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Committee urges clarity on Portola Terrace trail routing and notes CEQA will precede committee review

Portola Valley Open Space Committee · April 17, 2026
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Members who walked the Stanford Portola Terrace site reported minor requested trail adjustments and said the project will undergo CEQA review and likely be handled by building and planning, limiting the committee's early involvement; the committee will review final routing and easement conditions once permits are submitted.

Portola Valley's Open Space Committee said it walked the Stanford Portola Terrace property and asked for modest trail adjustments, but members were told the Stanford project will proceed through CEQA and building-and-planning review before final trail routing comes to the committee.

The chair described the site visit and said committee members asked Stanford for several small modifications to make trails more user-friendly, including moving some switchbacks toward flatter alignments. "There are some minor modifications we're asking them to make to make the trails a…

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