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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWritten Communications -Item 5 City of Saratoga City Clerk's office Memo To: Mayor and Cit y Council From: Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk Date: June 1 , 2005 Re: Agenda Item #5 Attached are additional comments regarding agenda item #5. Sent By: Jeffrey B. Hare APC; 408 279 5888; Jun-1 -05 2:43PM; - ge 2/3 RECEIVED HARE 7 JUN 12005 • JEFFREY B. H Attorney at Law 1 Y FSARATOGA A Professional Corporation Ten Almaden Blvd.,Suite 1.250 San Josc California 95113-2233 Tel: 408-279-3555 Fax: 408-279-5888 Jbhlaw( pacbell.net June 1, 2005 VIA F.nCSIMut.F/E-MAR HON.MAYOR KING AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SARATOGA 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE SARATOGA, CA 95070 RE: KE:VIN MORAN PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT e Dear Mayor and Members of the Saratoga City Council: The purpose of this letter is to convey some of the major concerns of my client, the Neighbors of Kevin Moran Park, regarding the proposed item on tonight's City Council Agenda related to the tbrmation of a timeline for the Kevin Moran Park Improvement Project and reconstitution of the Ad hoc Committee. You arc undoubtedly aware that the proposal to improve KMP to allow expanded recreational uses has generated considerable concern over impacts from traffic, noise and safety. As a preliminary matter, we would like to make a request pursuant to the California Public Records Act 06250 et seg)that establish or relate to the City's compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA;"Public Resources Code§21000 el secj), particularly any public notices required pursuant to PRC §21092,any initial studies required pursuant to CEQA Guideline §15063, and any studies, memos, reports, or other documents related to the City's activities related to compliance with CEQA as they pertain to the Kevin Moran Park project. The Neighbors respectfully submit that both State law (e,sp. CEQA) and common sense dictate that.the City should consider all potential impacts before proceeding any further with the proposed project. The Neighbors understand and appreciate the fact that the Recommended Actions being considered tonight involve development of a"public input process," and the restructuring of the Ad hoc Committee, and not a final decision on the design of the park itself. However, it is difficult to see how the Committee, the public, or the City Council can properly evaluate the impacts and consequences of the proposed changes without an adequate analysis that would be provided by compliance with CEQA. Moreover,CEQA provides an excellent process for public input and comment. Sent By: Jeffrey B. Hare APC; 408 279 5888; Jun-1 -05 2:44PM; Page 3/3 Mayor and City Council City of Saratoga June 1,2005 Page 2 Obviously, the Neighbors have several major concerns over the potential impacts with respect to increased traffic and noise that would result from the proposal to expand or develop Kevin Moran Park with soccer and other organized sports facilities. The Neighbors feel that the City needs to consider the long-term impacts of such a proposal not only with regards to the impact of traffic and noise on the neighbors, but also with regards to the City's resources and ability to provide proper and adequate public safety protection for park users and adjoining residents. The addition or expansion of recreational facilities will have a direct and long-term impact on the City's ability to maintain acceptable and adequate service ratios and response times throughout the City. History reflects the City's budgetary problems already have proven inadequate to maintain the existing park amenities. The proposed addition or expansion of recreational facilities will potentially lead to substantial deterioration of these existing amenities. In summary, the Neighbors submit that the proposal before the City Council tonight constitutes a"project" within the scope of CEQA (PRC§21065), and that the City of Saratoga should take any and all appropriate measures to comply with CEQA prior to further proceedings on this matter. As a further matter, by copy of this letter to the City Clerk., I am requesting to be added to the mailing/notification list for all notices prepared pursuant to PRC §21 O92.2. Respectfully submitted, effrey B. Hare cc: Office of the City Clerk Client Message Page 1 of 2 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:37 PM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FW: Improvement to Kevin Moran Park -a discussion that must be tabled and acted upon Original Message From: Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:22 PM To: Cc: Subject: Improvement to Kevin Moran Park - a discussion that must be tabled and acted upon Please read this important email in support of necessary improvements to the Kevin Moran Park in Saratoga. Residents of our community desperately need you support and help to create additional field space to support the important youth soccer programs for both recreational and competitive players. Like most sports, soccer require adequate field space for both game and practice purposes. Improvements to Kevin Moran Park can and will service not only the requirements of our youth involved in soccer, but also other sports as well. As you may be aware, soccer now has the largest representation of youth participation of any sport in the country and services both recreational and competitive players. The growth of this game and the benefits it offers to both boys and girls at all levels is extremely important to the development of our youth and the community. Saratoga is no exception and as such requires your attention to this important field space and improvement matter. It has now been 20 months since 200 of us last showed up to a council meeting to encourage our council to assess what could be done to improve Kevin Moran Park. We are begging the council to endorse a process by which people can discuss the options, assess the pro's and con's assuming there are any con's, look at all the alternatives and ultimately arrive at a course of action. Unfortunately, this process hasn't event started and this is a critical problem for our youth soccer players and field based athletics in our community. I hope that you will agree that NOW is the time to get the process started and the council is the communities representative to do just that! You may be asking why are AYSO and the competitive players and teams so interested in Kevin Moran Park? The answer is simple, the kids of Saratoga need more practice and playing space. Kevin Moran Park is the largest flat park in the city with about 10 acres and most of the park lies vacant. When you combine this with the fact that we have a great soccer program in Saratoga, and very few fields to play on, we have a fundamental problem that needs to be addressed in other words we are currently short changing our kids. Did you know that: • 13 year old children in Cupertino and West San Jose get twice as much practice time per week as our kids Saratoga kids? 6/1/2005 Message Page 2 of 2 • 6 and 7 years only get half as many practice days • Saratoga coaches have to leave work early to hold practices that start at 3 :30 and ends at 4 :45 so another teams can then start their sessions • our families are being charged a premium to practice/play in neighboring Cupertino because we aren't able to meet the demand • We are restricting our ability to attract volunteer coaches because of low field availability and field times that are too early for many to leave work I can't imagine anyone arguing that we don't have a serious issue with field space in our city. If that is a given, the question now becomes what are our options to address the problem? Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field space shortages. However, we recognize that any and all improvements to that park must be carefully considered, impacts if any clearly understood and properly addressed. I believe that the city could expand the existing grass at the park in a way that would allow us to accommodate a broader age group (e.g. Under 14 and older) in the park. If done correctly, this would have minimal impact on traffic and/or the number of soccer kids in the park. Not that kids using public parks is a bad thing, but we recognize that some of our community neighbors may be concerned about park usage/traffic. Please take this request seriously along with others you have received from our community and help us address this important field shortage matter. Ideas for the park require open an honest discussion amongst the council and the various community parties. Saratoga Soccer and thousands of our community members would like to see the Saratoga city council start the process of assessing what is required in order to improve/upgrade Kevin Moran Park for expanded soccer use, while at the same time preserving the character of the existing park and neighborhood. We the members of the Saratoga Soccer community and thousands of other Saratoga residents are ready to work with the council to figure out a plan to improve the park. In your council meeting this evening, I beg you to consider, support and take immediate action on this important matter. Sincere Regards Thomas W. Pridham Saratoga Resident 6/1/2005 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:14 PM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FW: Future of Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:59 PM To: nstreit@cpa-online.com Subject: Future of Kevin Moran Park Hi Mr. Streit, I am writing to urge the Saratoga City Council to open a discussion about the future use of Kevin Moran Park. I am a resident of Saratoga with a family that is growing up in our city, and have participated in the past in City Council discussions. This is an important issue that touches on the use of our city's resources and also on facilities and space that benefit our residents and our children. I look forward to seeing you and speaking tonight. John Barber 6/1/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:10 PM To: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FWD: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Liz Goesseringer < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13 :34 :04 -0700 (PDT) No soccer fields at Kevin Moran Park. . . Leave the Park as it is. . . thank you The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:27 AM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Request for strong consideration of youth sports space at Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Thierry Doyen" < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23 :55:36 -0700 Dear Council Members, I was one of the attendees last year when this project was discussed but won't be able to attend tomorrow's City Council meeting. I would like to bring your attention to yet another great need the Saratoga community now has for sport fields for our youth: the explosively growing sport of Lacrosse. In case you don't know, Saratoga now has a first class Lacrosse program, which we started last year with one pups and one juniors team. You can find out more about it at www.redhawkslacrosse.com <http://www.redhawkslacrosse.com/> . This year, we have grown to 2 pups, 1 juniors and 1 JV team. We had enough kids asking to join our program that we could have fielded a second juniors team, which we really wanted to do, but we had to turn them down because of our non-availability of fields for practice and games. Our JV's achieved the 2nd position in Northern California, our Juniors were 3rd of their division, our Pups A ended up 4th and our Pups B made it to the quarter-finals. We are expecting a continued strong growth next year and beyond and hope that field availability will no longer be a reason for having to reject kids. One of the nice things is that the Lacrosse season does not conflict at all with the big fall soccer program in Saratoga and that we use exactly similar fields as soccer does. Efforts to help one program will help the other too as a result. The Kevin Moran Park facility would be a great option to allow lacrosse to grow in Saratoga. You may have seen national media coverage of the explosive growth of Lacrosse throughout the country. 