HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - September 27, 2016 SSLODI CITY COUNCIL
SHIRTSLEEVE SESSION
CARNEGIE FORUM, 305 WEST PINE STREET
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
A. Roll call by City Clerk
An Informal Informational Joint Meeting ("Shirtsleeve" Session) of the Lodi City Council and the
Parks and Recreation Commission was held Tuesday, September 27, 2016, commencing at
7:00 a.m.
Present: Council Member Johnson, Council Member Mounce, and Mayor Pro Tempore Kuehne
Absent: Council Member Nakanishi, and Mayor Chandler
Also Present: City Manager Schwabauer, City Attorney Magdich, and City Clerk Ferraiolo
NOTE: Council Member Mounce left the tour at roughly 7:45 a.m.
NOTE: Also in attendance from the Recreation Commission was Commissioner Larry Long.
B. Topic(s)
B-1 Tour Various Park Sites (PRCS)
Following a brief introduction by Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director Jeff Hood, City
Council, Recreation Commission, staff, and the public were invited to board a bus for a tour of
local park facilities. Park Superintendent Steve Dutra and Park Project Coordinator Steve Virrey
facilitated the tour and covered issues relating to park and equipment conditions, trees, safety
and liability, lighting, costs to upgrade and replace equipment, and challenges. The tour included
Emerson Park (11 North Hutchins Street), Candy Cane Park (1324 Holly Drive), Legion Park
(835 South Hutchins Street), Salas Park (2001 South Stockton Street), Blakely Park (1050 South
Stockton Street), and Hale Park (209 East Locust Street).
C. Comments by public on non-aaenda items
None.
D. Adjournment
No action was taken by the City Council. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 a.m.
ATTEST:
Jennifer M. Ferraiolo
City Clerk
AGENDA ITEM
CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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AGENDA TITLE: Tour Various Park Sites
MEETING DATE: September 27, 2016 — Shirtsleeve Meeting
PREPARED BY: Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Tour various park sites.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Parks Division faces many challenges in providing safe parks,
ranging from age of playground equipment to parking lot conditions.
This tour, which leaves from the Carnegie Forum at 7 a.m., is
intended to familiarize the City Council with some of these challenges.
In the meantime, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services is increasing its investment in parks, as
reductions in full-time staffing are allowing for capital expenditures. PRCS finished Fiscal Year 2015/16
with a unaudited fund balance of $393,337.29, and increase of $164,074.38 from FY 2014/15. This
represents a turnaround of $1.25 million in four years, but the annual increase slowed in FY 15/16 due to
higher employment costs for full- and part-timers, and an increase in spending on capital projects.
Rental revenue at Hutchins Street Square continues to exceed expectations, with FY 15/16 revenue of
$355,052 representing a 50 -percent increase in four years. Park rentals and Lodi Lake revenue showed
increases, as customers did not balk at fee increases approved by the City Council. Youth sports
revenue increased by 5 percent.
The year-end fund balance represents approximately 18 percent of annual fee and service revenue. In
the coming months, PRCS plans to request Council approval to spend a portion of the fund balance on
equipment that either 1) increases staff efficiencies with routine park maintenance tasks, 2) results in
increased revenue, or 3) improves employee and visitor safety.
While PRCS is pleased to be in a position to reinvest in parks again, the amount available on an annual
basis pales in comparison to the amount needed to address PRCS capital maintenance needs. Measure
R's passage would, however, add the dollars necessary to address those needs. As an aside, it would
take approximately seven years to raise the funds available in one year through Measure R revenue.
PRCS staff, including Park Superintendent Steve Dutra and Park Project Coordinator Steve Virrey, will
be accompanying the Council on the tour.
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Par ,Recreation, and Cultural Services Director
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