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Home My WebLink About11-19-1973 Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes• r1 LJ SA~3ATOGA PARKS Ai3D RECF*.EAT~.C~v' COMMiSSIGN MINUTES DATE: Monday, November 19, 1973 - 7:30 P.A;. PLACE: Crisp Memorial Conference Room, Saratoga City Offices, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070 TYPE: Regular Meeting I. ORGANIZATION A . ROLL CALL PRESENT: Commissioners Buchanan, Clawson, Gordon, Leong, Rose, Terry, Wilberding, and Zambetti. ABSENT: None. GUESTS: Mr. Kaufman, rir. Rod Rodrigues, ~n62t'u ~D~~ ~~'~ ~ie1"SOu II. f CENTRAL FARFi f B. MINUTES ' The Minutes of the November 5, 19.73 .meeting were approved as corrected. OLD BL'SII~'ESS A. Ft~"~TI~rJ tLTv'D COT•;~i~'TT 0~: LASIC PLAINT OF ACTION FOR PARK DE'J~,C'T''i~~i~T' BRAILLE GARDEN ________ KE'JIrd MORATT MILJEVICH SITE PECK OAK 'GRGVE The Commission discussed the timing of Central Park developt~:ent and decided to designate it as "long-range develop.ruent as need arises" because community opinion seemed against immediate develop- ment at the time of the last bond election, and there have been no requests since. 1tl"nen the need arises, development planning wit.l entail involvement of all sections of the City in laying out file riaster Plan. The Braille Garden at Hakone Garden. was added to the report on Ha'~one. The Com~iission felt that development of this garden should be cor.ti:~ued. The tennis court development at Kevin P~;oran Park was designated as it Phase III development, 'out nod definite tine for development was established. - -- -- ' Commissioner Terry reported that there are two pieces of property to be consi-3ered in selecti:~g this park site. One is referred to as "The Orc+~_ard" and the other borders on Kilbride, ui~iere :;he iiousE and barn are presently located. "The Orchard" piece .s 7. ;' acres and the other is 4.2 acres. Parking and buffering will probably take five acres of the site. Tlie Commission designated the entire 11.9 acres as a future :~~rk. site. There are no exact boundaries that can be set for this grove, but the. Commission designated the general area so that when'the proper is developed, the grove can be preserved. moo ~arat~E'a Sorine~s report was amended to read "2C acres in priva ownership in the Saratoga Sprere of Ir.fluencn." .; ceRmm~~n SPRINGS .a :~; ~, -1- ,~ ,. • r SARATOGA PAFYS AND P,ECREATION CCMMISSIOT~? -NOV. 19, 1973 -MINUTES - corrtinuec .. ~ ~ .. _ 'ILDWGOD The Wildwood addition invoive~s 2.96 acres of land, and was designated as long-range acquisition with no time seals. SARATOGA The Secretary reported that the City of Sunnyvale had recently HIGH received a bid of ~~,5C0 per tennis court, and at this price, the SCFi00L - money allocated for Saratoga High School tennis court lighting TENNIS could not even cover t4r0 courts. Also, P.G. & E. has asked the CCURT the pity to cut back by 10~ their electricity,•usage. As a result LIGHTING oft ese problems, there are no definite plans to light the tennis tour s in the near future. The Commission added the following properties under a miscellaneous title: 1. Blaney Plaza • 2. The City-owned, undeveloped 4th Street extention. 3. The one acre Saratoga School District orchard behind Saratoga. 'School on Aloha. This was designated as open space, long- • range acquisition. The Secretary mentioned t'r~at a decision will be made by the City Council whether to retain ownership of the city-own?d piece of property at the corner of Allendale and Fruitvale Avenues o_r to abandon it. If tine City retair_s it, it 4ri11 probably be developed in conjunction Vrith the Fruitvale Avenue median strip. B. DETERT•iI:vATIOi~ Or COi?GKESS SPT_?IT?GS PARK USAGE CONGRESS The City-owned secticr_ of the park is j.2 acres, the Stamper property SPRIT3GS the •City is pre3e22tiy negotiating to cuy is 6.o acres. The PARK Secretary reported that these negotiations will take quite a '~ while to coc.