{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION\nMINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETING\nDATE:\nThursday, February 14, 2018\nTIME:\n7:00 p.m. Called to Order\nPLACE:\nCity Hall Council Chambers\nA video recording of the meeting may be viewed at https:llalameda.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx\nThe following are action minutes in keeping with the Sunshine Ordinance 2-91.17.\nROLL CALL\nPresent: Chair Limoges, Vice Chair Alexander, Commissioner Robbins\nAbsent: Commissioner Chen and Pondok.\nStaff: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Park Director\nDirector Wooldridge reported that Commissioner Pondok resigned.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nChair Limoges moved to accept the minutes of January 10, 2019 Regular Meeting as presented.\nM/S Vice Chair Alexander / Commissioner Robbins. All in favor with a 3 - 0 vote.\nMinutes accepted as presented.\nWRITTEN AND ORAL COMUNICATIONS\nWritten Communication: Public input for 7-C Alameda Point Campground Concept was\nsubmitted by Richard Bangert, Lydia Greer, Anne Williams and Irene Dieter. See Exhibit 1\nOral Communication: Speaker Denise Li: Asked why the City doesn't provide more lap swimming\nyear round at the Encinal Pool for increased community access. Answer: The Alameda\nRecreation and Park Department (ARPD) would like to have year round aquatic programs and\nhave requested increased use several times to the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD).\nAUSD response is no due to the security of having unknown adults on the Encinal High School\ncampus. Vice Chair Alexander requested the subject be put on the agenda next time and invite\nAUSD to come and answer questions.\nREPORTS FROM THE RECREATION AND PARK DIRECTOR\nAlameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) Director Amy Wooldridge gave report.\nSee Exhibit 2.\nREPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS\nChair Limoges: Attended the joint meeting with AUSD and the City in which the issue regarding\nthe Emma Hood Swim Center was talked about. Received invitation to attend the speed dating\nthat the League of Women Voters puts on at the Elks Club.\nVice Chair Alexander: Went to Longfellow Park to look at the tree that needs to be removed and\nsaid it is sad to see it taken down. Went to the AUSD meeting for the Emma Hood Swim Center.\nAlso met with Alameda Marina Group.\nCommissioner Robbins: Visiting Jean Sweeney Open Space Park on a weekly basis to exercise\nand enjoys the park.\n1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 2, "text": "NEW BUSINESS\nChair Limoges moved to hear item 7-C first. All Commissioners were in agreement.\n7-C\nDiscussion of Alameda Point Campground Concept\nARPD Director Amy Wooldridge gave the presentation which included information about the existing\ncondition, concept and options. The goal of the discussion was to get public input about having a public\n/ private partnership campsite which would be a public area.\nCommissioner Discussion\nChair Limoges: Has toured the area and said it's beautiful. Can see both sides of either\ndeveloping the area with a private partnership or leave it as a park space.\nCommissioner Robbins: Would like to do a walk through to see the full site and would like to see\nit become a campground\nVice Chair Alexander: She would like to also do a walk through to get a better understanding of\nthe space.\nSpeakers\nIrene Dieter, Alameda resident: Wants to reopen the campground but suggested partnering with\nEast Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), as they were interested in developing it at one time\nand that seems like a natural fit. Encouraged not to piecemeal but to have an overall master plan\nincluding naming it.\nRichard Bangert, Alameda resident: Interested in keeping the space as a park and proceed by\nhaving a Master Plan.\nJoe Stack, Owner of Stacked Adventures: It's a unique space that allows opportunities for people\nto enjoy nature and camping and would like to see it as a campground.\n7-A\nApprove the City of Alameda Transportation Program Plan for Seniors and\nPeople With Disabilities for Fiscal Year 2019/2020.\nVictoria Williams, Paratransit Coordinator, gave the report which included the budget, the planning\nprocess, recommended programs, scholarship programs, taxi services and the Alameda Loop Shuttle.