HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.2 Supplement #25 Supplemental No. 25
ITEM#3.2
Distributed 10/26/16
From: )3ridget Morgan
To: jitze.couperusCahomail.com;jsmandleftotmail.com;kavitatCa�comcast.net;richard.oartridoeCacomcast,net;
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Cc: Suzanne Avila;Carl Cahill;Deborah Padovan
Subject: Costs to construct roadside pathway segments on West Loyola Drive
Date: Tuesday,October 25,2016 5:38:48 PM
Attachments: pw cost per propertv.xlsx
Dear Members of the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission,
I am writing to highlight the considerable roadside pathway future construction costs that the owners of 18
properties would be burdened with should a roadside path along West Loyola Drive be added to the
Master Path Plan Map. Under current Los Altos Hills pathways policy,those 18 property owners would be
required to construct their segment of the planned roadside path should they ever seek a building permit
for a new home or to add 900 square feet or more to their existing residence.
The 18 properties on West Loyola Drive are the parcels along which the proposed roadside path would
run as recommended in The Trail People's feasibility and cost studies report.The Trail People
estimates of the total cost to construct a Los Altos Hills typical roadside path on West Loyola
Drive is$1.2M (rounded)for a three foot wide path and $1.5M (rounded)for a five foot wide path. The
length of the roadside path along the entirety of West Loyola Drive from Eastbrook Avenue to Ravensbury
Avenue would be about a mile. Netting out driveways,the actual roadside path segments would run along
the 4,465 linear feet of West Loyola Drive frontage for the 18 properties.
Dividing the high estimate of$1.5M by 4,445 produces an average pathway construction cost per linear
foot of$336. Multiplying each of the 18 properties linear foot frontage by$336 per linear foot
yields the considerable roadside pathway construction costs that each of the 18 property owners would
have to bear under current LAH pathways policy.Those pathway construction costs facing the 18 owners,
should they ever redevelop their property or remodel to add 900 or more square feet, ranges from a high
of$268,800 for 10855 West Loyola Drive with its 800 LF frontage to a low of$28,560 for 10818 West
Loyola Drive with its 85 LF frontage.
Attached to this email is a spreadsheet showing the linear foot frontage and the estimated roadside
pathway construction costs for each of the 18 parcels.To burden those 18 property owners with such
future pathway construction costs is not reasonable nor is it fair.
As you might know, there are 65 parcels in the 84 acre West Loyola Annexation Area. 63 of the parcels
are privately owned and 2 are publicly owned by Cal Water.The 63 private owners are united in their
opposition to the West Loyola Drive roadside path being proposed by the Los Altos Hills Pathways
Committee for West Loyola. The construction of such a roadside path, a sidewalk essentially, taking place
over many years as each of the 18 parcels come up for redevelopment or remodel,would transform our
quiet, peaceful neighborhood to the extreme displeasure of us all.
We urge you not to approve the proposed West Loyola Drive roadside path amendment to the Los Altos
Hills Master Path Plan.
Sincerely,
Bridget Morgan
name address Linear ft Trail People total cost
av cost/LF for property
1 Beebe 10905 West Loyola Drive 110 336 $ 36,960
2 Heibert 10861 West Loyola Drive 240 336 $ 80,640
3 Cal Water 10818 West Loyola Drive 85 336 $ 28,560
4 Colo 10855 West Loyola Drive 800 336 $ 268,800
5 McCarthy 10811 West Loyola Drive 120 336 $ 40,320
6 Bratton 10795 West Loyola Drive 225 336 $ 75,600
7 Morgan 10711 Eloise Circle 375 336 $ 126,000
8 Snow 10665 West Loyola Drive 100 336 $ 33,600
9 Mitchell 10620 Berkshire Drive 260 336 $ 87,360
10 Haderle 10605 Berkshire Drive 185 336 $ 62,160
11 Leaver 10545 West Loyola Drive 390 336 $ 131,040
12 Vidovich 10535 West Loyola Drive 280 336 $ 94,080
13 Mehra 10401 West Loyola Drive 420 336 $ 141,120
14 Schatzberg 10380 West Loyola Drive 100 336 $ 33,600
15 Smith 10350 West Loyola Drive 120 336 $ 40,320
16 Howes 10340 West Loyola Drive 180 336 $ 60,480
17 Oramas 10240 West Loyola Drive 240 336 $ 80,640
18 *Los Altos Hills 10180 West Loyola Drive 235 336 $ 78,960
4465 $ 1,500,240
19 O'Keefe 10885 West Loyola Drive flag lot:would be charged in lieu fee
20 Yu 10800 West Loyola Drive flag lot:would be charged in lieu fee
21 Nowlin 10300 West Loyola Drive path segment constructed 2014
* Mecker 10180 West Loyola Drive owners paid an in lieu fee 2015