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CITY COUNCIL /PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
Moorpark, California
January 26, 1987
The joint meeting of the City Council of the City of Moorpark and the Parks and
Recreation Commission was held on January 26, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of the City Hall of said City, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark,
California.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at 7:42 p.m. by Mayor Ferguson.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Commission Chairman Tom Baldwin.
3. ROLL CALL:
Present: Councilmembers Eloise Brown, Clint Harper, John Galloway
and Mayor Thomas Ferguson.
Commissioners Charmane Deas, Cheryl Zemont, Danny Rasey,
Pam Castro and Chairman Tom Baldwin.
Steven Kueny, City Manager; Cheryl Kane, City Attorney,
Gerald Forde, Director of Community Services; Scott Smith,
Recreation Coordinator; Thomas Genovese, Director of
Administrative Services and Maureen Wall, City Clerk.
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
There were none.
5. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION:
5.A. Cheryl Kane, City Attorney, gave a detailed summary of the Ralph M. Brown
Act, including amendments which became effective January 1, 1987. The
underlying rule of the Brown Act is that the legislative body should
conduct their actions and deliberations openly. The City Attorney
further clarified what is considered an exchange of information and
doest not require posting of an agenda, and what constitutes taking action
and would require the posting of an agenda within the 72 hours prior
to a meeting.
5.B. The Commissioners' request for a special account, which would be set up
to allow discretionary expenditures by them on projects not budgeted for,
was deferred by a consensus of the City Council to the budget sessions.
The Councilmembers felt that since this would be obligating general
funds, the matter should be discussed during the budget sessions.
5.C. Jerry Forde, Director of Community Services, gave a review of how the
Commissioners arrived at their prioritizing of the Parks Work Program.
The Council confirmed the Commission's priority list, giving direction
regarding the Community Center Rehabilitation Program in naming re- roofing
as one of the first areas to be considered and installation of the air -
conditioning as a second item for the Commission to act upon. They
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also commented on the municipal swimming pool, directing the Commission to
research potential sites, determine types of facilities that might be
desired in that location, and also to report on maintenance and cost
projections. The City Council directed staff to correspond with the
Moorpark Unified School District concerning the lower fields at the
High School. It has been understood that those lower fields might be
surplus property, and Council directed that staff would inquire as to
the availability of those fields and the time frame that they might be
available and report back to the City Council.
The Council deferred the Community Park 69 -acre site back to the Commission
requesting a report from them to the City Council.
S.D. Parks and Recreation Commissioners' duties and responsibilities; and
S.E. Review of the Commissioners' role in reviewing RPD's was combined.
It was suggested that the wording in Ordinance No. 33, Section 2.06.170 (A),
be amended to reflect the Chairman of the Commission shall be elected at
the first regularly scheduled Commission meeting following the full
appointment of the Commission.
The Council strongly suggested that the Commission endeavor to review RPD
proposals in one meeting, if possible, but that they should try not to
make revisions to those RPDs after making their recommendation.
5.F. Park Improvement Fund
Tom Genovese, Director of Administrative Services, gave the staff report.
The Councilmembers directed the Commission to determine whether or not they
want to change the 60/40 allocation formula and then report to the City
Council with their recommendations.
5.G. Naming of the 69 -acre Community Park site was referred to the Parks & Recrea-
tion Commission for their recommendation. Council deferred their decision
until the Commission determined whether or not they would be looking for
alternate park sites or using the 69 -acre park site.
5.H. Consideration of Possible Attendance at the Recreation and Parks Conference
Steven Kueny, City Manager, gave the staff report as had been presented
to the City Council on January 21, 1987 by Jerry Forde, Director of Community
Services.
MOTION: On a motion by Councilmember Harper, seconded by Councilmember
Galloway, the Commission was directed to not spend more than had been
budgeted for travel and meetings, and to determine who among them and
staff would be attending the conference.
The voice vote was unanimous.
5.I. Consider the Availability of Surplus Specialized Commercial Kitchen Equipment
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Jerry Forde gave the staff report.
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MOTION: After some discussion, the following motion was heard.
Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Brown seconded a motion to
authorize the expenditure of funds from the Senior Citizens Center Bond
Act in an amount not to exceed $10,000 to acquire and store and alter,
if necessary, the mentioned commercial kitchen equipment.
On a roll call vote, the vote was unanimous.
Placement of Parks and Recreation Agenda Items on the City Council Agenda
and Staff Follow Up on Commission Items to the City Council was Combined.
It was the concurrence of the Council to not place continued items from
an agenda, at the bottom of the agenda on the next meeting, but to place
those items at the first of the agenda. In that way, items concerning
Parks and Recreation or Senior Citizen items would not be heard late in
the meeting and, therefore, subject to continuation.
Staff Time Allocation
Steven Kueny pointed out that 80% of support staff time from the Director
of Community Services is devoted to Parks and Recreation, and the 20%
balance is focused on Public Works items.
Council determined that the split in duties was sufficient for the present
time.
6. ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Ferguson moved and Councilmember Harper seconded a motion to adjourn
the meeting. The roll call vote was unanimous. The meeting was adjourned
at 11:53 p.m.
ATTEST:
Maureen W. Wall, Ci Yy Cl erk
Clint Harper, Mayor