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Saratoga Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting
Administrative Offices, City Hall
13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga
Tuesday, September 8, 1998
7:30pm
I. Organization
A) Roll Call: Clabeaux, Crotty, Friedrich, Ioannou, Olsen, Swan, Whitney
B) Report on Posting of the Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2 the agenda was properly posted
on September 2, 1998
C) Approval of August 3, 1998 Minutes
II. Administration
A) Commissioner Crotty status - possible extension
B) CPRS Conference
C) Park Development Fund - Financial Report
III. Oral & Written Communication
This section is for the Public to speak on any item Not on the agenda
IV. Old Business
A) Park Development Fund - Project Update
1) Playfield Improvements - Task Force Update
2) Trail Grant Program
V. New Business ..
A) Trail Easement Request for Peck Property - Planning Dept. request
B) Beals Landscape Architecture - Request for change in scope of service
C) Joint Meeting with Council - recommend agenda items to discuss
VI. Commissioner & Staff Reports
A) Commissioner Reports
B) City Hall Update - Irene Jacobs
C) Recreation Department Status Report - Joan Pisani
VII. Adjournment
Saratoga Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting
Administrative Offices, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga
August 3, 1998
7:30 p.m.
Action Minutes
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Commissioners Present:, Crotty, Clabeaux, Friedrich, Ioannou, Olsen, Swan,
Whitney
Commissioners Absent: None
Others Present: Sam Kendall, Mark Weiner, Maxine Cohn, Sydney Cohn,
Tannaz Altafi, Sarah Adolphson, Ron Adolphson, Reiko Iwanaga, Kathy Weiner,
Joan Pisani, Irene Jacobs
III. Report on Posting of the Minutes: Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2 the
agenda was properly posted on July 29, 1998.
IV. Approval of Minutes of July 13.1998 Meeting_
Commissioner Swan made a motion to approve the minutes of July 13, 1998.
Commissioner Olsen seconded the motion and the motion carried. (6/0)
V. Oral & Written Communication: None
VI. Old Business:
A)Warner Hutton House Improvements: At last months commission meeting,
Youth Commissioners attended to request that the Park Development Funds be
used to make the improvements to the Warner Hutton House planned by the
Friends of the Warner Hutton House. Joan Pisani explained that the project
would cost somewhere between $70,000 to $100,000 to renovate the attic that the
Youth Commission and the Friends of the Warner Hutton House hope to see
converted in to a study area for youth from the community. The original intent of
the Friends of the Warner Hutton House was to seek funding for this project via
grant monies. The Friends have been unsuccessful in attaining these funds and
requested that the project be funded by the Park Development Fund.
The Commission decided at last month's meeting not to fund the new project
because only $5,000 had originally been funded for Warner Hutton House
renovations and it was the feeling of the Commission that any additional funding
would have to wait for consideration just as had been asked of the High School
pool project and the Skateboard park request. The Commission was asked to
revisit the request at this month's meeting by the Friends of the Warner Hutton
House.
Members of both the Board of the Friends of the Warner Hutton House the Youth
Commission were present to discuss the agenda item. Members of the Friends
board passionately shared their request stating that they had been unable to secure
funds as was the original intention because grant monies were difficult to come by
when you are dealing with a City owned facility. The Commission recognized the
value of the project yet, they explained to the board the precedence that had
already been set when the Commission declined both the request from Saratoga
High School for assistance with the aquatics center and the request to fund a
skateboard park. Both requesting parties were told that the Commission first
needed to complete some of the items on the priority list established by the
Commission and approved by the City Council before they would then entertain
assisting or undertaking any additional projects.
At the end of the discussion Commissioners Friedrich made a motion to
recommend to the Friends of the Warner Hutton House that they go to bid on the
project so that they will be able to provide more reliable estimated costs for the
project and then return to the Commission at a later date after the Commission
had had a chance to move further along with the prioritized projects and thus had
a better idea of how much money remained for distribution to new projects. The
Commission wanted to make it clear that there was no commitment being made
to the project, simply a commitment to reconsidering the project once there was
more information that could be shared with the Commission. Commissioner
Olsen seconded the motion and the motion carried. (511)
B) Playfield Task Force Update:
Commissioner Olsen updated the Commission to the status of the Playfield
Improvement Project. Their was consensus from the Commissioners who
attended the meeting that the project was moving forward and that the Task Force
was working together to make positive things happen.
C) Trail Grant Program:
At last month's Commission meeting the Commissioners discussed the criteria
that should be considered in evaluating trail proposals in addition to the
information that should be included in the proposal. Staff was asked to draft a
brochure that included all this information that could then be reviewed for
changes before a final approval was made.
