1997-059-Establishing The 30 General Plan Task Force As An Advisory Body To The Town Council And Repealing Town Council Resolution 1997-39RESOLUTION 1997 -59
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ESTABLISHING THE
30 MEMBER GENERAL PLAN TASK FORCE
AS AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL
AND REPEALING TOWN COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1997 -39
RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, that the Town Council
hereby formally establishes the General Plan Task Force. The Task Force shall be advisory to the
Town Council and shall operate in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
Appointment and terms of office.
The General Plan Task Force shall consist of 30 members appointed by the Town Council.
Members represent various geographic areas, community interests and organizations, various age
groups, residential interests, business interests and other interests as identified by the Council at the
time the appointments are made. Members of the Task Force may not belong to any other
established Town commission, board or committee.
The term of office for the Task Force members shall begin upon Council appointment and
will end at the conclusion of the Task Force's report to Town Council in January 1998.
Attendance at meetings.
Appointed members of the Task Force must commit to attendance at all seven of the
scheduled meetings of the Task Force at the time of their appointment. Two unexcused absences
will subject the member to expulsion from the Task Force. The Council will not fill any vacancies
that occur after the July meeting of the Task Force.
Meeting_s� officer.
The Task Force will meet on June 26, July 17, September 4, October 2, November 6 and
December 4, 1997 and January 27, 1998. The Task Force will select a Chair to present the Task
Force's recommendations to the Town Council.
4. Powers and Duties.
The Task Force will attempt to discover a community consensus about the vision for Los
Gatos in the next century
The Task Force will assess the General Plan, Hillside Specific Plan and Downtown Specific
Plan to see if they will allow the Town to be what the community wants it to be in the next century,
and identify the primary issues.
The Task Force will list the identified issues in order of importance.
The Task Force will recommend which parts of the General Plan and /or Specific Plans need
to be examined and studied further by other Town bodies, and offer some preliminary approaches.
The Task Force will reach decisions by consensus rather that format votes.
5. Conflict of interest.
Upon appointment to the Task Force members are required to file Conflict of Interests forms
with the Town Clerk for Disclosure Categories 2, 3, & 4 as listed in Town Code Sec. 2.30.615.
6. Resolution not to affect powers of Town Council or Planning Commission.
Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as restricting or curtailing any of the powers of
the Town Council or Planning Commission, or as a delegation to the General Plan Task Force of any
of the authority or discretionary powers vested and imposed by law in such bodies.
7. Rescind Resolution 1997 -39.
This resolution rescinds Resolution 1997 -39,
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council held on the 16th day of June,
1997 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton, Jan Hutchins, Linda Lubeck,
Mayor Joanne Benjamin
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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