CITY OF SEBASTOPOL
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM
Meeting Date: April 5, 2022
To: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
From: City Administration
Subject: Informational Item – Ives Pool Learn to Swim Program (Greg Jacobs) Recommendation: That the City Council Receive the Informational Presentation Funding: Currently Budgeted: _______ Yes ________ No _XX____ N/A Net General Fund: N/A
Amount: N/A
Net General Fund Cost: N/A
Account Code/Costs authorized in City Approved Budget (if applicable) __AK_____ (verified by Administrative Services Department) INTRODUCTION:
This item is for City Council receive a short informational presentation from Greg Jacobs, Learn to Swim Program.
BACKGROUND:
Each year the Sebastopol Rotary Club and volunteers teach area second graders how to swim at Ives Pool. This year’s Learn to Swim Program starts April 25th.
DISCUSSION:
Tonight’s item is to receive an informational presentation on the program from Greg Jacobs.
CITY COUNCIL AND/OR GENERAL PLAN GOALS:
GOALS:
Goal 5 - Provide Open and Responsive Municipal Government Leadership PUBLIC COMMENT:
As of the writing of this staff report, the City has not received any public comment. However, if staff receives public comment from interested parties following the publication and distribution of this staff report such comments will be provided to the City Council as supplemental materials before or at the meeting. In addition, public comments may be offered during the public comment portion of this item.
PUBLIC NOTICE:
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to schedule meeting date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact with this item tonight.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receive the short informational presentation from Mr. Jacobs.
Attachment(s):
Learn to Swim Program
Agenda Item Number: 13 Agenda Item Number: 13
City Council Meeting Packet of: April 5, 2022
All these deaths were preventable, and the committee took steps to publicize these local hazards, such as signs posted in English and Spanish to warn of dangerous conditions in the Russian River.
Drowning is the second leading cause of death for kids 14 and under, nationally and worldwide.
Sebastopol Rotary Club
took its own action to
reduce drowning deaths
by offering FREE swim
lessons to all area second
graders. Over 10,000
children have participated.
This program is unique in
the U.S., and over the years
has involved hundreds
of community volunteers
who help teach the kids basic swim and water safety lessons.
Child water safety researchers say that for every 100 swim lessons taught, a life is saved---you do the math.
This year over 400 kids from ten schools will head to Ives Pool, downtown Cross swim instructor at Ives, Greg is looking for volunteers.
It takes a lot of volunteers to teach 415 kids swim lessons! Thursday, with each child receiving a half hour lesson twice a week. The lessons are taught in half hour slots between 12 and 1:30. Half the schools come on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the others on Tuesday and Thursday.
Many volunteers teach as little as a half hour lesson twice a week, but many teach more. And you don’t need experience teaching swim lessons. “We will teach you how to teach these basic swim lessons. You just need to enjoy working with kids, and want them to be safe around the water. You will not only be helping kids stay safe, but it is a lot of fun as well.” REACH Greg at 707-823-7341 or [email protected]
or Rick at 707-824-0846, or [email protected]
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This year over 400 kids from ten schools will head to Ives Pool, downtown 400
When Greg Jacobs worked in the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office, he was on a committee that reviewed all deaths in the County every month. There were too many drownings in bathtubs, swimming pools, the Russian River, The Coast, and Lake Sonoma.
38 Years Ago,
Sebastopol, for their lessons beginning the week of April 25th. A former Red The program runs between April 25th and May 19th, Monday through This year because of the Covid situation we could not be sure that we would have the program, and some schools decided not to participate. However, we have 160 kids. We really need volunteers; no offer to help will be rejected. But volunteers need to be fully vaccinated, as the kids will be.
We also teach volunteers how to teach the basic swim lessons, and water safety.
Teach Children How to Swim - Preventable Child Deaths
Agenda Item Number: 13 Agenda Item Number: 13
City Council Meeting Packet of: April 5, 2022