The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutFinal Minutes February 23MINUTES OF PATHWAY COMMITTEE MEETING FEBRUARY 23, 2004 Present: Chris Vargas , Chairman Ginger Summit , Vice Chairman Richard Cassam Nancy Ewald Jorge Fernandes Charleen Geers Mike Kamangar Du Bose Montgomery Bob Stutz Absent: Fred Fallah Nancy Ginzton Others present: Dot Schreiner, Carol Gottlieb, Nancy Couperus, Mr. Lee, Mr. Davidovits 1. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:10 PM; ROLL CALL COMPLETE. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of Jan 26th meeting were approved. Committee corrected the Minutes of Oct 27th to reflect that Jorge Fernandes was present but departed the meeting early. Minutes approved as modified. 3. COMMUNICATIONS - AGREED TO CHANGE AGENDA SO THAT PROPERTY REVIEWS CAME FIRST. - Presentations from Floor a. Nancy Couperus reminded committee of the March 13th @ 10 am. Hike sponsored by the Open Space Preservation Committee. There will be a 5 and 8 mile hike. Ginger suggested a cut-off loop for a shorter hike. Du Bose suggested having hikers sign a release form for liability reasons. - NEXT SPECIAL MAP REVISION MEETING MARCH 1, 2004, 6:OO PM - NEXT PATHWAY INSPECTION WALK ON SATURDAY MARCH 20, 2004, 8:30 AM - NEXT REGULAR PATHWAY MEETING MONDAY MARCH 22, 2004, 6:OO PM. 4. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS None. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS: A. RECOMMENDATION ON PROPERTIES: i. 27891 Lupine Road (Lands of Lee – New residence) Mr. Lee said he didn’t want path placed on lower elevation due to privacy and loss of yard space. Adjacent neighbor, Nancy Couperus, spoke about walkers preferring to walk in street on Lupine, not on shoulder. Carol Gottlieb suggested moving curb on Lupine over 3 – 5 feet to allow for a wider shoulder/paved path. Discussion commenced approximately 1 hour between committee members and Mr. Lee regarding location of Page Mill section and Lupine side of street location. ii. Original Motion: a) Resident to construct a 5’ – 6’ wide II B Path adjacent to Page Mill Rd., with retaining walls and hand rails constructed where needed for steep drop-off, to the satisfaction of Town Engineers. b) Resident to construct II B Path adjacent to curb along Lupine, and score or roughen where path crosses driveway. iii. Original Motion: Get an estimate from engineering before recommendation is presented to the Planning Commission. Moved by CG, seconded by BS. Approved unanimously. iv. Motion as amended on March 22nd meeting: a) Resident to construct a min. 5’ wide II B Path adjacent to Page Mill Rd., with retaining walls and hand rails constructed where needed for steep drop-off, to the satisfaction of Town Engineers. b) Resident to construct II B Path adjacent to curb along Lupine, and score or roughen where path crosses driveway. Path width to be min. of 3 ft. Owner to provide a cost estimate of Page Mill pathway. Town staff will review cost estimate of to construct the 5’ path along Page Mill Road, as provided by resident. Staff shall assess the accuracy of this estimate, compare to the impact fee and discuss with the Chairman to determine if it is reasonable to request town Pathway Committee to recommend paying for some of the cost from Pathway CIP funds. Reason: Page Mill is a highly traveled road and a key pathway project for our town. The magnitude of Page Mill project may be significant and far beyond the normal scope of a Pathway installation. Motion passed 6-0. ii. 26401 Eshner Court (Lands of Yanez – New residence) Mr. Yanez present and said he had already upgraded path. There was discussion on who owned the small segment leading to Altamamont roadside path to North/West. Not part of Mr. Yanez’s property. Motion to recommend to restore II B path upon completion of construction. Moved by DM, Seconded by NE.. Approved unanimously. iii. 11510 Summit Wood Road. Motion to recommend obtaining 10ft. wide easements along roadside on both upper and lower portions of property. No path construction required at this time Moved by GS, seconded by DC. Motion passed 6-2-1. iv. 27850 Via Feliz. Motion: Collect impact fee. Roadside path should be placed on opposite side of street. Motion passed. v. 26063 Todd Lane (Lands of Davidovits – New residence) Mr. Davidovits was present. Discussion among committee determined that the placement of roadside path on Todd Ln. should be on opposite side of the street due to steep topography of Davidovits’ property. Motion: recommend to collect impact fee. Roadside path should be placed on opposite side of street. Moved by DM, seconded by NE. Approved unanimously. vi. 26110 Eucalyptus Lane. Owner present and spoke stating Eucalyptus is a private road. Motion: to collect impact fee. Moved by NE, seconded by DM. Approved unanimously. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Privacy Screening Program(Second Reading) The following changes to be made to the Landscape Screening proposal for off-road pathways: - Delete first line of Option 1: “Path is not currently…” - Eliminate Option 2 (screening for severe privacy impact areas) - Provide screening on both sides of a pathway, where needed - Note that the Town will pay for pathway construction - Staff will review proposal before forwarding to the Planning Commission for approval - A maximum budget will also be set for each project - Delete that the Environmental Design Committee will review B. Impact Fee: Postponed to next meeting. 7. QUARTERLY PROJECTS REVIEW A. Creation of Capital Projects Sub-Committee - CV (Chairman) authorized to proceed with instructions to Town Staff to develop projects and funding requests for some/all of the top 5-6 requests. Due to new Town budget in April, committee needs to create a revised current project list of priorities. B. CV (Chairman) to be the liaison with Dot Schreiner to address map correction issues, rather than John Chau. C. Creation of Pathway Maintenance Sub-Committee - Not discussed D. Pathway Map – Discussion of format, color coding, and content of maps. CV (Chairman) will work with Ad Hoc Rep, Dot Schreiner, to address map issues. Pathway Committee would like to see roads and roadside paths color coded on the working map - Dot stressed the need for “arrows” to show future undefined path routes - Dot also recommended 4 catagories to be shown on new map: - Off-road easements - Private road easements - On-road easements - Future paths, no easements yet …to show proposed “network” - PWC will use a single map to review easements while creating the first draft. - Pathway Committee is responsible for holding Public Hearings. (Charlene suggested the easiest map to understand is the map dated 11/07/02 which also shows dotted lines for potential “Master Path Plan” routes and path easements voted to be eliminated by P/W Committee under direction of previous Chairman. E. Finance budget: Quarterly review i. Pathway CIP balance (9 Feb ’04): $506,767 ii. Pathway Construction balance: $317,739 8. Master Pathway Plan Public Hearings: Committee will target May-June to complete first draft of recommendations of path easement additions and eliminations. Will set date for public hearings in late April /early May, based on progress achieved to date. Mike asked for clarification of quadrant review criteria. Chris stated: - Connection between neighborhoods - Connection to public use areas (ie…Open Space, Rec. areas) - Function of safe routes - 9. Topics for discussion with Town Engineer: Dave Ross (interim Head Town Engineer) not available for meeting 10. Town Council and Planning Commission Meetings: Discussion between members… Ginger felt it was very important toattend. Nancy E. agreed it was important, but felt the overload of extra meetings during the Map Revision Process. Du Bose stated that all documentation already submitted by P/W Committee to Staff, so not necessary for us to attend above meetings. Majortiy of committee agreed to discontinue assigned attendance to Council and Planning. 11. Community Event support: As discussed in “Presentations from the Floor”, P/W committee encouraged to attend the monthly “Open Space” sponsored hikes 12. Master Pathway Plan Update: Postponed to next meeting 13. ADJORNMENT: 10:00 pm