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Home My WebLink AboutStudy Session Supplemental Communications - PowerPoint Pres " SHIPLEYTO SHORE " TRAIL SYSTEM STUDY SESSION Huntington Central Park — Orange County Harriet Weider Park MARCH 20, 2017 WHAT ISTHE "SHIPLEYTO SHORE" TRAIL SYSTEM ? ■ Coordinated trail system leading from Shipley Nature Center, through OC Weider Park to the beautiful shoreline ■ Concept introduced by the OCWIE, Central Park volunteer groups to foster a love for open space and a connection to the out-of- doors WHY "SHIPLEYTO SHORE" TRAILS? ■ At the January 201-7 City Council strategic planning session, City Council gave direction to develop a report on a "Shipley to Shore" Trail System, beginning at the Shipley Nature Center • Park and Recreation Master Plan supports this concept • City of Huntington Beach General Plan supports this concept PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN ■ Section 3.8 of the Park and Recreation Master Plan identifies Bike Paths and Walking/ Jogging/ Running/ Hiking Trails as Highest Priority Facilities Figure 3.8-1:Facility Prioritization Bike Paths Tennis Courss Lighting of Fields Picnic Tables( icnlcklnz) m 0 a a 0 0 0 GENERAL PLAN ■ The Recreation and Community Services element of the City General Plan includes the future development of a trail within Harriet Weider Regional Park to link Central Park to the beach ■ Coastal Element policies provide for the City to support the development of a continuous trail system linking Central Park to the beach. ■ The Environmental Resources and Conservation Element also identifies the importance of linking Central Park and the beach TRAIL STAKEHOLDERS ■ CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH : • Huntington Central Park ■ ORANGE COUNTY PARKS : • Harriet Weider Park ■ SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE): • "Pinch Point" area ■ OIL OPERATIONS: • City Property • Private Property 3/20/2017 BEACHCITY OF HUNTINGTON CENTRALPARK �Milksor.mxl�- . . . 1 . . ■ . . . • . ■ ir q.r 11iliIF ' _ 1111iIT ' q I- r 4 ORANGE COUNTY PARKS HARRIET WEIDER PARK PARK OVERVIEW ., �� a HARRIET WEIDER PARK PROPOSEDTRAIL IMPROVEMENTS Y l DETAIL OF SCE " PINCH - POINT" i) OC PARKS ;" < W _. I 2) City of HB 3) SCE � . � " 4) Sunset Bluff, LLCUri +� : 3 ' 2 a P 2�. hr It MIX OIL OPERATIONS Operations within Central Park On City Property West of Edwards St. w n � Elmy � ANOTHER LOOKATTHETRAIL County Property it SCE NE Private Property . . Orr OPPORTUNITIES & CONSTRAINTS OPPORTUNITIES: CONSTRAINTS: ■ Increased access to outdoor ■ Multiple property owners recreation at pinch point ■ Opportunities for community ' Creates increased need for public safety oversight by collaboration on park projects HBPD ■ Completing the vision of "walk- ■ Funding challenges for trail ability" within Huntington development and park Central Park maintenance ■ Creates awareness of natural • Increased parking needs areas such as the Urban Forest near Overlook Drive PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES ■ Terrain not visible from thoroughfares and not conducive for regular police �► patrols - Py=�� ■ Natural habitat areas such as ^. Central and Bartlett Parks -. present challenges for Police -�;— r. ■ The proposed trail area has graffiti and vandalism problems currently PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES ■ Opening the area will increase accessibility for those whose motives are not recreational ■ The Police Department does not have the resources to provide regular patrols to deter criminal conduct The previously eliminated PARK RANGER program could be resurrected as a means to provide a level of regular security to the area WHERE ARE WE NOW? • December zoi6 — Mayor Delgleize and Council Member Brenden scheduled a meeting with County Supervisor Michelle Steel to discuss the concept • January 201-7 - Office of Business Development began discussions with various property owners/ stakeholders to obtain appropriate permissions • Applied for grant funds to enhance a portion of official park trail system ($35k plus $35k match) • Community Services Central Park Sub-Committee focus on Central Park Trail Systems NEXT STEPS ■ SEEKING CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION : • Continue negotiating with various property stakeholders to obtain appropriate permissions to solve the "pinch point" issues • Research opportunities