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TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
DECEMBER 05, 2023
110 EAST MAIN STREET AND TELECONFERENCE
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
LOS GATOS, CA
7:00 PM
Maria Ristow, Mayor Mary Badame, Vice Mayor Matthew Hudes, Council Member Rob Moore, Council Member
Rob Rennie, Council Member
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA DECEMBER 05, 2023
110 EAST MAIN STREET AND TELECONFERENCE
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This is a hybrid meeting and will be held in-person at the Town Council Chambers at 110 E.
Main Street and virtually through the Zoom webinar application (log-in information provided
below). Members of the public may provide public comments for agenda items in-person or
virtually through the Zoom webinar by following the instructions listed below. The live stream
of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online
at www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube.
PARTICIPATION
To provide oral comments in real-time during the meeting:
• Zoom webinar: Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL
to join: https://losgatosca-
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Passcode: 771495. You can also type in 879 2200 5778 in the “Join a Meeting” page on
the Zoom website at https://zoom.us/join.
When the Mayor announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”
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• In-Person: If you wish to speak during the meeting, please complete a “speaker’s card”
located on the back of the chamber benches and return it to the Town Clerk. If you wish
to speak to an item on the agenda, please list the item number. If you wish to speak on
an item NOT on the agenda, please list the subject and you may speak during the
“Verbal Communications” period. The time allocated to speakers may change to better
facilitate the Town Council meeting.
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residence. This identifying information is optional and not a requirement for participation. Please
limit your comments to three (3) minutes, or such other time as the Mayor may decide,
consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Council meeting. If you wish to speak to an item
or items on the Consent Calendar, please state which item number(s) you are commenting on at
the beginning of your time.
If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may email to Clerk@losgatosca.gov the subject
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MEETING CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVE REMOTE PARTICIPATION (This item is listed on the agenda in the event there is an
emergency circumstance requiring a Council Member to participate remotely under AB 2449
(Government Code 54953)).
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COUNCIL / MANAGER MATTERS
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine Town business
and may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Council may request to have an item
removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may provide
input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Mayor asks for public comments on the
Consent Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions contained on
Page 2 of this agenda. If an item is removed, the Mayor has the sole discretion to determine when
the item will be heard.)
1. Approve Minutes of the November 21, 2023 Closed Session Town Council Meeting.
2. Approve Minutes of the November 21, 2023 Town Council Meeting.
3. Adopt a Resolution Declaring Certain Hazardous Vegetation Growing in the Town of Los
Gatos to be a Public Nuisance, Describing Properties Where Such Nuisance Exists, and
Setting a Public Hearing Date of January 16, 2024 to Consider Objections to the
Proposed Abatement of Hazardous Vegetation for Properties Listed on the 2024 Weed
Abatement Program Commencement Report and Order the Abatement.
4. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute the Fourth Amendment to the Consulting
Services Agreement with ActiveWayz Engineering Extending the Term to December 31,
2024 for the Shannon Road Pedestrian and Bikeways Improvement Project (CIP No. 813-
0218).
5. Parking Program Implementation-Wayfinding Signage (CIP No. 813-0242):
a. Approve the Plans and Specifications; and
b. Authorize Advertising the Project for Bid.
6. Receive Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Status Report on Receipt and Use of Development
Impact Fees.
7. Adopt the Emergency Procurement Policy as Recommended by the Policy Committee.
8. Receive Report on Remote Participation at Town Commissions, Boards, and Committees
with Discussion Points Identified by the Council Policy Committee.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Town Council
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 Mayor, 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.)
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OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
9. Approve an Amendment to the Employment Agreement Between the Town of Los Gatos
and the Town Manager and Authorize Salary and Benefits Budget Adjustments in the
Amount of $15,682 from Available General Fund Capital/Special Projects Reserve.
10. Approve an Amendment to the Employment Agreement Between the Town of Los Gatos
and the Town Attorney and Authorize Salary and Benefits Budget Adjustments in the
Amount of $5,897 from Available General Fund Capital/Special Projects Reserve.
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants/Appellants 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/Appellants 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 Council’s consent at
the meeting.)
11. Approve a Recommendation of the Planning Commission to Introduce an Ordinance
Titled “An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos to Apply the Housing
Element Overlay Zone (HEOZ) to Provide for Increases to the Allowable Density, Height,
Floor Area Ratio, and Lot Coverage for Residential Development on the Following Site:
101 South Santa Cruz Avenue.” An Environmental Impact Report was Prepared and
Certified for the 2040 General Plan Update on June 30, 2022, which Included the
Proposed Zoning Code Amendments. No further Environmental Analysis is Required.
Zoning Code Amendment Application Z-23-003. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
12. Adopt a Resolution, Based on Planning Commission Recommendations, Modifying the
Height Pole and Netting Policy for Additions and New Construction. The Proposed
Modifications to Town Policy are Not Considered a Project Under the California
Environmental Quality Act. Project Location: Town Wide. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
ADJOURNMENT (Council policy is to adjourn no later than midnight unless a majority of Council
votes for an extension of time.)
Writings related to an item on the Town Council meeting agenda distributed to members of the Council within 72 hours of the
meeting are available for public inspection at the front desk of the Los Gatos Town Library, located at 100 Villa Avenue, and are also
available for review on the official Town of Los Gatos website. Copies of desk items distributed to members of the Council at the
meeting are available for review in the Town Council Chambers.
Note: In accordance with Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6; litigation challenging a quasi-adjudicatory decision of the Town Council
must be brought within 90 days after the decision is final unless a shorter time is required by State or Federal law.