Tag: Martinez Parks Recreation Marina and Cultural Commission
Residents give input on new city park
MARTINEZ, Calif. – There was a good turnout and plenty of ideas at a charette for a new park at Traditions at the Meadow, formerly Pine Meadow Golf Course on Vine Hill Way, Aug. 10. The whole crowd at the Park, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission event got a quick course in landscape architecture before […]
Park lovers save the date: PRMCC charette for new park
MARTINEZ, Calif. – A new nine-acre city park will be created on the former Pine Meadows Golf Course land at Vine Hill Way and Morello Avenue. To the Parks, Recreation Marina and Cultural Commission (PRMCC) and city planners, the property is a fresh pallet waiting for a public vision, or wish list. Christina Ratcliffe, AICP […]
Council resolves problems, finds new ones
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The City council reached a conclusion that resolves differences between the Martinez Youth Baseball and Softball Association (MYBSA) and the Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission (PRMCC) about locked ball fields at Hidden Lakes Park. Dylan Radke, PRMCC chairman, explained the problem to the council at the July 17 meeting. He had […]
Council seeks PRMCC input on Waterfront
MARTINEZ, Calif. – If the Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission (PRMCC) members have wondered whether “Marina” should be kept in their panel’s name, they got their answer Wednesday from the Martinez City Council – “Yes.” “The PRMCC are experts on what the community is looking for,” City Manager Eric Figueroa said. City staff is […]
PRMCC to hear safety, Measure H reports, discuss joint meeting with Council
The Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission will meet Tuesday to hear Martinez Police Chief Manjit Sappal describe public safety issues. The chief also will answer questions from the panel. Also on Tuesday’s agenda is an update on Measure H park bond expenditures as submitted by the citizens oversight committee, which sends a report annually […]
Council, PRMCC meet today on Commission’s advisory role, work plan, parks projects
MARTINEZ, Calif. – After expressing concerns about the topic for several of its own meetings, the Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission will meet with the City Council today to discuss its advisory role. The joint meeting also will address the Commission’s work plan and its recommended priority ranking for park projects. Michael Chandler, deputy […]
Sal’s lease extension, concession stand repairs, Firefly on tonight’s Council agenda
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Decisions on a restaurant’s lease extension, Waterfront Park’s concession stand repairs and an ordinance amendment to accommodate the company whose cannabis dispensary application had been put on hold are on tonight’s Martinez City Council meeting agenda. Also under consideration tonight are an employees’ compensation plan and a Capital Improvement Program amendment related […]
PRMCC recommends priorities for park projects
MARTINEZ, Calif. – When the Martinez City Council addresses the city’s 2019-21 Capital Improvement Projects Hidden Lakes Park’s restrooms should top the list of park improvements, the Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission decided Tuesday. Commissioner Richard Patchin urged the panel to recommend the restroom overhaul as the first of the list, and others agreed […]
PRMCC to open conversation on public art policy
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Martinez Park, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission will begin Tuesday to look at its role in developing a public art policy as well as in such projects as artistically painting utility boxes, which the panel has been has been encouraging since 2015. In his report to the Commission, Deputy Director of Administrative […]
PRMCC committee eyes park construction projects
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Martinez has been working hard on its parks in the past several years, the Park, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission Parks and Waterfront Subcommittee heard Wednesday. Next area of focus will be the Golden Hills Park, a neighborhood park that will be getting an extensive overhaul. The items will come before the […]
