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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01 - Correspondence1�7� ti3 • LAW OFFICES OF BARRY JON GRUMMAN A Professional Corporation 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 450 Newport Beach, California 92660 Telephone (949) 719.6888 (323) 569.8113 Facsimile (949) 719 %881 BJG 13 @earthlink.net November 20, 2002 Parks, Recreation & Beaches Commission City of Newport Beach 3300 Newport Blvd Newport Beach, California 92658 Attn: Andrea McGuire Community Services Department RE: Request for Utilization of Field Lights for the Newport Beach Classic February 8 -9, 2003 • Dear Ms. McGuire: Please recall that I am the head coach of the Newport Beach Riptide 16 and under girls fast pitch softball team which is affiliated with the Pacific Coast Girls Fast Pitch Softball League, a California non - profit public benefit corporation. The Newport Beach Riptide girls are primarily Newport Beach residents who have grown up in the Pacific Coast League and have progressed in ability to the point where they are now an extremely competitive travel ball team. Newport Beach Riptide is desirous of hosting an event known as the Newport Beach Classic which is a Triple Crown World Series qualifying tournament on February 8 -9, 2003. We are currently going through the process of reserving those dates with the city and as part of that process I have been informed by Matt Dingwall that a request should be made to your department for utilization of the lights at the fields sought to be reserved. The proposed tournament will entail the use of 3 local fields - Bonita Creek, Arroyo and CYC. Due to the number of teams that will be coming to this tournament it will be necessary to schedule some games after it would normally become dark. We will need the lights at the fields and would request that they be on until 10:00 P.M. Saturday, February 8 and 8:00 P.M on Sunday, February 9, 2003. Please recall that a light request was made and approved relative to the Newport Beach Classic we hosted on February 9 -10, 2002. The event was conducted without problems of any kind and I am unaware of any resident complaints regarding the field lights. • • Parks, Recreation & Beaches Commission November 20, 2002 Page 2 The Newport Beach Classic is going to be a great event for the girls of Newport Beach. It is anticipated that a 12 and under team affiliated with the Pacific Coast League will also be participating in this event along with other teams from the Newport Beach area. This is an exceptional opportunity for our girls and I am certain that any concerns that the city has regarding the utilization of the fields can be adequately addressed. Towards that end, I will be attending your meeting on January 7, 2003 prepared to answer any questions that you may have regarding this event and field lights request. Please teel free to contact the undersigned at any time regarding this request and thank you very much for any assistance and cooperation you render regarding the Newport Beach Classic. BJG /st • Very truly yours, IC "'� .o November 20, 2002 City of Newport Beach 3300 Newport Blvd., PO Box 1768 Newport Beach, CA 92658 -8915 Attn: Marie Knight Re: Jim Gubster & Chris Bailey 510 Poinsettia Avenue Comna del Mar, California 92625 Phone: 949 644 -5494 Mobile: 949 463 -3 22 1 Email: TraoyhiNewporWOL.com Dear Ms. Knight I would like to take this time to express my sincere thanks for two of your finest employees! Tim Gubster and Chris Bailey. Wow, that's the first thing that comes to mind. This letter has • been a long time coming and now I am finally finding a spare moment to send it off. With the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner it could not be more of an appropriate time. I have a 7- year -old daughter, Madison, who attends the KidScene program at the CYC. Jim Gubster, who I met last year, is absolutely incredible. His dedication, sincerity, caution and care for the children is undvinel (Not to mention the way he handled all of us concerned parents during the widespread press coverage of an unfortunate invent that happened during his reign at the CYC ... phenonurnal!) I am a full-time single mommy, along with a working professional and Jim, and now Chris, make it "worry free' for me to go to my office. Although it is just a few hours 2:30pm - 5:00pm, I can't quite express how thankful I am that they are there. Madison enjoys her time, does homework and participates in many activities. She loves it! Chris took over for Jim this year and he had big shoes to fill! Big shoes or not he filled them and continues to add activities, secure boundaries and a nurturing atmosphere . Like Jim, he is very professional, caring and devoted. Our children seem like his top priority. Thank you, Chris. The affordability is also extremely important and I thank you. Please forward this to any necessary officials and /or city council members. Mr. Gubster and Mr. Bailel�,derserire r=une au aa1tse! Warm Regards, • Tracy L. Erwin 949463-3221 C� December 8, 2002 City of Newport Beach Department of Parks, Beaches and Recreation P.O. Box 1768 Newport Beach, CA 92658 -8915 sociation The Newport Harbor Baseball Association is making a request to use temporary lights on Mariners Field #1, the baseball field that is located next to the tennis courts. Due to the Mariners Elementary School Measure A improvements, we have lost the use of one of our practice fields. Lights are necessary in order to schedule two practices per day on Mariners Field #1. These will be the same type of lights that were used by AYSO Region 97 during their soccer season and it is my understanding that there were no community complaints during that time. The lights will be used from dusk until 9:00 pm. Also, there are two lights at the tennis courts that currently are directed towards the soccer field. is it possible to have these directed toward Field #1 and our batting cages during our baseball season? Please feel free to contact me at (949) 631 -3192 if you have any questions. Sincerely, Charlie Massmgtll 1048 Irvine Ave., PMB 320 Newport Beach CA 92660 -4602 www.newportbasebal1.org (949) 451 -2228 ac. vv. cvoc rv. va am Caro aeo aar.a ruan vv .