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SARATOGA
PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
January 16, 2024
DATE: January 16, 2024
TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room
13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
1. Call to Order – 4:00 PM
2. Roll Call:
PRESENT: Jim Stallman, Marianne Swan, Ann Waltonsmith
ABSENT: Ping Li, Howard Miller
STAFF PRESENT: Emma Burkhalter
3. Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the
agenda for this meeting was properly posted on January 12, 2024.
4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government
Code Section 54954.2.
5. Approval of Minutes.
10-17-2023 PEBTAC Minutes – Draft
Recommended Action:
Approve October 2023 Minutes
WALTONSMITH/STALLMAN MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION PASSED (3-0-0-2).
AYES: STALLMAN, SWAN, WALTONSMITH. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: LI, MILLER.
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.
Jim Cargill spoke.
7. Staff Report
A. Pending Trails Update
B. Traffic Safety Update
C. Blue Hills Elementary Pedestrian Crossing at Union Pacific Railroad Update
D. Saratoga Village to Hakone Gardens Trail Update
E. Hakone Gardens to Quarry Park Trail Gap Closure – Phase I Update
F. Pierce Road Trail Update
G. Upcoming CIP Projects
8. Old Business
A. Trail Naming Process
Recommended Action:
Come up with a trail naming process.
Decision to let resident know that we won’t have a general process but will evaluate
trails/potential trail names on a case-by-case basis. Offer if resident wants to suggest a trail
segment to name or propose a name.
9. New Business
A. Mechanical and Non-Pesticide Weed Abatement Grant (DPR Alliance 2024 Grant Program
Application)
Draft Letter
Recommended Action:
Approve draft letter of support from PEBTAC for grant application.
WALTONSMITH/SWAN MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE APPROVE THE DRAFT LETTER. MOTION
PASSED (3-0-0-2). AYES: STALLMAN, SWAN, WALTONSMITH. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN:
NONE. ABSENT: LI, MILLER.
10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken)
Swan: Vickery-Aloha trail update?
Waltonsmith: Cherry Blossom season – Hakone Gardens runs out of space, parking on Route 9.
Stallman: will speak to the Mayor regarding getting VTA to keep tabs on when UPRR files for
abandonment; limited window to reserve for trails – otherwise railroad will be turned into
apartments.
11. Action Items Summary
Old Business for next meeting: get out map and add information about existing and proposed
signage.
Staff to keep eye on Scherf property – want to maintain current trail access.
12. Adjournment – 5:00 PM
Respectfully Submitted by
Emma Burkhalter, Public Works staff for the City of Saratoga