AGENCY STIPEND MEMBERS
1) City of Marina Mayor Pro Tem Liesbeth Visscher
SPECIAL DISTRICTS
1) ReGen Monterey $100/Mtg Member: Bruce C. Delgado
Monterey Regional Waste Management District 4-year term through 2026 3rd Friday, 9:00 a.m., 14201 Del Monte Blvd, Marina
Felipe Melchor, General Manager
PO Box 609
Marina, CA 93933
Ph: 384-5313; Fax: 384-3567
Web Site: www.mrwmd.org
2) Monterey County Mosquito Abatement District $100/Mtg Member: Nancy Amadeo (NSVMAD) 4-year term through 2026
2nd Tuesday, 12 noon,
Board of Trustees
342 Airport Blvd
Salinas, CA 93905
Ph: 422-6438 (Salinas Office) 373-2483 (Marina Residents); Fax: 422-3337 3) Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) $100/Mtg Member: Liesbeth Visscher 2nd Monday, 10 a.m., Alternate: Bruce C. Delgado
One Ryan Ranch Rd, Monterey
Carl Sedoryk, General Manager
Monterey CA 93940
Ph: 393-8192; Fax: 899-3954
Web Site: www.mst.org
EXHIBIT A
3 CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION, COMMITTEE AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS For Period of January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITIES
1) Community Human Services Project (CHS) No compensation Member: Brian McCarthy 3rd Thursday, 11 a.m. Alternate: Jenny McAdams
Sand City, City Hall, One Sylvan Park
Robin McCrae, Executive Director
PO Box 3076
Monterey, CA 93942-3076
Ph: 658-3811; Fax: 658-3815
Web Site: www.chservices.org
2) Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments $50Mtg Member: Brian McCarthy (AMBAG) Alternate: Kathy Biala
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Various Locations Alternate: Bruce Delgado Maura Twomey, Executive Director
PO Box 838
Marina, CA 93933
Ph: 883-3750; Fax: 883-9155
E-Mail: [email protected]
3) Monterey County Regional Taxi Authority $50Mtg Member: Liesbeth Visscher July 2021
One Lower Ragsdale Court
Monterey, CA 93940
Ph: 831-899-2558
Website: www.mryrta.org
SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED ORGANIZATIONS
1) Monterey County Mayors Select Committee No Compensation Member: Bruce C. Delgado And Mayors’ Association
1st Friday, 12 noon, Various Locations
Office of the Mayor
Monterey City Hall
Monterey, CA 93940
Ph: 646-3760; Fax: 646-3702
EXHIBIT A
4 CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION, COMMITTEE AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS For Period of January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
2) Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) No Compensation Member: Bruce C. Delgado 4th Wednesday, 9 a.m. (December: 1st Wednesday) Alternate 1: Jennifer McAdams Salinas Community Center, 940 N Main St Alternate 2: Liesbeth Visscher Todd Muck, Executive Director
55-B Plaza Cr
Salinas, CA 93901-2902
Ph: 775-0903; Fax: 775-0897
3) Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) Liesbeth Visscher Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee Alternate: TBD in January 2025 55-B Plaza Cir, Salinas, CA 93901-2902 2-year term
Ph: 647-7777
1st Wednesday 6:00 – 8:00 PM
4) Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau No Compensation Member: Liesbeth Visscher 3rd Wednesday, 4:00 p.m., various locations Alternate:
Wave Street 2-year term
Monterey, CA 93940
Ph: 657-6400
Fax: 648-5373
PARTICIPATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES
1) Joint City/Marina Coast Water District No Compensation Member: Kathy Biala Coordination Committee Member: Liesbeth Visscher
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m., Marina City Hall Conference Room Alternate: Bruce Delgado Remleh Scherzinger, General Manager
11 Reservation Road
Marina, CA 93933
Ph: 384-6131; Fax: 384-2479
E-Mail: [email protected]
2) Access Monterey Peninsula (AMP) No Compensation Member: Brian McCarthy 3rd Monday, 12:00 p.m.
