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SARATOGA
PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
October 17, 2023
DATE: October 17, 2023
TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room
13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call:
PRESENT: Jim Stallman, Ping Li, Howard Miller, Ann Waltonsmith
ABSENT: Marianne Swan
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 October 12, 2023.
4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government
Code Section 54954.2.
5. Approval of Minutes.
07-18-2023 PEBTAC Minutes – Draft
Recommended Action:
Approve July 2023 Minutes
MILLER/WALTONSMITH MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION PASSED (4-0-0-1).
AYES: STALLMAN, MILLER, LI, WALTONSMITH. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: SWAN.
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
None.
B. Traffic Safety Update
RRFBs being installed at four crosswalks in Saratoga. Early efforts to begin implementing Safe
Routes to School Master Plan projects.
C. Blue Hills Elementary Pedestrian Crossing at Union Pacific Railroad Update
City to continue working with UPRR to get Phase I plans approved.
D. Saratoga Village to Hakone Gardens Trail Update
Staff submitted preliminary application to Caltrans and received “conditional approval”. The
next step is for staff to submit the project to MTC and then back to Caltrans to request
authorization to begin using the grant funds.
E. Upcoming CIP Projects
None.
8. Old Business
A. Hakone Gardens to Quarry Park Trail Gap Closure – Phase I
Recommended Action:
None.
9. New Business
B. Trail Naming Process
Recommended Action:
Come up with a trail naming process.
Staff to look into existing naming processes, including Saratoga’s process for naming
buildings and County Parks’s trail naming committee and process.
C. Pierce Road Trail
Recommended Action:
None.
Staff to ask County about the status of their parcel next to Quarry Park.
10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken)
Li: Odd Fellows Cemetery trail looks good.
Miller: request for more doggy stations/trash cans on Joe’s Trail; suggests adding a sign at
entrance to Quarry Park to explain lack of trash cans.
Stallman: San Jose is implementing Safe Routes to School projects at a rate of three schools per
year.
11. Action Items Summary
12. Adjournment – 5:13 pm
Respectfully Submitted by
Emma Burkhalter, Public Works staff for the City of Saratoga