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Home My Public Portal About19730411 - Minutes - Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting j-8 MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT Board of Directors April 11, 1973 Sunnyvale Community Center I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL President Wendin called the meeting to order at 7: 40 p.m. Members present: Daniel Condron, Katherine Duffy, Nonette Hanko, William Peters, Daniel Wendin. Audience of 3 persons. II. MINUTES OF MARCH 28 D. Condron corrected page 1, MINUTES OF MARCH 21, correct spell- ing is "Kelley" , not Kelly. D. Condron corrected page 3, eighth paragraph should read "Presi- dent Wendin thanked Mr. Norton Motion: D. Wendin moved acceptance of the minutes of March 28 as corrected. Second by D. Condron. Passed unanimously. MINUTES OF MARCH 21 Motion: D. Wendin moved that consideration of the minutes of March 21 be tabled until the meeting of April 25. Second by W. Peters. Passed unanimously. III. REPORTS President Wendin explained that the items on the agenda with the exception of item #4 would be continued until the meeting of April 25, in order that the Directors could hold executive session. Item #4 would be considered since the UD/OS Subcommittee has re- quested response from MRPD by April 20. Motion: N. Hanko moved that Items #1, #2, #3, #5 , and #6 be con- tinued to the meeting of April 25 and appear on that agenda in the order that they appear on the April 11 agenda. Second by K. Duffy. N. Hanko explained that if the order of the appearance of the items was not in the motion the items would have to come under "Unfinished Business" on the April 25 agenda putting consideration of them late into the agenda. She further noted that a "Special Order of the Day" was sche- duled for that meeting - the presentation of the Skyline Scenic Recreation Route Plan. Motion passed unanimously. President Wendin asked N. Hanko to present the UD/OS ACTION PROGRAM considerations. N. Hanko called on Mr. Don Weden, Santa Clara County Planning Department staff member to the UD/OS Sub- committee. Frurv, Mii�aC a� ptpri� ZS", �113 MINUTES OF 3 , IV. NEW BUSINESS, paragraph 3 be D. Wendin asked that Page struck. While this announce was made the checks were not issued at that time. Motion: D. Wendin moved that the minutes of April 11 be approved as corrected. Second by N. Hanko. Passed unanimously. f Meeting /3-8 . . . page 2 Mr. Weden explained that the Subcommittee is "racing" in the for- mulation of their program in order to have the guidelines adopted by the State deadline of June 30, 1973. This program will go from the Subcommittee to the Planning Policy Committee, the cities and the County for approval. He explained that the Subcommittee had taken the policies out- lined in the Urban Development/Open Space Plan and has attempted to indicate the actual tools that are to be used in implementing these policies; and secondly, the agencies responsible for carry- ing out the policies by use of these tools. In the latter instance the MRPD has been mentioned several times. Mr. Weden then ran through the specific areas where the District had been mentioned. W. Peters raised a question about the policy concerning Regional Parks--Short Term Proposals (page 15 of the report) . Mr. Weden explained that the tools which would apply to MRPD would be A) Priority acquisition of strategic parcels that will serve to re- duce the threat of development on remaining lands slated for ac- quisition, and C) Acquisition in stages through purchase of devel- opment rights or scenic easements preparatory to full acquisition as monies become available. N. Hanko pointed out that since this appeared to tie MRPD in with the Plan of Regional Parks for Santa Clara County, she would like some notation that MRPD is not limit- ing itself to acquiring lands for the benefit of the County' s plan. W. Peters added that the Tools should not indicate in any way that MRPD is or is not endorsing the Plan as an acquisition program. W. Peters stated that on the policy concerning flood plain areas it seemed clear to him that MRPD would never be buying percolation pond land and that would be almost entirely the function of the Flood Control District. Mr. Weden stated that he has suggested that the staff reword some of the report where it is obviously not appropriate, such as this instance. N. Hanko stated that she would like to see MRPD included in the policy relating to Agricultural Resources--Long Term Agricultural Lands (page 21a of the report) under Tools C) Public acquisition of key agricultural lands as long term agricultural preserves, and D) Retention of agricultural preserves in agricultural use through mechanisms such as lease back or less than fee sale back of suitable sized parcels. N. Hanko also would like MRPD mentioned generally under the policy relating to Scenic Resources--Designated Scenic Roads and Highways, Local and State. She would see MRPD as a part of Tool D) if it read "Partial and fee acquisition of key areas along scenic routes. " (Omitting the last phrase, "in conjunction with plan of regional parks for Santa Clara County. ") W. Peters suggested that on policy relating to Agricultural Re- sources--Grazing Lands a Tool C) be added stating that MRPD might be interested in permanently acquiring land that would be used for grazing with lease back or other arrangements. Meeting is-8 . . . page 3 D. Wendin asked that specific references to the County Plan of Regional Parks within the Tools applying to MRPD be reviewed and removed. N. Hanko reported that on page 11 of the report, under Tool C) the last phrase, "In conjunction with Midpeninsula Regional Park District, " should be struck. The UD/OS Subcommittee has already done so since they felt that there would probably be other agencies involved. Mr. Weden stated that there are a couple of areas where MRPD is not mentioned and he would like to bring this to their attention for comment. Under the policy related to Water Related Resources-- Lands Immediately Adjacent to Reservoirs (page 5 of the report) Tool 1) Direct acquisition of immediately adjacent lands through purchase by the Water District, or parks departments. The Direc- tors agreed that MRPD should be mentioned if the Tool were re- worded. The second area was Regional Parks--Long Term Proposals (page 16 of the report) . Mr. Weden suggested the addition of Tool D) Pub- lic acquisition of development rights or other interest in land to preserve long-term proposals in a regional park plan. The Directors agreed to this inclusion. Finally, Mr. Weden asked if MRPD wished to be included under the policy relating to Archeological and Paleontological Resources (page 18 of the report) . He suggested that Tools be reworded to include open space potential as well. Concensus was that MRPD be included in this policy area also. President Wendin thanked Don Weden and Nonette Hanko for the report. IV. NEW BUSINESS President Wendin asked for items to be considered under new business. K. Duffy stated that she has received a request from citizens concerned with the San Jose Water Works property to be placed on the agenda. She asked how this should appear. President Wendin asked that these citizens prepare a written statement to the Directors and that they also make an oral presentation under Written Communications on April 25. W. Peters announced that checks for the Directors for attendance at April meetings would be issued at the end of the meeting. President Wendin recessed the meeting into executive session for the purpose of interviewing candidates for the position of General Manager at 8: 15 p.m. V. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12 : 45 p.m. Norma Grench Secretary