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Home My Public Portal About19800109 - Agendas Packet - Board of Directors (BOD) - 80-01' 1 Meeting 80-1 MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT 375 DISTEL CIRCLE,SUITE D-1,LOS ALTOS,CALIFORNIA 94022 (415) 965-4717 Regular Meeting Board of Directors A G E N D A January 9, 1980 7 :30 P.M. (7 :30) ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES - November 28 and December 12 , 1979 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ADOPTION OF AGENDA ORAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALOR DERS OF THE DAY (7 :45) 1. Election of Officers - E. Shelley OLD BUSINESS WITH NO ACTION REQUESTED (7 :55) 2 . Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve Access Update S. Sessions NEW BUSINESS WITH ACTION REQUESTED (8 : 05) 3 . State' s Plans for Castle Rock and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks - Tony Look (8 :35) 4 . Appointment of Peace Officer - S. Sessions (a) Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Appointing Peace Officer (8 :40) 5. Status of Undedicated District Lands - H. Grench (8 :50) INFORMATIONAL REPORTS CLAIMS EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNMENT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: When an item you 're concerned with appears on the agenda, please address the Board at that time; otherwise, you may address the Board under OraZ Communications. When recognized, please begin by stating your name and address. Conciseness is appreciated. We request that you complete the forms provided so your name and address can be accurateZy ineZuded in the minutes, 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 WRITl'EN WMICATION Meeting 1 1j9j80 THI CAUFORNIA NATIVE MANY SOCIETY DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FLORA January 2, 1980 MPROSD 375 Distell Circle, Suite D-1 Los Altos, CA 94022 Project: Use of Invasive Exotics in Kaiser Revegetation Project Dear Midpen. I think the import of the enclosed letter is vital to our open spaces keeping their native vegetation as intact as possible. I see no reason why the hills have to be polluted in this manner. So far as I can determine, Kaiser is not following the planting recommendations of their landscape architects at all. Soil labs hardly qualify as landscape specialists in sensitive areas. I believe the Kaiser property is contiguous to MPROSD lands. I hope you can act in this matter in some form or other. I would appreciate any information and help you can give us to strengthen our case. Very truly yours, I�001 /ten' Anita Jesse 1574 Newport Ave. San Jose, CA 95125 408 298-2149 1 AIf1'I p s I U THE CAt1Ft RNIA NATIVE KANT SOCIETY DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FLORA Anita Jesse Conservation Committee Santa Clara Valley Chapter 1574 Newport Ave. San Jose California 95125 298-2149 December 19, 1979 Kaiser Cement Corporation Permanente, CA 95014 Attention: Edwin S. Baumgartner, Jr. Quarry Superintendent Project: Use of Invasive Exotic Plants in Quarry-Cut kevegetation Program Dear Ed, Thank you for showing me around the Kaiser-Permanente Cement Plant yesterday, and explaining your problems in revegetating the cut slopes which result from the open-pit mining process. With the full realization that you are being battered and criticized and nit-picked from many sides, I must begin with my negative criticisms of the revegetation activity. By attempting to state the problem as I am able to see it, I hope we can seek a more appropriate, less costly, and more permanent solution to the rehabilitation of the scarred and eroding land. The planting of open, south-facing slopes with maples is ill-advised because these are water-using trees, found in these mountains by streams and seeps. Unless, by some miracle, the maplest roots hit water, they will need irrigation forever to survive. That hillside was, most likely, originally covered by III chaparral. If you look at the surrounding hills, you will see that the north slope typically has thicker vegetation with more trees than the south slopes. Introducing maples and the non-indigenous Bishop pine to this area is artificial, inappropriate, water-consuming, and impermanent. Indigenous oaks, chamise, California sage, deerweed, elderberry, and toyon would have been visually and practically more acceptable. I read the list of plants recommended by the Soil & Plant Lab. Inc. person with frightened dismay. Many of them are cited as Escaped, Invasive Exotics by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). This category of non-native plants grows so well that it becomes a pest-weed crowding out native vegetation, thereby changing the wildlife habitats, and impoverishing us by substituting one type of plant for fifty