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Home My WebLink AboutFebruary 27 2017 FINAL_PWC_Min_17-0227 4/21/17 1 Los Altos Hills Pathway Committee FINAL Minutes of Regular Meeting of Monday, February 27, 2017 1. ADMINISTRATIVE A. Call to Order Chairman Ann Duwe called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM B. Members/Associates present:  Members: Alisa Bredo, Nick Dunckel, Ann Duwe, Melissa Dyrdahl, Bridget Morgan, Judy Nagy, Sue Welch, Sonja Wilkerson, Denise Williams, Rachelle Mirkin (7:10)  Associates: Eileen Gibbons Members/Associates absent:  Members: Robert Elson  Associates: Bob Stutz, Eileen Gibbons Council Liaison(s) present: Roger Spreen Gary Waldeck Members of public present: Susan Cretiekos (PWC Applicant) Kjell Karlsson (LAH Finance Committee) C. Approval of Agenda.  The agenda was approved. MD moved, AB seconded and the vote was unanimously in favor D. Approval of Minutes.  The minutes from the PWC meetings of January 23, 2017 were approved with one minor amendment. AB moved, ND seconded, and the vote was unanimously in favor with one abstaining (BM, due to not being in attendance at the January meeting).  Motion to nominate Rachelle as vice chair was discussed briefly and postponed until further meeting since Rachelle was not present. E. Ex Parte communications. Alisa met with Scott Vanderlip (Parks & Rec) and Liza Reichert (Parks & Rec) to discuss pathways loops 2. NEW BUSINESS A. Application for Associate Member: Susan Cretiekos AB moved to appoint Susan Cretiekos as an associate member of the PWD, DW seconded. Vote was unanimously in favor. (AB, ND, AD, MD, BM, JN, SW, DW, SWi, RM (7:10) a. B. Appointment of VTA representative a. Nomination to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee of the VTA was discussed. This opening came up in January due to Breene’s resignation, and is a 2 year appointment.  Susan Cretiekos expressed interest in being VTA representative in late 2016, and was nominated by the Council in January 2017. At the time the Council did not realize that in 2006 the responsibility to make recommendation for VTA representative was delegated to the PWC. Council did not finalize the decision to nominate Susan after this came to light.  During meeting Bridget Morgan expressed interest in being representative as well. BM had checked with Deborah Padovan prior to the meeting and determined that is not possible to share the responsibility, and there are no alternates allowable. There can be additional advisors but they would not have a voting role.  Both candidates introduced themselves and their interest in being the VTA Representative.  The PWC voted and Susan Cretiekos was selected as the representative. (BM votes – JN, BM, Swi, MD) (SC votes – ND, AD, AB, RM, SW, DW). C. Properties for Review FINAL_PWC_Min_17-0227 4/21/17 2 a. APN 182-09-033 - 27800 Via Feliz – The reason for PWC review is a new residence and lot merger. Applicant is Siempre Trust (DUAN residence), File #12-17-ZP-SD-GD  PWC discussed this merge of 3 lots (27820 Via Feliz, 27800 Via Feliz, and 13120 Avila Ct). These properties have Fran’s Path along the Northern side, and one of the unresolved areas of the Master Pathways Plan involves the Southern side, connecting Via Feliz to Maple Leaf Ct. In 1981 the recommended route was along the South side of 13120 and East side of 27800 property, but the most recent recommendation (pending Council approval) is instead on the South and West borders of 13140 property. The property owner at 13140 paid in lieu fee previously. Pathway easements for Fran’s path currently exist on the Northern border of all 3 lots. JN moved to restore the existing path after construction on all 3 properties is complete and to ask town staff to clarify whether the homeowners contributed to building Fran’s Path initially. If yes, the motion stands. If no, the property owners should pay an in lieu fee for the merged property. ND seconded. The motion was approved with all in favor except SW, who abstained. D. Maintenance and enforcement issues a. Nick Dunckel is PWC maintenance contact who contacts staff to address maintenance issues.  All maintenance requests from December were addressed in Jan.  Clarification on fire roads – town staff clears these.  Roger Spreen noted that Deborah is working on website pages which would indicate whom to call after hours for emergencies.  