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nothing more than a few signs. The City has subsequently received criticism from both special interest extremes for the amount of money we have spent in managing this program at Morse Ranch. Any programs we implement to monitor and evaluate impact to these areas must not be staff or funding intensive. Possible Management Criteria & Programs Extensive discussion regarding the pros and cons of water quality as a management criteria resulted in strong reluctance by the group for its use. Donna felt there was a strong possiblility of opening a "Pandora's Box" if we began water quality testing along the creek since there are currently no storm water quality standards to use for comparison. She felt that, upon learning of such tests, interested public might insist the creek meet recrea- tional standards that are normally applied to waters used for swimming and fishing. In light of the problems and citizen misunderstandings resulting from the Tugman Park testing program, she felt implementing a testing program at this time might result in a neighborhood controversy around the quality of the storm water upstream of the park. Additionally, the creek has already been fenced off to both people and animals. The buffer strip of undisturbed grass between the fence and the creek appears to intercept and prohibit surface runoff to the creek, thus providing some measure of water quality protection. Jack Long has already initiated a photo documentation log of the areas in the Morse Ranch off -leash area that are showing the most impact. The idea behind this is to establish a visual history of the pasture's condition on a weekly or semi - weekly basis. One manner of establish management criteria would be to choose a series of pictures from the photo log which would represent the maximum extent of grounds damage that was acceptable. Grounds damage that exceeded the level documented in the phots would precipitate temporary closures to allow the field to rejuvenate itself. One idea that was briefly discussed was the establishment of a "professional" evaluation team which would look at the various off -leash areas. Their rec- ommendations would then be used as a basis for sanctioning or modifying use. The obvious problem with this alternative is determining who would be included on the team and dealing with the public controversy surrounding the possible misrepresentation of single interest groups. With complaints about the Off -Leash Program being received only about Morse Ranch and from primarily only one household, the group felt this may be an extreme response to a small but noisy special interest perspective. Another idea that was brain stormed was the establishment of a set number of citizen complaints about an off -leash area that would be considered accept- able. In tracking such complaints, it would be necessary to discriminate between those received from various sources and those that were simply numerous complaints from a single household or individual. When the number of separate household complaints about a specific area exceeded what is considered acceptable, the reevaluation of that area's management practices would be in order. Of course, the question again becomes, what criteria would be used?