through various funding sources for needed trail improvements • Continue to work with Orange County Parks to develop design concept to better define the existing trail system and add new trails Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 9:05 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 29148 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: shari engel Description: TIMELINE FOR TEMPORARY PARKING LOT FOR THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL PARK AND THE SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER Shari Engel - retired special needs school bus driver(20 years) 31 year resident of Huntington Beach 10 volunteer at Shipley Nature Center 13 year volunteer in Central Park SHIPLEY TO SHORE TRAIL I believe alternative names should be considered due to likelihood of a Shipley Nature Center closure in the future. Lack of accessibility/visibility continues to impair revenue building opportunities for Shipley to be sustainable. History repeats itself! 2001 City closes Shipley Nature Center (18 acres). Cost to City was $116,000.00 yr. to man center 9-5 (little money allocated for maintenance). City becomes aware of the degraded condition too late. Closure is cheaper. No one was monitoring this city facility; probably because it was too difficult to get to. 2002 Friends of Shipley non-profit are now caretakers to the 18 acres and begin restoration efforts. 2003 Center is re-opened to the Public on Sundays only. 2004 Mayor Gil Coerper observes struggling, older woman trying to reach parking lot for the first, Friends of Shipley event. The only disabled parking spaces (2) are located off of Edwards by lake restaurant, 1/4 mile away. Temporary Lot idea is born. 2005 Temporary lot (with budget of$12 thousand) is installed, using concrete base. Ingress/Egress is on Goldenwest St. The higher elevation of temporary lot restricts access. No ADA spaces installed. Some older/disabled volunteers still need to be driven to front gate on footpath. 2006 Friends of Shipley volunteers see increased need for the west side parking lot as they attempt events like the Spring Festival, weddings, classes, plant sales etc.. 2006 Jim Engle (CS) asks Shipley Board if they would agree to the concept of the i Senior Center in the park. States in email that the west side/Shipley would still get the parking lot that was on master plan (since 1990). See attached email: 2007 New Senior Center plans take away momentum to produce the west side, permanent lot for Central Park. Temporary parking lot degrades further....Silica dust grows worse. 2008 Senior Center's 5 acres needs to be mitigated. Community Services wants to use the 5 acres, that is the location, of the future, west side/Shipley park level lot (since 1990). They pay a company$7 thousand for a raptor habitat design, in that park level location. They don't vote on it, but they were willing to go there. What happened to the earlier promise from Jim Engle? He retires 2010. ANALYSIS REPORT FOR SENIOR CENTER (paragraph 2) READS: Mitigation 4.3.2 requires that any impact to foraging areas be mitigated on a 1:1 ratio, The proposed senior center will utilize five-acres of undeveloped park land; therefore, the proposed habitat area will consist of five acres. The proposed location for the habitat area is within the undeveloped portion of Central Park to the north of the proposed senior center site, and south of Shipley Nature Center. 2010 Temporary lot is deteriorating further, more dust, trees and bushes planted to beautify area are DEAD NOW, FROM SILICA DUST!....Many Shipley volunteers stop parking there (long ago), due to the dust in lungs and on cars. This goes on till today. This health hazard to the visitors/workers does not seem to be a concern. 14 YEARS AND COUNTING! HEALTH HAZARD BECOMES MORE DYER! 2013 ADA Spaces added to Temporary Lot. Retail plant sales continue to be hindered by location of temporary parking lot. Wedding's are few because of the accessibility issues. Night events attempted, but failed because of poor lighting and ease of access. Successful events, like Cool Summer Nights reduced to only 4 nights now. Open hours still limited to 9-1 M-Sat. 2013 CS Commission, returns to talks about a west side permanent lot. Staff states that the driveway is not safe off of Goldenwest. Acknowledges the increased visitors at the nature center and the value of the lower level parking lot design. Pleas for a park level Parking Lot, from stakeholders is framed to be an attack on `Open Space' by a couple of CS Commissioners. One Commissioner states, people should park at the Sports Complex and walk to Shipley. One other Commissioner agrees. 