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Home My WebLink About12/01/1981 - PB&R CommissionCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Commissioners Parks Beaches & Recreation Commission. h December 1, 1981 City Council C.ha.mbers. 7pm Ir Present Motion Second Ayes Motion Second Ayes nt: Ronald A. Whitley, Director Jeffrey C. Kolin, Rec. Supt. Jack Brooks, Park Supt. Michele Alberta, Secretary Call to cs, Beaches and Recreation Commission Order 7 P.M. Approval of rove the minutes of the November 3, Minutes I Adoption of as presented. Agenda Special ed that the Newport Beach Youth Recognition, rent from other city's programs. Awards : oncerned with improving themselves iam. They are not so concerned with ig youths were present to accept Clay Peterson Jade Nicol I Brian Parker tonight only 50% of the boys were nerman thanked the boys for par - y's program. GPA rom the committee to the City Council Park Alte as follows: I tives I I I I x x x x x x x Ex- officio Member•PreSE Staff Present: I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS Item #1 The meeting of the Par was called to order at Item #3 x Motion was made to app x 9981 meeting. .xxx x x x x Item li4 x The agenda was adopted .x x x x xxx x II. ITEMS FOR ACTION: Item #4a Chairman Ammerman staff Program Is quite diffe Our participants are < as individuals on a tE winning. The followit their award's: Clark Brogger Tony Casino Matt Harringto Due to play -off games present. Chairman Am ticipating in the Cit Item N5 The recommendations f for the GPA BI -1 are nt: Ronald A. Whitley, Director Jeffrey C. Kolin, Rec. Supt. Jack Brooks, Park Supt. Michele Alberta, Secretary Call to cs, Beaches and Recreation Commission Order 7 P.M. Approval of rove the minutes of the November 3, Minutes I Adoption of as presented. Agenda Special ed that the Newport Beach Youth Recognition, rent from other city's programs. Awards : oncerned with improving themselves iam. They are not so concerned with ig youths were present to accept Clay Peterson Jade Nicol I Brian Parker tonight only 50% of the boys were nerman thanked the boys for par - y's program. GPA rom the committee to the City Council Park Alte as follows: I tives I I I I Commissioners CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Parks Beaches & Recreation Commission City Council Chambers. 7pm 1. That a public access easement be provided to the CALTRANS West site. 2. The public access easement not be given park dedication credit and that the easement should be approved at the time of development by the Planning. Commission and the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission- 3. That the minimum size of a future park be k5 acres to be located on the CALTRANS West site. A. That the Banning Newport Ranch park requirement be satisfied by in lieu fees. 5. That all Building Excise Tax funds generated from the proposed commercial- industrial development in the, proposed Banning Newport Ranch project be allocated to development of the park site. Bill Banning - Beeco Ltd. - He thought one of the main concerns, expressed by the City Council was to develop a park as soon as possible. If the land in CALTRANS is not available for a park by the time they have their project approved for development and Beeco were to pay in lieu fees there is a possibility that no park would be placed in the area if the CALTRANS property was not secured. Barbara Cope - Expressed concern that all considerations mentioned before be weighed in determining the proximity of this location for a;park to the community, existing parks, streets, and businesses. Mike Johnson - former PB & R Commissioner - He thinks it Ts important to consider that the West Newport Legislative Alliance has stated that the Banning Newport Ranch as proposod is unacceptable. The Alliance would like the property in question to remain as low density as possible and as much park as possible. Concerns of the Alliance include density, traffic, and pollution; and is a very underpriveledged area, park wise. There isn't much land left, therefore, the,CALTRANS and Banning Ranch areas are needed. - 2 - Commissioners Parks 9 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Beaches & Re- creation Commission '�• y j�il. s`� Vllj• VVu11M 11 W.1n,l it ./vl v, •�'••• index Louise Greeley - Chairman, West Newport Legislative Alliance - All points have been covered'except one. In the interest of having a park as soon as possible they understand there is a possibility of a development agree- ment so that a park playground may be achieved in the very near future. Agreement between City of Newport Beach and Banning; and /or an agreement between. the City of Newport Beach and CALTRANS. Commissioner Cole stated there is one problem with the Banning proposal - a park less than five acres is a maintenance burden. To get major use out of the park a minimum of five acres is required. If we take 3.2 acres from Banning and wait for CALTRANS we..have to wait for the money for