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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1995 1004 CC REG ITEM 11GTO: FROM: ` S CITY OF MOORPARK AGENDA REPORT --al The Honorable City Council Christine Adams, Director of Community Servic� DATE: September 22, 1995 (Meeting of October 4, 1995) SUBJECT: Consider Parks and Recreation Commission Recommendation for Installation of Fence Barrier at Tierra Rejada Park. At the City Council meeting of August 2, 1995, a request was made by members of the MOMS Club of Moorpark to install a fence barrier at Tierra Rejada Park along Mountain Trail Road to keep children who are playing on the larger play equipment from running into the street. This is the only request that staff has received from the public on this issue. The City Council directed that the Parks and Recreation Commission consider several design alternatives, or recommend no change to the current design, and present a recommendation to the City Council on this matter. The Parks and Recreation Commission discussed this matter at their meeting of September 18, 1995. Staff prepared three alternative design proposals for the Commission to consider, including a proposal presented by the MOMS Club. The proposal that the MOMS Club has presented to the City Council is to extend the wrought iron fence along Mountain Trail, from the corner of Mountain Trail and Tierra Rejada and connect that fence at the corner of the fence on the preschool play area. Staff is not recommending this proposal for three reasons. The first reason that staff does not favor this proposal is that by putting in a fence along the road on Mountain Trail Road, over 3/4 of the park will be within a fence, which is not, in staff's opinion, an aesthetically pleasing park. The second reason involves the cost of this improvement. As the Council is aware, there are no park improvement funds in the Mountain Meadows Zone for any park capital improvements. The cost to install a wrought iron fence, with six (6) concrete pilasters similar to what is along the Tierra Rejada Road park frontage, is approximately $6,200. Likewise, the third reason for not recommending this is that a fence along Mountain Trail would restrict all pedestrian access to 100 41111 r SSI the park, except from the two parking lots, and defeats the intent of having an accessible recreational open space for residents. The second proposal that was provided by staff, is to put a black wrought iron fence along the west side of the larger playground. This will deter children from running away from the playground area toward the street, and contains them in the play area. It would blend nicely with the fencing around the preschool play area, and yet will not fence in the whole park. The cost for this improvement is approximately $3,000. As previously stated, funding is not available in this park improvement zone. The third proposal presented by staff is to install shrubs around the west end of the larger playground. This accomplishes the same objectives as the second proposal (for wrought iron fencing around the west end of the playground), for about 1/2 of the cost of the fence. The one difficulty that staff sees in this proposal is the potential of damaged plants, and the expense of replacing trampled shrubs frequently. The Peach Hill Park design does not have this problem, but a split rail wood fence is included in the design at that park. Including a wood rail fence would potentially double the estimated cost, and would not mix well aesthetically with the other site features at Tierra Rejada Park. The shrubs and bushes planted around the playground at Peach Hill Park have been able to accomplish the same objective, that is keeping children from leaving the play area and running into the street, with minimal maintenance and replacement costs. Total cost for this proposal is approximately $1,500, without a rail fence. Funding for any improvement at this park would need to come from another source, possibly the General Fund Reserves. The Commission, upon review, discussion, and receiving comments from a representative of the MOMS Club, recommended that the City Council not consider any changes to the current park design at this time. The Commission wanted to revisit this issue in six months, which would allow the MOMS Club to investigate other locations for their activities which would meet their needs. The Commission also requested that the City explore the feasibility of requesting the developer of the commercial site on the other side of Mountain Trail to fund and install a fence at the park along Mountain Trail from the corner of Tierra Rejada Road, should the Council determine that a fence is necessary. 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