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Home My WebLink About04-04-1988 Parks and Recreation Commission Agenda,. ~ • AGENDA SARATOGA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TIME: MONDAY, April 4, 1988, 7:30. P.M. PLACE: SARATOGA COMMUNITY CENTER 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, California (Senior Day Care Center) TYPE: Regular Meeting A_G,a~N_D_A A. Roll Call B. Posting of Agenda (Agenda was posted on City Hall Kiosk on March 31, 1988) II . OTC NES. A. Support for West Valley Aquatic Team B. Review of Trail Maps III. NEW_BU INESS A. Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant IV. CO~TSSTON ~N~STAFF REPORTS V. COMMUNI~ TIO~ A. News Release - People for Open Space/Greenbelt Congress • • T~G~ 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA 95070 (408) 867-3438 MEMORANDUM TO: parks & Recreation Commission DATE: April 4, 1988 FROM: Recreation Director SUBJECT: West Valley Aquatics Team Last month Georgina Meehan, President of the West Malley Aquatics Team,. approached the Recreation Department requesting support for her non-profit organization. The. team is requesting space in the City's summer activity guide, monthly meeting space and use of the Xerox machine twice yearly. The value of publicity in the Recreation Department Summer Brochure is $100, fees per month for a three hour meeting is $45, and Xeroxing 10,000 copies twice a year is $120. The Aquatics Team has a good reputation in the community and it does not compete with any programs sponsored by the City. .After discussing their request, 3 suggested that the Recreation Department `co-sponsor summer swim lessons with the-team at West Palley College. They are very interested in this proposal and I am currently negotiating with Georgina and Ken Bellio, team coach. I will report on the outcome at Monday night's meeting. Joan Pisani Recreation Director ' - • NEWS RELEASE People for Open Spacel~reenbelt Congress 116 New Montgomery Suite 640 • San Francisco CA 94105 • (415) 543-4291 FOR RELEASE: ~~~, 30, 1988 CONTACT: Judith Kunofsky Associate Director UPOATE OF AATABASE ON THE BAY AREA'S POBZICLY Of1NID OPEN 3PAC8 The Dublic owns more than ?10,000 Bav Area. aAproaimatel~ 16'~ of the tot conclusion of the most recent update o Q~ngress (POS/GC) computer database of nine Bay Area counties. acres of open land in the nine-county 1 land acreage. That statistic is one the People for Open Space/Greenbelt the publicly owned open lands in the The Bay Area Greenbelt consists of almost four million acres of public and privately owned open lands. Of all the lands in the Greenbelt, the ones that the public is the most familiar with are those that are publicly owned generally by park, open space, water, and other agencies at all levels of government. Other highlights of the research: * Santa Clara County has the largest acreage of publicly owned open lands (167,203 acres), 24~ of the total. This reflects the acreage of Henry W. Coe State Park, which at 67,029 acres is the largest single unit in the region. * iiiiarin Count has the greatest percentage of its acreage in public ownership, with 42 San Francisco is second, with 22~. Sonoma Coun has the least, With only 6 Neat to the lowest is Solano County, with 8~ gubliclp owned. * Darin County leads the Bay'Area in the amount of publicly owned apes space in the county per resident, with .64 acres. Second is Napa County, with .55, reflecting the relatively low population of that -county. The lowest is San Francisco, with .O1 acres per person, although San Franciscans "own" a lot more per capita outside the city limits: The San Francisco Water Department owns 62,375 acres in four counties. Also below the regional average of .12 acres per person are Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties, with .07, .10, and .10, respectively. * 58~ of the Bay Area's publicly owned open lands are used primarily for parks and recreation. * 78~ of the publicly owned open lands are completely open to the public. 20~ have restricted access, ranging from very easy access to the virtually impossible. 2°~ are closed to the public, with agencies citing such reasons_as water quality .and ~ ld>>fe protection. The POS/GC Public Lands Database includes information on 130 public agencies and 21 private non profit groups. Virtually all the information was 1 • • provided by the agencies themselves.- The attached summary report includes information on acreage by county, percent of land area in public ownership by county, ownership by level of government, acreage per person by county, primary uses, agencies with largest acreage of holdings, largest units, and public access. More detailed information is available on request. As the Bay Area's population increases, and as outdoor activities grow in popularity, the need for parks, for protected watersheds, for secure wildlife habitat, and for open space buffers between com~ninities expands as well. FOS/GC maintains the Public Lands Database as a tool for charting the region's progress in meeting these needs and, more generally, progress in protecting the Bay Area Greenbelt. Copies of an 83-page set of Database printouts are available to the public for $14.50,. including taa and 3rd class postage. Add .99 for first class mail A large map of .the public open lands, suitable for public presentations, may be borrowed from POS/GC. Also available are 11 x 17" posters of the Greenbelt's public lands. ._ The first release of POS/GC research on this subject was in September, 1986, with an update in June, 1987. Prior to this work, the most recent inventory had been prepared by the Association of Bay Area Governments in 1974. -- 30 -- • Ba.y Area Public Lan Report -- Page 1 Version 2.0, 3/25/88 i BAY AREA PDBLIC LAND6 UATABASB SOl01ARY FINDINGS TOTAL HOLDINGS The public owns more than 710,000 acres of open land in the nine-county Bay Area, approximately 16% of the total land acreage. ACREAGE BY OOUNTY L+CX,ATION Santa Clara County contains more public open lands than any other; this ranking reflects the acreage of Henry W. Coe State Park, which at 6?,029 acres is the largest single unit in the region.