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Home My Public Portal About19900613 - Minutes - Board of Directors (BOD) VVI i A, Meeting 90-14 t1 >>��' 4 00� MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS June 13 , 1990 MINUTES I . ROLL CALL President Nonette Hanko called the meeting to order at 7 : 38 P.M. Members Present: Teena Henshaw, Edward Shelley, Nonette Hanko, Betsy Crowder , and Richard Bishop. Member Absent : Katherine Duffy and Robert McKibbin. Personnel Present: Craig Britton, David Hansen, Stanley Norton, Jean Fiddes , and Annette Coleman. II . APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 23 , 1990 N. Hanko noted that revised minutes that included page three had been distributed to the Board. D. Hansen stated that the last sentence in the first informatonal report on page six should be amended to read "D . Hansen said that San Mateo County Public Works Director, Bob Sans , would report to the Board of Supervisors at the June 12 meeting. " Motion: E. Shelley moved that the Board approve the minutes of May _ 23 as corrected. T. Henshaw seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . III . WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS N. Hanko stated that the Board had received a letter dated May 26 , 1990 , from Scott Lieberman, 3200 Payne Avenue , Apt . 714 , San Jose , regarding access to the top of Mt . Umunhum. J . Fiddes stated that a second letter dated May 16 , 1990 from Donna Poy, 271 Crown Circle , South San Francisco, regarding trail usage at Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve and expressing her concern regarding mountain bikes on District preserves had been distributed to the Board. N. Hanko stated that the draft responses for the two letters were approved by Board consensus . IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were no oral communications . V. ADOPTION OF AGENDA N. Hanko stated that the agenda was adopted by Board consensus . i Meeting 90-14 Page 2 VI . BOARD BUSINESS A. Final Adoption of the Amendment to the Use and Management Plan for Monte Bello Open Space Preserve (KgPor_t_R-90-74 dated June 1 , 1990) D. Hansen stated that he felt that concerns expressed by other Black Mountain telecommunications tenants had been resolved. Representatives from C & C Equipment Company discussed the frequencies that would be used. R. Bishop stated that staff should include a hold harmless clause in the lease to be negotiated with C & C Equipment Company because of the potential signal interruptions . Motion: E. Shelley moved that the Board adopt the Negative Declaration for the project . R. Bishop seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . Motion: E. Shelley moved that the Board adopt the amendment to the Use and Management Plan for Monte Bello Open Space Preserve to allow an additional telecommunications facility at Black Mountain as contained in report R- 90-58 . R. Bishop seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . B . Property Tax Allocation 'from Las Pulgas Community Development Project (Report R-90-73 dated June 1 , 1990) Motion: R. Bishop moved that the Board adopt Resolution 90-27 , a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Electing to Receive Incremental Property Tax Revenues as Provided for by Section 33676 of the California Health and Safety Code . B. Crowder seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . C . Authorization of Proposal Submission for Grant Support of 1990 International Open Space Conference (Report R-90-72 dated June 11 1990) Motion: R. Bishop moved that the Board adopt Resolution 90-28 , a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Authorizing Submittal of Proposal to The San Francisco Foundation. B . Crowder seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . D. Scheduling of Special Meeting for Long Ridge Open Space Preserve On-Site Workshop (Report R-90-76 dated June 6 , 1990) Motion: R. Bishop moved that the Board schedule a special Meeting 90-14 Page 3 meeting for 6 : 00 p.m. on June 18 , at the former Bar-Y Ranch property for the purpose of conducting an on- site public workshop in connection with the Comprehensive Use and Management Plan review for Long Ridge Open Space Preserve . B . Crowder seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . E . Shelley and T. Henshaw stated that they would not be able to attend the June 18 meeting. VII . INFORMATIONAL REPORTS C . Britton reported to the Board on the question regarding access across the former Chisholm property for timber harvesting. He said that Mr . Chisholm did have an easement across District land for the timber harvesting activities . C . Britton stated that the East Bay Regional Park District had submitted a legislative bill to increase the number of meetings for which a director of the park district could receive compensation to ten meetings per month. N. Hanko stated the Board ' s consensus that the District would take a neutral position on this particular legislation. D. Hansen stated that he and B . Crowder had attended the meeting of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors earlier in the day at which the board voted not to open Alpine Road to public vehicular traffic . He stated that the county wanted to abandon the road, but maintain an easement over it for emergency access road use . D. Hansen stated that staff would be discussing the possibility of joint maintenance for the road with the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department and the California Division of Forestry. D. Hansen distributed three letters to the Board: 1) a letter dated June 8 , 1990 from D. Hansen to Muriel Fulford, Santa Clara County Office of Advance Planning, commenting on the draft Environmental Impact Report for the Lexington Quarry expansion; 2) a letter dated June 9 , 1990 from Hermia James regarding the moonlight hike she led at Long Ridge Open Space Preserve; and 3) a letter dated June 13 , 1990 from D. Hansen to John M. Delong of the South Skyline Association regarding District assistance on several matters of interest to the association. A. Coleman reported on two recent accidents on District preserves : 1) one involving an equestrian and a jogger at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve , and 2) one involving a bicyclist at Fremont older Open Space Preserve . She noted that District staff had also participated in a major search operation at Coal Creek Open Space Preserve and had provided assistance to a preserve user suffering a reaction to a bee sting. Meeting 90-14 Page 4 C . Britton reported that both the San Mateo County and Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commissions had approved the annexation of the former Smith property. He said that staff would return to the Board to coomplete the annexation process . He stated that staff would be working on the annexation of the former Bar-Y Ranch property. VIII . CLAIMS Motion: B. Crowder moved that the Board approve Revised Claims 90- 11 . R. Bishop seconded the motion. The motion passed 5 to 0 . IX. CLOSED SESSION C. Britton announced that land negotiation matters to be discussed in Closed Session involved Santa Clara County Assessor ' s Parcel Number 558-53-02 owned by Spectabilis Limited. The Board recessed to Closed Session on land negotiation and labor negotiation matters at 8 : 10 P .M. X. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 25 P .M. Jean Fiddes District Clerk Open Space P Pa MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT CORRECTION TO MINUTES OF JUNE 13, 1990 II . APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 13 , 1990 J. Fiddes stated that M. Hale ' s name should be included in the personnel present listing. Motion: B. Crowder moved that the Board approve the minutes of June 13 as corrected. T. Henshaw seconded the motion. The motion passed 4 to 0 with K. Duffy and R. McKibbin abstaining from the vote since they were absent from the meeting. Open Space . . . for room to breathe - 20th Anniversary - 1972-1992 330 Distel Circle - Los Altos, California 94022-1404 - Phone:415-691-1200 - FAX:415-691-0485 0 General,Manager:Herbert Grench Board of Directors:Pete Siemens,Robert McKibbin,Teena Henshaw,Ginny Babbitt,Nonette Hanko,Betsy Crowder,Wim de Wit