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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Movie in the park
The Park Stockdale Civic Association will host a free movie in the park night Friday, Nov. 14, at dusk (5ish).
The family movie will be shown outdoors by the pavilion. If it rains, the movie will move indoors to the recreation room.
Chips will be provided. Bring your own chair or blanket.
Which movie? Come and see.
Vice President Eli Hamm posts movie poster.
Children get an early Halloween treat
Park Stockdale hosted a Halloween costume parade for neighborhood children along with a fire safety presentation from firefighters from Station 11 on Friday, Oct. 24.
Firefighters gave a tour of their fire engine to the costumed children, who got to walk behind the front seat and take photos with Firefighter Andrew.
Captain Bryan Battan and firefighters Andrew and Sean handed out Rice Krispies Treats, chips, candies, lanyards, and kids meal gift cards from Chick-fil-A.
Board members who organized the annual event were: Roxanne Fackler, Ana Flores and Pat Nolan.
Costume parade with firefighters and fire engine
Hey Park Stockdale kids — Come see our Station 11 fire engine 🚒 today. Our firefighters 👩🏼🚒will share some 🔥 fire safety tips and show us the 🚒.
Wear your costume 👻 🤠 👽. We have treats, including a special treat from Chick-fil-A ‼️.
See you today (Oct. 24) at 4 p.m. at the park.
🦸♂️🧙🏻♀️🧞♀️👨🍳🧌👩🌾👩🏼🚒
October agenda
PSCA BOARD AGENDA
7 p.m. October 13, 2025
Meeting called to order by presiding officer.
* 15-minute PP presentation
Audience Participation
Public Comments
Comments/Concerns from Administrative Assistant
* Liens
* BFMC: New dates to be approved: November 6th and November 20th, December 4th and December 18th
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
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 and Barbara Kamena
Unfinished/Old Business
* August treasurer’s report
* Pavilion drinking fountain
* Better bank rate
* Surveillance cameras
* Pool/deck bids
New Business
* Reserve study
* Dues increase vote
* Dues letter vote?
* Pool pole extensions
* Fire extinguishers
* Round tables
* Logo?
* Bathroom motion light sensor switches installed?
* Park LED lights installed?
Adjournment
Halloween costume parade/fire safety talk moved to Oct. 24
Date change!
Park Stockdale will host a Halloween costume parade for neighborhood children along with a fire safety presentation from firefighters from Station 11 at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. The date has been moved up from Thursday, Oct. 30, because of a scheduling conflict with the Bakersfield Fire Department.
Firefighters will give a tour of their fire engine, costumed Park Stockdale children will parade around the fire engine, then firefighters will pass out candy, treats and donated gift certificates from Chick-fil-A.