Sarah Pierce, Executive Director
465 Tyler Street
Monterey, CA 93940
Ph: 333-1267; Fax: 333-0386
E-Mail: [email protected]
EXHIBIT A
5 CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION, COMMITTEE AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS For Period of January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
LIAISON TO CITY COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES No Compensation 1) Economic Development Commission (EDC) Council Member: Kathy Biala 3rd Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Council Chambers
2) Planning Commission (PC) Council Member: Kathy Biala 2nd & 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers
4) Public Works Commission Council Member: Liesbeth Visscher 3rd Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers
5) Recreation & Community Services Commission Council Member: Jennifer McAdams 1st Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Council Chambers
AMENDMENT APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council duly held on December 17, 2024
Bruce C. Delgado, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
Anita Sharp, Deputy City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
6 December 13, 2024 Item No. 13b
Honorable Mayor and Members City Council Meeting
of the Marina City Council of December 17, 2024
CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION REGARDING MEASURE
U RESULTS AND PROVIDE NEXT STEPS DIRECTION FOR (PLAN B) OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES.
REQUEST:
It is requested that the City Council:
1. Have a follow up discussion regarding Measure U results and provide next steps direction for (Plan B) options and alternatives.
DISCUSSION:
The City Council put a measure on the November 2024 ballot (Measure U) for a $50 million-dollar General Obligation Bond to fund the construction of a new fire station, police station and other city facilities to replace aging and deteriorating buildings that were built for a much smaller population.
The current fire and police stations do not meet current earthquake safety standards, are in locations that provide inadequate response times, and are too small to accommodate the modern technology and life saving equipment needed to provide the high-level quality of public safety services needed by the community.
The other city facilities were installed nearly 50 years ago and were intended to be temporary, are not accessible for residents with disabilities, have mold, asbestos, leaky roofs are not earthquake safe and do not provide space to support needed local services.
While Measure U received an overwhelming majority of 60% voting in support of the measure, clearly showing that the community understands the needs for, wants the city to build and was willing to pay the additional cost on their property taxes to build these facilities, it did not reach the 66 2/3 percent threshold required under State law for General Obligation Bonds to pass.
It is requested that the discussion tonight provide direction on possible next steps that will help the city to develop a Plan B for options and alternatives to identify a path for these facilities to get built. The need for construction of these facilities gets greater every passing month, the cost will continue to increase, and the majority of our citizens provided direction that they wanted the facilities built. Some of the options to consider are:
• Identifying specific locations for the fire station, police station, and other city facilities including community center, city offices, and senior center.
• Phasing plan
• Development of other funding and financing alternatives including both existing funding reserves, new funding sources, loan options, and leveraging other community assets. • Consideration of new ballot measure in the future either same size or smaller amount.
The city has received the attached proposal (EXHIBIT A) from Peter Le, Paul Manuel, and Mayor Delgado regarding the establishment of an Infrastructure Ad Hoc Committee for the City Council to also consider as an option.
Layne P. Long
City Manager
City of Marina
Infrastructure Ad Hoc Committee Proposal
December 2, 2024.
It is proposed by 2 members of the public (Peter Le -primary author, and Paul Manuel) and Mayor Delgado that the Marina City Council consider the establishment of an Infrastructure Ad Hoc Committee to make recommendations to the Council on the alternatives, financing, and construction of new public facilities such as new police station, a new fire station, a new community center, a new civic center, and a new council chamber or a combined facility. These recommendations would be included in a Community Plan for Necessary Public Service Buildings.
Marina residents would be invited to apply for membership of this new Infrastructure Ad Hoc Committee and all public would be encouraged to attend committee meetings. This new Infrastructure Ad hoc Committee would consist of two council members and five Marina residents.
The seven members of this Ad Hoc Committee are expected to spend between 10 hours and 20 hours a month attending meetings, gathering relevant information, and conducting interviews with community members and City staff.
This Ad Hoc Committee is expected to hold public meetings at least once a month, preferably on either a Saturday or Sunday at either the City Council chambers or at the Marina Library Community Room. The committee would need City staff (including City Attorney) and consultants' support in the form of data, information, and documents.
