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Distributed 10/26/16
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Subject: Re:Roadside Pathways:Ravensbury Ave Master Path Plan Map
• Date: Wednesday,October 26,2016 4:00:26 PM
Dear Bridget,Thank you for this excellent letter. We agree with the position
you've presented and wish to express our support for it. I sent an email to
the members of the Planning Commission. I am sorry that because of my
husband's illness we are not able to join you this evening. Sincerely,Dan
and Merel Glaubiger
Original Message
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From:Bridget Morgan<dmmb25@aol.com>
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Subject:Roadside Pathways:Ravensbury Ave Master Path Plan Map
•
Dear Members of the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission,
I am writing about the pathway plans for Ravensbury Avenue from its
intersection with West Loyola Drive/Camino Hermosa downhill and southwestward
trending to the Rancho San Antonio Park of the Mid Peninsula Open Space
District.This section of Ravensbury marked the southern most boundary of Los
Altos Hills until October,2007.In October,2007 the seven properties along
the southern side of of that section of Ravensbury were annexed to Los Altos
Hills as part of the West Loyola Annexation Area.
The owners of those seven properties wish for their section of Ravensbury a
designation of the planned path type ON ROAD,OVER PAVED ROAD. 100%of
property owners in the West Loyola Annexation also recommend that ON ROAD,
OVER PAVED ROAD pathway plan for Ravensbury Avenue running downhill and
southwestward trending from its intersection with West Loyola Drive/Camino
Hermosa to the entrance gate to Rancho San Antonio.
When the 1981 Master Path Plan Map was first adopted,roadside pathways were
planned for the north side of that section of Ravensbury Avenue as properties
fronting the southern side of the road were unincorporated and under the
jurisdiction of Santa Clara County.That 1981 roadside plan for roadside
pathways on the north side of the road was continued when the Master Path Plan
Map was updated in 2005.The green line down the center of that section of
Ravensbury Avenue on the 2005 map reflects that planned north side,roadside
path because it was the only side of the road under LAH incorporated
jurisdiction.
The proposed Master Path Plan Map update before you tonight,continues to show
that section of Ravensbury Avenue with Master Path Plan Map's 2005 green line.
However during the April 25,2016 Pathways Committee Public Hearing meeting to
consider pathway routes through annexed areas,and as documented in the -
minutes from that meeting which is an attachment to the Staff Report for
tonight,the"preferred"location of the roadside path along that section of
Ravensbury was moved by the Pathways Committee to the south side of the road
to run along the frontage of the seven Ravensbury properties picked up by Los
Altos Hills in the 2007 West Loyola Annexation.
That switch to the south side is not reflected in the Proposed Master.Path Map
before you tonight as the green line down the center of the road continues
over from the 2005.And therein lies a significant problem with this proposed
Master Path Plan Map before you for consideration and approval tonight.
Although Goal 4 of the Pathways Element,Policy 4.1 a.states that the Master
Path Plan Map shall include"A book of street maps of the Town showing the
side of each street on which a roadside path is planned"this proposed Master
Path Plan,assumed to be the definitive Pathways planning map,shows nothing
about which side of the road is to be indicated for a roadside pathway.
The owners of the seven West Loyola Annexation Area properties with frontage
on the south side of that section of Ravensbury Avenue are not in favor of a
roadside path to be planned for their properties.The terrain along that
section Ravensbury is rugged and steep on the south side and sloping steeply
downward on the north side.Further,all along the severely steep north side
frontages,both on the hillsides and at their crests are dense stands of
heritage oaks,soaring heritage redwood trees,as well as tall pines,cypress,
and other trees.To construct a roadside path on this section of Ravensbury
Avenue would be destructive to a priceless landscape and road ambiance which
took over 50 to 100 years to develop.
That section of Ravensbury Avenue has next to nil vehicular traffic.For over
40 years the road is sign posted NO PARKING.Daily walkers on the road feel
comfortable and safe.For these reasons the current green line indicating a
roadsidepathshould be changed to a purple line indicating an ON ROAD,OVER
PAVED ROAD planned path.
Thank you for your attention to and consideration of this recommendation for
the Ravensbury side of the West Loyola Annexation Area.
Sincerely, .
Bridget Morgan