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Home My Public Portal About20010228 - Minutes - Board of Directors (BOD) I Regional Open ' ice MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT Meeting 01-06 I SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS BOARD OF DIRECTORS February 28, 2001 I MINUTES I SPECIAL MEETING I. ROLL CALL President Pete Siemens called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. Members Present: Jed Cyr, Mary Davey,Nonette Hanko, Larry Hassett, Deane Little, I Pete Siemens, and Ken Nitz. Members Absent: None. I I Staff Present: Craig Britton, Sue Schectman, John Escobar, and Mike Williams. I II. CLOSED SESSION I P. Siemens stated that the Board would adjourn to Closed Session for a conference with real property negotiator. The Board recessed to Closed Session at 7:07 p.m. and the Closed Session commenced at 7:07 p.m. The Board concluded the Closed Session at 7:30 p.m. REGULAR MEETING III. P. Siemens called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:34 P.M. and noted that no reportable actions had taken place in Closed Session. 'I Additional Staff Present: Cathy Woodbury, Stephanie Jensen, John Maciel, Deirdre Dolan, Gordon Baillie, and John Kowaleski. IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - There were none. V. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion: K. Nitz moved that the Board adopt the agenda. M. Davey seconded and the motion passed 7 to 0. 330 Distel Circle - Los Altos, CA 94022-1404 - Phone:650-691-1200 Fax:650-691-0485 - E-mail: mrosd@openspace.org - Web site:www.openspace.org � ., C1F... Board of Directors:Pete Siemens,Mary C. Davey,Jed Cyr, Deane Little, Nonette Hanko,Larry Hassett, Kenneth C. Nitz m General Manager:L.Craig Britton I Meeting 0 1-06 Page 2 V1. ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR Staff answered questions regarding claims 1299 and 1272. Motion: M. Davey moved that the Board adopt the Consent Calendar, including Minutes of the November 15, 2000 Special and Regular Meetings and the December 13, 2000 Regular Meeting; agenda item 5, Authorization to Solicit Bids for Roof Repair at the Administrative Office Building at 300 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA; Determine that the Recommended Actions are Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act as Set Out in This Report; Authorize Staff to Solicit Bids for Roof Repairs to the Northerly Side of the Administrative Office Building; and Revised Claims 0 1-04. K. Nitz seconded the motion. The motion passed 7 to 0. VII. BOARD BUSINESS A. Agenda Item No. I —Adopt the Resolution Accepting a $12,000 Donation from Peninsula Open Space Trust, Allocating the Donation for Materials and Equipment for the David C. Daniels Nature Center at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve, and Expressing the District's Appreciation of Peninsula Open Space Trust and the Private Donors of These Funds - (Report R-01-06). S. Jensen outlined staff s recommendations. N. Hanko asked if it would be appropriate to send a letter to the donors. C. Britton said POST had done that. Motion: M. Davey moved that the Board adopt Resolution No. 0 1-05, Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Accepting a Donation of$12,000 from Peninsula Open Space Trust(POST), Allocating Those Funds Exclusively for Materials and Equipment for the David C. Daniels Nature Center, and Expressing the Board's Gratitude and Appreciation of POST and its Donors. D. Little seconded the motion. The motion passed 7 to 0. B. Agenda Item No. 2 —Annual Progress Report on Ranger Bicycle Patrol Program for Calendar Year 2000—(Report R-0 1-24). G. Baillie reviewed the staff report, noting that the hours are down a little from last year. Staff has purchased a new bicycle. He said there have been no negative comments regarding the program. J. Cyr added that he hoped staff could increase the program. Meeting 0 1-06 Page 3 Motion:, N. Hanko moved that the Board accept the informational report on the ranger bicycle patrol program. J. Cyr seconded the motion. The motion passed 7 to 0. C. Agenda Item No. 3 —Annual Progress Report of Radar Patrol Program for Calendar Year 2000—(Report R-0 1-23). G. Baillie presented the staff report, stating that staff tries to concentrate in areas where there are a lot of bicycle riders. N. Hanko noted that legislation making it more costly for violations is being proposed. M. Davey commented that she hoped ROMP would put the information from the report in their newsletter. Motion: M. Davey moved that the Board accept the informational report on the Radar Program. L. Hassett seconded the motion. Discussion: Rod Brown, President of ROMP, said he was encouraged