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p:. r:- f.. <', - 227 .... - 8. Recreation Department monthly report, October-rec'd at meeting, not pick~d up by commissioners; . 9. Park Department - monthly report, October-recede at meeting. 10. cc of letter by Chairman stuart to Mr. Alan A., Dougherty, Ch. of Executive Committee, Peninsula Celebrations Assn., under date of Oct. 15,1968, wherein Mr. Stuart asked consideration by P.C.A. for help in acquir ing Canyon Road property. (See IIROUNDTAm LE II) PERSONAL APPEARANCES: 1 ~ ~~-~~~~ CO~~S~IO~~~[J~~ ~I~~IA~§: Mr. Williams expressed his appreciation of having opportunity to serve on Park & Recreation Commission. Chairman Stuart congratulat~d Mr. Williams on his appointment to the Planning Commission and presented him with his name plaque. 2 - Þm.1 IB~~- ~ODGERS t PLA1NNI~Q ~~IRECTOR þE~S~~~~ ~PiI\9R~~f\TI~~S~-TS.R9J{E.R ~ REPORT.: Chairman Stuart advised that Mr. Rodgers would make a sim- ilar presentation on General Plan for Redwood Peninsula as had been made to Planning Commission at its study meeting last week. Mr. stuart said that matter would be before Planning Commission on Nov. 12th for public hearing. ~~.Jn lR.O£~~;-~s~ displayed maps of the General Plan as proposed and in- cluded in his presentation that: some properties on Redwood Penin- sula do not belong to Leslie and there~ore Leslie is not suggesting land used for them: explained major street, waterway, bay, and ten- insula system~ ~ommunity'center adjacent to junio~ high school: 2, sub-community centers, each containing commercial areas with other facilities to make it a focal point: 5 elementary schools to ~erve homes within a quarter mile ar~ai discussed park, recreation, and open space design-waterway with 2 la~es' marina, part of commercial and recreational area to be developed with motels, restaurants and special shops: t~a~ in conjunction with ~chools would be neighbor- hood parks and main park as part of community center, with total park system linked together by ~inear park sys~~m, a.series o~ parks being tied together so one could walk or bicycle through them; a system best for ~icycles and some for equestrian trails, noting that it is hqped to develop a horse trail system that would tie all of~ Leslie lands together and possibly to the hill system for horsemen~ that bicycle trail system because of flat terrain, the only climb of any size beIng over bridges, would tie commercial area to res- idential area and would have impact on need for second car; that rental stables could probably be provided somewhere in project~ that General Plan doesn't give dimensions of such things as parks, etc., although mention was made of green swaths 200-300' wide and possibly 500-600' long~ severa¡ 4 acre parks: hiking areas around perimeter of peninsula, etc: that areas defined on maps are general locations with refined plans coming later. Commission questions and discussion included; 'question of horses in area; larger park lands with'room for high activity areas~ - -- - ._. . . u.. -.. -.....- --' ........0..._. .-... ~ _._.--._..._-,._.--_...~. -_.__._..._.._...__.._.._.----_n..__--_..._.....__.--_._-~._----_.._._-_.~._...__._._-_..---_.---_.---w-~.__..--_.._-.-----~.-