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• Barbara Lamere indicated Centennial Park was open to the public on <br />May 1980. The college has increase traffic into the park. We don't <br />have any more land to give away. The City is overcrowded. The <br />college impacts parking for the park. <br />Edgar Vasquez indicated soccer organizations need to work with Parks <br />and Recreation to make the city a better place to live. $400,000 was <br />collected in surcharge fees for field improvement. We need to make <br />improvement to the fields or build new fields. Godinez parking structure <br />is available to accommodate the additional field usage. <br />Councilmember Amezcua indicated staff look at Joint Use of the <br />Kennedy Elementary School site for field usage. <br />• Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero indicated the surcharge is to maintain <br />facilities. <br />Mr. Mouet explained the surcharge was collected for field <br />improvements, but the collection of this fee was frozen by City Council <br />several years ago and will not grow. An alternative is to partner with <br />the SAUSD to install synthetic turf on the Godinez football field. The <br />$400,000 will pay a portion of the project and the SAUSD would need <br />to come up with the balance. <br />■ Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero indicated the city needs to be good stewards <br />and the surcharge needs to be re- established. <br />o CENTENNIAL ADULT EDUCATION CENTER UPDATE <br />• Ron Ono presented a status update of the land conversion. Mr. Ono <br />provided a history of the college land lease, 5 year extensions and <br />approval of a reimbursement agreement to begin the land conversion <br />planning process. On March 2013 the National Park Service accepted <br />the 1.4 acre McFadden /Orange site as new park property, but <br />indicated additional property is needed to fulfill the land conversion <br />requirement of equal value. <br />On February 2014, City Council approved a five year lease extension <br />and requested an update in 6 months (Aug 2014) and 12 months (Feb <br />2015). This presentation is the 6 month update. <br />Five additional sites were presented to the College and the National <br />Park Service: 1) Old Rescue Mission site; 2) Old Water Well site; 3) <br />Memory Lane /SA River site;4) Property adjacent to Chepa's Park; 5) <br />Old Fire Training Site at Centennial Park. Property #4 was sold to a <br />developer and #5 is not eligible as replacement property. <br />PREY Regular Meeting Page 5 July 28, 2014 <br />13B -5 <br />