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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19800312 - Minutes - Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting 80-4 or MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT 375 DISTEL CIRCLE,SUITE D-1,LOS ALTOS,CALIFORNIA 94022 (415) 965-4717 Regular Meeting Board of Directors M I N U T E S March 12, 1980 375 Distel Circle, Suite D-1 Los Altos, California I. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order by President Barbara Green at 7: 30 P.M. Members Present: Katherine Duffy, Daniel Wendin, Barbara Green, Edward Shelley, Nonette Hanko, Harry Turner, and Richard Bishop. Personnel Present: Herbert Grench, Craig Britton, Steve Sessions , Del Woods, Eric Mart, Cynthia DiGiovanni, Sue Herda, Michael Foster, and Stanley Norton. II. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS J. Fiddes noted the Board had received a letter, dated March 11, 1980, from Anita Jesse, 1574 Newport Avenue, San Jose, regarding the use of invasive exotics in the Kaiser Quarry revegetation project and requesting that she be added to the April 9 agenda in order to speak on the subject. B. Green stated the Board's consensus that Ms. Jesse be added to the April 9 agenda under a no action requested category. III. ADOPTION OF AGENDA H. Grench requested that Item 2 , under New Business With Action Requested, be expanded to include Support for Proposition 1 and Positions on Various Other Bills and that an Item 4 , Authorization to Fill Secretarial Vacancy, be added to New Business With Action Requested. C. Britton informed the Board that S. Herda, the Land Acquisition and Public Communications secretary for the past year, would be leaving the District in late March to continue her education at San Jose State. Motion: E. Shelley moved the adoption of the amended agenda. N. Hanko seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Herbert A.Grench,General Manager Board of Directors:Katherine Duffy,Barbara Green,Nonefte G.Hanko,Richard S Bishop,Edward G.Shelley,Harry A.Turner,Daniel G.Wendin Meeting 80-4 .,age Two IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Robert Mark, 724 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, asked if there had been any progress in addressing the question of signs along Skyline Boulevard. H. Grench noted that staff would be reporting on signs at the next Regular Meeting of the Board. Tom Harrington, Monte Bello Road, Palo Alto, reported on the condition of Monte Bello Road and recommended that the District look into the repair of the road. N. Hanko stated she would meet with Mr. Harrington to discuss the matter. V. OLD BUSINESS WITH ACTION REQUESTED A. Location of Parking Lot at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve N. Hanko noted she had requested the placement of this item on the agenda as a result of a tour of the site that she and D. Woods had recently with two members of the Palo Alto Planning Commission. She read a letter, addressed to the Board of Directors, and dated March 12 , 1980 , from Mary Gordon, a member of the Palo Alto Planning Commission. Ms. Gordon' s letter expressed concerns about the proposed siting of the parking facility for the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve and proposed that a field trip of the Palo Alto Planning D' r be scheduled in the Commissioners and District representatives P near future to discuss the parking lot. N. Hanko stated that the proposed parking area, which had been preliminarily adopted by the Board, physically disturbed the Preserve ' s natural terrain, in terms of cut and fill, and marred the Preserve's viewshed. She recommended that discussion on the location of the parking lot be continued to the April 9 Board meeting, and, in the meantime, the members of the Palo Alto Planning Commission be invited to attend a study session with interested Board members on Saturday, March 29 , 1980, from 10:00 A.M. to 12 :00 P.M. to discuss the location of the parking lot. She noted that the Commissioners should be provided with a copy of report R-80-5, dated March 6 , 1980 , which discussed alternative parking lot locations. D. Woods reviewed a map of the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve and made a slide presentation of the ten locations that had been considered for the parking area. S. Sessions reviewed report R-80-5, dated March 6 , 1980 , and noted that, based on recent evaluations, the Land Management staff recommended retaining the initial proposed location "G" for the parking area. Meeting 80-4 age Three H. Grench recommended that the Board either reaffirm its approval of location "G" or visit the site on an individual or small group basis prior to the April 9 meeting, at which time they could continue their discussion of the matter, as well as decide if they want to initiate a study session with the Palo Alto Planning Commission. He noted that the Board should make planning decisions that effect the development of a District site. D. Wendin noted that, prior to the Board's decision on the location of the parking area, it would be useful to exchange information and discuss the location of the parking area with individual members of the Palo Alto Planning Commission. B. Green stated the Board's consensus that a study session, to which members of the Palo Alto Planning Commission would be invited, should be held on Saturday, March 29, 1980, from 9 : 00 A.M. to 12 :00 P.M. The session would focus on the design and selection criteria used for the proposed parking area at the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve and would be a public meeting. Tom Harrington invited the Board to use his home on Monte Bello Road for the study session. Motion: D. Wendin moved that the study session be scheduled for 9: 00 A.M. on March 29, 1980 with the initial session at the District office followed by a carpool to the various sites for field study. E. Shelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Bob Snowcroft, 1650 College Avenue, Palo Alto, a member of Friends of the Earth, asked the Board if there were plans for a third or fourth parking lot at the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. He