Attachment 2 - Letter of JustificationHarmonie Park Development | 44827 Governor Bradford Rd. | Plymouth, Michigan 48170
December 3, 2020
Ms. Jocelyn Shoopman
Associate Planner
Town of Los Gatos Planning Department
110 E. Main St.
Los Gatos, California 95031
Re: Letter of Justification – Move of Gianandrea House Relocation and Rehabilitation
Dear Ms. Shoopman:
We are pleased to submit our application for Review by the Historic Preservation Committee for
the move of the Gianandrea House which is currently located at 14919 Los Gatos Boulevard.
Harmonie Park Development is developing the retail portion of the approved first phase of the
North 40 which we now call The Junction and, working with the Yuki Family, identified and
performed due diligence on the site to which the Gianandrea House is proposed to be relocated.
We believe relocating the Gianandres House to this location will: 1) help with the our efforts
with place-making and creating an authentic feel for The Junction; 2) provide a nice transition
from the residential Lark District to the mixed-use Transition District in the North 40 Specific Plan
area, and 3) celebrate the Family’s multi-generational presence in Los Gatos.
As summarized in our Project Description, the impacts of the relocation will include a loss of an
estimated 11 parking spaces to the larger retail project and some minor reductions in building
setbacks. We feel these changes are outweighed by the positive attributes of the project. These
include preserving (without any legal requirement) a piece of the North 40 history; using an
actual structure on the North 40 to create an authentic sense of place in an otherwise new
development, and maintaining the Town’s vision for a live-work use in the Transition District of
the North 40.
We look forward to being able to move this project forward.
Sincerely,
A.Don Capobres
cc: Edward Morimoto, Yuki Family Farms
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