~~lc•t?, and ,he City tianager feels that the S~rator~~a 'Senior Little League should recei~.re ar.!:~er to their proposali not:r. rIe feels tnat• a 2 - 3 year lease of t'ne City-owned pr.oj erty to the Litt]_e League so that they could develop a baseball diamond • could be arranged. TZr. Rod Rodrigues, P•ir. Lee Nelson and Mr. Garth Adams presented the Little League proposal. They feel that this is a projE'ct tivhi ch :,rill ~z•eatly benefit the comri:~a.rity. U7Y1en the lease agreemEnt terminates, they do recogni?-. that they trill ha~:e no legal abilit~~ ~~c~ ~'ete.r~.i *.e: c:~nat happens to the diamond, but tlriey wa ,•t to wor_i: wi t~- tho City aid its architects in determining •trie u.i.arirond place::~e?~rt. In answer to questions about allo~;ring girls to play on ts.lc: boys teams, tiney answered that ~tliis i s contrary to Little League by-l~.~rs. I ~.;- :,ras minted out that all cases in federal ' courts dealing,tirith this problem have been decided in favor of Little League policy. Iiowever, if. ther° is a sufficient ziumber of girls it ~:er•ested in ?laying, th~:y are willing to set up a separate' gi_•Is' league unifier -the auspices of Little League. Titi s would. requi-_•~~ ~0 - 60 girls to forrL 4 teams. They as?~ that a condition o" t'r_e lease agreer:~cnt be that Littl:. League have priority over the us ~ of t~~e di ar~o-_rd dizr•irlg the months of riay and June , ~~~ut that a.t any ot. ~:er j, i r~:e , an ;r c or:~r.un ity groin can use the iiel ' . '"Yiey vrauld agree Lo s~he~ ~:1.._.g o= the field by t'L'ie Los Ga~os-u~__. -.von Recre~tio,• ~~:>ts•~.ct. Ii t__is agreer.~ent wo-rk:~ ol,t, t:ne SeY:i_c.:. Division o~f Little League plans to merge with the Fony League next year. -2- .~ ,;¢ I __.___ ~ S•ARATOGA PARKS A~'D RECREATIC~' COT~iT7ISSI0T~T - ?'?GV. 19, 1973 - 1'ZIR'UTES - continuE Commissioner Rose opposed granting this lease because she feels Kittle League policy of not allowing girls on the boys teams i;~ discriminatory against females, and she does not feel this should be allowed on public property. Commissioner Terry opposed the lease because he feels it should be developed by.the City with a~Master Plan for the entire park, riot in pieces. _ The timing for this type of development would be approximately three months to complete the TZaster Flan. This includes survey,. architect's proposal, anti review by the community. Commission ~~Jilberding felt that the lease should be granted because this is a chance to begin development of this park at no cost to the City. It could be several years beforo the City can afford to do anything with the site. die does want to be sure the location o.f the baseball diamond is approved bar the City. It was moved and seconded to recommend to the City Council that the Little Lea~ae 'oe given a 2 or 3 year lease of t'r~e City-owned section of the Congress Springs Park site, and that the cit:,~ architect be consulted. Commissioners Bu.c'nanan, Clawson, Gordon, Wilberding and Zambetti voted in favor. Commissioners Leong, Rose and Terry were opposed. The motion was passed. III. NEW EUSINESS A. REPORT OT B'_-'OCKGLEi3-^vOX PARK SURVEY BY DOTdALYI~T SFiIT~LDS, STTIDET~T I~~TE Ri3 BROOKGLEi~t -Donalyn compiled the res.,lts of the survey distibuted to the COX FARK residents in tale area of tiro Brookgler.