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Attachment 2 Los Altos Hills Pathway Committee DRAFT Minutes of Special Meeting August 19, 2008 1. ADMINSTRATIVE Chairman Ginger Summit called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM Members present Jim Bliss, Courtenay Corrigan, Nick Dunckel, Ginger Summit, Bill Silver, Bob Stutz, Jolon Wagner, Chris Vargas, Sue Welch Members absent: Anna Brunzell, Nancy Gmzton Members of public present: City Councilman Mike O'Malley Debbie Pedro, Los Altos Hills Planning Director Les Earnest, Secretary of the LAH Historical Committee Jim Abraham, Planning Commission John and Catherine Burger, owners 11580 Old Ranch Road Dave Namyst, Putter Way The agenda was approved. 1. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR 2. OLD BUSINESS A. 11580 Old Ranch Road (Lands of Burger). Consideration of an amendment to the recommendation for an off-road pathway easement on the property. This property was reviewed by the PWC on February 25, 2008 and again on March 22, 2008. The Burgers were present at the February meeting. The unanimous PWC recommendation at that time was to maintain the existing equestrian easements along two sides of the property as pathway easements. At that time, the PWC understood that this recently annexed part of Town had not been reviewed for the 2005 Master Path Plan (MFP) and Town staff had indicated that the equestrian easements in the Foothill Ranch subdivision could be dedicated to the Town as pathway easements as the properties came up for development. This area of Town has few pathways and it would be desirable to provide routes that are not on Ravensbury, which is a busy, narrow, winding road. The easements in Foothill Ranch, including those on 11580 Old Ranch Road, would provide a connection to a nearby existing pathway along a utility easement. This route would allow pedestrians and equestrians to avoid walking along Ravensbury. In its review, the Planning Commission argued that the Town could not require easements for an off-road pathway on this property because these easements are not included on the 2005 MPP. LAH Planning Director, Debbie Pedro asked the PWC to consider amending the previous recommendation requesting pathway easements on this property. Today's special PWC meeting was called to address this issue. Debbie Pedro, LAH Planning Director reviewed the following materials: 1) A page of the Title Report (Old Republic Title Company Order no. 0623003840 -LM). describing thel5-foot "Equestrian Right of Way" 2) Parcel map for Tract No. 1184 (Foothill Ranch, September 16, 1953) showing the Burger's lot and other lots in the subdivision. The map shows the easements and states: "We also dedicate the overhang and drainage easements as shown. We also dedicate for use of owners within the subdivision the Equestrian Right of Ways." 3) LAH Ordinance Sec 10-2.606 Dedication of Pathway Easements, which states that "the Site Development Authority may require the dedication of an easement for public use as part of DraftPWC_Mln_ogigo8(2).dor 8/28/08