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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - March 3, 2021 H-03AGENDA ITEM H 003 CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TM AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Approving Recommendation from Parks and Recreation Commission to Formally Name the New Avalon Subdivision Neighborhood Park "Bob Johnson Park" MEETING DATE: March 3, 2021 PREPARED BY: Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Interim Director and Deputy Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving the recommendation from Parks and Recreation Commission to formally name the new Avalon subdivision neighborhood park "Bob Johnson Park." BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Pursuant to the action taken by the Parks and Recreation Commission in December 2020, a 45 -day public input process was conducted by PRCS staff for the naming of a new neighborhood park, formerly referred to as Gateway North Subdivision — now known as the Avalon Subdivision (an FCB Homes Development). On the February 2, 2021, at the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, the Commission followed the City's Policy and Procedure Guidelines for the Naming of Parks, Recreation Facilities, and Park Features. This included the following process under its Policy guidelines, Section III. Procedure; Subsections C and D: "C. The Parks and Recreation Director shall receive these written suggestions and refer a master list of proposed names to the Parks and Recreation Commission following a determined deadline for submissions." "D. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall review the proposed names and the recommendations of the Parks and Recreation Director. All other factors being equal, priority shall be given to private citizens. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall then recommend the name(s) deemed the most appropriate and forward its recommendation(s) to the City Council for final consideration and/or approval and adoption of an appropriate resolution." The Commission reviewed and discussed the Master List of nineteen (19) public nominations. The list includes the following information by column: A) Nominated By, B) Proposed Name, C) # of Nominations, and D) Justification/Background. In addition, staff also provided to the Commission a summary history of how Lodi Parks were named. Both documents are attachments to this report. By majority vote, the Parks and Recreation Commission is recommending to Council that the new park be named after Bob Johnson, who received the most number of nominations, three (3). Adopt Resolution Approving Recommendation from Parks and Recreation Commission to Formally Name the New Avalon Subdivision Neighborhood Park Bob Johnson Park" March3, 2021 Page 2 PARK DESCRIPTION: The FCB/Avalon subdivision includes a 1.96 acre high -ground park property with the following amenities: playground, picnic shelter, park sign, turf, trees, flower beds, irrigation, irrigation booster pump, interior concrete walkways, park perimeter concrete walkways, drinking fountain, park benches, picnic tables, barbecue, trash receptacles, bike rack, interior park lighting, stone veneer masonry work, utility enclosure, and underground utilities. EM 68 5 A. r ,e W' 11 40 0 U 72 � t17Tp 47 3 q - %3 46 45 CAMEO STpEET ir9p 66 6s a M N 7{m(ali, Should City Council approve this action/resolution, PRCS will work with the developer to fabricate and install the new park sign, as well as coordinate a public ribbon cutting ceremony (Spring 2021) with former Councilmember Johnson's family. FISCAL IMPACT: None FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable. - 4ric., (3,6-- anwan baker (Feb 17, 2021 uv: Anwan Baker Interim Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director AB1CD:tl cc: City Attorney Attachments: (1) Master List of Nominations (2) History of Naming City of Lodi Parks City of Lodi - Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Park Naming Master List - Avalon Subdivision January 2021 A B C D # of Nominated By Proposed Name # of Nominations Entries Justification / Background *Parks and Recreation Commissioner from 1988-1998 then again 1999-2004- *City Councilman for 15 years- *Mayor of Lodi for 3 years- *President of the Chamber of Commerce, Lodi Tokay Rotary and the BOBS- *Chairman of the Parks 1 Jerry Tyson Bob Johnson 3 & Recreation Commission- *Chairman of the San Joaquin County Rail Commission- *Chairman of the Assessment Appeals Board- *Member of the Executive Committee SJ Partnership- *He spent 13 years coaching football, baseball and soccer along with his many years on the Commission 2 Christopher Grant Bob Johnson Bob Johnson ... or someone similar. 