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Home My WebLink About11/04/1980 - PB&R CommissionCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COMMISSIONERS PARKS, BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION November 4, 1980 City Council' Chambers 60 e30 P. M. Prese n I Absent X I X Motion x Second x Ayes x x .s X X X x x Ex- Officio Member Present: Ronald A. Whitley, Director Staff Present: Jeffrey C. Kolin, Rec. Supt. Michele Alberta, Secretary I: PROCEDURAL MATTERS: Item #1 The meeting of the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. Item #3 Motion was made to approve the minutes of the October 7, 1980 meeting with the following corrections: x x x Item 7 on page 3 should state that item be referred to the Tree Committee for further study. Park Tour on page 6 should state that there are three commissioners and seven councilmen who have not had a park tour. Awards Ceremony on page 6 should state that this item be referred to the Recreation Program & Citizen Involvement Committee. Item #4 Chair Schwarz adopted the agenda as presented. II. P. B. & R. COMMITTEE REPORTS Item #5 There is no committee report at this time. ,Item #6 A meeting was held on October 31, to discuss the basic objectives of this committee. Some of them are: 1. Establishing priorities for Ocean Front sidewalk relative to the various forms of public usage (walking, jogg=ing, skating). INDEX ,all to orde approval of ninutes Budget Ocean Front General Plan CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COMMISSIONERS PARKS, BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION November 4, 1980 City Council Chambers r 6a30P.M. ? .- INDEX Present 2. Identification of additional sites for small boat launching. 3. To act as liaison between PB & R Commission and the Marine Department in requesting relevant information and reports (I.E. Status report on the 40th'St. to 44th St. body surfing area, and the status report on small boat launching at 18th St.). 4. To assist PB & R as deemed-appropriate with respect to the volleyball tournament. 5. To provide input to the PB & R Department re various other projects including the Pedicab concession. 6. Placement of the.bott dots. (y 'Item #7 lark Plannin Developmen A committee meeting was held on October 31. Suggestions were discussed. Another meeting this month will be held to discuss other priorities. Item #8 3arkway Tree A meeting was held with Jack Brooks, Ron Whitley and Commissioner Cole. Discussion of Council Policy I -9 took place. A9so, the reevaluation of recommendations for a street tree Ust•be ammended to take off any trees that are causing problems and add trees to better suit the nature of our needs. Waiting to notify homeowner associations with recommendations. Item #9 Zecrbation acilities Commissioner Winburn met with Mayor Heather, Ron Whitley and Jeff Kolin and it was determined to have the park tour in March or April of 1981. Mayor Heather urges to continue with the idea. Chair Schwarz commented to have certain guides written out for each site when travelling. This guide will be helpful for council members if they cannot make the tour. They could go on the tour alone and have this guide to help familiarize them with the park sites. -2- CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COMMISSIONERS PARKS, BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION s s Present November 4, 1980 City Council Chambers 6o30P.M. Ensign and Lincoln Middle fidgets, have had to drop for boys and girls. to maintain recreational ;chool•. Commissioner ;hy of pursuing. creational ogram &• tizen In- lvement (Bikeway Trai Committee using the bike lanes. brought up. Dick Sweet, :ing over for the month. ing President. ,e Arts Center started =eatured the play, Fathers 'Girls in 509 ", a Neil itter C'ontr ends of is' ends of Theatre ;alifornia .eague of :ities r s Commissioner Winburn stated that Schools, due to constraints on bi two to three after - school sports Commissioner Stuart stated to tr or competitive activities after Ammerman stated that this is wor Item #10 No report at this time. III. P. B. & R. LIAISON REPORTS Item #11 One point brought up was Pedicab Item #12 No report given at this time. Item #13 The resignation of Jim Felton wa: second Vice President will be to He was voted by the Board as Act Item #14 The season for the Newport Theat Friday night, October 31,.which Day. Future plays will include Simon play, and "Hot L Baltimore IV.' TEEMS FOR DISCUSSION: Item #15 No report given at this time. V. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS: -3- Ensign and Lincoln Middle fidgets, have had to drop for boys and girls. to maintain recreational ;chool•. Commissioner ;hy of pursuing. creational ogram &• tizen In- lvement (Bikeway Trai Committee using the bike lanes. brought up. Dick Sweet, :ing over for the month. ing President. ,e Arts Center started =eatured the play, Fathers 'Girls in 509 ", a Neil itter C'ontr ends of is' ends of Theatre ;alifornia .eague of :ities CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COMMISSIONERS PARKS, BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION "1 s November 4, 1980 City Council Chambers 6o30P.M. Present Motion Second Ayes lJ 0 INDEX recreation-, iivision ,eport 'ark Divisio •eport Item #16 F Jeff Kolin stated that the special recognition forms were distributed to the flag football coaches this week. We will be sending out letters to parents on the week of November 18. Special recognition awards will be ready for the next commission meeting. Item #17 No report was given. VI.. SPECIAL, URGENT OR-LAST= MINUTE'ITEMS: Productivity Improvement Program Mr. Bill Taylor, Consultant for William Hamilton & Assoc. attended the Commission meeting to present to the Commission an innovative productivity program that will contribute to the City of Newport Beach's ability to address current service needs and to meet future growth in the area serviced by our Park Division. Basically, this program is designed to improve the methods of work that'is being done. Mr. Taylor stated that this program would take five to six months to implement. It was suggested by Commissioner Cole to have the Commission take an active part in the observations of the problems involved in the Park Division and become more acquainted with the problems and identify them before a recommendation is made. It was suggested that a committee be appointed to explore this and come back to the Commission with a recommendation. x Commissioner Ammerman moved that we refer this matter to a x - sub - committee for further investigation. The•committee will x x x x consist of Jack Brooks, Ron Whitley, Doug Ammerman, Joan Winburn and Stan Cole, For purposes of timing, the committee will review and analyze this situation within the next month so that a-report can come back to the Commission in December. .VII.: ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission adjourned. �`, MA" �ntw _ -4- INDEX recreation-, iivision ,eport 'ark Divisio •eport