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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 3, 2023
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
10:00 AM
NOTICE REGARDING JANUARY 3, 2023 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 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 teleconferencin g
from remote locations. Members of the public can only participate in the meeting by joining the
Zoom webinar (log in information provided below).
PARTICIPATION
If you are interested in providing oral comments in real-time during the meeting, you must join
the Zoom webinar:
• Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: click this link:
https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/83102027533?pwd=RGNNaUxCaXoyWXdmdEMyNmsvVEdRZz09
Passcode: 175329. You can also type in 831 0202 7533 in the “Join a Meeting” page on
the Zoom website at https://zoom.us/join.
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 8:00 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 DRC members are listed to permit them to appear electronically or telephonically
at the DRC meeting: PLANNING MANAGER JENNIFER ARMER, BUILDING OFFICIAL ROBERT GRAY,
SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR ROY ALBA, SENIOR ENGINEER JAMES WATSON, ASSISTANT
ENGINEER CORVELL SPARKS, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL KENNY IP, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL CALEB
FLANAGAN, SENIOR FIRE INSPECTION ENGINEER ROB CAMPBELL, AND TOWN ATTORNEY
GABRIELLE WHELAN. 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).
RULES OF DECORUM AND CIVILITY
To conduct the business of the community in an effective and efficient manner, please follow the
meeting guidelines set forth in the Town Code and State law.
The Town does not tolerate disruptive conduct, which includes but is not limited to:
• Addressing the DRC without first being recognized;
• Interrupting speakers, DRC, or Town staff;
• Continuing to speak after the allotted time has expired;
• Failing to relinquish the microphone when directed to do so; and
• Repetitiously addressing the same subject.
Town Policy does not allow speakers to cede their commenting time to another
speaker. Disruption of the meeting may result in a violation of Penal Code Section 403.
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 – December 20, 2022
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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. 326 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Conditional Use Permit Application U-22-011
Requesting Approval of a Modification to an Existing Conditional Use Permit to Allow Alcohol
Service for an Existing Restaurant on Property Zoned C-2. APN 529-04-039.
PROPERTY OWNER: Ella Levin
APPLICANT: Michele Bevilacqua
PROJECT PLANNER: Savannah Van Akin
MAPS
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]