3 Tom Doucette Bob Johnson We know how supportive Bob was of Parks and Recreation and we feel that it is only fitting to name a park in his honor. *Parks & Recreation Commissioner from 1977-1996- *Was a PE teacher and mentor for women in the community - 4 Vivien Haynes Elvera Melby 2 *Became Vice Principal of Lodi High- *Only woman president of Woodbridge Golf & Country Club- *Lodi Soroptimist Woman of the Year- *Inducted into the Lodi Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Pacific Sports Hall of Fame - &Received Amos alonzo Stagg Award from UOP- *Distinguished Alumni Volunteer Award from UOP- *Volunteer for Lodi Street Faire- *Instrumental in development of Candy Cane Park- *Director of Ye Olde Hangout- *Organized and Stephanie Giorgi supervised playground programs and special activities Elvera Melby Community Park Schneider *Frederick Weybret has Boys & Girls Club Bldg. named after him- *Navy officer in the pacific during World War II - *Purchased the Lodi News -Sentinel in 1959- *Founding director and former president of the Lodi Boys and Girls Club in the *Served many years on the Lodi District Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was president in 6 Jerry Tyson Fred Weybret 2 *960s- 1967- On board of the North San Joaquin Water Conservation District from 1976-2009 Longtime member of the Lodi Rotary Club and president in 1976-77- *Director on the San Joaquin Delta College Scholarship Foundation from 1975-1991- *Served on the board of United Way of San Joaquin for more than two decades- *Many years on the board of the San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum- *Lodi Outstanding Citizen in 1974- *California Press Association Publisher of the Year in 1985 7 Stephen Sanguinetti Fred Weybret Lilli Henricksen Richard W. Hieb JoAnne Mounce 11 Jack Vanderlans Verla Hauge 13 Rod Brown *Wilhelm "Columbus" Hieb was instrumental in getting many of Lodi's early North and South Dakota farmers to emigrate to Lodi and provided support after they arrived- *Mr. Wilhelm "Columbus" Hieb is credited for being the first German from Russia to settle in Lodi- *Mr. Hieb, Jacob Mettler and Gottlieb Hieb (no relation) came to Lodi from South Dakota to see the country and find a good place to locate- *Mr. Hieb went back to South Dakota and returned Wilhelm "Columbus" Hieb 2 with his wife and children- *Mr. Hieb purchased 30 acres on Kettleman Lane (now known as Lowe's tract or village) - *He planted Zinfandels and Mission grapes- *Shortly afterwards the Dakotans began arriving (Hiebs, Handels, Schmiedts, Peszlers, Mettlers, Bechtolds, Benders, Nieses, Baumbachs & Reimches)- *Mr. Hieb and his family would write letters to residents of the Dakotas inviting them to come to Lodi- *When they arrived, Mr. Hieb would help them find farmland on the east side of Lodi- *While new residents homes were being built, Mr. Hieb allowed them to stay at his ranch where they were fed and housed- *When the new residents moved into their new home, Mr. Hieb would invite another family to continue the process- *Mr. Hieb was the first to establish a commerical winery Wilhelm "Columbus" Hieb operation in the Lodi district which was instrumental to Lodi's winegrape industry today *Robert Wheeler was Plant Manager at General Mills for 24 years- *Involved with construction of the Lodi Boys and Robert Wheeler 2 Girls Club and Hutchins Street Square- *Past Chairman of the San Joaquin Partnership Board- *Lodi Boys & Girls Club Katzakian Foundation Board Member- *Member of Lodi Boys & Girls Club Katzakian Foundation Board- *Inducted into the Lodi Hall of Fame in 1999- *Received Boy Scouts Greater Yosemite Distinguished Citizens Award in 2007- *On UOP Advisory