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SARATOGA
PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
April 16, 2024
DATE: April 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, Ping Li, Marianne Swan, Ann Waltonsmith
ABSENT: 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 April 11, 2024.
4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government
Code Section 54954.2.
5. Approval of Minutes.
01-16-2024 PEBTAC Minutes – Draft
Recommended Action:
Approve January 2024 Minutes
SWAN/STALLMAN MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION PASSED (4-0-0-1). AYES:
STALLMAN, LI, SWAN, WALTONSMITH. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: 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.
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
Request for staff to see if bikes can be added to proposed Masson Estates trail easement
condition of approval
G. Upcoming CIP Projects
8. Old Business
A. Trail Signage
Recommended Action:
Discuss.
Committee would like to see a City database of signage.
Take this item off Old Business, will discuss at a future meeting if brought up.
9. New Business
None.
Stallman: recently had communications with VTA on VTA taking the lead with Rails to Trails
for preserving to-be-abandoned UPRR railroad so that it can become a trail per regional trail
plans.
10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken)
Waltonsmith: Hakone just finished Cherry Blossom season.
Li: Cherry Blossom Festival got cancelled/postponed due to rain, hopefully it will be rescheduled.
Stallman: presented 3D-printed bicycle flashlight mount.
11. Action Items Summary
1. Take a look at Los Gatos trail interconnectivity
2. Find out more about UPRR abandonment and Rails to Trails
12. Adjournment – 4:58 PM