Item 2 - Addendum with Attachment
PREPARED BY: JENNIFER ARMER, AICP
Senior Planner
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
MEETING DATE: 04/01/2021
ITEM: 2
ADDENDUM
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REPORT
REPORT
DATE: March 31, 2021
TO: General Plan Update Advisory Committee
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Review and Discussion of the Initial Draft of the General Plan Introduction.
REMARKS:
Attachment 3 contains comments from a Committee Member.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachments previously received with the April 1, 2021 Staff Report:
1. Initial Draft General Plan Introduction
2. Public Comment
Attachment received with this Addendum Report:
3. Committee Member Comments
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ATTACHMENT 3
Comments from Kathryn Janoff
General Discussion Questions:
Introduction
P. 1-5, Vision: “sustainable community” I don’t think this is what we intend at this point. This
grammatically means we sustain the community. If we are embracing sustainable best
practices, it should be its own sentence.
And, after all that we’ve been through these many months working on the GP update, looking
at the vision statement now, it seems to be missing something. Consider revision:
The Town of Los Gatos is a welcoming, family-oriented and safe community nestled in the
beautiful foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Town takes pride in its small -town
character, historic neighborhoods, local culture and arts, excellent schools and lively
downtown. The Town is pedestrian friendly and offers a choice of mobility options, housing
opportunities, superior public facilities and services, governed by an open and responsive local
government that is fiscally sound. A dynamic and thriving community, Lo s Gatos is committed
to racial and social justice and underscores its commitment to long-term health by embracing
sustainability best practices.
Introduction minor edits
P. 1-1
Repetitive sections.
First paragraph, remove sentence “The General Plan contains . . . decisions.” This is covered in
“using the General Plan, next page.
P. 1-2
First paragraph (middle of page): change to “collection of mandatory elements, or required
topics.
First paragraph under Using the General Plan: Move first sentence to p. 1-1, first paragraph.
Then insert “The General Plan is used . . .”
P. 1-3, last paragraph, last sentence: remove word “it”
Also, does the GPC or GPAC need to be added? It’s not really a subset of TC and PC
P. 1-4
First paragraph: insert “appointed a General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) to . . .”
Delete “called the General Plan Update Advisory Committee (GPAC)”
Second paragraph” insert “racial and social justice,”
P. 1-5
Vision: “sustainable community”
P. 1-6
Sustainability bullet needs revision
Fiscal bullet: delete “the Town’s”
Community bullet: delete downtown. Given all the work we’ve put into the Community Place
Districts, we want to invigorate lots of places.
P. 1-7
Environmental bullet, last sentence: “tier”??? Consider revising this sentence into two:
The Planning Commission and Town Council . . . associated with implementing the General Plan.
Rewrite the second part of this sentence—I’m actually not sure what is meant.
Community section, last paragraph, second sentence revise:
“Fast Forward to Today, Los Gatos is within a part of Silicon Valley . . .”
Regional setting, first paragraph: change “land is to the south”
Second paragraph, delete “General Plan planning area and”
Also delete the parenthetical East Bay.
Third paragraph, consider deleting “such as Boulder Creek and Ben Lomond”
P. 1-8
First paragraph, delete “Incorporated in 1887” (already said on pg. 1-7
And replace “abutting” with “bordering”
P. 1-9
“Zoom out” to include all of Santa Clara County for that context.
P. 1-11
First paragraph is repetitive with text on page 1-2. Delete everything except last sentence.
P. 1-12
Item 4, last sentence: “Lastly, this Element . . . historic assets and . . .” LG has stand-alone
historic buildings in addition to areas, which contain assets. So Areas is not the right word.
Assets may not be either, but you get the idea.
P. 1-14
Goal: change “tend to be very” with “are intentionally”
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