Summer. The programs began on June 24th and ended the week of August 5th.
▪ On Mondays, Volleyball was held with 39 participants. ▪ On Tuesdays, Soccer was held with 42 participants.
▪ On Wednesdays, Basketball was held with 40 participants.
Adult Sports
• Men’s Basketball started its summer league on Wednesday nights with 6 teams.
Thursday night 40+ league also began with 6 teams.
• Recreation staff continues to work on a partnership with an Adult Soccer referee assignor to run a Men’s 9 on 9 and Women’s 7 on 7 leagues starting in the Fall.
In addition, staff is recruiting and organizing a Co-Ed Kickball league. • Recreation Staff continues to organize and recruit the return of our Monday night Men’s basketball league.
3 Program Registrations
• Fall registrations for classes and programs began on August 15th online and inperson. • Fall registrations for Fall Lomita Park Youth Sports (Co-Ed Flag Football & Volleyball) began on August 15th for Lomita Residents and August 22nd for NonResidents.
Maintenance and Facilities
• Facilities staff had a walk-through with an HVAC contractor who will be working on the replacement of the existing HVAC at Lomita City Hall • Facilities staff repaired the HVAC thermostat cable in the gymnasium in preparation for the Fall season.
• Facilities staff had the HVAC serviced at the Railroad Museum. • Facilities staff is meeting with the South Bay Cities Council of Government to evaluate the existing condition of the Railroad Museum HVAC to determine eligibility for a grant to replace/upgrade the existing unit. • Two security cameras were installed on the exterior building of the Tom Rico Center.
• Facilities staff hired a new part-time facilities maintenance worker in mid-July. • Frist-round interviews were conducted for a full-time Facilities Maintenance Worker I position in early August.
• Facilities staff is also recruiting for a second part-time Facilities Maintenance Worker.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no financial implications resulting from this recommendation.
OPTIONS
None. Information only. Received and file.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
Reviewed by: Approved by:
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Gary Y. Sugano Andrew Vialpando
Assistant City Manager City Manager
4 Prepared by:
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Emma Kelley
Parks and Recreation Director