01-30-20 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
JANUARY 30, 2020
The General Plan Update Advisory Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular
Meeting on January 30, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Melanie Hanssen, Vice Chair Kathryn Janoff, Mayor Marcia Jensen, Vice Mayor
Barbara Spector, Committee Member Susan Moore Brown, Committee Member Steven
Piasecki, Committee Member Ryan Rosenberg, Committee Member Lee Quintana, and
Committee Member Carol Elias Zolla.
Absent: Committee Member Todd Jarvis and Committee Member Kendra Burch.
Staff present: Jennifer Armer, Joel Paulson, Laurel Prevetti, and Rob Schultz.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Vice Chair Kathryn Janoff 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 12, 2019
MOTION: Motion by Committee Member Piasecki to approve Consent Items.
Seconded by Committee Member Rosenberg.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Committee Member Quintana that the GPAC recommend
that Town Council review process for taking minutes and retention of
meeting recordings during the General Plan update process.
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Committee members discussed the matter.
Motion failed due to the lack of a second.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. Discuss and Develop a Preferred Land Use Alternative Recommendation
Brent Gibbons and Rick Rust of Mintier Harnish, spoke about the land use alternatives.
Committee members asked questions to clarify the calculations provided in the Land
Use Alternatives Report and staff report.
MOTION: Motion by Committee Member Piasecki remove Alternatives A and D
from consideration.
Committee members discussed the matter.
Motion failed due to the lack of a second.
Committee members discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Committee Member Rosenburg to recommend Alternatives
C, with a modification that there would be no increases in Low Density
Residential designations.
Committee members discussed the matter.
Motion failed due to the lack of a second.
Committee members discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Jensen to recommend Alternative C. Seconded by Vice
Chair Janoff.
Committee members discussed the matter.
Mayor Jensen amended the motion to add downtown as an additional opportunity
area.
The Seconder of the Motion accepted the amendment to the motion.
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Committee members discussed the matter.
Mayor Jensen amended the motion to clarify that the definition of downtown, for the
purposes of this motion, is the C-2 zone (Central Business District).
The Seconder of the Motion accepted the clarification to the motion.
Committee members discussed the matter.
VOTE: Motion passed 7-2 with Committee Members Rosenburg and Quintana
opposing.
Open and Closed Public Comment.
3. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
MOTION: Motion by Vice Chair Janoff to nominate Chair Hanssen to continue as
Chair. Seconded by Committee Member Quintana.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Chair Hanssen to nominate Vice Chair Janoff to continue as
Vice Chair. Seconded by Committee Member Piasecki.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
January 30, 2020 meeting as approved by the
General Plan Update Advisory Committee.
/s/Joel Paulson, Director of Community Development