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I . . . Park & Recreation Commission Minutes of June 27/ 2001 Page 2 ITEM 1 - REVIEW OF SPINAS PARK DESIGN PLANS Superintendent Hover reported he visited Spinas Park last week and made several suggestions to Susan McKay about the proposed park design. He reviewed his suggestions with the Commissioners and introduced Roxanne Dragan of the FriendJy Acres Homeowners Association and member of the Spin as Park Design Committee. Superintendent Hover reported the committee will be meeting very soon to discuss the proposed design and asked for Commissioners to join the design committee. Chairperson Joseph volunteered to be on the committee and suggested to the Commission that they each visit the park with the proposed design. Commissioner Swope also volunteered to participate on the committee. ITEM 2 - 4TH OF JULY FLOAT Commissioner Walsh reported that the theme of the float is the skatepark and Jason Strubing from Skate Works is helping us obtain an enlarged skateboard which will go on the float. Commissioner Walsh reported he will be working on the float on Sunday, July 1 at 1:00pm at the Municipal Service Center and invited the Commissioners to help. Chairperson Joseph spoke about the windmill booth which will be set up at the 4th of July Festival and asked the Commissioners to help work the booth. ITEM 3- UPDATES -School Fields, Capital Projects Senior Engineer Peter Vorametsanti spoke about the status of the Garfield School field. The contract has been awarded and the work will proceed in mid-July. Superintendent Hover spoke about the renovation of Hoover field and stated that funding will come from Proposition 12 and CDBG funding. He spoke about a visit to Valley Christian High School in San Jose where a synthetic playing field has been installed. This synthetic field uses no water, it can be played on continuously, it will not flood, and has an eight year warranty, although the field does have a high repair cost. Superintendent Hover stated that the installation of synthetic field is being considered for Hoover Park and he invited the Commissioners to visit Valley Christian School with staff on Tuesday, July 10 at 9:00am. -Maddux Park Superintendent Hover reviewed the bids which were received for the Maddux Park renovation and Stulsaft Park restroom project and noted that all the bids came in over the $455,000 budget. He stated that he is working with Engineering and the City Attorney's Office to see if the bids can be separated into two separate projects so that we can award the base bid for Maddux Park and handle the Stulsaft Park restroom project alone.