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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1979/09/27 Item 03 CITY OF CHULA VISTA COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 3 - For meeting of 9-27-79 ITEM TITLE Resolution f'1 Y! Approving Park Security Resident Program in Concept; and Appropriating Funds for Installation of a Test Site SUBMITTED BY Director of Parks and Recreation ~ ITEM EXPLANAT ION (4/5TH'S VOTE REQUIRED YES-ll NO___) On December 13, 1977, a staff report was made to the City Council concerning vandalism in Ci ty parks. There were six major elements in the report. One element concerning the use of security residents at various park sites was held in abeyance by the Council until a later date. In essence, the Security Resident Program requires the City to provide the prospective security resident with a site within the park for locating his mobile home and construct a slab and driveway and fencing of the unit once it is placed in a park. The City would, in addition, provide all utilities. In turn, the security resident would provide for his own telephone, public liability insurance, maintenance of the mobile home site and provide constant surveillance of the park area. It would not be intended that the security resi- dent would take any direct police action, but would notify the police, fire or other adminis- trative agencies as the situation dictated. An agreement would provide that the security resident must notify the City if he intended to be away from the area for more than 24 hours and, if he intended to be away for an extended period of time, would be required to provide a substitute security resident during his absence. Mr. Tucker, Business ~1anager for the Sweetwater Union High School District, reports the District's Security Resident Porgram has been an unqualified success. The District began its program in 1972, and now has security residents at 14 of its 17 junior and senior high school campuses. Mr. Tucker says the quality of security residents is excellent and that there is a plentiful supply of applicants. To date, the District has had to terminate only one resident. ~fuilly of the residents are active or retired school district employees. Mr. Tucker estimates an initial cost for pad, fence and utility installation at between $5,000 and $6,000 per site. Due to the location of utilities, plus using City forces for much of the installation labor, City staff estimates a test site in Greg Rogers Park can AK:mw EXHIBITS Agreement____ Resolution~ Ordinance___ Plat____ Notification (Security resident letter. ~~lication. agreement) Other X (3) ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT: Attached Submitted on (Continued on supplemental page no. 2) List____ FINANCIAL IMPACT $3,000 is available in the unappropriated balance of the General Fund. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Approve resolution. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL ACTION - --~...._-~...-- . ,~" ,',., "~I\ of b\,' th2 l,,!"t~.' ,....-,.., 'wi . ':'1" ,i ~ \'\' St~ t,<,: i;;Yil i () v. uic..:. ~..;,..... -1 <6\ q , ,u__;L 7- 7' 9 Dated _L--- / Itan No. 3 Supplanental Page No. 2 For meeting of: 9-27-79 be installed for $3,000. The following parks are ideal locations for security residents: Greg Rogers Park Rohr Park General Roca Park lDma Verde Park Staff is recommending that the City COuncil make a special appropriation of $3,000 from the unappropriated balance of the General FUnd for the installation of a test site in Greg Rogers Park. FUnds for the other three sites would then be c.D'}\s..du~C in the fiscal year 1980-81 Capital ImprovEment budget if the test site proved to be effective. Attached are copies of: A letter to prospective security residents A security resident application An agreEment for security residents '1<?\ l\ ; ,"- .. -'Y" -Yo' PAHKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT P. O. Box 1087 Chula Vista, California 92012 City Ob CtluQa CVigta CALIFORNIA Thank you for your inquiry about the Security Resident Program. It is an experiment by the City of Chula Vista Parks and Recreation Department to control vandalism at Greg Rogers Park. If it proves successful at this location, there would be the pos- sibility of expanding the program to other park locations at a later date. Basically, this program would enable a responsible person to install and occupy a mobile home on the park site in return for maintaining surveillance over park grounds and to report illegal or suspicious activities. The resident will not be required to arrest, detain, or enforce the rules of the park. The Security Resident's responsi- bilities will be limited to providing watchful care over park grounds and notifying the appropriate police, fire, or City department as necessary. The site for the Resident's mobile home will be constructed so as to insure as much privacy as possible, yet at the same time provide adequate security for the park. The City will furnish the Resident with a patio slab for a mobile home, utilities, and any parking area or fencing that