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IMPORTANT NOTICE
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
FEBRUARY 20, 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
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 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 February 6, 2024 Closed Session Town Council Meeting.
2. Approve Minutes of the February 6, 2024 Town Council Meeting.
3. Approve Minutes of the February 13, 2024 Closed Session Town Council Meeting.
4. Approve Minutes of the February 13, 2024 Special Town Council Meeting.
5. Receive the Monthly Financial and Investment Report for December 2023.
6. Approve the Report Entitled “Vegetation Management Plan for the Town of Los Gatos,
Santa Clara County, California” Dated June 2021.
7. Parking Program Implementation-Wayfinding and Signage (CIP No. 813-0242):
a. Reject All Bids Opened on January 19, 2024, and
b. Authorize Town Manager to Re-bid the Project.
8. Consider Approval of On-Call Consultants List for Engineering and Design Support Services.
9. Approve the Following Action for the Highway 17 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing
(Project No. 818-0803):
a. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for
Consultant Services with BKF Engineers Inc. for Construction Phase Grant Writing
Services, increasing the amount by $48,735 for a Total Agreement Not to Exceed
$3,048,735.
10. Adopt a Resolution to Designate the Town’s Agents By Title to Obtain Federal and/or State
Financial Assistance Through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal
OES).
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
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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. Discuss and Provide Direction on the Proposed Revisions to the Draft Revised 2023-2031
Housing Element and Next Steps. 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. Approve a Recommendation of the Planning Commission to Introduce an Ordinance Titled
“An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos Amending Chapter 29, ‘Zoning
Regulations,’ of the Town Code to Define ‘By Right Approvals’ and Amend the Housing
Element Overlay Zone (HEOZ), Division 5 of Article VIII, ‘Overlay Zones and Historic
Preservation,’” to Clarify Regulations Applicable to “By Right” and “Non By Right”
Residential Development in the Housing Element Overlay Zone. An Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) was Prepared and Certified for the 2040 General Plan Update on June 30, 2022.
No further Environmental Analysis is Required. Zoning Code Amendment Application Z-24-
001. APPLICANT: Town of Los Gatos. PROJECT PLANNERS: Jocelyn Shoopman and Erin
Walters.
OTHER BUSINESS
13. Mid-Year Budget Report - July 1 - December 31, 2023:
a. Receive the FY 2023/24 Mid-Year Budget Report; and
b. Authorize Budget Adjustments as Recommended in the Mid-Year Budget Report.
14. Review the Five-Year Forecast (Fiscal Year 2024/25 -FY 2028/29) and the Finance
Commission Recommendations, Determine Key Assumptions for the Five- Year Forecast,
and Provide Direction for the Preparation of the FY 2024/25 Operating Budget.
15. Provide Direction on Any Ballot Measures to Consider for Polling.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
16. Hear Protests and Adopt a Resolution Making Determinations and Approving the
Reorganization of an Uninhabited Area Designated as Blackberry Hill Road No. 06,
Approximately 2.1 Acres on Property Pre-Zoned HR-2½. APN 532-25-011. Annexation
Application AN23-001. Project Location: 15405 Blackberry Hill Road. Property
Owner/Applicant: Maurice Brewster.
17. Adopt Resolution Repealing the Building Board of Appeals (BBA) Enabling Resolutions and
Introduce “An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos Designating the
Town Council to Hear Appeals from Decisions of the Building Official.”
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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ADA NOTICE In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance
to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk’s Office at (408) 354- 6834. Notification at
least two (2) business days prior to the meeting date will enable the Town to make reasonable
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR §35.102-35.104]