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07-20-2023 - GPC Agenda SPECIAL (PDF)Page 1 of 3 TOWN OF LOS GATOS GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING JULY 20, 2023 110 EAST MAIN STREET TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOS GATOS, CA 5:30 PM MEETING CA This meeting will be held in-person at the Town Council Chambers at 110 E. Main Street. Members of the public may only provide public comments for the agenda item in-person. PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS The Town of Los Gatos strongly encourages your active participation in the public process, which is the cornerstone of democracy. If you are interested in providing oral comments during the meeting, you must attend in-person and complete a “speaker’s card” located on the back of the chamber benches and return it to the staff. If you wish to speak to an item on the agenda, please list the item number. The time allocated to speakers may change to better facilitate the Committee meeting. You are welcome to submit written comments via email to planning@losgatosca.gov. Public Comment During the Meeting: • 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 Town meeting. • Speakers at public meetings will be asked to provide their full name and to st ate whether they are a resident of the Town of Los Gatos. This information is optional and not required. Deadlines for Public Comment and Presentations are as follows: • If you are unable to participate in person, you may email planning@losgatosca.gov with the subject line “Public Comment Item #_” (insert the item number relevant to your comment). Persons wishing to submit written comments to be included in the materials provided to the Committee must provide the comments as follows: o For inclusion in the regular packet: by 11:00 a.m. the Friday before the Committee meeting. o For inclusion in an Addendum: by 11:00 a.m. the Monday or Tuesday before the Committee meeting. o For inclusion in a Desk Item: by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the Committee Meeting. • Persons wishing to make an audio/visual presentation on any agenda item must submit the presentation electronically, either in person or via email to planning@losgatosca.gov, by 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Melanie Hanssen, Chair Kathryn Janoff, Vice Chair Matthew Hudes, Councilmember Rob Moore, Councilmember Emily Thomas, Planning Commissioner Joseph Mannina, Public Representative Adam Mayer, Public Representative Steven Piasecki, Public Representative Ryan Rosenberg, Public Representative Ryan Rosenberg, Chair Emily Thomas, Vice Chair Matthew Hudes, Councilmember Rob Moore, Councilmember Melanie Hanssen Planning Commissioner Kathryn Janoff, Planning Commissioner Joseph Mannina, Public Representative Adam Mayer, Public Representative Steven Piasecki, Public Representative Page 2 of 3 RULES OF DECORUM AND CIVILITY The purpose of the meeting is to conduct the business of the Town in an effective and efficient manner. For the benefit of the community, the Town of Los Gatos asks that you follow the Town’s meeting guidelines while attending Town meetings and treat everyone with respect and dignity. This is done by following meeting guidelines set forth in State law and in the Town Code. The Town does not tolerate disruptive conduct, which includes but is not limited to: • addressing the Commission without first being recognized; • interrupting speakers, Commission, or Town staff; • continuing to speak after the allotted time has expired; • failing to relinquish the microphone when directed to do so; • 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 (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION) 1. Approval of Minutes – May 10, 2023 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. Housing Element Overlay Zoning Zoning Code Amendment Application Z-23-002 General Plan Amendment Application GP-23-002 Make a Recommendation to Planning Commission on a Request to Amend the General Plan to Include a Description of the Housing Element Overlay Zone; Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation of 16492 Los Gatos Boulevard and Assessor Parcel Number 532-07-086 from Low Density Residential to Neighborhood Commercial; Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation of Caltrans Right -of-Way Adjacent to 14685 Oka Road from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential; Amend the Town Code to Modify the Affordable Housing Overlay Zone Division 5 of Article VIII Overlay Page 3 of 3 Zones and Historic Preservation; Amend the Town Code to Incorporate the Housing Element Overlay Zone as Division 6 of Article VIII Overlay Zones and Historic Preservation; and Apply the Housing Element Overlay Zone to the Sites Included in the Sites Inventory Analysis of the 2023-2031 Housing Element. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was Prepared and Certified for the 2040 General Plan Update on June 30, 2022, which Included the Proposed General Plan Amendment. No Further Environmental Analysis is Required. Zoning Code Amendment Application Z-23-002 and General Plan Amendment Application GP-23-002. PROPERTY OWNERS: Princeton Garden Properties LLC and California Department of Transportation, Caltrans. APPLICANT: Town of Los Gatos. PROJECT PLANNERS: Jocelyn Shoopman and Erin Walters. - Staff Report with Attachments 1 through 6 - Addendum with Attachments 7 through 10 - Desk Item with Attachment 11 OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following items). None. 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]. 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].