The Trails Grant Program is being established to address the need for trail
improvements at a time when there are insufficient funds available to maintain
existing trails and create new trails. The Commission felt that by formalizing this
process, it would encourage more residents to volunteer their time to make
improvements to the trails that they most use.
Comments were shared with staff regarding the draft trail brochure that had been
distributed for their review., Staff will make adjustments and provide the
Commission with a final version at their next meeting.
VII. New Business:
A) Projects - Priorities for staff Irene Jacobs, staff liaison to the Parks and
Recreation Commission, requested that the Commission give her some direction
in prioritizing her limited time so that she could "work smart" to accomplish as
many of the priorities established for the use of the Park Development Fund.
Staff recommended and the Commission agreed that she should continue to focus
on the playfield project, the restrooms at Wildwood Park and installing the new
play equipment at Kevin Moran and Gardiner Parks.
B) Election of a New Commission Chair:
Kay Whitney made a motion to elect Barbara Olsen as the new Chair of the Parks
and Recreation Commission. Commissioner Swan seconded the motion and the
motion carried. (6/0)
Marianne Swan made a motion to elect Frank Friedrich as the new Co -Chair of
the Parks and Recreation Commission. Commissioner Crotty seconded the
motion and the motion carried. (6/0)
VIII. Reports:
Commissioner Reports:
Commissioner Crotty reminded the Commission that her term on the Commission
is scheduled to end in October and she asked Commissioners to consider whom
they would want to appoint to oversee the Adopt a Creek Program that she is
currently overseeing.
City Hall Update: None
Recreation Department Status Report: None
Park Maintenance Division Update: None
IX. Adjournment
Commissioner Whitney made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Commissioner
Friedrich seconded the motion. The motion carried and the meeting was
adjourned at 10:20 p.m. (6/0)
Prepared By:
I ne M. Jacobs
City Staff Repre ntative
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Irene Jacobs
Administrative Analyst II
City of Saratoga
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Dear Irene,
I feel very positive about our Task Force Meeting on Wednesday, August 19, 1998. 1 believe we
accomplished our goal in establishing the criteria for accountability, prioritization of the sites,
level of development for each site, and direction for development of maintenance criteria with
other stakeholders. However, as we discussed during and following the meeting, this project has
taken a small turn of events. To enable completion of the original scope of work, the Task Force
believes that the best way to present City Council with a proposal /report is to prepare a report
that includes schematic designs, costs estimates for those schematic designs.
Our contract does call for us to prepare conceptual site improvements programs to a costable
level. This was completed with the data and base plans at 1" = 200 feet. This scale is not
appropriate for developing costs to the level that can be taken forward to city council. This has
been a topic of discussion throughout the entire project and it was agreed by all parties that until
such time as we did receive consensus on prioritization of projects, and decide which projects,
would go forward for the capital improvements, it would be inappropriate to get larger scale plans
to develop schematic plans and costing. It was also unknown at the beginning of this project
whether or not that would be required, it is apparent after the meeting on August 19th that this
step will be necessary to provide adequate information and send it forward to the Parks and
Recreation Commission and City Council. The Commission and Council representatives at the
last Task Force meeting agreed with this modified approach, Therefore, responding to the
request by attaching a proposal for additional services to bring this project to the level that is
currently desired.
It should also be noted that with this proposal there is also the need to modify the schedule. In
accordance with our original contract we were supposed to move directly from the last task force
meeting into preparation of maintenance agreements on a site -by -site basis. It is now apparent
that there is potential that the user groups may shift in site locations through and as a result of
developing of additional sites and fields. As is happens, these sites and fields are all on school
district property. Until such time as a plan is completed it would be difficult, if not impossible, to
meet with the school districts to discuss partnership agreements relating to land, availability and
lease, participation in construction, and maintenance requirements and participation. Therefore,
we will need to adjust the schedule, along with the scope of work to permit this to come out at an
appropriate ending.
The other element that will effect the timeline of this project is approval of our additional services
and fees. We need to submit to you the changes contained in the attached scope, fee and
timeline modification which need to agendized for to City Council approval, resulting in an
amendment to our contract. We can then proceed with the additional work. Because of the
timing at the end of summer including vacations and our workload, it was not possible for this
information to be taken forward until the first week in September- Therefore, we will not assume
that any approval from City Council would come prior to the third week in September. This is the
tentative scheduled date for the next task force meeting. I understand that the City would like to
get these issues resotved before November. However, it will take us some time, at least one
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month, to prepare the schematics following receipt of upscale aerials and review those with the
City in general and begin negotiations with the various school districts.
