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Home My WebLink AboutMIN 1988 0314 CC JNTMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL Moorpark, California March 14, 1988 The joint meeting of the City Council of the City of Moorpark, California, and the Moorpark Unified School District was held on March 14, 1988 in the Multipurpose Room of Chapparal Middle School located at 280 Poindexter, Moorpark, California. 1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by Mayor John Patrick Lane, and School Board President Lynda Kira. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Vice President Carla Robertson. 3. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmembers Eloise Brown, John Galloway, Clint Harper, Bernardo Perez and Mayor John Patrick Lane. Steven Kueny, City Manager; Thomas P. Genovese, Deputy City Manager; and Maureen W. Wall, City Clerk. School Board Members Tom Baldwin, Cynthia Hubbard -Dow, Carla Robertson, Patty Waters, and President Lynda Kira. Michael R. Slater, District Superintendent; and Thomas Duffy, Assistant Superintendent. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS: A. Ms. Pat Best, 12675 Williams Ranch Road, felt the speed limit along Tierra Rejada Road was too high, especially since school children were having to walk along the roadway to get to Mountain Meadows School during the construction period. She suggested another access to the site be made available, or perhaps a school bus could come down Walnut Creek to pick up students. B. Ms. Debbie Sandoval, 8333 Happy Camp Road, commented the little league program had added amenities to the middle school through their program, and asked to be allowed single -file parking along Poindexter during their registration period. C. Ms. Debbie Thompson, 12623 Hillside, asked for an alternate route to the school from the back of the school site during the construction period. Minutes of the City Council Moorpark. California -__— 2 March 14 1988 D. Ms. Pam Castro, 890 Valley Road, asked the City and the School District to jointly solve the problem of children in the downtown core area having to travel up to the new high school site. A safe pathway should be constructed. She also asked the School District to give the teachers a raise, since she felt the children deserved the best education possible. Michael Slater, District Superintendent, commented the District planned to bus children living in the downtown area up to the new high school site. Steven Kueny, City Manager, commented single -file parking along Poindexter could be accommodated as long as the cars parked off the pavement. Thomas Duffy, Assistant Superintendent announced the District was planning to expand the parking facilities available at Chapparal, so parking availability should be adequate in the future. 5. DISCUSSION ITEMS: A. Proposed pathway through North Meadows Park from Tract 4338 to Mountain Meadows School. Steven Kueny gave a brief overview of the project which requires a pathway through the park to the school site. This pathway would be under the control of the School District. Thomas Duffy commented the School District and the developer, Urban West Communities, had determined where the break in the wall for the pathway would occur. The gate would be locked during the school day, and only opened during the time before and after school. He suggested a walkway might be added which extended to Mountain Trail. B. Status of Tierra Rejada Bridge Project. Steven Kueny reported the bridge project was 40% complete with an estimated completion date of late August, 1988. He further outlined the scope of the project. C. New _high school and community park. 1. Site plan and_status of current construct ion o.f the high school site. - - -- - 2. Conceptual plans for lower site of the high school. 3. Current plans__and status of park. 4. Location of.__park access road. President Lynda Kira gave an overview of the new high school project. Thomas Duffy gave a presentation of the proposed stadium for the lower site of the new high school. He estimated the stadium would cost $1,000,000, if built as the District would like. Minutes of the City Council Moorpark L California 3 ..--.March 14, 1 88 Councilmember Perez asked where parking would be located. Mr. Duffy responded parking would be available on the park site and on the high school site. Mr. Slater commented Moorpark College had also offered to share their stadium facilities. Steven Kueny reported B.S.I., Inc., is developing a conceptual design for the 69 -acre community park. A total of 18 weeks has been allotted for the development of the design. A pedestrian bridge will be located at Liberty Bell Road. $300,000 had been set aside by the City Council for funding of this project. The pedestrian bridge landing and parking will be worked out on the flood plain near the Villa Campesina area. Mr. Duffy reported park access on the west side of the park will be located next to the teachers' parking lot. D. Potential joint powers agreement. 1. Possible shared maintenance activities. 2. Use of facilities. Michael Slater gave a brief overview of a meeting held to discuss the possibility of a joint powers agreement for parks /grounds maintenance. HP felt the District had a lot of expertise in this area. E. Redevelopment. 1. General information_ 2. Status of City's activities. Steven Kueny gave a brief overview of redevelopment for the City of Moorpark. He focused on where the City was in the redevelopment process currently. It was expected that an ad hoc committee would be formed in April 1988 to review how redevelopment might benefit the community. If the City decided to go ahead with Redevelopment, then there would be a six to nine month process to complete it after that time. AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, the City Council and the School Board recessed. The time was 8:30 p.m. At 8:45 p.m., the full Council and Board reconvened. F. Need for additional school sites. 1. Current and_projected enrollment. 2. Current and potential capacity_of _existing site.s ___ and projections for West Village elementary_site. 3. Role of Site Selection Committee. Thomas Duffy gave an overview of how enrollment projections are made for the District, and commented that as of January 1987, 30% of the classrooms in new schools must be relocatable. He Minutes of the City Council Moorpark,_ California _ 4 __. March 14, 1988 further indicated that two elementary schools, one middle school and one continuation school are needed. The Site Selection Committee would be composed of one member from the Chamber of Commerce, one parent, one City representative, one School Board Member, one classified member, one person from the State Board of Education and himself. G. Joint planning of the contiguous PC_ -3 West Village School and park__ sites. School Board Member Patty Waters, gave a presentation of the proposed West Village school site. Councilmember Galloway asked if the residential project and the school site were contiguous and would have a spill -over of activities. Mr. Slater responded that the District currently has fencing between residential sites and school sites due to the concern for safety of the children. However, gates are provided to allow access to the parks. H. Cooperative activities for community _yo__h services. Councilmember Eloise Brown reported that currently the Chamber of Commerce, the Sheriff's Office, the Moorpark Jaycees, Pamela Castro and members of various student groups are working to cover graffiti in the City with painted murals. She asked that the School Board also provide a representative to work on this project. Mayor John Patrick Lane thanked the Members of the School Board for meeting with the City Council, and commented the meeting had been a successful exchange of ideas. 5. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Councilmember Galloway moved and Councilmember Brown seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. The voice vote was unanimous. The time of adjournment was 10:03 p.m. L1i�tzv-- Mayor ATTEST: