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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1990-05-31 Mayor Richard A. Haffey Council: Jack Drago Gus Nicolopulos John R. Penna ~--Roberta Cerri Teglia AGENDA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) ROLL CALL: Joint Meeting with the Park & Recreation Commission to discuss the Master Plan. ~0o ~, MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room May 31, 1990 0105 ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING 7:05 p.m. Mayor Haffey presiding. Council present: Council absent: Drago, Nicolopulos, Penna, Teglia, and Haffey. None. Park & Recreation Commission present: Caporale, Dimminger, Gonzalez, Jones, Peterson, Sellick, and Salogga Park & Recreation Commission absent: None. Mayor Haffey stated that the purpose of the meeting was a study session to discuss the Master Plan with the Commission, and receive a staff report with regard to the progress on the Plan. He stated that the Council and the Commission both had a subcommittee working jointly on the planning of the project, and Mr. Callander would give a report. Director of Recreation & Community Services Jewell stated that the council had authorized staff to undertake deve- lopment for a 15 year master plan for the park and recreation system in this City. He stated that there had also been appro- val or direction given of a site specific area dealing with Orange Memorial Park where specific land use and facilities were being studied for the expansion plans. He stated that it was important to take advantage of both of those oppor- tunities simultaneously to accommodate some of the requests seen while going through the Master Plan and expansion of Orange Park. 5/31/90 Page I AGENDA Joint Meeting - Continued. ACTION TAKEN 0109 He spoke of data that had gone into the Master Plan: neighborhood workshops; written and phone surveys; and demographic data. He stated that the Commission will take on the acceptance and recommendation for Council on 6/18/90 of the Master Plan and the Orange Park Expansion, and then it would be on the 7/11/90 Council agenda for acceptance. Mr. Peter Callander, Callander Assoc., proceeded to summarize the progress to date on the Master Plan: the number of public workshops held with the Steering Committee; the cost and the implemen- tation to achieve the Plan over the next 15 years, plus the expansion; direction was needed from both Bodies to guaranty that his staff was proceeding in the right direction; there was very little opportunity for expanding public parking improvements on the site; that the park and recreation system was dependent on the existing school grounds throughout the community; there was a tremendous amount of appeal and public support for upgrading the existing facilities; that the constituency was not too sure how they wanted to pay for the improvements, etc. Mr. Bill Harris, Callander Assoc., related the following: four subcommittee and four public workshops meetings had been held; one full Commission meeting had been held; had defined six basic park and recreation facility types - com- munity, neighborhood, mini, linear and open space areas, plus the special faci- lities at the Community Center; that park acreage in the City was consistent with other older Peninsula cities with 3 acres per thousand people including school grounds; emphasis of the Master Plan was to upgrade the existing facilities, rather than searching for new acreage to develop, acquire and maintain; recommen- dations for individual sports facilities had been made; studies on demographics, 5/31/90 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 01!0 1. Joint Meeting - Continued. neighborhood family composition and needs for facilities; a needs assessment had been completed; goals, policies and objectives had been generated, etc. He spoke of the public opinion surveys: good degree of interest in Orange Memorial Park being a high priority item; concern for the maintenance for the existing facilities; concern for cost; concern that the development of new faci- lities may be financially ambitious; not enough facilities in the downtown area; need for new neighborhood parks; support of active sports in the meetings, and very little interest in passive recreation, such as hiking. He stated that in the phone survey there were similar comments and significant differences from 150 household respon- dents. He stated that it was conducted by independent surveying specialists and was a statistically valid survey with good geographic coverage throughout the City, and a good ethnic representation. He related the following: the survey had been done during the week night hours and on weekends; a high degree of use of parks was expressed; four out of five used the City park system, and nine out of ten were satisfied with the parks to a certain degree; there was a wish list for park facilities, and the passive items topped the list; interest in trails, open space, picnicking and playgrounds for tots received the greatest support; 30-50% supported active sports for the facilities - which was significantly dif- ferent from the public opinion surveys where the passive sports were supported; activities for kids and teens, such as swimming pool; indoor gym and space for classes; funding for maintenance - direct user fees, taxes or bonds; people were generally interested in other means of funding, such as private means, grants and such; would have to develop a realistic implementation plan; written survey was done by staff with 20,000 5/31/90 Page 3 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN (}111 1. Joint Meeting - Continued. distributed and 668 returned; that the people seemed less satisfied than the people contacted on the phone; the pool was the number one item on the list that people