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Dolores Ben tg son - thanked the Committee for conducting the recent survcy. Shc also liked the f ict that Pleasanton trails arc well maintained. Ms. Bengtson informed the Committee that a portion of the Arroyo Trail between Santa Rita and EI Chan~o, appeals to have been peppered with broken clear glass, (approximately % to I /3 mile in length), and suggested that the city's maintentmce staff look at this problem. With regards to the Downtown trail, Ms. Bengtson suggested looking at the plan and adjusting as necessary so it could be connected near.hmipcro. She felt this was a critical piece of land, that the city should be encouraged to pw~chasc this piece of land. .Iohn Krueger, 4631 Gatetrcc Circle-had comments regarding islands of trails, the recent survcy, and the fact that local U~ails don't seem to be well connected to other trails. C,. MATTF,RS 13EFORF, THE COMMITTEE, A. Consideration of Trail Connection to the Proposed Ironwood Development Mr. Otto provided background infonmation on the Ponderosa I tomes' Ironwood development on the "Busch Property" that was approved by City Council in 2002. As part of the development, Yondcrosa I-tomes installed the h~on Horse Trail bchvicen Mohr Avenue and Boulder Street, installed a trail connection bcrivccn Madsen Court and the Iron Horse Trail, and installed an eight-foot wide paved trail/sidewalk through the dcvclopment whid~ links Busch Road to the existing trail along the east side of Martin avenue. An eight-foot wide paved trail/sidewalk was also provided to link the in-tract Busch Road-Martin Avenue trail to the future public school or senior housing development on the 23-acre site. Ponderosa is proposing to consUuct ] ]0-detached singlo-family homes for residents aged 55 years and older on the approximately 23-acre site located at the eastc~m side of the Ironwood dcvclopment. The City's Community Trails Master Plan shows a future Class C trail adjacent to the northern boundary of the sift. This trail would start near the Mohr Avenue/h-ongale Court intersection and head cast to provide access to the future recreation uses that will be established around the old quarry pits. Staff has discussed with the applicant providing a direct trail connection from the proposed development to the luunc trail (between Lots 36 and 37 of the plan). The applicant would prefer not to provide a trail connection due to security concerns, and has also indicated that residents iu the proposed development would be able to access the future trail via Reimers Drive at the southern end of the dcvclopment, and then head north using the existing trail system in the Ironwood dcvclopment. Pam f [ardin~, Ponderosa Homes Representative provided the Conunittce with additional information about the piaposed dcvclopment and [he Cact that Ponderosa has already received approval from the Planning Commission, and is waiting for City Council approval. She discussed proposed trail access and whether there should be a secondary trail access in the development. Ms. Harding provided infonmation about lot refiguring requirements that would now need to be done, alter approval has already been granted, should additional trail access be mandated. Chairperson Kummer opened the meeting for public comment at 7:10 p.m. 'T'rails Ad I-lot Commitfic January 2G, 2009 Page 2