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Our residents, especially our PTA moms, have requested a PUBLIC place to meet. If Roosevelt/Walker School and Community Center are not available to us, and the CYPRESS FIRE STATION is being handed over to SAPID for a program that only meets 9 hours a week, then what's a public space we can convene at? I doubt we can even meet at our only public park, Pacific Electric Park, without a permit. Please advise. The ability for our residents to organize and advocate for themselves, hangs in the balance. Sincerely, -- SPS Sandra Pena Sarmiento Pacific Park Neighborhood Co -Leader -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: PACIFIC PARK: Aug and Sept Mtg Dates Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:24:05 +0000 From: "Hernandez, Rodolfo" To: "' ' , "Macedonio, Margarita" Cc: "vanevee@ymail. , " , "Vazquez, Benjamin", "Soto, Daniel", "Pagano, Timothy" Sandra, Thank you for your email regarding this request to utilize the Roosevelt/Walker Community Center. I wanted to take this opportunity to clarify our facility reservation process with respect to Neighborhood Association (NA) use. Historically, the Parks, Recreation & Community Services Agency (PRCSA) has worked closely with the Neighborhood Initiatives Division in the Planning and Building Agency (PBA) to coordinate monthly meetings for the NA's at PRCSA Facilities. NA's have the ability to request a meeting space through Neighborhood Initiatives to reserve a facility/room/space for the purpose of the NA's regularly scheduled meeting. In this instance, there is no charge and insurance is covered for the use of the facility by the NA through Neighborhood Initiatives. Any other facility request beyond the regularly scheduled NA meeting which is verified by Neighborhood Initiatives is considered by PRCSA to be a third -party rental. For example, this would be similar to a resident/non-resident requesting space for a birthday, baby shower or anniversary celebration. All City Council approved fees assigned to the renting of the facility/room/space would be applied as well as the requirements for a Certificate of Insurance. The reason Pacific Park has not experienced these fees to date is that all previous meetings have been considered an extension of NA business (e.g. the requests Pacific Park made in July for the PAAL room). After consulting with Neighborhood Initiatives, it was determined that all meetings that take place outside of regularly scheduled (monthly/bi-monthly) meetings will be considered a third -party request to utilize PRCSA facilities/rooms/space. As a result, I am amenable to including your August request with your September request and I am willing to create a pending Facility Permit with all associated fees for all dates you outlined in your previous email with the times requested (Note: I only have a start time at this point, do you have an ending time for the dates you requested?). Moving forward, for all facility requests that are outside of the NA's regularly scheduled (monthly/bi-monthly) meeting a Facility Request Application is required 45 days in advance so that I, as the Facility Manager, can ensure that I have the personnel