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HomeMy WebLinkAbout042000 PRC MinutesMINUTES CITY OF ATASCADERO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION APRIL 20, 2000 ITEM 1— CALL TO ORDER: Madam Chair Butz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ITEM 2 — ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Madam Chair Butz Vice Chairperson Hood Commissioner Dempsey Commissioner Gobler Commissioner Kock Commissioner Kudlac Commissioner Mathews ABSENT: Student Representative Michell Kim STAFF PRESENT: Geoff English, Community Services Manager Ellen Perkins, Administrative Secretary Claudia Collier, Charles Paddock Zoo ITEM 3 - FLAG SALUTE: Commissioner Kudlac led the flag salute ITEM 4 — PUBLIC COMMENT: None. ITEM 5 — MINUTES OF MARCH 16,2000: Madam Chair Butz commented that on page 3, the last sentence on the page, under Item 6A — Stadium Park Temporary Use Policies, Public Comment, the word "drum" should be replaced with "drama" when speaking of the Atascadero Drama Department. Also, under Item 8B — Youth Task Force, Ms. Butz wanted to clarify that the Link grant award was for $75,000.00 per year for three years. MOTION: by Commissioner Kudlac and seconded by Commissioner Mathews to approve the March 16, 2000 minutes with corrections. Motion passed 7.0 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 1 of 6 ITEM 6 — OLD BUSINESS: ITEM 6A — MINUTES FROM JOINT CITY COUNCIL/PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING: The Commission was directed to view the minutes from the Joint City Council/Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting, make any recommendations for changes, and then the minutes would be forwarded to the City Clerk. Madam Chair Butz asked about the catalogue mentioned on the second page, first paragraph, last sentence. Community Services Manager, Geoff English said it was similar to a wish list, used for fundraising. MOTION: by Commissioner Mathews and seconded by Commissioner Kudlac to approve the minutes of the Joint City Council/Parks & Recreation Commission meeting held March 16, 2000, and pass along to the City Clerk. Motion passed 7.-0 ITEM 6B — UPDATE ON PROPOSITION 12 - VERBAL: Community Services Manager Geoff English, reported that the State Department of Parks & Recreation in Sacramento is in the process of determining how to distribute the funds from Proposition 12. Tentative reports say that the funds will be distributed this year, and hopefully, there will be more information available for the May 18 Parks & Recreation Commission meeting. Mr. English said he would keep the Commission posted on the progress. ITEM 6C — PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSIONER'S WORKSHOP SUMMARY: Community Services Manager Geoff English, said that the Parks and Recreation Commission Workshop put on by the San Luis Obispo County Parks and Recreation Director's group was well attended. Once again the City of Atascadero was the best -attended City with 5 commissioners and staff. Mr. English congratulated the Commissioners on their continued good attendance. Mr. English continued by saying that part of the process at the workshop was to identify the needs on a countywide basis for parks & recreation and open space projects, prioritize them and start to develop strategies for funding when the Prop 12 grant funds become available. Mr. English asked the Commissioners to briefly explain the Needs Assessment Survey Results included in their packet. Madam Chair Butz explained that the participants broke down into groups at the workshop. She continued to say that the groups were very diverse, but all basically had the same ideas on the needs for the County. Commissioner Gobler wanted to know what would happen to the information that was gathered at the meeting. Mr. English said the idea would be to partner with other agencies and use that information to complete projects. Parks and Recreation Commission Page 2 of 6 ITEM 7 — NEW BUSINESS: ITEM 7A — DRAFT YOUTH/COMMUNITY CENTER DESIGN: Mr. English reported to the Commission that Assemblyman Maldonado and Senator O'Connell had been approached for funding for the Youth/Community Center, and Eric Hagen, a City employee, provided the drawing. Mr. English said we need to wait to hear from the State before we move ahead with hiring an architect and also survey the community to get ideas for a design. Geoff briefly reviewed the drawings with the Commissioners and went on to talk about the downtown revitalization and perhaps including the youth center in that design. This is only a starting point, the final plan may or may not be the same. The site plan showed the area that was chosen for the site of the Youth/Community Center, with some modifications to include a future phase as well. Mr. English then asked if there are any questions or comments. Commissioner Gobler stated that he was excited to see this project move forward but questioned whether parking would be a problem, and also asked about bus service. Mr. English said that parking and transportation would be an issue. There is parking behind the Armory that is now being used and will continue to be used after improving that parking area, and there will be plenty of room at the Corporate Yard for buses to go in and out. Commissioner Gobler also asked about seating in the building. Mr. English said parking, seating and storage will also be issues. Commissioner Dempsey asked about the dotted lines extending from the building on the site plan. Mr. English explained that this could be a possible bathhouse with shower facility for the possible swimming pool (future phase). Commissioner Mathews indicated that consideration should be given to having the consistent architectural style of the main street program. He also commented that the Armory could play a more permanent role in the future. Mr. English reminded the Commissioners that there must be a strategy for funding new programs as well as keeping the programs going that are already in place. ITEM 7B — DRAFT BIKEWAYS PLAN: Community Services Manager Geoff English, presented a preliminary transportation plan that the City's Public Works Department and Community & Economic Development Department are currently