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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-12-2018 Special City Council Minutes- with Planning and Traffic Safet...Saratoga City Council Minutes - Page 1 of 2 MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION CALL TO ORDER Mayor Bernald called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Joan Pisani Community Center, Multi-Purpose Room, at 19655 Allendale Avenue in Saratoga, CA. PRESENT: Mayor Mary-Lynne Bernald, Vice Mayor Manny Cappello, Council Members Howard Miller, Emily Lo, Rishi Kumar ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: James Lindsay, City Manager Crystal Bothelio, Deputy City Manager John Cherbone, Public Works Director Debbie Pedro, Community Development Director Sung Kwon, Planner II Nora Pimentel, City Clerk Mainini Cabute, Administrative Analyst II AGENDA ITEMS: Saratoga Citywide Transportation Needs Assessment and Circulation and Scenic Highway Element Recommended Action: Accept the traffic engineer’s presentation on the Saratoga Citywide Transportation Needs Assessment and discuss the next steps for the development of a Circulation and Scenic Highway Element as part of the Saratoga General Plan update. Franziska Church, with Fehr and Peers Transportation Consultants and Heather Bradley with the M-Group presented the Saratoga Citywide Transportation Needs Assessment and shared an overview of the Circulation and Scenic Highway Element update process. Ms. Bradley reviewed the next steps in the process: Study Session on Land Use Element on February 27, 2018 with the Planning Commission; Study Session on Circulation on March 13, 2018 with the Planning and Traffic Safety Commissions; and Study Session on Open Space and Conservation with the Planning and Parks and Recreation Commissions. Several members of the City Council explained that the Planning Commission are the drivers of this update and that the Traffic Safety and Parks and Recreation Commissions are to provide input and clarification in this process. Commissions were advised that they should keep maintaining the character of the City in mind as input is provided.