Item 2 - Exhibit 20 - Applicant's agreement to continueErin M. Walters
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Tony Jeans <tony@thisdesign.com>
Monday, January 07, 2019 1:33 PM
Erin M. Walters
wendyk@pacunion.com; kwilson@apr.com; Sally Zarnowitz
Re: 11 Peralta Avenue -Planning Commission January 23, 2019
Letter of Response -Lee Quintana.pdf
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS PLANNING DIVISION
Please provide this to the Planning Commission so that they can be informed as to our position as to John Fox's
request for a continuance.
I have discussed with the owners the request by John Fox [appellant] to further postpone the Planning Commission
hearing currently set for January 23rd and to listen to the matter on the subsequent Planning Commission meeting of
February 13th. It was not the intention of the commissioners when they continued the hearing on December 12th to 'a
date certain' to further delay it, nor is it the owners' desire to see this drag on. They wish to proceed expeditiously to a
hearing, listen to the appellant's concerns, see how they can be/have been addressed and request the commission make
a determination based on facts of the matter.
As the Planning Commission hearing has been structured as an appeal -with the appellant first presenting their case and
the applicant responding, I do not see how this hearing can proceed without the appellant. John Fox has prepared a
power-point presentation in support of his argument and would appear to prefer to present it himself rather than have
Donna do so. He stated on December 12th that he would be out of town on January 9th. Now that he has subsequently
informed us that he will also be unavailable on January 23rd, we see no other option for the Planning Commission but to
accede to his request for a postponement. The owners do not want to open an argument for appeal to the Town
Council that he was unable to present his case to the Commission, nor do we want to put the Commission in such a
position that they feel compelled to make an awkward decision on the matter.
As the applicant, we will agree to a postponement of the hearing to John Fox's requested date of February 13th and
would specifically ask staff and the Planning Commission to use their best efforts to ensure that time will be available on
the calendar to hear the appeal at that time.
In the mean time, we read Lee Quintana's submission on December 12th. The owner and I discussed it with her
personally at some length after the hearing was continued. It contains valuable points worth considering and I am
attaching a letter in response. See below.
As this hearing was continued to 'a date certain' on January 23rd, I will attend the meeting, but fully expect the
commission to continue the hearing on this item.
Thank you
Tony Jeans
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