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CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE USE OF THE FLYING FIELD AT FAIRVIEW PARK
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DEPARTMENT: Parks and Community Services Department
PRESENTED BY: Jason Minter
CONTACT INFORMATION: (714) 754 - 5009
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff seeks City Council direction regarding the following three options as to the status of the flying field at Fairview Park and policy direction on implementation of one or more of the options for the disposition of the activity of model aircraft flying at Fairview Park.
Through an extensive process that began in 2019, staff, community based interest groups, the Fairview Park Steering Committee (FVP SC) and the Parks, Arts and Community Services Commission (PACS), have developed three options for City Council consideration:
1. Open the flying field on the west-side of the park, with development of modifications to operating procedures and corresponding program implementation materials that are intended to mitigate impacts to the parks environment (Attachment 1), or
2. Evaluate the feasibility of a longer-term proposal to relocate the flying field to an east-side park location as a new component of the FVP Master Plan Update process (Attachment 2);
3. Consider permanent closure of the west side flying field to avoid potential environmental violations, facilitate restoration of the vernal pool watersheds, and promote utilization of other existing flying fields outside of Costa Mesa (Attachment 3).
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BACKGROUND:
In June of 2019, Council directed staff to conduct an analysis of the compatibility of the flying field with other park uses. Since that direction, both staff and members of the community met multiple times, participated in group discussions, conducted research and have taken field visits in an effort to find the best solution to complicated and evolving set of conditions surrounding the park's natural environment and the hobby of model aircraft flying (Attachment 4). These original discussions are summ...
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