working with the RRM Design Group from San Luis Obispo. The Report included bike path designations, proposed bike paths and maps. Mr. English continued by saying this item had come before the public, but due to poor attendance, he wanted to bring this before the Parks and Recreation Commission to get their comments, and then send it on to the Planning Commission. After this review, the plan will go back to RRM Design Group for their final plan. Any suggestions for additional sites will be considered in the plan Commissioner Mathews would like Stadium Park on the map. Mr. English said Pine Mountain is on the list, but could be made to read Stadium Park. Commissioner Gobler warned that Curbaril Avenue is dangerous for cars, and would probably be worse for bikes. Mr. English indicated that there are three classifications of bike pathways; Class I is separated from the road, Parks and Recreation Commission Page 3 of 6 it generally has two way traffic, an 8 foot minimum, and not connected to the road; Class II is adjacent to the roadway and is separated by a solid white stripe and is 4 to 5 feet wide and is posted for a bikeway; Class III has no markings, just signage, from destination to destination. A different type of Class would be used depending on the width of the road or the ability to use the right-of-way. Curbaril would be a Class III. Mr. English confirmed that Curbaril would not be wide enough to consider Class I or Class II, so there may not be a bike path on that road. Commissioner Dempsey agreed that Curbaril is too dangerous for a bike path. Commissioner Gobler suggested that someone look at Portola Road as a possible bike path, it is also well traveled, but is level and goes north -south to the Atascadero High School, so students may use it to travel to school. Commissioner Mathews said that he thought other traffic considerations will have to be looked at before putting a bike path down, because cars travel fast on quite a few of the streets in Atascadero. Commissioner Hood asked if the City Council was going to prioritize these paths? Mr. English confirmed that there will be a priority of paths and the Parks and Recreation Commission will have a chance to review the draft plan before it is finalized. Madam Chair Butz wanted to make sure that there are bikeways for kids to get to school. Mr. English said that there is a Suggested Routes to School Plan which includes Monterey Road School, but for some reason, it was not included in this bikeway plan. He will get more information on that and bring a report back to the Commission. A discussion ensued regarding the Atascadero Lake Park and the opposition by lake neighbors about putting in a bike path instead of walking path. ITEM 8 — COMMITTEE REPORTS: ITEM 8A — ARCC: The next meeting, April 27, 2000 at 6:30 p.m., at the Youth Center. Madam Chair indicated that she could not attend that meeting but that Commissioner Mathews would be present. ITEM 8B —YOUTH TASK FORCE: The next meeting, May 2, 2000, 7:00 a.m. at the Youth Center: ITEM 9 — CORRESPONDENCE: There was a thank you from Jim Ericson for recognition at the January 20, 2000 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting for his efforts of constructing a trail in the Stadium Park. ITEM 10 — COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Commissioner Mathews reminded the Commission and the public attending that Children's Day in the Park will be held May 20, 2000 at the Atascadero Lake Park and volunteers are needed to Parks and Recreation Commission Page 4 of 6 help. Ms. Butz said this event is growing and now includes the Quota Club in conjunction with the City of Atascadero and ARCC participating at Children's Day in the Park. Ms. Butz also mentioned that Commissioner Dempsey has been participating in the Living Docent Program at the Hearst Castle, as part of the tour of Hearst Castle, acting the part of a Hearst visitor from the 30's and 40's. Mr. Dempsey said these are evening tours only. ITEM 11— STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMENTS: Ms. Michell Kim, the new student representative, will be attending the May 18, 2000 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. ITEM 12 — STAFF COMMENTS: ITEM 12A — REVISED GOALS: A revised list was attached and is now ready for action. No discussion. ITEM 12B — CURATOR'S REPORT FOR MARCH 2000: Claudia Collier, General Curator for the Charles Paddock Zoo, briefed the Commission on her report. Ms. Collier reported that there was great coverage by the San Luis Obispo's Tribune newspaper as well as the North County supplement newspaper regarding the birth of the twin marmosets. Ms. Collier also informed the Commission that there have been two meetings with the consultant with regard to the draft Master Plan for the zoo, and another workshop planned for the near future. Commissioner Dempsey is president of the Master Plan committee. ITEM 12C — PRESS RELEASE REGARDING MASTER PLAN: There was a Press Release included in the Commissioner's packets regarding the Master Plan for the Zoo. ITEM 12D — PRESS RELEASE REGARDING MARMOSET: There was a Press Release included in the Commissioner's packets regarding the birth of the twin Marmosets. ITEM 12E — BUSINESS CARD SAMPLE: Community Services Manager Geoff English said that to be consistent with the Planning Commission, the business card does not have their name on it, but has a line on it where the Commissioners can write in their name. Ms. Butz asked that we proceed with obtaining the business cards for all the Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Parks and Recreation Commission Page 5 of 6 ITEM 13 — CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Madam Chair Butz informed the Commission and the attending public that the Wine Makers Dinner tickets are available for sale for Friday June 23. ITEM 14 — ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: By Commissioner Dempsey and seconded by Commissioner Hood to adjourn the Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting at 8:38 p.m. Motion passed 7.0 MEETING RECORDED AND MINUTES PREPARED BY: Ellen M Perkins Administrative Secretary Department of Community Services /emp Parks and Recreation Commission Page 6 of 6