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~ . . Park and Recreation Commission Minutes of April 28, 2004 Page 4 Nancy Anderson - limit rental to Redwood City residents who live within a certain radius of the community center Merrily Robinson - has rented Senior Center previously for a party and needed all 6 hours so not in support of reducing rental times; need to perform security "sweep" of facility after parties; continue to allow champagne; rentals should be open to all Redwood City residents regardless of where they live in the city; heard some distressing racial overtones from some of residents. David Walter - not a problem with party inside facility; once a party gets outside building, problems occur; have staff get party-goers out of parking lot to disburse crowd. Angelica Valencia - tell renters not to have their guests wear gang colors; make renters responsible for their guests Violeta Ortega - wants City to rent to all Redwood City residents; require security; have City staff supervising facility wear a uniform Ella Fitzpatrick - allow alcohol at events; has called Police on teen dances at Red Morton Center; observed that many City staff supervising teen dances are same age as participants; suggested that staff should be 30 years or older to supervise; noted she will not take her young son to skate park due to foul language used by skateboarders Bill Newell - never wants this to happen again; son attended teen dances at Red Morton and thanked Recreation Supervisor Mark Yasuda for this work with teens; wants us to think creatively in budget crisis; building should be accessed by everyone; problem is gangs, not our policies; revisit City's alcohol policy Ira Ruskin - on behalf of Council, expressed sympathy to family of victim; very traumatic event in Redwood City; thanked everyone for coming this evening Lyndley Garner - do not greatly alter our rental policies Roger Bowie - review structure of rental contracts; establish strict guidelines and enforce them; building should be open to all; teen dances are necessary; agreed with suggestion to have renters forfeit their deposit if Police are called -Commission Discussion Each of the Commissioners thanked the audience for coming, expressed sympathy to family, and addressed the audience with their comments: Davis - questioned if there was a connection between alcohol and incident at the CAB; encouraged citizens to notify the Park and Recreation Commission when there is a problem so it can be resolved. Truscelli - thanked everyone for coming Joseph - thanked everyone for their suggestions and for communicating with the Commission on issues Morton - expressed his desire to get more involved with his neighborhood association; Roosevelt Neighborhood Association will meet on April 29 at 7:00pm at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center.