Open enforcement issues have not moved forward. E. Limiting attendance at site visits a. PWC discussed whether it would be desirable to have fewer people visit sites prior to the PWC meetings, to document and share with the rest of the committee instead of having a large group go. The current practice is that homeowners are notified prior, and PWC divides into smaller groups that are less than a quorum for the visit. Usually the separate cars review properties in different orders, so not all PWC members are on site at once unless the homeowner requests a particular time. Some discussion points included:  Part of the role of the PWC is to review the pathways and properties, and there is value in having different views and perspectives to share at the PWC meetings.  PWC rarely sees owners or contractors unless they want to show details to the PWC, and properties visited are often constructions lots without occupants.  Some current PWC members cannot go for the walk with the rest of the group and review the properties independently, but they cannot walk the properties without permission.  It is helpful to review the plans during the walk.  PWC can lose half of its members in one term, so for continuity it may be helpful to keep visits as scheduled  3 types of properties: those everyone can drive by on their own, those that need permission for review but could be communicated via report to other members, and complicated properties that need onsite review by PWC  Could focus on not going to properties that don’t require in-person review A motion was made to bring the topic back to PWC for discussion in 2-3 months when new members have experienced more PWC walks/property reviews. (Made by??) Mayor Gary Waldeck also clarified that associate members need to be authorized by City Council to attend the walks. F. Earth Day tabling, April 23 1-4:00 p.m. a. PWC requested volunteers to man the PWC table at Earth Day at Westwind Barn on April 23. AD, DW, and SC volunteered, possibly AB. 3. Old Business A. Master Path Plan Map Update FINAL_PWC_Min_17-0227 4/21/17 3 a. In the meeting scheduled for 28 Feb at 6pm. The City Council will determine if the Master Path Plan should be applied to annexed areas as it is to rest of town. The second item of business is review of the Pathways Element and/or looking at Master Path Plan Map B. CIP projects update a. The county is moving forward with town’s request for an encroachment permit to build an extension of the Bob Stutz Path to Magdalena. There are two Caltrans offices involved so this has complicated the decision. b. Correction to CIP list distributed in May: The decision was to set aside $100k to put in missing segments, not Robleda Rd as noted. c. Summerhill Rd. – town fixed segment near Amigos Ct. that had been disked over. d. Page Mill – property owner was going to allocate $90k – no movement yet. i. 20k allocated to fix at Page Mill Rd/Moon Ln. 2016-17 ii. 90k allocated to repair road in 2017-2018 to construct bridge. AD will follow up prior to next meeting e. Town budget increased maintenance workers budget by 12k and added another FTE for maintenance C. Alta Consulting update a. AD received an email proposing that PWC representatives attend meetings to go over what will be done. i. AB, AD, ND, JN, BM all interested. Meeting will be between 9-5pm during week day D. Additional Q&A for Town website a. Council member requested that more information be added to PWC website. b. Council also requested review of general plan and associated ordinances for our committee. c. AD distributed copy of ordinances [AD to provide] d. SW and Eileen Gibbons put together answers for booklet, e. PWC discussed references and verbiage of questions for website, and details of calculation for in-lieu fee. AD encouraged PWC to come up with additional questions for future discussion. E. Follow up items – No Parking on Pathways, Naming Request a. No parking – when PWC sent language back to Carl, more complex than expected, may need to go into municipal code. PWC Chair is referring to Planning Dept for incorporation into code. In the meantime residents can call Town regarding construction parking in pathways. b. Naming request from last meeting from edge of Robleda to school. PW easement on neighbor’s property from requestor’s prior property. Requestors will be in touch with neighbors to ask if they would be willing to name pathway. If neighbors willing, PWC to determine requirements for pathways naming. Paths named for people who had major influence in town are generally large signs. May want option for more modest signs as well. Signs could have QR code for loops. BM mentioned that council approved prior requests for naming. Overall policy should be developed. PWC unsure if there is a naming policy in place. AD suggested bringing examples of naming policy to next meeting (signage to link to history also). Memorial naming, historical aspects, etc. 4. Reports from other meetings: A. City Council Meeting Feb 16 a. BM distributed comments from Weegie Caughlan to the PWC [Attachment C] b. Eileen Gibbons was appointed as Associate Member but council declined to allow site visits. Mayor Gary Waldford clarified that this was due to council being alerted to homeowners that were not happy with PWC visit to site. PWC discussed that it would be helpful to be made aware of any feedback from town residents that are not happy with PWC visit conduct. 