\nCommissioner Discussion\nCommissioner Robbins: Thinks the shuttle is wonderful. Asked what is the reason for not sharing\nall the bus stops? Answer: There are some sites that AC transit does not stop at. What if the\nshuttle buses are not full, can anyone use it? Answer: Yes.\nChair Limoges: Bread and Roses is a nonprofit organization that coordinates small bands to play\ntheir music at various nursing homes and long term facilities, and it might be interesting to reach\nout to consider them for useage of the Leisure Bus for transportation. Clarified in the\nTransportation budget that the term management included the use of consultants. Encouraged\nto have a shuttle that goes to the Ferry.\nCommissioner Robbins made a Motion to approve the City of Alameda 2019/2020 Transportation\nProgram Plan as presented.\nM/S Commissioner Robbins / Vice Chair Alexander / All in favor with a 3 - 0 vote.\n2", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 3, "text": "7-B\nDiscussion of Park Hours of Operation.\nDirector Amy Wooldridge gave information on the drafted Park Rules and Regulation.\nCommissioner Discussion\nVice Chair Alexander: What are the parks where cars are being left overnight. Answer:\nWoodstock, Washington Parks and others. Confirmed there is a time limit for noise in the City.\nAsked if there is still a rule for no tackle football allowed on the field. Answer: No, not in the\nMunicipal Code.\nCommissioner Robbins: Are bags for dog waste not provided due to cost? Answer: Yes the dog\nbags are a significant cost, however; one idea that is being considered is to purchase containers\nwith signs asking people to put their extra plastic bags in it. Commissioner Robbins confirmed\nthat dogs need to be on leash in the parks. Suggested additional signage that clearly states how\npeople can reserve the tennis courts.\nCommissioners agreed on Park Hours from dawn to dusk and until 10:00pm for lighted athletic facilities\nfor the Resolution.\nITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA\nSET NEXT MEETING DATE: Thursday, March 14, 2019\nADJOURNMENT: Chair Limoges made a motion to adjourn the meeting.\nM/S Commissioner Robbins / Vice Chair Alexander / All in favor with a 3 - 0 vote.\nChair Limoges adjourned the meeting at 9:00 PM\n3", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 4, "text": "EXHIBIT 1\nAlameda Point Campground Discussion\nItem 7C Recreation and Park Commission meeting February 14, 2019\nDear Commissioners,\nIt is an encouraging sign that there is interest in an actual management plan for the\nold campground at Alameda Point. However, it is discouraging that this discussion\nis a continuation of a piecemeal, ad hoc planning process for the larger triangle park\nspace that this campground is a part of. The campground should be discussed as\npart of a master plan for triangle park.\nThe triangle park, including the campground, was designated in the 1996\nCommunity Reuse Plan as a region-serving park. Even though the anticipated\nleasing of this park area to the East Bay Regional Park District has not materialized,\nnumerous city documents since 1996 have envisioned a public park in this location.\nThe Community Reuse Plan called it Inner Harbor Park. For a number of years, the\nname \"Triangle Park\" was used. The most recent name is Enterprise Park.\nAll of the planning efforts presented to the public since 2006 have featured this area\nas a public park. Most recently, the 2014 Alameda Point Master Infrastructure Plan\nidentified this area as a public park. It even suggests a bulb extension of the park\nnorthward across West Hornet Avenue into the Enterprise District. Besides\nbecoming a local and regional recreational asset, a fully planned shoreline park in\nthis location would become an asset for the economic efforts in the adjacent\nEnterprise District. The city's own promotional materials suggest as much.\nI am opposed to privatizing the campground under any scenario. If the city wants to\nbring in a private operator to invest money for improvements to serve the public\nand also produce revenue for the parks department, offer the land where the old\nrecreation building is located. Seek out a caf\u00e9/restaurant operator to tear down the\nobsolete building and build an attractive year-round destination that would serve all\nvisitors to Alameda Point, as well as employees in the Enterprise District. I suggest\ntearing down the building because at least two businesses have looked at the old\nrecreational building for unknown commercial uses and determined that the costs\nof rehab would be too costly to make it viable. It's also an eyesore that should be\ndealt with before inviting the public to camp at the campground-50 feet away.