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TO : Parks and Recreation Commission FROM : Open Space Committee - Chairman Weintraub DATE : November 16 , 1976 SUBJECT : PARK FUNDING PROGRAM The Open Space Committee met November 16 , 1976 . Those present were Commissioners Weintraub , Knecht and Pound . The Open Space Committee continued their discussion and consideration of the various state and federal sources of funding for the park program . They reviewed their report of their October meeting at which time the various sources of funding were discussed in detail . The various options which are open to the Commission through the Land and Water Conservation Fund , state funding through SB174 and through the 1974 State Park Bond Act together with the recently adopted 1976 State Park Bond Act were discussed . It was pointed out that the funds allocated to Redwood City as a result of the State Park Bond Issue of 1974 approximate $204 , 600 and the dead- line for use of these funds was 1979 . These funds were initially ear- marked for the purchase of a neighborhood park in the Middlefield neigh- borhood area . The Committee discussed the changing situation which has taken place in the Middlefield neighborhood resultant from the public discussions during the Community Development Program Task Force meetings . The purchase of property for park purposes did not receive a high priority rating . This together with the relocation of people , the necessity of acquiring homes , the critical need for housing and the lack of funds on the part of the City to match the state park bond funds necessary to purchase the property convinced the Committee that the utilization of these funds should be redirected to a different park project . It was the Committee ' s recommendation that because of the time element involved for the use of these funds , they should be directed toward the construc- tion of Canyon Park . The Committee also recommends that additional input from the neighborhood be received concerning the status of the neighbor- hood park as a part of this process . The Committee also continued their discussion of the funds which will be available from the passage of SB174 , known as the Roberti -Z ' Berg Urban Open Space and Recreation Program Bill . Applications for the block grants available will probably be executed in January or February of 1977 . Redwood City should receive approximately $40 , 000 . The Com- mittee recommended that these funds also be utilized in the construc- tion of Canyon Park . -6-