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IMPORTANT NOTICE
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Street and virtually through Zoom Webinar (log-in information provided below). Members of the
public may provide public comments for agenda items in-person or virtually through the Zoom
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NOTES: (1) Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes or less at the Mayor’s discretion.
(2) If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may email to Clerk@losgatosca.gov the subject
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
JANUARY 16, 2024
110 EAST MAIN STREET AND TELECONFERENCE
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 PM
Mary Badame, Mayor
Matthew Hudes, Vice Mayor
Rob Moore, Council Member
Rob Rennie, Council Member
Maria Ristow, Council Member
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CALL MEETING 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
PRESENTATIONS
i. Recognize Outgoing Commissioners
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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 1 of this agenda.
If an item is removed, the Mayor has the sole discretion to determine when the item will be heard.)
1. Approve Town Council Closed Session Minutes of December 19, 2023.
2. Approve Town Council Study Session Minutes of December 19, 2023.
3. Approve Council Meeting Minutes of December 19, 2023.
4. Adopt a Resolution to Extend the Term of the Housing Element Advisory Board.
5. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Six-Year Agreement for Services with New
Image Landscape Co. for Landscape Maintenance Services for a Total Agreement Amount
Not to Exceed $846,932 Plus Allowable Increase Adjustments Made for Consumer Price
Index (CPI) Beginning in Year 2 of Contract.
6. Rescind Resolution 2023-063 and Adopt a Revised Resolution Making Determinations and
Approving the Reorganization of an Uninhabited Area Designated as Los Gatos Boulevard
No. 20, Approximately 0.521 Acres on Property Pre-Zoned R-1:8. APN 523-01-001.
Annexation Application AN22-001. Project Location: 15810 Los Gatos Boulevard.
Property Owner/Applicant: Jesus Ching and Kathleen Ban.
7. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute the Following Agreements with San José
Conservation Corps:
a. Episodic Support for Winter Storm Response in an Amount Not to Exceed $15,000 and
b. Parks-Related Support Staffing in an Amount Not to Exceed $87,100.
8. Receive the Monthly Financial and Investment Report for November 2023.
9. Authorize the Town Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Lease Agreement with Candler
for LTFJ S Corp for 41 North Santa Cruz Avenue, in Substantially the Form Presented for a
23-Month Initial Term with One Option to Extend for an Additional 24 Months.
10. Authorize the Town Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Fifth Amendment to a Parking
Lot Lease with Frontier California Inc. (formerly Verizon), in Substantially the Form
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Presented, to Extend the Lease for an Additional Five Years in an Amount Not to Exceed
$363,146 Over Those Five Years.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Town Council on
any matter that is not listed on the agenda and is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Town
Council. The law generally prohibits the Town Council from discussing or taking action on such
items. However, the Council may instruct staff accordingly. To ensure all agenda items are heard,
this portion of the agenda is limited to 30 minutes. 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. Each speaker is limited to no more than three
(3) minutes or such time as authorized by the Mayor.)
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
11. Review and Discuss the Proposed Revisions to the Draft Revised 2023-2031 Housing
Element. Location: Town-Wide. General Plan Amendment Application GP-22-003.
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.)
12. Conduct a Public Hearing for the Town’s Transportation Impact Fee Program to:
a. Adopt a Resolution to Adopt the Transportation Impact Nexus Study Dated November
2023 (including the Project List – Appendix 1 Which Serves as the Town’s
Transportation Capital Improvement Plan);
b. Adopt a Resolution to Update a Transportation Impact Fee to Replace the Town’s
Existing Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee;
c. Introduce an Ordinance Titled “An Ordinance of the Town of Council of the Town of
Los Gatos Amending Town Code Section 15, Article VII ‘Traffic Impact Mitigation
Fees’”; and
d. Adopt a Resolution to Modify Town Council Policy 1-08: “Transportation Impact
Policy.”
13. Weed Abatement Public Hearing to Consider Objections to the Proposed Abatement of
Hazardous Vegetation (Weeds) for Properties Listed on the 2024 Weed Abatement
Program Commencement Report and Order the Abatement.
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
14. Consider the Following Actions:
a. Receive the Information Provided in the Police Services Report: July – December 2023,
b. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute an Agreement with Meliora Public Safety
Consulting to Conduct an Organizational Assessment and Develop a Data Analysis
Toolkit in an Amount Not to Exceed $80,000, and
c. Approve an Expenditure Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $80,000 from the
Available General Fund Capital/Special Projects Reserve.
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15. Consider Whether the Town Should Retain a Separate Building Board of Appeals and
Provide Direction to Staff.
16. Provide Direction Regarding Potential Amendments to the Historic Preservation
Committee Ordinance and Enabling Resolution.
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.)
17. Consider an Appeal of a Planning Commission Decision to Deny a Fence Height Exception
Request at 124 Garden Hill Drive for the Construction of a Six-Foot Tall Fence Located
Within the Required Front Yard Setback, Street Side Yard Setback, and Corner Sight
Triangle on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 424-23-084. Fence Height Exception Application
FHE-23-005. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303: New
Construction or Conversion of Small Structures and Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Rushikesh Kulkarni. Applicant/Appellant: Martin Lettunich. Project
Planner: Ryan Safty.
ADJOURNMENT (Council policy is to adjourn no later than midnight unless a majority of Council
votes for an extension of time.)
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