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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPathways July 22 2019 MinutesPATHWAYS COMMITTEE Regular Meeting Agenda July 22, 2019 at 7:00pm City Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Rd. Los Altos Hills, CA 1.Call to Order (roll call) a.Members i.Alisa Brado (AB) ii.Nick Dunckel (ND) iii.Ann Duwe (AD) iv.Melissa Dyrdal (MD) v.Bob Elson (BE) vi.Val Metcalfe (VM) vii.Bridget Morgan (BM) viii.Judy Nagy (JN) ix.Richard Partridge (RP) x.Sonya Wilkerson (SW) b.Associate Members i.Susan Cretekos ii.Eileen Gibbons c.TC Liaison i.Roger Spreen d.Staff i.Nichol Bowersox e.Public i.Kjell Karlsson ii.Les Earnest 2.Agenda Review 3.Review & Approval of Minutes of: a.April 22, 2019 - VM made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. VM seconded the motion. The motion was approved (AB, AD, MD, VM, BM, JN, RP, SW) (BE, ND abstained) b.Jun 24, 2019 - SW made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. AD seconded. The motion was approved. (AB, AD, MD, VM, JN, RP, SW) (BE, ND, BM abstained) 4.Ex Parte Communications - none 5.Announcements/Updates a.Town Staff Updates - i.Town is trying to get a consultant to do the survey work for the La Paloma to Robleda off road path in preparation for the environmental study. ii.The RFP for Summerhill only received one bid. Town will be sending it out again. 1 iii.Jacob has finished mowing and has moved on to road crack repair and then the WestWind Barn paddocks. Then he should have some time for pathway CIP projects. Natoma and Estacada will be worked on first. Los Altos has hired someone so Nicol hopes to meet with them soon for the path from Fremont to Redwood Grove. iv.ND asked about the status of the off road pathway guidelines. Nicol said they hope to get to them soon. b.Schedule for Planning Commission and City Council review of unresolved areas - Steve Padovan has a tentative schedule and Susan Avila, past director of the Building Department, has been hired to help as a consultant. c.Maintenance and Enforcement Issues i.Update on blocked paths 1.Stegner to Country Way - Homeowner is on vacation but is looking to get this resolved soon. ii.Impact of new GreenWaste collection guidelines on pathways - Members are concerned the new rules will result in bins being placed on Pathways. Home owners in small truck areas can swap their two green bins for one grey bin, since the green bins must be placed roadside. d.GIS map update - Steve Padovan is working with the consultant on the base map layer. 6.New Business a.Property Review i.27911 Via Ventana Way (Lands of Kohlsaat, File CDP9-0003, APN 182-42-027, New Residence) There is an existing pathway along this property. The path is a little narrow but it is like that the whole way down the street. RP lives nearby this property and cars do drive fast. People typically walk on the path with their dogs in the street. This road is on the MPP. AD moved that the existing path should be drawn on the plans and restored to a 2B standard of its current width after construction. BE seconded the motion. It was approved unanimously. (AB, AD, ND, VM, BM, JN, BE, SW, RP, MD) ii.12331 Stonebrook Ct (Lands of Dennedy, File SD19-0045, APN 336-28-066, New ADU) This property has an easement but no pathway has been built. This road is on the MPP. The road is narrow but has little traffic. ND suggests a pathway fee. There are no other roadside paths on this street. MD moved that we request a pathway fee. BE seconded the motion. It was approved unanimously. (AB, AD, ND, VM, BM, JN, BE, SW, RP, MD) b.Election of Officers i.President - MD moved for AB to be chair. BE seconded. The motion was approved unanimously. (AB, AD, ND, VM, BM, JN, BE, SW, RP, MD) 2 ii.Vice Chair - MD moved for BE to be vice chair. AD seconded. The motion was approved unanimously. (One abstained with a blank ballot) (AB, AD, ND, VM, BM, JN, BE, SW, RP, MD) iii.Secretary - MD moved for JN to be secretary. SW seconded. Approved unanimously. (AB, AD, ND, VM, BM, JN, BE, SW, RP, MD) 7.Old Business a.Master Path Plan Update Process & Overview of Mapping Subcommittee work - AD gave some background on the La Loma to Rhus Ridge.off road pathway. This area came up in 2 public hearings in 2011 (voted down 3-2). PC decided on July 11, 2019 to not recommend this pathway be added to the MPP. This will go to council soon. AD suggests pathway members should attend the TC meeting. b.Review of Mapping Subcommittee recommendations and any new updates regarding unresolved areas of Master Path Plan - East Sunset to Dianne Drive will be the next area going to the PC. There was much discussion regarding pushing this old proposal forward. RP feels it might be a good idea to spend some time updating the proposals for the unresolved areas before they go to the PC and TC. Six PWC members are new and do not know all of the history on these areas. c.PWC feedback on and potential vote of support regarding Pathways Fee update - The PWC has only seen the preliminary report. Specific guidelines have not been presented to the PWC yet. d.PWC Vote on “PWC Member Job Description” - in bullet two change Master Plan to Master Path Plan map. AD moves we accept the update. VM seconded and the motion was approved unanimously. e.PWC Member Updates on CIP Project Suggestions for 2019-2020 i.Chapin & Robleda (AD) ii.Edgerton (AB) iii.Byrne Park Plunge (MD) iv.Foothill Park Connection (RP) v.Paloma connections (JN) vi.SW: TBD vii.VM: TBD viii.BM: TBD ix.ND: TBD x.BE: TBD f.5 Year Plan - please keep this goal in mind. 8.Presentations from the Floor a.Les Earnest would like the committee to review roadside pathway requirements as they were very equestrian heavy and outdated as he mentioned at the last meeting. Pathways need to be safer for wheeled vehicles. 9.Open Discussion - none 10.Reports from Other Meetings 3 a.VTA Meeting - Susan reported that the committee is working on improving the criteria. The call for projects will be pushed to the Fall at the earliest. Summerhill and Fremont are the two projects in need of funding. She will be meeting with Carl and Nicol tomorrow to discuss these two projects. b.City Council - none c.Planning Commission - Eileen found in the Town Manager’s weekly report dated June 28th, 2019 that the pathway fee general plan update will be presented to PC at the Aug meeting. RP would like to request the proposal come to the pathway committee first. d.Fast Track - none 11.Pathway Promotion & Communications a.Hoedown will be held in September b.New Year’s Day Walk - VM has approval to park for free at Foothill College for the walk but no parking in the handicap spaces. 12.Topics of Interest - none 13.Next Pathway Walk: Aug 24, 2019 14.Next Pathway Meeting: Aug 26, 2019 15.Adjournment 4