Item 1 - Addendum and Attachments
PREPARED BY: JENNIFER ARMER, AICP
Senior Planner
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
MEETING DATE: 10/01/2020
ITEM: 1
ADDENDUM
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REPORT
REPORT
DATE: September 30, 2020
TO: General Plan Update Advisory Committee
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Review and Discussion of the Revised Initial Draft of the Public Facilities,
Services, and Infrastructure Element.
REMARKS:
Attachment 5 contains comments from a Committee Member.
Attachment 6 contains written comments received after the completion of the Staff Report.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachments previously received with October 1, 2020 Staff Report:
1. Revised Initial Draft of Public Facilities, Services, and Infrastructure Element
2. Comment Response Summary Table
3. Comments from the Community Health and Senior Services Commission
4. Public Comments received by 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 25, 2020
Attachment received with this Addendum Report:
5. Committee Member Comments
6. Public Comments received by 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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ATTACHMENT 5
Element 5 Comments—Kathryn Janoff
Broader comments for discussion
Pg 5-24
Law enforcement intro, first paragraph, should reference new element on racial and
social justice.
And the law enforcement goals are crime oriented, and completely miss the opportunity
to incorporate content to reflect the Town’s recent and ongoing discussions around such
topics as racial profiling, appropriate police behavior, and police training. Need a new
goal, along these lines.
There are no implementation programs for Goals 17-21, covering seniors, law
enforcement, and fire protection. At minimum, there should be communication plans
Emergency response section should reference the new pandemic material, and could
incorporate some of its language in the various lists of services. The section’s only goal
and policy should have language consistent with the pandemic element.
Page 5-35 through -36: the section is very LHUSD-centric. Why not treat all districts the
same, at least name all the schools (Union School district is missing a few), and the
map is missing schools that serve LG students: specifically Noddin Elementary and
Leigh HS. Perhaps others.
Add a policy PFS-23.3 to communicate with school districts the information that arises
from student and other public forums regarding racial and social injustice. If you are
aware of this discussion locally and nationally, the discussions are happening and/or
affecting children from a very young age.
Reviewing input from CHSSC:
use the language recommended for 14.1. It more clearly describes what they are
looking for. Delete policy 14.6, Note the recommendations for 17.1 and 17.2.
General Edits:
Page 5-6. Change Goal PFS-2 to a policy under PFS-1, combined with PFS-2.1 policy
language, such as below. But what provisions and conditions do you mean??:
Encourage the use of recycled and reclaimed water by providing conditions (?).
PFS-2.1:
Element 5 suggested edits:
Page 5-1:
Second paragraph, new words: delete “to lessen overall deficiencies”
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Reword last sentence:
“The Element also includes policies in coordination with that relate to the Hazards and
Safety Element, for the provision of facilities and services to ensure the sfety ad welfare
of residents, businesses and visitors ad the protection of property. and in coordination
with The Element also includes goals and policies that relate to the Environment and . .
. “ . . .
Third paragraph,
first line: delete “necessarily”
last sentence: The grammatical rule is items that follow a colon are separated by
commas unless the items in the list include punctuation. Use commas.
Page 5-3
Water Supply:
As listed on shown in Table 5-1.
Page 5-6
Goal: revise “to ensure an adequate water supply for the Town’s human, wildlife and
plant populations.”
Page 5-9
Recycling: Batteries can be dropped off at ACE and Home Depot. Not sure about
electronics. Suggest rewording this to say “or at local hardware or electronic stores.”
Hazardous waste drop off. Revise: “accepts hazardous waste by appointment at several
drop-off locations throughout the City of San Jose. A complete list of wastes accepted
may be found at [the website], including: . . . “
PFS-5.1: Delete last phrase “recycling of reusable materials”
Page 5-13
Since there are other alternatives (per PFS-8-13), PFS-8.5 and -8.6: should both use
“comparable certifications” and not specify GreenPoint as the only alternative
Page 5-14
Public Health
First paragraph: “The Town of Los Gatos is committed to a healthy community . . .”
