HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1983/09/13 Item 8 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
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Meeting Date 4974.6741t.
ITEM TITLE: Ordinance a0 / Amending Section 2.66.270 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code, Relative to P rksIttiss. READING AND ADOPTION
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Parks andFeecre on (4/5ths Vote: Yes No x )
REVIEWED BY: City Manager J6
Section 2.66.270 of the Municipal Code establishes City park hours as
6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. It is desired to amend this section of the Code to
authorize opening Rohr Park at 7:00 a.m.
RECOMMENDATION: Council place the Ordinance on first reading.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: The Parks and Recreation Commission
concurs in changing the opening time of Rohr Park.
DISCUSSION:
Rohr Park is the only City park that presently is locked nightly. The
_,. Security Resident ensures visitors have all departed, then closes and locks
the three gates on Sweetwater Road. Each morning, the maintenance gardeners
unlock the gates at 7:00 a.m. , the start of their working day.
Since the posted hours indicate a 6:00 a.m. opening, often picnickers will
arrive at that time in order to claim certain park areas (tables, gazebos,
etc.) Similarly, early morning joggers will seek entry to the parking lot
between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m.
The delay in opening the park gates creates ill feelings and on occasion
generates formal complaints. It is believed the problem can be alleviated by
changing the opening time to 7:00 a.m. This would eliminate the need for
picnickers to arrive at such an early hour to stake out desired park areas,
since the park is still dark at 6:00 a.m. in the winter months and, at that
hour, lawns are still wet from irrigation. Finally, the later opening time
would coincide with the arrival of the gardeners.
Those joggers running before 7:00 a.m. can park in the parking lot at Jimmy's
on the Green. As a matter of interest, adjacent Sweetwater Park does not open
until 9:30 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
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September 21 , 1983
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You will find enclosed two corrected certified copies of
Ordinance No. 2048. The date of the Second reading was
typed incorrectly. (in yellow)
Sorry for any convenience this may have caused you.
JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC
City Clerk
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