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TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA *AMENDED
JUNE 18, 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. Parks and Open Space Month Proclamation
ii. Commendation for Outgoing Town Manager
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 Closed Session Minutes of the June 4, 2024 Town Council Meeting.
2. Approve Minutes of the June 4, 2024 Town Council Meeting.
3. Receive the Monthly Financial and Investment Report for April 2024.
4. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to Agreement for Services
with H. A. Bowen Electric Inc. to Extend the Term through June 30, 2026 and Increase the
Compensation Amount by $48,000 for a Total Agreement Amount Not to Exceed
$145,335.
5. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Lease Agreement with the Friends of the Los
Gatos Library for the Property Located at 108 E. Main St.
6. Shannon Road Pedestrian and Bikeways Improvement Project (CIP No. 813-0218):
a. Award and Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Contract with Sposeto
Engineering Inc. in an Amount Not to Exceed $2,115,930.50;
b. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute Change Orders in an Amount Not to Exceed
Ten Percent (10%) of the Contract Award Amount ($211,593);
c. Approve the Project Construction Plans with Addenda as Required by Government
Code 830.6 – Design Immunity;
d. Authorize an Expenditure Budget Increase From Storm Drain Basin #1 Funds in an
Amount of $447,717; and
e. Authorize an Expenditure Budget Decrease of Underground Utility Funds in an
Amount of $48,003.
7. Stormwater Network Mapping Services (CIP No. 816-0425):
a. Award and Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Contract with NCE in an Amount
Not to Exceed $380,700;
b. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute Change Orders in an Amount Not to Exceed
Ten Percent (10%) of the Contract Award Amount ($38,070).
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8. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Revised Master Service Agreement with Flock
Safety Group Inc. for Stationary Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) in the Amount
$255,000 for a Sixty-Month Term and Authorize the Town Manager to Enter into
Amendments as Necessary for up to an Additional $40,000 for a Total Agreement Not to
Exceed $295,000 Over the Agreement Term.
9. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement for
Services with Pro-Sweep, Inc. for Power-Washing Services to Extend the Term Through
December 31, 2024, and Increase the Compensation by $32,760 for a Total Amount not to
Exceed $410,539.
10. Approve and Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Side Letter of Agreement
Between the Town of Los Gatos and the Police Officers Association (POA) to Modify the
Vacation Accrual Cap through June 30, 2025.
11. Highway 17 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing (Project No. 818-0803):
a. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement for
Consultant Services with BKF Engineers Inc. for Additional Environmental Consulting
Services in the amount of $39,000 for a Total Agreement Not to Exceed $3,087,735;
and
b. Authorize an Expenditure Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $34,822 to Authorize
the Allocation to the Previously Received Transportation Development Act Article 3
Grant Receipt.
12. Approve Change to Existing Purchase Order with Baker and Taylor Not to Exceed
$115,800.
13. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Fifth Amendment to a Special Services
Agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) to Increase Compensation in the
Amount of $120,000 for a Total Contract Amount Not to Exceed $550,000.
14. Approve an Amendment to the Town Employees Association (TEA) Salary Schedule to
Establish a New Classification Title and Salary Range for Senior Transportation Planner.
15. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute an Agreement with Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Safe
Routes to School to Provide Education and Encouragement Programs and Crossing Guard
Services for a Total Agreement Base Amount Valued at $350,950 Prior to Any Increased
Adjustment Made for Consumer Price Index (CPI) Changes.
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.)
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.)
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16. Conduct a Public Hearing to Hear Protests and Authorize the Following Actions for
Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts No. 1 and 2:
a. Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Diagram and Assessments and Levying and
Authorizing Collection of Assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District
No. 1-Blackwell Drive Benefit Zone.
b. Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Diagram and Assessments and Levying and
Authorizing Collection of Assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District
No. 1-Kennedy Meadows Benefit Zone.
c. Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Diagram and Assessments and Levying and
Authorizing Collection of Assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District
No. 1-Santa Rosa Heights Benefit Zone.
d. Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Diagram and Assessments and Levying and
Authorizing Collection of assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District
No. 1-Vasona Heights Benefit Zone.
e. Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Diagram and Assessments and Levying and
Authorizing Collection of assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District
No. 1-Hillbrook Drive Benefit Zone.
f. Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Diagram and Assessments and Levying and
Authorizing Collection of assessments for Landscape and Lighting Assessment District
No. 2-Gemini Court Benefit Zone.
17. Conduct Brush Abatement Program Public Hearing to Consider Objections to the
Proposed Removal of Brush on Parcels Listed on the 2024 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
Area Non-Compliant Parcel List and Order Abatement.
18. Hear Protests and Adopt a Resolution Making Determinations and Approving the
Reorganization of an Uninhabited Area Designated as El Gato Lane No. 06, Approximately
0.563 Acres on Property Pre-Zoned R-1:8. APN 523-22-007. Annexation Application
AN24-001. Project Location: 15575 El Gato Lane. Property Owner: Sai Kiran Garimella
and Renu Sushma Kolli. Applicant: Barzin Keyhankhadiv.
19. Consider a Request for an Exception to the Height Pole, Flagging, Netting, and Signage
Policy to Allow Preparation of Visual Renderings by the Applicant Rather than the Town’s
Consultant as Required by the Policy on Property Zoned R:PD Located at 110 Wood Road.
This Request is Not a Project as Defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 21065. APN 510-47-
038. Applicant: Frank Rockwood. Property Owner: Front Porch Communities. Project
Planner: Sean Mullin
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
20. Receive a Presentation, Provide Direction, and Consider Accepting a Proposed Donation
from the Los Gatos Rotary to the Town at Live Oak Manor Park.
21. Provide Direction on the Town’s Community Grant Process.
22. Provide Any Additional Direction on Near-term Improvements to the Interim Community
Center and Operational Support for Community Partners.
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
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statements. Items requested/recommended for continuance are subject to Council’s consent at the
meeting.)
23. *Adopt a Resolution and Introduce Ordinances to Place a One-Eighth Cent Sales Tax on
the November 2024 Ballot as Either One Measure for a Special Tax or Two Measures for a
General Tax and a Companion Advisory Measure to be Adopted by a Separate Resolution;
and Authorize a Fiscal Year 2024/25 Expenditure Budget Adjustment of $66,000 for a
Single Measure or $132,000 for Two Measures from the Available Capital/Special Projects
Reserve.
COUNCIL / MANAGER MATTERS
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT (Council policy is to adjourn no later than midnight unless a majority of Council
votes for an extension of time.)
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]
Item #23 has been amended