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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 08-28 CC MIN25 MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA August 25,0 1974 The adjourned meeting of August 27, 1974, of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 4:30 p.m. by Mayor Morgan. ROLL CALL Council members present: Camacho, Pinson, Reid, Morgan. Absent: Dalia. Administrative officials present: Deputy City Clerk Gucimundsont Parks and Recreation Director Maley, Osburn, Stenberg. Park and Recreation Advisory Board members present: Lorna Harris, Chairman; Ernie Boyer, Bernice Meier. Absent: Walter Hallam (arrived later), Adolph Labiak. Mayor Morgan said if there is anything the Board members would like to say, they should interrupt and speak. Parks and Recreation Director Maley said the Park and Recreation Advisory Board, at the last meeting, indicated a desire to have a joint work session with the City Council; their problem is to get $122,000 which is coming to the City from the. State (Parks) Bond Act; plans and specifications of precisely what is going to be done have to be provided; if Kimball Park is to be com- pleted, it will require a considerable outlay of local money; before the application, which Council has authorized, can be submitted to obtain this money, he must know how much the City Council is going to spend; there is no percentage required; we are entitled to this Bond money if we can talk them out of it. Councilman Reid inquired who promised that the City would get this $122,000. Parks and Recreation Director Maley said this was one of the conditions under which Proposi- tion 1 in June was passed; the City must prove it is justified; they are already on the priority schedule of San Diego County; the City can get the money if it can be proved that we will do what we are obligated to do; the Board of Supervisors established a priority list; it is approved; this park development is part of that priority list. There was discussion. Mr. Maley said he hopes to obtain the commitment for the $122,000 and the commitment for the other approximately $370,000 from Revenue Sharing Funds; he hopes that as of sometime this Fall, through the Park and Recreation Board, they could interview various landscape architects; sometime about the first of the year be able to recognize one of these landscape architects or three of them, whatever Council prefers, and put this architect to work developing plans and specifications for this area down here and have it ready to go to bid by July 1, 1975; work could begin October the first 1975 and hopefully be completed in a 90- day period --the first of February 1976. Councilman Reid said he would like to know where the money is for these projects. Mr. Maley said this cannot be done unless Council approves it; Council will not approve it unless he asks, so he is asking. Mayor Morgan said he feels the department heads should bring up their ideas; we have accomplished things in this City that have never before been accomplished; he would like to work toward this plan; it is a good one; he can see this done with the money we have coming in; he would not want to commit all the Revenue Sharing to one thing but $300,000 or $370,000 he can see where the City can put that kind of money into this project if it is some- thing that the Council could be sold on; it would be for the betterment of the youth --if it is landscaped and is a nice plan; we have to dream of big things. Mr. Maley said this would be a first class park and referred to the Kimball Park General Plan, distributed to Council prior to the meeting. (Mr. Walter Hallam, Park and Recreation Advisory Board arrived at 4:43 p.m.) Mr. Maley continued Item 1, extension of the Bowl, on the plan has already been completed. Mayor Morgan said he is not in favor of removing any trees or grass from the park. V8/74 ice Mayor 4/2 26 Camacho said this is where the architect comes in to tell us how to plan the terrain, the topography. Parks and Recreation Director Maley said he cannot be totally objective as he does not know how much these things are going to cost; his figures are based on dis- cussion with people who build things of this nature; they must have first a precise and detailed plan which will have to come from the landscape architect; out of that $490,000 is $32,000 for this architect; $150,000 is allocated for the lighting which includes activity lighting for the major and minor league little league areas, the replacement for one field as designed in the master plan and area lighting for the entire park; they propose that the other three ball fields be lighted and that the entire park be lighted in such a way as to improve secu- rity; he feels if this is done in the near future, there would be sufficient funds to do it; $20,000 is allocated for fencing; consider- able fencing is going to be required to make the ball diamonds safe and to distinguish one from the other; portable fencing is being considered for two areas; the field facing northeast will not be fenced; the present major little league field would have a portable, removable fence so when the field is not in use, the area could be added to the general park and picnic area; the next item is parking; they hopefully are going to change the present parking rather drastically; the entrance off "D" Avenue will be where the drain is now; they are going to try to put that at a level so the parking lot can be used for the drain; this is feasible because during a rain, there is no one in the park; a portion of the drainage area would be covered and become a part of the outfield area for the southeast ball diamond; the major part of the drain area will be the parking area proposed for that park which comes in off 16th Street; there will be parking from "D" Avenue; there will be parking from "A" Avenue, there will be parking from 16th Street; that is in addition to the circulation of traffic they cur- rently have behind the library right now --extension of "C" Avenue; the parking amounts to $70,000; the next item is grading--$65,000; if this can be done by City forces, and quite possibly it might, a lot of money could be saved here; $67,500 is estimated