HomeMy Public PortalAboutMinutes - 1973/04/18 - RegularCITY OF TEMPLE CITY
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Minutes of April 18, 1973
0 INITIATION:
1. CALL TO ORDER:
The regular meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission was called
to order by Chairman Greenberg at 7 :3.0 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18,
1973 in the Council Chambers of City. Hall, 5938 North Kauffman Avenue,
Temple City, California.
2. Chairman Greenberg led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
3. ROLL CALL: Present: Commissioners Adams, Andrews,
Harrington, Vi1lar,.Greenberg-
Absent: None
Also Present: Victor B. Kobett
Director of Parks and Recreation
UNF I N:i.SHED. BUS.I NESS,::.
4114. WADINGPOOL PULES: Continue Discussion:
Commission continued discussion of the rules and regulations for,use
and supervision .of the Wading Pool at Live Oak Park as suggested byr
the Director of Parks and Recreation at Commission request. General
Commission: feeling was that, with a few minor additions and changes,_
the proposed rules to govern the supervision of the wading pool met
all concerns voiced in previous discussions.
Commissioner Adams moved to recommend to the City Council that the
following rules to govern the supervision: of the wading pool at
Live Oak Park be approved:
1. Open only to 6 year olds and under in appropriate swimming atti''re --
please, no diapers.
2. Parents must remain with and be responsible for their children who
are using the pool.
3. No life guard on duty.
• 4. No running or rough play on pool deck or, in the water.
5. No pets allowed.
6. No food or beverages allowed.
7. No toys or foreign objects permitted.
Commissioner Harrington seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
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5 REQUEST FOR USE OF FACILITIES: Support Your Local Police:
Chairman Greenberg called Commission attention to letter received
from the San Gabriel Valley -- Committee to Support Your Local Police,
dated March 19,.1973, which requested use of a meeting room at Live
Oak Park for Monday, April 16th and Monday May 21, 1973. In reviewing
Commission action of the regular meeting of March 21st, Chairman
Greenberg stated . approval was granted to this group for fee free use
of the meeting room at Live Oak Park for Monday, April. 16th only,
pending receipt of a roster of names and addresses of the committee,
members which would enable the Commission to place the Support Your
Local Police Committee in the proper category in the City's Fee and
Charge Schedule for use of facilities at the park.
Mr. John Stacey, Program Chairman of the San Gabriel Valley -- Committee
to Support Your Local Pol ice, , 5626 Gracewood Avenue, Arcadia, ,California
addressed the Commission advising them that at 7 :00 p.m. this evening
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P A R K S A N D R E C R E A T I O N C O M M I S S I O N M E E T I N G - - A p r i l 1 8 , 1 9 7 3 P a g e 2 .
h e r e c e i v e d a p h o n e c a l l f r o m M r . G e o r g e H l i s t a , C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n ,
i n f o r m i n g h i m ( M r . S t a c e y ) o f t h e f a c t t h a t n o l e t t e r h e a d b e e n s e n t
t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n . H e p r e s e n t e d t h e C o m m i s s i o n w i t h a r e v i s e d C o m -
m i t t e e . l e t t e r h e a d w h i c h r e f l e c t e d c h a n g e s i n t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e
a n d a l s o i n d i c a t e d m a n y o f t h e l i s t e d s p o n s o r s w e r e T e m p l e C i t y m e r c h a n t s .
C h a i r m a n G r e e n b e r g i n q u i r e d i f a m e m b e r s h i p l i s t i s a v a i l a b l e t o
w h i c h M r . S t a c e y r e p l i e d t h e C o m m i t t e e r e a l l y d o e s n o t h a v e t h e
a u t h o r i t y t o r e l e a s e t h e n a m e s o f t h e m e m b e r s .
C o m m i s s i o n e r A d a m s r e m a r k e d t h e l i s t o f n a m e s a n d a d d r e s s e s i s
n e c e s s a r y a s i t i s t h e r e q u i r e m e n t t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r o r n o t a
g r o u p m a y u s e t h e f a c i l i t y o n a f e e f r e e b a s i s o r w h a t c h a r g e s h o u l d
b e l e v i e d . I f i t i s d e t e r m i n e d t h a t 5 0 % o r m o r e o f t h e m e m b e r s a r e
n o t T e m p l e C i t y r e s i d e n t s o n r e q u e s t s r e c e i v e d f r o m a n y g r o u p , i t i s
n e c e s s a r y f o r . t h e g r o u p t o p a y a f e e a c c o r d i n g t o t h e C i t y ' s F e e a n d
C h a r g e s c h e d u l e .
