09-28-23 - Agenda - HEAB SPECIAL (PDF)
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY BOARD SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
7:00 P.M.
Melanie Hanssen, Chair (GPC)
Kathryn Janoff, Vice Chair (GPC)
Matthew Hudes, Council Member (GPC)
Rob Moore, Council Member (GPC)
Emily Thomas, Planning Commissioner (GPC)
Randi Chen, Public Representative
Joseph Mannina, Public Representative (GPC)
Adam Mayer, Public Representative (GPC)
Steven Piasecki, Public Representative (GPC)
Ryan Rosenberg, Public Representative (GPC)
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
Board 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 HEUpdate@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 Board must provide the comments as follows:
o For inclusion in the regular packet: by 11:00 a.m. the Friday before the Board meeting.
o For inclusion in an Addendum: by 11:00 a.m. the Monday or Tuesday before the Board
meeting.
o For inclusion in a Desk Item: by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the Board 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 HEUpdate@losgatosca.gov, by 3:00
p.m. the day of the meeting.
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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; 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 Board 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 – August 24, 2023
DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. Review and Discuss the Town’s Draft Revised Housing Element Addressing the California
Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) Findings/Comment Letter
Received by the Town on May 30, 2023.
- Staff Report with Attachments
- Desk Item with Attachments
ADJOURNMENT
Persons wishing to submit written comments to be included in the materials to the Board must
provide them no later than 11:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting to HEUpdate@losgatosca.gov.
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].