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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-19-1974 Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes • SARATOGA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES TIME: MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1974 - 7:30 P,M. PLACE: CRISP MEMORLAL CONFERENCE ROOM, SARATOGA CITY OFFICES, 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE, SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA 95070 TYPE: REGULAR MEETING I. ORGANIZATION A. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Commissioners Buchanan, Clawson, Gordon, Wilberding and Zambetti. ABSENT: Commissioners Carlson, Rose and Terry. OTHERS PRESENT: City Manager Robert Beyer, City Councilman Rod Diridon, and Mr. Kaufmann. B. MINUTES The minutes of the August 5, 1974 meeting were approved as submitted. II. OLD BUSINESS A. REVIEW ACCEPTED BID OF BROOKGLEN PARK The Secretary reviewed the recommendation on Brookglen Park that went REVIEW BID OF to Council on August 7. The Council awarded the contract for develop- BROOKGLEN PARK ment to Palo Alto Landscaping. The award was for base bid items ~kl- 14 at a cost of $21,929.50. However, the Community Projects and alternates ($8,090) have been sent back to the Commission in order to review financial priorities of the funds approved for expenditure this year, and determine if a trade can be made in order to have • Brookglen Park completed with initial development. The contractor is holding the bid on the alternates open until the August 21 Council meeting. City Manager Robert Beyer recommended that the Commission take the two alternates of the barbeque area at Wildwood and Kevin Moran drainage system and use at least $8,000 of this money for completion of Brookglen Park. Commissioner Zambetti moved to reallocate $8,090 of the money allocated in the Capital Improvement Fund for Wildwood barbeque area and Kevin Moran drainage system, to be applied to the Brookglen Park development for a total of $30,019.50. Also that if funds are available before the end of the fiscal year that the Wildwood and Kevin Moran Park projects be included for completion. Commissioner Clawson seconded the motion, and it was passed unanimously. s • PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION - MINUTES - AUGUST 19, 1974 - continued B. TRAIL DEDICATION, DIVIDEND INDUSTRIES The Secretary was able to answer some of the Commission's questions TRAIL DEDICATION, of the August 5 meeting regarding the trail dedication. The ordinance DIVIDEND INDUSTRIES is the City Subdivision Ordinance. The gross area of 1.2% must be dedicated if the property is to be dedicated or amount of park in-lieu fee to that amount of 1.2% of the value be paid so the 1.2% does not include streets. A member of our Planning staff has calculated over 16,000 square feet, not 15,500 as Mr. Muir's engineers have stated, but 6,950 square feet of the trail runs across an existing sewer easement, is not property which has to be dedicated to the City - the City would have to negotiate a use access with the Sanitation District to use their easement. As a result of this, the requested park dedication is 6,330, which means we are only 2,250 square feet over the required 1.2%, instead of 9,200 square feet. Commissioner Gordon moved that above the 1.2% park in-lieu fee of recommendation shall be held Commissioner Zambetti seconded mously. III. NEW BUSINESS A. SD 904 the Council pay for land over and and a letter and presented at final site approval. the motion, and it was passed unani- The Secretary stated tTiat George Day Construction Company is requesting SD 904 that Item ~k6, the pathway on Douglass Lane be deleted as a condition of final building approval. It is up for public hearing at the August 21 Council meeting. The Planning Subdivision Committee Report of 1972 gave approval of a tentative map of development in which Condition 6 requires that the developer provide a pedestrian walkway along Fruitvale Avenue and unimproved pathway along Douglass Lane. Final map approval was made on May 17, 1972. During this time the unimproved pathway was never put on the ma.p of development. Commissioner Gordon moved to reaffirm that the existing trail on Douglass bane remain an. easement until the Trails and Pathways Task Force completes their study. Commissioner Buchanan seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously. B. SDR 1143 The Secretary presented the Commission with SDR 1143, a trail easement SDR 1143 on Sperry Lane and Sobey Road. After reviewing it the Commission decided to send the SDR to Planning with staff recommendation that on the present General Plan there is a. major trail area on Sobey Road and a possible trail along Sperry Lane and they should be acknowledged until the Trails and Pathways Task Force completes their job. C. SDR 1144 The Secretary presented the Commission with SDR 1144 located on Bohlman Avenue, off Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and concerning Saratoga Creek. This is a revised tentative map. The Commission had no recommendation as it did not have any trail areas as designated on any map. -2- • • PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION - MINUTES - AUGUST 19, 1974 -__continued IV, COMMITTEE AND STAFF .REPORTS A. COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. RE: HAKONE REVIEW COMMITTEE The Secretary reported that the committee has not met again since the last Commission meeting, but they are still busy working on figures and costs. 2. RE: MEETING ON JOINT OPEN SPACE ACTION PROGRAM The Secretary reminded the Commission of the joint meeting on August 27, and as many Commissioner's attend as possible. B. STAFF REPORTS 1. RE: SEPTEMBER PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION DATES The Secretary reminded the Commission that the two Parks and Recreation Commission meetings in September will be the 9th and 23rd, due to Labor Day. A news release will be sent out informing the public of this change. V. COMMUNICATIONS VI , ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Commission, the meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, /~ ~i~~~`.Ci7T.G~LQ- ~~ Barbara Sampson, Secretary bh -3-