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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985/01/30 - Minutes - AdjournedJanuary 30, 1985 CITY OF RANClIO CUCANONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JOINT NEETING WITH PARK DEVELOPHENT COHNISSION Adiourned Meetinz 1. CALL TO ORDER A joint meeting of the City Council and Park Development Commission met on Wed- nesday, January 30, 1985 in the Lions Park Community Center, 9161 Base Line Road. The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by Chairman Pamela Henry and Mayor Jon D. Mikels. Present were Park Development Commissioners: Leslie Riggs, Sam Punter, Peter Pitassi, and Chairman Pam lienry. Present were Councilmembers: Pamela J. Wright, Charles J. Buquet II, Jeffrey King, and Mayor MikeIs. Also present were staff members and consultants: City Manager, Lauren M. Wasserman; City Attorney, Robert Dougherty; City Clerk, Beverly A. Authelet; and Park Projects Coordinator, Richard ltsyer. Consultants: Bob Merre11, Willdan Associates; Bill Stookey, Willdan Associates; MacKenzie Brown, Brown & Nazarek; Larry Rolapp, Fieldman & Rolapp; John Fredrich, Willdan Associates; and Ron Paige, RSI. Absent: Councilman Richard M. Dahl (who had been in an accident) and Commis- sioner Livia Vallance. ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. Wasserman announced that the City's liability insurance would be increasing approximately 184X. Although this seems high, there are some cities who are experiencing over a 400% increase. 2. PRESENTATION OF PARK AND RECREATION IMPROVEHENT DISTRICT A. OPENING COMMENTS Lauren M. Wasserman, City Hanager, stated that on April 6th, a joint meeting of the City Council and Park Development Commission was held to discuss park needs and methods of implementing financing methods. At that time, the only option available was the formation of a Mello Roos District. Both the Commission and Council had concerns about the proposed Jarvia amendment and what that would do to such a proposal. Therefore, the action taken at that meeting was to wait to see what happened in November. The Measure did not pass. Since that time, the City has purchased 37 acres of land at the Red Hill Basin site. Plans have been completed for that park and also for Heritage Park. Since the last joint meeting, the legislature passed SB 2127 which amends the Landscape and Street Lighting Maintenance Act to permit cities to set up pro- grams for assessing properties for park purposes. Consultants and members of the Project Team were available to discuss the plans for the two facilities, Red Basin Park and Heritage Park, and to present and overview of the Naintenance Act. (1) City Council Minutes January 30, 1985 Page 2 B. INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT TEAM Ron Paige, RSI, went through the methodology in the preparation of the plans for the Red Hill Basin Park and Heritage Park. There have been two committees formed to work on the plans and have spend approximately fourteen months in the planning process and developing of plans. Heritage Park was a 40 acre park which included ball fields, picnic areas, large equestrian center with a standard depicting the Virginia Dare Winery. There would be parking for approximately I00 cars with play areas. The park will be surrounded with trails for jogging, riding, etc. Red Hill Basin Park had a 16 member committee that went over the designs which will serve the atheletic activities of both youth and adults. It will include a picnic area for senior citizens, and a youth center to include soccer fields, and baseball fields. The bott~n area would be for family picnicing which will include a lake. MacKenzie Brown presented an overview of the new law which would allow the for- mation of the Park Assessment District. He explained that an assessment dis- trict was a tool in which cities could assess a property that benefited frc~ the improvement for the cost of the improvement. The procedure for doing this was: Phase 1. The map will be presented to the City Council and a Resolution to adopt the boundaries of the District. Phase 2. Approval of the Engineer's Report. Included in this report would be the plans, specifications, assessment diagram, and spread of the assessments. If Council wished to proceed, they would then set the public hearing date, Phase 3. The public hearing. City Council would make a determination whether to proceed with the formation of the District and order the im- provements. Mr. Brown explained that financing the improvements would be done through the sale of 1950 Act