others. Major examples of these weeds are the brooms, those pretty yellow-flowering bushes of the pea family, not natives, boringly covering many coast range roadsides. Fortunately, I have not found any brooms in the recommendations made by your consultants, but their choice of Ailanthus altissima, Tamarix, Pampas Grass, Lombardy Poplars, and Acacia species is insupportable. This soil laboratory tested the soils and then advised you on plants which could grow in these soils. The plants selected may be suitable to the soils and the (more) 2. and the climate, but they are inappropriate not only because of their weedy invasive characteristics, but also their visually disruptive appearance does not blend with the existing g native vegetation, A partial list of the plants suitable for use at this site:- COFMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME Chamise, Greasewood ------------- Adenostoma fasciculatum Toyon, Christmas Berry ------------- Reteromeles arbutifolia Coyote Brush ------------- Baccharis species* Elderberry ------------- Sambucus species* California lilac ------------- Ceanothus species* California sage ------------- Artemisia californica Currant ------------- Ribes species* Manzanita ------------- Arctostaphylos species* Poison Oak ------------- Toxicodendron diversiloba Yerba Santa ------------- Eriodictyon californicum California fuchsia ------------- Zauschneria californica Blackberry ------------- Rubus. species* Stonecrop ----•-------- Dudleya species* Buckwheat ------------- Eriogonum species* Lupine ------------- Lupinus species* Buckeye ------------- Aesculus californica Oak -------------- Quercus species* Madrone ------------- Arbutus Menziesii * Indigenous, inherent species to be selected The serpentine area, Mt. Baldy I believe you said was its historical name, will be more difficult to rehabilitate. Serpentine outcroppings support a very special flora, endemics they are called, because they have developed over the millenia torsurvive under these trying conditions. Proper planting can be done but with the learned help of botanists and plant propagators. A little time with the head and less with the big machines might achieve more for now and the future. The Big Drought made every one aware of the fact that because we live in a j semi-arid region it might behoove us to study the drought resistant native plants. Nurserymen responded to the demands for native plants. Saratoga Horticulture Foundation is now also propagating chamise from seed. Lists of sources for native trees and shrubs are available. It takes a little searching with some leeway in proper substitutions to find the right plants. Grass seed, however, is another difficult matter. The Pennisetum villosum, as proposed by A.& J.Shooter Co., is on the CNPS list of weeds. The Clyde Robbins seed catalog is a big joke, a potentially dangerous joke, of incorrect listings of non-native plants with native. There is no reason why we cannot put our heads together and get a proper grass seed mixture. If a strict specification were designed for your huge area, the free enterprise system would take care of making it available. Thank you again for your willingness and courtesy in showing me the site and discussing your problem so frankly with me. I hope you decide to work for a more reasonable, sensible, thoughtful, creative solution, not revegetating but also rehabilitating the quarry scar. (more) .s 3 Cal l me if I can helpr you;: if I don t know the answer, I'll di u .�� F someone who does. Very Y yours, our s Anita Jesse Architect AIA Conservation Committee Santa Clara Valley Chapter California Native Plant Society copies to: Committee for Green Foothills MPROSD CLAPS- Berkeley City of Cupertino County of Santa Clara Ali i i i i R-80-1 (Meeting 80-1 1/9/80 Agenda Item No. 2) MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT REPORT January 2 , 1980 TO: Board of Directors FROM: H. Grench, General Manager PREPARED BY: S. Sessions, Land Manager SUBJECT: Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve Access Update Introduction: Access and circulation have been and still are continuing problems associated with the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve. The access problem is complex in that it involves scheduled use from environmental programs and various types of drop-in traffic, all of which must pass through the residential neighborhood to reach the parking area. At your meeting of October 24, 1979, you discussed the public access situation at the preserve and directed staff to continue discussions with the County of Santa Clara on how to implement, facilitate, and accelerate the County park project. In addition, you requested that Stan Norton write a letter to the Catholic Church and that staff