Addendum.Item #23 - Shannon Rd Project Outreach Update
PREPARED BY: Nicolle Burnham
Director of Parks and Public Works
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 06/20/2023 ITEM NO: 23 ADDENDUM
DATE: June 16, 2023
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Receive the Report on Potential Revisions and Community Input to the
Shannon Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements Project (CIP No. 813-
0218) and Provide Design Direction
REMARKS:
A previous version of the staff report had inconsistencies regarding the numbering of the
attachments. The online staff report was amended to reflect the correct order of the
attachments which is:
1. Public Outreach Meeting Minutes June 1, 2023
2. Slide Deck from Community Meeting
3. Community Survey and Results
4. Cross-Section of New Modified Option 1
5. Public Comments Received between June 2, 2023, and 11:00 a.m. on June 15, 2023
Attachment 6 contains additional Public Comments received between 11:01 a.m. on June 15,
2023, and 11:00 a.m. on June 16, 2023.
Attachments received with the Staff Report:
1. Public Outreach Meeting Minutes June 1, 2023
2. Slide Deck from Community Meeting
3. Community Survey and Results
4. Public Comments Received between June 2, 2023, and 11:00 a.m. on June 15, 2023
5. Cross-Section of New Modified Option 1
Attachments received with this Addendum:
6. Public Comments received between 11:01 a.m. on June 15, 2023 and 11:00 a.m. on June 16,
2023, Attachment 6
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From: Ryan Rosenberg < >
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 1:00 PM
To: Nicolle Burnham <NBurnham@losgatosca.gov>; Gary Heap <GHeap@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: What wrote to residents following our meeting
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
Nicolle and Gary,
Thanks again for meeting with me today.
FYI, below is the note I sent out to residents as follow-up.
All the best,
Ryan
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Dear Neighbors,
I met with two members of the town staff today: Parks and Public works director Nicolle Burnham and
Town Engineer Gary Heap.
Here are a few details I found:
1. Today they have cross-sections available. If (and when) the plan is approved by city council they will
start work on updated top-down designs. Rather than create conceptual drawings (as they did for the
recent community meeting) they will move directly to full engineering drawings. On the plus side those
will be very accurate. On the downside, they won’t have them until the fall (they didn’t say when in the
fall).
2. They assured me that, once they have the engineering drawings, they will reach out to residents to
share the details and discuss comments and concerns.
3. I asked what residents could do in the meantime if they had questions and they said to contact
Gary. His contact info:
Gary Heap
Town Engineer
GHeap@LosGatosCA.gov
408-399-5773
ATTACHMENT 6
Gary is new in his position but seems knowledgable and I have (personally) found him to be easy to talk
to. He lives in this area.
4. I asked about the planter strips. They plan to put trees in there. There are (at least) three types of
trees that fit their criteria, such as being able to thrive in a planter strip, not interfering with utility lines,
roots won’t damage the street, etc. I mentioned at least one resident was interested in the plans for the
trees and they said when they get to that point they would be happy to share them.
5. I asked about watering and planting in the planter strips. They do indeed intend to build conduits
from properties out to the planter strips (they have to work out the details). Residents will be able to
run their own irrigation lines to the strips and to plant things (not trees I assume). I personally like this a
lot; if many of us plant, and we take care of the plants, this could do a lot of for the street.
Finally, we discussed the project process from the beginning. They agreed that process could have been
improved, especially communications. They seem (to me) to have good ideas about how to make future
projects run smoother; for the benefit of the town let’s hope that is the case.
I think that was about it. If anyone else finds out other things please share!
All the best,
Ryan