Desk Item with Exhibit.636 Blossom Hill Road
PREPARED BY: ERIN WALTERS
Associate Planner
Reviewed by: Planning Manager and Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6872
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 11/10/2021
ITEM NO: 4
DESK ITEM
DATE: November 10, 2021
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Requesting Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Formula Retail
Business with Alcohol Sales and Tasting, and Including 24-hour Delivery
(BevMo!) on Property Zoned CH. Located at 636 Blossom Hill Road. APN
529-16-047 and 529-16-054. Conditional Use Permit U-21-016. PROPERTY
OWNER: Blossom Hill Pavilion LP. APPLICANT: Greg Endom, Beverages and
More, Inc. PROJECT PLANNER: Erin Walters.
REMARKS:
Exhibit 10 includes a public comment received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, November 5, 2021,
and 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
EXHIBITS:
Previously received with the November 10, 2021 Staff Report:
1. Location Map
2. Required Findings
3. Recommended Conditions of Approval
4. Project Description and Letter of Justification
5. Site Photographs
6. Applicant Outreach
7. Public Comments
8. Development Plans
Previously received with November 9, 2021 Addendum Report:
9. Additional Materials Submitted by the Applicant
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SUBJECT: 636 Blossom Hill Road/U-21-016
DATE: November 10, 2021
Received with this Desk Item Report:
10. Public Comment Received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, November 5, 2021 and 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
From: Katie Piro
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 7:00 AM
To: Planning Comment <PlanningComment@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Public Comment Item #4.Requesting Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Formula
Retail Business with Alcohol Sales and Tasting, and Including 24-hour Delivery (BevMo!) on Property
Zoned CH. Located at 636 Blossom Hill Road.
EXTERNAL SENDER
To the planning commission and town council: Please hear us, who live here in this town. Please do not
approve this project.
There are 3 major reasons that this project should not be here.
1-The Traffic. Our town has suffered and suffered with new projects, especially on Los Gatos Blvd. The
beach traffic is so bad on Los Gatos Blvd and on Blossom Hill Rd during the summer. To add the
additional traffic of a large chain store in an already overcrowded area would be detrimental to the
residents. Yes Pier 1 was a chain store, but did not have a stream and consistency of traffic that a
discount liquor store would.
2-The kids at Fisher. All you have to do is drive by this location at 330pm on a weekday to see the
number of our middle school children that spend time here. It would be dangerous for the kids. We
cannot change the proximity to a middle school- but we can keep the traffic of a large liquor store from
being the choice to occupy that space.
3.Our Local businesses that have supported us for years. Ray Lunardi is always the first to step up to
local schools and has never denied donations when my fellow volunteer moms and I have asked. Jiffy
mart is the highlight of our Christmas Parade each year. These and many other local businesses have
supported our community for years. Bevmo does not care about us, or our town.
There is a Bevmo not 15 minutes away near Camden and Union. Another in the mall in Saratoga- both
large areas equipped for this. We do not need this in a residential/school area with 2 locations already
so close. This location is not equipped for a store of this size, and it would be a detriment to our
neighborhood, our children, and our town.
Thank you,
Katie Piro
Mom, small business owner, long time LG resident
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