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Minutes 9-5-96 Page 2 7. DEFERRED MATTERS None 8. NEW ITEMS None 9. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION A. Status Report Of Current Capital Improvement Projects Relative to the Newbury Gateway Park, Sorensen said that the City of Thousand Oaks is planning a series of public hearings, and concern has been expressed about the lack of on-site parking. In response to Gillette's inquiry, Sorensen agreed that, presumably, there is some public parking in the nearby shopping center because of the public library. Referencing the aocumentation, Sorensen said that the list of Capital Improvement Projects does not include those projects approved by the Board on August B. In response to Berger's inquiry, Sorensen explained that the first phase of the Pepper Tree Playfield parking lot project specifies asphalt fines surfacing, the subsequent phase specifies regular asphalt paving, and the fines surfacing work was completed earlier in the day. In response to Lange's inquiry, Sorensen explained that the pitch of the roof and color of the structure of the Willow Bend restroom at Conejo Creek North Park will be very similar to existing park and library architecture. Staff noted that AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) will begin using the Pepper Tree Playfield on September 7, a celebration bar -be -cue is planned, and Board members are invited to attend. In response to Jacobsen's concern about unmet recreation needs and the distribution of Quimby funds, Ward explained that within the context of legal restrictions and consistent with court cases, the first priority of Quimby funds' distribution is to the zone which generated the funds. Secondarily, based on Board policy, 50 percent of the funds can be attributed to facilities such as playfields and community parks, whose sphere of service transcends a specific zone, if a nexus is shown