Synthetic Turf at McInnis Golf Club - Nancy O

Hi All!

I had a "heads-up" from Wendy (hi Wendy!) that the turf meeting was on Sept. 22. I spent at least an hour searching through the Open Space online stuff, and found a mention in their Fall Newsletter. Followed that up with a phone call this morning to find out if it was happening and where it was noticed. No one knew anything. Diana took my name, said I had to wait until Monday to talk to Steve. I pushed the public noticing aspect, got a gal name Callie Beckler, who said the meeting was changed to Oct. 2, 6:30 - 8 at McInnis Golf Club.

Callie said this is NOT a Brown Act meeting, but the IJ will be sent info on the meeting. She said it is a public workshop to take public comment and preview the alternatives on the McInnis plan. It will NOT have the airport. The McInnis master plan (and updates) is only available by email request:
http://egovwebprd.marinpublic.com/depts/PK/main/index.cfm .
It has NOT been posted on their website (why not?).

Apparently the Golf Club (privately owned, leased from the county, under the Parks division) has already put in a synthetic turf driving range. Decision on the rest of McInnis (after the staff sifts though public comment, etc.) will go to the Board of Supes at some point in the future. She said probably September '09.

When pressed, she said the synthetic turf is the way they plan to go. She said they have been studying alternatives and found environmentally friendly ones, etc. I told her they should not rely on the vendor information, but that even if they read the newspaper they will be more educated on the health and environmental hazards of synthetic turf. She had another call to take.

Patrice, I haven't spent the time to figure out how to post to the blog. Please feel free to post this info.
Thanks Mary for all your forwarded info.

More to come. Thanks again everybody for all your help and concern!

Thanks,
Nancy Okada