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i ,: [ 1 PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27,1999 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairperson Morton, Commissioners Davis, Joseph, La Berge, and Slusser COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Swope and Truscelli GUESTS PRESENT: Bret Montague STAFF PRESENT: Superintendent Gary Hover, Manager Mike Gibbons The regular meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission was called to order by Chairperson Vie Morton at 7:31 pm in Room 5 of the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, California. APPROVAL OF MINUTES~ The minutes of the November meeting were approved as mailed. CORRESPONDENCE Assistant Recreation Supervisor Adilah Haqq-Smith has notified staff that the Youth Advisory Council (Y AC) would like to have a joint meeting with the . Commission at their February meeting. The meeting will be held at the Red Morton Center. The Commissioners agreed with the idea. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Bret Montague of the Redwood City Responsible Dog Owners Group (RCRDOG) said his group is looking for the Commission's assistance in locating a site for an off leash dog park in this area. Commissioner Davis suggested a site at the top of Farm Hill Blvd. behind the CalTrans work station; Mr. Montague stated the property is in Woodside not Redwood City. Commissioner LaBerge suggested the small piece of park property behind the baseball diamond at McGarvey field. Commissioner Slusser felt the location needs as centralized as possible; incorporate it into an area that is being "redeveloped". Superintendent Hover noted that at the Council Priorities Session on January 23, a dog park was not identified as a high priority with the Council but that he is still interested in locating a site. Chairperson Morton agreed with Superintendent Hover about the results of the Council Priorities meeting but suggested forming a sub-committee to continue looking for a site. ITEM 1- STULSAFT PARK UPDATE Superintendent Hover announced that areas of Stulsaft Park were fenced and closed off on January 22 and signage has been posted as well. A press release was also sent out to all newspapers. These particular areas of the park may be closed up to one year. He announced that Chairperson Morton, Enid Brock, Susie Peyton and Hilary Paulson have been involved with the closure issue. The Commissioners were given a copy of a presentation outline document from Subsurface Consultants dated January 20, 1999. Superintendent Hover spoke about the different threshold levels of the State and Federal government