P&R 12-02-10 APPROVED MINUTES
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
CITY OF CUPERTINO
Regular Meeting
December 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Community Hall, 10350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA
Note: This meeting will be televised
1. CALL TO ORDER
Acting Chairperson Paul called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the
Community Hall Council Chamber, 10.350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Darcy Paul, David Lee, Jeanne Bradford, David
Greenstein and Marcia St.Clair
Staff present: Julia Lamy, Lauren Phillips, Justin Cecil, Donna
Henriques
4. MISCELLANEOUS — NO ACTION REQUIRED
A. Staff oral reports
Acting Director Lamy reported that the Community Tree Lighting will
take place this Friday night, December 3, at 6:00 p.m., at the Quinlan
Community Center. She encouraged all residents to attend and said they
are asked to bring one perishable food item. All items will be given to
West Valley Community Services for distribution over the holidays.
Also, this coming Saturday morning, December 4, at 8:30 a.m., will be
Breakfast with Santa at the Quinlan Community Center. This is a pre-
registration event and there are a few reservations left. She said to please
contact the Quinlan Center on Friday, if you are interested in attending.
Commissioner Paul asked Acting Director Lamy what the outcome of the
November 29 Council meeting was regarding the Stevens Creek Corridor
Trail Phase 2. Acting Director Lamy said that the Council was presented
with four options for potential grant funding and that Council asked staff
to do more research on this item and return to the January 18 Council
meeting to discuss it further. No action was taken on this item.
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B. Commissioner contacts
Commissioner Paul reported that he attended the Mayor's meeting on
November 10. At that meeting, the Fine Arts Commission asked for
nominations for the Distinguished Artist Award for those eligible over 30
years of age and the Emerging Artist Award for those under 30 years of
age. Applications are available at cupertino.org and click on the Fine Arts
Commission tab.
5. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
A. Regular meeting of November 4, 2010
Action: Commissioner Paul moved to accept the minutes and
Commissioner Greenstein seconded the motion. The motion carried
unanimously.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Work with Teen Commission on Walk One Week program.
Teen Commission Chair, Shailee Samar, gave a presentation and summarized
the November Walk One Week Program. Shailee said that nine out of eleven
Cupertino School District schools participated in the program. The Teen
Commission offered prizes as an incentive to participants and all prizes were
donated or sold to them at a discount, by local businesses. Also, Lauren
Phillips said that the Cupertino City Council had previously committed a
budgeted amount of money to help with the printing and other expenses.
The Teen Commission will be making this presentation to the Council with
the results of the November Walk C)ne Week Program. They are also
planning a two -week program with the Cupertino schools in spring 2011.
It was discussed by the Commissioners to show their support to the City
Council for the Teen Commission and their WOW Program, by making a
motion. Lauren said the Teen Commission would be happy to bring the Parks
and Commission's motion to the Council at a future meeting.
Action: Commissioner Paul made a motion stating: The Cupertino Parks
and Recreation Commission, in an effort to encourage and promote
student - initiated outreach for wanking, biking and carpooling to school,
recommends to the City Council that the City provide annual funding for
the Walk- One -Week Program, which would include overhead costs for
logistics and incentives for particiipation. Commissioner Bradford
seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
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7. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS — None
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Consider the Technology, Information, and Communication Commission
(TICC) request for the Parks and Recreation Commission to evaluate
which parks might be suitable for cell towers.
Acting Director Julia Lamy and City Intern Justin Cecil presented a report
and presentation regarding the proposed guidelines for locating wireless
cell towers in City parks. Justin used the City of Cupertino's Wireless
Facilities Master Plan and also contacted CPRS (California Park and
Recreation Society) for information on other cities and how they decided
where to place cell phone towers.
Justin proposed the following guidelines for wireless facility placement:
The telecommunications company must:
1. Build and maintain their ground space in City parks.
2. Renovate any City property including, but not limited to turf,
irrigation systems, utilities, and pavements which were
disturbed or adversely affected during construction.
3. If appropriate, provide public art as part of the structure
(example — sculpture attached to the monopole facility at
Memorial Park).
4. Purchase an appropriate amount of trees to use as screening at
the park.
5. Upon abandoning of wireless facility, remove tower /pole (or
relevant structure) and restore the park area to its former
condition.
6. Reference Policy 8 -2 of the Wireless Facilities Master Plan and
forfeit the ownership of the tower /pole at the conclusion of the
permit if park amenities have been built into, on top of, or
within the proximity of the tower /pole, if the removal of the
tower /pole should adversely affect the fore mentioned park
amenity.
Acting Chair Paul inquired as to whether proposed guideline #6 would
apply regardless of whether the owner of the tower /pole decided to apply
for renewal of its permit. Acting Director Lamy clarified that guideline 6
related only to those instances in which the owner of the tower /pole had
decided not to apply for renewal and would otherwise be required to take
down the unused tower /pole and related equipment.
Acting Chair Paul recognized Dan Marshall who asked to speak on this
item. Mr. Marshall suggested that the Commission consider locating cell
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phone towers in parks and low coverage areas in case someone is mugged
in a park and needs to call 911. He said someone may need help and their
cell phone wouldn't work.
Action: Commissioner Greenstein made a motion to approve the
recommendation made by staff but with the addendum that there
would be feedback from the TICC Commission whether these
proposed guidelines create any obstacles for locating cell towers in
Cupertino. Commissioner Bradford seconded the motion. The
motion carried with Commissiioners Paul, Bradford and Greenstein
voting yes and Commissioners Lee and St.Clair abstaining.
9. ADJOURNMENT — Acting Chairperson Paul adjourned the meeting at 7:58 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Donna Henriques
Donna Henriques, Administrative Assistant
Minutes approved at the February 3, 2011 regular meeting
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