17 new clubs were formed this year in Northern California alone! Thank you for your interest and support, and for ensuring that our youth have adequate space to meet their interest in growing both physically and as individuals in our city. 1 Please let me know if you have any question. Yours sincerely, Thierry Doyen The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 2 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:28 AM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Cc: John Cherbone Subject: Fw: Support for open space fields for Saratoga youth sports Original Message From: "Kathleen King" < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23 :17:55 -0700 FYI Original Message From: Thierry Doyen To: 'Kathleen King' Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8 :12 PM Subject: RE: Support for open space fields for Saratoga youth sports Thanks, Kathleen. I won't be able to attend the meeting tomorrow night but would not have been in a position to volunteer for the Ad Hoc committee anyway at this time. I do hope that all the efforts will lead to great satisfaction of all and to the benefit of our children's physical growth and enthusiasm. I am not sure if you are aware of the incredible growth of another sport in the nation's youth: LACROSSE. My son (now in 5th grade) is in his second year in the sport and absolutely loves it. So do all the other boys who have had a chance to get involved in it, and I understand that it is one of the hot recess activities at Redwood now. Anyway, I have been involved, since its creation last year, with the West Valley Lacrosse Club (Red Hawks teams) right here in Saratoga, as their webmaster. You can find out more about it at www.redhawkslacrosse.com. Last year, we only had a Pups and a Juniors team. This year, we grew quantumly to 2 Pups, 1 Juniors and 1 JV team. We had enough kids wanting to join to form a second team but had to refuse them because we were not able to secure enough fields for our practices and games. Please let me know if this is something the city would like to know more about and help grow for the benefit of our youth. It is the fastest growing youth sport in the country (17 new clubs in Northern California this year! ! ! ) A great sport for girls too if we had fields, demand and coaching interests. Good luck at the meeting tomorrow. 1 By the way, thank you for your very nice address yesterday at the Memorial Day service at the cemetery. It was a very touching event that I felt privileged to be a part of. Yours sincerely, Thierry From: Kathleen King [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8 :00 PM To: Thierry Doyen Subject: Re: Support for open space fields for Saratoga youth sports Dear Theirry, I am writing this e-mail to you because I promised to keep all those who wrote me last year informed of the progress on development of one of the city's parks, Kevin Moran Park, a 10.2 acre Saratoga City park off Prospect and Scully. Some of the neighbors of Kevin Moran Park wanted to talk about the park last City Council meeting, May 18, and it was not agendized. The council decided to agendize a discussion for June 1st. It is a discussion on process, direction regarding the timeline of public meetings on the Park, and who is going to be on the Ad Hoc committee. There will not be any discussion on design of this park at this time, just what the public input process will be for future meetings. If you are interested in this park or want to be part of the process team, you should plan to attend this meeting tomorrow night. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. but I don't expect we will get to this subject until 8 p.m. If you would like to speak, please pick up a card in the lobby of the theater, fill it out, and give it to the city clerk sitting at the right on the stage. The meeting is held in the Civic Theater/ Council Chambers at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, across from Redwood Middles School. I am sorry about the late notice. This is a discussion on the process and not the actual design and that is why the city would not send out a letter of notice to all interested parties. Kathleen King Original Message 2 From: Thierry Doyen Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Support for open space fields for Saratoga youth sports Dear City Council members, I am hoping to be able to attend your city council meeting this evening, but in case I am not able to, I wanted to send you this email also. I am a parent of 3 wonderful children, 2 of which are actively involved in soccer and baseball at Congress Springs Park (our third child will be in age to start in a few years and she will undoubtedly be another strong participant of the programs. . . ) My wife and I are thrilled about these programs as growth experiences on many fronts for our children and we are volunteering much of our time to help with the programs. Unfortunately, the current availability of practice fields (for the soccer program at least) has been quite inadequate in the city and many teams have to practice in poor conditions, which does not help the youth with their learning and excitement for the sport. I understand that the city is reviewing various plans for providing more quality open space for our youth sports, and my wife and I would like to lend all our support to this goal. Please let me know if you have any questions. Yours sincerely, Thierry and Jenell Doyen Thierry Doyen Saratoga, CA 95070 3 The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 4 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:28 AM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Garrett Short" < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:24 :42 -0700 Dear Saratoga Council Members: I would like to voice my support for the improvement and development of Kevin Moran Park, including it's use for AYSO soccer. I feel that it can be developed responsibly as to minimize the impact to the surrounding neighborhood. So far discussion has been blocked or stalled. Without open and honest discussion, progress cannot be made on developing this valuable Saratoga resource for the good of all Saratoga residents. Please support this initiative. Garrett Short The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01,2005 10:25 AM To: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FWD: Support for Process to Plan Improvements at Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Mark S. Linsky" < Reply-To: < Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:30:55 -0700 To: Kathleen King Norman Kline Aileen Kao Ann Waltonsmith Nick Streit Cc: Dave Anderson John Cherbone Howard Miller Mark Chapman As most of you know, for most of my 30 years in Saratoga, I have been a strong, active supporter for increased "flat grass" in the city for use by our children and families. This email is a request for the creation of a process to address needed improvements to Kevin Moran Park. I am using email since I unfortunately cannot attend the City Council meeting on June 1, due to a family event. I would encourage the City to create a process to address the future of Kevin Moran Park. I would expect this process to provide a forum for Saratoga residents to discuss the options, to assess concerns, to consider alternatives, and to ultimately arrive at plan that best meets the needs for everyone in Saratoga. The kids of Saratoga need more practice space, which is both safe and accessible, whether it is for soccer, t-ball, cricket, lacrosse, etc. Kevin Moran Park is the largest flat park in the city with about 10 acres. Most of it lies vacant. We have some great youth sports programs in Saratoga, but we are shortchanging our kids. For example, let 's consider youth soccer. 13-year-old children in Cupertino and West San Jose get twice as much practice a week as Saratoga kids. Similarly, 6- and 7-year-old children get twice as many practice days. Saratoga coaches have to leave work early to hold practices that start at 3 :30, so that they can share space with another team and coach starting practice at 4 :45. Many parents cannot coach because we have early practices due to field shortages; these early schedules do not even come close to matching reasonable work schedules. We clearly have an issue with field space in our city. Kevin Moran Park could be part of the solution to our field shortages. However, any improvements at that park must be carefully considered, along with any impact. I strongly believe that the city could expand the existing grass at the park in a way that would allow AYSO to shift Under-14 and older players to that park, and move the U-10 players to other locations. If done correctly, this would have little change in traffic and little change in the number of soccer kids in the park. Not that kids using public parks is a bad thing, but we could use the park in such a way as to not additionally impact the neighbors. Flat grass is probably the lowest cost, easiest to maintain, most flexible to use, and quite pleasant to view for a park. Not only do we have increasing numbers of children playing youth soccer in 1 both the fall and spring seasons, but other youth sports are also beginning to expand. With the health crises we face with our children, how can we not find a way to increase opportunities for them to get more exercise? With the bad role models we have in sports today, how can anyone argue with an organization (AYSO) , that is based on the philosophies of Everyone Plays, Open Registration, Balanced Teams, Positive Coaching, and Good Sportsmanship, and where the most important outcome is fair, safe, fun, healthy play? Youth sports organizations, like AYSO, help to develop our kids to be good and healthy citizens. It appears there has been no forum to discuss the options. Any ideas for the park require open and honest discussion amongst the interested parties. I would like to see the city council