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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
February7 24 , 19182
I . ROLL CALL
President Katherine Duffy called the meeting to order at 7 : 38 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, David Hansen,
Jean Fiddes , Del Woods , and Stanley Norton.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. January 27 , 1982
Motion: R. Bishop moved the approval of the minutes of
January 27 , 1982 . D. Wendin seconded the motion.
Discussion: N. Hanko requested the second sentence
in the fifth paragraph on page five of the minutes
be corrected to read "She said she felt that San
Carlos and the District had worked on this project
in good faith for over nine years" . R. Bishop accepted
the correction in his motion to approve the minutes .
The motion passed unanimously with E. Shelley abstaining
from the vote since he had not been present at the
meeting.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
J. Fiddes stated the Board had received a letter, dated February 15, 1982,
from Harry H . Haeussler, 1094 Highland Circle, Los Altos , regarding
the pole barn on the former McNiel property and horse trailer parking.
H. Grench stated Mr. Haeussler ' s recommendations would be taken
into consideration by staff in the preparation of the use and
management plan for the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve .
K. Duffy stated she had received a letter from the Sempervirens Fund
requesting she participate on the Big Basin Completion Committee and
that the Board endorse the completion campaign of Big Basin Redwoods
State Park. D. Wendin stated he felt it would be valuable for a
representative of the Sempervirens Fund to brief the Board on recent
activities involving Big Basin Redwoods and Castle Rock State Parks
before making a decision on endorsing the completion campaign for
Big Basin Redwoods State Park. K. Duffy requested H. Grench place
a presentation on an agenda in the near future.
Herbert A.Grench.General Manager
Board of Directors:Katherine Duffy,Barbara Green,Nonette G.Hanko,Richard S.Bishop,Edward G Shelley,Harry A Turner,Daniel G Wendin
Meeting 82-4 Page two
IV. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Motion: B. Green moved the adoption of the agenda as presented.
D. Wendin seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
V. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Robert Mark, 725 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, requested an update on
the no parking signs along Skyline Boulevard. D. Hansen stated there
was no new information to report on the removal of the signs.
Tom Kavanaugh, 1726 Spring Street, Mountain View, requested the
Board consider hiring an outside group to undertake the redistricting
project and stated East Palo Alto should not be divided between two
wards in any redistricting proposals. After discussion, K. Duffy
stated the Board' s consensus that the Redistricting Committee, com-
posed of three Board members , should continue to be responsible for
making recommendations on the redistricting.
Fred Beddall, 1501 Woodland Avenue, East Palo Alto, asked the status
of the Hassler acquisition project, and H. Grench responded the
Board had adopted a resolution of public necessity for the property,
necessary papers had been filed, and District staff was trying to
continue to acquire the property through negotiations with the City
and County of San Francisco.
VI. NEW BUSINESS WITH NO ACTION REQUESTED
A. Bridge Construction at Rancho San Antonio County Park
D. Hansen reviewed memorandum M-82-22 , dated February 18 , 1982 ,
regarding the construction of a bridge over Permanente Creek
which would link Cristo Rey Drive with the Rancho San Antonio
Open Space Preserve. He noted staff was recommending that a
joint comprehensive study of the Preserve , County Park, and
Deer Hollow Farm be pursued and that the District grant a road
easement to the County across the eastern portion of the Preserve
in exchange for an easement in the District' s favor over the
existing County Park road and the bridge to be constructed.
R. Mark stated he was in favor of the foot access trail being
constructed from the County parking lot along Permanente Creek,
and Directors Wendin and Green stated they concurred with Mr. mark.
In response to a question from N. Hanko, Linda Newberry, Resident
Naturalist for the City of Mountain View at Deer Hollow Farm,
stated she felt points one through eight on pages four and five
of the report covered the concerns she and Paula Bettencourt,
Recreation Director for the City of Mountain View, expressed in
their letter of February 10 , 1982 to H. Grench.
D. Hansen noted the word "northeast" should be changed to "north-
west" in the first sentence of point one on page four and requested
the word "northwest" be inserted before the words "County parcel"
in the first sentence of point eight on page four.
Meeting 82-4 Page three
D. Wendin stated he felt it very important to include the City
of Los Altos and the City of Mountain View in any joint planning
done for the area.
