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'"174 plant material - sh_rubs, tr:ees, etc. - turfing: landscaping would not be symmet~i~a1'i~ design¡ various accent ,points would include special specimen type p1antingsand d-esign¡ automatic sprinklers would be installed: a 5 to 61 walkway would be designed into the south side of parkway planting-surfaced, but not of cement mater- ial¡ trees would ,be planted in mound. type soil areas; tuef areas would total approx. 4 acr~s over all; hopefully ,that street light- ing would be from low level type fixtures; plant materials-shrubs and trees - be of as large a size as possible so as to be immedi- ately effective; that ,landscaping ~stimated costs for the project were $63,000: that Park Dept. budget should include funds for maintenance beginning with the coming year-68-69: that ice-plant be kep~ to a minimum. . - On MOTION of Dixon Arnett, seconded~by Doris Thompson, theComm- ission voted to re~ommend provisional approval of these landscap- ing plans for Ralston parkway under the Redwood Shor'es project GID 1-64. Passed. . Chairman Whitmore appointed Jim Knecht to represent the Commission on'landscaping phases of the Redwood Shores project and towork with Mr. Balzarini in conferences pertaining thereto. PERSONAL APPEARANCES (A): Chairman Whitmore granted the request' of Mr. wm. Royer and Mr. Drury McCarthy to appear regarding access to McCarthy property as being- of emergency nature which r~quired immediate action of the Commission, the ,property being in ,the vicinity north of Vera Ave. and west of Dickey Street. Mr. Royer and Mr. McCarthy presented, via maps, a request for Commission approval of a 20. access easement from'Myrtle street, east to the McCarthy property, the easement proposed being adja- cent to private property on the east side of and at the' end of the improved street ending of Myrtle Street. They advised that they were not interested in access via a bridge a~ross Vera Ave. 8adwould not be averse to seeing that the unimproved portion of Vera Ave. was abandoned for street purposes if the easement )access was permitted. On MOTION of .Commissioner Knecht, seconded by Commissioner Stuart, it was voted to clarify our position regarding traffic flow through park property as recorded in Commissìon'minutes of December 6, '67, by recommending to the ~lanning Commis~ion and the City-Council that a 20. access easement be approved as ~equested, said easement access being away' from inside park property, and to further rec- ommend that the un~improved portion of Vera Ave. through Community Park be abando~ed and claimed by the City for park use. Passed. (1-8-68) ~,_._---_._-_.._--,-----------------,--,---".. - .. -----------"-,,"-- ----- -'--, --,,-. - .--.- H-O.. ------_..,-------._-----------.._------,--------~--~--~---------------------~~--,----.._--------- - -- --..- - -------------- ---------- -----.. --,.. ---'----_.... ----- ,,/