Second paragraph, second sentence, delete “rather than discouraged”
Page 5-15
Youth Services. Paragraph 2: Delete the current statistics (first two sentences). And
citing a survey that will be 4-5 years old when the GP is issued is not as strong as just
leaving that out.
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Page 5-16
Childcare seems to get short shrift here. If there aren’t policies or implementation
programs, suggest delete this paragraph.
Senior services. Delete second paragraph. The trend that applies to the future (i.e., the
period of this General Plan) is already provided in first paragraph.
Move Healthcare and social services paragraph to follow the Rec Center section
(because the healthcare section is provided out of the rec center, it follows as a sub -
subject)
Page 5-17
Again, when the general plan cites present or past statistics, it becomes immediately
dated.
Last paragraph: Change first sentence to read: “Los Gatos has a small number of
subsidized senior housing throughout the Town. (delete next sentence) However, to
ensure . . .”
Page 5-19
Measure A: Tie this measure to the Town by stating how this impacts or is available to
Los Gatos. Add after the 4800 housing units, XX percent or a portion of which will be or
are in Los Gatos.
Combine the Rec activities here (three paragraphs) with the adult rec center section on
page 5-17. Title this section “Other Recreational and Social Activities.”
Pg 5-21
PFS-11.7: Promote learning environments (not just one)
PFS 16: Is “Barrier-free” the current design term? How about “Encourage new
development or substantial remodels to incorporate best practices in designing housing
for seniors and people with limited abilities.”
Pg 5-23
FS 17 and policies demand action. How is this done and by whom? Needs
implementation program.
Pg 5-24:
Description of current LG/MS police protection agreement update dates is not important
to the GP. Suggest deleting sentence that starts “In fiscal year . . .”
Pg 5-29:
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Community Wildfire section, first sentence: SCC led the development. And as a new
first sentence, insert a sentence pulled from Element 8 that echos the urgency of
Wildfire.
PFS-21.4: replace fire-safe with fire-resistant
Also, a related implementation program could be community outreach to communicate
the effectiveness of available fire-resistant, or class-A fire-rated building materials
encouraged for remodel projects.
Pg 5-31
Last bullet: A variety
Pg 5-37:
Suggest deleting in all district paragraphs the last sentence that list the school(s) that
serve LG.
Campbell Union HSD: Leigh HS also serves LG with students from the Bellwood
Neighborhood.
Union school district: Noddin and Carlton also serve LG residents.
Pg 5-39 and 5.40
per NUMU comments:
Reviewing input from NUMU:
Pg 5-39, replace existing fourth paragraph with modified paragraph provided:
The 55-year old New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), formerly the Museums of Los Gatos is the
Town’s only public non-profit art and history museum. NUMU is guided by its mission, vision
and strategy to present engaging, interactive exhibitions and educational programs, as a focal
point of art and history, scholarship, education and artmaking. By telling focused stories of the
Bay Area that reach the greater community in scope, innovation and interest, NUMU strives to
be the place where children and adults can seek a broader, deeper understanding and appreciation
of our community and region.
PFS-25.2: insert “and maintain”
Add policy Expand and Deepen Partnerships with recommended language
Add Retain art-related uses policy, with the objective of retaining the museum and art
organizations in town
PFS-25.3 Add to the policy: “Support efforts to collect, archive and share the stories and
histories of Los Gatos through a variety of platforms and voices.”
PFS-25.5: replace “Performing” with “the”
ATTACHMENT 6
From: Jan Schwartz <boardpresident@numulosgatos.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 2:49 PM
To: Jennifer Armer <JArmer@losgatosca.gov>
Cc: Maureen Cappon-Javey <maureen@numulosgatos.org>
Subject: Town Plan 2040
Hi Jennifer,
I will send you an edit to the NUMU section of 5.12.
In the meantime, please add the following to the draft town plan:
PFS 25.7 Support visual arts and local history education and programs
Continue to support the growth of New Museum Los Gatos and its visual arts, local
history and education programming for visitors and participants of all ages.
Implementation Plan
Implements policy 25.7
UU Study the feasibility of dedicating a permanent location for an art and history
museum to support and enhance the innate character of the town.
Please let me know if you need any further information.
Thanks,
Jan
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