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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/02/2000ITe- IRWINDALE COUNCIL CHAMBER August 2, 2000 5050 N. IRWINDALE AVENUE SEP 6 6:00 P.M. IRWINDALE, CA 91706 The City of Irwindale Park & Recreation met in a regular scheduled meeting at the above time and place. ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners: Theresa Chico, Paula Fraijo, Selen Zepeda, Erlinda Duran, and Chairman Dan Diaz. Also present: Rod Posada, Public Works Director, Dan Grijalva and Jackie Delgado, Park Recreation Co -Coordinators and Secretary Arline Miranda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of July 5, 2000 were approved with the correction of the roll call for those minutes. Commissioner Duran had been absent. Motion: Commissioner Fraijo Second: Commissioner Chico Abstain: Commissioner Duran PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR'S Public Works Director UP -DATE Posada gave a revised list of items that had been completed to the Commissioners. Items No. 5, 10, 15, 21 & 26 of the walk -through -the - park projects list have not been completed but will be as soon as the workload becomes lighter. The City's public works department will be setting out containers in strategic areas of the park to accept aluminum cans and bottles for recycling as required by the State. Commissioner Fraijo expressed her concern that there are people who will abuse the program and will help themselves to the cans and bottles. Mr. Posada expressed his opinion that he wouldn't mind that, because the _.. city is so small that the amount they would collect by recycling wouldn't compensate or cover the cost of taking them to the recycling centers. Commissioner Fraijo asked Mr. Posada if he knew what other cities are doing to handle this problem. Mr. Posada replied that they are trying the same kind of recycling program and he said that this is one program Park & Recreation Minutes August 2, 2000 that is going to be done by trial and error. The main purpose of the recycling program is to ensure these items don't go into our storm drains and out to our ocean. EL NIDO PARK Mr. Posada informed the Commission that the work on the E1 Nido Park design is completed. The specifi- cations will be submitted the second or third week of August and it will then be submitted for advertisement for contractors' bids. The draining plans, grading plans and the electrical plans all need to be approved by the County. SHOWERS AND LOCKERS Commissioner Chico asked Mr. Posada if the drainage had been checked in the showers. Mr. Posada assured her that the drains had been checked and reminded her that a warranty bond is still in effect, so if there's any problem, it will be taken care of. 2 POOL and SIGN -Commissioner Chico asked if the pool had been inspected and checked out. She also requested the City logo is placed on the front door and the information on it consistent with the other signs posted. HIDALGO STREET Commissioner Duran, resident of Hidalgo Street, inquired as to what was going to happen to the wall behind her house now that Trammel Crow is directly behind her residence. She asked if it would be allowable to build a wall higher for privacy sake. Mr. Posada assured her it was. She asked if the City would be building the wall or fence for the residents. Mr. Posada explained that it is the home owner's responsibility. With regard to the area they were discussing, Mr. Posada informed the Commission that Trammel Crow is giving $50,000 to the City to do whatever the City wants to do with the money in that area. Commissioner Chico suggested a walking track. Secretary Arline Park & Recreation Minutes August 2, 2000 Miranda, also a resident of Irwindale, asked if a skate park might be considered. Commissioner Fraijo informed the Commission that the City of Glendora has a skate park located at Finkbiners Park and has been well received. Its been observed that a good percentage of the young population of Irwindale residents have skate boards and are observed skating in the street and other unsafe areas, so there is definitely a need. Mr. Posada said he thought that a skate park was a good idea for the area available across from City Hall, but the City had previously expressed concern having a park where children have to be crossing back and forth between the two parks. Mr. Posada also informed the Commission, that Trammel Crow as part of their agreement, would be putting in sidewalks and a bicycle trail, that would wind through the complex onto Arrow Highway and into the Santa Fe Dam. BENCHES WASHED Chairman Diaz and Commissioner Chico requested the tables and benches be washed off the night before the Music -in -the Park was performed. RECREATION COORDINATORS UP -DATE (Jackie Delgado) TEEN CLUB CAR WASH 3 Coordinator Jackie Delgado informed the Commission that she would have to postpone the proposed meeting of August 26th for the Drug Awareness Program. Much preparation is needed to schedule and organize the program. The Commissioners concurred. Jackie relayed to the commission the great cooperation and help