I believe that the attached documentation clearly describes the scope of work that we have been
requested to add to our contract as well as the time and fees associated with that work. Please
let me know, upon your return from vacation, if you have any questions or need clarification in
regards to these matters, or if you would like us to be present when it is preserited to the City
Council for approval.
Respectfully Submitted,
William J. Is, Ill
Principal
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CITY OF SARATOGA
PARK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
ADDITIONAL SERVICES RESPONSE
AUGUST 28, 1998
SCOPE OF SERVICES MODIFICATIONS
Beals Landscape Architecture has been requested to provide services outside their current scope
of work to enable a positive conclusion for the park development project planning process.
These additional services have been requested because of a change in the process through
development of improvements primarily located school district property, with the one exception
with the Blue Hill Hills/Azule property, where it would be a joint venture project.
Currently, there are no site plans at any enlarged scale available for the consultant to use in
preparation of site plans and budget estimates. These are both required prior to approaching the
school districts with participation agreements. Therefore, the scope of work will include the
addition of enlarged aerials from stock/library photos from Air Flight Service for the sites that are
going to required study. These include all ten sites with the exception of Saratoga Elementary
and Redwood Middle Schools, and 8 Quito Parts. At these three sites, the modifications are
minimal so they do not require additional drawings beyond the 200 scale sketches and
descriptions which are currently in our contract.
Because of the modifications noted above, we propose the schedule change in organization from
that previously proposed in the original agreement. We believe that the last phase of the
contract, shown as roman number VI, entitled "Contract Development and Ratification ", should
occur following preparation of schematic plans and cost estimates with the exception of the
presentation to commission and City council. Further, we believe this should occur during the
period between the Task Force meeting #3 and the final Task Force meeting #4. Not only are
the plans and costs required for Task Force approval to go forward to commission and council
but so are the tentative agreements that need to come out of this relating to partnerships
responsibilities and accountabilities. Therefore, we are suggesting, in the attached schedule,
that this phasing be modified to go from Task Force meeting #3 to a new work item for obtaining
aerial photographs, preparation of schematic plans and associated budget analysis to the
contract development stage, followed by the agreement on accountability with Task Force
meeting #4 and ending with the presentations to the Parks and Recreation Commission and City
council.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
1. One Meeting with the Staff liaison to determine project requests for additional services.
2. Re- scoping of project including services, timeline/schedule, change and site plan
requirements.
3. Co- ordination with Air Flight Service to obtain pricing and aerial photographs.
1. The scale of 1" - 100' -0" for the following sites.
• Marshall Lane Elementary
Foothill Elementary
• Congress Springs Park
• Argonaut Elementary
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• MacAuliff Elementary
2. We have in possession uprated aerials of Blue Hitls(Azule & Kevin Moran at 1" _
50' -0"
3. No aerials or further design plans will be required for El Quito Park, Redwood
Middle or Saratoga Elementary Schools. Reports and costing will be handled in
text form only.
4. Preparation of schematic plans for the following sites based on Task Fore direction at the
8/19/98 meeting.
Submittal of additional services request to City
• Blue Hills School/Azule Park
1" = 50' -0"
Marshall Lane Elementary
1" = 100' -0"
• Foothill Elementary
I"= 100' -0"
Congress Springs
1" = 100' -0"
• Argonaut Elementary
1" = 100' -0"
MacAuliff
1" = 100' -0"
• Kevin Moran Park
I"= 50' -0"
5. Preparation of detailed budget analysis for each site noted:
Area of land.
• Development costs.
Fee/permit costs.
Anticipated maintenance costs.
6. Project Management
Additional Compensation: We propose a fee of $17,942.50 to accomplish the additional
scope items listed above. A detailed matrix of these costs are noted on the attached Exhibit
A.
7. Project Schedule: We propose the attached modification tot he current organization of work
items and schedule. Please note that the items in bold italics are additional scope items.
The others are currently contained in our scope.
1.
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Submittal of additional services request to City
2.
TBD
Submittal of additional services to City Council for action
3.
TBD
City Council Approval
4.
Week 1
Amendment to BLAi contract
5.
Week 1
BLAi begins additional services
6.
Week 1
Coordination & Ordering of Aerials
7.
Weeks 2 -3
Preparation of Schematic Plans
8.
Week 4
Preparation of Budget Analysis
9. Weeks 5-6 Contract Development: (Meeting dates TBD)
Consultants will meet independently with all parties to review
the specific site requirements and responsibilities included in
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the final document(s).