Board Member- *Cal State University, Stanislaus Trustee- * Stanford alumni Association Member Robert Wheeler *Claude C. Wood opened a gravel plant in 1941 with the leftover dredges from gold mining- *His firm was the largest Claude Wood 1 employer in the Clements area- *In 1944 the company was awarded the contract to supply gravel to the construction of the Rough and Ready island navy annex- *Claude C. Wood Company was instrumental in supplying gravel and aggregate to many projects in the area (i.e. Highway 99, Kettleman Ln. through Lodi, etc.) *Ron Williamson was a long time citizen, employee, and participant of a number of youth and adult sports- *Rod's Ron Williamson 1 remembers his Father praising Mr. Williamson for his hard work and dedication to the youth sports- *He had a good reputation in the community- *Ron Williamson has the Youth Area at Lodi Lake named after him Pat Clark Turkey Tom Kettleman 1 *The turkey made his home on the corner of Kettleman Ln. and Lower Sacramento Rd.- *Could decorate the park with all sorts of turkey statues that children can sit on George Emde Happy Holmes *Happy Holmes was a dairy and farm many years ago- *In the late 30's -early 40's there was a horrible fire in the horse Todd Mallory Park or Emde Park, Happy 1 barn that took at least one life - *The facility went out of production but stood for many years; *George Emde Sr. is a Holmes Dairy Park member of the SJCAg Hall of Fame *On June 20, 1919, Roy W. Allen opened a roadside root beer stand in Lodi using a formula that he had purchased from a pharmacist- *He soon opened stands in Stockton as well as five stands in nearby Sacramento, home of the 16 Jennifer McKinney A&W Park 1 country's first drive-in featuring "tray boys" for curbside service- *In 1920, Allen partnered with Frank Wright and the two combined their initials to create the A&W brand name- *In 1924, Allen bought Wright's share and began selling franchises- *A&W was one of the first franchised restaurant chains in the United States 17 Ashley Hiscocks *California Icons/New *California Icons: Golden Poppy Park/Quail Park/Mokelumne Park/Avalon Park- *New Beginnings: Hope Park/Horizon 1 Begin ni ngs/Geogra pic Park/Treasure Park *Geographic: Vineyard Park/Vineyard's Edge Park/Harvet Park 18 Kat Ellis Unity Park 1 It's timeless and shows that all are welcome Duane &Jeannette We would like to nominate Steve Dutra for the new park name. He is a retired long time city Parks Superintendent 19 Wright Steve Dutra 1 who was a very valuable and dedicated employee. Steve was one of those employees who really cared about the parks and continues to contribute to those efforts through Tree Lodi. City of Lodi - Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services History of Park Naming January 2021 # of Parks 1 Armory Park/Chapman Field 1996 Proximity to National Guard Armory 2 Beckman Park 1973 Beckman Ranch Subdivision 3 Blakely Park 1955 John F. Blakely 4 Candy Cane Park Late 1950's Design Theme "Candy Canes" 5 Century Meadows Park 2006 Subdivision 6 Century Park 1991 Subdivision 7 DeBenedetti Park 1990 Ed DeBenedetti 8 Emerson Park 1955/1991 Ralph Waldo Emerson 9 English Oaks Common 1972 Subdivision 10 Gateway North/Avalon Subdivision Park 2021 (TBD) 11 Grape Bowl Stadium 1940's College Football Event 12 Hale Park 1916 Frank 0. Hale 13 Henry Glaves Jr. Park 1979 Henry Glaves Jr. 14 Hutchins Street Square 1989 south complex Street/Location 1998 north complex 15 Bozant "Bo" Katzakian Park 1998 Bo Katzakian 16 Kofu Park 1968 Sister City 17 Lawrence Park George Lawrence 18 Legion Park 1997 American Legion Veteran's Org. 19 Lodi Lake Park 1934 (unknown) 20 Orchard Lane Park 2019 Subdivision 21 Thomas A. Peterson Park 1995 Tom Peterson 22 Roget Park 2001 (open 2013) Dr. Roget 23 Rose Gate Park 2015 Subdivision 24 Samuel D. Salas Park 1973 Samuel Salas 25 Softball Complex (City of Lodi Softball Park) 1971 Park designed as a softball complex 26 Van Buskirk Park 1940's Charles Van Buskirk 27 Villa Fiore Park 2019 Subdivision 28 Vinewood Park 1968 Subdivision 29 Zupo Field (Lawrence Park Baseball Field) 1986 Tony Zupo Formerly Armory Park ball field - Tom Chapman was a former umpire -in -chief School/Subdivision Former