that Irwindale Police Officer Falone, head of the DARE program and Officer Avila who is handling the Neighborhood Watch Program, have extended to her with regard to the Drug Awareness Program. The Teen Club had a car wash July 29th and the donations totaled $95. Sixteen teen- agers showed up to help. Commissioner Chico sent a $5 Park & Recreation Minutes August 2, 2000 donation. Jackie thanked her for her generosity and thanked the Commission for their support. Commissioner Chico suggested that pre -sale tickets be sold. It was also suggested the cans and bottles collected could be donated to the Teen Club. There was discussion that perhaps the placement of the receptacle for the cans and bottles could be placed in the City yard instead of the in areas of the park so they could be locked up at night. DRILL TEAM Drill Team has started with 23 new members and they are planning to perform at the September fiesta. PARK PLANTERS It was recommended that some of the taller plants blocking the view of the singers and the band in front of the gazebo be removed. The Commission requested smaller flowers or plants be replaced in the planter and in addition, also have the whole plaza area replenished with beautiful and colorful flowers. Commissioner Diaz requested the secretary to place this recommendation on the agenda. RECREATION COORDINATOR'S REPORT (Dan Grijalva) FITNESS CLASS Jackie informed the Commission that food would be sold at the Music -in - the Park performance by the Irwindale Sister -City. Food would be prepared and sold from the gymnasium banquet room. Dan reported that the men's softball season was coming to an end. He hopes to start a new league within two to three weeks. He was puzzled as to why the sign ups have been so low in number. The Commission and Dan both thought it might be the fee charges. The women's softball league has begun and will have 5 teams. Co -Ed soft league has started and there are four teams in this league. The fitness classes and the aqua classes have been going well. The 4 Park & Recreation Minutes August 2, 2000 POOL ATTENDANCE (JULY) 5 aerobic classes are about a third down in attendance. This is probably due to the hot weather. There have been 435 resident children and 2,330 non-residents using the pool. 18 adult residents and 450 non-residents have used the pool totaling 3,322 people have used the pool facilities. DAY CAMP The Day Camp attended a movie, went to Raging Waters and Buffalo Bill's. There are fifty-four children registered in the program. ADULT FAMILY TRIPS OPEN HOUSE/SHOWERS/LOCKERS PAYING ATTENDANCE AT THE GYM The adult family trips were sold out. There was only one problem on the trip. The bus driver who is responsible for making sure the bus is filled with gas, ran out of gas. O But even so, the bus ride back was only twenty minutes late and everyone had a wonderful time! Currently, there are 8 tickets still left for the August 12`h trip to Catalina the Sport King. The tickets will be sold Monday night. $25 for adults and $15 for senior citizens. The beach trips have been very popular and fifty-five to sixty people per week have attended. Open House for the new showers and lockers were held last week and it was a successful event. Dan tested the drainage and it didn't drain properly, so a list was made of other problems and the contractor was contacted and corrections were made. The paying attendance for use of the gym during July has been $329. $987 was brought in for the use of the basketball court. Residents renewing their ID card for the use of the gym brought in $169. Dan said he and Jackie are currently making a pamphlet to send out to the local businesses offering a lunch workout. Park & Recreation Minutes August 2, 2000 A TV for the leisure room was discussed. Dan informed the Commission that Finance Director De Dios had informed him that a $5,000 deductible was the City's responsibility for the TV that was stolen. It was decided to forgo the TV at this time. DRINKING FOUNTAIN Commissioner Fraijo asked about the drinking fountain at the baseball field and Dan told her that it inadvertently hadn't been turned off by staff and has since been taken care of. SENIOR CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT Chairman Diaz made reference to Ms. Nellie Tapia's complaint she had made at the last meeting. Ms. Tapia had explained to the Commission the difficulty she experienced when the police asked her to move her car. She had removed a barricade that been set up to allow the band performing, to have parking available to them. She had needed to unload her arts and crafts she planned to sell at the fiesta. Chairman Diaz asked that this matter be looked into so Ms. Tapia or any other of the senior citizens do not have to be inconvenienced. He suggested arrangements be made to allow them to unload their merchandise and perhaps someone be assigned to park their cars for them so they needn't have to walk so far back to their tables and wares. SPONTANEOUS COMMUNICATION None ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Chairman Diaz adjourned the meeting at 7:12 p.m.. 6