may be required. The Security Resident, besides supplying his own mobile home, will be required to provide for telephone servic~, public liability insurance, and maintenance of the mobile home site. - If you are interested in being considered for the Security Resident Program, please complete and return the attached Security Resident application along with a simple outline drawing of your mobile home showing the dimensions and location of the utility connections. This information, along with the application, and an oral interview, will be used in the selection process for filling this and any subsequent vacancies. Should you have any additional questions about the program or the application form, please feel free to call the Parks and Recreation Department Administrative Office, 575-5071. q 1~ \ CITY OF CHULA VISTA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 1087, Chula Vista, CA 92012 Telephone: 575-5071 S E CUR I T Y RES IDE N TAP P L I CAT ION Date: Name in Full: Last Name First Name Middle Initial Present Address: Telephone No.: Age: Over 18, under 65. Yes No Social Security No: Marital Status: Single Married ___ Widow (er) ___ Separated Divorced Retired: Yes No Employed By: Position Employer's Address: Telephone No~: Spouse's First Name: Age: Social Security No~: If married, is spouse now employed? Position: ~Employer's Address (Spouse): Telephone No~: State number and ages of children living with you, if any: Make of Mobile Horne: Serial No.: License No.: S ta te: Year: Registered OWner: Address: Legal Owner: Address: Make of Car (s) : License No. Year State License No., Year State q 1~r (over) If selected as a Security Resident, do you have a preference as to park site location? Please indicate order of prefer8n~e if any: 1. 2. 3. State number and kind of family pets: Do you feel your normal family living habits would make you available for security resident service during: (l} Evening hours? (2) Weekends? (3} Summer months? Do you or other family members normally take extended vacations (two weeks or more) during the year? Explain briefly: When would you be available to begin service as a Security Resident? Have you ever been convicted of anything other than a minor traffic violation? Yes No If yes, explain in writing the date{s}, and the circumstance: of the chargeS:-AttachC~n additional sheet.-i-:f--needecr:- PERSONAL REFERENCES OTHER THAN FAMILY MEMBERS: Telephone No. Name Address 1. 2. 3. Date Applicant's Signature Each applicant should attach to this form an outline drawing (floor plan) of the mobile home showing dimensions of mobile home, patio area, if any, and hookup location for all utilities on the mobile home. Any additional infor- mation which you feel would be of benefit in the selection process may also be attached to this form. Please return completed application to: City of Chula Vista Parks and Recreation Department P.O. Box 1087 Chula Vista, CA 92012 '. ( ( AGREEHENT TO PROVIDE A MOBILE HOME SPACE IN A CITY PARK FOR SECURITY PURPOSES THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of , 19 , by and between THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "City", and hereinafter referred to as "Resident"; WIT N E SSE T H : - -- WHEREAS, each year the City is required to expend large sums of money to replace or repair park property which is damaged or destroyed by vandalism, and WHEREAS, City desires to utilize a person or persons at various park sites in a resident caretaker capacity in an effort to reduce incidents of vandalism and theft and is willing to make available a mobile home space at various park sites as reciprocal payment for such services, and WHEREAS, City desires to provide on park property a mobile home site including all necessary appurtenances and fixtures and to pay the cost of utilities and necessary services for the purpose of enabling a responsible person or persons, to install and occupy a mobile home on such site in return for maintaining surveillance pver the park grounds and to report to appropriate police and fire protection agencies and/or City authorities illegal or suspicious activities that are observed. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this agreement, in consideration of their mutual promises, agree as follows: 1. Mobile Home Space Location and Moving Costs Resident agrees to place his mobile home on the Park site on such - space as provided by City. Residentfurtner agrees that total cost of moving home onto the park site is to be paid by Resident. 2. Installation, Maintenance and Payment for Utility Services City agrees to install, maintain and furnish utility connections and service for water, sewer, gas and electricity to the mobile home space. '- -1- ( 3. Installation, Maintenance and Payment for Telephone Service Resident agrees to arrange for the installation of telephone service to the mobile home space and to pay directly to telephone company for such installation and monthly telephone charges. 