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Home My Public Portal About20010131 - Minutes - Board of Directors (BOD) I I I f MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT I Meeting 01-03 I REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS I January 31, 2001 I MINUTES I. ROLL CALL President Pete Siemens called the meeting to order at 7:36 P.M. Members Present: Jed �'Y Cyr, M Davey,Nonette Hanko� Larry Hassett Ken Nitz Deane y Little (7:54 P.M.), and Pete Siemens. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Craig Britton, Deirdre Dolan, Sue Schectman, John Escobar, John Maciel, Stephanie Jensen, Michael Williams, and Cathy Woodbury. II. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS -None. III. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion: J. Cyr moved that the Board adopt the agenda. o e da L. Hassett seconded an the y p g d motion passed 6 to 0. IV. ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: K. Nitz moved that the Board adopt the Consent Calendar, including draft responses to a letter from Mr. Pietro G. Denevi, 129 Vista Road Court, Los Gatos; Mr. Prentiss Cole, 75 Coronado Avenue, Los Altos; Mr. David King, Design Associates, davidkm("i),home.com; and Mr. Peter Parbery, 10166 Camberley Court, Cupertino; agenda item 5, Authorization to Solicit Bids for Four Fire Pumpers; Authorize Staff to Advertise for Bids to Purchase Four Fire Pumpers; agenda item 6, Authorization to Change District's Designation of Authorized Signatories for Entering District Safe Deposit Boxes; Adopt Resolution Amending the Rules of Procedure Regarding Safe Deposit Boxes; Adopt Resolution Establishing Signatories for Entering Safe Deposit Boxes (Mid-Peninsula Bank); and Revised Claims 01-02. J. Cyr seconded the motion. The motion passed 6 to 0. 330 Distel Circle Los Altos, CA 94022-1404 Phone: 650-691-1100 Fax: 650-691-0485 - E-mail: mrosd@openspace.org • Web site:www.opetispace.org Board of Directors:Pete Siemens,Mary C. Davey,Jed Cyr, Deane Little, Nanette Hanko, Larry Hassett, Kenneth C. Nitz .General Manager:I.Craig Britton � Meeting 0 1-03 Page 2 V. BOARD BUSINESS A. Agenda Item No. 1 - Appointment of Christopher Barresi as Peace Officer-, Adopt Resolution Appointing Christopher Barresi —(Report R-0 I-16). J. Maciel outlined staff s recommendations, including introducing Chris Barresi to the Board. Motion: N. Hanko moved that the Board adopt Resolution No. 0 1-02, Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Appointing Peace Officer. M. Davey seconded the motion. The motion passed 6 to 0. B. Agenda Item No. 2 - Appointment of Current Year Board Committees; Disband the Corte de Madera Trail and Trails/Wilderness Policy Ad Hoc Committees, Create a New Trails Policy Implementation Ad Hoc Committee; Approve Appointments to Standing and Ad-Hoc Committees, Includina, the Determination of Compensation Status— (Report R-0 I-13). P. Siemens reviewed the report. Motion: J. Cyr moved that the Board disband the Corte de Madera Trails and Trails/Wilderness Policy Ad Hoc Committees; create a new Trails Policy Implementation ad hoc committee; and approve the President's appointments to standing and ad-hoc committees as contained in the report, including the determination of compensation status. K. Nitz seconded the motion. Discussion: H. Pastorelli, Vice President of ROMP, asked why meetings of ad hoc committees are not open to the public. S. Schectman informed him that by law, ad hoc committees are not required to be publicly noticed meetings. Vote: The motion passed 6 to 0. C. Agenda Item No. 3 - Appointment of District Representatives to the Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Financing Authority; Approve Appointments of Directors Hanko, Hassett, and Nitz to Serve on the Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Financing Authority—(Report R-0 I- 14). P. Siemens reviewed his recommendations. Motion: K. Nitz moved that the Board approve the President's appointment of Directors Hanko, Hassett, and Nitz to serve on the Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Financing Authority. J. Cyr seconded the motion. The motion passed 6 to 0. Meeting 0 1-03 Page 3 P. Siemens noted that Mr. Denevi was present and had wanted to speak at Oral Communications and would the Board permit him to speak. Mr. Denevi