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. ~ Park and Recreation Commission Minutes of June 19, 2002 Page 3 -Dog Park #2 Superintendent Hover reported staff is currently working on renovation of Shore Dogs Park. The Commissioners discussed the possibility of a second dog park in Redwood City but felt that there needed to be a community- based organization like Shore Dogs to lead the project. -Strategic Plan Commissioner Swope announced the strategic plan has been presented to 17 organizations and 223 responses have been collected. She is in the process of aggregating the responses into a strategic plan document for the Commission's review. -Interim Park Rules Task Force Commissioner Davis reported that the Task Force has met once to review the interim park rules at Stafford Park and is also looking at other park rules. The group has a desire to have uniformity of the park rules and are in the process of compiling a complaint history of Stafford Park versus other city park in order to make a decision on the current interim rules. Staff is obtaining copies of police reports/complaints on Stafford from the Police Department. The group will meeting in the next few weeks. Betty Travers of 27 Lowell Street spoke about people being able to access Stafford Park from Hopkins Avenue because there is no fence along Hopkins. She fert that people do not see the rules from Hopkins Avenue. She spoke about a group of 40 people who were at the park this past weekend without a permit. Mrs. Travers said she contacted the Police Department because they dumped BBQ coals in the park. She felt that parking is still an issue and that the interim rules are not being enforced by our department. Superintendent Hover noted that all of our City parks are very heavily used and that more parks are needed. Director Centeno stated that NRPA had a standard of 10 acres of park land per 1,000 residents and Redwood City is currently at two acres per 1,000. Staff is looking at other cities to see how we compare with this standard. Mrs. Travers said one of her neighbors asked about having more lighting at Stafford and Superintendent Hover stated that more lighting could encourage people to stay longer in the park and extend their activities. She asked if staff could be hired to monitor Stafford Park on the weekends and Director Centeno agreed to check on this. Commissioner Davis said the Task Force wants to make sure the rules are rational and enforceable. Mrs. Travers suggested a memo be sent to the Police Department to do quick look-throughs of Stafford Park on the weekends.