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CITY OF SANTA ANA
PARK DEVELOPMENT/JOINT USE
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
September 8, 2004
MINUTES
The meeting was convened at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall, Room 831.
The following Council Members were present:
Jose Solorio
Mike Garcia
Claudia Alvarez (Absent)
Staffs present were: Gerardo Mouet, Executive Director, PRCSA
Jim Ross, Executive Director, Public Works
Mike Vigliotta, Deputy City Attorney
Ron Ono, Park Planning/Design Mgr., PRCSA
Patrick Mitchell, Park Naturalist, PRCSA
Peggy Lee Calvert, Recreation Program Coordinator
Guests present: Jerry King, V.P Planning & Dev., McGuire Enviromnental Consultants
D. P. Myers - Projects Coordinator, The Wildlands Conservancy
~ 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ACTION ITEM: Minutes oOuly 7, 2004 meeting were approved as submitted.
2. SANTA ANA RIVER PRESENTATION
D.P Myers, Projects Coordinator for the Wildlands Conservancy, presented a sequence of
events and a process that San Bernardino County did in creating a Blue Ribbon Committee to
establish a Wildlands Conservancy. The committee of approximately 25 individuals met
approximately 4 times in a 3 to 4 month period to prepare a Santa Ana River Plan and
Report. Once established the Wildlands Conservancy will be securing funding through
donations, grants and other sources for the purpose of implementing the Santa Ana River
Plan including re-creating natural habitat areas and greenbelts throughout the watershed. The
conservancy will provide funding to cities and other organizations to implement their goals
and vision. The Wildlands Conservancy is currently working with San Bernardino to
develop a wetlands open space area.
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Jerry King indicated he would like to see the implementation of bike trail rest stops along the
Santa Ana River Trail and to reclaim/replant areas along the Santa Ana River to provide a
greenbelt corridor throughout the Santa Ana stretch of the river. The regional trails system
should be connected to various city trails to provide a continual linkage throughout the
county. One of the methods to accomplish this is to establish a Blue Ribbon Committee to
create a comprehensive plan for the Orange County area that the Wildlands Conservancy can
help provide the funding. Redlands, Colton, San Bernardino and Riverside County have
formed blue ribbon committees to review projects along the river.
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ACTION ITEM:
. Schedule for next meeting a discussion for creating an Ad-Hoc Committee to prepare
a report for the establishment of a Santa Ana River Conservancy.
3. LEISURE CLASS PROGRAM
Staff presented an update of the Leisure Class programs and indicated we have 22 new
classes added to the program. The Spring/Summer season classes began in April and are
scheduled to continue through December. The new Parks, Recreation and Community
Services Agency Brochure were mailed out in June to all residents in the city. The
attendance in Leisure Class programs has increased, along with revenue to the city.
Weare currently developing the schedule and contracts for the Winter/Spring Season that
will be held in January through June. The Winter/Spring brochure will be mailed out in
December.
4. PARKRESTROOMUPDATE
Staff indicated that ofthe 35 parks and 4 school/park sites, there are 24 parks with permanent
restroom buildings, 2 parks with prefabricated restroom buildings, and 9 parks with no
restrooms. Of the 9 parks with no restrooms, 6 parks identify restrooms in the park master
plan. Restrooms have not been constructed due to community request or funding issues.
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The restrooms vary in age, with the oldest restroom built in 1976 and the most recently
constructed restroom in 2004 at Centennial Park. Many of the existing restrooms are in need
of renovation. The agency has formed a TQS restroom design team to study and make
recommendations on design standards for future restrooms. The study focused on lighting
and overall efficiency, aesthetics and vandal resistance.
5. ATHLETIC FIELD RESERVATION SYSTEM
Approximately 2 Yz years ago the agency developed a Special Committee on Field Usage
(SCOFU), which was made up of representatives from the city (Recreation and Park Board
members) and the youth and adult sport groups that use our facilities, to develop the policies
and procedures for facility usage. The document is completed and a Committee on Field
Usage (COFU) was formed to review issues related to the Athletic Field Reservation System.
The policy requires all sports organizations to pre-register, provide rosters, post deposits and
abide to a 3-strike rule. The agency is receiving calls from some of the sports leagues
concerning the new youth sports fee requirement. Also some of the youth sports leagues
have not turned in their rosters, after the city have sent various courtesy reminders to the
league. The leagues have also been notified of our schedule to close fields down for
renovation. This field closure is necessary in order to keep the fields green.
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6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
..... . No public comment.
7. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
. Committee requested the next meeting to be held on October 5th to discuss the Santa
Ana River Task Group.
8. ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS:
. Santa Ana River Task Force
. Santa Ana Zoo Animal Inventory
9. NEXT MEETING:
October 5, 2004-5:45p.m.
City Hall, Room 831
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
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