Friends of Santa Teresa Park Meeting Minutes for 3/7/02

Attendees: Mike Boulland, Ronald Horii, Kitty Monahan, Rick Leonard, Mario Blaum, John Patterson
Elections:

The following slate of FOSTP officers of the corporation were approved unanimously:

Maintenance for Santa Teresa is still out of Calero and probably will not change.
The Hellyer rangers patrol Santa Teresa.
Chris Orr left to work for the city of Gilroy.
Henry Teixeira is the maintenance lead at Calero. Maintenance also takes care of Casa Grande and Joice Bernal.
One maintenance person will be assigned to each area.
Trail grading - bids went out and should be awarded soon. They will be doing corrective work. They will maintain water bars, adjust the trail slope, and fill in deep ruts.
The Coyote Peak Trail has been repaired all the way to the tower. American Towers paid for it. The tower maintenance people will be using the Countryview Drive entrance to get to the peak. The tower company will maintain the road from Countryview to the peak. The Parks Dept. will maintain the road from the Pueblo area to the peak.
June 22 will be the Joice Bernal dedication.
Pressure has been fixed in the restrooms at the Joice Bernal Ranch by the parks project crew.
They want to do some work at the Ranch - along the retaining wall, put pre-emergent, cover with chips, trim along the sidewalk, get the the mud back so it won't spill over the wall.
The Buck Norred Ranch is under construction. It will be a state-of-the-art facility for the mounted ranger's unit. A 12" water pipe has been installed for the fire hydrant. They will get a camp host.
They are starting renovation at the Rosetto Ranch. They will be putting someone in it.

We talked about the need for a trail from Joice-Bernal to Norred. It could go over the hillside above the Coyote-Alamitos Canal to avoid coming too close to the houses below..
There's a trails program. The trails lead is responsible for grading and signage. Greg Bringleson is the trail lead. Kelly Gibson is also on trails.

March 9: wildflower walk from 9-12, meet at Pueblo Area.
March 15-16: Earth Core will be painting the outside of the Buck Norred buildings. The community can help.
April 18: County Parks Volunteers dinner 6-9 pm, Santa Teresa upper clubhouse. FOSTP is sponsoring. The parks staff will do the decorating. Almaden Quicksilver, Chitactac Adams, and Mt Madonna parks will handle the entertainment. They will do skits on the history of Santa Clara County Parks. Ron Horii will do a computer slide show on the park.
April 25: Mike will give a presentation to the Argonauts at the 1st Congregational Church are Leigh & Hamilton. 6:30 setup, 7:00 presentation.
April 27: Joice-Bernal work day.
May 4: Mike will lead the Argonauts on a Bernal History Walk at 9:30 am to 2:00 pm, starting at Baldwin School.
June 22: Bernal/Joice/Gulnac Ranch dedication.

Battens have been installed on the Joice-Bernal barn, which should protect the exhibits inside.
Robin Schaut wants horse-drawn implements at the ranch.
They will put picnic tables by the bus turnout.
Furniture is being moved into the house.
They are reviewing the interpretive signs. They will be meeting at 3/12 at 3 pm the site.
Electricity to the barn is coming.
John Dorrance is working on the raised gardens.
John wants to bring down the old farm implements from the collapsed barn along the Joice Trail.

Account balance: $1157.53
Ron Horii showed a first cut of the computer slide show that he will show at the VCC Recognition Dinner.
We will have our next meeting on April 4th.

Ronald Horii,
Secretary, Friends of Santa Teresa Park
3/17/02

Created 3/12/2002 by Ronald Horii, secretary of the Friends of Santa Teresa Park