HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-19-2021 PEBTAC MinutesCITY OF SARATOGA
PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN & BICYCLE TRAILS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
JANUARY 19, 2021
TIME: 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call: Stallman, Miller, Swan, Waltonsmith (arrived 4:05 pm); 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 14, 2021.
So posted.
4. Accept Agenda Items and Order: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government
Code Section 54954.2.
No changes.
5. Approval of Minutes.
10-20-2020 PEBTAC Minutes - Draft
10-27-2020 PEBTAC Special Meeting Minutes – Draft
Recommended Action:
Approve October 2020 Minutes
Swan/Miller moved to approve minutes for 10-20-2020 and 10-27-2020 meetings. Motion passed
by verbal roll call: AYES: Stallman, Miller, Swan, Waltonsmith. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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.
Chair invited public comment on the item.
No one requested to speak.
Chair noted written communications received and provided additional requested update on Blue
Hills Safety Crossing: VTA is currently engaged in helping the City find a grant to fund this
project.
7. Staff Report
A. Pending Trails Update
Trail counter to be installed in Quarry Park where Saratoga to the Sea Trail enters SJWC
property.
Committee Member Miller brought up lack of available parking at Quarry Park. Staff to look
into options for expanding parking.
B. Traffic Safety Update
None.
C. Announcements
None.
8. Old Business
None
9. New Business
A. Trails Master Plan
Recommended Action:
Review draft Trails Master Plan and assist Staff with completing the map and trail details. This
will be an ongoing effort over the next year to prepare a Trails Master Plan for the latest
General Plan Update.
Chair invited public comment on the item.
The following people requested to speak:
Tsing Bardin spoke
Colin Whitby-Strevens spoke
No one else requested to speak.
Chair invited William Brooks to join as panelist.
William Brooks requested that Staff review trail sections 33, 34, 36, 38, and 45-48 for all
existing easements and agreements, and look to prioritize Saratoga to the Bay connection.
Mr. Brooks noted existing City Trail signs in the vicinity of trails sections 48 and 47/45 and
requested that the three City Trail signs posted along trail section 4 be replaced. Proposed
trail sections 47 and 48 should be connected.
Committee Members noted that the Redwood Middle School Trail and its continuation to
Saratoga Ave were missing from the Existing Trails on the map.
Chair invited PEBTAC and any interested members of the public to mark up and/or provide
notes on the Draft Trails Master Plan and send to City Liaison Burkhalter.
Trails Plan comments may be submitted through the PEBTAC feedback form found at
www.saratoga.ca.us/PEBTAC
Committee consensus was to continue to review Trails Master Plan Draft at next meeting.
10. Member Reports (information only, no actions to be taken)
Committee Member Swan noted that the Douglass to Douglass and Carnelian Glen Trails have
been kept very nicely maintained.
11. Action Items Summary None.
12. Adjournment 5:26 pm.
Respectfully Submitted by
Emma Burkhalter, Public Works staff for the City of Saratoga