HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinal Minutes March 27LOS ALTOS HILLS PATHWAY COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes of March 27, 2006
1. A. The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. by Chairman Ginger Summit.
B. Present were: Duwe, Corrigan, Ginzton, Stutz, Vargas, Wagner and
Welch.
Absent were: Brunzell, Dunckel and Kamangar.
Ad Hoc Committee was represented by Carol Gottlieb.
C. The agenda was approved as amended below.
3. A. Vargas discussed plans for the Town path clean-up on Earth Day weekend. $2,500
was made available from Town funds for the project. Welch and Ginzton will help
purchase the necessary supplies. A table at Town Hall will be staffed by members of the
Pathway Committee in two shifts – 8 to 11 a.m. and 11 to 2 p.m. Saturday. There will be
a dumpster at Town Hall. Approximately 220 students from Bullis Charter School will
participate on Friday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. They represent 11 classes. Three to four
parents will accompany each class, with the expectation they will cover two to three
miles. They will wear orange safety vests, gloves and be provided with bottled water and
trash bags. The committee designated the following routes for the Charter School to
clean:
1. Along Fremont and up to Robleda
2. The loop from the corner of Elena and Robleda to Duval to Josefa to Elena and
back to Robleda.
3. Fremont Road from Town Hall to Arastradero (park at Town Hall.)
4. Purissima from Robleda toward Arastradero
5. & 6 From Byrne Preserve going in opposite directions on Altamont
7. From Hidden Villa along Moody
8. Elena from Josefa to Foothill College
9. Edith Park is best for kindergartners
2.A. Recommendations on properties
ii. 25349 La Rena, Lands of Shahidi. The Committee recommended that
the path, which is in the road right of way adjacent to the road, be cleared of
vegetation and that limbs be trimmed up 14 feet to allow the path to meander,
where necessary, between tree trunks.
Duwe moved, Ginzton seconded. 4 Yes; 2 No.
i. 28600 Matadero Creek Court. Lands of Chang. The Committee recommended
that in building the fence, the fence must not cross any pathway easements;
furthermore, for safety reasons, especially for people on horseback, the fence
should be constructed so as NOT to leave the top cut links (of the chain link
fence) exposed above the top rail.
Corrigan moved, Wagner seconded. Unanimous Yes.
2.B. Master Path Plan Roadside Path review. Squares C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 will be
reported on at the next meeting. Carol Gottlieb reported on E – 3 for Mike Kammangar.
3.B. Anza Trail – Duwe will email members of the Town Council to let them know of
the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s interest in having the Town contribute
to the cost of an engineering study on an additional parking lot and trail head for the
Rancho San Antonio Preserve
3.C. Eagle Scout candidate John Melen’s request for help with securing donations for his
bench project was returned to him with advice to seek an article in the Town newsletter
or the Los Altos Town Crier. He could also apply for help through Parks and Rec.
4.A. Communications
Westwind’s Earth Day Celebration will be held on Sunday, April 23. Chairman Summit
plans to attend with a display table. Omit -? volunteered to help. Community
Dog Walks resume on May 20. Planning Commissioner Raye Collins will be leading
walks through town again. The next Town newsletter goes out in June. Gottlieb
remembered that in the past the Town sent out postcards alerting residents to trim back
their shrubbery by a certain date; otherwise the flail would be used to trim overgrown
roads and paths.
4.B. Meeting schedule
i. Next regular meeting: April 24, 2006
ii. Next Pathway walk: either Saturday afternoon or Sunday; Ginger will send
word.
4.C. General Discussion
i. Chairman Summit asked each Committee member to look at his quadrant to see
which projects are the highest priority. At the next meeting the Committee will
discuss projects to add to the list of capital improvements. High priority
maintenance projects should also be listed for addition to the maintenance list.
i. The Committee agreed to agendize changing their meeting time to 7:00 p.m. from now
on.
Corrigan moved, Duwe seconded. Unanimous Yes.
5. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of February 27, 2006 were approved as amended. Ginzton moved,
Wagner seconded. Unanimous Yes.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Ann Duwe