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'-¡, 232 # anticipating over 200 in atten~ance. They have been visiting schools and advertisini' the event. They want teens to feel welcome and know they have a place they can go. Beginning in November, special events will be offered one ni&ht each week. Bowling and horsebackriding are the first on the agenda. A bike club is also being formed ",which will teach safety and bike.måin'.t.enance as well as exploring bike trails. The Center is putting out a monthly newsle~ter which will info~ the teens of the coming events. There are already 125 names on the mailing list. The Center wants to offer a full program to interest teens and would like to encourage graduates to return and offer volunteer services. Chairman Schenck was concerned about the costs to citizens for the programs offered with regard to the salaries paid to the instructors. He felt some controls on their salary should be arranged. At the present time the range is very broad; however, Super- visor Hartman assured Chairman Schenck that this was definitely taken into consideration. Commissioner Knecht was pleased to hear that steps were being taken to insure that pro- grams were not duplicated throughout the City. Commissioner Weintraub was concerned that publicity reach all areas of Redwood City so that all or as many as possible of the teens could be informed of what the Center has to offer. Commissioner Guida stated that he felt there was definitely a lack of teen programs for teenage girls. Supervisor Mosher explained that all the programs offered at the Center will be co-educational. Commissioner Guida suggested building a drop-in area at the Center and Mr. Weeks ex- plained this would be considered in the budget process and studied thoroughly. Chairman Schenck was impressed with the presentations and expressed a desire to have the Park Division also give presentations. Mr. Weeks explained that this was already included as a part of the program as well as a presentat on from the Marina. 2. ~en Space Committee The report as submitted by the Open Space Committee was discussed and accepted by the Corrmission. 3. Community Park Committee The report from the Community Park Committee was presented by Committee Chairman Guida. The priorities as presented in the report were discussed. It was pointed out that the major items were indicated in the report as originally proposed in Phase 2 and 3 of the original construction outline. The Committee indicated that the priority projects were being considered for design and construction. However, the estimate of costs of the projects will determine the extent of the projects that can be completed with current funding. It was also pointed out that if the Commission approved the suggested priorities for the next phases of construction, the procedure would then be to pro- ceed with the consultant in order to arrive at preliminary cost estimates prior to the Corrmission forwarding the new scope of work to the City Council for final approval. Upon completion of the discussion of the report, the Commission received and accepted the report as presented by the Committee.