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TO : Parks & Recreation Commission FROM : Open Space Committee - Chairman Knecht DATE : December 28 , 1977 SUBJECT : PROPOSED SALE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN EMERALD HILLS The Open Space Committee met on December 28 , 1977 . Those present were Commissioners Knecht , Anderson , and Weintraub . It was pointed out to the Committee that the Redwood City School Dis - trict had notified the Department that they were interested in selling two of its unused school sites - one located at the corner of Canada Road and Godetia Drive which is located in the town of Woodside and the other site is a ten- acre site located in Emerald Hills within the City of Redwood City with frontages on Robertson Way , Hillcrest Way and Eastview Way . In that the site in the town of Woodside is not within the City limits , the Committee directed its attention to the site in Emerald Hills which is in the City limits . It was explained to the Committee that the Government Code:. Section 54220 requires school districts to offer excess properties to the City and County Parks and Recreation Departments and to the State Resources Agency prior to their sale . This requirement is to ascertain whether or not the public agencies are interested in purchasing the sites prior to their being placed on the market for public sale . The site in Emerald Hills is located directly south of and contiguous to the State College site . The Committee visited the site in order to obtain first hand knowledge of the area . It was pointed out to the Committee that the County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Mid Peninsula Regional Open Space District have been discussing the possibility of a joint venture on the State College site . It was suggested that the adjacent elementary school site should be a part of that consideration . It was felt that this would be a logi - cal addition to the State College site . At the conclusion of the discussion , the Committee felt that in light of the lack of City funds for the purchase of additional park property together with the fact that the location of this site was somewhat inaccessible as well as quite separated from the main population of the City , their recommendation would be to decline the offer to pur- chase the property , however , urge the County and the Open Space Dis - trict to include the site along with their consideration of the State College site . - 3-