\nI urge you to direct staff to return at the earliest possible date to begin a master\nplanning process that would lead to the creation of a new city park stretching from\nthe ferry maintenance facility to the Encinal Boat Ramp. The city should be hosting\ncommunity meetings on the master plan, not incrementally cobbling together park\n1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 5, "text": "uses. Below are some images that show the history of planning for this area, along\nwith some photos.\nThank you,\nRichard Bangert\nAlameda Point Environmental Report https://alamedapointenviro.com/\nOPEN SPACE PLANS FROM PRIOR PLANNING EFFORTS\n1996 COMMUNITY REUSE PLAN\n2003 GENERAL PLAN OPEN SPACE\nOPEN SPACE\nFerry Terminal\nNo\nI\nMitchell\netermined\nCivic\nWest\nCore\nNeighborhood\n5th\nTinker Avenue\nWN\nP\nCinic Core\nMain Str\nNeighbork\nAul\u00e1ntic Ave\nMarina District\nMarina\nN\nDistrict\nInner\nHarbor\nInner\nHarbor\nEncinal\nFerry Terininal\nHigh School\n2006 PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT\nCONCEPT\n2010 MEASURE B OPEN SPACE PLAN\n2010 Community Planning Workbook: Going Forward\n2", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 6, "text": "REDLINE AVE\nMAIN STREET\nNEIGHBORHOOD\nParade\nGrourd\nMIDWAY AVE\nADAPTIVE REUSE\nTOWERTAVE\nTOWN CENTER e\nWATERFRONT\nAPPEZZATO\nATLANTIC\nAVE\nPARKWAT\nAdaptive\nReuse Park\nPACIFIC\nAVE\nSEAPLANE LAGOON\nENTERPRISE\nMARAD fleet\nEnterprise\nproposed\nPark\nWETA facility\nAdaptive Reuse and Enterprise Sub-Area Close-up\n3", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 7, "text": "Northwest Territories\nOAKLAND INNER HARBOR\nCOMPLEX\nBAY TRAL ON VA PROPERTY IS\nSUBJECT TO COORDINATION\nWITH USFWS\nSAN FRANCISCO BAY\nSEAPLANE LAGOON\nMarch 2014\nLEGEND\nLANDSCAPE STRIP\nBAY TRAIL & CLASS I FACILITIES\nPOTENTIAL ALIGNMENT SUBJECT\nTO COORDINATION WITH MARAD\nPUBLIC SPACES\nILLUSTRATIVE OPEN SPACE (DESIGN SUBJECT TO CHANGE)\nPARK\nDEVELOPMENT AREAS (NEW CONSTRUCTION)\nEnterprise Park\nALAMEDA POINT\nMASTER INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN\nFIGURE 31\nCITY OF ALAMEDA ALAMEDA.COUNTY CALIFORNIA\nDATE MARCH 2014\nILLUSTRATIVE OPEN SPACE\nCarleon, Barbes, & Gibeon, Inc.\nCASE ALT FIGURESVE 31 PROPOSED OPEN SPACE DANG\n4", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 8, "text": "Pichard Banger\nMowarch butte tles in campground january 2018\n5", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 9, "text": "Beso\n6", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 10, "text": "From:\nLydia Greer\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge; ARPD\nSubject:\nEnterprise Park- Encinal Boat Ramp\nDate:\nMonday, February 11, 2019 3:56:01 PM\nDear Commissioners of the City of Alameda and to whom it may concern at Parks and\nRecreation,\nI am writing concerning the potential private/public campground project near the Encinal Boat\nRamp. Privatizing and developing this area piecemeal is a bad way to begin the long overdue\npark planning along this shoreline. The old campground is near the Encinal Boat Ramp and\nBreakwater Beach and is part of a larger park area that the Navy built. From the beginning of the\nbase reuse planning process in the mid-1990s, this triangle park area, from the ferry maintenance\nfacility to the boat ramp, has been envisioned as one complete park. Even though this area is\nreferred to as Enterprise Park in various city documents, it is not an official park. As a citizen of\nAlameda and a homeowner a few blocks away in the neighborhood who utilizes this space every\nday (I can quickly walk here, and many more will also do this when the Plan A housing is finished)\nand sees many others from the neighborhood and region spend time in this special space, I would\nlike to request that you please start a full planning process for the entire park. I also want to let\nyou know that space is already used by the neighborhood as a park, it is a vital and rare\ngreen space with