bonds. Terms of the bonds would be 20 years. Councilman King inquired why would a boundary be proposed other than city wide. Mr. Wasserman answered that the parks would be basically serving a cem- munity area, not city-wide parks. Bill Stookey, Assessment Engineer from Wildan Associates, stated that the cost of the facilities will be assigned to properties in proportion to the benefit that such properties receive. They will be dealing with approximately 18,000 parcels. The benefit formula will be based upon information received from the County Assessor's computer files. Receiving benefit will be: -Residential areas -Commercial and Industrial uses (will indirectly benefit in that communities with parks sirable to locate and for employees to live). are more de- -Vacant land (also benefits from park amenities). Bob Merrell, Willdan Associates, responded to a question by Pam Henry regarding whether there was a common denominator for the n~ber and size of parcels. He responded that there were parcel size ranges of: less than 1.5 acres 1.51 acres to 3.5 acres 3.51 acres to 7.0 acres 7.01 acres to 14.0 acres 14.01 acres to 25.0 acres 25.01 acres and larger City Council Minutes January 30, 1985 Page 3 Chairman Henry asked how many people would be in the 1.5 acre category? Mr. Merrell answered approximately Mr. Mettell stated they have not set a dollar figure for the assessment, but have been talking about a $35 per unit per year fee. Therefore, anyone on a 1.5 acre parcel would pay a yearly fee of $53.00. Larry Rolapp, outlined the tentative schedule as follows: February 6 - Council pass Resolution directing staff to proceed and direct engineer to prepare engineer's report and boundary map. March i - Cost estimates finalized. March 20 - present Engineer's Report, plans and specifications, adopt Reso- lution of Intent and set public hearing. April 1 - staff mail out notices of assessment to property owners with in- formation about the project. May 14 - public hearing on assessment district. June 27 - conduct bond sale. Delivery of bonds would be within 2-3 weeks thereafter. August 7 - advertise construction bids September 4 - open bids September 18 - award bids and construction begins. Early Fall 1986 - parks completed D. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL AND PARK DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Chairman Henry asked if the fee discussed at the public hearing would be the final fee? Mr. Brown responded this would be the assessment for the year. On an individual homeowner, the tax should go down in subsequent years, but for the property owner of vacant land, it is more likely to go up. Councilman King asked how long will this be for? Mr. Rolapp stated the bonds will be sold for 20 years. The assessment will stay in place until those bond are paid or sold - probably 20 years. Councilwoman Wright asked if the Council wanted to form another district in the future, would we be adding onto the present assessment? Should we not be con- sidering this as we look at the financing? Councilman Buquet expressed that we needed to be very specific as to what these projects would include. He felt any speculation about future increases would be counter productive. Councilwoman Wright asked what would happen if someone came in and did not want to become a part of the District? Mayor Mikeis responded that Council approved the boundaries and if opposition comes in, it is possible that Council may change the boundaries. The spread of benefits will have to be changed also. Mayor MikeIs opened the meeting to the public for comment. There being no re- sponse, the public portion of the meeting was closed. Chairman Henry stated that the Commission had spent considerable time discuss- ing park priorities and park financing. The boundaries which are presently proposed are close to what they had come up with. City Council Minutes January 30, 1985 Page 4 Commissioner Riggs suggested that assessments be charged equally on the basis of residence, not by the total amount of land involved. ACTION: Concensus of the Commission and Council to proceed with the formation of the Park and Recreation Assessment District. 3. ADJOURNMENT COMMISSION MOTION: Moved by Punter, seconded by Riggs to adjourn to February 21, 1985, the next Park Development CommiSSion meeting. Motion carried 4-0-1 (Vallance absent). COUNCIL MOTION: Moved by King, seconded by Buquet to adjourn to February 6, 1985, the next City Council meeting. Motion carried 4-0-1 (Dahl absent). The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Beverly A. Authelet City Clerk