C o m m i s s i o n e r H a r r i n g t o n i n q u i r e d i f t h e C o m m i t t e e h a d r e c e i v e d a
t a x e x e m p t i o n f r o m t h e I n t e r n a l R e v e n u e S e r v i c e a n d i f t h e s p o n s o r s
c o n t r i b u t e a n y m o n e y t o t h e C o m m i t t e e .
M r . S t a c e y r e p l i e d t h e C o m m i t t e e d o e s n o t h a v e w h a t h e w o u l d c o n s i d e r
a s u f f i c i e n t a m o u n t o f m o n e y t o a p p l y f o r a t a x e x e m p t i o n a n d a l s o
t h a t t h e s p o n s o r s . c o n t r i b u t e m o n e y i f t h e y a r e a p p r o a c h e d . T h e m o n e y
i s r e q u i r e d f o r p r i n t i n g o f l e t t e r h e a d s t a t i o n e r y a n d t h e f l y e r s
a n n o u n c i n g t h e m o n t h l y m e e t i n g s b u t i s v e r y n o m i n a l , h e c o n t i n u e d .
D i r e c t o r K o b e t t c o m m e n t e d t h a t m o s t g r o u p s r e q u e s t i n g u s e o f L i v e
O a k P a r k f a c i l i t i e s a r e e a s i l y a n d q u i c k l y c l a s s i f i e d i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t
o f f i c e ; h o w e v e r , i n t h e e v e n t t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s n o t e a s i l y d e t e r -
m i n e d , i t i s t h e n t h e D e p a r t m e n t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o i n f o r m t h e i n d i v i d u a l
t h a t t h e r e q u e s t m u s t b e p u t t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n .
B e c a u s e o f t h e n a m e o f t h i s g r o u p , S a n G a b r i e l V a l l e y - - C o m m i t t e e t o
S u p p o r t Y o u r L o c a l P o l i c e , h e s t a t e d , t h e D e p a r t m e n t f o u n d i t n e c e s -
s a r y t o p r e s e n t t h e r e q u e s t f o r u s e o f f a c i l i t i e s t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n a s
t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n w a s d e s i r o u s t o b e i d e n t i f i e d a s : a f e e - f r e e c a t e g o r y .
O n c e t h i s i s e s t a b l i s h e d , t h e D e p a r t m e n t c a n p r o c e s s a p p l i c a t i o n s
f o r u s e o f f a c i l i t i e s i n r o u t i n e f a s h i o n i n t h e P a r k s a n d R e c r e a t i o n
o f f i c e .
C o m m i s s i o n e r H a r r i n g t o n i n d i c a t e d h e w o u l d b e i n f a v o r o f p l a c i n g t h i s
g r o u p i n C a t e g o r y N u m b e r V - - N o n - r e s i d e n t , u n t i l s u c h t i m e t h a t t h e
r e q u i r e d l i s t o f , m e m b e r s . a n d a d d r e s s e s i s r e c e i v e d .
C o m m i s s i o n e r A d a m s f e l t t h i s w a s n o t n e c e s s a r y a s t h e C o m m i s s i o n
m e r e l y n e e d s w r i t t e n v e r i f i c a t i o n o f M r . S t a c e y ' s s t a t e m e n t t h a t
6 0 % o f t h e c o m m i t t e e ' s m e m b e r s a r e T e m p l e C i t y r e s i d e n t s .
C o m m i s s i o n e r G r e e n b e r g s u g g e s t e d G r o u p I I I - - L o c a l P u b l i c N o n - p r o f i t
O r g a n i z a t i o n s , o r p e r h a p s a g a i n t a b l i n g f i n a l a c t i o n .
C o m m i s s i o n e r A d a m s m o v e d t o t a b l e p l a c i n g t h e S a n G a b r i e l V a l l e . y - -
C . o m m i t t e e t o S u p p o r t Y o u r L o c a l P o l i c e i n a n y c a t e g o r y o n t h e S c h e d u l e
o f F e e s a n d C h a r g e s u n t i l t h e n e x t r e g u l a r m e e t i n g i n M a y t o e n a b l e
t h e C o m m i t t e e t o p r e s e n t a r o s t e r o f n a m e s a n d a d d r e s s e s t o t h e
C o m m i s s i o n . C o m m i s s i o n e r A n d r e w s s e c o n d e d t h e m o t i o n .
