HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 24PATHWAYS COMMITTEE Regular Meeting Minutes
August 24, 2020 at 7:00pm
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1.Call to Order (roll call)
●Members
i.Alisa Bredo (AB)
ii.Nick Dunckel (ND)
iii.Ann Duwe (AD)
iv.Melissa Dyrdahl (MD)
v.Bob Elson (BE)
vi.Val Metcalf (VM)
vii.Bridget Morgan (BM)
viii.Judy Nagy (JN)
ix.Richard Partridge (RP)
x.Sonja Wilkerson (SW)
●Associate Members
i.Nina Sutaria
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●Staff
i.Nichol Bowersox
ii.Zach Dahl
●Town Council
i.Roger Spreen
●Public
i.Stan Mok
ii.Howard Lee
iii.Jay Sutaria
iv.Jim Waschura
v.Linda Swan
2.Agenda Review
3.Review & Approval of Minutes of:
●June 22, 2020 - AD moved. MD seconded (AB, AD, ND, MD, BM, VM, JN, SW
approved, RP abstained) motion approved
●July 27, 2020 (AB AD, ND, MD, BM, VM, JN, RP, SW abstained) motion
approved
4.Ex Parte Communications (Written or oral communications with parties relevant to an
item on tonight’s agenda)
5.Announcements/Updates
●Town Staff Updates
i.Status of CC approved CIP Projects (Appendix-A)- Nichol & Zach
1.Redwood Grove: LA has jurisdiction questions about this area. LA
staff says everything on the west side of the creek is LAH and
everything on the East side of the creek is Los Altos. Nichol does
not believe the creek is the town boundary. Nichol believes she
can work out the jurisdiction in the next two weeks.
2.Summerhill - Survey work for Phase 2 was approved by TC. 5
contractors have pulled the RFP paperwork. Nichol believes this
project will be noticed to proceed in October. May ask Trail People
to consult. Nichol believes she can have the budget for the survey
on the CC September agenda and the survey complete by
November 15th. This will allow construction to resume in early
Spring 2021.
3.Altamont Plunge - Should have informal requests for quotes soon.
Nichol will send the trail consultants report to all PWC members.
4.La Paloma to Robleda - The report was forwarded to the PWC an
hour ago. Nichol is available for comments or questions. A
summary of the comments will be summarized by Nichol at the
next PWC meeting.
5.Byrne Park Plunge - Reviewing options. Option 1:Redo stairs
where it is now and try to get the easement to match or Option 2:
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move the stairs to the approved easement. Staff should have a
decision by our next meeting.
6.PageMill to Via Feliz - No action yet by town staff. Nichol may ask
Trail People for input.
7.Edgerton - No action yet by town staff.
ii.Maintenance and Enforcement Issues
1.Update on blocked paths
a. Near Matadero Creek - nothing new to report. Zach will
look into this for the next meeting. Zach will look into the
closed gates and the overgrowth.
2.Maintenance
a.Fran’s path—the “Big Dig” –Nichol. Staff had a contractor
dig a big trench and a French Drain that should keep the
water away. Staff will go back to restore the path soon.
The PWC is grateful the repair seems to be working.
b.East to West Sunset off-road: Install trail signs and work on
the west side. Staff has some questions about where
exactly the easement is on the west side. Staff should
have more info next month.
c.Via Ventana to Matadero Creek: Make more usable per
AD. AD can resend the project info to Nichol. Nichol will
meet with AD as needed.
6.New Business
●MPP & GIS....where we are and how we move forward-Zach (Appendix-B)
i.Staff will take approved maps (2005 MPP approved by CC on March
8,2005, Nicholsen Subdivision 2013, & 5-areas approved by CC for the
list of “Unresolved areas.”) and create a new updated MPP. A new
walking map will be produced after input and corrections are received.
Zach is targeting an introduction of the “new” MPP during the PWC
September meeting. At this point, the PWC will be involved with verifying
the alignments and conducting a physical inventory to better understand
the totality of the path system and what it will take to finish the system.
ii.GIS - New items will be added to pull in the older information such as the
“Notebooks” info of easements , “Dead Sea Scrolls”, and the work used to
create the 2006 working map. Hope is to have the portal up and running
before the next PWC meeting so Zach can show the committee on how to
use it and give our feedback.
●New PWC Chair –Principles and Goals (Appendix-C & D)
i.Principles
1.Be helpful, informed and relevant
2.Be proactive
3.Use town Element documents to guide direction and action
4.Have fun
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5.Show respect
6.Abide by town Code of Conduct
ii.Goals (Leads are needed for each goal)
1.Help get the new 2021 MPP released
2.Verify the new MPP and GIS data. Walk the paths on the new
MPP to determine status, maintenance, future need, and preferred
side of street. Collect a snapshot of the current pathway system to
help determine possible future projects.
3.Create a prioritized list of future projects to complete MPP
4.Capture old easement and pathway info that needs to be added to
the GIS. (AD and AB volunteered to lead)
5.Develop detailed presentations if/when suggesting additions to the
MPP
6.Promote path usage (update website, work with Parks and Rec,
Presence at town events, keep public informed in town newsletter
and Town Crier at least 3 or 4 times a year)
7.Keep on top of pathway funding
8.Review pathway fees
●Property Review, the new process (Appendix-E) BE presented an updated
property review criteria since we no longer need to address pathway installation
and fee payments by homeowners. The new plan is: Review the property on the
approved MPP, Does the MPP list a path on/near this property? Include a study
of the MPP map. Is a path required (correct side of street)?, Do we need an
additional easement?, If so, make sure the pathway and if applicable, easement
are documented on the plans.
●Optimal size for PWC? Each member was asked to report their opinion on the
optimal committee size. Six members voted for seven. Three members voted for
nine. One member voted for twelve. There was no discussion.
7.Old Business
●27388 Sherlock Ct (Lands of Chung, New Residence, File SD19-0003, APN
182-29-038)
i.A subcommittee (BE, VM, AD) is working on a report and will present it at
the September meeting.
8.On-going Business
●Property Review
i.No new properties for review (there are two properties to review next
month due to an error in communication last week)
9.Presentations from the Floor
●Jim Waschura asks if the MPP/GIS should have access to the pathway info
layers for the public. BE believes this is a goal. All of the layers may not be
accessible but that is up to staff.
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●Linda Swan, Stan Mok and Jay Sutaria are on the call and gave their support for
our work on pathways. Linda, Stan and Jay are running for CC as a slate in the
November election.
10.Reports from Other Meetings
●VTA Meeting - no report
●City Council - nothing to report
●Planning Commission - nothing to report
●Fast Track - AD mentioned that we need a member to attend these meetings
i.12830 Deer Creek Lane-SP - no pathway issues
ii.26685 Purissima-KY - BE attended the meeting and asked for the existing
pathway will be added to the plans
11.Pathway Promotion & Communications
●Next PWC meeting: September 28, 2020
●Next Property Review Walk (independently)
12.Agenda Topics for Next PWC Meeting
●BE kept notes of items continued from this meeting. AD asked that the Native
Path spec be added to the next agenda. Nichol will make sure the current spec is
distributed to the committee well before the next meeting.
13.Adjournment
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