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r .. collected and wanted to know how this compares to Redwood City's. Director Griffiths said he will provide the Commissioners ,with the budget figures for our Department's Park and Recreation sub-programs to provide a . com parlson. Supervisor Wooten noted that adult drop-in soccer players are a problem at the ballfields because they try to use them at the same time that youth and adult softball games are being played and he would like to be able to control the drop-in players. The Commissioners asked Supervisor Wooten to develop a proposed fee schedule for adult soccer teams which would be p resen ted at the June meeting. Management Analyst Ramon Aguilar said he updated the tennis court survey of Peninsula cities he did three years ago and found that the cities that were charging for tennis court usage are still charging. In addition, their tennis court charges have gone up an average of 30% since his last survey. He stated the agencies that charge have tennis court complexes which are sub- contracted out and that city receives a portion of the profits. Mr. Aguilar mentioned this would be difficult for Redwood City to do since our tennis courts are scattered allover the city and there would be no way to collect and monitor the program. It was noted that Burlingame has meters for its tennis court lights but has had many problems with vandalism of the meters and as a result, the program is losing money. ITEM 2 - RED MORTON CENTER UPDATE Commissioner Howard said she spoke with Recreation Supervisor Julie Hannon to obtain an update from the last Red Morton Steering Committee meeting. She indicated there would be an approximate shortfall of $185,000- $200,000 on the project which the Commission has made as their fund raising goal. Ground breaking is estimated to begin in September and the approval of the plans and specifications and call for bids should come before the City Council in June. Supervisor Hannon provided a "Wish List" for the new Red Morton Center to give the Commissioners an idea what equipment is needed and the funds required. The Commissioners discussed different methods of fund raising and the need to formulate a "plan of action". Chairperson Swope asked the Commissioners to come up with ideas for the fund raising process and to give them to the members of the Fund Raising Sub-Committee (Howard, Morton, Davis). It was suggested that the sub-committee meet with Supervisor Hannon and Architect Mark Schatz to help develop the action plan.