C o m m i s s i o n e r V i l l a r w a s o f t h e o p i n i o n t h a t t h e C o m m i t t e e h a d r e -
c e i v e d a m p l e t i m e t o b r i n g f o r t h t h e " i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u e s t e d a n d t h e r e -
f o r e a l s o f e e l s t h e p r o p e r u s e c a t e g o r y a t t h i s t i m e i s G r o u p V - -
N o n - r e s i d e n t a s t h e r e i s n o i n f o r m a t i o n t o s u p p o r t t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s
c o m m i t t e e i s n o n - p r o f i t .
A s t h e r e w e r e n o o b j e c t i o n s t o t h e m o t i o n , t h e m o t i o n t o t a b l e a c t i o n
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w a s c a r r i e d .
M r . S t a c e y i n d i c a t e d t h e r e w a s a p o s s i b i l i t y h e c o u l d s u b m i t a
m e m b e r s h i p l i s t t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n a t t h e i r n e x t m e e t i n g h o w e v e r , i t
w i l l b e n e c e s s a r y f o r h i s c o m m i t t e e t o r e c e i v e p e r m i s s i o n f r o m e a c h
p e r s o n . b e f o r e p l a c i n g a n y n a m e s o n t h e l i s t t o b e p r e s e n t e d . T h e
o r i g i n a l r e q u e s t f o r u s e o f f a c i l i t i e s s h o w e d t w o d a t e s , h e i n d i c a t e d ,
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and questioned if approval would be granted for May 21, 1973.
Commissioner Harrington moved to deny request for use of a meeting
room for May 21, 1973 he felt sufficient time had elapsed from the
meeting last month until this meeting for a list to be prepared and
presented as requested.
Commissioner Villar seconded the motion to deny as he felt, too,
that the request for membership list made by the Commission in
March should be met before approving requests for other dates.
Commissioners Adams and Greenberg felt there was no reason not to
approve the request for use for the one more date, fee -free, extending
the time for one more month to enable the committee to present the
requested membership list.
Vote taken showed two voting No (Commissioners Adams and Greenberg)
and three voting Yes (Commissioners Andrews, Harrington and Villar),
thus the motion to deny was carried.
NEW BUSINESS:
6. COMMUNICATIONS:
There were none.
7. TIME FOR THOSE IN AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK:
No one came forward at this time.
8. MATTERS FROM. CITY: OFFICIALS:
:A. Commissioner. Adams presented a survey.of tennis court use at
Live'Oak Park taken from Saturday, April 7th through Tuesday,
April 17th which showed a total of 78 persons playing on the
three .courts and.15 persons found to be waiting for a court.
These.figures were taken at random .times once each day. The
survey will be filed in the Department of Parks and Recreation
files.
Commissioner Adams suggested that a lot of improvements could be
put into the courts at the High School with the result of four
good courts in the northern part of the City as opposed to only
two new courts at Live Oak Park.
Chairman Greenberg commended Commissioner Adams for taking the
survey and added that visiting of the playgrounds and reviewing
of activities is one of the duties of a Parks and Recreation
Commissioner.
B. Commissioner.An.drews reported the City Council, at their regular
meeting on Tuesday, April.l7th, approved the Commission's recom-
mendation for a Band Concert at Temple City.'Park on Sunday, May 6,
1973 subject to the necessary. insurance coverage, chaperones'and
.signed, application for use of park as well as agreement to certain
conditions for use of park.
C:., Chairman Greenberg apprised the Commission of a meeting of the
Los Angeles Basin Parks and Recreation Commissioners and Board
Members Association in Fullerton, California on April 14, 1973
at 7:00 p.m.
D. Chairman Greenberg reported on a meeting with the City Manager and
the Director of Parks and Recreation in which the topic was
joint use of City and Temple City. Unified School District facili-
ties. This meeting came about as the result of the last City
Seminar where the Director and Chairman of the Parks and Recreation
Commission were assigned to investigate the possili'lity of further
joint use of facilities.
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P A R K S A N D R E C R E A T I O N C O M M I S S I O N M E E T I N G - - A p r i l . 1 8 , 1 9 7 3 P a g e 4 .
