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Portola Valley safety committee to form subcommittee to compile comments on draft Safety Element
Summary
The Portola Valley Geologic Safety Committee voted to form a three‑person subcommittee (Simon, Steve and Bob) to consolidate members’ written comments and submit a single set of suggested edits to the town before the Safety Element public‑comment deadline on June 30.
The Portola Valley Geologic Safety Committee voted to form a three‑member subcommittee to compile and submit consolidated comments on the draft town Safety Element by the public‑comment deadline.
Committee members discussed the document’s structure—goals, policies and implementation actions—and agreed implementation actions (the discrete projects and 'boots‑on‑the‑ground' items at the end of the document) are the appropriate place to focus committee recommendations. Members noted the draft is intentionally high‑level and cautioned against recommending wholesale rewrites because the town’s budget does not support multiple consultant redrafts; the committee urged targeted, concrete suggestions instead.
The motion to form a subcommittee to gather and consolidate comments was made, seconded and approved. The meeting record shows the subcommittee’s working members as Simon (chair), Steve Ingerbritson and Bob Rucky; the committee asked that absent members (including Pat) be invited to submit comments by email so the subcommittee can include them in the consolidated package. The subcommittee’s task is to collect individual committee comments, compile them into a single submission and deliver that consolidated package to the town before June 30.
Members also reviewed related process items: the town has already posted a web page titled “map amendments” listing parcel numbers associated with map updates approved by the Planning Commission; members noted that the web posting lists parcel numbers but does not explain the map changes, so readers must obtain underlying geotechnical reports. The committee reported the council removed a prior $7,500 line for map updates from the committee budget; members noted the committee now has approximately $600 discretionary funding for the coming year.
The committee approved minutes from the prior meeting (with minor date and adjournment‑time corrections) and adjourned after hearing an invited presentation.