decide whether or not appropriate signing was in order. Background: The approved use and management plan (refer to R-79-19, dated June 5, 1979) identifies the subject preserve as a low intensity recreation area with environmental education programs associated with the Deer Hollow Farm complex. Vehicular access to the preserve is restricted to permit parking for program participants, District staff, Deer Hollow Farm personnel, and original Perham Ranch residents. Drop-in traffic from casual use must park outside of St. Joseph' s Seminary, generally under the Freeway 280 overpass. St. Joseph' s Seminary, as previously noted, still prohibits parking on Seminary property and attempts to restrict access across their property to the preserve. Discussion: It appears that the long term solution to the access and parking problem at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve is contained in implementation of the Santa Clara County master plan for the adjacent park area. The County Park facility, when completed, will provide access from Cristo Rey Drive, as well as parking and circulation. The County has indicated to District staff that first phase development of the park could be underway by midsummer 1980. R-80-1 Page two Meanwhile, the District must address the continuing vehicular problem which is anticipated to escalate during the spring and summer months. Traffic and parking associated with the present environmental programs could be accommodated with the permit parking policy, provided that the number of programs and participant levels do not increase. If warranted, and if it would lessen the problem at the entrance to the Seminary, some minor adjustments could be made in the 10-car permit parking area to allow parking for two more vehicles. Traffic associated with drop-in use remains the major interim problem, especially on weekends. Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and County staff considered a temporary parking area on the County Park facility, but this approach does not appear to be feasible because of problems associated with forth- coming construction; therefore, staff is presently considering the feasibility of a cooperative arrangement involving St. Joseph' s Seminary, the result of which could provide temporary relief until the County facility is available. The District' s legal counsel will be pursuing this discussion with appropriate Church personnel. If a temporary or interim solution to the access and parking problem fails to materialize, District staff would then attempt to maintain a status quo position until permanent parking facilities are available. Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Directors authorize staff to proceed with discussions with the Church for interim parking and access arrangements and continue to work with Santa Clara County staff so that the County can complete first phase development in a timely manner. M-80-1 (Meeting 80-1 1/9/80 "ee Agenda Item No. 3) MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT MEMORANDUM January 2 , 1980 TO: Board of Directors FROM: H. Grench, General Manager SUBJECT: State' s Plans for Castle Rock and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks At the meeting of December 12 , 1979 , the question was raised whether the Board should consider sending a letter to the California Department of Parks and Recreation in support of the State' s plans for Castle Rock and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks. As requested at that meeting, the item has been placed on the January 9 agenda for additional dis- cussion. Claude A. (Tony) Look, Executive Director and Vice Presi- dent of the Sempervirens Fund, will review the State' s plans for these two parks and answer questions you may have. Recommendation: I recommend that you decide, after Tony's presentation, whether a letter of support should be sent to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. If so, it could be sent by me to the Director of the Department. HG:JG M-80-2 (Meeting 80-1 1/9/80 MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT Agenda Item No. 4) MEMORANDUM January 3, 1980 TO: Board of Directors FROM: H. Grench, General Manager SUBJECT: Appointment of Peace Officer Introduction: At your meeting of January 14, 1976, you accepted the recommendation that District rangers be appointed as limited status peace officers as outlined under Section 830. 3 (1) of the Penal Code of the State of California (refer to Land Manager' s report R-76-2, dated January 7, 1976) . Robert McKibbin, the District' s newest Ranger, has completed the necessary courses required under the Penal Code. This course completion and the passage of the attached resolution will qualify him as a peace officer. Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Directors adopt the attached Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Appointing Peace Officer, which will appoint Robert J. McKibbin as a peace officer pursuant to Section 830. 3 (1) of the Penal Code of the State of California. RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT APPOINTING PEACE OFFICER The Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District does hereby resolve as follows: 1. The following person is hereby designated as a peace officer of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District pursuant to Section 830. 3 (l) of the Penal Code of the State of California and under Sections 5558 and 5561 of the Public Resources Code of the State of California, to enforce the Regulatory Ordinance for Use of Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District lands and any applicable federal, State and local laws: Robert J. McKibbin R-79-39 (Meeting 80-1 1/9/80 Agenda Item No. 5) MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT REPORT December 27 , 1979 TO: Board of Directors FROM: H. Grench, General Manager RESPONSIBILITY AND PREPARATION: S. Sessions, Land Manager, and C. DiGiovanni, Environmental Resource Planner SUBJECT: Status of Undedicated District Lands Introduction: The District' s revised Dedicated Lands Policy adopted on November 28 , 1979 (Resolution 79-54) requires that an annual report be made in January of each year showing which District lands are in planning reserve status and are not dedicated as open space land. During the year, the status of each parcel of undedicated land will also be individually reviewed as part of the regular land use and management planning process. The purpose of withholding lands from dedication, as stated in the Dedicated Lands Policy, is : "Normally undedicated lands within the District' s boundaries will be held for future dedication to park or open space purposes, but only after the necessary planning, boundary adjustments, provision for permanent access and other changes in configuration, which may involve the disposal or exchange of interests in all or portions of such lands, have been completed. " The attached table shows the lands that are currently undedicated and the reason they have been withheld from dedication. The undedicated lands represent 12 . 6% of the acreage managed by the District. Recommendation: It is recommended that you receive and accept the attached status report. No further dedication is being recommended at this time. December 27 , 1979 LANDS WITHHELD FROM OPEN SPACE DEDICATION ACQUISITION OPEN SPACE APPROX. APPROVAL AND REASON FOR FORMER OWNER PRESERVE ACREAGE RECORDING DATES WITHHOLDING Roman Catholic Rancho 80 7/13/77 Possible trade with adjacent Church San Antonio (recorded 10/11/77) property owner (Kaiser) Gunetti & Larriu, Saratoga Gap 80 11/10/76 Possible transfer to Santa (recorded 12/10/76) Clara County Parks for in- clusion in Skyline Park Moore El Sereno 16 10/30/75 Parcel non-contiguous to (recorded 11/3/75) Preserve. Possible trade with adjacent property owner McCone Monte Bello 40 1/24/79 Possible transfer to Santa (recorded 2/26/79) Clara County Parks for in- clusion in Stevens Creek Park LaPoint &mrdt Road 20 6/30/75 Possible transfer of prop- Open Space (recorded 6/30/75) erty rights since this ease- Easement rrent is outside District boundaries Mc Culley Foothills 10 6/13/79 Possible boundary adjust- (recorded 6/15/79) nent or exchange of property right including fee title Kennedy Trails Manzanita Ridge 290 4/25/79 Possible transfer of (recorded 5/25/79) density rights Fairweather Manzanita Ridge 186 11/14/79 Possible transfer of density rights Laye Manzanita Ridgel 137 6/13/79 Possible transfer of (1/2 interest) (1/3 interest) density rights. Only 9/12/79) partial interest acquired (1/6 interest) Bridgeman Long Ridge 55 11/28/79 Possible sale of one or more subdivided lots. Future pattern of private development unclear. f December 27, 1979 LANDS WITHHELD FROM OPEN SPACE DEDICATION -- C-80-1 January 9, 1980 Meeting 80-1 MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT C L A I M. S n Amount Name Description 577 $ 8.00 Western Governmental Research Assoc. Annual Membership Dues 578 8.25 B & H Equipment Co. Field Equipment Rental 579 49.26 Rancho Hardware & Garden Supply Field & Shop Supplies, Site Maint. & Shop Equipment 580 141.98 Imperial Computer Services Computer Services 581 225.00 Louis A. Bordi Grading Driveway-Skyline Ranch 582 932.80 Poly Cal Plastics, Inc. Tank For Water System-Saratoga Gap 583 14.07 City of Palo Alto Utilities Electricity-Black Mountain SunTLit 584 610.64 Mobil Oil Corporation District Vehicle Expense 585 229.12 Lindahn Installation Linoleum Installed-Skyline Ranch 586 80.81 Shell Oil Co. District Vehicle Expense 