Item 2 - Draft Minutes of GPAC Meeting on 01-21-21
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT
MEETING DATE: 2/18/2021
ITEM: 2
DRAFT
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
JANUARY 21, 2021
The General Plan Update Advisory Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular
Meeting on January 21, 2021, at 7:00 p.m., via teleconference.
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19
pandemic and was conducted via Zoom. All committee members and staff participated from
remote locations and all voting was conducted via roll call vote. In accordance with Executi ve
Order N-29-20, the public could only view the meeting online and not in the Council Chamber.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Melanie Hanssen, Vice Chair Kathryn Janoff, Council Member Mary Badame,
Council Member Maria Ristow, Committee Member Susan Moore Brown, Committee Member
Kendra Burch, Committee Member Joseph Mannina, Committee Member Steven Piasecki,
Committee Member Ryan Rosenberg, and Committee Member Lee Quintana.
Absent: Committee Member Todd Jarvis and Committee Member Carol Elias Zolla.
Staff present: Jennifer Armer, Joel Paulson, Matt Morley, and Sally Zarnowitz.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approval of Minutes – December 17, 2020
MOTION: Motion by Committee Member Piasecki to approve Consent Items.
Seconded by Committee Member Moore Brown.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously with Council Member Badame and
Committee Member Mannina abstaining.
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DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. Revised Initial Draft of the Land Use Element and Revised Initial Draft of the Community
Design Element.
Jennifer Armer, Senior Planner, presented the staff report.
Open and Closed Public Comment.
Chair Hanssen asked the Committee to vote on whether to amend the Land Use
Designation of the properties along the east side of Los Gatos Boulevard (between
Spencer Avenue and Calvary Church) from Low Density Residential to Neighborhood
Commercial. The majority voted in support of the land use designation change, 9 -1,
with Committee Member Quintana voting no.
Committee discussed the matter and provided the following comments and direction:
- Requested additional information of existing uses in areas like Los Gatos Boulevard
where the existing land use and the Land Use Designation are not consistent.
- Consider adding a policy that states that the Town encourages smaller residential
units, maybe “under 1,000 sq. ft.”
- Edit Policy LU-5.3 to replace “one or more” with “several” or “a few.”
- Consider deleting Policy LU-5.12 or consolidate with LU-5.13.
- Add something to encourage a mid to large hotel with conference facilities.
- In Goal LU-7 – Delete the word “appropriate.”
- Add policy to encourage startups through providing incubator spaces in Employment
Center Designations.
- In Policy LU-9.1 remove reference to a specific location, should be expanded to
Town-wide.
- Edit Goal LU-10 to start with “encourage.”
- Reword Policy LU-10.2 to positive language (“encourage retention” or “protect”
instead of discourage) and clarify that it is the change in the designation (not the
change in use) that is discouraged.
- Consider adding more descriptive language for Specific Plans in the Designation
Table 3-2 on page 3-14.
- Rescind the Los Gatos Boulevard Plan and Hillside Specific Plans, but make sure
valuable elements are included in other guideline documents.
- Consider retaining some policies under Goal LU-14 because it is important to
preserve the look and feel of the hillsides (but not necessarily about the various
income levels).
- Clarify the intent of Policy LU-12.2 – Compatible in use or appearance?
- The Affordable Housing Overlay Zone is missing from the Overlay Zones section.
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- Provide an updated version of the comment tracking table for Community Design
Element.
The next GPAC meeting will be on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:33 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
January 21, 2021 meeting as approved by the
General Plan Update Advisory Committee.
Joel Paulson, Director of Community Development
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