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.,; J , . PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MIN UTES OF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1997 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairperson Truscelli, Commissioners Davis, Hughes, Nordness, and Swope COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Morton and Slusser GUESTS PRESENT: Pete Hughes, Public Works Superintendent Gordon Mann STAFF PRESENT: Superintendent Gary Hover, Secretary Denise Monroe The regular meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission was called to order by Chairperson Pauline Truscelli at 7:30pm in Room 5 of the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, California. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A correction was made to the October minutes under Item 6. The last sentence . should read: "Commissioner Davis announced that A YSO has some extra funds available which they would like to donate to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department for additional field renovations and he would like to see better coordination in the planning process. The October minutes were approved as corrected. CORRESPONDENCE There was no correspondence. ITEM 1 - HERITAGE TREE UPDATE Superintendent Hover said our staff and the Public Works Department met to discuss various options to respond to heritage tree permit appeals to be incorporated into the revision of the Heritage Tree ordinance. Options include: -Giving the Planning Commission the responsibility for hearing tree permit appeals; -Selecting a panel of employees to review the permit appeals which would provide a quicker response time vs. waiting for the Commission to meet monthly; -Leaving the responsibility with the Park and Recreation Commission The Commissioners discussed the options and agreed that the responsibility should remain with the Park and Recreation Commission because the decision should be made by a citizen-based group. In addition, the Commission is focused on parks and "green space" issues. Commissioner Davis felt the current ordinance is vague and non-uniform, and the emergency provisions in the ordinance are lax. Public Works Superintendent Gordon Mann stated that in order for Redwood City to qualify as a Tree City USA location, it needs a citizen-based committee to review tree issues. He said that his staff is working closely to educate the City's Planning and Building Department on tree issues; training is being provided. , ..