12-12-19 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
DECEMBER 12, 2019
The General Plan Update Advisory Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular
Meeting on December 12, 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 Barbara Spector,
Committee Member Jeffrey Barnett, Committee Member Susan Moore Brown, Committee
Member Kendra Burch, Committee Member Steven Piasecki, Committee Member Ryan
Rosenberg, Committee Member Lee Quintana, and Committee Member Carol Elias Zolla.
Absent: Committee Member Jarvis and Mayor Marcia Jensen
Staff present: Jennifer Armer, Joel Paulson, Lisa Petersen, and Laurel Prevetti
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Committee Member Quintana led the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience was invited to
participate.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Maryellen Stamos
- Commented on health benefits of plant-based diets, and the need to have more plant-based
options in Town.
Sue Ann Lorig
- Commented on the environmental impact of industrial animal agriculture.
Karen Aidi
- Commented that climate change should not be a divisive political issue, because you can have
an impact by changing what you eat to have less meat, which is also better for your health .
Kathleen Willey
- Read a letter from Karen Rubio in favor of plant-based diet to reduce irreversible impacts of
climate change.
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Lisa Wade
- Commented that the new General Plan should encourage plant-based eating, because that is
the most cost effective way to reduce climate change.
Rosilene Martins
- Commented that the best way she found to reduce her carbon footprint was to replace cow’s
milk in her diet and reduce her meat consumption by half.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approval of Minutes – August 15, 2019
2. Approval of Minutes – September 19, 2019
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Spector to approve Consent Items with revised
August 15, 2019 minutes as reflected in the desk item. Seconded by
Committee Member Burch.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
3. Review Land Use Alternatives Report and Develop a Preferred Land Use Alternative
Recommendation
Brent Gibbons and Rick Rust of Mintier Harnish, spoke about the land use alternatives
report.
Committee discussed the matter and provided comments on the following (though no
consensus was reached):
- The housing unit data in the report is confusing since some sections include the units
from pending and approved projects, and some do not.
- Future analysis should include additional commercial growth.
- Future analysis should include additional residential growth in downtown.
- The Campbell Draft General Plan also looks at increased density in areas adjacent to
our opportunity areas.
- Potential fiscal impacts of future growth need to be considered.
During the discussion, the Committee requested additional information regarding the
following:
- More detailed figures on household size, possibly differentiating between different
housing types.
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- A master evaluation table laying out the differences between the four alternatives.
- Additional fiscal information to support creating an alternative that is net positive.
- More detailed information about the number of units produced under each
alternative, specifically providing the number of units projected for the land under
each land use designation.
The next GPAC meeting will be on Thursday, January 30, 20 20.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
December 12, 2019 meeting as approved by the
General Plan Update Advisory Committee.
/s/Joel Paulson, Director of Community Development