4. Installation and Maintenance of Other Appurtenances City agrees to provide for an appropriate patio deck(s) and to install gravel, blacktop, or cement automobile parking areas and driveways and construct a-chain link fence surrounding the mobile home space as City and Resident mutually agree. City agrees to provide for periodic Daintenance of such installations. 5. Maintenance of nobile Home Space Resident agrees to maintain the mobile home site and all property situated thereon in a safe, clean and orderly manner. Planting of lawns, shrubs and trees and upkeep of such plantings will be the responsibility of the Resident after app~oval from the City as to the type of materials and plantings to be used for landscaping purposes. 6. }lobile Home and Property Insurance Resident agrees to take out and maintain adequate public liability and property insurance and to provide coverage for the mobile home and other personal property and will furnish City with a certificate of said insurance. 7. Reciprocal Service Responsibilities of Resident Resident agrees to maintain a '\vatchful ca-re over the park property and buildings and contact the appropriate police and fire protection agency and/or City authority(s) when the need arises. Under the provisions of this agreement, it is not intended that Resident patrol the park grounds or attempt in any way to apprehend' any suspect of vandalism or theft. q1<i( -2- , ": t ( ( Under the provisions of this agreement, it is intended that persons or families serving as Residents carry on their normal living activities. It is not intended that such persons necessarily be available on a 24 hour a day basis. Resident, however, is required to notify the Director of Parks and Recreation when he plans to be away from the site for an extended period of time in excess of 24 hours and on such occasions is expected to arrange for some other person to occupy the mobile home during this period of time. Under the provisions of this agreement, the Resident is under the direct supervision of the Director of Parks and Recreation for all care- taking purposes. 8. Indemnity Resident hereby waives all rights, claims, or causes of action he may have now or in.the future arising from City activities or from acts of City employees performing various City functions except liability or damages arising from the gross negligence or will- ful act of City, its agents, employees, or independent contractors. ~ 9. Assignment of Agreement Resident agrees not to assign, lease, or sublease the mobile home site or any rights or obligations of this agreement without written consent of City. 10. Term of Agreement This agreement shall continue in effect from the date hereinabove written until such time as this agreement is terminated by Resident or City. Either party may terminate this agreement with thirty (30) days written notice to the second party. - Resident agrees that at the termination of this agreement the mobile home will be removed from City property at the Resident's expense within thirty (30) days from the written notice of termination. 1111 ( -3- . . ( ( , " 11. Entire Agreement This agreement embodies the entire agreement between the parties. Both parties represent that in entering into this agreement they do not rely upon any previous representation, whether expressed, oral, or implied, or any inducement or agreement of any kind or nature. IN WITNESS IvHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written. THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA RESIDENT Mayor of the City of Chula vista ATTEST City Clerk Approved as to Form by City Attorney -4- Purpose Park Security Resident Program Bidder N/A 100 1520 5369 4/4~,~ Director of Finance The City of Chula Vista Date 9/27/79 By q1~\ Form No. F-229 12/73 , . CERTIFICATE OF CITY/DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Certification of Unappropriated Balance I HEREBY CERTIFY that the money required for the appropriation of funds for the purpose set forth in the attached resolution is available in the Treasury, or is anticipated to come into the Treasury, and is otherwise unappropriated. Amount $3.000.00 General Fund Certification of Unencumbered Balance I HEREBY CERTIFY that the indebtedness and obligation to be incurred by the contract or agreement authorized by the attached resolution can be incurred without the violation of any of the provisions of the Charter of the City of Chula Vista, or the Constitution or the laws of the State of California, t~t sufficient monies have been appropriated for the purpose of said contract, that sufficient monies to meet the obligations of the contract are actually in the Treasury, or are anticipated to come into the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation from which the same are to be drawn, and that said monies now actually in the Treasury, together with the monies anticipated to come into the Treasury, to the credit of said appropriation are otherwise unencumbered. ~ Amount Not to Exceed $ Director of Finance The City of Chula Vista Date By Fund Dept./Activity Purpose Bidder Certificate No. 25 /J?7Pj .:~ U.1...: .r~~. /r~. ,: ~Ta~. ,' .. ? en „~ o ~, c -'' ~„ ~~ ,„.:r .-:'3 ~ ~~~ ~~ .,i.,. .,~,~ ~~ Q7