2014-012 - Setting Date for Consideration of Reorginazation of EL Gato Lane No 2. 15540 El Gato Ln

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RESOLUTION 2014 -012 RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS SETTING THE DATE FOR CONSIDERATION OF REORGANIZATION OF UNINHABITED TERRITORY DESIGNATED EL GATO LANE NO. 2, PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15540 EL GATO LANE APPROXIMATELY .18 ACRES (APN: 523 -23 -021) WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos has received a request for annexation of territory designated El Gato Lane No. 2 from Fletch and Florence Sullivan; and WHEREAS, the property, .18 acres, located at 15540 El Gato Lane, APN: 523 -23 -021, is contiguous to the Town of Los Gatos and within the Town's Urban Service Area; and WHEREAS, the following special district would be affected by the proposal: Santa Clara County Library Service Area; and WHEREAS, the annexation would provide for use of Town services; and WHEREAS, the Town Council enacted an ordinance over 25 years ago pre- zoning the subject territory with an R -1:8 (single family residential, 8,000 sq. ft. minimum lot size) zoning designation; and WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos, as Lead Agency for environmental review for the reorganization has determined annexation of the subject property is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3); and WHEREAS, the County Surveyor of Santa Clara County has found the description and map (Exhibits A and B) to be in accordance with Government Code Section 56757, the boundaries to be definite and certain, and the proposal to be in compliance with LAFCO's road annexation policies; and WHEREAS, as provided in Government Code Section 56757, the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos shall be the conducting authority for a reorganization including an annexation to the Town; and WHEREAS, the territory is uninhabited and all owners of land included in the proposal have consented to this annexation; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 56663(a) provides that if a petition for