04-30-19 Minutes - GPAC
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY
UPDATE COMMITTEE REPORT
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
APRIL 30, 2019
The General Plan Update Advisory Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular
Meeting on April 23, 2019, at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Melanie Hanssen, Vice Chair Kathryn Janoff, Vice Mayor Marcia Jensen, Council
Member Barbara Spector, Committee Member Todd Jarvis, Committee Member Jeffrey
Barnett, Committee Member Kendra Burch, Committee Member Steven Piasecki, Committee
Member Susan Moore Brown, Committee Member Quintana, Committee Member Ryan
Rosenberg, and Committee Member Carol Elias Zolla.
Staff present: Laurel Prevetti, Robert Schultz, Joel Paulson, Sally Zarnowitz, Matt Morley, and
Jennifer Armer
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Committee Member Susan Moore Brown led the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience was
invited to participate.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Jak Vannada
- Commented on transparency regarding budget and finances in the Background Report.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Continue the discussion of General Plan Vision and discuss Guiding Principles
Jennifer Armer, Senior Planner, presented the staff report.
Open and Closed Public Comment.
Committee members discussed the matter.
Chair Hanssen polled the committee to keep the wording “small-town character” in the
draft Vision Statement. Poll passed 10-0-2. Vice Mayor Jensen and Committee
Member Quintana voting no.
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The next GPAC meeting will be on Thursday, May 16, 2019.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:43 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
April 30, 2019 meeting as approved by the
General Plan Update Advisory Committee.
/s/ Joel Paulson, Director of Community Development