587 15.64 Cynthia DiGiovanni Private Vehicle Expense 588 27.21 Foster Bros. Security Systems, Inc. Keys & Misc. Field Supplies 589 510.00 Kathy Blackburn Volunteer Coordinator-December 590 4.39 El Camino Dodge. Inc. District Vehicle Expense 591 69.11 Norney's of Mt. View Office Supplies 592 19.43 Pine Cone Lumber Co. :saint & Repair-Skyline Ranch 593 2,500.00 Darwin B. Lee Appraisal Services 594 19.50 Barbara West Document Copies 595 1,861.65 Stanley R. Norton Legal Services 596 5.00 Calif. Parks & Recreation Society Salary Survey 597 57.46 Steven D. Sessions Private Vehicle Expense 598 150.00 Real Estate Research Council Annual re-nbership 599 43.46 Alvord & Ferguson Ranger Uniforms 600 62.52 Recreational Equipment, Inc. Ranger Uniforms 601 168.76 Xerox Corporation Maint. Agreement-Duplicating Machine 602 48.73 Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Rental 603 27.69 The Dark Room Photographs 604 5.00 Harbinger Corcinunications Harbinger File Subscription ! 605 3.20 Sanborn Security Systems, Inc. Keys For Sites 606 24.50 First American Title Insurance Co. Documents 607 125.83 Abracadabra Typesetting MRO.SD Newsletter mount Name Description t. r. 608 $ 39.00 Matt Mintz Annual Subscription-Times Tribune 609 283.40 Ginny Mickelson NIROSD Newsletter Layout 610 140.26 The Hub -Schneider's Ranger Uniforms 611 38.00 Carrier Clearing Services Parcel Delivery Service I i I Revised C-80-1 January 9, 1980 Meeting 80-1 MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT C L A I M S Amount Name Description 577 $ 8.00 Western Governmental Research Assoc. Annual Membership Dues 578 8.25 B & H Equipment Co. Field Equipment Rental 579 49.26 Rancho Hardware & Orden Supply Field & Shop Supplies, Site Maint. & Shop Equipment 580 141.98 Imperial Computer Services Computer Services 581 225.00 Louis A. Bordi Grading Driveway-Skyline Ranch 582 932.80 Poly Cal Plastics, Inc. Tank For Water System-Saratoga Gap 583 14.07 City of Palo Alto Utilities Electricity Black Mountain Summit 584 610.64 Mobil Oil Corporation District Vehicle Expense 585 229.12 Lindahn Installation Linoleum Installed-Skyline Ranch 586 80.81 Shell Oil Co. District Vehicle Expense 5r- l 15.64 Cynthia DiGiovanni Private Vehicle Expense 5 27.21 Foster Bros. Security Systems, Inc. Keys & Misc. Field Supplies 589 510.00 Kathy Blackburn Volunteer Coordinator-December 590 4.39 El Camino Dodge. Inc. District Vehicle Expense 591 69.11 Norney's of Mt. View Office Supplies 592 19.43 Pine Cone Lumber Co. -Maint & Repair-Skyline Ranch 593 2,500.00 Darwin B. Lee Appraisal Services 594 19.50 Barbara West Document Copies 595 1,861.65 Stanley R. Norton Legal Services 596 5.00 Calif. Parks & Recreation Society Salary Survey ' 597 57.46 Steven D. Sessions Private Vehicle Expense 598 150.00 Real Estate Research Council Annual Membership 599 86.39 Alvord & Ferguson Ranger Uniforms 600 62.52 Recreational Equipment, Inc. Ranger Uniforms 601 168.76 Xerox Corporation Maint. Agreement-Duplicating Machine 602 48.73 Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Rental 603 27.69 The Dark Room Photographs 5.00 Harbinger Communications Harbinger File Subscription 3.20 Sanborn SecuritySystems, Inc. Keys F y y or Sites 606 24.50 First American Title Insurance Co. Documents 607 125.83 Abracadabra Typesetting DI OSD Newsletter t- Amount Name Description 6t $ 39.00 Matt Mintz Annual Subscription-Times Tribune 609 283.40 Ginny Mickelson MROSD Newsletter Layout 610 140.26 The Hub-Schneider's Ranger Uniforms 611 57.00 Carrier Clearing Services Parcel Delivery Service 612 1,227.04 Pacific Telephone Co. Telephone Service 613 106.46 John F. Dahl Plumbing & Heating _ Repair Furnace-Rancho San Antonio 614 25.00 Joint Workshop - -Convention Training Conference 615 17.02 Eric Mart Ranger Uniform 616 35.59 Wendy Lieber District Vehicle Gas & Keys-Sites 617 44.20 Pat Starrett Private Vehicle Expense 618 15.66 Foster Bros. Security Systems, Inc. Keys & Supplies-Sites 619 368.70 True American AMC/Jeep Inc. District Vehicle Repair & MainterkLnc 620 254.25 Dorn's Safety Service District Vehicle Repair & Maintenances 621 176.00 Cammnications Research Company Radio Maintenance Agreement 622 75.00 Los Altos Garbage Company Garbage Service 623 93.13 Manta Vista Garden Center Water System--Picchetti 624 62.72 Sterling Transit Company, Inc. Delivery- Water Tank 6-- 840.00 Peninsula Open Space Trust. Consultant Services 6 � 29.56 Los Altos Stationers Office Supplies f 627 216.53 Orchard Supply Hardware Maintenance, Repair & Supplies- Picchetti/Skyline Ranch, Office Equim 628 550.00 Wolf/Murphy/Foss Inc. Professional Services , 629 630.77 State Treasurer Unemployment Insurance 630 1,923.90 State Compensation Insurance Fund Workers' Compensation Insurance 1631 18.90 San Jose Art, Paint & Wallpaper