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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 6, 1991 (106)w 00 d (SIT( OF LODE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA TITLE: Cancellation of Concession contract and proposed new usage for Lodi Lake Concession Building MEETING DATE: February 6, 1991 PREPARED BY: City Manager RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council receive the staff report and take action as deemed appropriate. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The attached memo (Exhibit A), prepared by the Parks and Recreation Director, discusses the present status of the Lodi Lake Park concession stand operation and the agreement that pertains thereto. Council approval is requested prior to moving forward with the implementation of the staff recommendation that the concession stand be closed and the building converted for use as an information/interpretive center. Respectfully submitted, X49 i:(ul. Thomas A. Peterson City Manager TAP:br Attachment C MV0 APPROVED: THOMAS A. PETERSON City Manager CC -1 I:\II X11 ,1 Lodi Parks and Recreation Department 125 N. Stockton St., Lodi, CA 95240 333-6742 or 333-6744 Field/Facility Conditions M E M O R A N D U M TO: City Manager City Council FROM: Ron Williamson, Parks and Recreation Director DATE: January 28, 1991 SUBJECT: CANCELLATION OF CONCESSION CONTRACT/NEW USE FOR LODI LAKE CONCESSION BUILDING Carry Jacobs, our contract concessionaire, has asked to be released from his contract with the City of Lodi. According to our agreement either party can rec-,aest termination of the contract by giving sixty days notice; Mr. Jacobs is hereby giving us his notice. Marilyn Field, our Recreation Superintendent who handles our working relations with the concessionaire, tells me this is no great loss. Marilyn indicated that she considered cancelling this agreement earlier due to less than satisfactory operation of the concession stands at the Softball Complex, Armory Park, and Lodi Lake. There is a year remaining on the current contract. Marilyn has contacted the San Joaquin County Health Department to have the stands at the Complex and Armory reviewed for compliance with current food standards. She then plans to contact the BOBS organization to see if they would be interested in operating these two stands for the coming year to assist with their fundraising efforts to support youth sports. If they choose not to operate the stands, a decision must be made of whether to look for a new concessionaire or consider having the Parks and Recreation Department operate the concession stand. The Health Department has again reviewed the Lodi Lake stand and given us a lengthy list of corrections required prior to reopening this summer. Records show the low volume of use of the concession stand by people using the Lake. It is staff's recommendation not to reopen the concession stand at Lodi Lake. Staff, including the Park Rangers and nature people, request we use the concession building as an information/interpretive center and small meeting place for local groups. Funding for the building conversion would in part come from the Lake budget, docent fundraising, and possibly service club funding. City Manager and City Council January 28, 1991 Page 2 Attached is a list of possible uses for the facility. We will do our best to try and make any improvements internally and create volunteer enthusiasm to assist with labor and operations. We have assigned part-time Park Ranger Barbara Brown, currently serving as our interpretive ranger, to develop various programs/volunteers which will center and work out of this building; i.e., junior ranger program, docent walk volunteers, nature tours, summer nature forum, small nature exhibits, etc. Barbara is a very enthusiastic and energetic person --seeing a need and doing something about it. She's the right person at the right time for this newfound interest in our Lake park and the nature and environmental concerns of our citizens. This should address our most current happenings concerning concession operations and the Lake park building use. The Parks and Recreation Commission is in full support of this request. RW/lm Attachment cc: Marilyn Field, Recreation Superintendent Scott Essin, Parks Superintendent Kyle Roper, Senior Park Ranger Barbara Brown, Park Ranger Lodi Parks and Recreation Department 125 N. Stockton St. Lodi, CA 95240 333-6742 or 333-6744 Field/Facility Conditions M E M O R A N D U M To: City Manager City Council From: Ron Williamson, Parks and Recreation Director Date: January 25, 1991 Subject: Cancellation of concession contract/new use for Lodi Lake concession building I received a copy of the letter that Barry Jacobs, aka E.R. Fairgrounds Inc. sent to you requesting that his contract with the City of Lodi be. terminated as per the terms listed in his contract with us. Marilyn Field indicated to me that this should be no great loss to the City as her recommendation to me was to call Jacobs in and discuss our concerns regarding his operation at Lodi Lake and the Softball Complex this past season and to stipulate to Jacobs that unless our concerns were answered our position would be to recommend