06-20-19 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
JUNE 20, 2019
The General Plan Update Advisory Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular
Meeting on June 20, 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 Jeffrey Barnett, Committee Member Todd
Jarvis, Committee Member Steven Piasecki, Committee Member Susan Moore Brown,
Committee Member Ryan Rosenberg, and Committee Member Carol Elias Zolla
Absent: Committee Member Kendra Burch and Committee Member Lee Quintana
Staff present: Arn Andrews, Jennifer Armer, Joel Paulson, and Robert Schultz
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Committee Member Jarvis led the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience was invited to
participate.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approval of Minutes – December 11, 2018
2. Approval of Minutes – April 23, 2019
3. Approval of Minutes – April 30, 2019
4. Approval of Minutes – May 23, 2019
MOTION: Motion by Committee Member Rosenberg to approve Consent Items
with corrections to Item 3 and 4. Seconded by Council Member Spector.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously. Council Member Spector abstained from
Item 4.
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DISCUSSION ITEMS
5. Provide Direction for Draft Land Use Alternatives
Jennifer Armer, Senior Planner, presented the staff report.
Opened and Closed Public Comment.
Committee discussed the following with regard to land use alternatives:
- Suitability of focus areas, and whether more of the Town should be included;
- Possible RHNA and other requirements from the State for new housing;
- Job centers;
- Growth in businesses and vitality;
- Location of unincorporated areas;
- Status of Vasona Light Rail;
- Smaller residential units;
- Reduction in width of Los Gatos Boulevard;
- Protection of hillside property rights;
- Granny units in single-family areas;
- Additional units targeted at youth and aging population;
- Fire safety;
- Consensus to not increase density in hillsides except as allowed with current ADU
regulations; and
- Potential for small units in mixed-use developments if increased heights or density
isallowed.
Committee reached a consensus that additional density in the hillsides was not
desirable, both for the protection of the natural character of the hillsides and as a part
of wildfire preparedness.
After further discussion, the Committee requested the following information prior to
providing direction on the alternatives report:
- Existing or proposed wildfire legislation and plans;
- Form-Based Zoning;
- Growth statistics and projections;
- Existing land use designation limitations; and
- Example alternatives reports.
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Announcements
Committee Member Piasecki announced that Former Cupertino City Manager Dave Knapp
passed away.
Council Member Spector announced that Historic Preservation Committee Member Leonard
Pacheco recently passed away.
The next GPAC meeting will be on Thursday, July 18, 2019.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:04 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
June 20, 2019 meeting as approved by the
General Plan Update Advisory Committee.
/s/ Joel Paulson, Director of Community Development