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Home My WebLink About06/04/1985 - PB&R CommissionMotion Seconded Ayes _% Item No. 3 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH „ Parks, Beaches. & Recreation Commission o 2� June 4, 1985 O-1- City Council Chambers 7 p.m. INDEX Ex- Officio Member Present: Ronald A. Whitley, Director Staff Present: Tom.Line; Recreation Supt. Dottie Flohr, Secretary I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS Item #1 Call to Order The meeting of the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission was called to order at 7:02 P.M. Item #2 Roll Call Roll call was taken. Commissioners Capretz, Cohen, de Boom, Hopkins, Springer and Wolfe were present. Commissioner King was absent. Item #3 Approval of Minutes x Commissioner Wolfe asked that Item #5, Public Beach Rest - x rooms, be amended to read that the Board of West Newport x x x x x x voted unanimously for a new restroom at Orange Street and a second restroom at the River Jetty subject to public input. Chair Cohen recommended that in the last paragraph under Item #7, Request for Senior Citizens Council or Commission," the words, "or Commission," following... "Senior Citizens Advisory Committee" be deleted. Motion was made by Hopkins and seconded by Springer to approve the minutes of May 7, 1985 as corrected. Unanimous. Item #4 Adoption o1 Agenda The agenda was adopted as presented with Item III,.Public Comments, preceding Item II, Action Items. II. ACTION ITEMS Item #5 - Joint Meeting -with Friends of Oasis Joint Meeting wii The Commission met informally in a joint meeting with the Friends of Executive Committee of Friends of Oasis. Following a brief Oasis review by Ron Whitley of the history,.relationship and function of the Friends of Oasis, the below listed items were discussed. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH arks, Beaches. & Recreation Commission Page 2 City Council Chambers 7 p.m. INDEX 1. Revision of letter of intent for application for Senior Centers Bond Act Monies. 2. 1985 -86 City Budget for Oasis, which includes the statu of the full -time position for Human Services Coordinato and the north wing restrooms renovation. 3. Status of the City Council Ad Hoc Committee concerning the establishment of a Senior Citizens Commission. 4. Status of Bingo. 5. Updated status concerning the Cottage Homes and the Friends of Oasis relations with the Bren and Irvine Companies. Following discussion, Matt Hall, Treasurer of the Friends of Oasis, suggested quarterly reports be made available to the Commission for their information. In addition, it was suggested the Friends appoint a member to attend a Commission meeting every three months - lotion x Upon adjournment of the informal meeting, Commissioner Seconded: x Capretz moved to support the joint application of the Ayes x x x x x x revised letter of intent requesting $40,000 from the Senior Centers Bond Act monies for future expansion and con- tingencies at Oasis. Seconded by Wolfe. Unanimous. lotion x Commissioner Capretz motioned the Parks, Beaches and Seconded x Recreation Commission go on record as favoring the estab- Ayes x Y x x x x lishment of a full -time position to act as Human Services Coordinator for Oasis. Seconded by de Boom. Unanimous. Chair Cohen directed staff to add a Senior Citizens Division to the agenda and to provide a report on Oasis as often as possible. Item #6 - Develop Agenda for Joint Meeting wi.th.City Agenda for. Joint Council,on June 24, 1985 Meeting wi Following discussion the Commission determined the below City�Counc listed items be on the agenda for their joint meeting with Council on June 24, 1985: 1. Background, recommendations and progress report on - Oasis. 2. Maintenance of the parks and results to the City, i.e:, Cliff Drive Park. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 3.rks, Beaches. & Recreation Commission Page 3 City Council Chambers 7 p.m. INDEX 3. .Summary of accomplishments and proposals. 4. Council's list of suggested objectives and accomplish- ments for the Commission next year. III. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mrs. Gail Demmer, 2812 Cliff Drive, addressed the Commi'ssion. She urged the Commissioners to walk through Cliff Drive Park to see how beautiful it is. She thanked staff, particularly Ron Whitley, Jack Brooks and Dan Iwata, and all the people who contributed to the restoration of the park. Ron Whitley reported that more funds are proposed in the budget for next fiscal year to further improve the area. Mr. Barney Larks, 1901 Beryl Lane, addressed the Commission to clarify a few points at the last Commission meeting on May 7, 1985. He thanked the Commission, as a private citizen;. for their action and recommendation to Council concerning Item #7, Request for Senior Citizens Council or Commission. He also asked that the record-show that the only two Commission meetings he has attended prior to the present one were the meetings of May 7 and April 2, the latter of which was to receive a Special Recognition Award. Mr. Larks also reported that there was a rumor to the effect he had asked for the Director's resignation which, he said, was not true and which he has cleared with the Director. In addition, he,mentioned a letter was forwarded wherein the writer apologized for Mr. Larks' offensive remarks at the last meeting. He asked that the record show he made no offensive remarks and that the Commission recognize this unless they feel otherwise. IV. DISCUSSION ITEMS Item #7 - Status of Street Tree Committee Status of Street Tre Commissioner Wolfe, Chair of the Street Tree Committee, Committee reported they have had two meetings. The first meeting was attended by Hopkins, staff, Wade Beyeler, General Services Director„ and interested citizens at which time the main problems were clarified. The second meeting was attended by Hopkins, Wade Beyeler, Lloyd Dalton from Public Works, Bill Brown, Insurance Administrator, staff and interested citizens. At this meeting it was determined the residents want beauty and a nice residential effect. The City's goals are no claims or liability. CITY OF NEWPORT .BEACH J) Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission �o • Page 4 City Council Chambers 7 p.m. 010, INDEX At their third meeting they will better define the tree retention and removal policy. They are discussing the possibility of consolidating the responsibilities for trees into one Department which would require a policy change. They are also reviewing the possibility of requesting increased funds. They feel when trees are re- placed, larger trees should be planted. In addition, a Citizens Review Tree Committee could be implemented to look at trees before they are removed. Item #8 - Park and Street Tree Division Park and Street Tre( None. Division Item #9 - Recreation Division Recreation Division Tom Line reported the summer brochure was mailed May 24 and mail -in registration will begin June 7. He also reported that the Corona del Mar Scenic 5K had few problems and was a very successful event. Mr. Line passed out commemorative pins of the Run to the Commission. V. SPECIAL, URGENT OR LAST MINUTE ITEMS Capretz reported the request for funds for the Beach Study is in the City Manager's budget for next fiscal year. Review of attendance policy for the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission will be on the agenda at their next meeting on July 2, 1985. Ron Whitley reported that Bill Blurock, architect for the proposed new facility at Mariners Park, has finished the preliminary design which will be presented to the Library Board on June 25 at 5:30 P.M. at the Newport Center Branch. The Mariners'Library Refurbishment Committee, consisting of Cohen, de Boom and Wolfe, will attend this meeting. VI. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Parks,.Beaches and Recreation Commission adjourned at 8:40 P.M. Dottie H ohr, Secretary