by the fact that in problem areas they see the vast majority obeying the rules. The number of people using trails has increased. J. Escobar said that in selecting the sites for radar staff wants to have an area with a good line of sight. J. Kowaleski said the main reason people gave for speeding was that they did not realize they were going that fast and violators were mostly inexperienced riders. In addition, mountain bikes do not ordinarily have speedometers. Vote: The motion passed 7 to 0. D. Agenda Item No. 4—Field Enforcement Activity for 2000 and Ten-Year Field Activity Summary—(Report R-0 1-08). G. Baillie presented the staff report and stated that the number of acts of vandalism is still an issue of concern and cost. The variations in the numbers could be due to the weather or staff being in the right place. He explained which violations fall into the misdemeanor category. J. Escobar asked that the Board keep in mind that staff may only be making contact with 10 percent of users, and maybe only 2-3 percent at night. It is a matter of visibility. He said committing more enforcement at night would be very expensive and would take rangers away from positive contacts during the day. J. Maciel said that in the near future, staff will be looking at focusing on certain time periods. Meeting 0 1-06 Page 4 Regarding the numbers increasing in 1999, G. Baillie said it was a natural continuation and that it would be interesting to see if this is a trend. J. Escobar said he was not sure it is a real spike in activity as staff were using a different way of counting. Rod Brown commented that it would be interesting to compare night riding to after hour's activity in general. He noted that the majority of violators were not bicyclists. On the positive side, accidents were down. He said smart riders wear helmets. He asked if any thought had been given to requiring helmets for equestrians. K. Nitz and D. Little agreed it might be a good idea. C. Britton said he would check to see if anyone else has such a rule. J. Escobar said there would be land use revisions in September. Motion: N. Hanko moved that the Board accept the 2000 Miscellaneous Enforcement Activity Summary and the Ten-Year Field Activity Summary. J. Cyr seconded the motion. The motion passed 7 to 0. VIII. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS M. Davey had attended the introduction event for the photovoltaic system at Director Hassett's Palo Alto Hardware, and for which he had received recognition. N. Hanko said she had been invited to receive an honor for B. Crowder at the Bay Area Open Space Council conference. L. Hassett had attended the Special Districts conference in Monterey and it was wonderful. C. Britton and J. Escobar also attended. J. Cyr announced the birth of a new granddaughter. C. Britton: 1. LFPAC had reviewed AB 953. Marin County is interested in adding to it. The bill includes changes to increase the amount of the General Manager's spending authority and changes to exchange provisions. 2. He said one of the most important parts of the Special District meeting was getting to know new Board members. 3. He took D. Topley to look at the Palo Alto Hardware system and he will look at the program for this building. He had been told to wait as there will be many incentives coming out of Sacramento within the next six months. 4. The coastal team met and will be coming back with the schedule for the draft EIR and fiscal study. 5. D. Dolan's going away lunch is tomorrow at Hidden Villa. 6. Friday is the last meeting with employee representatives to look at the changes to the Workplace Enhancement Program. He will give the Board a copy of the final document. S. Schectman reported that the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to deny Mr. Denevi's application for a use permit for a golf course on the Bear Creek Redwoods property because of an inadequate EIR, and because he did not have an interest in the property. Meeting 01-06 Page S J. Maciel commented on the amount of work G. Baillie did to put together the three reports presented at this meeting. He said K. Hart and field staff had also worked on them. J. Escobar said the final leadership and supervisory training for the Operations Program is tomorrow at Hidden Villa. S. Jensen: 1. She thanked L. Hassett for the invitation to the event and for leading the way. 2. She is putting together an article for the Chronicle and asked if anyone had a clear photograph of children participating in the Spaces and Species Program. 3. She announced that Kristi Webb had been hired (promoted) as the Public Affairs Specialist. IX. ADJOURNMENT At 8:43 p.m., the meeting was adjourned. Roberta Wolfe Recording Secretary