start the process to address the responsible improvements of Kevin Moran Park while preserving the character of the existing park and neighborhood. I know that Saratoga Soccer, AYSO Region 27, and expect that the other youth sports organizations are ready to work in an open and honest forum with any group to help improve the park responsibly. I encourage the city council to move forward with a process to discuss the options at Kevin Moran Park. Regards, Mark Linsky The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP • Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:26 AM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Nancy Rosenthal" < Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:28 :24 -0700 Dear City Council Members, I understand that you will be having a meeting on June 1st to address the usage of Kevin Moran park. I couldn't think of a better use of SOME of the 10 acres of flat space than to convert it to structured sports usage such as soccer, which keep children stimulated physically and mentally, while building teamwork skill sets than can be used for a lifetime. Keeping these kids physically active keeps these children from becoming couch potatoes, gives them some great outlets for channeling all their energies pent up in them from sitting in classrooms for hours. It also is a huge influence in keeping these kids from getting into so many other worse alternatives that kids can get into when left idle (laziness, computer games, gangs, drugs, etc. ) . We will be developing responsible, healthy children who will build self esteem and character for themselves by playing an active role on a team. I hope you can consider and weigh all the benefits of creating fields for AYSO soccer usage. Our kids and future generations deserve a chance to have a practice area, so that they are not restricted to the shortage of current existing dedicated fields, such as those at Congress Springs. It would be awesome if we could offer the kids more practice times and the parents later shift times for their practices, so that more parents can volunteer to be coaches. I know of many people who had to quit coaching due to the demand of early practice time. My husband, Lenny Rosenthal, is one of those coaches and there are many others that we have spoken to. Thanks for your consideration in this matter during your meeting this evening. Nancy Rosenthal Mother of 3 boys, ages 5, 6, and 9 The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:05 PM To: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Gwen Zhao [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:01 PM To: nstreit@cpa-online.com; awaltonsmith@saratoga.ca.us; kk2king@comcast.net; kline@caspr.com; akao@saratoga.ca.us Subject: Kevin Moran Park Please create a process to open a dialog about the future of Kevin Moran Park. Gwen Zhao - Mom of Devin (8) and Jason (5) 5/31/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:57 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park - Fwd: [Fwd: Urgent: Help needed from all Soccer Parents and Players]] Original Message From: "Sandra Cross \ ( Reply-To: < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 17:16:48 -0700 City Council Members, When did AYSO have 200 people present to city council?? I don't remember that? I heard that AYSO had a 100 people email the city council. Now I hear he had 200 people at the City Council meeting? Mr. Miller calls on all the parents and kids to email you for another soccer field. How many did he get at congress springs? How many schools? How about El Quito? Not to mention, the numerous other parks that are used throughout the citt for practice during the week, including KMP77 '? Does he get the only remaining open field park that is left for the rest of the city constituants? How much of the population does he represent? Not all of them, so why should they get to take down trees and get the last of the open fields so the rest of us can't have open space for speed ball, volley ball, and all the other activities that are enjoyed at Kevin Moran Park??? Does this council represent all of Sartoga, or like this council did at Congress Springs and El Quito, they represent special intrest soccer organizations first? What about kids that don't play soccer that use the park? What about the seniors that use the park? How about us plain folks that make up the part of the population that just like to walk through it and enjoy its beauty? Sandy Cross » From: Howard Miller < » Date: May 31, 2005 12 :22 :14 PM PDT » To: ayso27Parents@saratogasoccer.org » <mailto:ayso27Parents@saratogasoccer.org » Subject: Urgent: Help needed from all Soccer Parents and Players » Parents and Players: » I have received many, many e-mails from you thank me and the board » for all the work that we are doing to help make soccer happen in » Saratoga. The real thanks goes to each of you for stepping forward » to do your part. Thank You! » To that end, I need your help today or tomorrow! This is urgent! » There is a city council meeting tomorrow (6/1) at which the council » will discuss a process to start a dialog about the future of Kevin » Moran Park. This is just the first step on a long path to improve » that park. Please send an e-mail to your city council members to » encourage them to create a process to open a dialog about the future » of Kevin Moran Park. (nstreit@cpa-online.com » <mailto:nstreit@cpa-online.com>, awaltonsmith@saratoga.ca.us 1 » <mailto:awaltonsmith@saratoga.ca.us>, kk2king@comcast.net » <mailto:kk2king@comcast.net>, kline@caspr.com » <mailto:kline@caspr.com>, akao@saratoga.ca.us » <mailto:akao@saratoga.ca.us>) . Or, if you have the time, please » attend the council meeting with me and speak directly to the council. » It has been 20 months since 200 of us last showed up to a council » meeting to encourage them to assess what could be done to improve » Kevin Moran Park. The council needs to endorse a process by which » people can discuss the options, assess the drawback, look at » alternative and ultimately arrive at a course of action. We haven't » even started the discussion. Now is the time to let the council know » you expect them to get the process started. » Many have asked: Why is AYSO's so interested in Kevin Moran Park? » The answer is simple, the kids of Saratoga need more practice space. » Kevin Moran Park is the largest flat park in the city with about 10 » acres. Most of it lies vacant. We have a great soccer program in » Saratoga, but we are short changing our kids. Why do 13 year olds in » Cupertino or West San Jose get twice as much practice a week as » Saratoga kids? Why do 6 and 7 years only get twice as many practice » days? Why do Saratoga coaches have to leave work to hold practices » that start at 3 :30 and ends at 4 :45 so another teams can then start? » How many people can't coach because we have early practices due to » field shortages? We clearly have an issue with field space in our » city. » Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field » shortages. However, any improvements at that park must be carefully » considered, the impacts understood and properly dealt with. I think » that the city could expand the existing grass at the park in a way » that would allow us to shift Under 14 and older players to that park, » and moving the U10 players to other locations. If done correctly, » this could have little change in traffic and little change in the » number of soccer kids in the park. Not that kids using public parks » is a bad thing, but we could use the park in such a way as to not » additionally impact the neighbors. However, there has been no forum » to discuss the options! Any ideas for the park require open an » honest discussion amongst the interested parties. » Saratoga Soccer would like to see the city council start the process » to the responsible improve of Kevin Moran Park while preserving the » character of the existing park and neighborhood. We are ready to » work in an open and honest forum with any group to help improve the » park responsible. » I need everyone to help encourage the city council to move forward » with a process to discuss the options at Kevin Moran Park. Send an » e-mail today! Have your kids send and e-mail too! The council needs » to hear from everyone. » Thanks ! » Howard Miller » Regional Commissioner » Saratoga Soccer, AYSO Region 27 » _ This e-mail list is for official AYSO News and Information only. » To remove your e-mail address, please visit: » http://www.saratogasoccer.org/main/email.html » To update your e-mail address: » Add your new e-mail, then remove your old one. » Coaches, Referees and Team Reps: » Please maintain a valid e-mail address for the duration of the season. 2 Page 1 of 2 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:04 PM To: Dave Anderson; Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Ajonesthomson@aol.com [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 12:44 PM To: Nick Streit; Ann Waltonsmith; Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Aileen Kao Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear Saratoga City Council Members, Saratoga Soccer would like to see the city council start the process to improve Kevin Moran Park while preserving the character of the existing park and neighborhood. We are ready to work in an open and honest forum with any group to help improve the park responsible. Many have asked: Why is AYSO's so interested in Kevin Moran Park? The answer is simple, the kids of Saratoga need more practice space. Kevin Moran Park is the largest flat park in the city with about 10 acres. Most of it lies vacant. We have a great soccer program in Saratoga, but we are short changing our kids. Why do 13 year olds in Cupertino or West San Jose get twice as much practice a week as Saratoga kids? Why do 6 and 7 years only get twice as many practice days? Why do Saratoga coaches have to leave work to hold practices that start at 3:30 and ends at 4:45 so another teams can then start? How many people can't coach because we have early practices due to field shortages? We clearly have an issue with field space in our city. Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field shortages. However, any improvements at that park must be carefully considered, the impacts understood and properly dealt with. I think that the city could expand the existing grass at the park in a way that would allow us to shift Under 14 and older players to that park, and moving the U10 players to other locations. If done correctly, this could have little change in traffic and little change in the number of soccer kids in the park. Not that kids using public parks is a bad thing, but we could use the park in such a way as to not additionally impact the neighbors. However, there has been no forum to discuss the options! Any ideas for the park require open an honest discussion amongst the interested parties. Thank you for your consideration for our children and our programs. Sincerely, Allison Jones Thomson Saratoga Soccer Coach Daughter in U12 Saratoga Soccer Team 6/1/2005 Page 2 of 2 6/1/2005 Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:01 PM To: Dave Anderson; Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Liz Goesseringer [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 1:34 PM To: Ann Waltonsmith Subject: Kevin Moran Park No soccer fields at Kevin Moran Park... Leave the Park as it is... thank you 6/1/2005 Page 1 of 2 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Sullivan Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:36 PM To: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park response Do you need this for CC packet/report? I have copied a hard copy to Councilmembers and put it in their boxes Ann Original Message From: Cary Bloomquist Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:13 AM To: Ann Sullivan Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park response Hi Ann, Please forward this to City Council. I responded to Ms. Cathcart thanking her for her correspondance and indicated her message will be forwarded to Council. Regards, Cary Original Message From: Jacqueline Cathcart [ Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:19 AM To: Cary Bloomquist Subject: Kevin Moran Park response Tuesday, June 22, 2004 Dear City Council Members and Mr. Bloomquist--- For what it is worth I have lived in Saratoga for 44 plus years and in my present location for 39 years. I am writing once again to have my say about the development of Kevin Moran Park. I walk the park every morning. I don't have a dog. I just walk the park along with many others and enjoy the solitude it provides. My view is don't develop it. It is a lovely park just as it is. Point#1 - OPEN SPACE --What is wrong with empty space! We have so very little of it left in the valley and Saratoga itself has been swallowed up in useful purposes. Solitude is worth a lot 5/31/2005 Page 2 of 2 in this valley and the small playground is perfect for toddlers and the big lawn is perfect for all kinds of activities enjoyed by families and other groups. The park is big enough and the surrounding open space adds to its value. There is something quite lovely about less development of every piece of land. Point#2 - MONEY --Our money could be better spent on improving the roads, and I for one would prefer to spend my tax dollars on other such basic improvements in the City. The street sweeping program, for example, is a bit of a joke and could be done once a year or not at all for all the good it does and that money diverted to other uses. Point#3 - The ORCHARD, A HISTORY LESSON- The orchard should be preserved and eventually replanted. I am sure the adjacent homeowners would agree. Many people enjoy one of the VERY few remaining orchards that used to grace this entire valley. I saw families with small children picking the apricots this year with such glee. The orchard has an historical significance for our city. Point#4 - NO BATHROOMS --There has been a move a foot for bathrooms. I can see why Mother's and old people might want bathrooms, but I don't think they are a good idea. Even if locked every night - which requires personnel to deal with them; they attract problem people and problem maintenance. As Kevin Moran is in the main a neighborhood park, I think people can go home to satisfy this need. Point#5 - CONGESTION - This is a small park in a small section of Saratoga. Just on the other side of Cox is a big ball field park. Organized groups often use the school playgrounds in the summer. If you put in playing fields and/or parking lots to accommodate them in this small park, you will be adding to the congestion of the neighborhood and bringing many people from out of our community into the park. Is this really a good idea! So my vote is to let the good park be- it really doesn't need improvement. Sincerely, Jacqueline Cathcart Nurture Through Nature xxoo 5/31/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:11 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Re: Kevin Moran Park Plans FYI Original Message From: Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 01:47:47 EDT To the Neighbors of Kevin Moran Park: Don't let Ann Waltonsmith downplay the importance of this Wednesday's meeting. Who is on the committee, and the process by which decisions are reached, is critical to the outcome. The previous ad-hoc committee failed. Why? During my first term on the city council, we were dealing with similar issues at Azule Park. The council majority tried multiple iterations of massaging the neighborhood to get the neighbors to accept some type of soccer venue, in the form of ad-hoc committees, neighborhood meetings, etc. The neighbors had to keep showing up and saying NO. It ended when the late Jim Shaw, myself, and Evan Baker simply said: " This is a neighborhood park: No Soccer. " The current council wants soccer in Kevin Moran Park. That is no secret. Based on what happened at Azule, it looks as if the time has come to divide up the assignments, and come to every single council meeting and say "NO" . Take your three minutes, whether or not it is on the agenda. That's what the Azule neighbors did, and that's what the proponents of the fire district merger did. In the end, both groups got what they wanted. Stan Bogosian Councilmember, 1996-2004 The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Message Page 2 of 3 Original Message From: Ann Waltonsmith [ Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:15 AM To: Dan Fishman Cc: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone; Cary Bloomquist Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Dear Dan and Roslyn Thank you for your email concerning the renovation of Kevin Moran Park. The City is planning on renovating the Park so we have established a task force and some community meeting times. The first meeting will be on July 28th. We invite you to attend. I am ccing this email to our City staff, who will email you the details. (I can not lay my hands on the handout that says where it will be held). I know the park is lovingly used now but with increasing pressure from a growing population of Saratoga children, we need to make sure that we develop our parks fully. Because Kevin Moran Park is designated in our General Plan as a Community Park, with a bathroom and some parking, that will be included in the final plan. In addition, the City Council voted to include some"flat grass"areas for organized sports practices. The public meetings will be to design and redesign all of the park so that it will provide options for young children, school age children and adults for our community. In addition, we want to make sure that any problems are mitigated, that is, fixed so that increased noise and cars are minimized. With the help of citizens like yourselves, neighbors and the task force, I think the resulting renovation of Kevin Moran Park will be a joy and a positive addition to the neighborhood. Our recently renovated parks, Wildwood, Brookglen, and El Quito, have been a success with their neighborhoods. If you have time, I urge you and other interested citizens to go to some other parks to see the latest in options. Thank you for writing. Hope to see you at the public meetings. Ann Waltonsmith Mayor, City of Saratoga From: Dan Fishman [ Sent: Tue 6/22/2004 3:49 PM To: Ann Waltonsmith Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear Ms. Waltonsmith, I'm writing to express my concern about plans to re-do Kevin Moran Park. I live in the Prides's Crossing neighborhood and frequently use the park with my grandson. The playground is wonderful and the lawns and grassy area are a real treat for him to run and kick balls. He loves to watch the squirrels running through the apricot orchard and he helped me gather some apricots for jam and ate half the crop. This is a beautiful quiet park that is safe and secure. I also use the park to walk and exercise. Changing that environment would be a shame. I understand off street parking, bathrooms and ball fields are being considered for this park. Those plans would bring much more traffic to the neighborhood. As it is, people drive through the neighborhood at too great a speed, and with more traffic to our little neighborhood it would be less safe. Bathrooms might invite overnight guests which would be very unfortunate. We have suffered the increased noise of hwy 85 to our little park. Please don't compromise our park again. Where can we go today to find a quiet and beautiful place to be. Must we hike into the hills for some beautiful and peaceful respite. We have that here in our park. 5/31/2005 Message Page 3 of 3 In the busy world in which we live let's keep a place of respite. Let's not overbuild everything!!! One last thought about cost. We seem to always be in some financial crisis. Let's keep the roads repaired and maintain those things already in exisistance. Don't take our park from us and change the nature of our neighborhood. Thank you for your consideration, Roslyn Fishman 5/31/2005 Message Page 1 of 3 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:15 PM To: Dan Fishman Cc: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson; Cary Bloomquist; John Cherbone Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Hello Dan Fishman I am passing your email on to the City Clerk and other staff members so that your opposition will at least be recorded by the email. Please continue to address your concerns by email. There will be several public meetings on the topic and planning so I hope you can attend future meetings, too. Sincerely Ann Waltonsmith Ann Waltonsmith Mayor, City of Saratoga From: Dan Fishman [ Sent: Fri 6/25/2004 10:58 AM To: Ann Waltonsmith Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Dear Ms. Waltonsmith, Thank you very much for your response. I was very disappointed to hear that the decision has been made to redo our park. With all the parks you've mentioned, Wildwood, Quito, and Brookglen, not one of those parks changed the asthetic of the neighborhood. This will definitely do that. I'm hoping if I can raise opposition to this plan, you will take that into consideration. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the July28th meeting because of a wedding. I plan on attending the sept. 2nd meeting. Yours truly, Roslyn and Dan Fishman 5/31/2005 RE: Kevin Moran Park Plans Page 1 of 4 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:40 AM To: Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Aileen Kao; Nick Streit; Dave Anderson; Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Plans FYI Please do not respond to me. Ann Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Bill Weller [ Sent: Mon 5/30/2005 10:22 PM To: Ann Waltonsmith; Nancy Weller Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Plans Dear Council Member Waltonsmith, Thank you for attempting to describe the technicalities&legalities involved in discussing items during the council meetings.This sounds complex. I am a little confused though. Your email from last year says you will advise us of the next meeting when the Kevin Moran Park will be discussed. However,we have not received an email from you,nor the City,since last August,until tonight. You actually have not yet notified us of the upcoming meeting. It took the prompting of another citizen for you to even send a response mentioning the agenda item,a mere 2 days ahead of the council meeting. Plus,the Saratoga News printed a quite extensive article on the matter for there being no discussions since last August.In this article it says the Council wants to describe the planning process to the residents,but we have not been notified by the City of the topic/agenda item. In addition,many Saratoga residents to whom I have spoken regarding this matter in the last few days(and the Saratoga News)seem to believe the Council is about to authorize a planning process that we have not been allowed to help craft. I and others who have specifically expressed our interest in this matter are not being kept abreast of the activities of our local government nor allowed to participate. It has the appearance of a few individuals trying to control the process and the outcome. 