01 Staff Report
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 02/04/2020
ITEM NO: 1
DRAFT
Minutes of the Town Council Special Meeting – Strategic Priorities
January 14, 2020
The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Special Meeting on Tuesday, January
14, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Marcia Jensen, Vice Mayor Barbara Spector, Council Member Rob Rennie,
Council Member Marico Sayoc.
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Jensen led the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience was invited to participate.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
Town Manager Prevetti announced the launch of a budget survey and encouraged all
residents to complete the survey.
OTHER BUSINESS
1. Reaffirm Ongoing Strategic Priorities, Identify New Strategic Priorities for 2020 – 2022,
and Determine the Priority Order of Potential Modifications to the Town Code.
Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
Rob Stump
- Requested wildfire protection become a priority and provided suggestions on how to
accomplish it.
David Weissman
- Requested that the tree ordinance enforcement section be modified to allow for
compensatory fines.
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Susan Fish
- Requested that the tree ordinance enforcement section be modified to allow for
compensatory fines.
Lee Fagot
- Requested that two additional residents be added to the Finance Committee and give the
resident members voting rights; requested that the audio recordings of all Board,
Commission, and Committee meetings be put on the Town website; and suggested the
Town pay additional funds to CalPERS for unfunded liabilities.
Joann Justice
- Requested that parking, traffic speed, and safety on Blossom Hill Road at Blossom Hill
School be addressed as a priority.
Lee Quintana
- Requested community involvement and transparency be improved by expanding the
General Plan Committee duties, audio recordings of all Boards, Commissions, and
Committees be placed on the website, and that fire safety and hillside development
guidelines work together and not contradict each other.
Catherine Somers, Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
- Requested the priorities include streamlining ordinances, a trolley, transportation, parking,
event signage, lights and lighting, increasing staffing in the Building Department to handle
the tenant improvement permits, and funding for summer block parties.
Lisa Wade, Green Monday
- Requested the Town place funding and staff time towards promoting plant-based eating in
the community and provided suggestions on how this could be accomplished.
Closed Public Comment.
Council confirmed the ongoing priorities, rearranged the list of ordinances to put the State
mandated items first, added drones and mobility ordinances to the top of the list, and
identified the following additional areas to continue emphasizing if funds allow:
• Additional Discretionary Payments (ADPs) toward pension obligations
• Wildfire mitigation measures
• Implementation of the parking study
• Renewed sustainability efforts, including climate resiliency
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DATE: January 15, 2020
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
Attest:
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Shelley Neis, Town Clerk