the park to be developed. We would have a vacant piece of land with no money to develop it. The recommended location for the park is way above Coast Hwy. and away from traffic. The other areas considered in the northern section are bordered by commercial property which -could cause us liability and danger to anybody using the park. Ron Whitley feels that all alternatives have been covered in the sub- commi:ttee's recommendations except for'the time factor of the park. it is not a speedy process. Budget appropriations have to be obtained. Motion x Motion was made that vie adopt the recommendations from the Second x sub - committee. Motion carried. Ayes Opposed x x x x x x x Item #6 Capital Ron Whitley stated that all of the projects are worthy. Improvement proposals fi The Commission's major responsibility is to put the P 1982 -83 projects in priority. Commissioner Cole asked if we could include on the list "Welcome to Newport Beach" signs' to place on the major arterials entering the City. Motion x Motion was made to accept the proposed capital improve - Second x ments as amended and prioritize it at a subsequent date Ayes x x x x x x x as necessitated by staff. Unanimous. -3- Commissioners P a r k s Dklz�, oA�� CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Beaches & R'ecreation Commission I Index Item #7 Request of Ron Whitley stated there was no action by the'City Harbor View Hills Home- Hills office and PB & R was not contacted. Property owners in the area want 197 trees removed at a cost of to remove to remove & $15,640. The cost will be discussed with the Association. replace After public input Chairman Ammerman stated that the street trees problem of the street trees 'are not going to go away. If Newport Beach was to pay for all the trees to be removed to give back the views, it would• cost the City a great deal Of money. A policy should be made as to homeowner associations paying for the removal and replacement of these trees that block their views. The Commission's consensus is that the City should not have to pay for these trees throughout the "City. Council Policy I -9 does not talk about view trees and should be revised. Mot 1 x. Motion was made that we permit the homeowners to have the Second x street trees on Sandcastle Drive removed and replaced Ayes x x x x x x with City assistance, and that homeowners pay the expense Opposed x of the removal and replacement. Motion carries. Mr. Hurgi.l-1, 3801 Sandune Lane, Corona del Mar, Board of Directors, Harbor View Hills Homeowners Association - feels that their homeowners'association would be receptive to paying 100% of the bill but would first need board approval. If not approved he is confident that the home- owners who are strongly affected by this view problem Would contribute money. Chairman Ammerman and Commissioner Cole will work together to revise Council Policy I -9. Item $8 Encroachmeni This will be a terraced development with lower parking Request, Cliff Drive arrangements. If we permit this encroachment we can make Park conditions on approval. Recommendation will go back to the Public Works Department. Motion x Motion is made that we permit,the encroachment on Cliff Second x Drive Park in the area designated and request that a side- Ayer x x x x x x walk be constructed in that area according to City Opp x specifications by the applicant and that the driveway ..d consideration be approved by staff. Motion carries. -4- I CITY OF !NEWPORT BEACH Commissioners Parks Beaches & Recreation Commission v,� s City Council Chn.mbers. 7pm Ind 0 I i n ex III. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: Item 419 Park pro - Commissioner Morin would like to have this item come back posed for Coast Hwy. at a later date. This •request is ,too vague and the location cannot be found. Ron Whitley will make a further attempt to contact Mr. Collinge. Commissioner Morin recommends that this item be postponed until staff makes one more attempt to communicate with Mr. Collinge. Item #10 CALTRANS Existing Superior Avenue West is the CALTRANS site. There Ac- West Ac- quisition is an EIR being prepared for General Plan Amendment 81 -2'. CALTRANS is the primary applicant. CALTRANS has 13.5 acres. It is desirable to wait for the recommendation from the Banning Committee. IV. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS: Item #11 Recreation The winter brochure turned out considerably better than Division the first issue we did with Shorko Advertising. There are still areas to be improved upon. Some good programs are coming up for the future. Three per cent less advertise- ments than the last issue. Right now it is a tremendous savings. Commissioner Morin suggested a table of contents fo "r the next brochure. Item #12 Park Divisic The contract tree tridning is completed and we have picked up some ideas from them to implement our staff.. V. SPECIAL URGENT, OR LAST - MINUTE ITEMS:. VI. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission adjourned. -5- I i n