5/31/2005 RE: Kevin Moran Park Plans Page 2 of 4 I trust in the future all discussions regarding Kevin Moran Park will be held in the public domain and all interested residents notified and allowed to participate before any process or decisions are undertaken. Please keep me,and the others on this email distribution list advised of upcoming activities and of ways we can participate in our local government. We are committed to making the Kevin Moran park serve our neighborhood. Sincerely, Bill Weller ---Ann Waltonsmith< wrote: >Nancy >The June 1st meeting was established at the last City Council >meeting,May 18th,because the neighbors of Kevin Moran Park wanted >to talk about it and it was not agendized on the 18th. Since legally >we can not discuss any issue unless it is agendized,we agendized it >for the next meeting,June 1st. Secondly,the agendized item is only >to discuss what the formal process of the discussion is going to be, >the dates of the future public meetings,who is going to be on the Ad >Hoc Committee,and any other meeting details,etc. We are not going >to discuss the design,plans,amount of money to be spent,votes,or >any other content area. The City Staff has your email address and >you will be included in the email to interested folks when the >specific meetings on Kevin Moran begin. >This email is again going to all City Council folks and the key City >Staff people so they have your address for keeping you informed of >the dates. >Thanks >Ann Waltonsmith >Ann Waltonsmith >Councilmember,City of Saratoga >From:Nancy Weller[ >Sent:Mon 5/30/2005 2:50 PM >To:Aim Waltonsmith > >Subject: Re:Kevin Moran Park Plans 5/31/2005 Message Page 1 of 2 Cathleen Boyer From: Nicholas G. Streit[ Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:07 PM To: 'Debbie Pranys' Cc: Ann Waltonsmith; Cathleen Boyer Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Debbie Last night, at my suggestion, the CC asked staff to research in depth the history of Kevin Moran park, to postpone the task force meetings until that history is available, and for the Mayor to appoint two additional members from the neighborhood to the task force. Thanks for comments and concerns Nick Streit City Council Original Message From: Debbie Pranys [ Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:44 AM Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear Council Members: I am writing this letter to adamantly oppose putting in soccer fields at Kevin Moran Park. I feel that the city has railroaded us as neighbors surrounding the park with a plan put into action without our input. Why, in the middle of summer when a lot of people are away on vacation, choose this time? Why does the task force assigned to this have no knowledge of the history behind this issue? Maybe it's because they are all new and this was done purposely. Why was an architect hired to come up with such a specific plan of 2 soccer fields, parking, and restrooms? This is a waste of our tax dollars that the city went ahead with and spent. It was very obvious at the meeting last Wednesday night, July 28th, that the public does not want this to happen. The city told us many years ago that the park was a neighborhood park. If the city continues to believe it is a community park, I'd like to see the legal document proving it. Furthermore, it is not 10.3 acres. (It is if you combine Azule Park with Kevin Moran.) Why isn't the North Campus or Central Park considered for the fields? They already have restroom facilities and parking. Why was the money spent to put into action this plan without a public meeting first? As a surrounding neighbor who backs up directly to the apricot orchard, we already have the noise from Highway 85 not to mention what soccer games every weekend including holidays would cause. I'd like to bring to your attention that the parents of each soccer player drive two separate cars to their kid's game. Mom's go 1/2-hour early and Dad's follow later in a separate car. This potentially makes 120 cars for two games, 15 per team, 4 teams. The safety of the children is really most important, and Scully Street is too narrow to handle the cars already parked there. There are no sidewalks and it cannot support additional traffic that the soccer games would bring. I would appreciate the Council's attention regarding this letter. 5/31/2005 Message Page 2 of 2 Sincerely, Debbie Pranys 5/31/2005 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:11 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Liz Goesseringer [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:34 PM To: nstreit@cpa-online.com Subject: Kevin Moran Park No soccer fields at Kevin Moran Park... Leave the Park as it is... thank you 5/31/2005 Page 1 of2 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 9:03 PM To: Jacqueline Cathcart Cc: Dave Anderson; Cathleen Boyer; Kathleen King; Kao, Aileen; Nick Streit; Norm Kline Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Dear Jacqueline Cathcart I am sending your letter on to the rest of the City Council and Staff, since I did not know if you had written to them also. I do not know what the outcome will be for any renovation on Kevin Moran Park. Since the park was in line in our Capital Improvements Projects and had money assigned to its renovation, we do need to at least discuss the issues and options with the neighbors and interested parties in the Fall. Open Space is lovely and as the needs grow for a group or change as the demographics change, the City Council always needs to evaluate the City's parks to see if they are continuing to be useful for the community or if renovation would be more useful. As for the North Campus, the flat grass in the middle of the campus has been used for younger kids sports games and practice each summer. So you are correct Open Space and public space is needed and it does not make sense to sell it, putting yet more pressure on the dwindling City parks and public buildings. Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Jacqueline Cathcart [ Sent: Mon 5/30/2005 5:14 PM To: Ann Waltonsmith Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear Mayor Waltonsmith--- I was relieved to hear that you are shelving plans for Kevin Moran Park until the fall, but I would be more relieved if you would just leave this park alone . If you put soccer fields in this park, you will change what is particularly nice about this park, destroying one of the few pieces of tranquility we have in our community. Old and middle aged folks walk and meet and visit at the park everyday and can view the orchard, children pick cots in season; mustard is ablaze in the spring and squirrels consider it their home . Young people enjoy the quiet atmosphere of the playground. Traffic is to a minimum. Most people walk to the park and don' t disturb the serenity. What is wrong with a small amount of open space? Must everything be paved to be useful ! 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I feel that the city has railroaded us as neighbors surrounding the park with a plan put into action without our input. Why, in the middle of summer when a lot of people are away on vacation, choose this time? Why does the task force assigned to this have no knowledge of the history behind this issue? Maybe it's because they are all new and this was done purposely. Why was an architect hired to come up with such a specific plan of 2 soccer fields, parking, and restrooms? This is a waste of our tax dollars that the city went ahead with and spent. It was very obvious at the meeting last Wednesday night, July 28th, that the public does not want this to happen. The city told us many years ago that the park was a neighborhood park. If the city continues to believe it is a community park, I'd like to see the legal document proving it. Furthermore, it is not 10.3 acres. (It is if you combine Azule Park with Kevin Moran.) Why isn't the North Campus or Central Park considered for the fields? They already have restroom facilities and parking. Why was the money spent to put into action this plan without a public meeting first? As a surrounding neighbor who backs up directly to the apricot orchard, we already have the noise from Highway 85 not to mention what soccer games every weekend including holidays would cause. I'd like to bring to your attention that the parents of each soccer player drive two separate cars to their kid's game. Mom's go 1/2-hour early and Dad's follow later in a separate car. This potentially makes 120 cars for two games, 15 per team, 4 teams. The safety of the children is really most important, and Scully Street is too narrow to handle the cars already parked there. There are no sidewalks and it cannot support additional traffic that the soccer games would bring. I would appreciate the Council's attention regarding this letter. Sincerely, Debbie Pranys 5/3 1/2005 Message Page 1 of 2 Cathleen Boyer From: Nicholas G. Streit[ Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:05 PM To: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park FYI Nick Original Message From: Peter Pranys [ Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:27 AM Subject: RE: Kevin Moran Park Dear Council Members, I cannot believe we are addressing the Kevin Moran Park issue again. My family and I have lived in the neighborhood for twenty years and have seen this issue come up again and again. Each time,council and Mayor lacking knowledge of the promises of the past. The last time we addressed this issue was about four and a half years ago. The community was very angry that it was being addressed again. At that time, we were promised that we would be keep informed of any action on the park in the future and would be advise before and during the decision making process. Again action has been taken, monies spend on architect consultants and a charter given to a commission to develop the park for soccer fields. This creates a terrible lack of confidence in our elected officials. We are all frustrated when these things happen on a national level, and feel we are victims of lobbying efforts that we have little control over. When this type of callous action starts to occur in a small community, God