~(The boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area include more acreage, but they are divided among several agencies). The ranking of the counties is as follows: Publicly owned % of region's open lands blic lands Santa Clara 167,203 acres 24 Marin 144,858 20 Alameda 91,195 13 Contra Costa 75,768 11 San Mateo 64,295 9 - Sonoma 61,15? 9 Napa 5?,403 8 Solano 43,650 6 San Francisco 6,789 1 ?12,318 acres 101% (due to rounding) PERCENT OF LAND AREA IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, IN EACH WiJNTY Of_the nine counties, Marin County has the greatest percentage of its acreage in public ownership, with 42%. Sonoma Ccnanty has the least, with 6%. Marin County 42% San Francisco 22 San Mateo 22 Santa Clara 20 Alameda 19 Contra Costa 16 Napa 11 Solano 8 Sonoma 6 Regional average: 16 of the land is publicly awned open space. OWNERSHIP BY LEVEL OF GOVERNiU;PTT 26% of the lands in the Public La,nt3s Database are owned by the public at the federal level, 28% at the state level, 17% at the county level, and 6% at the city level. 21% are owned through special districts (park, open space, water, and sewage districts), and 3% by private nonprofit land conservation groups. ACREAGE PER PERSON, IN EACH Q~UNTY Bay Area Public L~ Report -- Page 2 ' Version 2.0, 3/25/88 Mario County leads the Bay Area in the amount of publicly owned open space in the county per resident, with .64 acres. The lowest of the nine is San Francisco. As county residents, San Franciscans "own" a lot more per capita than .O1 acres, but most is outside their county's limits: The San Francisco Water Department owns 850 acres in San Francisco; 24,622 in Alameda County; 22,863 in San Mateo County; and 14,040 in Santa Clara County. Mario County Napa Sonoma Solano Santa Clara San Mateo Contra Costa Alameda San Francisco .64 acres per person .55 .1? .15 .12 .10 .10 .0? .O1 Regional average: .12 acres per person PBIYARY USES 58~ of the Bay Area's publicly owned open lands are used primarily for parks and recreation, 18~ primarily for water supply, and 14~ primarily for plant and animal habitat. Other primary uses include flood control, rangeland, historical and cultural preservation, and scientific study. AGENCIES WITH LARGEST ACREAGE OF HOLDINGS, AND LARGEST UNITS Agencies with largest acreage of holdings: Calif. Dept. of Parks and Recreation -- 144,132 in all nine counties National Park Service - 92,998 acres in four counties San Francisco Water Department -- fi2,375 acres in four counties East Bay Regional Park District -- 56,375 acres in two counties Bureau of Land Management -- 49,956 acres in four countiess Largest units: Golden Gate National Recreation Area (in Mario, San Mateo, and S.F. cos.) ?3,11? acres within Recreation Area boundary of which 27,184 acres are in federal ownership; National Park Service Henry W. Coe State Park (in Santa Clara county) 67,029 acres; Calif. Dept. of Parks and Recreation Point Reyes National Seashore (in Mario county) 65,217 acres; National Park Service Bay Area Public Lands Report -- Page 3 Version 2.0, 3/25/88 POffi~IC ACCESS Of the region's public open lands, ?8% are actually open to public use. 20% have restricted access, ranging from the very easy -- hikers must pay a small annual fee to the East Bay Municipal Utility District -- to the virtually impossible -- hikers are prohibited from most S.F. Water Department lands in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties; horseback riders are allowed on more of those lands. The remaining 2~ of lands are closed to the public, with agencies citing such reasons as water quality or species protection. The People for Open Space/Greenbelt Congress Pub1i~ Lands Database includes information on 130 public agencies and 21 private non profit groups. Virtually all the information has been provided by or confirmed by the agencies since August, 1986. A small-amount of the information is from indirect sources. Additional detail on the methodology is available on request. This Public Lands Database is revised on an ongoing basis, and POS/GC welcomes inquiries, suggestions and corrections. The first release of POS/GC research on this subject was in September, 1986, with an update in June, 1987. Prior to this work, the most recent inventory had been prepared by the Association of Bay Area Governments in 1974. Comparisons of these results with those in previous releases should not be taken to reflect the acreage of lands acquired during the intervening period, because the Database is still being developed. S~ •~'~'~ OOUNTY DATA COUNTY SIZE OF COUNTY PUBLICLY OWNID OPEN LANDS POPULATION Alameda 488,700 acres 91,195 acres 1,227,400 Contra Costa 480,000 ?5,768 743,900 Marin 344,300 144,858 227,700 Napa 508,900 57,403 105,200 San Francisco 30,300 6,789 741,600 San Mateo 297,600 64,295 623,500 Santa Clara 854,200 167,203 1,421,600 Solano 546,800 43,650 298,000 Sonoma 1,042,500 61,157 354,500 Region 4,594,300 acres 712,318 acres 5,743,400 Sources: Size of counties -- Association of Bay Area Governments Population by county, as of 7/1/87 -- California Dept. of Finance, Population Research Unit Publicly owned open lands -- People for Open Space/Greenbelt Congress Public Lands Database, Version 2.0, March 1988 • C~~~' o~ ~~°~~OO C~~ 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA 95070 (408) 867-3438 MEMORANDUM TO: Parks & Recreation Commissioners DATE: March 14, 1988 FROM: Secretary, Parks & Recreation Commission SUBJECT: Special Meeting March 21, 1988 - Consultant Interviews for Median Design A special meeting has been arranged on Monday, March 21, 1988, to review the consultants (five firms) for the design of the medians. Please refer to the attached agenda for the evening's schedule. We will meet in the Senior Wing at 5:30 p.m. Alight dinner will be provided for commissioners and staff prior to the first presentation at 6:00 p.m. Please let Sharon know as soon as possible whether or not you will be able to attend. Dan T ndia Jr., ecretary Parks & Recreation Commission