The MROSD will discuss redistricting and its Good Neighbor Policy on Wednesday

The next regularly-scheduled meeting of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) will begin to address the open issues of their expansion to the coastside [agenda].

They have a 60-day deadline (until November 10) to hire an ombudsperson and decide on redistricting the District’s wards. Perhaps it should be called ‘re-warding", but I’m not sure the "rewarding the District" would be the right thing to put on the agenda.

Tomorrow night, the MROSD board is expected to authorize $25,000 to hire a consultant to help them with the public communication process for revising the District’s Good Neighbor Policy [MS Word doc], as well as to facilitate the series of public meetings on the policy. The plan for the GNP revision needs to be in place before the November 10 deadline.

Also on the agenda is approval of a series of public meetings beginning October 21, a public workshop to discuss redistricting ward boundaries and evaluate alternatives; November 4, to present revised boundaries for feedback; and November 9 for the board vote on the alternatives. The location of the October 21 and November 4 meetings has not yet been set. The November 9 meeting will be at the District’s office in Los Altos.

The board will also vote on a public workshop to prioritize amendments to the District’s Resource Management Policies [MS Word doc]. That workshop will be Monday, October 25, 2004, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room at the District Administrative Office.

Not on the agenda is an October 20 meeting in which the board will interview candidates for the ombudsperson position.

UPDATE: The proposed resolutions were approved at Wednesday’s meeting. Click on "comments" in the byline to read MROSD’s press release.