5. Presentations from the floor (discussion): 6. 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I believe it is former Mayor Harpootlian who has seriously crossed the line of good Conduct. He uses as his basis one single encounter, at which he falsely claims to have been present, occurring at a trash drop-offsite. Here are the actual facts: I was at Foothill College at the quarterly Greenwaste sponsored, Sahrday Neighborhood Clean- up Day on October ZZiZOttdumping offu"ru*rrlated junk. I had passed through the hrst check- pfint Uutwas slowed in tine behind several cars. As I sat in my car, two women whom I did not ilrro* approached my car. One introduced herself as Michelle Wu, said she was running for LAH TLwn Council'and thrust a flyer at me. I did not take it and merely said, "Sorry, but I am not voting for You". At that point the other woman stepped closer to the car and asked my name. I said, "I would rather *t t"tt you". She did not introduce herself and I felt no r€ason to give a stranger at th9 dump ,ny nu*". She then stated, "I know you, your name is Weegie". I did not leply- She then askeb, out of the blue, if I knew who put on the Clean-Up event., I paused and told her in a mutt"i of fact way that I thought it was the Town of LAH. She then rather arrogantly said it was the Fire Department and then-snidely stated, "See, you don't know everything!" I replied as nicely as I could under the circumstances, "I do not pretend to", and with the cars finally moving forward ahead of me, drove out of her reach. (I later learned the woman was Ms' DrrS Price, the wife of former Mayor Harpootlian). The most important facts about this encounter were the following: l. This conversation occurred at Foothill College at the quarterly Greenwaste Saturday Neighborhood Clean-up Day on October 22. ltdid not occur at any town-associated meeting. 2. Formei Mayor Harpootlian WAS NOT PARTY to any of this conversation, nor did I see him anywhere in thi area. Therefore he blatantly lied about his presence not only once but twice, in his false allegations. 3. I wore no badge or identification of any kind, nor did I identi$ myself in any way as a member of any Town committee. My van had no Town identification. 4. I was not on Town or Pathway Business. 5. I am sure Ms. Wu did not know who I was until Ms. Price identified me' Even then, I doubt my name meant anything to Ms' Wu. 6. I did not invite no. uppr""iate the continued attempt at perceived campaign solicitation while I was traPPed in mY car. 7. Never one to t"av" a queition un-researched, I have since learned that the "Clean-Up" event I was attending was not related to the Fire Department at all, but part of our Greenwaste serviceJfor which we pay as subscribers. The Fire Department event is held the third Saturday of each month and is for garden debris only. I have been an active, diligent Committee member attending every regular meeting, every special meeting and viewing every property over the past four years. As Council Member Radford pointed out, in the past six years the Council has never not confirmed an individual who has served in good standing after one term on this Commit0ee. The Council proceeded to reappoint two members who have already served three terms! Clearly, this completely false accusation had an impact on the vote of the Town Council and their failure to reappoint me to a second tenn. I am holding the entire Town Council responsible for the egregious behavior of former Mayor Harpootlian. I expect a formal apology from the entire Town Council for this uncalled for, blatantly false and humiliating attack on my good character as a hard working volunteer for the Town. In spite ofthis extremely hurtful and slanderous experience coming from one of our elected officials, I would like to retum to the PWC in the future to continue to help further the valuable Pathway System in our Town. Regards, Weegie Caughlan Los Altos Hills, CA