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Home My WebLink AboutFinal Minutes November 24 MINUTES OF PATHWAY COMMITTEE MEETING November 24, 2003 Present: Chris Vargas (CV), Chairman Richard Cassam (DC) Nancy Ewald (NE) Fred Fallah (FF) Charlene Geers (CG) Nancy Ginzton (NG), Secretary Mike Kamangar (MK) Bob Stutz (BS) Absent: Ginger Summit (GS), Vice Chairman Jorge Fernandes (JF) DuBose Montgomery (DM) MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:07; ROLL CALL COMPLETE REVIEW OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 27, 2003 MEETING Amendments to minutes: 1) 6d. Oct 2 Town Council meeting, clarification: Breene Kerr working on County 1-Trail is discussed under New Business 7b. 2) New business 8a: Seven Acres is a public road. Unanimous approval of minutes as amended. NEXT PATHWAY INSPECTION WALK: January 24, 2004 at 8:30 am NEXT PATHWAY MEETING: January 26, 2004 at 6:00 pm SPECIAL MASTER PATHWAY PLAN MEETING: December 8, 2003 at 6:00pm PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR: - Les Earnest, Dot Schreiner, Carol Gottlieb, Kathy (from Simon Lane) in attendance - Les Earnest made suggestions for color coding the pathway maps. - Carol G. suggest 3 maps: 1) Easements for legal use; 2) a Master Path Pla for conceptual use and 3) a Walking map for residential usse. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS 1. Master Pathway Map Ad-hoc Committee update (Dot Schreiner, Carol Gottlieb, Les Earnest, NG): down to microfiche and County records. Information showing on map is documented. Carol has the original Master Pathway Plan map and the accompanying text, which she will give a copy of to CV. 2. Planning Commission, November 13 meeting: BS attended. Not discussed. 3. Town Council, November 6 meeting. GS, BS, NG attended. Not discussed. 4. Town Council, November 20 meeting. FF, BS, CV, NE, NG attended. 1) December 18 set as date for Kerns’ pathway easement additions/vacations (first hearing). 2) Granted pathway easements at Pinewood School in the Public Utility Easements (PUE); there will be no gates. 3) Approved the increased pathway easement on the Barriteau driveway (Wild Flower Lane) with the Pathway Committee picking up the costs. 5. County S1 Trail update: Les Earnest stated that a path might be built along a Cherry Stem route, narrower than previously thought. Liaison DC has not yet talked with Breene Kerr. 6. Other Committee member activities…. a. Pathway Liaison with Westwind Barn Board. Discussion: they would like NE as a liaison because of her horse connection; DC was liaison during construction; is an ongoing liaison needed? Carol G. thought it sets up a nice relation, keeps Westwind Barn aware of the Town’s thinking, can help represent them to the Town. There were no volunteers to be liaison. CG and CV suggested that Westwind Barn send a liaison to our Pathway meetings, to which they would be welcome. b. NG had noticed new construction on Prospect: substantial posts going in; paths existed on properties on either side, but it was not obvious what was happening on this property. It is the old Neary/Silver property. CV said they have a permit to replace a fence with the wall and have the requisite 5 ft free between the road and wall. c. NG suggested that some ‘1-sided’ streets become ‘2-sided’ in terms of paths; such as Arastradero (1 side is Palo Alto/Stanford) and Summerhill (1 side is County). Consider other (higher traffic) streets as well. Action: discuss at next meeting 2- sided streets and different materials on either side. d. CV to remind Dean Warshawsky to attend our meeting(s). UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Report on Alternate Trail alternatives into Rancho San Antonio Open Space: LE gave a brief update of his investigations into an alternate route. He stated that although it is not the best path, the Kerns easement does grant local access into MidPeninsula Open Space. B. Master Pathway Plan update. CV gave an update on the status of the update process. Presented the process that had been agreed to at the 17 Nov meeting. Discussion ensued on various topics relating to the update process. FF suggested adding another standard to path construction, i.e. II-B 5 ft or 6-8 ft, II-C “bike path”, to be submitted to City Engineer for approval, then added to standards or guidelines in book; but that it should not be part of the Master Path Plan. Carol G. said there is a Master Bike Path Plan, last revised in 1995. Action: Add to agenda on special Dec. 8th meeting: 2nd sided street specifications; specific bicycle trails. C. Status report on Wildflower-Newbridge Lane connection: approved as recommended at Nov. 20 Council meeting. 8. NEW BUSINESS A. Recommendations on properties seen on the Saturday pathway walk: i. 25470 Elena Road (Lands of Skidmore; at request of owner). Mrs. Skidmore presented the problems they were having with water draining down Elena Rd onto their property, causing water pooling and pathway erosion. Town Engineering said they did not have funds to construct a berm, and suggested they contact the Pathway Committee. Discussion: this was a road drainage issue, the path a secondary issue. Suggestions: gutter and cut, add gravel to dissipate, use gravel wells (FF). Decision: This was not a Pathway issue. Motion: Refer this back to Town Staff for resolution, with the recommendation to prioritize resolving the drainage and pathway erosion issues. Unanimous approval. ii. 24931 Oneonta Drive (Lands of Kita). 2 members had seen the property. The property has roads on 2 sides: Oneonta Drive and Stonebrook Court. Discussion: since property has Oneonta address, can pathway(s) be considered from both streets; number of residences accessing each street; Stonebrook Ct. road used as a path. The ad-hoc current easement map is showing easements along Stonebrook Ct. and the1994 path map shows paths along them. Plantings may have grown over the paths. Carol G. urged that whatever other decisions were made, that the tip of property at the joining of the 2 roads have a path, creating a continuous path on Stonebrook Drive. Consensus that people need to see the property. Motion: defer to next meeting. Unanimous approval. B. Topics for discussion with Engineering staff – Mintze has left LAH for another II-B pathway materials. (NE) Materials are not designated. Construction people call/go to Stevens Creek Quarry and get what LAH uses. It is vague on purpose, so that materials can change. Action: defer until Town Staff/new Engineer can come. In-lieu fee adjustment. Discussion: corner lots get hit, flag lots pay almost nothing. Might not basing the fee on development area be fairer? Would need a formula calculation. Can make a recommendation to Staff, then to Council. Old Altos-Burke berm: was put in wrong place, Mintze was notified, corrections made. (CV) Not discussed: mailbox issues, inspection of completed pathways C. Privacy Screening Program. Second review of a new program to assist residents in providing privacy screening from pathways. Review deferred. D. Designated Pathway Committee members to attend Town Council and Planning Commission meetings. December Council: CV (12/4/03); Planning: NG (12/11/03) January Council: DC (1st and 2nd); Planning: NE (1/8/04) E. Community event support: Dec. 5th Awards Ceremony luncheon – acknowledging unsung heroes. Dec. 16th caroling, a past Pathway event, starts at 7 pm at Town Hall. It lasts about 2 hours. PROJECTS REVIEW Capital pathway construction projects review (review quarterly, postponed from October meeting). CV: Postpone this review. Have $570-670K; need to know what has been done and what is in the pipeline. Need to do quarterly update when Staff is present. Les suggested a review in the spring, as the capital budgeting is done in July. Action: do the quarterly reviews with Staff present in January, April, July and October, expecting about 1 hr discussion. . REQUESTS FOR TOPICS FOR NEXT MONTH’S MEETING Do some of the Master Path Plan update as part of the regular January meeting. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:35 pm