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TO : Parks & Recreation Commission FROM : Redwood Shores Committee , Chairman Pound DATE : July 29 , 1976 SUBJECT : REVIEW OF BELMONT SCHOOL SITE TURF AREA The Redwood Shores Committee met on July 29 , 1976 . Those present were Commissioners Pound , and Buckhout and Commissioner Weintraub was absent . The Committee met at the school site at 7 : 30 p . m . together with several of the homeowners that live adjacent to the new turf area and softball diamond recently completed on the site . The staff prepared a notice of the meeting which was distributed to the adjacent homeowners which requested their attendance at the meeting . There were seven out of the ten homeowners in attendance . The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the potential problems which the adjacent homeowners might experience as a result of the instal - lation of the turf area and ball diamond . Reference was made to earlier meetings which were held with the Redwood Shores residents and adjacent homeowners when the project was in the planning stage . It was pointed out that now that the project was completed , the problems can be more easily recognized . The staff pointed out the potential for balls to be hit over the fence which could cause some problem to the adjacent owners . It was further pointed out that the placement of the back - stop and homeplate were designed in such a way that this problem could be greatly reduced . The group also discussed the pros and cons of having baseline fences some 15 to 20 feet high which could possibly also reduce the potential , however , the aesthetics of the area insofar as the backyards of the homeowners were concerned would be significantly violated . After a considerable discussion , it was the consensus of the group that a small extension to the present backstop together with the interplanting of trees and shrubs along the fence boundary would be far more acceptable than base line fences . They agreed that this would eventually curtail most of the balls that might go over the fences and that it would be best to experience the use of the area for some time in order to better define the problem than to install the fences at this time . The staff and the Committee agreed with the group and indicated that this plan would be implemented as soon as the schedules could be accomo - dated . - 5 -