help our process of democracy. I have found the very council person that was behind the commitment to the neighborhood over four years ago has spearheaded this project. I understand the city has $400K , in state park and rec. funs burning a whole in its pocket. Meanwhile , we are faced with a ballot measure for a utility tax to cover much need expenses like street repair and park maintenance. I know you all work with your own family budgets and business budgets. I sure you would think it strange to forgo the car payment for a weekend away because the entertainment budget had excess funds. Where is the fiduciary responsibility? This is they type of thing that has put our state and national government in financial crisis. I also plan to write our Governor,and share this as a small example of our larger problems. Perhaps, our Governor, can reallocate these funds to state education.. This is a neighborhood park which does not have the access roads to support the level of traffic soccer fields would bring. Am I, angry, frustrated, betrayed? You bet! As well as our neighbors and all the people who attended the first meeting! I would appreciate the non lobbying council to look deeply into the history and try to assist our neighborhood retain the quaintness and quality of our community, we all so much treasure. Sincerely, Peter Pranys Peter Pranys Account Manager 5/31/2005 Kevin Moran Park Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 4:42 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Mahesh Jethanandani [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 4:36 PM To: Nick Streit; Ann Waltonsmith; Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Aileen Kao Subject: Kevin Moran Park I am writing to express my support for the plan to develop Kevin Moran Park.Today we have several kids in Saratoga that need space to play and practice and KMP is one of the few open spaces left.Neighbors who are concerned abour the development of the park only need to look at Congress Spring Park as a example of how the space can be used in a non-disruptive manner. Mahesh Jethanandani Camino Barco \ /I LIFE'S COMPLEX-IT HAS (o)(o) REAL&IMAGINARY PARTS / All Std.Disclaimers apply. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business-Try our new Resources site http://smallbus iness.yah oo.cornires ources/ 6/1/2005 Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 4:38 PM To: kim jeanie Cc: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Subject: RE: Dear Jeanie Kim I am passing your email on to staff at City Hall. You will be on the contact list for the public meetings on Kevin Moran. Your questions can be answered at the future public meetings. Thanks for writing Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: kim jeanie [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 4:33 PM To: Ann Waltonsmith Subject: Hi.. I'm gonna be a soccer mom from this season.^^ I'm very interesting about'Kevin moran park'. I was wonder that why our kids need to go to cupertino for practice? I wanna know where that park will be located. I wanna go on to get information about Kevin Moran Park. Thank you! ❑OD ❑OD DOD 000 00... DD MSN 000000 ❑DODO! http://groups.msn.com/?pgmarket=ko-kr 6/1/2005 Kevin Moran Park Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:05 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Gary Rodrigues [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 12:44 PM To: Nick Streit; Ann Waltonsmith; Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Aileen Kao Subject: Kevin Moran Park City Council Members: Please consider improving Kevin Moran Park at your 6/1/05 city council meeting. Gary Rodrigues Saratoga 6/1/2005 Kevin moran park Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:03 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Subject: FW: Kevin moran park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: bryan mcdonald [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 1:10 PM To: Nick Streit; Ann Waltonsmith; Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Aileen Kao Subject: Kevin moran park Dear City Council Members, Can you please create a process to open a dialog about the future of Kevin Moran Park. I am a parent of two AYSO soccer players and would love to see a process in which people can discuss the options, assess the drawbacks, look at alternatives and ultimately arrive at a course of action to make Kevin Moran Park the best it can be. Sincerely, Bryan McDonald Product Design Manager Apple Computer 6/1/2005 Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:02 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 1:30 PM To: Nick Streit; Ann Waltonsmith; Aileen Kao; Norm Kline; Kathleen King Cc: tgarland@acuitive.com Subject: Kevin Moran Park We have a significant field shortage in Saratoga and Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field shortages. We would like to see the city council move forward with a process to discuss the options at Kevin Moran Park. Saratoga AYSO has some very responsible suggestions to make Kevin Moran an efficient soccer practice field while preserving the integrity of the neighborhood park. Please open this important discussion for the children of Saratoga and not allow a handful of residence to control the use of such a valuable 10 acre park. Sincerely, Tom and Peggy Garland 6/1/2005 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:58 PM To: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Discussion forum for the future of Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Keith Mueller [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:56 PM Cc: Subject: Discussion forum for the future of Kevin Moran Park Dear City Council, I've been watching the Saratoga News articles regarding the controversy between the neighbors of Kevin Moran Park and the needs of the larger community. I believe this is an important decision for the City, and I would like to see a process in place to thoroughly discuss this issue with the community before a decision is made. I'm a twenty year resident of Saratoga, and all three of my kids have been a part of AYSO soccer. My youngest daughter is still in AYSO, and my older boys have gone on to play soccer for Saratoga High and even at Santa Clara University. AYSO fostered a love of soccer, good sportsmanship, and parent involvement with their kids. I have coached my kid's teams many times over the years, and will do so again this season for my daughter's team. I have experienced first-hand the difficulty of getting practice fields in Saratoga to facilitate coaching the team, and the City needs to address this issue. The AYSO program is very successful with growing enrollments every year, exacerbating the problem. The City needs to plan appropriately in order to foster and support the growth of this valuable community program. Facilities like Kevin Moran Park are few and far between in Saratoga, and they are owned by the City for the use and enjoyment of all residents, not only the bordering neighbors. Certainly the traffic and other concerns of the residents need to be resolved, as they have been for other locations such as Congress Springs Park. We need a forum to discuss and address these issues. Thanks for your time and consideration of this matter in upcoming Council discussions. Best regards, Keith Mueller 6/1/2005 Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:54 PM To: Dave Anderson; Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Jim Peck [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 2:08 PM To: Ann Waltonsmith Subject: Kevin Moran Park To our City Council: On behalf of our kids in Saratoga I encourage the city council to consider improving Kevin Moran Park to allow our kids to use this park for soccer practice. If you haven't notice we have improved our schools to help accommodate more kids, as a result more kids are participating in outside activities which include baseball, softball and soccer which requires open space for use. The only members against improving are those living around the park that do not have young kids attending our schools. These people are older and want nothing to do with kids using the park and what to keep this for themselves even though ALL our tax money goes in supporting all our parks. I encourage you to put this on your agenda to consider the youth of Saratoga. Just look at what occurred at our Memorial Day celebration. It was the kids that made that day special. The band, the Choir, Scout's placing flags and wraiths on each grave site. It should be about everyone not just those living around one park. Jim Peck Saratoga residence for 21 years. 6/1/2005 supporting improvement of Kevin Novan park Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Ann Waltonsmith Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:53 PM To: Dave Anderson; Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: supporting improvement of Kevin Novan park Ann Waltonsmith Councilmember, City of Saratoga From: Richard Tang [ Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 2:10 PM To: Nick Streit; Ann Waltonsmith; Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Aileen Kao Subject: supporting improvement of Kevin Novan park As a saratoga parent,we support improvement of Kevin Novan park,on behalf of AYSO Saratoga. Thanks, Richard 6/1/2005 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:13 PM To: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin moran park Original Message From: bryan mcdonald [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:11 PM Subject: Kevin moran park Dear City Council Members, Can you please create a process to open a dialog about the future of Kevin Moran Park. I am a parent of two AYSO soccer players and would love to see a process in which people can discuss the options, assess the drawbacks, look at alternatives and ultimately arrive at a course of action to make Kevin Moran Park the best it can be. Sincerely, Bryan McDonald Product Design Manager Apple Computer 5/31/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:52 PM To: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Gary Rodrigues [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12 :45 PM Subject: Kevin Moran Park City Council Members : Please consider improving Kevin Moran Park at your 6/1/05 city council meeting. Gary Rodrigues Saratoga The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:09 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Rishi Kumar [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:46 PM Cc: Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear City Council members This is a request to you to help endorse a process by which people can discuss the options, assess the drawback, look at alternative and ultimately arrive at a course of action with respect to the future of Kevin Moran Park. Kevin Moran Park is the largest flat park in the city with about 10 acres. Most of it lies vacant. I do use it occassionally as it is a short walk from my home. The park is frequented by very few people, to the extent that we are worried about being there, specially when it is dark. We have a great soccer program in Saratoga, but we are short changing our kids. Our kids need more practise space. Why do 13 year olds in Cupertino or West San Jose get twice as much practice a week as Saratoga kids? Why do 6 and 7 years only get twice as many practice days? Why do Saratoga coaches have to leave work to hold practices that start at 3:30 and ends at 4:45 so another teams can then start? How many people can't coach because we have early practices due to field shortages? We clearly have an issue with field space in our city. Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field shortages. However, any improvements at that park must be carefully considered, the impacts understood and properly dealt with. I think that the city could expand the existing grass at the park in a way that would allow us to shift Under 14 and older players to that park, and moving the U10 players to other locations. If done correctly, this could have little change in traffic and little change in the number of soccer kids in the park. Not that kids using public parks is a bad thing, but we could use the park in such a way as to not additionally impact the neighbors. However, there has been no forum to discuss the options! Any ideas for the park require open an honest discussion amongst the interested parties. I am sure, considering your positive impact on the city so far, you will provide this issue the importance it deserves for the present and future residents of the city of Saratoga. Thanks Rishi Kumar 5/31/2005 Message Page 1 of 2 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:50 PM To: Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:45 PM Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear Saratoga City Council Members, Saratoga Soccer would like to see the city council start the process to improve Kevin Moran Park while preserving the character of the existing park and neighborhood. We are ready to work in an open and honest forum with any group to help improve the park responsible. Many have asked: Why is AYSO's so interested in Kevin Moran Park? The answer is simple, the kids of Saratoga need more practice space. Kevin Moran Park is the largest flat park in the city with about 10 acres. Most of it lies vacant. We have a great soccer program in Saratoga, but we are short changing our kids. Why do 13 year olds in Cupertino or West San Jose get twice as much practice a week as Saratoga kids? Why do 6 and 7 years only get twice as many practice days? Why do Saratoga coaches have to leave work to hold practices that start at 3:30 and ends at 4:45 so another teams can then start? How many people can't coach because we have early practices due to field shortages? We clearly have an issue with field space in our city. Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field shortages. However, any improvements at that park must be carefully considered, the impacts understood and properly dealt with. I think that the city could expand the existing grass at the park in a way that would allow us to shift Under 14 and older players to that park, and moving the U10 players to other locations. If done correctly, this could have little change in traffic and little change in the number of soccer kids in the park. Not that kids using public parks is a bad thing, but we could use the park in such a way as to not additionally impact the neighbors. However, there has been no forum to discuss the options! Any ideas for the park require open an honest discussion amongst the interested parties. Thank you for your consideration for our children and our programs. Sincerely, Allison Jones Thomson Saratoga Soccer Coach Daughter in U12 Saratoga Soccer Team 5/31/2005 Message Page 2 of 2 5/31/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:13 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Subject: FW: supporting improvement of Kevin Novan park Original Message From: Richard Tang [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2 :11 PM Subject: supporting improvement of Kevin Novan park As a saratoga parent, we support improvement of Kevin Novan park, on behalf of AYSO saratoga. Thanks, Richard The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:11 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson; John Cherbone Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: Kevin Moran Park We have a significant field shortage in Saratoga and Kevin Moran park could be part of the solution to our field shortages. We would like to see the city council move forward with a process to discuss the options at Kevin Moran Park. Saratoga AYSO has some very responsible suggestions to make Kevin Moran an efficient soccer practice field while preserving the integrity of the neighborhood park. Please open this important discussion for the children of Saratoga and not allow a handful of residence to control the use of such a valuable 10 acre park. Sincerely, Tom and Peggy Garland 5/31/2005 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:09 PM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson; Danielle Surdin; John Cherbone Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Jim Peck [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:07 PM To: Subject: Kevin Moran Park To our City Council: On behalf of our kids in Saratoga I encourage the city council to consider improving Kevin Moran Park to allow our kids to use this park for soccer practice. If you haven't notice we have improved our schools to help accommodate more kids, as a result more kids are participating in outside activities which include baseball, softball and soccer which requires open space for use. The only members against improving are those living around the park that do not have young kids attending our schools. These people are older and want nothing to do with kids using the park and what to keep this for themselves even though ALL our tax money goes in supporting all our parks. I encourage you to put this on your agenda to consider the youth of Saratoga. Just look at what occurred at our Memorial Day celebration. It was the kids that made that day special. The band, the Choir, Scout's placing flags and wraiths on each grave site. It should be about everyone not just those living around one park. Jim Peck Saratoga residence for 21 years. 5/31/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [nstreit@mail.cpa-online.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:55 PM To: Dave Anderson Cc: Cathleen Boyer; John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Garrett Short" < :42 -0700 Dear Saratoga Council Members: I would like to voice my support for the improvement and development of Kevin Moran Park, including it's use for AYSO soccer. I feel that it can be developed responsibly as to minimize the impact to the surrounding neighborhood. So far discussion has been blocked or stalled. Without open and honest discussion, progress cannot be made on developing this valuable Saratoga resource for the good of all Saratoga residents. Please support this initiative. Garrett Short Saratoga, Ca The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [nstreit@mail.cpa-online.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:57 PM To: Dave Anderson Cc: Cathleen Boyer; John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Mahesh Jethanandani < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:36:59 -0700 (PDT) I am writing to express my support for the plan to develop Kevin Moran Park. Today we have several kids in Saratoga that need space to play and practice and KMP is one of the few open spaces left. Neighbors who are concerned abour the development of the park only need to look at Congress Spring Park as a example of how the space can be used in a non-disruptive manner. Mahesh Jethanandani Camino Barco I\/\/\/ I I I \ / I LIFE'S COMPLEX - IT HAS I I (o) (o) REAL & IMAGINARY PARTS I I \..I I / All Std. Disclaimers apply. I Do you Yahoo! ? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:58 PM To: Dave Anderson Cc: Cathleen Boyer; John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Mark Chapman" < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 18:48 :58 -0700 Kevin Moran should be improved to have two full sized fields, bathrooms, additional parking, etc. This city needs to take care of it's youth now and in the future. With limited land space available, KM park needs to be developed and put to good use. The neighbors in that area have concerns and the city, youth groups (AYSO, Little League, West Valley Lacrosse, Parks and Recs, and other users should find a way to work together. Not using this park would be unacceptable as our needs for youth activities and fields become more and more important. AYSO is willing to pay fees, I am sure other groups would as well and this will help the city maintain the park. Right now the park is in poor shape, the orchards serve very little purpose, and it is not safe. An upgraded park would be enjoyable to all and create a safer environment for our youth. The concerns of the residents over traffic can be mitigated by proper measures to make the streets safer (speed bumps, off street or nose in parking, etc. ) The park could be easier to patrol with flat areas and actual restrooms and lighting. It seems to me that people who move to live by a park or school should expect that the park will be used by the community and it's youth. Our youth will find things to do. Sports is a wise choice, getting in trouble and loitering are not. Best regards and thank you for your time, Mark Chapman The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:00 PM To: Dave Anderson Cc: Cathleen Boyer; John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Soccer in Saratoga Original Message From: "Dave Firth" < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 20:51:45 -0700 Mr Streit, I am a father of two Saratoga boys ages 9 and 11. As you know we are short of soccer fields, especially for practice times. A large park like Kevin Moran park would be an ideal place to consider for additional field space as long as the neighbors become part of the process and we make sure that their residential neighborhood doesn't suffer. I urge the council to start with the assumption that we need to create additional field space and to work towards that goal, with Kevin Moran park being an ideal place to start. Regards, David and Jennifer Firth Saratoga CA 95070 The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:00 PM To: Dave Anderson Cc: Cathleen Boyer; John Cherbone Subject: Future of Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: JSKOPF@aol.com Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23 :55:01 EDT Council Members- I would like to take this opportunity to urge you to begin the process of evaluating potential uses for Kevin Moran Park. Although I personally would like to see more soccer fields in Saratoga, I realize that there are many potential uses for Kevin Moran. The park is currently an unpolished gem, with much potential. I hope that you will initiate the activities necessary to develop this jewel into a form that all Saratoga will be proud of. Thank you. Steven H. Schwartzkopf The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. 