unique vistas. There is no other space in the neighborhood of the Point (and\nthere ARE people who live and work near or in the Point) that has trees, mature plantings, and\nviews of the bay. Privatizing in any way or restricting the use of another parcel of land directly on\nthe Bay from the public is not justified. Why can this space not remain what it is with some simple\nupgrades? It is a peaceful and unique green space in a sea of concrete. I have a better idea, keep\nthe mature trees and plantings, improve the native habitat, build a better and more accessible\npath, put in a few picnic tables, and benches for people to enjoy the space as is. Go take a stroll\nat sunset with your colleagues and you will understand. Can I take you all for a tour? l'd love to\nshow you why it is special. Brown Pelicans, Seals, Hummingbirds, Shore Birds, songbirds,\nbutterflies and lizards are just some of the animals that you can see in this area. Don't take this\nlittle bit of nature and habitat away from the animals who use it, the people who spend time there\nand the people who could enjoy it in the future. Some ideas: you could create picnic areas and\nrent out/permit some of the space for larger picnics and celebrations as they do at Crab Cove and\nCrown Beach. You could create an open play field next door and expand the park by knocking\ndown the rec center. The \"campground\" can be a beautiful shady nature trail and picnic area. How\ncan I help? I would personally volunteer to help create this public green space for the city. Instead\nof a private campground, can you imagine creating a unique green park that is a gift to the\nneighborhood and a crowning jewel for the City of Alameda, Parks, and Recs and provides\nregional public access to the Bay Front? A campground is a strange thing to have so near to\nhousing and an urban environment. As I said, I can walk here quickly from where I live. A park is\nactually what the citizens of Alameda need. I am about to go walk there now. It is already a\nbeautiful, peaceful park on the bay even if not officially. You would only have to improve the path\nand add some benches and picnic tables. Let's make this space an official park. We do not need\nor want a campground in our park or in our neighborhood. Please keep me posted on this and if\nthere is anything I can do to assist.\nYour neighbor,\nLydia Greer", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 11, "text": "Lydia Greer\n1816 Main St.\nAlameda, CA 94501\n510-978-6215\nlydiakgreer@gmail.con\nwww.lydiagreer.com", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 12, "text": "From:\nAnne Williams\nTo:\nAmy Wooldridge\nSubject:\nComments about the old campground at Alameda Point\nDate:\nMonday, February 11, 2019 4:57:37 PM\nGreetings,\nIt has come to my attention that the future of this particular spot will be discussed this\nThursday.\nI would like to provide the following comments:\nThis is a very special area, a hidden gem of sorts and it would be very detrimental to see it\nbeing urbanized.\nInstead it would be an ideal spot for conservation and restoration efforts.\nIt is a prime spot for Monarchs that are in dire need of our help, they love the pines there, all it\nneeds is the addition of food/hosts plants. This could be achieved quite easily by planting\nspecific plants and flowers. Native Milkweeds come to mind. Other endangered pollinators,\nlike bees, would benefit from this as well, which in turn would benefit the whole community\n(we grow a lot of food in Alameda some of which is being donated to our food bank).\nWhat a great community effort this would be, just like what has been done for our beloved\nseals.\nIt would show that while Alameda does evolve, it is not forgetting what matters. Alameda\ncould lead the way in terms of initiatives taken to protect and sustain our wildlife. This in turn\nbeing a big plus for everyone's quality of life.\nA campground at that spot would put the seals and other wildlife at risk and would only bring\nunnecessary disruptions of all kinds.\nThank you.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 13, "text": "Hearing Date: February 14\nAgenda Item: 7-C - Alameda Point Campground Concept\nDear Recreation and Park Commission,\nI am very excited about the city agendizing the campground near Breakwater Beach. The\ncampground, however, is only one section of the park. I suggest we start with creating a\nmaster plan for the entire 26 acres of open space.