Motion: D. Wendin moved the tentative adoption of recommendations
in the staff report with the inclusion of the statement
"The District will invite the City of Mountain View and
the City of Los Altos to participate in the joint planning
process for the Preserve , the County Park, and Deer Hollow
Farm. " B. Green seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
N. Hanko stated agenda items requiring tentative Board approval
should be placed under an agenda category with action requested.
Motion : N. Hanko moved that staff be asked to present to the
Board, as an informational item, the plans outlining
the appearance of the County' s bridge when they are
available. D. Wendin seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
B. Summary Status Report on the Use and Management Plan for Planning
Area VIII (Manzanita Ridge Open Space Preserve)
D. Woods reviewed the use and management status report for Planning
Area VIII as contained in report R-82-11, dated February 10 , 1982 .
In response to a question from E. Shelley, H. Grench stated staff
was not recommending dedication of land in the Manzanita Ridge
area since the option of density transfer or land exchanges
should remain an acquisition tool in the area at this time. He
noted that the final Pattern of private development and Dis-
trict acquisition was still very incomplete.
D. Woods stated the fourth completed use and management recommenda-
tion regarding the capping of the two unused wells on the former
Kennedy Trails property had been included in the report under
the assumption the work would be completed by the date of the
Board meeting. He noted the field staff had not been able to
locate the wells.
Motion: R. Bishop moved the tentative adoption of the use and
management recommendations for Planning Area VIII con-
tained in the staff report. E. Shelley seconded the
motion.
Motion to Amend: N. Hanko moved to amend the motion to include
a statement in the Kennedy Road Area recommendations
that the wells should be found and capped. The motion
to amend was not seconded.
R. Bishop' s motion passed unanimously.
R. Bishop requested the staff report back to the Board on the
status of the wells in question.
Meeting 82-4 Page four
VII. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
D. Hansen reported he, J. Boland, and D. Woods had met with members
of the Mid-Peninsula Trails Council on Saturday morning, February 27 ,
to inspect damage on the Rogue Valley Trail at the Rancho San Antonio
Open Space Preserve caused by horses on the trail. He said that in
the afternoon, D. Woods and Directors Bishop and Hanko met with
approximately 35 people on the former McNiel property of the Monte
Bello Open Space Preserve to discuss future trails and other uses of
the site as well as the disposition of existing structures. D. Hansen
stated another public meeting would be held on the Monte Bello Open
Space Preserve on Saturday, March 27 , to discuss further these items
in preparation for the formulation of the use and management plan for
the property.
D. Hansen noted the working parts of the windmill in Windmill Pasture
had been secured and said staff was studying the potential and costs
of repairing the windmill. R. Mark suggested it might be possible
to solicit public contributions to cover the expenses involved in
repairing the windmill.
D. Hansen stated he and J. Boland had met with Tom Harrington to dis-
cuss the paving of a portion of Monte Bello Road.
H. Grench stated the District had been invited by the East Bay Regional
Park District to co-sponsor a reception for the Districts ' legislators
and their key staff members in Sacramento on Monday, March 8 in
connection with the California Parks and Recreation Society Conference.
He noted the reception would be an informal exchange of information
and felt that at least one Board member should be in attendance.
K. Duffy indicated she could attend the reception to represent the
Board. H. Grench noted the cost to the District would be approximately
$200.
Motion: B. Green moved the Board authorize the expenditure of funds
for one or more Board members to go to Sacramento for the
reception and authorize the appropriate expenditure of this
budget item. H. Turner seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
VIII. CLAIMS
Motion: E. Shelley moved the approval of the revised claims 82-4 ,
dated February 24 , 1982 . H. Turner seconded the motion.
Discussion: N. Hanko questioned claim 2934 , and D. Woods
responded the engineering study by Jo Crosby and Associates
had been for a large landslide on the Thornewood property.
J. Fiddes noted the numbering for the last thirteen claims
on the list was incorrect and should sequentially be changed
to numbers 2936 though 2948 . The motion to approve the re-
vised claims as corrected passed unanimously.
IX. CLOSED SESSION
The Board adjourned to a Closed Session on land negotiation matters
at 9 :08 P.M.
X. ADJOURNMENT
The Board reconvened to adjourn the meeting at 10 : 05 P .M.
Jean H. Fiddes
District Clerk