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Napa City Council
February 17, 2026

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Submit Date: Jan 19, 2026
First Name Middle
Initial
Last Name
Email Address
Street Address Suite or Apt
City State Postal Code
Primary Phone Alternate Phone
Employer Job Title
City of Napa Boards & Commissions
Profile
Note: This application allows you to apply for multiple Boards, Commission and Committees; however, only one application can be submitted. Please ensure that your responses clearly address your interest, qualifications, and relevant experience for each Board, Commission or Committee you are applying to.

Mailing Address (if different than Resident Address above) Length of Residence in the City of Napa:
14 years
Length of Residence in the County of Napa:
14 years
Registered to vote in the City of Napa?
Yes No
Ethnicity *
Caucasian/Non-Hispanic
Interests & Experiences
Which Boards would you like to apply for?
Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission: Submitted Frankie R Gill
Self High School Student
Frankie R Gill
ATTACHMENT 1
Upload a Resume
Question applies to
Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission
3 of the 7 voting members shall be a person who demonstrates experience in one of the following identified fields: urban planning, park planning, park operations, park maintenance, recreation programming, horticulture, or arboriculture. Are you applying as one of these members?

Yes

No
Community Service Experience:

Education:

Willow Elementary - Graduated Unidos Middle School - Graduated Currently in 9th grade at Vintage High school
Other relevant experience or expertise:

Additional Questions
What is your understanding of the role and responsibility of this board? To oversee the level of maintenance provided to the parks within the city of Napa, and to provide my honest opinion to the board.

Have you ever attended a meeting of this board?
If so, how many?
What duties of this board are most interesting to you?
I'm most interested in learning more about what happens at meetings and learning about how the board makes decisions. Also to evaluate, to understand what was said and how to counter it. Finally, to share my opinion about the quality of the parks in Napa.

What activities of this board are least interesting to you? Because of the fact I do not have experience on a board of any kind I am unable to answer this question.

What programs or projects would you like to see improved or implemented? I would like to see more maintenance to the parks and have the parks be as pretty as they can be, also more vast and diverse cultural events.

Frankie R Gill
How would you approach improving these project(s) or program(s)? With guidance from the board.

Are you involved in any organizations or activities that may result in a conflict of interest if you are appointed to this board? No.

Please list two local references and their phone numbers:

How did you learn of this vacancy?

Other

Frankie R Gill
Submit Date: Jan 21, 2026
First Name
Middle
Initial
Last Name
Email Address
Street Address
Suite or Apt
City
State
Postal Code
Primary Phone
Alternate Phone
Employer
Job Title
City of Napa Boards & Commissions
Profile
Note: This application allows you to apply for multiple Boards, Commission and Committees; however, only one application can be submitted. Please ensure that your responses clearly address your interest, qualifications, and relevant experience for each
Board, Commission or Committee you are applying to.

Mailing Address (if different than Resident Address above) Length of Residence in the City of Napa:
14 years
Length of Residence in the County of Napa:
14 years
Registered to vote in the City of Napa?

Yes

No
Ethnicity
*

Caucasian/Non-Hispanic

Interests & Experiences
Which Boards would you like to apply for?
Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission: Submitted Trajan
L
Bynum
none
student
Trajan L Bynum
Upload a Resume
Question applies to
Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission
3 of the 7 voting members shall be a person who demonstrates experience in one of the following identified fields: urban planning, park planning, park operations, park maintenance, recreation programming, horticulture, or arboriculture. Are you applying as one of these members?

Yes

No
Community Service Experience:

Whiskers Tails & Ferals
Caring for foster kittens/cats
Stone Bridge School
Converting and
editing movie to play script Co-directing student led performance Performing many major rolls
Education:

Current New Tech High and Napa Valley Collage
Other relevant experience or expertise:

Entomology
Additional Questions
What is your understanding of the role and responsibility of this board? To manage enhance and preserve our local parks and trees. along with encouraging cultural engagement.

Have you ever attended a meeting of this board?
If so, how many?
no
What duties of this board are most interesting to you?
The stewardship of local parks to better and strengthen our local community within the youth.

What activities of this board are least interesting to you? Tree management
What programs or projects would you like to see improved or implemented? Upgrading park infrastructure to support youth engagement with athletic activities Trajan L Bynum
How would you approach improving these project(s) or program(s)? Demonstrating local interest Community surveys
Are you involved in any organizations or activities that may result in a conflict of interest if you are appointed to this board? No
Please list two local references and their phone numbers:

How did you learn of this vacancy?

Other

Trajan L Bynum
Trajan Lee Bynum

Summary Statement
I am an extremely motivated and competitive high school student dual enrolled in college along with high school, with a strong interest in mermecology and the sciences. In the future I see myself at Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College studying entomology then moving into a research job working with ant pheromones.

Skills and Qualifications
● Fire Starting and Fire Safety, certified by Boy Scouts of America ● Pocket Knife Safety, certified by Boy Scouts of America ● Whittling Skills, certified by Boy Scouts of America
● Communication skills
● Basic knowledge of the sciences
● Knowledge of entomology
● Proficiency in public speaking
● Basic woodworking skills
● Basic sewing skills

Volunteer Experience
● Whiskers Tails & Ferals
○ Caring for foster kittens/cats
● Stone Bridge School
○ Converting and editing movie to play script
○ Co-directing student led performance
○ Performing many major rolls

Education
● Stone Bridge School
○ 8th grade project on entomology
○ Mentored lower grade students (1st-4th grade)
○ Served as a middle school librarian
○ Initiated higher level math program
○ Major rolls in one play per year for 4 years
○ Woodworking program
○ Handwork program
● New Technology High School
○ Honor Roll

○ Ultimate Frisbee Team ○ Grant Manger, Friday Night Live ○ C.T.E Introduction to Engineering ● Napa Valley Collage ○ Survey and Appreciation of Film ○ Introduction to Film Production ○ Personal and Community Health ○ Hospitality Principles of Hotel Administration References available upon request

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