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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN, & BICYCLE
TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
APRIL 15, 2025
4:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING
AMENDED AGENDA
• 04/15/2025 WRITTEN COMMENTS ADDED TO ITEMS 3 & 4.
Public Participation Information
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Written Communication
Comments can be submitted in writing at www.saratoga.ca.us/pebtac. Written communications
will be provided to the members of the Committee and included in the Agenda Packet and/or
in supplemental meeting materials.
Public Comment
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time for public comment may be reduced by the Chair.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
REPORT ON POSTING OF THE AGENDA
The agenda for this meeting was properly post on April 10, 2025.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
Any member of the public may address the committee on matters not on the Agenda. The law
generally prohibits the Committee from discussing or taking action on such items. However, the
Committee may instruct staff accordingly.
AGENDA ITEMS
1. PEBTAC Minutes
Recommended Action:
Review and approve the minutes for the January 21, 2025, Pedestrian, Equestrian & Bicycle
Trails Advisory Committee Regular Meeting.
2. 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
Recommended Action:
No action required.
3. 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
Comment (4-14-2025)
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Recommended Action:
Continue discussion from January meeting and make a determination.
4. South Villa Oaks Trail Segment
Staff received a request to hear concerns from resident regarding use of this trail
segment.
Comment (4-15-2025)
Recommended Action:
Review resident concerns.
5. Member Reports
Recommended Action:
Information only, no action to be taken.
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF THE AGENDA, DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET,
COMPLIANCE WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
I, Emma Burkhalter, Associate Engineer for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing
agenda for the meeting of the Traffic Safety Commission was posted and available for public
review on April 10, 2025, at the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070, and
on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us.
Signed this 10th day of April 2025 at Saratoga, California.
Emma Burkhalter, Associate Engineer
In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff reports and other materials
provided to the Committee by City staff in connection with this agenda, copies of materials
distributed to the Committee concurrently with the posting of the agenda, and materials
distributed to the Committee by staff after the posting of the agenda are available on the City
website at www.saratoga.ca.us and are available for review in the office of the City Clerk at
13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Governor’s Executive Order, if
you need assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at
bavrit@saratoga.ca.us or call 408.868.1216 as soon as possible before the meeting. The City will
use its best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as
possible while also maintaining public safety. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA title II]