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Home My WebLink About01-21-2025 PEBTAC Agenda Packet SARATOGA PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA January 21, 2025 PEBTAC Agenda - Page 1 of 3 DATE: January 21, 2025 TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 Public Participation Information In accordance with Saratoga City Council’s Remote Public Participation Policy, members of the public may participate in this meeting in person at the location listed below or via remote attendance using the Zoom information below. Members of the public can view and participate in the meeting by: 1. Attending the meeting in person at the City Hall Linda Callon Conference Room, located at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070; OR 2. Accessing the meeting through Zoom • Webinar URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84716778216 • Webinar ID: 847 1677 8216 • Call In: 1.408.638.0968 or 1.669.900.6833 (enter the Webinar ID provided above when prompted) Public Comment Members of the public may comment on any item for up to three (3) minutes. The amount of time for public comment may be reduced by the Chair or by action of the Committee. Public Comment will begin with speakers attending in-person first followed by those attending via Zoom. As always, members of the public can send written comments to the Commission prior to the meeting by commenting online at www.saratoga.ca.us/pebtac prior to the start of the meeting. These emails will be provided to the members of the Committee and will become part of the official record of the meeting. During the meeting the Chair will explain the process for members of the public to be recognized to offer public comment. PEBTAC Agenda - Page 2 of 3 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call: Stallman, Bromley, Li, Miller, 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 January 16, 2025. 4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. 5. Approval of Minutes. 10-15-2024 PEBTAC Minutes – Draft Recommended Action: Approve October 2024 Minutes 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 G. Upcoming CIP Projects 8. Old Business None. 9. New Business A. Rice Court Pedestrian Easement Staff received a request to either vacate or take over maintenance of existing pathway within the pedestrian easement along the southern boundary of 20695 Rice Ct. The easement in question starts at the edge of Rice Ct and terminates at an existing 50-foot right-of-way which completes the connection to Surrey Lane. Recorded Easement (June 1992) Pedestrian Connection Recommended Action: Review request and make a recommendation. 10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken) PEBTAC Agenda - Page 3 of 3 11. Action Items Summary 12. Adjournment Certificate of Posting of Agenda: I, Emma Burkhalter, Associate Engineer for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Pedestrian, Equestrian and Bicycle Trails Advisory Committee of the City of Saratoga was posted on January 16, 2025, at the office of the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us. In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff reports and other materials provided to the Pedestrian, Equestrian and Bicycle Trails Advisory Committee by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the City Manager at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made available for public review at the office of the City Manager at the time they are distributed to the Pedestrian, Equestrian and Bicycle Trails Advisory Committee. SARATOGA PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE DRAFT MINUTES October 15, 2024 PEBTAC Minutes - Page 1 of 4 DATE: October 15, 2024 TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 1. Call to Order – 4:01 PM 2. Roll Call: PRESENT: Jim Stallman, Jeri Bromley (arrived 4:10 PM), Ping Li, Howard Miller (left 5:25 PM), Marianne Swan, Ann Waltonsmith ABSENT: None. STAFF PRESENT: Emma Burkhalter, John Cherbone 3. Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on October 10, 2024. 4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. 5. Approval of Minutes. 04-16-2024 PEBTAC Minutes – Draft Recommended Action: Approve April 2024 Minutes MILLER/WALTONSMITH MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION PASSED (5-0-0-1). AYES: STALLMAN, LI, MILLER, SWAN, WALTONSMITH. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: BROMLEY. 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 PEBTAC Agenda - Page 2 of 4 A. Pending Trails Update – John Cherbone reported that the dead-end segment of the Villa Oaks Trail has been closed for the foreseeable future. B. Traffic Safety Update – four speed tables approved for construction by the Traffic Safety Commission in September. C. Blue Hills Elementary Pedestrian Crossing at Union Pacific Railroad Update – UPRR approved City’s construction estimates. D. Saratoga Village to Hakone Gardens Trail Update – no updates. E. Hakone Gardens to Quarry Park Trail Gap Closure – Phase I Update – no updates. F. Pierce Road Trail Update – City to require Masson Estates proposed subdivision to design and build a portion of the trail that’s on their property. G. Upcoming CIP Projects – none. 8. Old Business None. 9. New Business A. Trails Master Plan Segments 35 and 38-40 Segment 35 Segments 38-40 Recommended Action: Review draft layouts and make a recommendation. STALLMAN/SWAN MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE CONCEPTUAL TRAIL ALIGNMENTS WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS: SEGMENT 35 (“MT. EDEN – 29”): THE TRAIL NEEDS TO BE A LOOP, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONNECTING THE LOOP AT THE NORTH END IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NORTHMOST TWO BUILDINGS. THE SPUR AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRAIL SHOULD BE KEPT AS PROPOSED. Proposed location for connecting the trail PEBTAC Agenda - Page 3 of 4 SEGMENTS 38-40(“MT. EDEN – 5”): ADD SEGMENT 39 WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO MT. EDEN ROAD. MOTION PASSED (6-0-0-0). AYES: STALLMAN, BROMLEY, LI, MILLER, SWAN, WALTONSMITH. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: NONE. 10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken) Swan: 1. Met with CDD Director, Planner, Bill Brooks, and Jan Garrod to identify the Scherf trail over the summer. 2. Met with House Winery and Cooper-Garrod to review the boundary trail Segment 39 approximate alignment. PEBTAC Agenda - Page 4 of 4 between Garrod and House property. Changes to trail should be reflected in the Trails Master Plan Li: received reports that the Shadow Oaks trail is covered in dog poop all summer. Stallman: 1. Goathead clearing is complete for the year. 2. Request for woodchips to be placed along Orchard Loop trail by the church parking lot. 11. Action Items Summary House & Cooper-Garrod Trail to be added to a future agenda 12. Adjournment – 5:37 PM Respectfully Submitted by Emma Burkhalter, Public Works staff for the City of Saratoga