-Cox Park site. The residents ~r~e_e in~favor of bufferingg between the park and adjacent • -houses, a fence along the creek, arch a cross-walk on Cox Ave. •~Based on their. requests, Donalyn suggested .the following:,. FiiASE I_ DE~dELOFiENT 1. Surveillance lighting - the•mini~um would be whatever is su?ficient to allow the police to see into the parr. 2. Some type of fencing along the creek. 3'. Landscaped paths, benches and earth forms. 4: Play facility for school age children. The Secreta_~_•;~ said that there X10,000 in the current Capita 1 Improvement Frogra~n. This trould Rllovr enough money to devEio;_~ a Traster Flan a.7_d to L:egi n develorment. If it is possible, she would like i:o have this tlaster Flan developed by a mini-park specialist. • Coir~*~issione-~~ ?ar:bett' suggested contact Jav Beck~roo3, ~~~'~o for the S-gin Francisco rar~cs Denart'r~ant, and asking him if interested in develo~~ing the play equipment for this park. -3- ~. s ~: r o" 1 ci b. . ~,..~~..m...~~,~.._~.rt~..._._...,_ _ _. _,. __.. ___._.. __.._ ___ __ _._ . _ ._......__~ .._...__ ~.._ .._._ ~rv _ I i ~ • SARA'IOGA PARS~n AT3D FECIiEATIOTy CGT•I^•IISSION - P~Ov . 1~, 197z - T~iIi1UTE - continue B. The Commiss_on was concerned about tY~e motorcycle problem at the. park, and possibly City liability if tYiere was ever a drowning in the creek. ' The Secretary reported that she has not received any complaints about motocycles at the park since September. Commissioner Terry asked if the residents had indicated any desire to enlarge the park. Donalyn said that .judging from their requests for facilities at the park, they might• be iri f~T,Q.r of this. Com~iissior~er Rose said that some of the close neigYlbors have indicated that they do not vrant this because it would.'oegin drawing people to the park wl~o do not live in zhe immediate area. Commissioner Terry moored that the guidelines proposed by Donalyn belaccepted. Commissioner Gordon seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously. PROPOSED LOiv'G RAPIGE CALETvDAR OF ITEtiS FOR COT•;MISSIONS CG_"TSIDrRATICi~+ The Secretary presented 'the calendar of items she developed at the Commission's request to give them an idea of what they need 'to conaider in the future. She also suggested that an official opening be held for .Gardiner and- El ~zuito Parks in order to inform the community of their development. IV.. COMT~IITTEE AND STAFF R~'ORTS GENERAL PLAN REVI EZ~J A. CONT'IITTEE H~'0 RTS B. STAFF REPORTS. 1. General Plan Revi.aw HI GH~v'AY 9 WALK ~aJ AY The Secretar;~ reported that the General Plan l~iap will include . the designated parks, but there will be no separate map. Public ;-searing will be held November c0 and 27, and December 4 and 10, and she suggested that members of the Commission attend ahem. The Commissioners agreed to the following: November 20th - Commissioners Clawson and Gordon ~,t~~''`~` November 27th - Commissioners Leong and Terry.,,~~ • December 4th -Commissioners Zambetti and Wilberding December ~th - Coma-issioners Rose and Buchanan '1~ 2. Highway ~ 't+alkway 3. The~~~Secretary reported that the section involving _Dr. C~:rn~alc' s property at the corner. of Aloha and Hig3lwray 9 is involved in eminent domain proceedings, and that a new Environmental Inipact Report has been requested. This will be before the. City Council December 5th. Park Si~:ns Park hours signs are being installed stating the hours of Sunrise - 7:00 F.M. , T+o~Tember to April and Sunrise to 10:00 F.T•i. May to October as the official park use hours. . ! ~ -4- 3 1 ~.• .e•`J'4?'•9~7CA~.s.a+nsa•.....n.vu,~i+e .n ~..~ -.~..-+. t. ...-.~..-.. .. ,.. . ~ ........ ....... .,. ,.., .__ ... ...,...... ..,_ , ..... .. _ _,_ _-- r SARATOGA PARKS AND RECREATION CONiT'fISSIQN - NOV. 19, l~'73 - hINUTES - continue V. COI~ZTfUNICATIONS A. WRITTEN . 1. From Mrs. Shirley Hambey Re~ardin~ Equestrian Trails • There was no discussion of this item. I - ~' 2. From Lou Let~;~,Vice-President, Day Construction Go., Inc., ReTardin~ nathwavs The Secretary reported that they are interested in placing the pathway on the southern side of Douglass Lane rather than the nothern side which isiwhere it is shown on their approved subdivision naps for that area. Chairman-Wilberding asked that they be told that this will be discussed in the Spring, and that no city ccmrnitment v~rill be made until that time. 3. From Chamber of Commerce Chairman i~Jilberdir_~ received a letter from the Chamber of Commerce inviting the Co;nmissioners to help put up Christmas decorations in the Village. There will be no lights this year due to the energy crisis: B. QRAL 1. From Mr. Henderson, AVCO Develonr~ent Co. I~Ir. Henderson said that AV^G~is involved in developing a section of the West Valley freeway right-of-way, and that in order to obtain Planning Commission approval of the subdivision, they need. to have a~second access to the subdivision. The easiest ~•ray for them to do this is to connect with Scully Avenue through City of Saratoga,. Ditz-Crane and State of Califo7~nia property. Ritz-Crar_e is willing to sell the property, and if AVCO Can buy City property, they will contact the.State a'oout buying their piece. AVCO is willing to trade this piece of property for another if that is what the City warts to do. The Commission was concerned a'oout the traffic problem this connect~.on to Scull~r Avenue could create,.and,would like an engineer{'s report as to Vrhat the effect this ~~rould have. Commissioner Terry cprould prefer the road- be moved doT:an to the edge oz tiie park if it is built in order to avoid wastin;; any land. Chairman ~~lilberdi ng felt that if the road is not m~.ved down, the developer s'rlould be responsible for developing the srnal.l left-over piece of land. Co.nr~iss:~ or~e_r Terry i',o~i ed that the Cor:~:ni ssion recor::r~ez1 ~ ti'.~: follorri:gig: 1. The road~be.developed.rurther down to minimize land. wastage; 2. 3• 4. Safe park access be planned; A 10-foot ISaster Flan trail be esta'olished throug'rl the subdivsi~~n; anti Finaa Comi~~~ission approval_ be delayed until a. traii.c report is~submitted to them. _5_ ~; ->, t .. _.. _ . _ .. ~ a.,. • SARATOGA PARKS AND RECREATION COT•;1ti1ISSI0N - T~OV. l~a 1973 - riIr•?~L'iES _ cont~ir?UE The motion Sias seconded by Commissioner Gordon, and was passed unanimously. _. 2. From Chairman rlilberding - Regarding Meeting with ~iaycr 'of Kyoto, Japan Chairman Wilberding, Councilman Diridon,•T~;r. Charles Robbins, and Rev. Zeeds Gulick met w~,th the T•layor of Kyoto, his wife and the Vice-Chairman of the Kyoto City Go~ancil at Hakone Gai~cien, They exchanged gifts and the T°iayor• of Kyoto read a proc]_arnatian giving 'the City of Saratoga a Japanese lantern which is being shipped froz Japan. 3. From Commissioner Leong - F.egarding po,"zble rrology Club ~Involzrement i n F ar'r.~ Dovelor.~ment Commissioner Leong talked to T•Zr. Banos, advisor to the aaratoga High School Ecology Ciub. He noes not think the ecology club alone could handle this type of project, but it might serve as an organizational group. to get other students involved. VI. ADJOURrT~TErIT There. being no further business before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 11:20 F.T. Respect'fu'lly Submitted, Barbara Sampson, Secretary mm _s_ _ __ _ __ p