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Regular Meeting Minutes
August 23, 2021 at 6:30pm
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1.Call to Order (roll call)
a.PWC Members
i.Bob Elson (BE)
ii.Laura Bailey (LB)
iii.Val Metcalfe (VM)
iv.Judy Nagy (JN)
v. Bridget Morgan (BM)
vi.Sonya Wilkerson (SW)
vii.Alisa Bredo (AB)
b.Staff
i.none
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c.Town Council
i.Linda Swan
d.Public
i.Howard Lee
ii.Cindy
iii.Roger Spreen
iv.Vijay Chaula
v.Margaret Braun
vi.Katie Boissicat
2.Agenda Review – no changes
3.Review & Approval of Minutes of:
a.May 2021 – JN moved to approved the minutes as sent. SW seconded. (SW, VM, AB, LB,
BE, JN)
b.July 2021 - JN moved to approved the minutes as sent. SW seconded. (SW, VM, AB, LB,
BE, JN)
4. Ex Parte Communications VM spoke to someone about Parks and Rec. AB spoke to homeowner
about PageMill Path. BE discussion with town staff about the path on Robleda to La Paloma.
5.Update on Town Staffing (BE) – Oscar Antillon has been recently hired as the Director of Public
Works. He started last week.
6.Project Updates (BE or Steve Padovan)
a. CIP Projects approved by City Council
i.Redwood Grove – Site meetings with staff and consultants. Ann Dewe helped
craft a letter to the LA Mayor from LAH Mayor. LA requiring ADA study and
Environmental. LAH staff is evaluating the bids.
ii.Altamont Plunge – Plans are 90% complete. Plan for biding next spring.
iii.La Paloma to Robleda – Geo tech consultant has taken samples. Report is due
the end of August. BE and LB went out and ribboned a route and met with Phil
Witt General Manager of Purisima Hills water. The water district might use site
for a well and would put some unknown equipment. BE and staff laid out a new
route outside of water district property. Meeting happening again this Tuesday.
iv.Burne Park Plunge – Agreement has been reached and should be notarized
soon. This project will legalize the old route.
v. 27447 Edgerton Rd (Town extend path along property toward Wallace Stegner
Path) – Reassigned to Public
Works
vi.Page Mill, Lupine to Via
Feliz – Not moving due to
staffing problems.
vii.Summerhill Rd – survey was completed. Preliminary design to be completed by
staff person who only works 2 day a week. Project is moving very slowly
forward.
viii.GIS Enhancements (Audit Layer and Easement Layer) – Consultant has
incorporated Notebook A and starting work on Notebook B. This project is well
on the way. All documents will be entered and clickable. Last of the audit sheets
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will be collected tomorrow and this information will be used to create the GIS
layer entitled “what needs to be built”.
b. Maintenance-Enforcement-Staff Evaluations (Appendix-B: History on items)
i. n/a
7. Old Business
a. Matadero Creek Lane- Continuation from May 2021 meeting plus additional site visit by
PWC to evaluate possible new MPP alignment before voting on recommendation. PWC
Vote on Recommendation – VM, BE, BM and LB visited the property twice. The
suggestion is to move the pathway from the side of the property near her pool to the
South side of property. In addition, PWC will ask Purissima Hills Water District for an
‘easement’ to get from the existing off-road pathway to Matadero Creek Lane so people
can then walk down the newly created path on the south side of the owner’s property.
Four options were given and voted on. A recommendation to give up current easement
near the pool, remove the MPP line near the pool, grant an easement on the South side
of the property and ask for an easement from PHWD to access the North existing path.
(VM, AB, LB, BM, JN, BE voted for this option) (SW voted for option C which was to
remove the line by the pool from the MPP).
8. New Business
a. Trying to address dog feces on the paths: PWC Vote Recommendation for LAH Staff –
31 bags to dog poop was recently found on the native path behind Pinewood. A resident
asked if poop bag dispensers could be installed on both ends of this pathway. VM
suggested maybe trash bins instead of dispensers. Maybe we could work with Parks and
Rec could give away portable poop bag dispensers.LB mentioned this happens on many
paths around town. We could work with Parks and Recs on a campaign to dispose of it
and not leave the bag behind. PWC members gave input and suggestions. There were
concerns with trash cans being everywhere? It is unsightly to have many bins in the road
right of way. Who would empty the bins? Who would stock the dispensers? BM moves
that VM discuss options with Parks and Rec and town staff based on our input and she
will bring back the results. (VM, BE, AB, SW, JN, BM, LB) The motion was approved
unanimously.
9. On-going Business
a. Path along South Side of Fremont (along S-curve)
i. Ciceroni: Jeremy Loh received new alignment. BE and JL walked proposed
alignment on June 18th and provided feedback to property manager. Staff is
shorthanded and the info was not sent yet. This is postponed to our next
meeting.
b. Report and presentation requests by CC. Request by CC in their July meeting during PWC status
report. No new activity as of yet.
i. How to build more paths at a greater rate than in 2020/2021.
1. Team: Bob Elson, Alisa Bredo, Laura Bailey, Val Metcalfe, Carol Gottlieb
ii. Review of Pathway Fee and understand legal constraints
1. Team: Bob Elson, Val Metcalfe, Laura Bailey, Sonja Wilkerson
10. Property Review (VM)
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a.26950 Moody Ct-Val: PWC Vote - VM and BE reviewed this property. There is a
discrepancy between the current ROW and the County documents regarding Sherlock
CT placement on the drawings vs what is currently on the ground. VM moves that we
ask town to make a condition of approval to show the actual road placement and grant
public access across the current road. Neighbors are concerned access to Moody Ct may
be withdrawn in the future since the documents are not accurate. LB seconded. (SW,
VM, AB, BM, JN, LB, BE)
11.Presentations from the Floor
a. Vijay Chaula – There is a 30’ Public Utility Easement behind her mother’s home on
Priscilla Ln and Oak Park that connects Stonebrook to the Bob Stutz path. The easement
is fenced on both sides and is owned by the Oak Park homes. The easement is constantly
full of overgrowth and dry debris. She is concerned for her mother’s home due to the
fire hazard. The fire district has contacted the homeowners on Oak Park but many of
them have not done anything. A friend suggested there might be an opportunity to
make this an official pathway so that it will be maintained. BE suggested that we bring
this to the pathway committee at our next meeting. BM & LB volunteered to research
this issue, put the item on a PWC agenda and present their findings. Thoughts about the
possibility of getting a pathway easement along this PUE so that the area will be kept
maintained and kept clear of debris and fallen trees.
b.Linda Swan mentioned that a resident expressed concerns about people driving on
pathways near Page Mill and Moon Lane. AB will look into these concerns.
12.Reports from Other Meetings
a.AB attended the meeting about fencing the perimeter of the old Fenwick property. On
the MPP there are arrows for future pathways on all 4 corners of the old Fenwick
property because the pathways would be determined when this property is subdivided
or developed in the future. AB did a great job presenting these concerns about future
pathways during the meeting. There were also many concerns about wild life movement
through this large property.
13.Pathway Promotion & Communications - none
14.Agenda Topics for Next PWC Meeting - BE will be gone from Sept 15 to Oct 4th. AB will run our
next meeting.
15.Adjournment – 8 pm
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