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Home My WebLink AboutJanuary 25PATHWAYS COMMITTEE Regular Meeting Minutes January 25, 2021 at 6:30pm TELECONFERENCE SPECIAL NOTICE Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20: NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCED MEETING Pursuant to the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20 (dated March 17, 2020), Committee Members may participate via teleconference. Teleconference locations are not open to the public pursuant to California Governor Executive Order N-29-20. For this meeting, there will be no physical location from which members of the public may observe/comment. Members of the Public may participate and provide public comments to teleconference meetings as follows: To participate via a computer, visit: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83265987515?pwd=YlVZbmIyak90UEl2MFZBWm96bUhxZz09 Meeting ID: 832 6598 7515 Passcode: 601082 One tap mobile + 16699009128,,83265987515#,,,,*601082# US (San Jose) Passcode: 601082 Before speaking, please identify yourself by name and where you reside. Note: All votes shall be made by roll call and individual votes will be stated in the minutes 1.Call to Order (roll call) a.Members i.Judy Nagy (JN) ii.Laura Bailey (LB) iii.Bridget Morgan (BM) iv.Bob Elson (BE) v.Alisa Bredo (AB) vi.Val Metcalfe (VM) vii.Sonja Wilkerson (SW) b.TC i.Linda Swan c.Staff i.Nichol Bowersox (NB) d.Public i.Howard Lee ii.Carol Gottlieb iii.CW iv.Ann Duwe 2.Agenda Review 3.Review & Approval of Minutes of: a.December 2 8 , 2020 JN moved, AB seconded ( approved - JN, BE, VM, AB, LB, SW) BM abstained as she joined late. 4.Ex Parte Communications (Written or oral communication s with parties relevant to an item on to night ’s agenda) None 5.Welcome to New Pathway Member & “ Reupped ” Member 6.Updates by Town Staff { Public Works: Nichol Bowersox (NB) & Planning: Zach Dahl (ZD)} 1 a.CIP Projects approved by City Council ( Appendix-A : Additional Information & Appendix-C: Completed Projects) i.Redwood Grove - Letter sent to LA to request what has to happen to move this project forward. Nichol will follow up in a week or so. ii.Altamont Plunge - Nichol redesigned the proposed path to reduce the amount of retaining wall. She will bring the redesign back to the committee for review. BE asked if the whole committee needs to see the new design. It was decided that AB and VM agree with the new design then the path will move forward. iii.La Paloma to Robleda - 44 comments were submitted. Staff will review and reply to the comments. It will be forwarded to the Town Council at the Feb 18th Town Council meeting iv.Burne Park Plunge - Request for quote went out in early Jan for survey services. She does not believe any contractors have submitted a quote yet. v.27447 Edgerton Rd(Town extend path along property towa rd Walla ce Stegner Path) - Nichol will talk to Jacob but has not been able to do this yet. He will be back next week. vi.Page Mill, Lupine to Via Feliz - Nichol will verify the road right of way. The survey monuments are not centered properly. Staff may need to get a survey to confirm placement. We may need to ask for an easement from the property owner. vii.Summerhill Rd - Nichol has found that there may be a few easement problems. She is looking into solutions on two properties. She is hoping that we might be able to break this project into multiple sections to make progress on this project. b.Maintenance- Enforcement -Staff Evaluations (Appendix-B : History on items ) i.B locked paths 1.No new concerns - 28545 Matadero Creek Lane - The homeowner is meeting with Zach on Thursday. ii.Maintenance 1.East to West Sunset off-road (off road alignment, signage, and maintenance) - The current pathway is in a valid location and not on private property. Staff has met with the property owners. Staff will work to repair any maintenance issues and pathway markings. 2.Berry Hill (signage and reduce side slope) Nicol will work with Jacob to come up with some signage in the spring. 3.Via Ventana to Matadero Creek (make it easier to travel) - The existing pathway is steep and NB has found that there is another easement that can be used instead. This project has not been funded and needs to be considered for 2021. 4.Robleda-La Paloma entrance from La Paloma (Address stairs and steepness) a.Consultant to produce a study report. Future CIP? - The current configuration is not very horse friendly and is steep so these issues should be addressed. The consultant made some comments on possible improvements. This would be a separate CIP project. This existing section would not be covered by our current CIP project concerning the other side. iii.Staff Evaluation 1.27820 Saddle Court- NB ( Can the easement be moved closer to the fence line?) Hopefully the rain that is projected in the next few days should help determine how water is handled in this area. NB may go out there on Friday. 2.13891 Cicerone LN- PWC recommended (Dec 2020) that Staff stake path to see if additional easement is required.- NB will talk to Jeremy and Zach tomorrow about getting the path on the drawings. 7.On-going Business a.MPP & Pathway Audit with GIS adjustments---Status Report -All i.Complete audit 1.Bridget and Sonja were to finish by Tuesday Dec 30th - Bridget and Sonja have not completed but should be finished this week. ii.MURFs on GIS to document MPP line adjustment( Goal : “ new ” MPP can be released ) 1.Status from all members. Goal is to have this completed Jan 2021 - AB put in 2 all of her MURFs. She needs to remove the extras. VM will remove some of hers as well. RP will finish this weekend. BM will enter hers alignment issues by the first week of Feb. JN will enter her one MURF tomorrow. 2.Need to input information from Ann and Nick… who will pick up their work? AB will take over AD’s section. LB will take over ND’s section. iii.Pathway Easement Layer on the GIS 1.Sue Welch has digitized (12) properties and has passed information to Zach so a trial Easement Layer can be formatted. This will be used as a trial run. AD would like the PWC to support having this layer to be a priority at the goal setting meeting in Feb. 8.Property Review i.No properties to be evaluated – The only one already has a path and does not need to be discussed. Carol Gotlieb believes there may be one to review. She will discuss with BE offline. b.Fast Track Information i.None 9.Old Business 10.New Business a.Potential Partnership with Los Altos History Museum for a Wildflower exhibit in Spring 2021 - VM told the History Museum, with Covid, parking in our area has been overwhelming and we suggest not advertising to attract more users at this time. b.Consider development of a pathway database for plants/flowers/site - There was a suggestion to piggyback off of the Park and Rec’s website. 11.Presentations from the Floor - none 12.Reports from Other Meetings a.City Council i.Approved start time of 6: 30PM ii.CC n oted PWC voted to maintain PWC committee size at 9-members . City Council in February 2021 meeting will vote to change standing committee resolution to state 9- members b.Planning Commission i.4-1 vote in favor of the Robleda-La Paloma Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration 13.Pathway Promotion & Communications none 14.Agenda Topics for Next PWC Meeting a.none 15.Adjournment 3