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2 - ~I_B~~tgAr_~&~ _SllE .-~~C9!"ß111-,\!~i tY~ J:~rð..Jia~s~t~e~r~ g..l~~n;:a~l~t~rna t~~ ~lan. 6 Item continued to December meeting. Mr. John Sue provided Commissioners with an 8 page "brochure II entitled IIRedwood City Community Park Dev~lopment Program II dated November, 1969; Cost of Open Stream Bed for Community Park and Cost of Covered Culvert for Community Park - 1 sheet each. Open Stream Bed: Cost for 'treatment of stream bed - $7,500; 30" bypass - $30,000; Recirculation system for pools, stream, and waterfalls - $25,000; . Total: $142,500. Cost of Covered Culvert: 32 face feet per ft. x$5-$160/ft; 32 face feet per ft x $8-$250/ft....1500'x$160-$240-$375,OOO-- cost would depend on size required and how contractor views the job; excavation for culvert -3,000 cu.yds.x$l/yd - $3,000; fill required for stream bed - 6,000 yds x$3/yd -$18,000; outlet structure - allow $2,000. Mr. Sue showed slides of park possibi- lities ~i~ could pertain to Co~~ity. ~. Sue displayed 3 alternate sches for development; IIA~-culverted with no addition- al properties acquired, all within city owned property: "BII- showing waterway treatment through site with portion of creek covered and acquisition of property for a bowling green; IIC" - showed areas extended to Jefferson. In Mr. Sue's presentation was included: that park site is badly fragmented by the stream that flows through it and the way it is graded and that parking generally cuts up the site and there is great conflict between automobile and pedestrian patterns through the park;; relocation of a baseball field by elimination of park- ing areas-new location would give a good hitting radius: moving of baseball field would allow addition of two tennis courts to a total of four; acquisition of adjacent properties could provide an additional four tennis courts if needed; suggested tennis courts are easier for programming if grouped together; allowed for expansion of recreation center building (gym) for two, four ball inside handball courts: allowed area for planned future ex- pansion of Communities Activities Building-auditorium; on one scheme there was no change shown in the National Guard Building- or the other two it was recognized that Armory building might be desirable to turn into a teen center and Armory parking area could be used for horseshoe courts and additional parking area... noted that the Armory building was a large free span building that could have changeable floors and would be nicely suited to teen activity; Veterans". Memorial Building would remain except for a possible addition of a terrace area - now being used by veterans groups, meetings, etc., and senior citizens and could well be a senior citizens building and the b~li~ green aM terrace would relate to this use;