05 Attachment 5 - August 23, 2023, Planning Commission Addendum with Exhibit 4PREPARED BY: Jocelyn Shoopman and Erin Walters
Associate Planner and Associate Planner
Reviewed by: Community Development Director, Planning Manager, and Town Attorney
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6872
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 08/23/2023
ITEM NO: 4
ADDENDUM
DATE: August 22, 2023
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Forward a Recommendation to the Town Council for a Request to Amend the
General Plan to Include a Description of the Housing Element Overlay Zone
and Amend the Town Code to Modify the Affordable Housing Overlay Zone
Division 5 of Article VIII Overlay Zones and Historic Preservation to be the
Housing Element Overlay Zone as Division 5 of Article VIII Overlay Zones and
Historic Preservation. 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 Amendments. No Further Environmental
Analysis is Required. Zoning Code Amendment Application Z-23-002 and
General Plan Amendment Application GP-23-002. Project Location: Town
Wide. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
REMARKS:
Exhibit 4 contains public comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, August 18, 2023, and
11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
EXHIBITS:
Previously received with the August 23, 2023, Staff Report:
1.Draft Findings
2.Draft General Plan Amendment
3.Draft Zoning Code Ordinance Amendments, Division 5. Housing Element Overlay Zone
Received with this Addendum Report:
4.Public Comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, August 18, 2023, and 11:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
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From: Craig Steen
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2023 12:11 PM
To: Housing Element <HEUpdate@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Renewed information & projections
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
Given the exhaustive research and subsequent editorial columns by Thomas Elias in the Los Gatos
Weekly, not only have we learned that the state auditor challenged some of the numbers of new units
needed stated by the Housing Authority, but there is extensive availability of unused commercial space
owing to "work at home" tech businesses....BUT..THE REAL MESSAGE IS THAT THERE WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY BE A REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT IN '24 WHICH WILL SURELY PASS THUS NEGATING
ALL PREVIOUS HOUSING/LAND USE REQUIREMENTS....so before you spend more tax dollars trying to
satisfy unpopular density requirements....let's acknowledge the inevitable conclusion of our housing
dilemma as it will be determined by respective towns/cities and the requirements of planners voted in
by the residents.....Yes, this is not popular with Bonta and various members of our legislature, which
apparently refuse to acknowledge ongoing dissatisfaction with their proposals....thank-you
EXHIBIT 4
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