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Home My WebLink About01 - Correspondence - 10-02-2001.�el C �:-. iryofNewportBeach P.O. BOX 1768, 3300 NEWPORT BLVD MMUNITY SERVICES NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658 -8915 September 10, 2001 Members of Newport Beach Community Re: Newport Village Site fO /a 00 PHONE 714- 644.3151 FAX 714. 644 -3155 On October 2, 2001, 7pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3300 Newport Boulevard, the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission will conduct a Scoping Session for development of a passive view park on the 12.8 -acre parcel, bordered by MacArthur Boulevard, Avocado Avenue, San Miguel, and the Central Library, known as Newport Village. An aerial map of the site is enclosed. This extraordinary site was dedicated to the City as part of the Circulation Improvement Et Open Space Agreement (CIOSA), 1993, between the City and The Irvine Company. • The open public session will be utilized to develop a list of the elements to be included in the conceptual design for this site. Funds for development of a conceptual design were included in the FY 2001/02 City Budget. Funding for construction of the park has not been designated or appropriated at this time. This site has been designated as a passive view park, and may include vegetation, trees and shrubbery, walking trails, benches, picnic tables and parking. We will look forward to your input at the meeting on October 2, 2001. Sincerely, Val Skoro, Chair Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission Attachment • cc: Mayor rx Members of City Council Homer Bludau, City Manager � Y 1 1 _ N .. _— __ � \. r ♦ � � i � � / ° � ' Via., �-^ �Ya C ins �� \ � \t/ •! ��+ � i . �I AA I NV -C elf 1 � � i, _7W �.� Al Ak YY 0 COPY CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH P.O. BOX 1768, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658 -8915 September 12, 2001 Dear Property Owner, The Parks, Beaches, and Recreation Commission will be considering a bench donation request for installation at Cliff Drive Park between Redlands and San Bernardino Avenues at the October 2, 2001 meeting. You may send a response to this proposal to me prior to the Commission meeting or if you attend the meeting you will have the opportunity to speak regarding the proposed bench donation. • Informationally, the Commission meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at the City Council Chambers located at 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California, 92658- 8915. Address any correspondence to my attention c/o General Services Department, at the same address. • You may contact me at (949) 644 -3069 if you have any questions. nc rel , arcelino . Lomeli Parks and Trees Maintenance Superintendent MGL /pw cc: Ms. Janine Allen, Newport Heights Community Association 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach F - n U CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH P.O. BOX 1768, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658 -8915 September 12, 2001 Dear Property Owner, The Parks, Beaches, and Recreation Commission will be considering a bench donation request for installation at the 10`h Street street end and West Ocean Front at the October 2, 2001 meeting. You may send a response to this proposal to me prior to the Commission meeting or if you attend the meeting you will have the opportunity to speak regarding the proposed bench donation. Informationally, the Commission meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at the City Council • Chambers located at 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California, 92658- 8915. Address any correspondence to my attention c/o General Services Department, at the same address. • You may contact me at (949) 644 -3069 if you have any questions. MffUlino G. Lomeli Parks and Trees Maintenance Superintendent MGL /pw cc: Tom Hyans, Central Newport Beach Community Association 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach • [1 • UJ/ Lo/ LUUl GOAL 747- OOG -7b4J September 17, 2001 rHKK7 IKt= rpot GL I I J I I RECEDED SEP 2 5 2001 GS PARKS/TREE6 t � City of Council Chambers 3300 Newport Blvd. Newport Beach, California 92658 Attention: Marcelino Lomeli C/O General Services Department RE: PROPOSEDRENCHLOCATION Dear Mr. Lomeli: I am the property owner at 914 W. Ocean Front and this correspondence is to advise you that I am in favor of the proposed bench location. If you need further information from me, please do not hesitate to contact me at 714 -546- 9901. Sincerely, c /� ` A19i JZnes /lg F- L NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FAX 949. 640 -5681 rHONC 949. 717 -3800 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92660 September 28, 2001 Val Skoro, Chair Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission City of Newport Beach 3300 Newport Boulevard Newport Beach, CA 92662 Re: Newport Village Site Dear Val, www.newportboachlibrary.org The Board of Library Trustees is pleased to have the opportunity to provide input into the development of the Newport Village site, adjacent to and north of the Central Library. In the development of the site, the primary concern of the Board of Library Trustees is providing adequate parking for library services to provide maximum use of the Central Library facility. We will be supportive of a beautiful, compatible and accessible park which reciprocally complements • the City's Central Library. Parking is a critical need for public libraries. Thus, significant parking standards have been established. Four spaces per 1000 square feet of the facility is a common standard. The Newport Beach Central Library also requires parking for the 200 seat meeting room, used independently from the library, at a standard of one space for every 28 square feet of a public meeting room. These standards would require a minimum of 280 parking spaces for the Central Library. The State of California requirement for schools of 7 spaces per 1000 square feet of building is also applicable. If applied to the Newport Beach Public Library, the requirement would be 380 public parking spaces. The current lack of available parking at the Central Library presents a problem for all library customers and for residents wishing to attend events in the Friends Meeting Room. The parking requirements were carefully analyzed during the design process of the Central Library in 1990/91. It was done as part of the anticipated cultural center for the City, shared with the former Newport Harbor Art Museum. The library and the museum shared a common entrance and planned shared parking. The City's limited 4 -acre site was maximized to yield 220 parking spaces; the museum's 12 -acre parcel provided 500 spaces, a total of 720 spaces for the joint cultural center. A copy of the original joint plan is attached. However, the cultural center did not materialize. Parking at the Central Library has been reduced • to 210 spaces, partly as a result of the Corona del Mar Plaza construction. The limited library spaces are often used by shoppers at the Plaza. • Newport Village Site Page 2 As a result, the library today has at a minimum a deficit of 100 parking spaces. See attached pictures. In response to repeated customer complaints, and to accommodate access for residents, the Board of Library Trustees drastically curtailed the use of the 200 seat Friends Meeting Room, an extremely popular community meeting site. The library will only schedule in the Friends Meeting Room, groups not exceeding 100 persons in attendance. Non - library use of the room is not permitted on Sundays as well as other periods of time during the week. To fully utilize all of the Central Library building for providing library service to the City and for maximum use of the public meeting room, the Board of Library Trustees highly recommends to the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission and to the City Council, that the development of this site as a passive view park incorporate as a minimum, an additional 100 public parking spaces for library use. The parking for the library should be immediately adjacent to the north side of the Central Library. Additional parking for the 12 -acre passive view park would be required as you deem necessary. Sincerely, Patrick Bartolic, Chair • Board of Library Trustees Attachments Cc: Mayor and Members of City Council Homer Bludau, City Manager • 0 0 0 Central Library Parking September 20, 2001 11am 0 11 • OFFICE ® o, BUILDING FUTU 8 MOSEUM ING z Z � a F VR MU UM SITE PLAN LIBRARY ® �12