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Cormnissioner Knecht suggested re-juvenating of recreation center with ice-skating rink and skating rink. - ~ ~ Recreation Supervisor Paulson said Recreation Department is -listing all facilities and will suggest their up-grading and ideas to the Budget Committee¡ that a new program planned for next year will be for a IIroverli to playgrounds to conduct var- ious programs such as arts and crafts; that he had done study on after school program which was sUbmitted to Mr. Joe Grimes, Supt. R.C. Elementary School District, for suggestions and costs for a city-school cooperative program. Park Supt. Balzarini advaised~that landscaping at Marina was in progress {entrance}; and that at the suggestion of Director of Recreation Morton he had blocked~off Cormnunity Park bridge over the creek. Chairman Stuart suggested that bridge over the creek be blocked off to cars but that ingress and egress be maintained just for the winter: that he would like to see Redwood City get up to. date with other surrounding communities with respect to land- scaping of the state highway areas, noting that Palo Alto, San Mateo and other communities who had complained had gotten their ingress and egress areas all landscaped. Mr. stuart suggested that we should encourage the City Manager to see about finishing ~fuipple and the off-ramp of Woodside Road and the Marsh Road area and to make sure that decent landscaping is secured along Woodside Expressway before it is finished. Mr. Stuart asked r~. Balzarini to keep these suggestions in mind. commissioner Thompson told of- conversation with Mr. George Fakhouri, Jr., president-of R.C. Jaycees concerning the play- ground project for the area bounded by Woodside Expressway, railroad, EI Camino Real and Gemco, and said Mr. Fakhouri had , indicated that his club could be interested in such a project. Mrs. Thompson expressed the hope th~t the park proposal for this area does not fall through. Commissioner Williams said he had not heard from Mr. Elliott or the Standard Oil Company on the matter. Meeting adjourned to a joint meeting with the Council and Plan- ing Commission on Monday, Sept. 30, 1968, at 7:30 p.m. at the Veterans' Memorial Building, Redwood Room, for presentation of Parks and Open Space Report of the Regional Planning Committee of San Mateo County by Mr. Sam Halsted. DORIS C. THOMPSON, SECRETARY R.C. PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 4, 1968. 225 . . . .. -... ......... .........,. .-............. .-.--------..---.-----.----.-..--..- .'. u ... ...-"-........---...-.- .,.,. .._.,u_.._-~-- .^.. .. .. ,.'. . . . .'.----.'.--..-'..'-...--.---.'."------_--__.mm-