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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May agenda
AGENDA
7 p.m. May 11, 2026
Meeting called to order by presiding officer.
Audience Participation
Public Comments
Comments/Concerns from Administrative Assistant
Minutes Approval 5 min.
Treasurer’s Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Pool & Building Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal & Adam Johnson
Recreation Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Kamena
Park & Playground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal, Josh Saravia & Adam Johnson
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Tennis and Pickleball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Carnal
Community Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Kamena & Josh Saravia
Community Safety and Security . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Hamm, Kiki Contreras & Barbara Kamena
Pool Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Hamm & Jim Carnal
Unfinished/Old Business
* March and April minutes
* Key cards
* Broken swing
* Pool and deck rendering
* Bathroom faucet motion sensors
* Ceiling tiles
New Business
* Report from election committee members
* Water spigot in pavilion
* Certificate of insurance: BFMC
* New policy requiring hall renters to add special events endorsement on their homeowners policy for $50?
* Stainless steel serving counter for pavilion?
Adjournment
T-ball 2026
T-ball is meant to introduce youngsters to team sports in a friendly atmosphere where parents are the coaches and every game ends in a tie.
This season features four teams of 13 players each ranging from 4 to 8 years old. Games are held 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Harrington Park.
Players are not limited to Park Stockdale residents.
Here are some photos of the Golden Dragons by PSCA president Jim Carnal that capture the spirit of the games.
Easter egg hunt
More than 100 residents enjoyed the annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 28, at the park.
Families reveled in the excitement and enthusiasm as their young charges participated in sack races, thee-legged races and egg-and-spoon races before culminating with the egg hunt.
Emcee Josh Saravia announced the hour-long event in room-temperature weather under sunny skies.
Community activities chairpersons Saravia and Barbara Kamena organized the event, which included prizes for the race winners.
Other board members lending a hand were: Eli Hamm, Adam Johnson and Jim Carnal.
Yard sale; Salvation Army pick up
Whatever you don’t sell at the semi-annual Park Stockdale yard sale on the morning of Saturday, April 4, you can donate to the Salvation Army when they set up in the Harrington Park parking lot from noon to 3 p.m.
Improvements to basketball court
Thanks to board members Josh Saravia and Bob Snoddy for repainting the basketball lines Friday and to Josh for replacing a rim.
Tom Bell celebrated
In 10 days, Harrington Park will come alive with the joy of dozens of young children coming together to experience the teamwork and unbridled fun of T-ball. For most, this will be their first chance to experience organized sports. And this has been designed to be a positive adventure focusing on fun as much as fundamentals.
Today, the life of the man that made it possible was celebrated there. Tom Bell and his wife of 50 years, Kay, started the program for four- to eight-year-olds 45 years ago. And she is continuing it.
Many of those in attendance wore their playing jerseys in honor of the man who made it possible. In a program with this longevity, some players had grown up to coach. Or coaches who taught their children, also coached their grandchildren.
Tom, as everyone knew him, would have been delighted by the turnout of more than 100 and casualness of the affair. Photographs of Tom’s life from his days as a high school basketball player to adult tennis player and golfer to a father of four and then a grandfather of six mingled with photos of T-ballers around the periphery of the pavilion.
His friend Ken Frech was the first to speak, followed by Tom’s son, Tim, and others. They cited Tom’s generous spirit, donating thousands of hours to his community as president of the Park Stockdale Civic Association board of directors for decades; the man who kept the diamonds alive in the spring and the swimming pools operating throughout the summers.
Besides the T-ball paraphernalia, friends brought a potluck to the hamburger and hot dog barbecue. They sat and shared stories of a man who turned a neighborhood into a community, who created spaces for neighbors to create memories that last a lifetime.