�..... . NEWPORT BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE 1939 Port Bishop Place Newport Beach, California 92660 (714) 668 -6210 December 9, 2002 Via Facsimile (949)644 -3155 Ms. Andrea McGuire Recreation Superintendent Mr. Sean Levin Recreation Manager Community Services Department • The City of Newport Beach 3300 Newport Boulevard Newport Beach, California 92660 Re: Friday Night and Saturday Night Field Usage for the 2003 Season Dear Andrea and Sean: Friday Evenings Field Light Request On behalf of the Newport Beach Little League and pursuant to your request, I hereby make our yearly request to the PB &R Commission and the Community Services Department to use the fields at Lincoln 1 and Lincoln 2 until 9:45 p.m. from February 7, 2003 through the third week in June 2003 for games and practices. As you and the members of the PB&R Commission are aware, this is not a new request. The Newport Beach Little League has been playing night ocasaoa7.1 1Z /U8/ZUUX lU:UB YAd 718 878 18X1 YHJW M %UUUU • Ms. Andrea McGuire Mr. Sean Levin December 9, 2002 Page 2 games at Lincoln on Friday evenings for at least the last 7 years. This season our need is as compelling as last year because without scheduling night games on Fridays, we simply do not have the fields to accommodate the number of players at the AA, AAA and Major Division levels. We already have scheduled games on every available field at every available time Monday through Saturday, leaving only Sundays for practice. Without the Friday night games and occasional Friday night practices, we cannot make it. ReQuest to use the Lights on a Limited Basis on Saturday Early Evening Prior to the Start of Dam ht Savin�,sq Time As noted above, we have scheduled games on every available field on • Saturdays. For our Upper Division, our games at Lincoln 1 and Lincoln 2 are scheduled at 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Without lights, we have difficulty completing the 4:00 p.m. games on Saturdays before Daylight Savings Time begins. Without lights, at times, we are forced to play in the dark because games get backed up, sometimes because of ties, other times because of field problems or umpires not being on time. Accordingly, we request that from Saturday, February 15, 2003 through and including Saturday, April 5, 2003, the Newport Beach Little League be allowed to use the lights on Saturdays until 7:00 p.m., the maximum time that we generally use the fields on Saturdays during Daylight Savings Time. Of course, if the 4:00 p.m. games on Lincoln 1 and Lincoln 2 are over before that time, we would not need to use the lights until 7:00 p.m. and we would commit to turn them off. This request is consistent with the request last year. To my knowledge, the managers at those later Saturday games acted responsibly and the lights were promptly turned off. O X296097.1 i'/Vv a Vv ay.av rnn its VIV ♦au rne' VV • Ms. Andrea McGuire Mr. Sean Levin December 9, 2002 Page 3 Conclusion Please place each of these matters on the first available PB&R Commission Agenda. As you can see, our 2002 Season is fast approaching and we need to come to closure on these issues in January 2003. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Please call me with the date and time of the next PB&R Commission Meeting so that I may attend. Thank you. Sincerely, is /S/ John F. Della Grotta John F. Della Grotto, Director. NBLL • cc: Mr. Rex Jones, President, NBLL Mr. Bill Wheatley, Chairman, NBLL 00/796097.1 WILLIAM F. & MARY G. SINGLETON • 31T /2 LARKSPUR AVENUE • CORONA DEL MAR • CA • 92625 PHONE: 949.675.0212 • FAX: 949.675.0432 December 11, 2002 David Niederhaus General Services Director 3300 Newport Blvd. Newport Beach, CA 92663 -3884 510 43 Dear Mr. Niederhaus, This letter is in response to your correspondence dated December 6, 2002 regarding City parkway street trees that were removed in the 300 block of Larkspur Avenue. Your letter of December 2, 2002 states that the City Council Policy G -1 (Retention or Removal of City Trees) will be reviewed after the first of the year. We both want to be involved and attend any meetings. In order that we might bring some new insights and/or suggestions as to how to improve City Council Policy G -I so that there will not be a repetition of unwanted tree removals, we need to understand how the process or its implementation became flawed on the 300 block of Larkspur Avenue. Please answer the questions below so that we will have the important information needed in order to be constructive attendees at the G -I Policy review. The questions that remain unanswered and need to be answered from William Singleton's November 4, 2002 letter