to you and the Council that his contract be terminated. The County Health Department gave us a lengthy and costly list of items to be addressed prior to opening the concession stand at Lodi Lake this summer, that staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission felt the stand should not be used for food sales. There i- a year remaining on the current contract. Marilyn has contacted the San Joaquin County Health District to have the stands at the Complex and Armory reviewed for compliance with current food service standards. She then plans on contacting the Boosters of Boys and Girls Sports to determine if their organization would be interested in operating these two stands for the coming year. Should the B.O.B.S. choose not to operate the stands I would then come to you with Staff and Commission recommendations as to what might be done. USES FOR THE CONCESSION STAND AT LODI LAKE 1. INFORMATION CENTER - 2. INTERPRETIVE CENTER FOR THE NATURE AREA - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE USE OF ALL PARKS, WHAT EACH PARK HAS TO OFFER, AND ANY SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND/OR UPCOMING EVENTS. TO DISPLAY NATURE AND A LITTLE HISTORY OF LODI AND LOCAL SURROUNDING IN CONJUNCTION WITH RALPH LEA OF THE SAN JOAQUIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 3. LEARNING CENTER FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS - A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS CAN LEARN WITH "HANDS ON" EXPERIENCE. THE CENTER WILL ALSO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE HANDICAPPED. DISPLAY CASES WILL BE LOW IN HEIGHT. 4. DOCENT'S HEADQUARTERS - HOME BASE FOR THE DOCENTS. DOCENTS WILL. MAN THE CENTER ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. 5. JUNIOR RANGER HEADQUARTERS - T.OME BASE FOR JUNIOR RANGER ACTIVITIES. 6. MEETING PLACE FOR SMALL GROUPS - SMALL GROUPS WHO HAVE PRIORITY GIVEN TO NATURE AND/OR ECOLOGY FUNCTIONS. 7. SMALL LIBRARY - INFORMATION BOOKS PERTAINING TO LODI LAKE, BIRDS, WILDLIFE, ENDANGERED SPECIES, CALIFORNIA INDIANS, ETC. (OF A NATURE SUBJECT). 8. SMALL WORKSHOP - WE COULD SET UP OUT ON THE PATIO OR INSIDE FOR A SMALL GROUP (37 EST.) WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT PLANTS, INDIAN BASKETMAKING, NATURE CLASSES, BIRD WATCHING, ETC. 9. WALL DISPLAY - THESE WOULD BE UNDER GLASS, THINGS FROM THE NATURE AREA, SUCH AS A GALL DISPLAY (18 DIFFERENT KINDS OF GALLS - WHAT EACH ONE IS AND WHAT MADE IT. BIRD NESTS, PLANTS, ANIMALS FROM A TAXIDERMIST, ARTIFACTS. 1/21/91 SUBJECT: USES FOR THE CONCESSION STAND AT LODI LAKE PAGE 2 - JANUARY 21, 1991 10. BRING IN REVENUE - WE CAN DO THIS BY SELLING DUCK FOOD, NATURE LITERATURE, ANYTHING DOING WITH NATURE, WORKSHOPS, SURVIVAL IN NATURE, FOOD FROM PLANTS, WHAT THE INDIANS ATE, HOW THEY MADE MEDICINE FROM PLANTS. YOU CAN GO ON AND ON. 11. CULTURE CENTER - WHEN WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL PEOPLE THEME FOR EACH MONTH, WE CAN DISPLAY CRAFTS, ART, LITERATURE, BELIEFS, DRESS, FOOD, PICTURES OF HOMES, ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE (SEE THEME LIST). B.J.Brown January 21, 1991 C Lodi Parks and Recreation Department 125 N. Stockton St., Lodi, CA 95240 333-6742 or 333-6744 Field/Facility Conditions M E M O R A N D U M TO: City Manager City Council i FROM: Ron Williamson, Parks and Recreation Director DATE: January 28, 1991 b SUBJECT: CANCELLATION OF CONCESSION CONTRACT/NEW USE FOR LODI LAKE CONCESSION BUILDING Barry Jacobs, our contract concessionaire, has asked to be released from his contract with the City of Lodi. According to our agreement either party can reriest termination of the contract by giving sixty days notice; Mr. Jacobs is hereby giving us his notice. Marilyn Field, our Recreation Superintendent who handles our working relations with the concessionaire, tells me this is no great loss. Marilyn indicated that she considered cancelling this agreement earlier due to less than satisfactory operation of the concession stands at the Softball Complex, Armory Park, and Lodi Lake. There is a year remaining on the current contract. Marilyn has contacted the San Joaquin County Health Department to have the stands at the Complex and Armory reviewed for compliance with current food standards. She then plans to contact the BOBS organization to see if they would be interested in operating these two stands for the coming year to assist with their fundraising efforts to support youth sports. If they choose not to operate the stands, a decision must be made•of whether to look for a new concessionaire or consider having the Parks and Recreation Department operate the concession stand. The Health Department has again reviewed the Lodi Lake stand and given us a lengthy list of corrections required prior to reopening this summer. Records show the low volume of use of the concession stand by people using the Lake. It is staff's recommendation not to reopen the concession stand at Lodi Lake. Staff, including the Park Rangers and nature people, request we use the concession building as an information/interpretive center and small meeting place for local groups. Funding for the building conversion would in part come from the