\nCommunity meetings should be held to create an overall vision for the park-much like how\nJean Sweeney Park was handled. While the area currently hosts temporary soccer fields, the\ncity will need to decide if soccer should remain in long-term vision or if they should be located\nat the proposed sports complex. The city will also need to decide the park boundaries, as there\nhave been different proposals in various planning documents, and whether there should be\nconcessions. We will need to officially name the park too.\nIt would be a shame to enter into a private/public partnership in which profits dictate the\noutcome before exhausting the public options. I wrote about the campground and produced\na\nvideo in 2011: tps://ionalameda.com/2011/05/05/camping-in-alameda/\nI look forward to participating in the community visioning process and, hopefully, reopening the\ncampground.\nSincerely,\nIrene Dieter", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 14, "text": "EXHIBIT 2\nARPD Director's Report - Presented by ARPD Director Amy Wooldridge\n02/14/19\nMastick Senior Center\nArtwork created in Mastick classes was installed today with the reception/opening scheduled\nfor Thursday, February 21, at 10:30 a.m. in the Lobby.\nLaunched a two-day trip to Mendocino (May 14 -16) with 24 registered to date.\nGearing up to paint a large portion of the Lobby-wing (May - June) and exploring flooring\nreplacement options for the Game Room.\nAt present, membership totals exceed last year's totals (July - January).\nThe $25,000 annual grant received by the Alameda County Area Agency on Aging will\nincrease by $4,272 and schedule to be approved by the Alameda County Board of\nSupervisors in March.\nBingo attendance is averaging 95 per week (up from 75 - 80).\nMastick Senior Center Advisory Board Directors are visiting classrooms and educating\nmembers about the MSCAB and its function. The response has been positive with more\nmembers applying to serve on the MSCAB or one of the nine active committees.\nThe Board's November appeal generated $16,000 for Mastick programs and facility\nimprovements.\nLeisure Club participants had a great outing last Friday night at the \"Night to Shine\" Prom\nsponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundations held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.\nParks Maintenance\nThe Littlejohn Park new playground is now open. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be soon.\nSignificant work to address leak at Lincoln Park under basketball court. 80 year old pipes.\nSurfacing repairs next week.\nMonitoring trees and drains during these storms\nRecreation Services\nOut of this World Dance Party in collaboration with Girls Inc. had 177 couples in attendance\nlast Friday night at O' Club\nPresident's Week camp is sold-out\nFranklin Park over the next week will have replaced all new counter tops and cabinetry\nwithin the center\nGetting ready for summer hiring season. Looking for some new site coordinators\nProjects\nKrusi Park Recreation Center\nIn final plan check review and going out to bid within next couple weeks for the site\nwork.\nPublic Pathways on Fernside and Eastshore\nAttorneys completed the title reports and review.\nNext step is City Council closed session on March 19 then to the Recreation and\nParks Commission", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2019-02-14", "page": 15, "text": "Emma Hood Swim Center\nThe Alameda County Environmental Health Department has informed the school\ndistrict (which manages the pools) that it will close the Emma Hood Swim Center\nin May after their swim season due to long-standing public safety and code\nconcerns with the facility.\nThe AUSD/City subcommittee met on 2/13/19 and both the Board and Council\nare prioritizing discussion of this issue to appoint a working subcommittee and\ndetermine short and long-term solutions.\nThis will be discussed at the 3/5/19 City Council meeting.\nCross Alameda Trail along Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway\nConstruction has begun. This is a public works project and includes protected\nbicycle lanes along Atlantic Ave. between Constitution and Webster St. to\nconnect with Sweeney Park.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf"}