10-13-21 Agenda - CDACPage 1 of 2
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 13, 2021
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
4:30 PM
NOTICE REGARDING OCTOBER 13, 2021 CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
Government Code Section 54953, as Amended by Assembly Bill 361, in response to the state of
emergency relating to COVID-19 and enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending
or waiving specified provisions in the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.).
Consistent with AB 361 and Town of Los Gatos Resolution 2021-044 this meeting will not be
physically open to the public and the Council and/or Commissioners will be teleconferencing
from remote locations. Members of the public can only participate in the meet ing by joining the
Zoom webinar (log in information provided below).
PARTICIPATION
Please click on the following link to join the Zoom webinar:
https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/86238710578?pwd=ZnVpTGI4T3lWcFg1YVdDYjl4SjhMUT09.
Passcode: 612122
Or telephone dial: USA 214-765-0479 or USA 888-278-0296 (US Toll Free).
Conference code: 824780
The Town encourages the public to send in written comments via 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. on the
day of 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 CDAC members and staff are listed to permit them to appear electronically or
telephonically at the CDAC meeting: CHAIR JEFFREY BARNETT, VICE CHAIR MARY BADAME,
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW HUDES, PLANNING COMMISSIONER MELANIE HANSSEN,
PLANNING COMMISSIONER REZA TAVANA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JOEL
PAULSON, INTERIM PLANNING MANAGER JENNIFER ARMER, ASSOCIATE PLANNER JOCELYN
SHOOPMAN, AND TOWN ATTORNEY ROBERT SCHULTZ. All votes during the teleconferencing
session will be conducted by roll call vote.
Jeffrey Barnett, Chair
Mary Badame, Vice Chair
Matthew Hudes, Council Member
Melanie Hanssen, Planning Commissioner
Reza Tavana, Planning Commissioner
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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 – June 9, 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. 15171 Los Gatos Boulevard
CDAC Application CD-21-002
Requesting preliminary review of a proposal for a Specific Plan amendment to the North
Forty Specific Plan for construction of a commercial building on property zoned North
Forty Specific Plan. APN 424-07-060.
PROPERTY OWNER: MBK Enterprise/Bahram Najafzade
APPLICANT: FNZ Architects Inc.
PROJECT PLANNER: Jocelyn Shoopman
- Staff Report with Attachments
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
ADJOURNMENT
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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]