Lake budget, docent fundraising, and possibly service club funding. lr fl V t1' � L m•. Ge City Manager and City Council January 28, 1991 Page 2 Attached is a list of possible uses for the facility. We will do our best to try and make any improvements internally and create volunteer enthusiasm to assist with labor and operations. We have assigned part-time Park Ranger Barbara Brown, currently serving as our interpretive ranger, to develop various programs/volunteers which will center and work out of this building; i.e., junior ranger program, docent walk volunteers, nature tours, summer nature forum, small nature exhibits, etc. Barbara is a very enthusiastic and energetic person --seeing a reed and doing something about it. She's the right person at the right time for this newfound interest in our Lake park and the nature and environmental concerns of our citizens. This should address our most current happenings concerning concession operations and the Lake park building use. The Parks and Recreation Commission is in full support of this request. RW/lm Attachment cc: Marilyn Field, Recreation Superintendent Scott Essin, Parks Superintendent Kyle Roper, Senior Park Ranger Barbara Brown, Park Ranger Lodi Parks and Recreation Department 125 N. Stockton St. Lodi, CA 95240 333-6742 or 333-6744 Field/Facility Conditions M E M O R A N D U M To: City Manager City Council From: Ron Williamson, Parks and Recreation Director Date: January 25, 1991 Subject: Cancellation of concession contract/new use for Lodi Lake concession building I received a copy of the letter that Barry Jacobs, aka E. R. Fairgrounds Inc. sent to you requesting that his contract with the City of Lodi be terminated as per the terms listed in his contract with us. Marilyn Field indicated to me that this should be no great loss to the City as her recommendation to me was to call Jacobs in and discuss our concerns regarding his operation at Lodi Lake and the Softball Complex this past season and to stipulate to Jacobs that unless our concerns were answered our position would be to recommend to you and the Council that his contract be terminated. The County Health Department gave us a lengthy and costly list of items to be addressed prior to opening the concession stand at Lodi Lake this summer, that staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission felt the stand should not be used for food sales. There is a year remaining on the current contract. Marilyn has contacted the San Joaquin County'Health District to have the stands at the Complex and Armory reviewed for compliance with current food service standards. She then plans on contacting the Boosters of Boys and Girls Sports to determine if their organization would be interested in operating these two stands for the coming year. Should the B.O.B.S. choose not to operate the stands I would then come to you with Staff and Commission recommendations as to what might be done. USES FOR THE CONCESSION STAND AT LODI LAKE 1. INFORMATION CENTER - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE USE OF ALL PARKS, WHAT EACH PARK HAS TO OFFER, AND ANY SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND/OR UPCOMING EVENTS. 2. INTERPRETIVE CENTER FOR THE NATURE AREA - TO DISPLAY NATURE AND A LITTLE HISTORY OF LODI AND LOCAL SURROUNDING IN CONJUNCTION WITH RALPH LEA OF THE SAN JOAQUIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 3. LEARNING CENTER FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS - A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS CAN LEARN WITH "HANDS ON" EXPERIENCE. THE CENTER WILL ALSO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE HANDICAPPED. DISPLAY CASES WILL BE LOW IN HEIGHT. 4. DOCENT'S HEADQUARTERS - HOME BASE FOR THE DOCENTS. DOCENTS WILL MAN THE CENTER ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. 5. JUNIOR RANGER HEADQUARTERS - HOME BASE FOR JUNIOR RANGER ACTIVITIES. 6. MEETING PLACE FOR SMALL GROUPS - SMALL GROUPS WHO HAVE PRIORITY GIVEN TO NATURE AND/OR ECOLOGY FUNCTIONS. 7. SMALL LIBRARY - INFORMATION BOOKS PERTAINING TO LODI LAKE, BIRDS, WILDLIFE, ENDANGERED SPECIES, CALIFORNIA INDIANS, ETC. (OF A NATURE SUBJECT). 8. SMALL WORKSHOP - WE COULD SET UP OUT ON THE PATIO OR INSIDE FOR A SMALL GROUP (37 EST.) WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT PLANTS, INDIAN BASKETMAKING, NATURE CLASSES, BIRD WATCHING, ETC. 9. WALL DISPLAY - THESE WOULD BE UNDER GLASS, THINGS FROM THE NATURE AREA, SUCH AS A GALL DISPLAY (18 DIFFERENT KINDS OF GALLS - WHAT EACH ONE IS AND WHAT MADE IT. BIRD NESTS, PLANTS, ANIMALS FROM A TAXIDERMIST, ARTIFACTS. 1/21/91 SUBJECT: USES FOR THE CONCESSION STAND AT LODI LAKE PAGE 2 - JANUARY 21, 1991 10. BRING IN REVENUE - 11. CULTURE CENTER - B.J.Brown January 21, 1991 WE CAN DO THIS BY SELLING DUCK FOOD, NATURE LITERATURE, ANYTHING DOING WITH NATURE, WORKSHOPS, SURVIVAL IN NATURE, FOOD FROM PLANTS, WHAT THE INDIANS ATE, HOW THEY MADE MEDICINE FROM PLANTS. YOU CAN GO ON AND ON. WHEN WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL PEOPLE THEME FOR EACH MONTH, WE CAN DISPLAY CRAFTS, ART, LITERATURE, BELIEFS, DRESS, FOOD, PICTURES OF HOMES, ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE (SEE THEME LIST).