10-11-2023 - GPC Agenda (PDF)Page 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 11, 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
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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 – July 20, 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. Requesting Approval for a Zone Change from RC (Resource Conservation) to HR-2½
(Hillside Residential), a General Plan Amendment to Change the Land Use Designation
from Agricultural to Hillside Residential, and Subdivision of One Lot into Nine Lots on
Property Zoned RC. APN: 537-27-047. CEQA Review is Pending. Zone Change
Application Z-22-001, General Plan Amendment Application GP-22-001, and Subdivision
Application M-22-003. Project Location: 14915 Shannon Road. Property Owner: Ray
M. Elam, III, Trustee of Elam Family Trust. Applicant: Terence J. Szewczyk. Project
Planner: Sean Mullin.
- Staff Report with Attachments 1 through 7
- Addendum with Attachments 8 and 9
- Desk Item with Attachment 10
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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].