1 TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Emma Kelley, Parks and Recreation Director MEETING DATE: October 15, 2024
SUBJECT: Monthly Report for the Recreation and Facilities Division
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the report.
DISCUSSION
Recreation Services:
• Recreation staff is finalizing the upcoming Winter 2025 newsletter. • Museum staff are working on a new display case that will be featured in the City Hall Lobby.
• Museum and facilities staff assisted the Lomita Railroad Foundation in their annual Family Fun Day event that was held on Saturday, September 21st from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm on the Irene Lewis Field. This event was a big success and had a big turnout from Lomita residents.
• Recreation staff assisted the LASD with “Coffee with a Captain” held on October 2 nd
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• Recreation staff are working with LASD to coordinate upcoming community events.
• Recreation staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission have started the 1 st annual Halloween Home Decorating Contest.
Facilities Rentals:
In September, the City had the following number of rentals:
• Picnic Shelters: 17
• Tom Rico Center: 3
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2 • Softball Field: 4 recurring teams (2 teams twice a week) • Gym: Blacked out for youth volleyball season.
Youth Sports:
• Youth Football and Volleyball are underway, and we are currently in Week 4 of the season. Staff has received a lot of positive feedback about the growth of our volleyball program.
• Recreation staff are now preparing for the upcoming Boys and Girls Basketball Season.
Adult Sports:
• Men’s Basketball has picked up its numbers, and now we are back to our traditional schedule of Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The leagues have 6 teams each. o Our Wednesday night league has ended and will return in the month of October.
o Thursday night Men’s 40+ is currently in season with 6 teams. o Monday night Men’s 40+ league has 6 teams and started in midSeptember. • Men’s 9 on 9 Soccer has officially returned! We started the league in midSeptember and so far, all has been great. The teams have been enjoying the league and the officials have been applauded for their professionalism. • This year Rec staff introduced a free drop-in Volleyball program for adults on Tuesday nights who have their children currently enrolled in either youth football or volleyball programs. It is a pickup-style open gym, limited to the first 24 people who register through Active Net.
Program Registrations:
• Recreation staff worked on the 1st annual Cornhole Tournament which was held on September 7th. Despite being a warm day, the staff had a good turnout for our first Cornhole Tournament, with lots of positive feedback from the registered players.
• Recreation staff is excited to plan next year’s Cornhole Tournament with new ideas to improve it.
• The 15th Annual Mayor’s Golf Tournament was held on Thursday, October 3rd at El Dorado Golf Course in Long Beach with 76 players registered and was a huge success.
• Recreation staff is planning this year’s annual Halloween event, scheduled on Saturday, October 26th from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm at Lomita Park. Booked for this year’s event are 3 inflatable games/bounce houses, a face painter, a balloon decorator, and a balloon artist. 5 vendors have reached out to participate with more vendors showing interest.
3 Maintenance and Facilities:
• Facilities staff continue to communicate with AT&T contractors to provide them with access to the City Hall roof to update their AT&T Antennas. They performed a VQA test on Thursday, October 3rd. And staff will coordinate a date for their scaffolding to be removed from the exterior of City Hall and roof. • Facilities staff continue to meet with SoCal Ren to be considered for a possible grant to update the HVAC units at the Lomita Railroad Museum, Tom Rico Center, Marc Fosnaugh Gymnasium, and Public Works Yard.
• Facilities staff welcomed a new part-time facilities maintenance worker on September 20th.
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
Prepared by:
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Emma Kelley, Parks and Recreation Director