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ANNOTATED AGENDA
CITY OF MOORPARK
SPECIAL PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING
January 11, 2010
06:30 PM
Moorpark Community Center 799 Moorpark Avenue
1. CALL TO ORDER:
6:34 P.M.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
TOM KRUSE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, LED THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
3. ROLL CALL:
PRESENT: COMMISSIONERS PATRICK ELLIS, DANIEL GROFF,
SANDRA THOMPSON, AND CHAIR THOMAS PFLAUMER.
COMMISSIONER DELFINA NEWTON WAS ABSENT.
4. PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, AND SPECIAL
PRESENTATIONS:
A. Consider Nomination and Selection of Chair and Vice Chair.
COMMISSIONER GROFF WAS VOTED AS CHAIR FOR 2010, AND
COMMISSIONER ELLIS WAS VOTED AS VICE CHAIR FOR 2010.
5. REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA:
NONE.
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
THERE WAS ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER, MR. ANDY MACK, WHO SPOKE
REGARDING HIS DESIRE FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER
CONTRACTING HIS COMPANY TOP DOG, FOR PUBLIC TENNIS
INSTRUCTION AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
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7. CONSENT CALENDAR:
A. Approval of Minutes for the Parks and Recreation Commission's Park
Tour Meeting of November 21, 2009. Staff Recommendation:
Approve as presented.
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 21, 2009, WERE APPROVED.
8. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:
A. November 9, 2009, Youth Sports Committee Meeting Update. Staff
Recommendation: Commissioner Groff will give an oral report.
CHAIR GROFF GAVE AN ORAL REPORT.
B. Select a Commissioner to Serve on the Youth Sports Committee for
2010. Staff Recommendation: Select a Commissioner to Serve on the
Youth Sports Committee.
COMMISSIONER PFLAUMER WAS VOTED TO SERVE ON THE
YOUTH SPORTS COMMITTEE FOR 2010.
C. 2010 CPRS Conference. Staff Recommendation: Provide comments
and inform staff if attending the CPRS Conference.
THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS PRESENT STATED THEY PLAN TO
ATTEND THE CPRS 2010 CONFERENCE.
D. Parks & Recreation Commission Annual Meeting Calendar. Staff
Recommendation: Provide comments and suggestions regarding the
draft Parks and Recreation Commission Annual Calendar.
A MOTION WAS APPROVED TO ADOPT THE PARKS AND
RECREATION COMMISSION ANNUAL CALENDAR FOR 2010 AS
PRESENTED.
E. Consider Recreation Programs and Events for FY 2010/11. Staff
Recommendation: Review and provide input regarding the proposed
recreation programs and events for FY 2010/11.
THE COMMISSION AGREED WITH STAFF'S
RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH THE SUGGESTION THAT STAFF
ALSO CONSIDER A KICK BALL PROGRAM.
F. Consider Dog Park Rules. Staff Recommendation: Review and •
provide input regarding the proposed rules for the City's first Dog
Park.
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THE COMMISSION REVIEWED AND APPROVED AS PRESENTED
THE PROPOSED DOG PARK RULES FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION.
G. Consider Universally Accessible Playground Equipment for Arroyo
Vista Community Park. Staff Recommendation: View DVD "Where I
Feel Like Me" and provide input regarding the proposed universally
accessible playground conceptual plan for Arroyo Vista Community
Park.
THE COMMISSION VIEWED THE DVD ON UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND STATED THEY
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE DESIGN AT A
SPECIAL PUBLIC INPUT SESSION IN FEBRUARY.
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
TOM KRUSE ANNOUNCED THAT A COPY OF THE PARKS MASTER
PLAN HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER PFLAUMER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE NEXT AGENDA: A STATUS REPORT OF
THE CITY SKATEPARK, THE DOG PARK SCHEMATICS, FORMING AN
AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE PROPOSED AVCP PLAYGROUND
EQUIPMENT, AND A REPORT ON STAFF'S EVALUATION OF THE
PROPOSED TOP DOG TENNIS PROGRAM.
TOM KRUSE ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAS JOINED A USER GROUP
COMPRISED OF OTHER MUNICIPAL SKATEPARKS IN VENTURA
COUNTY, AND THE FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY
28.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON STATED THAT SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO SEE, ALONG WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS COMMISSIONER
PFLAUMER REQUESTED, DISCUSSION ON THE PARK MASTER
PLAN. COMMISSIONER THOMPSON CONGRATULATED
COMMISSIONERS GROFF AND ELLIS ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS AS
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. SHE ALSO CONGRATULATED
COMMISSIONER ELLIS ON BEING NAMED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
VENTURA COUNTY FEDERATED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN
ADDITION, SHE WELCOMED DIRECTOR TOM KRUSE AND
SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY LAURENTOWSKI AS NEW CITY
EMPLOYEES.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS STATED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED QUITE A
BIT OF POSITIVE INPUT ON THE SKATEPARK, AS WELL AS
NOTICING THE HEAVY USE OF THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT AT
POINDEXTER PARK.
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10. ADJOURNMENT:
7:45 P.M.
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