The committee is expected to brief the entire city council once a month (orally and/or written via the consent agenda) on its progress and may describe to the council any difficulties it faces and ask for the council’s assistance where necessary.
This Ad Hoc Committee is expected to exist for 6 months with one potential extension of 3 months.
Therefore, the Committee would cease at the end of 9 months. The committee would start in January 2025 and end no later than September 2025.
The Committee is expected to produce a final report to be submitted to the city council. The final report will summarize the work of the committee and list recommendations on steps to construct new public facilities such as a combination of City and bond revenues, possibly similar to Measure U.
Interested residents may contact city staff for more information. Applicants would be pre-screened and recommended by majority vote of the community during 2 January, 2025, community meetings and would be expected to attend a city council meeting to elaborate their interests in the committee and answer questions from the city council.
City council would appoint two of its members to the ad Hoc committee and 5 other members of the public after considering community members recommended by the community via the January 2025 community meeting process and opening up application from the general public for those not in attendance of previous meetings. Preference would be given to those in attendance of the January 2025 meetings.
EXHIBIT A
It is assumed that any arguments in favor or against Measure U would be considered as topics about which +to seek additional information and to include as relevant information to be provided to the public in the future. Also, any ideas to fund necessary public buildings through grants, City funding, or bond revenues would be considered. Locations to build needed facilities and information needed to be gathered prior to any future ballot measure would also be part of the proposed tasks of this committee.
EXHIBIT A
December 11, 2024 Item No. 13c
Honorable Mayor and Members City Council Meeting
of the Marina City Council of December 17, 2024
CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 2024 -,
REVISING THE ADOPTED PROGRAMMING/DESIGN FOR PHASE I OF
DUNES CITY PARK - PROJECT NUMBER QLP 2017 - INCLUDING
CHANGING TENNIS COURTS TO INCLUDE PICKLEBALL COURTS
AND ADDING LIGHTING TO ALL OR PART OF THE PARK.
REQUEST:
It is requested that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024 -, project number QLF 2017 , to revise the adopted programming/design for Phase I of Dunes City Park including:
1. Changing two tennis courts back to pickleball courts; and
2. Adding lighting to pickleball courts, multi -use court, fitness court, volleyball courts, and pathways.
BACKGROUND:
On May 17, 2005, the City Council passed Resolution 2005-130 adopting the University Village Specific Plan. Included in the University Village Specific Plan is the park at the Dunes, now known as Dunes City Park.
Several parks have been planned for development within Marina. On June 21, 2005, City Council passed Resolution 2005-159 Adopting a Negative Declaration and Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The Master Plan served as the basis for the preliminary planning for the city parks.
Community outreach for parks planning was held on November 13, 2018. The design consultant team retained by the City, Verde Design (Verde), prepared parks concept plans for City various parks, including the Dunes City Park, that were presented to a joint Public Works Commission and Recreation and Cultural Services Commission on February 21, 2019.
On April 9, 2019, City Council received a presentation and provided input on Dunes City Park concepts.
In the years since, the City has actively engaged the community and the City Council, through multiple community outreach events and Council meetings On February 6, 2024, City Council approved an updated design for Option 2 (EXHIBIT A) with the following feedback:
Consider converting two tennis courts to one tennis court and two pickleball courts; and Consider adding windscreen to tennis/pickleball courts.
In subsequent meetings, Council has asked staff if it is possible to blend or overlay pickleball courts on tennis courts.
On November 18, 2024, City Council directed staff to finalize the design of the Marina Aquatics & Sport Complex and to coordinate with concurrent Dunes City Park Project to ensure a cohesive design.
ANALYSIS:
The original design included four pickleball courts but was subsequently changed to two tennis courts. However, the Recreation & Cultural Services Commission, with input from the public, recommends eliminating tennis courts and replacing them with 6 to 8 pickleball courts. 1 Additionally, with direction to proceed with the Marina Aquatics & Sports Complex, which is directly adjacent to Dunes City Park, it is prudent for the City to consider potential updates to the park design to maximize the potential symbiotic relationship between the Mari na Aquatics & Sports Complex and the park.
