MROSD hold public meetings on its Good Neighbor Policy

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) is holding four public meetings in November and December 2005 to provide the public with extensive opportunities to advise how the District can best build relationships with its neighbors and amend its "Good Neighbor Policy".

The meetings will be held on the coastside, on Skyline Boulevard, and in Los Gatos at the following dates and locations:

November 1: Pescadero
(7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.)
La Honda-Pescadero Elementary School (620 North Street)

November 3: Skyline
(7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.)
MROSD Skyline Field Office (21150 Skyline Blvd.)

November 17: Half Moon Bay
(7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.)
Ted Adcock Community Center (535 Kelly Ave.)

December 1: Los Gatos
(7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.)
Neighborhood Center (208  East Main Street)

The District’ s Good Neighbor Policy governs how MROSD interacts with its neighbors and was last revised in August 1996.  The amended policy will cover a variety of topics from addressing neighbor privacy to natural resource management issues such as controlling invasive species.
The public meetings and the amended policy, when completed, are designed to foster a spirit of cooperation between the District and its constituents on whose behalf the agency manages 50,000 acres of open space land.

A process to seek input from the public on issues constituents believe should be addressed in the Good Neighbor Policy was initiated earlier this year and included a number of interviews with constituents and several meetings with local neighborhood organizations, including the Midcoast Community Council, Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council, the South Skyline Association and Kings Mountain Association.

In addition to the upcoming public meetings, District neighbors and constituents will also be able to provide their suggestions through e-mail, the District’s Web site, as well as through regular mail.

Constituents’  input will be used as a reference by the District as the amended Good Neighbor Policy is drafted, which will then be presented to the public for comment at a District workshop in Los Altos before the Board holds a final public meeting to vote on the amended policy.

Created by voters more than 30 years ago, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has successfully protected and managed 50,000 acres of open space which the public enjoys 365 days a year. The District is an independent, non-enterprise, California special district whose mission is to purchase and preserve a regional greenbelt of open space land in perpetuity, protect and restore the natural environment, and provide opportunities for ecologically sensitive public enjoyment and education. www.openspace.org