are: • My letter contained five (5) items for which I requested response. If my detailed explanation on those items was flawed, I requested that you point out the flaws with your facts and figures. You addressed only items 94 and #5. Please respond to my rationale on items #1, #2 and #3 in my original letter of October 1, 2002. In addition to requesting response to my rational on items #1 through #5, I also asked specific questions on items 91 through #3. Those questions were: Item 1) What was the criteria used for removal of these three trees on our street? Item 2) Do you agree that the petitions contained a false and misleading statement? Item 3) How did the city quality the trees for removal without the 60% criteria being met and bow did the city verify that the signatures were legitimate? Should not all owners on title be required to sign? Please answer those questions above on items #1 through #3. 1 additionally had "some other questions" that were not answered. Those questions were: A) Can we petition to have larger, more mature trees planted to replace those taken out? B) If Council Policy G -1 criteria was not met for the removal of these three trees, what corrective action is the city and/or PB &R Commission going to take? The questions that remain unanswered and need to be answered from Mary Singicton_'s November 4, 2002 letter are: #1 What person(s) on staff determined that the 60% signature requirement had been met? #2 What steps were taken by this person(s) to confirm that the signatures were valid and that the • proper number of legitimate signatures had been obtained for the 60% requirement (we certainly could not figure 601/16, no matter how we figured it)? Larkspur Trees - 3rd Letter- Bd]&Mimi.do gage t of 2 #3 If 36 " box trees are not available as required by G -1, why wouldn't our healthy, mature trees • be left in place until the 36" box requirement could be met? How and by whom was this G -1 requirement waived? #4 What safe guards are in place to prevent tree removal on our street without our and our neighbors' knowledge from occurring again in the future? • Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, — '� - -- Mary G. Si eton 'k William F_ Singleton cc: Chair and Members of PB &R Commission C/O Andrea McGuire 3300 Newport Blvd. Newport Beach, CA 92663 -3884 Dick Nichols 3300 Newport Blvd. Newport Beach, CA 92663 -3884 1u k pu, T,,e - 3"d 3w.ttff Bi11&%t.....doc Page: 2 of 2 Dr. Jan Vandersloot 2221 East 16' Street Newport Beach, CA 92663 DEC 13 '02 13:12 TO- 021943 @19496443156 FROH- NEWPORT BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE • 1939 Port Bishop Place Newport Beach, California 92660 (714) 668 -6210 December 13, 2002 Via Facsimile (949) 644 -3155 Ms. Andrea McGuire Recreation Superintendent Mr. Sean Levin Recreation Manager 1-611 P. W/03 h-bY3 Community Services Department The City of Newport Beach 3300 Newport Boulevard Newport Beach, California 92660 • Re: Bonita Canyon Sports Park/ Discussion Re arding Turf Issues /Reconsideration of De ision Not to Allow Plav on the Baseball Fields for the 2003 Season Dear Andrea and Sean: On behalf of the Newport Beach Little League ( "NBLL "), I hereby request that the NBLL be put on the Agenda for the first meeting of the PB &R Commission in January 2003 to discuss the decision not to open the Bonita Canyon Sports Park Baseball Fields for use during our 2003 Spring Season which officially commences with Opening Day on March 1, 2003, We specifically would like to discuss with the members of the PB &R Commission the concerns raised by the Staff of the Community Services Department regarding the establishment of the turf. As noted at the recent Field Allocation Meeting for user groups in December 2002, we would present the views of a credentialed turf specialist to substantiate our positions. That person would be at the meeting and available to answer questions. Our intent is • not to be confrontational but to discuss alternative views and the practicality of the initial decision concerning play on the new park. OC1296705.1 DEC 13 '02 13:12 TO -# #21943 #19496443155 FROM- 1 -811 FAMS r SY3 Ms. Andrea McGuire Mr. Sean Levin December 13, 2002 Page Two Notwithstanding the issue of opening the park, we also have concerns relating to the current maintenance of the infields and we would like to present to the Commission suggested alternatives as to how the situation could be made better. NBLL would be willing to underwrite the cost to address these short and long -term concerns_ This issue is extremely time - critical because measures could be taken now to make the infields better, I understand that the first meeting of the PB &R Commission is Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Hopefully, we could address this Agenda Item immediately after we discuss our annual light request for Lincoln 1 and 2 for Friday and Saturday nights, a request we made pursuant to a separate letter to you dated December 9, 2002. • Please confirm the date and time with me and, if possible, provide me with an estimate of the time during the meeting that our Agenda items would be heard. In that way, I could convey that information to our expert. 0 Thank you in advance for your consideration. Please call me if you have any questions. Sincerely, John F. Della Grotto, Director, NBLL M John Heffernan, Council Member, The City of Newport Beach, Distrist 7 Rex Jones Bill Wheatley Jim Manning ocrzee7aai