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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-20-2020 PEBTAC MinutesCITY OF SARATOGA PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 20, 2020 TIME: 2:30 pm LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Meeting 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call: Stallman, Swan, Waltonsmith; City Liaison Burkhalter 3. Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on October 15, 2020. So posted. 4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. Chair proposed item 9B be deferred to future working session. Chair invited public comment on the item. The following people requested to speak: Colin Whitby-Strevens spoke Tsing Bardin spoke No one else requested to speak. Committee agreed to defer item 9B. 5. Approval of Minutes. Minutes for January 21, 2020 meeting approved. 6. Oral and Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Committee about any matter not on the agenda for this meeting for up to three minutes. Committee Members may not comment on the matter but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda. Chair invited public comment on the item. No one requested to speak. Chair called attention to written comments having been received and shared with the committee for their consideration. 7. Old Business A. Blue Hills School Safety Railroad Crossing Update Committee Member Stallman spoke about possible additional funding source for this crossing: VTA will take action in November. Reminder to staff to send in letter of request. B. Traffic Safety Projects Updates New speed limits noted on Saratoga Avenue, and new pathway at the corner of Norton Road and Bohlman Road. C. Saratoga to Sanborn Trail Construction Update Construction complete! Virtual Trail Opening scheduled for November 18th. 8. Staff Report A. Pending Trails Update Trail improvement by City Staff in the Parker Ranch area. $50k fire mitigation grant allowed for clean-up of trails in wooded areas (dead brush and fallen trees). Trail use up significantly since COVID. Committee Members noted this would make a good article for the Saratoga Spotlight. B. Announcements None. 9. New Business A. Saratoga Retirement Community Project Condition of Approval – Pedestrian Easement Staff presented Public Works’s conditions of approval for SRC’s proposed project, which included requiring a pedestrian easement along the existing and proposed Odd Fellows Dr sidewalk connecting Fruitvale Ave to Chester Ave. The pedestrian easement proposed in these conditions of approval is different from the original proposed alignment, which was found to not be feasible following a site visit. Staff asked Committee to recommend draft Conditions of Approval be submitted to the Planning Department as written. The draft Conditions of Approval memo can be found in the Agenda Posting for this meeting. Chair invited public comment on the item. The following people requested to speak: Don Schmidek spoke Marilyn Basham spoke Sharon & Brien Amis spoke Colin Whitby-Strevens spoke Tsing Bardin spoke Robert Berglund spoke Dick DuBridge spoke Michael Griffin spoke Hubert Roberts spoke No one else requested to speak. Waltonsmith/Stallman moved to recommend that Staff submit the draft Public Works Conditions of Approval to the Planning Department. Motion passed by verbal roll call. AYES: Stallman, Swan, Waltonsmith. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. B. Circulation Element Trails Map Revisions Deferred to future working session. 10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken) Committee Member Waltonsmith spoke about how Hakone Gardens had been faring since March. 11. Action Items Summary None. 12. Adjournment 3:59 pm.