Park Stockdale is a neighborhood of 578 homes located in beautiful southwest Bakersfield With entrances at Rio Bravo DrIVE and Lennox AveNUE. Park Stockdale is a quiet, mature community with a distinctive character not seen IN the newer housing tracts where it is difficult to tell one house from the next.
Residents enjoy community amenities including four full-size tennis courts, a five-lane, 75-foot-long swimming pool with diving board, Harrington Park – a private community park/playground, and Frank Weldon Community Hall – the neighborhood community center. Regular neighborhood activities include T-Ball, bi-annual neighborhood-wide yard sales, and seasonal neighborhood events.
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March board agenda
AGENDA
7 p.m. March 9, 2026
Meeting called to order by presiding officer.
* Seat election winners
* Nominate to fill one-year term vacated by Mr. Bell
* Elect officers
Audience Participation
Public Comments
Comments/Concerns from Administrative Assistant
* BFMC dates to be approved:
April 2, May 7, June 4 and 18
Minutes Approval 5 min.
Treasurer’s Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiki Contreras
Pool & Building Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Recreation Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiki Contreras, Barbara Kamena
Park & Playground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal, Josh Saravia & Adam Johnson
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Tennis and Pickleball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Community Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiki Contreras, Roxanne Fackler
Community Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Hamm, Kiki Contreras
Pool Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Hamm, Barbara Kamena & Jim Carnal
Unfinished/Old Business
* 2026 budget
* Motion sensor bathroom faucets
* Easter egg hunt date
New Business
* Buy more trash cans and locks
* Mistletoe in trees
* Clean air vents?
* Buy heavy-duty pickleball net?
Adjournment
A celebration of Tom Bell’s life
Tom and Kay Bell in 2024
A celebration of life will be held for Tom Bell at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14 at the Harrington Park pavilion.
Resident Ken Frech will lead the service.
The public, including T-ball players and parents, are welcome to share their stories of Tom.
The beloved and longstanding pillar of the Park Stockdale community, passed away on Feb. 6 after a brief illness. He was 88.
Tom served on the Park Stockdale Civic Association Board of Directors for decades, including many years as president. A dedicated volunteer, he was deeply committed to keeping costs down and ensuring the neighborhood amenities were well maintained.
He was the go-to expert on the community swimming pools and saved the association countless dollars by personally maintaining and keeping them operational year after year.
Along with his wife, Kay, Tom may be best known for founding the Park Stockdale T-ball program nearly 50 years ago and running it continuously ever since. Through his leadership of both the pool and the T-ball program, Tom brought joy, connection, and lasting memories to generations of children in the neighborhood and in the T-ball league.
T-ball sign-ups
CORRECTION
Changes minimum age requirement from 2025 to 2026
Sign-ups for Park Stockdale T-ball will be held from 9 a.m. till noon Saturday, Feb. 21, in the rec room, 205 Rio Bravo Drive.
Sign-ups are limited to the first 6o children.
T-ball is for children age 4-8; 4 before Jan. 1, 2026; kindergarten, first and second grade.
There will be four 15-player teams.
Games and practices will be held from 5:45-6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in April and May.
This is an introductory league: runs and outs do not count. Parents are encouraged to participate.
For more information, call director Kay Bell at 304-5711.
An opportunity to donate
The Park Stockdale Civic Association is embarking on a series of capital improvements over the next few years: replastering the pools and replacing the surrounding cement deck; resurfacing the tennis and pickleball courts; replacing the playground equipment; and, resurfacing the basketball court.
If you would like to make a financial donation to any of these individual projects, please contact the office: 205 Rio Bravo Drive, (661) 323-4302; parkstockdale@bak.rr.com.
Spring is in the air
Non-resident Ron Duran donated drought-resistant succulents and his time to help PSCA president Jim Carnal fill in the flowerbed in front of the recreation room.
Carnal also volunteered his time to paint the new wood trim after a hall window pane was replaced.
Here’s before and after pictures.
February agenda
AGENDA
7 p.m. February 9, 2026
Meeting called to order by presiding officer.
Audience Participation
Public Comments
Comments/Concerns from Administrative Assistant
* Hall Jumper
Minutes Approval 5 min.
Treasurer’s Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiki Contreras
Pool & Building Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Recreation Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiki Contreras, Barbara Kamena
Park & Playground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal, Josh Saravia & Adam Johnson
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Tennis and Pickleball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Community Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiki Contreras, Roxanne Fackler
Community Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Hamm, Kiki Contreras
Pool Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Hamm, Barbara Kamena & Jim Carnal
Unfinished/Old Business
* 2026 Budget
* Surveillance cameras/Rankin electric bid
* Motion sensor bathroom faucets
New Business
* Renter requests for temporary petting zoo in park?
* Partial atrium pergola removal?
* Replace two burned out tennis lights with LED’s
* Liquid amber outside office buckling cement
* Ballot counters
* Dates for T-ball
* Easter egg hunt
Adjournment