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ï . Park and Recreation Commission Minutes of June 23, 2004 . Page 2 Stafford Park was busy and the other parks were not. Mrs. Travers had the following comments about Stafford Park: extra chairs/tables should not be allowed; coals were being dumped in the park; turf is ruined because of the large crowds; parking is an issue because of the crowds; felt that the number of people at Stafford will increase if portable BBQs were allowed; believes the enforcement at Stafford Park is the responsibility of the Park and Recreation Department, not the Police Department. The Commission advised Mrs. Travers that City Council recently approved the new park reservation system which will begin in September. Director Centeno noted the new reservation policy would allow staff to encourage . people to use other parks when making reservations. Chairperson Yapp noted the Commission will take action on this matter at their July meeting. ITEM 2 - REQUEST TO REVOKE STANFORD ROWING AND PADDLING PERMIT Superintendent Hover reviewed the history of the revocable permit issued in April 2002 to the Stanford Rowing and Paddling group for use of Portside Park in Redwood Shores and the installation of an enclosure at the site. Superintendent Hover announced staff received a letter dated May 5, 2004 from the Redwood Shores Architectural Design Board requesting that the permit issued to the Stanford Rowing and Paddling group be revoked for several reasons including impact on the neighborhood. The Architectural Design Board had originally given their support of the permit in 2002. Superintendent Hover presented a staff report to the Commission and reviewed two options recommended regarding the revocable permit: 1.) To recommend to the City Council to revoke the Permit for Encroachment and Use of a portion of Portside Park to Stanford Rowing and Paddling; or 2.) To direct the representative of Stanford Rowing and Paddling to return to the Redwood Shores organizations and provide their written support for the continuance of the enclosure to the Commission within a 90 day period. Public Input Donna Zacamy of the Redwood Shores Architectural Design Board spoke about the history of use of the lagoons; the original request from Stanford Rowing and Paddling in 2002 to use the lagoons and install a boat enclosure and fence at Portside Park; their approval of the original request with particular stipulations; observation that the team was using lagoon on daily basis for practices; discussion with Craig Amerkhanian of Stanford Athletic Department regarding removing boats from enclosure because his rowing group was no longer using site; informatio.n received from Stanford University regarding Stanford Rowing and Paddling; believes Stanford should provide their own rowing site; no community outreach provided by group; usage and management of the enclosure has changed from what was originally presented to the Board.