for automatic irrigation; he thinks it pp be done for that; that is not much higher than it was a few years/Zen copper piping was being used; they use plastic now; for the relocating and building a new zoo, his figure is $45,000; this would provide an area where the animals could be on display in a fairly natural habitat, where they would have a little supervision, and pro- vide protection for the animals as well as the people; the play area for the small children would be relocated; it may not take up quite as much space as it presently does --the landscape architect would work this out --they propose to make better use of the area provided; there is wasted area in the zoo now; there are areas there now that are not being used even when the zoo is crowded. Mr. Maley said the zoo would be built to accommodate a certain number of people based on the number of people using the current zoo and possibly double the figure; the relocation of the children's play area, $19,000; his last item is $22,000 to obtain portable, self-contained stage for use in that area as well as all over the City; bleachers are also included in this item which will be needed for this new arrangement. There was further discussion in regard to funds and priorities. (City Manager Osburn left Council Chambers at 4:55 p.m. and returned at 4:57 p.m.) Parks and Recreation Director Maley said he requested Council commit themselves to this particular plan so he can get it off to Sacramento with the application and the resolutions Council has passed; if an arrangement can be made to obtain an architect, very little will have to be paid of this man's fee until the plans are accepted by Council; this will be probably about July 1, 1975; at that time they go to bid; Council does not have to accept the bids; but, to make application for this money, he must list other sources of money that are going into this project. Moved by Morgan, to authorize Mr. Maley to continue on this plan he has for Kimball Park and make application to the State for this $122,000. Mr. Maley said Council has authorized him to do this by resolution; he needs now something to the effect that the City Council 8/28/74 - 4 ' 27 has agreed to commit the funds to augment the $122,000 needed. Mr. Maley said as he understands you can get 10% of it after the project has been accepted; while work is in progress you receive a payment and there is a final payment upon completion; they con down and audit the books and the whole bit; they go back and send you a check. LORNA HARRIS, Chairman of the Park and Recreation Advisory Board, was present and said she was absent from the last meeting. BERNICE MEIER, Park and Recreation Advisory Board, was present and said they have been working on various plans that have been presented to Council --plans for all the parks in the area; they have been doing a little bit in one park and some citizen wants something and they go on to that area --someone else doesn't like that and they are asked to go on to another area; not one park is completed; they propose to complete one park and go on to complete another; this park will be something for every citizen, not just the ball players, not just the picnickers, but areas for all the citizens from the small ones to the senior citizens; they have been working on this plan and feel it is a good one; they are anxious to start working on it; she realizes the cost is high but cannot see that prices will get lower as things are going. Councilman Pinson asked if this plan is approved, would the other parks in the city be neglected as there would be no money left to maintain them? Mrs. Meier said they will allow nothing to be neglected or run down; they will keep them safe and usable for every- one; they do not want to continue to put a little money here and a little money here; there is sufficient help to keep all the parks up and there is money budgeted sufficient to maintain the parks and improve them but no major plans; they propose to first complete Kimball Park and then go on to another park according to the plans; they have been doing bits and pieces in all the parks and have finished nothing; unless a plan is adopted, none of the parks will ever be completed. There was further discussion. Moved by Pinson, seconded by Camacho, to go ahead with the project as presented by the Park and Recreation Advisory Board and Mr. Maley's recommendation. WALTER HALLAM, Park and Recreation Advisory Board, was present and said he agreed with Councilman Reid but steel is going up 15% the first of October consequently the longer we sit here and do nothing, the more the project will cost; he feels Council is on the right track. City Manager Osburn asked Mr. Maley when the proper time would be to phase the parks --phase 1, phase 2, etc., when the architect is complete or now? Mr. Maley said if we are going to phase" it will have to be done after the plans are drawn; it does not have to be done for the application; every place along this line, this will be referred back to Council; you cannot be made to spend money you don't have; the 15th of September is the deadline for getting the application in; with this action, he feels he has all he needs. Mayor Morgan said whatever Mr. Maley needs on Thursday when Mr. Maley prepares his input for the agenda, if anything more is needed, he will put it on the Council agenda for next Tuesday. Councilman Pinson suggested Mr. Maley might want to check the application with the Attorney. Mr. Maley said the application has to be in by September 15 if we are to get the money during the next fiscal year; they will not receive any money until at least after July; however, they will not spend any until after July. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Dalla. Mr. Maley thanked Council. Moved by Pinson, seconded by Camacho, the meeting be closed. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Dalla. The meeting closed at 5:22 p.m. City Clerk Ceity of Nationi City, California 8/24/74 28 The foregoing minutes were approved by the City Council of the City of National City at the regular meeting of September 10, 1974. VNo corrections 0 Corrections as noted below Mayor, ity o ational City, California 8/28/74