2014 Senior Center build is moving forward. Loss of open space continues to be challenged by Park's Legal Defense Fund in the courts. 2015 Friends of Shipley provide fewer community events, classes etc. Board size has reduced by half. Board no longer holds open elections. `Ex-Mayoral' forcefield protects Board from any scrutiny concerning by-laws. Few revenue building attempts to insure the center's sustainability exist. Volunteer numbers has dramatically reduced. They launch a `Go Fund Me' for $60,000.00. And claim, closure is possible in the text. 2015 6.5 acres, near the Urban Forest, is set aside to mitigate for new senior center and 1 acre for permanent west/Shipley parking lot. 2 2016 $1.5 million pickle ball courts for Worthy Park. CS spends $200,000.00 for a new Parks and Rec. Master Plan. Plan is approved and pickle ball courts are the hot topic. Wish it were that easy to get a safe parking lot for a city facility. 2016 Dr. Lawrence Geisse (Parks Legal Defense Fund) strikes a deal (NO STAKEHOLDERS WERE NOTIFIED OF DEAL!) with the city. Fund will NOT pursue further `open space' lawsuits if the city promises NOT TO BUILD on the location of the original 1990 parking lot (for west side and Shipley) design AT PARK LEVEL! 2016 1990 parking lot is erased off of Central Park Master Plan. And so is the possibility of park level parking for the west side. The .5 acre temporary lot location at higher elevation, is now the only option. Winners: Larry Geisse - Park Legal Defense Fund Losers: Anyone who parks at the temporary lot (14 years) and breathes the silica dust (carcinogenic). They are putting themselves at risk of serious respiratory problems! Children with asthma are especially susceptible to the health risk. People with disabilities that can not navigate the elevation change from present temporary parking lot to the nature center/west side of the park. Shipley Nature Center, because it does not have a parking lot or a vision. The irony is, a permanent, park level lot (under 1 acre), could have helped guarantee the protection of 18 acres of open space by increasing its accessibility and visibility. Park Legal Defense Fund should have done the math. SHIPLEY TO SHORE TRAIL, because the lack of accessibility/visibility will affect its success, as well. Central Park, because it will have a west side parking lot design that didn't speak to the increased park use, due to high density and the present lack of parking throughout Central Park. Just ask the Library, Kathy May's, Park Bench, Senior Center etc. about their parking lot capacity issues....... ASK THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOLKS! 2019 Shipley Closed Expected Close Date: March 21, 2017 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meaft Date: Agenda MM ND r� 3 Print Request Page 1 of 2 Request: 29134 Entered on: 03/18/2017 5:10 PM Customer Information Name:Steve Engel Phone:(657) 296-7047 Address: 16771 Debra Circle Alt. Phone: Huntington Beach, CA Email:steve.w.engel@outlook.com 92647 I Request Classification Topic:City Council -Agenda & Public Request type:Comment Hearing Comments Status:Closed Priority:Normal Assigned to:Agenda Alerts Entered Via:Web Description In reference to the Study Session item for the Shipley to Shore Trail-we are looking forward to the update at the study session. The Central Park volunteers would highly recommend that the completion of the Permanent Shipley Parking lot will be very important to the success of this very necessary trail. When visitors know they have a safe and accessible to all parking lot they will be much more likely to use the trail. Now is the time to prepare a integrated plan that will incorporate the Permanent Shipley Parking Lot along with a good plan for the Trail from Shipley to the PCH Shore. Thank you for your attention and consideration. Steve Engel Reason Closed Thank you for taking the time to send your thoughts to the City Council. A copy of your comments has been entered into the Pipeline system and will also be forwarded to the City Clerk to be included in the record on this item. Thank you very much for writing. 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