City Clerk Donated by John & Inez Capell Geographical location Geographical location Former P&R Director httr)s://scholarlvcommons.Dacific.edu/cei/viewcontent.cei?article=2352&context=uOD etds Geographical location/subdivision (TBD) 2 Football games played there in 1947 and 1948 called the "Grape Bowl" City's second Mayor Former City Manager Geographical location/subdivision Selected after public input campaign w/approval from P&R Commission and Council Honoring a sister city in Kofu, Japan Lawrence family donated property Honoring a local organization/partnership between the City and Lodi Lions Club The property had to foreclose November 1933, and so it was sold to the City for $5,000 Geographical location/subdivision Former City Manager Donated by the Roget family in 1993 Geographical location/subdivision Member of the Lodi Recreation Commission and Lodi Lions Club Council designated Prominent Business man who dontaed land for parks, schools and churches Geographical location/subdivision Geographical location/subdivision/school Former Manager of local Guild Winery Baseball team (41 years) RESOLUTION NO. 2021-61 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TO FORMALLY NAME THE NEW AVALON SUBDIVISION NEIGHBORHOOD PARK "BOB JOHNSON PARK" WHEREAS, pursuant to the action taken by the Parks and Recreation Commission in December 2020, a 45 -day public input process was conducted by PRCS staff for the naming of a new neighborhood park in the Avalon Subdivision; and WHEREAS, on February 2, 2021, the Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed the master list of public nominations; and WHEREAS, by majority vote, the Parks and Recreation Commission recommended to Council that the new park be named after Bob Johnson, who received the most nominations; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve the formal naming of the neighborhood park in Avalon Subdivision after Bob Johnson; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, pursuant to Section 6.3q of the City Council Protocol Manual (Res. No. 2019-223), the City Attorney is hereby authorized to make minor revisions to the above -referenced document(s) that do not alter the compensation or term, and to make clerical corrections as necessary. Dated: March 3, 2021 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2021-61 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held March 3, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS —Chandler, Hothi, Khan, Kuehne, and Mayor Nakanishi NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS —None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None JENNIF CU IR City Cl 2021-61 Procedure for Namin aci lities an Park and Recreation ark Features The November 2005 Policy and Procedure Guidelines for the naming of Parks, Recreation Facilities, and Park features dictates under its Policy guidelines, Section III. Procedure; subsections C and D : "C. The Parks and Recreation Director shall receive these written suggestions and refer a master list of proposed names to the Parks and Recreation Commission following a determined deadline for submissions:' "D. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall review the proposed names and the recommendations of t Parks and Recreation Director. All other factors being equal, priority shall be given to private citizens. The Parks and Recreation Committee shall then recommend the name(s) deemed the most appropriate and forward its recommendations) to the City Council for final consideration and/or approval and adoption of an appropriate resolution:' Pursuant to the action taken by the Commission in December 2020, which was to review the list of all nominees submitted for consideration, a 45 -day public input process was conducted by PRCS staff for the naming of a new neighborhood park, formerly referred to as Gateway North Subdivision -now known as the Avalon Subdivision. There were over 20 nominations submitted by the public for review. After review of the nominations, the Parks and Recreation Commission voted c February 2, 2021 to recommend that Bob Johnson's name be submitted to the Council for final approval and adoption. I respectfully submit Mr. Johnson's name for your consideration.