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2. Large groups of cars and people coming to the park also negatively effects the environment 3. Found cockroaches in her garage and said that the County Environmental Department agrees that garbage left overnight every weekend in the park was a contributing factor in cockroach migration to the neighborhood. 4. Wants garbage pick-up on Saturday and Sunday evenings so this isn't left overnight 5. Found that the neighboring cities of San Carlos, Menlo Park, San Mateo and Palo Alto have stricter rules than Redwood City including: non- residents pay twice as much; or no non-residents allowed at all; no extra chairs, BBQ's, tents or jumpers are allowed, etc. 6. Large groups of people should be at Red Morton Park or any of the larger parks (more than 5 acres) in Redwood City or should be directed to County parks, not to Stafford. Mrs. Travers also showed the Commission (via tape on the floor where the meeting was held) the actual size of a 15 foot structure. Chairperson Slusser thanks Mrs. Travers for her research and concise comments. Resident, Mr. Cipriani (Valota Road) commented about his concern with the noise from music at Red Morton Park. Chairperson Slusser asked Mr. Cipriani if this was an issue of amplified sound or sound from instruments. Mr. Cipriani clarified that it was more of an issue with sound projecting fromnon amplified musical instruments. He said that there are sometimes 5 piece bands that come into the park by the picnic tables. Mr. Cipriani also asked if there is anything we could do about the ice cream truck noise. Chairperson Slusser said that the Parks and Recreation Commission could not do anything about the ice cream truck music, but thanked Mr. Cipriani for coming to the meeting and voicing his concern. Resident, Lindley Garner (Roosevelt Ave.) described his concerns regarding noise at Red Morton Park and from the Community Activities Building and that he has called the Police Department before and has received no response. Specifically on the noise issue from the Community Activities Building, Mr. Garner said that there was a lot of noise two years ago on hot August day which was very disruptive to him and his neighbors. Chairperson Slusser thanks Mr. Garner for his comments and then opened up the meeting for Commission input. Commissioner Joseph, who chaired the original park rules sub-committee, expressed concern that what she has in front of her did not look the same as what the sub-committee submitted to the Commission. Chairperson Slusser directed staff to provide the Commission with a listing of the changes from the 3