Parks, Recreation, and Environment Working Committee

Introduction

Leslee A. Temple, FASLA, Vice President of NUVIS Landscape Architecture and Planning in Costa Mesa, is serving as Chair of the Parks, Recreation, and Environment (PR&E) Working Committee. The charge of the committee is to holistically look at resource-based and user-based facilities within Orange County from the national, state, county and municipality level.

We applaud and commend the engineers involved for including PR&E as one the critical infrastructure categories for this local effort. It was not a classification when the national effort was completed.

The committee prepares and reviews weekly packets of information and then discusses, strategies, and formulates insights and opinions at four (4) intuitive think tank three hour luncheon sessions every three weeks. Email, telephone, and fax machines stay busy in between. The committee will be conducting an “Are Your Parks Hitting the Mark?” session with City Directors on August 1 at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Center from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

 

    Committee Members:

  • Lt. Michael Beuerlein, Huntington Beach Marine Safety Division
  • Chris Blandford, Chambers Group
  • Ilse Byrnes, San Juan Capistrano Parks, Recreation & Equestrian Commissioner
  • Karla Gallego, Cleveland National Forest, Trabuco Ranger District
  • John Graves, AIA, Senior Director Conservation Management, The Irvine Company
  • Chris Jarvi, Director, (past President NRPA) Anaheim Community Services
  • Barbara Rosenbaum, League of Women Voters
  • Rich Rozzelle, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Orange Coast Division
  • Kevin G. Thomas, Director, OC Harbors Beaches and Parks
Review Counsel:
  • Jane Adams (Chair)-California Parks & Recreation Society
  • Shirley Dettloff - Huntington Beach City Council
  • Claire Schlotterbeck - Hills for Everyone
  • Tric Smith - Irvine Ranch Land Reserve

Program Manager:

Jan Scherfig - Professor, UCI, CEE Department

 

 

 

 

 

 
Orange County, California