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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1997 0319 CC REG ITEM 09ATO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: AGENDA REPORT City of Moorpark The Honorable City Council ITEM , r CITY OP MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA City Council Meeting of._.__— 199 ACTION: Pek BY. w 6Y U Mary K. Lindley, Interim Director of Community Services i N'\ March 7, 1997 (CC Meeting of March 19) Consider the 6.5 Acre Park Proposed in Carlsberg Specific Plan Executive Summary The City Council is being asked to express its intent to proceed with the design of the 6,5 acre park identified in the Carlsberg Specific Plan, and to direct the Parks and Recreation Commission to provide comments and a recommendation regarding the recreational facilities proposed for the park and a conceptual plan. Background The Carlsberg Specific Plan includes a 6,5 acre park. Carlsberg (C T Financial) is obligated to design and construct the park as part of its agreement with Lennar Homes who will control the construction of the 552 dwelling units. The Settlement Agreement contains provisions that specifically address the park and its amenities (Attachment A). The park provisions include • A softball field with a minimum of 300 foot outfield radius, backstop, foul line chain link fencing, fenced dugouts, and bleachers to seat 150 people. • Regulation soccer field (225 feet wide and 360 feet long) and two semi - permanent goals • Two tennis courts. • Full basketball court • Children's play equipment and tot lot similar in size to lot at Tierra Rejada Park. • Concrete block restroom with tile roof • Picnic shelter. • Off - street parking with 30 spaces oowzo The Agreement also states that the Park's final design, plans, and specifications shall be approved by the City Council. The design shall include applicable handicapped requirements, hardscape, landscape, security lighting necessary perimeter fencing, trash bin enclosures, bike racks, barbecues, picnic tables, identification monument signs, etc. The park shall be dedicated to the City and available to the public prior to the occupancy of the 227th dwelling unit within the boundaries of the Amended Specific Plan. The Developer is required to provide a minimum of one year's maintenance for the park and its amenities The Developer has secured a landscape architect to draft a preliminary conceptual design for the proposed park. The architect has presented the City with two alternative conceptual park designs (see attachments B & C). The alternative conceptual designs illustrate park amenities in different locations. When considering the final location for the approved amenities, it will be important to consider the proximity of said amenities to surrounding residential dwellings and the relative elevation differences. In light of Proposition 218 and its possible impacts on funding for on -going park maintenance activities, staff is asking the City Council to confirm its intent to require the Developer to build the 6.5 acre park. The Council may also wish to reconsider the time when the Developer is required to build the park; i.e., prior to or before the 227th dwelling unit. The developer's representatives have indicated that they are flexible on the timing of construction. Staff recommends no change to the current obligation at this time If it is the Council's desire to proceed with the park design, staff recommends that the City Council solicit input from the Parks and Recreation Commission on the proposed conceptual design. This item will then be agendized for the Commission April 7 meeting and a recommendation could be brought back to the City Council by June. Recommendation Staff recommends that the City Council direct C T Financial to proceed with the design and development of the Carlsberg 6.5 acre park, and direct the Parks and Recreation Commission to provide a recommendation on the park's conceptual design consistent with the terms of the Settlement Agreement. C:ADOCS \COMSERV\CARLSPAR. AGI) 000021 other signage, etc.). In addition to water, sewer and electrical services, the improvements shall include stub out into the park at a location determined by City for natural gas, telephone, and cable television services. At their sole cost and expense, Plaintiffs shall: (i) design the park and submit conceptual plans for City approval, (ii) prepare final design, plans and specifications and submit the same to City Council for approval, (iii) submit the approved final plans and specifications to City for plan check along with appropriate fees, and (iv) pay City for inspection of the park construction. The park shall be dedicated to City improved and available (open) to the public prior to the occupancy of the 227th dwelling unit within the boundaries of the Amended Specific Plan. After the park is opened to the public and prior to its formal acceptance by City, Plaintiffs shall provide a minimum of one year's maintenance for the park land and improvements, including all labor, materials, and water, in accordance with the specifica- tions used by City at its parks. The nature preserve land shall be dedicated to the City of Moorpark at such time as is specified in the Amended Specific Plan. Plaintiffs and Defendants acknowledge that the above described improvements along with the dedication of the above - described park land and nature preserve shall be deemed to satisfy the "Quimby" requirement set forth at California Government Code Section 66477 91 Z=. for all subsequent subdivision maps within the Amended Specific Plan area for a maximum of M residential units. Plaintiffs shall secure the above described improvements and the one year maintenance requirement by the execution of City's standard subdivision agreement prior to the approval of the first final tract map or the first final parcel map within the Amended Specific Plan area. (3) As a condition of the issuance of a building permit for each commercial or industrial use within the boundaries of the Amended Specific Plan, Plaintiffs shall pay City a fee, in an amount set by resolution of the City Council, to be used for park improvements within the City of Moorpark. The amount of the fee shall be the same as that paid for other commercial and industrial uses, but in no event shall the fee exceed fifty cents ($.50) per square foot of gross floor area. Institutional uses shall pay on the same basis as commercial and industrial uses, except that institutional uses which are exempt from secured property taxes shall be exempt from the fee. (4) As a condition of the issuance of a building permit for each residential, commercial or industrial use within the boundaries of the Amended Specific Plan, Plaintiffs shall pay City, except as provided in Section 12, a development fee as described herein (the Development Fee ") and any capital develop- ment fee adopted by the City Council on or before April 30, 1995 41:92572.22 c 00004a C�►rlsbcr� se;+tte Acjtm"-tcnt shall not issue until this Agreement becomes effective pursuant to Section 3. (2) Within the boundaries of the property described in Exhibit A, Simi shall dedicate, at its sole cost and expense, park land and nature preserve land to the City of Moorpark as shown on the Amended Specific Plan Exhibit 7. Within the boundaries of the property described in Exhibit B, Conejo shall dedicate, at its sole cost and expense, park land and nature preserve land to the City of Moorpark as shown on the Amended Specific Plan Exhibit 7. At their sole cost and expense, Plaintiffs shall make improvements to the park land dedicated pursuant to this Subsection and shall provide maintenance of the land and improvements, irrespective of which of the Plaintiffs made the dedication. The improvements shall include, at City's sole discre- tion, the following: (a) Softball field with a minimum of 300 foot outfield radius with no obstructions, backstop, foul line chain link fencing, fenced dugouts with concrete floors and bleachers on concrete pads to seat 150 people; (b) Regulation soccer field, 225 feet wide and 360 feet long with no obstructions, that does not overlap onto the softball field area, except as approved by the City Council, and two (2) semi - permanent goals; (c) Two tennis courts; (d) Full basketball court; (e) Children's play equipment/ apparatus and tot lot similar in size and area as at City's Tierra Rejada Park; (f) Concrete block restroom with tile roof; (g) Picnic shelter with solid roof and matching tile to the restroom; and (h) Off - street parking with a minimum of 30 standard sized parking spaces. Final design, plans and specifications shall be as approved by the City Council, including applicable handicapped requirements, and shall include but not be limited to grading, drainage, hardscape (walkways, bike paths, etc.) landscape (trees, shrubs, groundcover and turf), security lighting for the park and parking lot, and miscellaneous amenities in quantities as determined necessary by City (tot lot and park perimeter fencing, trash receptacles, trash bin enclosures, bike racks, barbecues, picnic tables, pay telephone, identification monument signs, and LAX:92572.22 OVOO2Z, I I w