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MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
Meeting 93-05
SPECIAL MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
February 17, 1993
MINUTES
I. ROLL CALL
President Betsy Crowder called the meeting to order at 4:00 P.M.
Members Present: Betsy Crowder, Wim de Wit, Nonette Hanko, Teena Henshaw, Robert
McKibbin and Pete m i S e ens. Ginn y Babbitt was present for the closed session portion of the
meeting on Wednesday, 17 19 y, February 93.
Personnel Present: Herbert Grench, Craig Britton, Jean Fiddes, Randy Anderson, John Escobar,
Malcolm Smith, Stanley Norton, and Deborah Zucker.
II. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
B. Crowder stated that the agenda was adopted by Board consensus.
III. BOARD BUSINESS
A. Long Term District Funding Alternatives
H. Grench introduced the review of funding measure options stating that, although he had
previously considered a June 1994 ballot funding measure for the District, he no longer
thought that June 1994 was a realistic date. He said reasons included the importance of
maintaining the District's funding tax base and the need to focus staff time for that purpose,
and the probability that the CaIPAW initiative, that included $60 million for acquisition
funding for the District, was slated to be on the June 1994 ballot. He stated that because
multiple park funding measures on a single ballot now compete with each other for voter
support, the District should wait until November 1994, at the earliest, to include a District
funding measure on the ballot.
M. Smith reviewed the funding options in the management team's draft report
memorandum dated February 12, 1993, which included three different assessment district
options, a standard general obligation bond measure, and a special tax.
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H. Grench said that a bill for a statewide benefit assessment district act was being
researched and drafted in Sacramento. He stated that a spot bill to modify the District's
public resources code to remove sexist language from the code might be amended to also
allow the District to use the same type of funding measure that was used in Los Angeles
County in 1990 if the Board decided to proceed in this direction.
R. McKibbin stated that East Bay Regional Park District (E.B.R.P.D.) had publicized in its
newsletter plans to have a funding measure on the June 1994 ballot. He asked staff to find
out which funding measure E.B.R.P.D. intended to use. T. Henshaw and R. McKibbin
offered to attend a Planning and Conservation League funding measure strategy meeting in
Sacramento to be scheduled during the coming week.
M. Smith stated that staff resources required to pursue a funding measure might conflict
with other critical District priorities, including the overlying Strategic Plan policy of
protecting existing sources of District funding, implementing the public affairs program,
and supporting the Ca1PAW initiative. He reviewed the estimated costs of preparing for a
funding measure and requested approval of an additional $12,500 for a baseline public
opinion survey. Board members subsequently agreed that the Board had previously
approved the baseline funding survey and that H. Grench had the authority PP to approve
additional expense for that purpose, if necessary.
T. Henshaw stated that Ca1PAW funding was earmarked for land acquisition funds and she
emphasized the importance of securing funding for the District's basic operating expenses,
in addition to land acquisition. She stated that she would not support any proposal to
secure funding using an assessment district process. She asked M. Smith to obtain
information about the intention of other districts and municipalities that would be looking
for voter approval of funding measures on the June 1994 ballot. She stated she needed this
information in order to make any decision on how the District should proceed.
R. McKibbin stated that he was in favor of targeting the June 1994 ballot, stating that with
the June 1994 target date the District would be prepared to go ahead with a funding
measure at that time, or have preliminary work done to place a funding measure on a later
ballot, if necessary. All Board members present agreed that November 1994 was probably
a more reasonable date, but they concurred with R. McKibbin's recommendation to target
the June 1994 ballot.
With Board concurrence, B. Crowder stated that Board action on long term funding
measures would be postponed until the Board received more information from staff at the
March 10, 1993 regular meeting.
B. Crowder said that staff informed her that there were only a few items scheduled for the
February 24 regular meeting and that the items could be postponed until the March 10
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meeting, and that the February 24 meeting could be cancelled if the Board desired.
j Motion: T. Henshaw moved that the Board cancel its regular meeting scheduled for
February 24, 1993. R. McKibbin seconded the motion. The motion passed 6
to 0.
C. Britton, referring to the cancellation of the February 24 meeting, informed the Board
that a two-acre parcel was scheduled for tax default sale by San Mateo County. He said
that the parcel was contiguous to El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve and had a
purchase price of$8,750. He said that staff would be investigating the parcel to determine
if the District should request that the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors remove the
parcel from the tax sale at its February 25 meeting.
B. Crowder announced that the Board would meet in closed session on personnel matters at
6:00 P.M. The meeting was recessed at 5:40 P.M.
IV. CLOSED SESSION
The Board reconvened in closed session on personnel matters at 6:00 P.M. At 8:05 P.M., the
Board announced that the closed session would be continued to 5:00 P.M. Friday, February 19,
1993. The Board reconvened in closed session at 5:00 P.M. Friday, February 19, 1993. G.
Babbitt and W. DeWit were absent.
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V. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 P.M. on Friday, February 19, 1993.
Deborah Zucker
Recording Secretary
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