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Home My Public Portal About19790509 - Minutes - Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting 79-13 Ato MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT Regular Meeting Board of Directors M I N U T E S May 9, 1979 375 Distel Circle , D-1 Los Altos , CA I. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order by President Shelley at 7 :50 P.M. Members Present: Edward Shelley, Harry Turner, Daniel Wendin, Barbara Green, Nonette Hanko, Richard Bishop and Kay Duffy. Personnel Present: Herbert Grench, Jon Olson, Craig Britton, Charlotte McDonald, Phyllis Lee and Stanley Norton. San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Commissioners Present: Jo Schreck and Robert Whitmore. San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Personnel Present: Doc Mattison, Director II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Minutes of April 7, 1979 E. Shelley stated the consensus of the Board that the minutes of April 7, 1979 be approved as presented. III. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS P. Lee referred the Board to the following written communications : 1) A letter dated May 4, 1979 to the President of the Board from Robert McCue of the Real Estate Services Division of the De- partment of General Services, commending District staff, particularly the Land Acquisition department on cooperative projects; 2) A letter received May 4 , 1979 from Lisa Forrest of Sunnyvale expressing support for the District and advising of litter on Monte Bello Ridge. Jon Olson said that staff is attempting to contact Ms. Forrest to get mote information, IV. ADOPTION OF AGENDA E. Shelley stated the consensus of the Board that the agenda be adopted as presented. Meeting 79-13 Page two V. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Charles Wahlgren, Los Gatos, said he supported the program of the District. He told the Board that a piece of property between Los Gatos and Saratoga is currently being threatened by develop- ment interests . He said the site, commonly known as Stevens College property, is ideal for recreational use and urged the Board to join the effort to protect this site from development. VI. NEW BUSINESS WITH ACTION REQUESTED A. Discussion of Edgewood State College Site and other Items of Mutual Interest. H. Grench introduced Doc Mattison, San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department Director.and Jo Schreck and Robert Whitmore San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Commissioners. During this portion of the meeting a slide presentation of the Edgewood Property was given by Ellie Hess of San Carlos and Susan Sommers of Redwood City, both neighbors of the site, Ms. Sommers told the Board that photographs she has taken of the Edgewood site will be on display in the District office for the next few weeks. H. Grench reviewed the financial situation of the District since passage of Proposition 13 and allocation of State urplus funds. He said that the District will operate this year on approximately 65% of last year's property tax revenue. He said the overall ef- fect of this reduction in funding is a reduction of new acqui- sition projects. He said that it is anticipated that the Land Management budget would be increased from the current level due to increased numbers of visitors to District sites. He added that to date the District has acquired Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, Long Ridge Open Space Preserve, Thornewood and a portion of Los 41 Trancos Open Space Preserve, within San Mateo County. He said po- tential acquisitions in San Mateo County include, Edgewood, Hassler and the East Palo Alto/Menlo Park baylands. Doc Mattison said the Parks and Recreation Department in San Mateo County is the department most effected by passage of Proposition 13. He said the current budget for the County is approximately $300,000 because of prior commitment of funds. He said that Coun- ty parks within the District are Wunderlich, Huddart and Flood parks. He told the Board that the Edgewood site is currently the only potential County acquisition within the District. C. Britton explained that an application had been submitted by San Mateo County for a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant in the amount of $1. 9 million to help purchase the Edgewood State College site. He said that if grant funds for this project are approved, the District and the County will contribute $475,000 each toward purchase of the property. Meeting 79-13 Page three Doc Mattison said that the grant application had been approved at the State and local leVels and has been forwarded to the Sec- retary of the Interior in Washington for final approval sometime in June. Ellie Hess of San Carlos expressed concern about off-road vehicles continuing to drive onto the Edgewood site . R. Mark, 725 Cowper Avenue, Palo Alto, said that possibly the County and the District could make a case against the current owner of the Edgewood property because of the negligent manage- ment of the area. J. Olson stated that in the event the Hassler and Edgewood sites are acquired a mutual understanding agreement could possibly be developed with San Mateo County staff for joint planning and management of the area. The Board and San Mateo County Commissioners agreed by consensus on the following items : 1) a coordinated lobby effort should be developed to ensure funding of the Edgewood State College site project; 2) a joint letter should be sent to Congressmen McCloskey and Royer urging approval of the Land and Water Conserva- tion Fund grant for the Edgewood site. This letter should be drafted by H. Grench and signed by members of the Dis- trict Board and staff, San Mateo County staff and Commis- sioners and any members of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors who wish to sign. A similar letter should be sent to Senators Cranston and Hayakawa. The Board recessed at 9 : 30 P.M. to reconvene at 9 :40 P.M. VII. NEW BUSINESS WITH ACTION REQUESTED A. Proposed Regnart Road Improvement Project. J. Olson told the Board he had attended a meeting of the Cupertino City Council on May 7, 1979. He said that the Regnart Road Improve- ment project adjacent to the Fremont Older Open Space Preserve had been discussed, and authorization to proceed with necessary condem- nation of rights-of-way by Cupertino staff had been approved. He said that approximately 1/4 acre of the Fremont Older Preserve is included in the condemnation action. It was the consensus of the Board that the District postpone any action regarding the Regnart Road Improvement Project until the condemnation proceeding is initiated. Meeting 79-13 Page four VIII. CLAIMS Motion: N. Hanko moved that the Board approve the revised claims list (C-79-10 dated May 9 , 1979) as presented. R. Bishop seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board recessed to Executive Session at 9 :55 P.M. to discuss Land Negotiations and Personnel Matters. X. ADJOURNMENT The Board reconvened to adjourn at 12 :00 A.M. Phyllis Lee Recording Secretary 1 CORRECTIONS TO MINUTES OF A A. Minutes of May 9, 1979 E, E. Shelley stated the consensus of the Board that the minutes be approved with the following corrections: 1) Page two, paragraph six, line three, the words "balance remaining in the" should precede "current budget. " 2) Page two, paragraph one, "Charles Wahlgren" should be changed to "Charles Walton. " 3) Page three, item No.2 , the word "approval" should be stricken and replaced with the phrase "their support. " 4) Page two, final paragraph, line three, the amount "l. 9 million" should be changed to "$475,000. " I i I I CORRECTIONS MINUTES OF i 4 i I