Presentations
PRC Meeting
October 3, 2024
Presentations
Item #1
Parks and Recreation
Department Outdoor
Recreation Division
October 3, 2024
Parks and Recreation Commission
Parks and Recreation Department
Outdoor Recreation Division
Agenda
•Blackberry Farm Golf Course
•Glow Night Golf
•Spring Swing Scramble
•Blackberry Farm Park
•2024 Season Recap
•Swim Lessons and Lap Swim
•Pooch Plunge
•McClellan Ranch Preserve
•Environmental Education Center
•2023-2024 3rd Grade Creek Tour Program
•2024 Summer Camp Recap
•Community Gardens
•AR Tour
Blackberry Farm Golf Course
FY 2022-2023 FY 2023-2024
Rounds of Golf 45,376 37,961
Membership Sales 342 277
Glow Night Golf
Next events scheduled for January 31 and February 28
Residents Non-Residents
November 9, 2023 11 26
December 8, 2023 3 16
Spring Swing Scramble
Next event:
March 22
Residents Non-Residents
April 23, 2023 9 28
March 23, 2024 17 11
Blackberry Farm Park
Drop-In Swim Passes
2023 2024
8,439 (37% R)8,239 (44% R)
Memberships Sold
2023 2024
285 (54% R)381 (58% R)
Membership Check-Ins
2023 2024
2,564 (60% R)2,927 (70% R)
Picnic Site Usage
2023 2024
13,343 (60% R)13,041 (58% R)
Swim Lessons and Lap Swim
Swim Lessons
2023 2024
358 (85% R)397 (91% R)
2024 Lap Swim
147 (85% Residents)
Pooch Plunge
Residents Non-Residents
2023 83 104
2024 62 130
McClellan Ranch Preserve
Environmental Education Center
●Open House every Saturday,11a.m. to 3 p.m.
•Hands-on nature activities
•Local ecology education
•Meet the animal ambassadors
•Average of 45-100 visitors per week
Group Reservations at McClellan
Nature Walks along the Stevens Creek
Trail discussing local plants and
animals.
Environmental Education Center Visits
for groups, schools, and educational
programs.
*Reservation cost based off group sizes*
Creek Tours
●Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Program & the
watershed environment
●Updated curriculum
●Aligned to 3rd grade
standards
●9 schools, 700 students
●Resumes this Fall!
Nature Camp and Summer Science Fun
●Enhanced learning
●Highlighting preserve
●Creative content
Camp Registration
2023 2024
170 (82% R)204 (74% R)
Summer Camp Partner Collaborations
Community Gardens
●Beginning 7/1/24 terms increased
from 3 to 5 years
●$150 deposit and $110 annual fee
●Priority given to residents who
o Live in high-density housing
o Enrolled in PG&E CARE
program
●Gardeners must verify residency
●70% of active gardeners are 50+
McClellan Ranch Gardens
●104 plots in use
●2 vacant ADA plots available
●1 ADA plot used as EEC demo
and animal care garden
●15 on waitlist
Wilson Park Gardens
●14 plots in use
●1 vacant ADA plot available
●8 on waitlist
Augmented Reality App
(Now Live!)
Six stations highlight key features
1.Introduction - EEC
2.Habitat restoration - Grassroots
3.3D Acorn Woodpecker -
Audubon
4.Bee Project - 4-H Beekeepers
5.Crops, and benefits of
community garden - Master
Gardeners
6.Steelhead trout as a protected
species – Stevens Creek
Mixed reality
experience 3D models Gamification
Questions?
PRC Meeting
October 3, 2024
Presentations
Staff and Commission
Reports
Parks and Recreation Commission
Liaison’s Update
October 3, 2024
Parks and Recreation Events
Hidden Treasures
•Thursday, October 24
•9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
•Cupertino Senior
Center
Parks and Recreation Events
Monster Mash
•Saturday, October 26
•5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
•Quinlan Community Center
•Register at reg4rec.org
Parks and Recreation Events
Pizza and Politics
•Wednesday,
October 30
•6:30 p.m.
•Community Hall
Parks and Recreation Commission
Liaison’s Update
October 3, 2024