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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Jeremy Laurentowski, Parks and Recreation Director'St"
BY: Emilio Blanco, Landscape/Parks Maintenance Superintenden0
DATE: March 31, 2015 (CC Meeting April 15, 2015)
SUBJECT: Consider the Campus Canyon Park Turf Renovation and Resolution
Amending FY 2014/15 Budget
BACKGROUND
On November 18, 2014, the City held a Youth Sports Committee (Committee) meeting
at the Arroyo Vista Recreation Center. The City generally holds two meetings each
year in order to obtain information regarding the leagues, to discuss concerns, and
coordinate schedules. The meeting included City Staff, members of the Committee,
and representatives from the youth sports organizations.
One topic of ongoing discussion was a request from Moorpark Soccer Club (MSC) to
renovate the Campus Canyon Park upper athletic field. The high use of the field has
caused excessive wear over the years and the turf area is in need of renovation.
DISCUSSION
The Campus Canyon Park upper athletic field is used primarily for soccer. MSC has
rented the field consistently for approximately ten years for both practices and home
games. Over the last several years, the City has completed many irrigation upgrades
and minor renovations to the athletic field in an effort to maintain the fields. However,
staff feels that it would be beneficial to replace the fescue with a hybrid Bermuda turf in
order to minimize long term maintenance costs and reduce water use.
Hybrid Bermuda is superior to fescue when used as athletic field turf. Bermuda is a
spreading turf type that will fill in and recover when used by high impact sports such as
soccer. It also has a lower mowing height for improved field of play. In addition, hybrid
Bermuda becomes semi-dormant from late November through mid-March and uses
approximately 20% less water as compared to fescue. The turf renovation would also
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provide an additional athletic field that can be used by other high impact sports if
needed at a future date.
The turf renovation would require a contractor to complete the chemical application to
remove the existing turf, as well as any irrigation modifications. Park maintenance staff
would complete the fine grading and install the seed and organic amendments needed
for establishment.
FISCAL IMPACT
Staff has included approximately $5,000 annually in the City's operating budget to
maintain the fields at Campus Canyon Park due to the high use of the fields. Staff
estimates that the cost to remove the fescue and replace the turf with a hybrid Bermuda
will cost approximately $10,000. Staff has contacted the MSC Board (Board) regarding
these costs and the Board has agreed to contribute $1,500 toward the renovation. It
should be noted that the contribution from MSC is comparable, on a percentage basis,
to the contribution the City received from the American Youth Soccer Organization
(AYSO) in 2010 when the City renovated Arroyo Vista Community Park (AVCP), or 15%
of the total cost of the renovation. In order to maintain the turf and minimize long term
maintenance costs, staff will move MSC to other fields for practice during the off
season, such as Peach Hill Park or AVCP. Staff anticipates a 25% to 50% reduction in
annual maintenance costs due to the spreading type characteristics of the Bermuda turf
and a return on investment of approximately four to seven years.
There is no funding in the Fiscal Year 2014/15 budget for this project. The net cost to
the General Fund is $8,500. Staff is requesting $10,000 additional appropriations in the
Property Maintenance expenditure account (9252) from the General Fund and this will
be offset by $1,500 contribution revenue account (3730) from the Board.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (ROLL CALL VOTE)
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2015
Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 2015-
2. Exhibit A
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RESOLUTION NO. 2015-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR
2014/15 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BUDGET OF THE
GENERAL FUND (1000) FOR THE UPPER ATHLETIC FIELD
TURF RENOVATION AT CAMPUS CANYON PARK.
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2014, the City Council adopted the Operating and
Capital Improvement Budget for Fiscal Year 2014/15; and
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2015, a staff report was presented to City Council
recommending an $8,500 net budget amendment in the General Fund (1000) to
renovate the upper athletic field at Campus Canyon Park. A $10,000 appropriation
increase in the property maintenance expenditure account (9252) and an additional
$1,500 in the contribution revenue account (3730) to offset the renovation costs are
required; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit "A" hereof describes said budget amendment and its
resultant impact to the budget line items.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A net budget amendment of $8,500 in the General Fund (1000)
involving a budget expenditure account of $10,000 in the property maintenance
expenditure account (9252) and budget revenue increase of $1,500 in the contribution
revenue account (3730) for the turf renovation project of the upper athletic field at
Campus Canyon Park, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto, is
hereby approved.
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SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of April, 2015.
Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maureen Benson, City Clerk
Attachment: Exhibit A — Budget Amendment
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EXHIBIT A
BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE UPPER ATHLETIC FIELD TURF RENOVATION AT
CAMPUS CANYON PARK.
FY 2014/15
FUND BALANCE ALLOCATION:
FUND TITLE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBER AMOUNT
General Fund 1000-5500 $10,000
General Fund 1000-5500 -1500
Total $8,500
REVENUE BUDGET ALLOCATION:
BUDGET NUMBER CURRENT BUDGET REVISION ADJUSTED BUDGET
1000-3730 $0 $1,500 $1,500
Total $1,500
EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATION:
BUDGET NUMBER CURRENT BUDGET REVISION ADJUSTED BUDGET
1000-7800-7806-9252 $0 $10,000 $10,000
Total $10,000
Finance approval:
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