2003/01/23 Growth Management Oversight Commission Minutes
GROWTH MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMISSION
January 23, 2003
Public Services Building - Conference Rooms 2 & 3
MINUTES
GMOC MEMBERS PRESENT: Arthur Garcia Ralph Munoz(6:20)
Steve Palma Michael Spethman
Bill Tripp
MEMBERS ABSENT: Marco Polo Cortes
MEMBER VACANCIES: (1) Developer
(1) Business
(1) Sweetwater/Bonita
STAFF PRESENT: Mark Stephens, Principal Planner
Dan Forster, Growth Management Coordinator
Cherryl Cisneros, Management Assistant
GUESTS: Andy Campbell, Building & Parks Construction
Susan Fahle, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Jerry Livingston, BIA
John Norman, Brookfield Homes
Bob Newman, US Aquatics Organization
David Krogh, Public
Chair Garcia called the meeting to order at 6:15p.m, without a quorum for
informational purpose only.
1. REVIEW OF RETURNED QUESTIONNAIRES WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR
FOLLOW-UP AS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OR SOME OF THE FOLLOWING:
Andy Campbell, Building and Parks Construction Director discussed information
about the City's Parks Master Plan, planned parks and recreational facilities. He
further stated that to fully build all parks and utilization of those facilities would be
a 9-year process. The following highlights what is already occurring:
0 Santa Cora and Harvest Park are currently under construction;
0 Veterans Park (10-acre) at Sunbow and Rolling Hills Park (29-acre) have
been approved and is a fully lighted recreational facility, to include a
gymnasium;
0 The proposed Eastlake Trails Park is processing as planned to include a
gymnasium, speed soccer arena, tennis and basketball courts;
0 Current plans for a lO-acre park in Otay Ranch Village Seven, to be
designed as a multi use facility to include 2 pools, adaptable for
competitive sports and for use by all ages.
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Under the present Parks Master Plan, Andy announced its plans on the westside
of Chula Vista:
0 Replacing all Tot-Lot equipment;
0 A new master plan for Eucalyptus Park;
0 Purchase and negotiation of a 5-acre park in the Montgomery Area;
0 An approved skateboard park at Greg Rogers is proceeding as
planned.
2. CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum present, Chair Garcia announced the meeting officially open at
approximately 6:45p.m.
3. ROLL CALL
Commission Members Garcia, Munoz, Palma, Spethman and Tripp present.
Cortes absent without notice.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 19, 2002 & JANUARY 09, 2003
MSC(SpethmanlTripp) to approve minutes from December 19, 2002 and January
09, 2003 Vote: 5-0-0-1 (Cortes absent)
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
Bob Newman, representing the US Aquatics Organization addressed the need
for more pools on existing parks.
6. REVIEW OF RETURNED QUESTIONNAIRES WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR
FOLLOW.UP AS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OR SOME OF THE FOLLOWING:
Chair Garcia resumed review of the questionnaires beginning with the Chula
Vista Elementary School District. Susan Fahle was in attendance and responded
to questions from the commission.
0 CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Chair Garcia requested December 2003 enrollment projections
from the CVESD since no forecast was given in the questionnaire
response.
0 POLICE
Dan commented that the police did not meet the response time for
Priority I calls within 7 minutes falling short by 1 % of meeting the
actual threshold of 81 %. A request was made to quantify the
nu mber of calls represented by the 1 % shortfall.
Chair Garcia would like the Alarm Specialist with the police
department be invited to the next meeting for clarification on the
language in the questionnaire referencing burglar alarms.
Commission member Speth man would like to know how the police
staffing levels will be affected by continued population growth and
what are the police departments plan to facilitate that.
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0 DRAINAGE
Is the allotted funding for drainage on the west side of Chula Vista
sufficient?
0 TRAFFIC
No issues from commission members.
7. ADDITIONAL SCHOOL THRESHOLD STANDARD
The possibility to introduce milestones in the planning and development of new
schools as an additional threshold was introduced. Further discussion of a school
threshold standard will occur at the next meeting.
8. FIELD TRIP ITINERARY
An itinerary for the field trip on Saturday, January 25, 2003 was given to the
commission members.
9. OTHER ISSUES
NONE
10.ADJOURNMENT
Chair Garcia adjourned tonight's meeting at 8:45p.m. until the next meeting on
February 13, 2003 at 6:00p.m.
The next GMOC/GPU ISS joint meeting is February 20, 2003.
Recorded by,
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Cherryl Cisneros Dan Forst r
Management Assistant Growth Management Coordinator