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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
10:00 AM
NOTICE REGARDING SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
This meeting is being 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. In accordance with Executive Order N-29-20, the public may only participate in the
meeting via teleconference and not in the Council Chambers.
PARTICIPATION
If you are interested in providing oral comments real-time during the meeting, you must join the
Zoom webinar at:
https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/83210861112?pwd=RDVjaE9kb21oSVkxemNvNlcvTmtuUT09.
Passcode: 131191.
Or by telephone dial: USA 213-270-2124 or USA 888-273-3658 (US Toll Free).
Conference code: 898841.
During the meeting:
• When the Chair announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”
feature in Zoom. If you are participating by phone on the Zoom app, press *9 on your
telephone keypad to raise your hand. If you are participating by calling in, press #2 on
your telephone keypad to raise your hand.
• When called to speak, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes, or such other
time as the Chair may decide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Council
meeting.
If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may send an email to
PlanningComment@losgatosca.gov with the subject line “Public Comment Item # ” (insert the
item number relevant to your comment) or “Verbal Communications – Non Agenda Item.”
Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 11:00 a.m. the
day before the meeting. All comments received will become part of the record. The Chair has
the option to modify this action on items based on comments received.
REMOTE LOCATION PARTICIPANTS
The following DRC members are listed to permit them to appear electronically or telephonically
at the DRC meeting: INTERIM PLANNING MANAGER JENNIFER ARMER, BUILDING OFFICIAL
ROBERT GRAY, SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR ROY ALBA, SENIOR ENGINEER MIKE WEISZ,
ASSISTANT ENGINEER CORVELL SPARKS, FIRE PLANS EXAMINER KATHERINE BAKER, DEPUTY
FIRE MARSHAL KENNY IP, SENIOR FIRE PLANS EXAMINER ROB CAMPBELL, AND TOWN
ATTORNEY ROBERT SCHULTZ. All votes during the teleconferencing session will be conducted
by roll call vote.
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If anyone wishes to challenge the action on this application in court, they may be limited to
raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at the public meeting described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Development plans can be viewed on the Town’s website under Pending Projects
(http://www.losgatosca.gov/2216/Pending-Planning-Projects).
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the
Committee on any matter that is not listed on the agenda. To ensure all agenda items are
heard and unless additional time is authorized by the Chair, this portion of the agenda is limited
to 30 minutes and no more than three (3) minutes per speaker. In the event additional speakers
were not able to be heard during the initial Verbal Communications portion of the agenda, an
additional Verbal Communications will be opened prior to adjournment.)
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine Town business and
may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Committee may request to have an item
removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may provide
input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Chair asks for public comments on the Consent
Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions contained on Page 1 of
this agenda. If an item is removed, the Chair has the sole discretion to determine when the item
will be heard.)
1. Approval of Minutes – August 31, 2021.
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five
minutes maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three
minutes to comment on any public hearing item. Applicants and their representatives may be
allotted up to a total of three minutes maximum for closing statements. Items requested/
recommended for continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.)
2. 221 Highland Terrace
Architecture and Site Application S-20-031
Requesting Approval for Demolition of an existing Single-family Residence, Removal of Large
Protected Trees, and Construction of a New Single-family Residence on Property Zoned HR-2
1/2. APN 529-36-027. PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Brandye Sweetnam. PROJECT
PLANNER: Jennifer Armer.
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ADJOURNMENT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK DEPARTMENT AT (408) 354-6834. NOTIFICATION 48 HOURS BEFORE THE
MEETING WILL ENABLE THE TOWN TO MAKE REASONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO THIS MEETING
[28 CFR §35.102-35.104]