A. Meeting with Staff and City Council Representative (2 total)
B. Meetings with user groups (6 total)
C. Meetings with the School Districts (3 total)
10. Weeks 7 -8 Agreement on Accountability
The final job of the Task Force is to reach agreement on who
will be held accountable for what items. The agreement will be
based on a clear understanding of each stakeholdeft role and
responsibility. This will include improvements and maintenance
responsibilities with an understanding of real costs and cost
burdens and methods of measurement.
A, Consultant will develop a matrix on a site -by -site basis
of the users, site impact, suggested improvements and
maintenance cost parameters.
1. Complete preparation for the PPC meeting.
2. Review of provided material
3. Design of meeting and establish CPR
4. Establish agenda
S. Prepare required materials
B. Facilitate PPC meeting #4
1. Prepare for the Task Force meeting.
2. Review of provided material
3. Design of meeting and establish CPR
4. Establish agenda
5. Prepare required materials
C. Facilitate Task Force meeting #4
1. Review maintenance general costs by level
2. Review roles, responsibilities of each group
3. Review general agreement and contract criteria
4. Review specific site -by -site agreement drafts
5. Obtain agreement of accountability for
agreements to send forward to City Attorney
and City Council
6. Celebrate the success of the work completed
11. Week 9 Contract Ratification
The last phase of the project is to work with the Staff and City
Attorney to develop a legal and binding document that is
concurrent with the draft documents and presentation to Parks
and Recreation Commission and City Council.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL SERVICES
BLAi will prepare a report containing a synopsis of the process at completion; milestones &
recommendations for implementation and impacts on current City and school maintenance
needs & costs. This would result in a final "shelf' document for use in implementation and could
be sued as an attachment to the W.R.J. study already in place.
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FEE ESTIMATE WORKSHEET
CLIENT: City of Saratoga
PROJECT: Saratoga Park Development
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Deacription
CTfD
$60.00
JC
$7000
PLA
$50.00
PIN
$10000
PIC
$150A0
Taal Fees
1
M vAlh Staff
1.00
$60.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
1,00
$150.00
$210.00
2
Pr ' t Rarging
1.00
$60.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
2.00
00.00
$360.00
3
Coordination vath AFS
2.00
$120.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$120.00
4
Schematic Plans
$0.00
Blue HUWAz*
16.00
$9W.00
24.00
$1,650.00
4.00
$x20.00
$0.00
4.00
$600.00
$3.580.00
Marshall Lane
8.00
$480.00
16.00
$1,120.00
2.00
$160.00
$0.00
3.00
$450.00
$2,210.00
Foothill
6.00
$380.00
12.00
$840.00
2.00
$160.00
$0.00
2.00
$300.00
$1,660.00
spinp
6.01)1
$380.00
8.00
$660.00
2.00
$160.00
$0.00
1.00
$150.00
$1.230.00
6.00
$360.00
6.00
$420.00
1.00
$80.00
$0.00
1.00
$150.00
$1,010.00
MacAuli f
6.00
$360.00
6.00
1
$420.00
1,00
$80.00
$0.00
1,00
$150.00
$1,010.00
Kevin Moan
6.00
$480.00
16.00
$1,120.00
2.00
$160.00
$0.00
3.00
$450.00
$2,210.00
5
MWaralion of Bud9d An
$0.00
Blue HilWAzule
6.001
$380.00
$0.00
2.00
$160.00
$0.00
0.25
$37.50
$667.50
Marshall Lane
4.00
$240.00
$0.00
1.00
$80.00
$0.00
0.25
$37.50
$357.50
Foo0r51
3.00
$180.00
$0.00
1.00
$80.00
30.00
0.251
$37.50
$297.50
222mspfinp
2.00
$120.00
$0.00
1.00
$80.00
$0.00
026
$3750
$237,50
kgww
2.00
$120.00
30.0
1.00
$80.00
$0.00
0.25
$37.50
$237.50
MacAulifl
2.00
$120.00
$0.00
1.00
$80.00
$0.00
025
$37.50
$237.50
Kevin Moran
4.0
$240.00
$0.00
2.00
$160.0
$0.00
026
$37.50
$437.50
6
Iftied Manapment
$0.001
$0.00
$0.00
12.00
$1,20000
$0.00
$1.200.00
Raft seal* Expenses
1
1
119.751
$800.00
TOTALS
83.00
$ 1,980.00
1 69.04
$6,16000
23.
$1,840.00
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$1,200.00
$2,98250
$17,942.50
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