noted that the current fuel situation would probably increase the use of the District' s preserves and suggested that the District look into innovative transportation methods, such as SamTrans service to the Preserve, to prevent the creation of more parking areas. N. Hanko requested that the wording "location adopted on July 11, 1979" be changed to "location preliminarily adopted on July 11, 1979" in the portion of report R-80-5 entitled Analysis of Site Location With Respect to Various Factors. She noted she would have like to have seen the factors rated on a one to ten basis. VI. NEW BUSINESS WITH ACTION REQUESTED A. Support of Proposition 1 and Positions on Various Other Bills H. Grench reviewed memorandum M-80-24 , dated March 6, 1980 . He noted that the Legislative Committee had met prior to the evening' s Regular Meeting of the Board. Meeting 80-4 .,age Four R. Bishop stated that the Legislative Committee recommended Board support for Proposition 1. Motion: R. Bishop moved that the Board of Directors support Proposition 1. B. Green seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. H. Grench distributed an informational report, Legislative Committee Topics, dated March 12, 1980, and reviewed current legislation of interest to the District, as well as new recommended positions and action category placement for some of the legislation. R. Bishop stated that the Legislative Committee supported the recommendations contained in the report. Motion: R. Bishop moved that the Board of Directors support the recommended new positions as shown in the Legislative Committee Topics report, dated March 12 , 1980. N. Hanko seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B. Authority to Enter and Patrol Windy Hill Site S. Sessions reviewed memorandum M-80-26 , dated March 6, 1980, and a letter, dated February 28 , 1980, from Robert R. Augsburger regarding the management and patrol of Windy Hill. He noted that a patrol of the Windy Hill site would help to develop proper use patterns on the property and stated that Sections701, 702, 703, and 409. 5, which dealt with grazing, harvesting, commercial filming, and hang-gliding, respectively, of Ordinance 75-1 were recommended for exclusion because of interference with current use by the property owner. Discussion centered on whether the public would have access to the property. S. Norton said that, based on Mr. Augsburger ' s letter, it was his inter- pretation that P.O.S.T. was granting the District authority to extend District open space ordinances to and over the subject property with rights to enforce and cite. By analogizing to District properties, S. Norton stated that there would be access to the property. D. Wendin requested that staff meet with Mr. Augsburger to define the conditions of the license agreement and report back to the Board to make sure no ambiguities were involved. He also asked that the hold harmless clause in the letter be defined. N. Hanko requested that the Board be assured that the public would have access to the property. D. Wendin requested that the minutes of the meeting show that District Legal Counsel had stated that Section 200 of Ordinance 75-1 was applicable, and that it was S. Norton's interpretation that the public would have access to the site. Meeting 80-4 P Five Motion: D. Wendin moved that staff be authorized to initiate a patrol for Windy Hill and that District ordinance 75-1 be extended to the property with the exception of sections701, 702, 703, and 409 . 5. B. Green seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. C. Authorization to Fill Secretarial Vacancy H. Grench requested that the Board authorize him to fill the secretarial vacancy in Land Acquisition and Public Communications created by S. Herda' s decision to leave the District. Motion: N. Hanko moved that staff be authorized to fill the Land Acquisition/Public Communications secretarial position. E. Shelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. VII . INFORMATIONAL REPORTS R. Bishop noted that San Mateo County Sheriff' s Department was patrolling the Edgewood site. S. Sessions reported that California Department of Parks and Recreation would be holding a public meeting concerning the expansion of Castle Rock State Park on March 13, 1980 at the San Lorenzo Valley High School. He also noted that the Vista Point parking lot proposal had been approved by consensus at a public meeting conducted by CALTRANS, and construction would be initiated in the fall. S. Sessions , C. MacDonald, and H. Grench reported on various sessions of the California Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS) Conference that they attended in Sacramento on March 7-10, 1980. VIII. CLAIMS Motion: D. Wendin moved the adoption of the Revised Claims C-80-4, dated March 12 , 1980. E. Shelley seconded the motion. Discussion: E. Shelley questioned Claim 839 and K. Duffy questioned Claim 809. C. Britton responded that Claim 839 represented the settlement of a relocation claim, and E. Mart noted that Claim 809 to the California Water Service was high because of problems with the water system at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve. The motion passed unanimously. IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board recessed to Executive Session at 9 :50 P.M. X. ADJOURNMENT The Board reconvened to adjourn at 11: 55 P.M. Jean H. Fiddes District Clerk f CORRECTIONS TO MINUTES OF 1 March 12, 1980 D. Wendin requested that his statement on Page Three relating to the location of the parking lot at the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve be amended to reflect the fact that the meeting with the members of the Palo Alto Planning Commission would provide the opportunity of educating the Commissioners on the concepts of the District and that the District's Board will make the decision on where the parking lot will be located. D. Wendin requested that the word "defined" be changed to "clarified" in the fourth paragraph of Item B Authority to Enter and Patrol Windy Hill. Motion: B. Green moved that the minutes of March 12, 1980 be approved as amended. E. Shelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. J