Special Meeting 5 26 2020LOS GATOS TOWN COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
Community Vitality + Economic Recovery
MAY 26, 2020
COMMUNITY VITALITY +ECONOMIC RECOVERY
•Attraction to Downtown
•Consideration for various b usiness
models
•Consideration for all commercial z ones
•Impact on r esidents
•Compliance with current Santa Clara
County Public Health Order
•Pop-Up Parks in Parking Lots + Side Streets
•Lot 4 or others
•Parklets similar to Grays Lane on additional side streets
•No tables or high-touch furniture provided
•Programming could include lights, planters, umbrellas, etc.
•Temporary Parklets for Business Use
•Utilize parking space(s) in front of restaurants for temporary parklets
•Consideration for business uses to occupy
•Barrier type
•Designated curbside spaces on specific blocks, or in Town parking lots
•Closure of Portions of N. Santa Cruz Avenue and/or Main Street
•Extent/size of closure
•Frequency/duration
•Impact on businesses, residents, traffic
COST TIME CERTAINTY
Business Retention + Attraction
Temporary Considerations
•Current Los Gatos businesses
•Relocate or expand into without requiring a new CUP
•Adapt to changing shopping/dining demands
•Personal service CUPs
•DRC in the C-2 Zone
•Remove CUP all together
•Allow in limited areas of Downtown
•Extending the expiration date for all building &planning entitlements.
•Consider reducing CUP fees by absorbing the staff costs
•Vetted through the current process with reduced
costs to applicant
•Provide direction on Community Vitality and
Streamlining opportunities
•Provide direction for temporary resolution
•Duration of “temporary” resolution
•Use of public space
•Alcohol consumption with meals in pop -up parks/parklets
•Parking requirements (shopping centers)
•Land use and streamlining provisions
•Banners and A-frames
•Other opportunities that may require temporary modifications to
Town provisions
DISCUSSION + NEXT STEPS