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AMENDED*
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
MAY 19, 2020
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
10:00 AM
NOTICE REGARDING MAY 19, 2020 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19
pandemic. In accordance with Executive Order N-29-20, the public may only participate in the
meeting via teleconference and not in the Council Chambers.
PARTICIPATION
The Town encourages the public to send in written comments via email to
PlanningComments@losgatosca.gov. If you are interested in providing oral comments real-
time during the meeting, you must make a request in advance to obtain the Zoom link and
password for the meeting. Please email PlanningComments@losgatosca.gov before 8:00 a.m.
the day of the Development Review Committee meeting to obtain the link and password.
During the meeting:
• When the Chair announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”
feature in Zoom. If you are participating by phone only, press *9 on your telephone
keypad.
• When called to speak, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes, or such other
time as the Chair may decide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a
Development Review Committee meeting.
If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may send an email to
PlanningComments@losgatosca.gov with the subject line “Public Comment Item #__ ” (insert
the item number relevant to your comment) or “Verbal Communications – Non Agenda Item.”
Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 8:00 a.m. on the
day of the meeting. All comments received will become part of the record. The Chair has the
option to modify this action on items based on comments received.
REMOTE LOCATION PARTICIPANTS
The following DRC members are listed to permit them to appear electronically or telephonically
at the DRC meeting: CHAIR SALLY ZARNOWITZ, BUILDING OFFICIAL ROBERT GRAY, ASSOCIATE
PLANNER SEAN MULLIN, ASSISTANT PLANNER DIEGO MORA, SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER MIKE
WEISZ, ASSISTANT ENGINEER CORVELL SPARKS, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL II KATHERINE BAKER,
AND SENIOR DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL TRACY STAIGER, SCCFD. All votes during the
teleconferencing session will be conducted by roll call vote
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If anyone wishes to challenge the action on this application in court, they may be limited to
raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at the public meeting described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Development plans can be viewed on the Town’s website under Pending Projects
(http://www.losgatosca.gov/2216/Pending-Planning-Projects).
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the
Committee on any matter that is not listed on the agenda. To ensure all agenda items are
heard and unless additional time is authorized by the Chair, this portion of the agenda is limited
to 30 minutes and no more than three (3) minutes per speaker. In the event additional
speakers were not able to be heard during the initial Verbal Communications portion of the
agenda, an additional Verbal Communications will be opened prior to adjournment.)
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five
minutes maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three
minutes to comment on any public hearing item. Applicants and their representatives may be
allotted up to a total of three minutes maximum for closing statements. Items
requested/recommended for continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the
meeting.)
1. 49-51 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Conditional Use Permit Modification Application U-20-004
Requesting approval of modifications to an existing Conditional Use Permit including
expanded hours of operation for a restaurant with alcohol service (Gardino Fresco) on
property zoned C-2. APN 510-44-030.
PROPERTY OWNER: Joann M. White Trustee & ET AL
APPLICANT: Pete Jillo
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
2. 78 West Main Street
Conditional Use Permit Application U-20-005
*Requesting approval for a new restaurant with beer and wine service (The Tasting
House) on property zoned C-2:LHP. APN 529-02-007.
PROPERTY OWNER: Rita I. Minnis
APPLICANT: Michael A. Thornberry
PROJECT PLANNER: Diego Mora
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3. 146 Robin Way
Architecture and Site Application S-19-043
Requesting approval for demolition of an existing single-family residence and
construction of a new single-family residence on property zoned R-1:10.
APN 532-12-015.
PROPERTY OWNER: Mehrdad & Leila Dehkordi
APPLICANT: Gary Kohlsaat
PROJECT PLANNER: Diego Mora
MAPS
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ADJOURNMENT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK DEPARTMENT AT (408) 354-6834. NOTIFICATION 48 HOURS BEFORE THE
MEETING WILL ENABLE THE TOWN TO MAKE REASONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO THIS
MEETING [28 CFR §35.102-35.104]