Attachment 10 - Applicant's Response to Public Comments received between 1101 am, September 8, 2021 and 1100 am, October 28, 2021T.H.I.S. DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT P.O.Box 1518, Los Gatos, CA 95031
Tel: 408.354.1863 Fax: 408.354.1823
Town of Los Gatos
110 E Main St,
Los Gatos CA 95030
Attn: Town Council
October 25th, 2021
17200 Los Robles Way, Los Gatos
Supplemental Rebuttal re: LLA M 21-001
Councilmembers:
I am adding this response to further rebut the appeal for this project after receiving the
most recent documents from the Appellant. It is intended to address this only, and does
not replace my rebuttal dated October 8th, 2021, which I would encourage you to read.
This most recent set of comments mentions the potential instability of the land, which I
have previously addressed. The JCP report on the property indicates that a region of
“potential landslide susceptibility” exists in the Los Robles/Hollywood street areas and
intersects a very small corner of the parcel nowhere near the Appellants Property. This
would typically be addressed at the Architecture and Site application when the scope of
any development would be better known. At that time peer reviews of geologic and
geotechnical reports would occur.
The LLA satisfies the “Common Sense Exemption” from CEQA, which determines that
“If you are not doing anything” there cannot be any Environmental Impact. And with an
LLA, nothing physical is occurring.
Additionally - Per the Appellant’s own documentation - there are Categorical
Exemptions for classes of “Projects” such as this:
4.Minor Alterations to Land
15.Minor Land Divisions
The act of improving zoning compatibility of 3 existing parcels of land by means of an
LLA does not therefore require an environmental study.
The desire for privacy is, and always has been, at the center of this appeal and this
should be addressed in the usual manner adopted by the Town for such projects, rather
than in a haphazard manner dictated by continued neighbor appeals.
Thank you
Tony Jeans
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