A f t e r g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n , C o m m i s s i o n d e c i s i o n w a s t o i n v e s t i g a t e
t h e e x p e n s e a n d p o s s i b i l i t y o f l i g h t i n g t h e t e n n i s c o u r t s a t t h e
h i g h s c h o o l a n d m o v e t h e b a s k e t b a l l b a c k b o a r d s , t h e p o s s i b i l i t y
o f t h e s c h o o l s e l l i n g t h e p r o p e r t y o n O a k n o r t h o f E m p e r o r t o t h e
C i t y f o r a b u i l d i n g , t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f u s i n g t h e h i g h s c h o o l
s h o p a n d s w i m m i n g p o o l d u r i n g g i v e n h o u r s a n d d i s c u s s i o n s r e g a r d i n g
t h e s t a f f i n g a n d s h a r i n g o f e x p e n s e s i f a n y s u c h p r o g r a m s m a t e r i a l -
i z e .
E . D i r e c t o r K o b e t t i n f o r m e d t h e C o m m i s s i o n t h a t t h e C r e a t i v e A r t s
C l u b h a s a n n o u n c e d t o t h e . D e p a r t m e n t t h a t t h e y w i l l m e e t o n l y o n
t h e s e c o n d a n d f o u r t h T u e s d a y e v e n i n g s o f e a c h m o n t h t h u s r e l i n -
q u i s h i n g t h e f i r s t , t h i r d a n d f i f t h T u e s d a y e v e n i n g s o f e a c h
m o n t h t o o t h e r g r o u p s .
F . T h e D i r e c t o r a p p r i s e d t h e . C o m m i s s i o n o f t h e r e l o c a t i o n o f t h e
D e p a r t m e n t o f P a r k s a n d R e c r e a t i o n o f f i c e t o 9 2 2 9 P e n t l a n d S t r e e t
( P e n t l a n d Y a r d ) b y ' a t a r g e t e d d a t e o f M a y 1 , 1 9 7 3 . T h e t w o
o f f i c e s v a c a t e d a t t h e C i t y H a l l w i l l b e u t i l i z e d b y t h e S h e r i f f ' s
D e p a r t m e n t f o r s e v e r a l m o n t h s a s b a c k - u p t o a C i t y - s p o n s o r e d
. b u r g l a r p r e v e n t i o n p r o g r a m .
G . D i r e c t o r K o b e t t r e m i n d e d t h e C o m m i s s i o n o f t h e A n n u a l C i t y . E g g
H u n t a n d E a s t e r B o n n e t C o n t e s t t o b e c o n d u c t e d a t L i v e . O a k P a r k
o n S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 2 1 , 1 9 7 3 a t 9 : 0 0 a . m .
H . T h e D i r e c t o r a l s o r e m i n d e d t h e C o m m i s s i o n o f t h e A n n u a l E a s t e r
T r a c k a n d F i e l d M e e t a t T e m p l e C i t y H i g h S c h o o l o n . A p r i l . 1 9 , 1 . 9 7 3
a t 1 : 0 0 p . m .
I . I n r e s p o n s e t o C h a i r m a n G r e e n b e r g ' s i n q u i r y r e g a r d i n g t h e n e w
f o r m a t a t L a R o s a P l a y g r o u n d , D i r e c t o r K o b e t t s a i d i t a p p e a r s t h a t
m o v i n g t h e h o u r s o f p l a y g r o u n d a c t i v i t i e s a l i t t l e e a r l i e r h a s
b e e n a n i m p r o v e m e n t i n t h a t w e a r e e x p e r i e n c i n g a b e t t e r r e s p o n s e
t o t h e a c t i v i t e s .
9 . A D J O U R N M E N T :
C o m m i s s i o n e r A d a m s m o v e d t o a d j o u r n t o t h e n e x t r e g u l a r m e e t i n g o n
M a y 1 6 , 1 9 7 3 i n t h e C o u n c i l C h a m b e r s a t t h e T e m p l e C i t y . C i t y H a l l ,
5 9 3 8 N o r t h K a u f f m a n . A v e n u e , T e m p l e C i t y . C o m m i s s i o n e r V i l l a r s e c o n d e d
t h e m o t i o n , w h i c h c a r r i e d .
C h a i r m a n G r e e n b e r g a d j o u r n e d t h e m e e t i n g a t 9 : 0 0 p . m .
A T T E S T :
C i t y C l e r k