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Home My WebLink About17-19 - Open Space & Rec Committee -RESOLUTION NO. 17-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO COSTA MESA MEASURE Z, KNOWN AS THE MEASURE FOR SENSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT - FUNDED OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION AND MERGING THIS COMMITTEE WITH THE YOUTH SPORTS COMMITTEE TO CREATE A COMBINED COMMITTEE KNOWN AS THE YOUTH SPORTS, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, at the November 8, 2016 general election the Citizens of Costa Mesa adopted a citizens sponsored initiative known as Measure Y by a majority vote; and WHEREAS, at the November 8, 2016 general election the Citizens of Costa Mesa also adopted City sponsored initiative Ordinance No. 2016-07, known as Measure Z, by a majority vote; and WHEREAS, Measure Y received the greatest number of total votes; and WHEREAS, Measures Y and Z each deal with the same subject matter; and WHEREAS, Measure Y provides that "If another ballot measure is placed on the same ballot as this measure and deals with the same subject matter, and if both measures pass, the voters intend that both measures shall be put into effect, except to the extent that specific provisions of the measures are in direct conflict. In the event of a direct conflict, the measure which obtained more votes will control as to the directly conflicting provisions only. The voters expressly declare this to be their intent, regardless of any contrary language in any other ballot measure"; and WHEREAS, The provisions of Measure Z conflict with the provisions of Measure Y, except for Section 5, Establishment of Open Space and Public Park Impact Fee and Open Space & Recreation Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, Section 5 of Measure Z creates a citizen committee that shall be known as the "Open Space & Recreation Advisory Committee" ("OSRAC), whose role shall be to advise the City Council on expenditures of the Open Space and Public Park Impact Fee; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish the OSRAC pursuant to the provisions of Measure Z; and WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to create a Youth Sports Advisory Committee. WHEREAS, the City Council desires to merge the OSRAC with the Youth Sports Advisory Committee to create a new committee known as the Youth Sports, Open Space & Recreation Advisory Committee ("YSOSRAC"). Resolution No. 17-19 Page 1 of 4 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINEAND ORDERAS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true, correct, and adopted by the City Council as if set forth in full. SECTION 2. The OSRAC is hereby created, whose role shall be to advise the City Council on expenditures of the Open Space and Public Park Impact Fee. The Open Space and Public Park Impact Fee shall be only spent after receiving the advice and recommendation of the Committee. SECTION 3. The OSRAC is hereby combined with the Youth Sports Advisory Committee to create a new committee called the Youth Sports, Open Space & Recreation Advisory Committee ("YSOSRAC). SECTION 4. The Youth Sports, Open Space & Recreation Advisory Committee shall encompass the OSRAC pursuant to Costa Mesa Measure Z. The Committee shall consist of seventeen (17) members. The Committee shall meet bi-monthly. Seven (7) of the members shall serve as the OSRAC as mandated by Measure Z (unless and until Measure Z is amended by the City Council to incorporate all of the members of this Committee) as follows: 1. The Mayor. 2. One (1) City Councilmember chosen by a majority of the City Council. 3. One (1) representative of a Costa Mesa flag football organization chosen by a majority of the City Council. 4. One (1) representative of a Costa Mesa youth baseball organization chosen by a majority of the City Council. 5. One (1) representative of a Costa Mesa youth soccer organization chosen by a majority of the City Council. 6. One (1) representative of the Newport Mesa Unified School District ("NMUSD") chosen by a majority vote of the NMUSD trustees. 7. One (1) member from a properly formed and actively operating California corporation whose primary focus is issues of environmental concern chosen by a majority of the City Council. The remaining Committee members shall include: 8. One (1) representative of the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce. 9. One (1) representative of a new development located North of the 1-405 freeway and West of Fairview impacted by the new Open Space and Public Park Impact Fee, as selected by the Chamber of Commerce. 10. One (1) representative from the American Youth Soccer Organization Region 120 or Region 97 ratified by a majority of the City Council. Resolution No. 17-19 Page 2 of 4 11. One (1) representative from a Newport -Mesa Soccer Club ratified by a majority of the City Council. 12. One (1) representative from the California Youth Soccer League ratified by a majority of the City Council. 13. One (1) representative from the Costa Mesa Amateur Athletic Association or Pop Warner Football ratified by a majority of the City Council. 14. One (1) representative from Costa Mesa Pony Baseball ratified by a majority of the City Council. 15.One (1) representative from the Athletic Department from either Costa Mesa High School or Estancia High School ratified by a majority of the City Council. 16. One (1) representative from either the American Little League or National Little League ratified by a majority of the City Council. 17. One (1) representative, who is a Costa Mesa resident affiliated with a sport such as: soccer, football, baseball, softball, volleyball, golf, swimming, gymnastics, track & field, tennis, cheerleading, dance, boxing and/or wrestling ratified by a majority of the City Council. SECTION 5. The purpose of the Committee is to: • Enhance youth sports programs in Costa Mesa. • Engage the community in supporting and promoting youth athletic opportunities. • Provide and promote safe and sufficient facilities for all youth sports participants. • Improve and provide better safety standards in youth sports. • Promote a healthy youth sports environment. • Develop public awareness concerning the needs of youth sports programs. • Enhance economic development. • Provide direction in regards to large outside tournaments requesting field space in Costa Mesa. The Committee will serve as an advisory board on the following issues: The use of the Open Space and Public Park Impact Fee expenditures. This fee will be used by the City to offset the impact of development upon recreational opportunities, and shall be used for the purpose of increasing active recreation, open space and public park facilities within the City. These uses may include, but would not be limited to, the maintenance and development of Fairview Developmental Center upon its anticipated closure. Capital Improvement Projects. Facility status. Policy review as needed. The members shall be appointed at a time and place pursuant to Council policy. The Committee shall comply with the Brown Act and the Fair Political Practices Act, including but not limited to all disclosures required therein. City Staff shall provide the necessary support for the Committee's meetings and other official business. The City Council shall budget an appropriate amount of funds collected from the Open Space & Resolution No. 17-19 Page 3 of 4 Public Park Impact Fee for the OSRAC portion of the Committee's activities (unless and until Measure Z is amended by the City Council to incorporate all of the members of this Committee), recognizing that interfund transfers may be necessary at the beginning of the Committee's formation before sufficient Open Space and Public Park Impact Fees have been collected. SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON March 21, 2017. Mayor Brenda Green, Green, ty Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) APPROV //S FORM-. G� Thoma Duart ity Attorney I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that foregoing Resolution No. 17-19 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on March 21, 2017, by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: STEPHENS, GENIS AND FOLEY NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MANSOOR AND RIGHEIMER ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa Mesa on March 22, 2017. BRENDA GREEN, Resolution No. 17-19 Page 4 of 4