Desk Item
Prepared by: Town Manager, Town Attorney, PPW Director, Interim Police Chief, and Economic
Vitality Manager
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 09/05/2017
ITEM NO: 12
DESK ITEM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: SUMMER WEEKEND TRAFFIC
REMARKS:
After the distribution of the Staff Report, staff received a question from a Council Member and
the staff response is below. Also, additional public comment is attached (Attachment 7).
On page 19, the sentence reads "There may be some advantage to the classification, including
assisting with programming pavement maintenance schedules and potentially in the
allocation of tax dollars where allocations are based on roadway type." Is the advantage for
Los Gatos to keep Residential Collector or is the advantage for the other jurisdictions that just
have residential?
The advantage for the Residential Collector designation may be to the Town in the ways of: (1)
increased road maintenance funding through State (or other) allocations and (2) through
prioritization within the Streetsaver software which provides more attention to bigger streets
than to residential and therefore, allows us to be more precise with the programming of all
street maintenance dollars. The latter is probably something the Town can overcome.
At this time, staff is not sure if there is currently a formula that would be impacted for funding .
If the Council approves the recommendation, this would be evaluated along with a
determination of the environmental clearance that might be required to make the changes with
a future General Plan Update. This is why the recommendation is to try the changes now and
not make them official until the Town has a full understanding.
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SUBJECT: SUMMER WEEKEND TRAFFIC
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
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Attachments 1-6 received with Staff Report:
1. Street Classifications Map
2. LGMSPD Beats
3. SCCFD Battalions
4. SCCFD Staffing Modes
5. Los Gatos Business Survey Results
6. Public Comments through 11:00 a.m. August 31, 2017
Attachment received with this Desk Item:
7. Communication received from 11:01 a.m. Thursday, August 31, 2017 through 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017.