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If you haven't notice we have improved our schools to help accommodate more kids, as a result more kids are participating in outside activities which include baseball, softball and soccer which requires open space for use. The only members against improving are those living around the park that do not have young kids attending our schools. These people are older and want nothing to do with kids using the park and what to keep this for themselves even though ALL our tax money goes in supporting all our parks. I encourage you to put this on your agenda to consider the youth of Saratoga. Just look at what occurred at our Memorial Day celebration. It was the kids that made that day special. The band, the Choir, Scout's placing flags and wraiths on each grave site. It should be about everyone not just those living around one park. Jim Peck Saratoga residence for 21 years. The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:02 PM To: John Cherbone; Dave Anderson Cc: Cathleen Boyer Subject: FWD: Discussion forum for the future of Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: "Keith Mueller" < Reply-To: < Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14 :55 :53 -0700 Dear City Council, I 've been watching the Saratoga News articles regarding the controversy between the neighbors of Kevin Moran Park and the needs of the larger community. I believe this is an important decision for the City, and I would like to see a process in place to thoroughly discuss this issue with the community before a decision is made. I 'm a twenty year resident of Saratoga, and all three of my kids have been a part of AYSO soccer. My youngest daughter is still in AYSO, and my older boys have gone on to play soccer for Saratoga High and even at Santa Clara University. AYSO fostered a love of soccer, good sportsmanship, and parent involvement with their kids. I have coached my kid's teams many times over the years, and will do so again this season for my daughter's team. I have experienced first-hand the difficulty of getting practice fields in Saratoga to facilitate coaching the team, and the City needs to address this issue. The AYSO program is very successful with growing enrollments every year, exacerbating the problem. The City needs to plan appropriately in order to foster and support the growth of this valuable community program. Facilities like Kevin Moran Park are few and far between in Saratoga, and they are owned by the City for the use and enjoyment of all residents, not only the bordering neighbors. Certainly the traffic and other concerns of the residents need to be resolved, as they have been for other locations such as Congress Springs Park. We need a forum to discuss and address these issues. Thanks for your time and consideration of this matter in upcoming Council discussions. Best regards, Keith Mueller Saratoga, CA 95070 1 The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. 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I have spoken directly to the council on this in the past, but cannot make the June 1 council meeting that both AYSO and CYSA have publicized. I have had three kids in youth soccer over the years (one currently) and have seen the problems with space worsen, especially in spring. I find it frustrating as a Saratoga resident to have to drive to other cities to practice, to share small fields, and to have practices at odd hours or not at all due to field constraints. I encourage discussion between all affected parties to find an acceptable way to increase soccer usage at Kevin Moran Park. Our family loves the game, and we have gotten to know more other families through soccer than by any other means beside school. For us, soccer has been about the best community-building activity we have engaged in. Thank you, Steve Clapp Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:58 AM To: Cathleen Boyer; Dave Anderson Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: start a dialog about the future of Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Sophia Kao < Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:44 :45 -0700 (PDT) Hi, Dear Concil member. We are the parents of two kids who go to Saratoga school and participate the AYSO soccer. We would like to see an new dialog being started to discuss the future of Kevin Moran Park, and eventually like to see the park being remodeled to provide more soccer practice field for our kids in this area. Thanks for the your help and effort on this matter. Regards, Leo Luan and Sophia Kao Sarataoga. The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:57 AM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Support for Soccer Original Message From: "Jim Frankola" < Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20 :47 :31 -0700 Council Members, I strongly encourage you to evaluate using Kevin Moran park more intensely for soccer. As a Saratoga resident, parent of soccer players and a coach, I see the benefit of youth sports and have seen the problems of not having enough space. Thanks for your consideration. Jim Frankola The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Cathleen Boyer From: nstreit [ Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:59 AM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FWD: Please move forward with the Kevin Moran Park Project Original Message From: Howard Miller < Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:06:47 -0700 I will be at tonight's council meeting to speak on behalf of Saratoga Soccer. As you know we have 1200 kids who are residences of the city playing with us every fall and 350 in spring. By 9th grade somewhere between 2/3 and 3/4 of all kids have played soccer with us at least once. While I recognize that Youth Soccer is a "Special Interest" to some in the city, having a successful soccer program is a great benefit to the kids of Saratoga. One of the reasons we have such a great city is because of how much we care for the kids of the city. If that makes me and my organization a special interest group, so be it! As for the matter at hand, in October of 2003, we respectfully asked the city council to explore options to better support the youth of our city. We asked the city to look at various options to expand the available spaces suitable for organized sports. As you recall, there were about 150 or more AYSO parents and kids at the council meeting. Many had to leave early because that meeting went to the wee hours of the morning. You also got 75 or so e-mails. Everyone expected the council to take action. At that meeting we discuss several some projects on the CIP list that the city could not take on. We took on working with the SUSD and other youth groups to install a field at Foothill elementary school. This was completed this in fall of 2004. We have spent money on outside contractors to improve the safety and playability of Blue Hills elementary school. We have help fund the sand channel work at Congress Springs Park. We are now working with the Morman church to fix their field. We are actively looking at all options to improve the field situation in our city. In the meantime, a handful of residences near Kevin Moran park have stalled and filibustered any attempt to have reasonable discussion about the possibilities at that park. They have spread great fiction, fantasy and fear to their fellow neighbors. The city council started and then stopped a process to sort out what was possible. Allowing a few people to halt discussion is not reasonable. We need have an open discussion. I listen to all of the feedback at the one public meeting concerning the park. I have ideas that would resolve the real issues raised. Many will not impact traffic, noise, number of kids, etc. Without leadership from the council to create forum, we will never be able to discuss what is possible and get past the fiction and fear being spread by a select few. Our city a great city! Please help us move the Kevin Moran park improvement project into an open forum where options can be discussed fairly and equitably with all interested parties. Thanks! Howard Miller Regional Commissioner Saratoga Soccer, AYSO Region 27 1 Message Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:57 AM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FW: Kevin Moran Park Original Message From: Jay Bharadwaj [ Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:49 AM To: Subject: Kevin Moran Park Dear Saratoga City Council members, I would like to urge you to create a process to open a dialog about the future of Kevin Moran Park and consider usage of the park by our Saratoga kids in Saratoga AYSO as one of the options. Thank you. Jay Bharadwaj ( Saratoga) 6/3/2005 Cathleen Boyer From: Nick Streit Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:59 AM To: Cathleen Boyer Cc: John Cherbone Subject: FW: Support for Soccer Original Message From: Jim Frankola [ Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 8 :48 PM Subject: Support for Soccer Council Members, I strongly encourage you to evaluate using Kevin Moran park more intensely for soccer. As a Saratoga resident, parent of soccer players and a coach, I see the benefit of youth sports and have seen the problems of not having enough space. Thanks for your consideration. Jim Frankola The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this message, or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Delucchi, Hawn and Co. , LLP 1 Page 1 of 1 Cathleen Boyer From: Mary Robertson [ Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:50 PM To: Kathleen King; Norm Kline; Nick Streit; Aileen Kao; Ann Waltonsmith; John Cherbone; Cathleen Boyer Subject: Council Meeting June 1 Dear City Council and Staff, I would like to apologize for not following protocol and talking out of turn last evening. But I wanted to remind council and staff as they have repeatedly reminded members of the audience that they (council) can only speak to agendized items. As a reminder, June 1st agenda and staff report concerning KMP referred to the following items only from the City of Saratoga Web site: "OLD BUSINESS 5. Kevin Moran Park Improvement Project— Schedule Recommended action: 1. Provide direction regarding the timeline for the Kevin Moran Park Improvement Project public input process. 2. Reconstitute the Kevin Moran Park Council AdHoc Committee." Council member Kline went to great lengths explaining the difference of AdHoc versus Task force. The council appears to have broken its own rules in discussing a non-agendized item, the task force. I would further like the council to refer to the city letter Dated August 6,2004 sent out to all attending the July public meeting and posted on the city web site, stating item No. 2 to read as follows: "2) Reconstitution of the Kevin Moran Park Task Force to include more neighborhood participants." Thank you for respectively addressing the task force at another city council meeting with the agenda published as such, Mary Robertson 6/3/2005