wanted; that maintenance tax or bonds had placed last. He spoke in detail of the Master Plan: service area diagrams analyze the existing parks and how they service the deficiencies in neighborhood facilities in Buri Buri; Sunshine Gardens and the downtown area; individual projects that can be implemented; planning areas; deve- lopment of bay trails; needs for the downtown area for children and teens; plans to develop a new neighborhood park of approximately 3 acres in the PG&E easement at Airport Blvd. and Armour; improvements to mini parks; creation of a new community center at Siebecker Center and Spruce Gym were high priority items; community center at Paradise needs a lot of work, and their recommendation was that it should be removed and relocated at Spruce Gym and Siebecker Center with the remodeling; Parkway Jr. High could have neighborhood park facilities located there; there was to be a 4 acre neigh- borhood park at Terrabay with a new pool, community center, and athletic improve- ments at Hillside School; Sunshine Gardens recreational opportunities were with the schools, and needed ballfield improvements; PG&E location could be developed as a neighborhood park to link the neighborhood back to the linear park along Colma Creek and back to Orange Park; area 7 was an industrial area; area 6 was well served by Orange Park; area 8 was served by Brentwood Park, and there was an opportunity to acquire the upper fields from Avalon School; schools to be closed in the near future had been identified; the Avalon field had been identified for a future park; adding night lighting for Ponderosa School for adult softball and at Southwood for base- ball and other improvements; area 9 had a lack of neighborhood facilities; vacant lot adjacent to Alta Loma School was to 5/31/90 Page 4 ^GEND^ ^CT ON T^KE, 0112 1. Joint Meeting - Continued. be surplused and could become a park; area 10 was one of the better served areas in town through the common greens; Colma Creek being developed into a linear park. He cited the higher priority items: Orange Park; Downtown Community Center; and the neighborhood park at Alta Loma; lighting the soccer fields, etc. Discussion followed: on the various levels of priority lists; wish list for improvements; the corporation yard; the telephone and written surveys; neigh- borhoods covered in the surveys; input at the four different public hearings; Commissioner Gonzalez wanted Cypress and Pine Park moved to Priority List A; Councilman Penna did not agree to the closure of Paradise Park because of the large population in the area; the closure recommendation was based on a community center for the downtown residents at Spruce School and Siebecker; Councilman Penna wanted improvement to Paradise moved to Priority List A; there were two parks in the Buri Buri area; Commissioner Sellick also felt that the Paradise faci- lity filled a need in the area, plus the fact that it was dedicated parkland when the City was established; and in recent times there had not been funding to put staff in Paradise to supervise programs - which was needed; Vice Mayor Drago ques- tioned how items could be prioritized without knowing the cost factors; that Orange Park Expansion had the greatest priority; the need to acquire school land for new parks for future needs; that the Hillside area people think the Paradise facility should be torn down; acquiring Spruce Gym for a youth center; need for a tot lot in the downtown area; that there was not a lot of new activity to pay for improvements to existing facilities; Commissioner Caporale felt that with the expense of the expansion of Orange Park there was not enough money to be spent through out the community, rather than in one spot; that the expansion would be a 5/31/90 Page 5 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN (}113 1. Joint Meeting - Continued. ADJOURNMENT COMMISSION MEETING: Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor relations, property negotiations and litigation. RECALL TO ORDER: ADJOURNMENT: debt service and debt financing; PG&E easement being used for a park; nego- tiating with the schools for their surplus land; school property maintained by the City; Councilwoman Teglia felt Cypress and Pine Park should be a B cate- gory not an A; Mayor Haffey felt it should be a C because of the thousands of dollars spent in trying to improve it; moving the park to Linden from Cypress; Commissioner Sellick stated that the park had been previously moved because of complaints from residents over broken windows; potential for a new park between Linden and Pine; having the Boys Club create a satelite club in the Linden area; on the north slope of Sign Hill there were a great many people; that the Paradise facility would not be removed; recreation facilities to be provided by the Terrabay Development; direction was given that Orange Park had the highest priority; linear parks on Mission Road and Canal St. side on Orange to Spruce adjacent to Mayfair Village; interest in little theater type facility; landscaping of rear yards behind Circle Court; etc. M/S Dimminger/Peterson - To adjourn the Park & Recreation meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 9:05 p.m. Council adjourned to a Closed Session at 9:05 p.m. to discuss the items noticed. Mayor Haffey recalled the meeting to order at 10:00 p.m., all Council present, no action taken. M/S Teglia/Penna - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 10:00 p.m. 5/31/90 Page 6 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 0114 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, City Cler~ City of South San Francisco Richard A. ~H~ffey,F ~M~y~r City of South San :~fancisco The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communications, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 5/31/90 Page 7