Staff Report.110 Wood Road
PREPARED BY: Sean Mullin, AICP
Associate Planner
Reviewed by: Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6872
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 06/23/2021
ITEM NO: 3
DATE: June 18, 2021
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Provide the Public with an Opportunity to Give Verbal Comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for a Request for a Planned
Development for a Senior Living Community on Property Zoned R:PD Located
at 110 Wood Road. APN 510-47-038. No action will be taken at this
meeting. Property Owner: Covia Communities. Applicant: Rockwood Pacific.
Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
RECOMMENDATION:
Open and hold a public hearing to allow the public to provide verbal comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Report (DEIR).
PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING:
As required by CEQA, this public hearing is being held during the 45-day public review period
for the DEIR for the proposed project which includes a request for a Planned Development for a
senior living community. The Notice of Availability for review of the DEIR was released on May
28, 2021, with the 45-day public review period ending on July 12, 2021. This public hearing is
an opportunity for members of the public to provide verbal comments on the completeness
and adequacy of the DEIR. Written comments will be accepted until the close of the public
review period that ends at 5:00 p.m. on July 12, 2021.
The DEIR is an informational document that informs the public and the Town’s decision-makers
of significant environmental impacts related to the proposed project. The DEIR also identifies
ways to minimize potentially significant impacts to a less than significant level through
implementation of mitigation measures. The DEIR will be considered by the deciding body in its
review of the proposed project. The findings within the DEIR do not mandate a particular
decision on the proposed project, and the DEIR does not act as a recommendation for the
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SUBJECT: 110 Wood Road/ PD-20-001 and EIR-21-002
DATE: June 18, 2021
PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING (continued):
proposed project. The proposed project may ultimately be approved, even if the DEIR discloses
significant unavoidable impacts associated with the proposed project. Similarly, the proposed
project may be denied, even if the DEIR finds that there are no significant impacts. A decision
on the proposed project will be made based on the merits of the project and the record,
including the DEIR.
This public hearing is not intended for consideration of the proposed project nor for the actual
certification of the DEIR. The deciding body may not act on the merits of the proposed project
until the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) has been prepared. This public hearing is
intended solely to allow the public an opportunity to provide verbal comments on the DEIR.
Staff will not be responding to comments on the DEIR received during the public hearing. The
responses to comments will be included in the FEIR.
NEXT STEPS:
Following the public hearing on June 23, 2021 and the close of the 45-day public review period
on July 12, 2021, staff and the Town’s Environmental Consultant will respond to all written
comments and to the testimony received at this Planning Commission public hearing. The
response to the comments will be provided in the FEIR, which will include any revisions t o the
DEIR necessitated by the comments that are received.
A public hearing for consideration of the FEIR and the proposed project has not been
scheduled. The Town Council is the deciding body for the proposed project.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Written notice was sent to property owners and tenants within 300 feet of the subject
property. At the time of this report’s preparation, the Town has not received any public
comment.
EXHIBIT:
Previously received under separate cover:
1. Notice of Availability and DEIR
Note that the complete DEIR is also available online at:
https://www.losgatosca.gov/110WoodRoad