Town Council · hearing Tuesday, Sept 22, 2026
Council to decide whether two homeowners get to keep a strip of public street as their own
Tuesday's council meeting includes back-to-back public hearings on whether to vacate — permanently give up the town's claim to — slivers of public right-of-way alongside 250 Redwood Rd and 79 Sequoia Drive. In both cases the town technically owns a strip of land at the property's street edge even though it may look and function like part of the yard; a vacation formally hands that strip to the private owner next door.
Neither the agenda nor the packet spells out why these two parcels were teed up together, and no staff recommendation or public comment has been logged for either address ahead of the hearing. That's not unusual this early — vacations are often driven by a survey correction or a longstanding fence line — but it does mean the public record offers no clue yet which way staff is leaning.
Because these are public hearings, Tuesday night is residents' chance to raise concerns before the council votes on either or both. Anyone on Redwood Road or Sequoia Drive who worries about access, drainage, parking, or precedent from a shrinking public right-of-way should plan to speak up or write in before the gavel comes down.
Planning Commission · hearing Monday, Sept 21, 2026
Backyard pool, bakery beer-and-wine sales go before Planning Commission Monday
Two unrelated but property-specific requests share Monday's Planning Commission agenda. At 50 Mariposa Avenue, an owner is seeking a grading permit for a swimming pool and related site work; the project qualifies for a routine CEQA exemption covering small new structures, and no opposition or staff position has surfaced publicly yet.
At 121 Tunstead Avenue, Maison Nico — the bakery, pastry kitchen, and ice cream shop — wants a Conditional Use Permit to add off-premises sales of beer and wine, a step up from its current food-only operation. The city has found the request exempt from further environmental review since it involves an existing facility.
Both are public hearings, so neighbors get first crack at commissioners before any vote. Notably, nothing else is on the docket after these two items: the Commission has no business items scheduled and will adjourn afterward until October 19, making Monday essentially a two-item night.
Town Council · meeting Tuesday, Sept 22, 2026
Council to adopt a five-year capital plan, with street resurfacing first out of the gate
Tuesday's council meeting also brings a bigger-picture item: adoption of the Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, the town's roadmap for funding and timing street, facility, and infrastructure work over the next five years. Staff has determined the plan itself doesn't trigger CEQA review.
Riding alongside it on the same agenda is a consultant contract to design the 2027 Street Resurfacing Project — also proposed for a CEQA exemption — suggesting resurfacing will be among the first CIP-funded projects to actually break ground.
The packet doesn't detail which specific streets, buildings, or systems the five-year plan prioritizes, so residents curious about work coming to their own block will need to check the CIP document itself rather than the agenda summary before Tuesday's vote.