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ChÐirmen Stout hir:h1.'T re comrJended the.t fund.~ be al1ocA,ted for tile ftltur chairman of the PArk' and Recreation COr;1]nission to attend the Recreation Conference at Sa~ta Cruz in 19~5. Park: SuDArirltend~ent BA l~arin.i :~pre sen tad Rodney Straus lNho he.d Yllade a . L . tentative plan of the Stulsaft Park. Mr. Straus hBd a great dcRl to do with the plAr1ning of Flood Park, Huddart Park and various other county !3. reA. S . I nth e par k d eve 1 c pm e nth ere C orn.r1 end e d v a r i 0 u s pic n i c B. rea s , c amy s j te s, fishing A.!1d s~vimYr1. i:lg Rre as along tNi th aservi ce road tllroug the parl{. I-Ie recorrn~ended the first project should be the [.~rub.bing of the poison oak and the development of ~1 service road through the par1r. Upo~ the completion of these projects then the others can come along g r 8. d u a 11 y . The C omm i s s ion t h R. n ked ~1 r . S t r a. u s for the t i mea n d e f for t he put in the vJor}ring of this :pro~?osed ple.n. GomrnIs sioner Golc1 said that \ve should seriously consider 8.Jdi tio.nal .funds for -parl{ deve lo.pme.nt A.side from the grubbing of the poison oak. Commi ssion HBnley reported all the Park Cornrr;i.ttee of the Commission. ~ stated iliat n~ iliat ilie city is the 801e o~er of ilie 2/3 acre at IV.,!.8.ddl1X that lrnurovemen ts of thi s ,Gre A should be started irnrredi ate ly. He s9id tbHt sufficient fund~ were requested in the 195.3-~h budgets of the Park and Recreation Depa~tments and that they were now in the 1mbudgeted re serve e ~.r TI1B.rl{ed for thi s pro Je ct. He had di s cus seà thi s ma tter wi,th Park Superintendent Blazarini and received the followi'1g costs for the project. $ 550.00 sprinkler system, $ l~O.OO lawn seed, $ 115.00 ditch digger, ~ 25.00 fettiJizer, $ 1,373.00 ~ading and ~ 40.00 rental for seader al~g with Rppr~~Rtely S 826.00 for fencing. Recreation Direct Alfred Morton asked the Commission if they had planned to recommend play ground equipment for this area and if they did tllere 110 doubt would bA .a change in the figures as submitted b;! Mr. Hanley. He said that he did not~now whether or not provisions v~ere for the playground area p..nd beta ~ny recommendations are made to the city council everything should be tied together. It was req.11ested to put this matter on the April agenda. Com~i~sioner Gold questioned the status of the Retch Hetch Right-of-way and Council Royer stated that the City and County of San FrB.ncisco gtarted grading the D.rea toda;!. ,. \ L Commiss~.oner Brennan stated that \vhen 8.ny other s'pe&ial matters such as the Hetch Hetchy COMe before the commission that a speèial meeting shoul< be called to discuss the entire project. She felt thnt the entire proje( should be ironed out before forwarding it to the City Coun~il. Chairman H. S. Stout reported that he vvi 11 appoint a rlominatlng commi tteE to report ba.c'{ at th~ neyt meeting with a sl~te of offi cers for the comir year. Commissioner Campbell presented the award she received at the last City Coun.cil rneetj ng from the Sta.rs of To.morro1"! for \v:.nnirlg the ~t{ovenlber 11, lO~~ . The Stars of Tomorrow won the spcie.l B.ward from the Sfln Francisco Chronixle in the Childrens Giant Balloon Pa~ade held in San Francisco. ~~ . t . ,...1 ! d t 1 0 . 1 0 'D 1I,.1f !~ eel ng \va s R. ~l J ourne . a_.. ... l;~.. Elouise Ca~pbell, Secre~ary