PRC MIN 1967-12-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

1.70 II. ACCESS TO PROPERTY NORTH OF COMMUNITY PARK CREEK NEAR -DICKEY STREET AND VERA AVENUE - An R-2 zone under discussion by the Subdivision Committee as a "minor subdivision II item via a bridge over the creek: Commission discussion which followed included: that traffic. flow through park property via a bridge would not be desirable: that the Commission has long advocated-covering the entire length of Community Park Creek and'i~ would be receptive to plans for covering the creek that would give the property in question a limited access from Vera avenue, providing there was no through traf-fic through park property; and that the Commission is opposed to any plans which would permit a through traffic route from Vera Avenue to Myrtle Street. III. PARK PLAN PROPOSALS FOR REDWOOD SHORES - Unit No.1: Ken Schroeter. At the request of Commissioner Stuart, Comm- ission representative to the Nov. 28th Planning Commission meeting, Planning Director Schroeter presented maps of park and open space plans as proposed by Leslie Properties for Redwood Shores - Unit No.1. Discussion which followed included: Concern that an approved lIinsideli park plan ~is not usably adjacent to a proposed school site, -as recommended in the Winans Report, and therefore can- not be utilized to full advantage for recreation -and school purposes i that such an "inside" park woul-d require high fen- ces to separate public and private property: thatthe Commiss- ion and the City had, several years ago, at the behest of adjacent property owners, made the determination that"insidell parks are not practical for park and recreation use - subject adjoinging property owners to much abuse and vandalism and require too much p8lice attention and control - at which time two such inside parks were abandoned and the property sold to adjacent property ~ownersi that the proposed "insidell park and landscaping is to contain a walkway for youngsters going to and from school which will almost preclude use of the area for recreation purposes and qualify it only as an open space area, questioned that several cul-de-sac and small planted areas might be classed as parks instead of open space beauti- fied areas: and expressed a most sincere concern over the thin line of communication which has existed between the Park & Recreation Commission and its staff with regards to park and recreation plans for Redwood Shores. - Chairman Whitmore appointed the following committee to consult with the Planning Department re park and recreation plans 'for the Shores Project: Dixon Arnett, chairman; Doris Thompson, Pasco Balzarini and Red MOrton. ~.- --. ---_.._-~~-- ---. .._-~ --.- --~._----_.__._- ------- --.