Both spaces are designed to be very active with multiple court sports , fitness stations, group exercise studios, and walking options available both indoor and outdoor. The Recreation & Cultural Services Commission, based on public input, recommends l ighting specific program elements including pickleball courts, multi-use court, fitness court, volleyball court, and pathways, and extending park hours to provide extended access to these amenities and the park as a whole, especially in the winter months when the sun sets around 5pm. In order to be sensitive to neighbors and MIRA, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission recommends all lighting be designed to minimize light pollution and protect the night sky.
This relationship will benefit the Aquatics & Sports Complex by providing flexibility to move programming indoor or outdoor depending on need, demand, weather, etc. or expand programming by utilizing both indoor and outdoor spaces simultaneously.
Activating the park at night will also support the Aquatics & Sports Complex business model by driving more sales in the café.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal implications at this time.
The Dunes City Park Project is included in the Capital Improvement Program budget, QLP 2017.
Prior year funding includes $5.1 million. An additional developer contribution of $4.678 million is expected to be transferred and accepted during a future City Council meeting for the award of the construction contract for the Dunes City Park Phase 1 project.
The preliminary estimate is $9.5 million for the proposed phase 1 project.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
The presentation and providing input for Dunes City Park is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Article 20 Section 15378 and under General Rule Article 5 Section 15061.
CONCLUSION:
This request is submitted to the City Council for consideration and direction.
Respectfully submitted,
Andrea M. Willer, Ed.D.
Recreation & Cultural Services Director
City of Marina
REVIEWED/CONCUR:
__________________________________
Layne P. Long
City Manager
City of Marina
2 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARINA
REVISING THE ADOPTED PROGRAMMING/DESIGN FOR PHASE I OF
DUNES CITY PARK – PROJECT NUMBER QLP 2017 – INCLUDING
CHANGING TENNIS COURTS TO INCLUDE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND ADDING LIGHTING TO ALL OR PART OF THE PARK.
WHEREAS, On May 17,2005, the City Council passed Resolution 2005-130 adopting the University Village Specific Plan. Included in the University Village Specific Plan is the park at the Dunes, now known as Dunes City Park; and
WHEREAS, several parks have been planned for development within Marina. On June 21, 2005, City Council passed Resolution 2005 -159 Adopting a Negative Declaration and Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The Master Plan served as the basis for the preliminary planning for the city parks; and
WHEREAS, community outreach for parks planning was held on November 13, 2018. The design consultant team retained by the City, Verde Design, prepared parks concept plans for various City parks, including the Dunes City Park, that were presented to a joint Public Works Commission and Recreation & Cultural Services Commission on February 21, 2019; and
WHEREAS, in the years since, the City has actively engaged the community and City Council through multiple community outreach events, Commission meetings and City Council meetings; and
WHEREAS, the original design included four pickleball courts but was subsequently changed to two tennis courts and the Recreation & Cultural Services Commission, with input from the public, recommends eliminating tennis courts and replacing them with 6 to 8 pickleball courts; and
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2024, City Council approved an updated design for Dunes City Park (EXHIBIT A) with feedback to consider changing the configuration of tennis courts to include pickleball courts; and
WHEREAS, The Recreation & Cultural Services Commission, based on public input, recommends lighting specific program elements including pickleball courts, multi -use court, fitness court, volleyball court, and pathways, and extending park hours to provide ex tended access to these amenities and the park as a whole, especially in the winter months when the sun sets around 5pm.
In order to be sensitive to neighbors and MIRA, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission recommends all lighting be designed to minimize light pollution and protect the night sky; and
WHEREAS, activating the park at night will benefit the Aquatics & Sports Complex operation; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Marina that does hereby approve:
1. Changing two tennis courts to six to eight pickleball courts; and
2. Adding lighting to pickleball courts, multi -use courts, fitness court, volleyball court, and pathways.
3 Resolution No. 2024-,
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Marina at a regular meeting duly held on the 17th day of December 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
_____________________________
Bruce C. Delgado, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________
Anita Sharp, Deputy City Clerk
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