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4 0 4 MAYOR Man i.o Biagi MINUTES VICE MAYOR Wm. J. Sta.ngd. Redwood C I TY COUNC I L COUVCIL MEN: Menton C. Bn,Ltschg ci FN S JOINT MEETING Robert H. Bury City Council/Board of Education Ge.'w d R. Chandten. \ 815 Al l erton Street Mangum i to Le-Lpz.i.g Bite. Rhoden November 19, 1980 JOINT MEETING The City Council and the Board of Education, Redwood City School Dis- ewe trict, met on this date at 7:40 p.m. , with Board President Mosher pre- siding. Councilmen present: Britschgi , Bury (arrived 7:55 p.m. ) , Leipzig, Rhodes and Mayor Biagi Councilmen absent: Chandler and Stangel Board Members present: Orrin Cross, Margaret Marshall , Larry Schenck, Kenneth Sproul and President Priscilla Mosher Board Members absent: None Officials and staff present: Fales, Smith, Bold, Griffiths, Schroeter, Schoenfeld, Reggetts and Cochran, Duncan, Gould and Superintendent Hill Report of City Manager 11/13/80 General information about District sites and unused properties President Mosher opened the joint meeting and introduced Dr. Hill , who provided background information and statistics regarding the number of schools existing in 1967 and enrollment at that time, and the steady decline in enrollment since, resulting in closure of some schools, milo until at present the District has a school enrollment of 7,000 pupils "" and thirteen schools. He identified the school properties that have been sold, those standing vacant and unused, and those partially in use. Discussion followed regarding whether the Board has specific plans for the unused sites; that a consultant firm in Southern California is pre- paring a demographic survey to be used in determining appropriate use of the District's properties and the results are expected to be avail- able within a month; that parts of several of the properties are cur- rently being rented out. It was indicated by the Board that the District prefers to retain possession of the properties, and among the reasons is the possibility that in the future the trend in enrollment could reverse. Hoover School recreation area proposal Washington School site Discussion continued regarding the Hoover School and Washington School properties; the lack of open space in the unincorporated part of East Redwood City; that the only parks that are relatively close to Washington School are Palm Park, and Fleishman Park which is expected to be com- pleted next year. City Manager Fales expressed the belief that the City and the School District have a great deal of mutual interest in mug the parts of the City near Hoover and Washington Schools, and that places are needed where wholesome activities geared toward youth can be conducted. He stated that the Police Youth Club is interested in ex- "'d"` panding its activities in that area, and described some of the activi- ties in the PYC program such as boxing, karate, soccer and baseball , as well as a Police cadet program. He commented on the potentially serious problem of increased gang activity seen in other parts of the State, and Jnt.Mtg. 11/19/80