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CITY COUNCIL TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING Tuesday, June 21, 1977 cc: Reel 103, Side 2, Tr. 1 - 214-1076 Mayor Keith Brown called the Adjourned Meeting of the City Council to order at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall: A. ROLL CALL: Present: Council Members Cheney (5:04 PM), Hillestad, McReynolds, Proft, Mayor Brown Staff: City Manager Robert Crowe, City Attorney Frank Gillio, City Engineer Alec Russell, City Planner John Markl, Commissioner Stewart for Planning Commission, City Clerk Norma Hislop B. CURRENT BUSINESS: 1. Request for Tentative Map Approval - LANDS OF BERGER, File HTM2058-77 (Cont'd. from 6/15/77): Planning Commission Representative, Mr. Michael Stewart, related discussions held by the Commission with regard to paths and trails within this proposed subdivision and reasons why no pathway easement had been requested for Fremont Road. City Manager Robert Crowe pointed out that a path existed on both sides of Fremont Road, the path on the Berger property being within the existing right-of-way. Mr. Crowe also summarized a letter from Pathway Committee Chairman, Mrs. Betsy Fiksdahl, regarding the reasons the Committee felt the paths they recommended were necessary; specifically, to preclude the excessive use of automobiles to visit neighbors, the safety and convenience of school children, and the fact that some of the paths would tie in to Kingsley Avenue and provide a shorter route to Esther Clark Park. Mrs. Carol Gottlieb, member of the Pathway Committee, suggested the use of some type of barrier on those paths where there were concerns that they would be used by motorcyclists. Discussion also concerned the designation of pathways for pedestrian and equestrian users only; recommended paths between lots which might infringe on the owner's privacy, and other routes which provided access to Esther Clark Park. Mr. Charles Reed, Osterlund Enterprises, stated that the developer of the proposed subdivision had no objections to the pathway requirements, and, if given some guidelines, they would be happy to install the barriers on trails to prevent their use by vehicular traffic. After City Engineer Alec Russell demonstrated how the drainage would be handled within the subdivision by pointing out the undergrounding pipe system proposed, Councilman McReynolds noted that the General Plan of the Town specifically stated that natural swales and drainage channels should be left undisturbed.