Item 1 - Draft Minutes of March 25, 2020
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 05/13/2020
ITEM NO: 1
DRAFT
MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
MARCH 11, 2020
The Planning Commission of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular Meeting on
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Melanie Hanssen, Vice Chair Kathryn Janoff , Commissioner Mary Badame,
Commissioner Jeffrey Barnett, Commissioner Matthew Hudes, and Commissioner Reza Tavana
Absent: Commissioner Kendra Burch
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Badame led the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience was invited to participate.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approval of Minutes – February 26, 2020.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Badame to approve adoption of the Consent Calendar.
Seconded by Commissioner Hudes.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously
PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. 16769 Farley Road
APN 424-21-062
Applicant: Javed Khan
Property Owner: West Valley Muslim Association
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Requesting approval of a modification to an existing Conditional Use Permit for
expanded hours of operation in an institution for religious observance (West Valley
Muslim Association).
Diego Mora, Assistant Planner, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
Kareem Syed, WVMA Community Outreach Director
- They request to extend the hours of operations from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. during the
month of Ramadan to allow services to finish and for people to exit the facility.
Unidentified Male
- He lives close to the subject site. He arrived late and missed some of the applicant's
presentation and asked how much of a time extension the applicant had requested.
Kareem Syed, WVMA Community Outreach Director
- The extended hours of use would be from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., and for that amount of
time they expect possibly 5-10 cars to leave prior to 11:00 p.m., so it would not be
extensive. The extended hours would be for the month of Ramadan, starting around the
end of April and going into May, and the remainder of the year operations would end at
10:00 p.m.
Closed Public Comment.
Commissioners discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Barnett to approve a modification to an existing
Conditional Use Permit for 16769 Farley Road. Seconded by Commissioner Hudes.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
OTHER BUSINESS
REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Joel Paulson, Director of Community Development
• The Town Council met on 3/3/20 and considered an appeal of the 15365 Santella Court
project that was approved by the Planning Commission . Town Council denied the appeal
and approved the project.
• The General Plan Advisory Committee will meet on 3/19/20 to discuss the Human
Services Element for the General Plan Update.
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• The Town Council will meet on 3/17/20 to discuss the General Plan land use alternative
that the Planning Commission discussed, large family daycare, accessory dwelling units,
and the General Plan Annual Progress Report.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS/COMMISSION MATTERS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
March 11, 2020 meeting as approved by the
Planning Commission.
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/s/ Vicki Blandin