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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/21/1994 BAKERSFIELD Lynn Edwards, Chair Conni Brunni Mark Salvaggio Staff: John W. Stinson AGENDA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Monday, November 21, 1994 4:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room Second Floor - City Hall 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 8, 1994 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. SIGN POLICY FOR KERN RIVER PARKWAY UPDATE 6. NEW BUSINESS A. BAKERSFIELD CITY EMPLOYEES MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION KERN RIVER PARKWAY VOLUNTEER IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING PROJECT AT MOHAWK AND TRUXTUN AVENUE 7. ADJOURNMENT ' FILE COPY B A K E. R $ F I E L D ' Alan -Fa'idy, City tv~ar~ge~' Lynn Edwards, Chair Staff: John W. Stinson Conni Brunni ' Mark Salvaggio AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Monday, August 8, 1994 4:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 4:10 p.m. Members present: Chair Councilmember Lynn Edwards; Councilmember Conni Brunni Member absent: Councilmember Mark Salvaggio 2, APPROVAL OF JULY 18, MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3, PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS None AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Community Services Committee August 8, 1994 Page -2- 6. NEW BUSINESS A. IN-LINE HOCKEY UPDATE Lee Andersen reported that both in-line hockey leagues seem pleased with the arrangements that had been made where the existing league will continue playing at Jastro Park, and the group that broke away from the existing league will be playing out in the North Bakersfield area. Community Services and Public Works staff have met with the one neighbor living by Jastro Park that had concerns about inadequate parking causing congestion/noise. Plans were made to change the striping on the parking lot next to the tennis courts from parallel to diagonal to create more parking. As this is a heavily used park, Community Services staff will. continue to monitor for congestion. The Community Services Department has been contacted by Mr. Pete Denevi, a local person involved in producing in-line hockey services for league play at Standard Park, a North Bakersfield Parks and Recreation District site, where he will be making improvements and then leasing the facility from the District. Upon completion, this privately run facility should help alleviate expansion concerns. In a year or so after he reviews his current project, he may be interested in the same type of agreement with the City to provide private services at a City site. Due to the expansion occurring in this sport, Community Services staff will continue looking at possible future sites within the City and ways to develop facilities such as with a private entity as mentioned above. B. REVIEW OF STANDARDS FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT Frank Fabbri handed out a memo/information (attached) and gave a general overview of the method of computing costs for park development, and discussed cost comparisons between North Bakersfield Park and Recreation District and the City of Bakersfield. Henry R. Agonia, General Manager, North Bakersfield Parks and Recreation District, discussed the difficulties encountered when comparing costs and trying to set standards for one park with another because each has different component needs. If you take each element/bid separately for developing a park, the costs do compare. Mr. Agonia gave other examples, such as one park needing a seven-foot wall around the park to mitigate noise, explaining that these different requirements needed in each park make using other methods such as a per acre cost accounting system unworkable. The Committee reviewed the information handed out and asked that it be provided to the full Council. AGENDA. SUMMARY REPORT Community Services Committee August 8, 1994 Page -3- C. SIGN POLICY FOR KERN RIVER PARKWAY Lee Andersen stated that a copy of the policy had been provided to Mr. Rich O'Neil of the Kern River Foundation, for his review, and that his response was favorable to the sign policy and recommended no changes. The Citizens Parks and Recreation Committee has also endorsed the policy. Jennie Eng, Development Services Park Planner, pointed out that the size of the signs is now written in compliance with the dimensions required in the City sign ordinance updated in May 1994. The Committee requested that staff research the wording in the policy about the criteria for placing any names on the signs and wording 'to clarify that section, and bring this information back to the Committee. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m. City staff in attendance: John W. Stinson, Assistant City Manager; Judy Skousen, City Attorney; Lee Andersen, Community Services Manager; Frank Fabbri, Parks Superintendent; Jennie Eng, Development Services Parks Planner; and Madan Shaw, Public Works Engineer. Others in attendance: Henry R. Agonia, General Manager, North Bakersfield Parks and Recreation District; and Scott Roberts, Channel 17. , EMPLOYES MUTU BENEFIT ASSOC TION ~ P.O. Box 2553 9~ 0 . ~.~ lO: O~ Bakersfield, CA 93303 BAlt~S~',~L:3 Ct'fY C[.ERi~ HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS: We, the members of the Bakersfield City Miscellaneous Employees Mutual Benefit Association (BCMEMBA), desire to volunteer labor to install irrigation, turf and trees along the Kern River Parkway. The Association, formed 3 years ago for the benevolence of members and to provide volunteer support in the community, is 300 members strong. The location of the proposed 8 acre project is along Truxtun Avenue, between the Mercy and Texaco projects. We will contact the Kern River Parkway Foundation for their input on the existing vegetation and will follow the adopted Kern River Plan. This will continue the theme established by the Mercy and Texaco projects, connecting the two projects and forming one continuous greenbelt along the Parkway. To accomplish the installation, we are requesting your permission to utilize City equipment and $27,392 (account #162-79994-754-48511) designated for improvements along the Kern River Parkway. The $27,392 are funds remaining from a state grant for the computerized irrigation and development of the Parkway-west of the Par Course. The funds will be utilized to buy irrigation and landscape materials for installation at the site, with all labor done by volunteers from the Association. We will also be soliciting donations from the private sector. The project will be completed by working Saturdays and Sundays with the turf being planted in the early Spring of 1995. We respectfully request your approval of the project as we work together to continue beautification along the Kern River Parkway. Sincerely, Rick Williams President, BCMEMBA