Attachment 3Ron Gonzales, Chair
h'ispa1?ic Foundation
of Silicon Valley
Janice Jen.sen, Vice Chair
Hobitot for Humonity
East Boy/Silicon Volley
Kevin Zwick, Treasurer
f-iousfng Trust Silicon Volley
Kathy Thibodeaux, Secretar;
Krv1 Thibodeaux Consulting i.l.C
Shiloh Baliarcl
Siiicon Va!Jey Bicycie Ccoiition
Bob Grnwnstein
Vv'orkfng Partnerships USA
Gina Dalma
Silicon Vaifey Community
Foundation
Katie <errick
Unkedfn
Amie Fishman
Non-Profit Housing Association of
Northern California
Javier Gonzalez
Google
Poncho Guevara
Sacred Heart Community Service
Nathan Ho
Silicon Va!!ev i.eadership Group
Janikke K[em
Technofom,1 Credit Union
Jan Lindentha!
11\1idPen Housing
Jennifer Loving
Destinotion: Home
Mary Murtagh
EAH Housing
Chris Neale
The Core Companies
Andrea Osgood
Eden Housing
Kelly Snider
J(e/fy Snider Consulting
Jennifer Van F.very
The Von Everv Group
Staff
Leslye Corsig!ia
ffa.ecutive Director
sv@home
TRANSMITIEO VIA EMAIL
August 31, 2018
Mayor Rennie and Members of the Town Council
Town of Los Gatos
110 E. Main St
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Dear Mayor Rennie, Vice Mayor Leonardis, and Council Members Spector, Sayoc, and
Jensen:
RE: Response to the 2017-2018 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report
We write today to thank the Town for its timely response to the Santa Clara County
Civil Grand Jury's request to address specific findings and recommendations that were
included in its June report entitled "Affordable Housing Crisis: Density is our Destiny."
As the staff response catalogues, many of the findings are well known to the Town, and
many of the recommendations have already been integrated into policy. Earlier this
year, Los Gatos took steps to amend its Accessory Dwelling Unit(ADU) ordinance to
increase ADU construction opportunities throughout the Town, similar to
recommendations mentioned in the report. We are pleased that the Town is taking up
the issue of the RHNA sub-region, and the regional discussion about barriers to meeting
RHNA targets. We expect Los Gatos to be an active and important partner in these
regional discussions.
The Grand Jury report calls for a sustained commitment to long-term solutions. One of
the recommendations called for the adoption of a Commercial Linkage Fee to fund
affordable housing opportunities in the community. We ask the Council to prioritize a
nexus study on Commercial Linkage Fees to help fund affordable housing in Los
Gatos.
Continued commercial development in Los Gatos increases the number of jobs, as well
as the unmet housing demand. As neighboring cities have found, it is possible to
establish fees that can sufficiently fund affordable housing, while not deterring
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