On the agenda: Los Altos Hills meeting — FLOCK Safety (Feb 10)

Los Altos Hills Environmental Design and Protection Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Date: Tues, February 10, 2026, at 5 p.m.
Location: Duxbury Conference Room, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California 94022
Committee Meetings are held in-person. As a courtesy, and in compliance with applicable state law,
staff and members of the public may participate in the meeting in person at Town Hall or virtually via
Zoom Video Conference.
To attend the meeting in person:
City Council Chambers Duxbury Room, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
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Committee Members: Grace Tsang (chair), Anne Hsiao (secretary), Elizabeth Loinaz (Vice-Chair),
Carol Gottlieb, Vijay Chawla, Ivy Mei, Anna Chien
Associate Members: Kjell Karlsson, Hajime Murakami, Peter Brown
City Council Liaison: Mayor Kavita Tankha
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Presentations from the Floor
3. Future Committee Dates of Interest & Assignments
a. EDPC Meeting: 3/10/2026 2nd Tuesdays at 5pm
b. City Council Meeting: (2/19/26) 3rd Thursdays, 6:00 pm
c. Planning Commission Meeting: (3/5/26) 1st Thursday, 6:00 pm
d. Field Trips: Friday mornings coordinated by Carol
e. Fast Track/Site Development Meetings: Tuesday mornings, 10:00 am, Elizabeth to alert site
reviewers
4. Review of Field Trip Reports
a. 1/16/26 Pinewood School on Fremont (EDPC)
b. 1/30/26 Carol & Anna?
c. 2/6/26 Carol & Grace
• 26918 Dezahara Way – house
• 27401 Edgerton Road – Fence
• 12871 Atherton Court – Landscape

5. Review of Site Development and Fast Tracks
a. January 20, 2026
27890 Via Feliz – File #SD25-0042 – Lands of Huang; project includes removal of eighteen
(18) non-heritage-oak trees and two (2) heritage oak trees.
CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303(a). APPROVED
26388 Ginny Lane – File #SD25-0064 – Lands of Lu & Wei; project includes removal of
seventeen (17) non-heritage-oak trees and one (1) heritage oak tree.
CEQA review: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303(a). APPROVED
b. February 03, 2026
13021 North Alta Lane – File #SD25-0005 – Lands of Ding CEQA review: Categorical
Exemption per Section 15304(b)
11778 Maria Lane – File #SD25-0031 – Lands of Hyder & Farooqi CEQA review: Categorical
Exemption per Section 15303(e)
6. Planning Commission Meeting Reports
a. Jan 27, 2026
Study - 25623 Elena Road – File #PA25-0043 – Lands of Pliam & Lee
12000 Kate Drive – File #VAR25-0012 – Lands of Thomas
10320 Rolly Road – File #SD25-0039, VAR25-0015 – Lands of Shen & Zheng
27235 Byrne Park Lane – File #SD25-0057 – Lands of Tessone
b. Feb 5, 2026
26800 Fremont Road / Pinewood School - File #CUP25-0004 - Lands of Palo Alto Unified
School District
26500 Conejo Court (formerly 26498 Ascension Drive) – File #SD25-0015 – Lands of
Wavecho,LLC
7. City Council Meeting Reports
a. Jan 15, 2026
Consideration of Appointment to the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission (Staff: A. Miller)
Discussion and Possible Direction on Terminating Agreement with FLOCK Safety for the
Town's Automatic License Plate Reader System (Staff: C. Einfalt)
b. Jan 21, 2026
Annual Reports by the Town of Los Altos Hills Planning Commission and Standing
Committees on 2025 Accomplishments and Proposed Work Plans for 2026-2027
8. Old Business
a. Heritage House Renovation - survey current plants with Michael
b. Native Plant Garden - weed & restore barriers for north hedge; Michael S & town staff pruned
orchard
c. Updates to the View Ordinance

d. Discussion and vote on updates to the fence ordinance for the Objective Design Standards in
the Housing Element (CG PB)
e. EDPC file storage - Dropbox
9. New Business
a. Approval of Nov 11, 2025, and Jan 13, 2026, EDPC Meeting Minutes
10. Subgroup projects - prioritize these re staff bandwidth
a. Wildlife Corridors/Fence Ordinance (CG/PB) - at staff (intern reviewed)
b. Committee Web Pages (PB)
c. Standing Committees Resolution, Committee Charter (PB)
d. Use of native plants for landscaping including for town sites (PB/EL/GT)
e. Definition of Ridgelines and Hilltops (GT/CG/EL) - mapping, Jim Wachura attending
f. Artificial turf, full area to be in MDA (VC) - at staff
g. View ordinance
h. WELO - completed
i. EDPC & EPRC joint committee to work on firescaping ordinance(s) (CG/EL/PB/GT) - initial
meeting - Jan 29 meeting to update Landscape Guide re wildfire prep
11. Adjournment
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Environmental Design and Protection
Committee regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City
Clerk’s office located at Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California during normal
business hours.