Drafting Supplies 632 2.13 Peninsula Blueprint Service Mapping Services 633 34.67 Minton's Lumber & Supply Field Supplies/Maint. & Repair-Sites 1634 86.85 Kragen Auto Supply District Vehicle Supplies 1635 25.00 National Recreation & Park Association Annual Subscription ( 636 400.00 California Advocates, Inc. Legislative Services 1637 427.20 Union Oil Company District Vehicle Expense f638 94.00 Redwood Trade Bindery Brochures-Los Trancos 639 192.39 P. G. & E. Electricity-Sites 640 243.30 Petty Cash Private Vehicle Expense, Office Supplies, Slide Library, Field Supplies & Equipment, Meal Conference; ,. Library, Postage & Site Maintenance STATE OF CALIFORNIA—THE RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION P.O. BOX 2390 SACRAMENTO 95811 (916) 445-2358 DEC 2 6 1979 Mr. Herbert Grench, General Manager Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District 375 Distel Circle, Suite D-1 Los Altos, CA 94022 Dear Mr. Grench: We are unable to recommend the Monte Bello Open Space Development Project and the Sandstone Caves Park Acquisition Project for financial assistance under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program. The selection of proposals is determined by the application of project criteria that were adopted pursuant to the public hearings held in the spring of 1976 and modified by a public notice in June 1978. After taking into consideration the program criteria, your project was not considered to be competitive with the other projects within your Planning District. For this reason, it could not be included in this year's program. Accordingly, your application is being returned under separate cover. I appreciate your interest in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program and hope you will not become discouraged from submitting applications in future years. Sincerely yours, Russell W. Cahill Director 0-9759C 114 MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT 375 DISTEL CIRCLE,SUITE D-1,LOS ALTOS,CALIFORNIA 94022 (415) 965-4717 January 3, 1980 Honorable John A. Nejedly State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Senator Nejedly: I received your December 18 memo regarding the SB 547 treatment of regional park and open space districts. I have two alternatives to suggest in response. (1) The following is alternative language to the amend- ment you intend to delete and would be preferable to the new draft amendment, which is not strong enough to make us feel comfortable that this district would receive a fair share of the funds. It would get around any fears by the cities that the 30% to 50% language was going to be implemented as 50% in the case of the East Bay Regional Park District. In any county in which is located a multi-county regional park or open-space district whose juris- dictional boundaries include at least 90% of the area of the full county, 30% of the total county allocation shall be apportioned to such district; and in any county in which is located a multi-county regional park or open-space district whose jurisdictional boundaries include less than 90% of the area of the full county, 15% of the total county allocation shall be apportioned to such district. The 30% figure would apply to the East Bay Regional Park District and 15% to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, the only two such multi-county agencies in the State. (2) If the new language in the December 18 memo is indeed used, then we would request that an earlier sentence in paragraph (c) be amended to read: The priority plan shall be approved by at least 50 percent of the cities and districts representing 50 percent of the population of the cities and dis- tricts within the county, by the board of directors of any regional park or open-space district whose political jurisdiction includes all or part of more than one county, and by the county board of super- visors. 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 7 Honorable John A. Nejedly Sacramento, CA January 3 , 1980 Page two Thank you for requesting our views on this important legislation. Sincerely, All Herbert Grench General Manager HG:jg cc: R. Beckus R. Trudeau r ALAN CRANSTON CALIFORNIA zictiez Zenale WASHINGTON.D.C. 20510 December 20 , 1979 Mr. Herbert Grench General Manager MidPeninsula Regional open Space District 375 Distel Circle, Suite D-1 Los Altos, California 94022 Dear Mr. Grench, Many thanks for your thoughtful letter about the assistance my office was able to give you. I 'm delighted that every- thing has worked out to your satisfaction and that Tom Poeschl was so helpful! I 've made sure that he also knows how you feel. You will, I trust, let me know if there 's any way my staff or I can try to be of help again in the future. With best wishes, S inc Ael y, Alan Cranston