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,285 REDWOOD CITY PARK AND RECRbATION COMMISSION April 8, 1953 . ADJOURNED Meetinçr of the Park and Recreation Commission vBs held ThursdAY. ~ril 8th, Îg53 in the Council Ch~bers at the Redwood City City Hall, fue meeting was cAlled to ~der by~aiman H.S.Stout at 7:h5 P.M. Those p resënt were: Commissioners J.rving Gold, Ral,)h. Case, \Villfem Hanley, L.S.Stout, Catharine Bflennan, Fred Hector and Elouise Ca~_pbell; Park Superintendent Pasco Baharini~ Recreation Director Alfred~orton. MINUTES of the Auril 1st meetin~ were approved as roa.iled with the following corrections. Councilm~n WiJ~liRm Royer attended the meeting. On Dresonal A. p P e B. ran c est hen am e s h 0 u 1 d rea d M. T . WI c Coy j. n s tea d 0 f M. T . Coy and Wal ter Close i nste ad of Warren Close; 011 the MotJ on of Gold And gout . re 18,ti \Te to the LeNaI t are~ the word àe lete shouCfid replace the word de s ip;nA. ted; on th_e report of the nom i nA.tin6 c ommi t tee a motion was made and carried bv Commissioners Hector and Brennan. A REPORT was made bv Recreation Director Alfred Morton on the agreement set "- '. . up by the City of Oakland Recreation Department and the Board of Education relative to the agreements on the leasing of lands for recreation purposes. MSC by Commossioners Hanley and Hector that the Chairman ap)oint a committee to work.with Alfred Morton to meet with the officials of the ~lementary School to'detemine the possibilitiesof an agreeme~t for Re~ood City. Chai~an Stout appointed C~issioners Hanley and hector, rprk Supt. B a.l Z R. r i n i and R e c r e ,~ t ion D ire c tor A 1 f red M 0 r t on tot h e c omm i t tee an d requested that they report their findings at the next regular meeting. CHAllt~I~AN STOUT regue s ted thRt F{e crea ti on Director Alfred I'Æorton have sufficient copies of the present agreement between the City and the '- .. '--' t; Schools'mailed to all Commissioner members. JOHN HOWARE representing the Woodside Terrace Improvement Club and batting for Jerry Verssen snoke on the tentative budget for 1953-~ for the proposed r~addux Playground. He urged that the b11dget be strongly ur~ed to the City Council and that steps shouldbe made for the fãncing of the creek area surroundin~ this property. Chairman Stout stated' that some $6,926.00 was rec~mended in the Park and Recreation budgets for improvements of this area and theywere to be submitted to the City Council. .J' CH,AIRN1AN STOUT requested that the vVestwood Terrace l)layground be put on the a.ç;enda for tn.e next regular meetin~. 'MSC by Commi ssi. oners Ilanley and Gold that a letter be sent to t he Ci ty MMager reque~ting an additional $ 2,000,00 be added to ilie ~ark Department Cppi tal Outlay Budget for 19~3- 5~. for the purpose of the initial develo:)ment of a .Picnic area at Stulsaf Park. COMMISSIONER GOLD reDorted th8.t some type of priori ty program be se t up for the future development of Comm.uni ty Park in the nex\~ fiscal yea~r 1 s ~udget. COMMISSIONER HANL~Y reported that there seemed to b e a need for a fence sepe.r8tin~ the #2 softball field at Hawes ?ark and the Playground at this ~rea. He withdrew his suggestion when it was pointed out that every effort is being made to stop the boys from playing hard baseball at this area and thRt in the future this hazard should not exist.