stated he had a proposal to put before the Board concerning Bear Creek Redwoods. He was informed that, as the Board letter to him stated, this was not the time the Board could consider proposals for uses at Bear Creek Redwoods, but this would be a future decision for the Board. K. Nitz noted that he had received a letter with a$5,000 check for the District from The Walton Foundation. D. Agenda Item No. 4 - Proposed Preliminary Action Plan for the Implementation of the District's Basic Policy for Fiscal Year 2001-2002; Review the Proposed Preliminary Action Plan for the 2001-2002 Fiscal Year and Modify as Necessary for Review by the Administration and Budget Committee as a Part of the Budget Development Process— (Report R-0 I-15). C. Britton explained the process of considering the action plan. Staff members outlined some of the Key Projects for the various programs: 0 Open Space Acquisition Department—M. Williams A. Negotiations and Special Projects B. Enterprise C. Land Protection 0 Open Space Planning Department—C. Woodbury A. Advance and Resource Planning B. Current Planning and Capital Improvements 0 Operations Department—J. Maciel A. Field Operations B. Resource Management 0 Public Affairs Department— S. Jensen A. General Public Information and Outreach B. Legislative, Funding, and Organizational Relations C. Community Programs 0 Administration Department— D. Dolan A. Administration—C. Britton B. Human Resources—D. Dolan C. Legal Services—S. Schectman C. Britton noted there was no action required on the part of the Board at this time. The plan will be reviewed by the Budget Committee and come back to the Board for adoption, with the comments from this meeting incorporated. Meeting 0 1-03 Page 4 V1. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS K. Nitz reported that he had gone to Pulgas Ridge and worked with the volunteers removing broom, acacia, and eucalyptus. In addition they spread the seeding mix and the grass is sprouting. J. Cyr suggested that because of the shift in the financial climate and the energy situation in the state they seriously consider generating their own electricity for the administration building. D. Little had hiked in Hawaii and said they are facing environmental issues and changes because of the presence of non-native species. He said this stressed that the District needed to be diligent in getting rid of non-native species to avoid facing some of those same issues. P. Siemens had talked to Mr. Zatkin who was concerned about the amount of sediment in creeks at El Corte de Madera and has convinced agencies to conduct field trips. P. Siemens said he would go along on the trips. C. Britton: 1. The FYI's contained the yearly summary of the volunteer patrol reports. 2. J. Isaacs has put together a timeline and materials for the project at Pulgas Ridge and will be presenting it to the Board. 3. February 21 will be a special meeting on the feral pig program. 4. He had a copy of a new magazine called "Bay Nature." 5. He had brochures of the program for the annual conference of the Bay Area Open Space Council scheduled for March 9. 6. AB 104 has been introduced for the Bay Open Space Council auto fee for clean water. 7. He met with Assemblyman Joe Simitian who has agreed to carry the District's legislation regarding exchange of land and increase of the General Manager's contracting authority. He said the District will be taking a formal position on AB 104. D. Dolan: 1. She announced that L. Zadek had been appointed to the position of Senior Administrative Assistant. They will be recruiting for her replacement. 2. She confirmed for Budget Committee members that she would be sending out the agendas the next day for February 6 and 8 meetings. C. Woodbury reported on the progress on the lower Windy Hill project. The next stage will be site meetings with the Use and Management Committee and members of the public. S. Jensen: 1. She was impressed with the meeting with J. Simitian. The fact that he authored a bill for us means he has high esteem for the District. 2. The closing date for both Public Affairs positions is tomorrow. 3. The new Public Affairs intern will be at the State of the District event. The Public Affairs database has been updated. VII. ADJOURNMENT At 10:10 P.M., the meeting was adjourned. Roberta Wolfe Recording Secretary