Item 3 - Addendum with Exhibits.110 Wood Road
PREPARED BY: SEAN MULLIN, AICP
Senior Planner
Reviewed by: Planning Manager and Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6874
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 01/12/2022
ITEM NO: 3
ADDENDUM
DATE: January 11, 2022
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Requesting Approval of a Planned Development for Construction of a Senior
Living Community, Removal of Large Protected Trees, and Site Improvements
Requiring a Grading Permit on Property Zoned R:PD. Located at 110 Wood
Road. APN 510-47-038. Planned Development Application PD-20-001 and
Environmental Impact Report EIR-21-002. APPLICANT: Rockwood Pacific.
PROPERTY OWNER: Covia Communities. PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin.
REMARKS:
Below is an updated table of earthwork quantities clarifying the grading quantities that
contribute to a Grading Permit. This table is to replace the table included on page nine of the
Staff Report. Exhibit 16 includes a letter from the applicant providing an update on their
community engagement efforts and additional renderings of the proposed project. Exhibit 17
includes additional public comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, January 7, 2022 and
11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 11, 2022.
Preliminary Earthwork Quantities
Type Cut (cy) Fill
(cy)
Net (cy) Max Cut
Depth (ft)
Max Fill
Depth (ft)
Buildings* 113,000 1,000 112,000 <Cut> 61.5 3.5
Driveways 9,900 2,300 7,600 <Cut> 21.0 14.0
Sidewalk 3,700 700 3,000 <Cut> 20.5 10.5
Landscape 13,100 2,400 10,700 <Cut> 27.0 13.5
Utility Spoils 7,000 -- 7,000 <Cut>
TOTAL 146,700 6,400 140,300 <Cut>
GRADING PERMIT TOTAL** 33,700 5,400 39,100
* Excavation within building footprints does not count toward a Grading Permit.
** Cumulative total of site grading quantities counting toward a Grading Permit.
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SUBJECT: 110 Wood Road/PD-20-001 AND EIR-21-002
JANUARY 11, 2022
EXHIBITS:
Previously received under separate cover:
1. May 2021 Draft Environmental Impact Report (available online at
www.losgatosca.gov/110WoodRoad)
2. September 2021 Final Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program (available online at www.losgatosca.gov/110WoodRoad)
Received with the January 12, 2022 Staff Report:
3. Location Map
4. Required Findings
5. Required CEQA Findings of Fact
6. Conceptual Development Advisory Committee Staff Report, April 9, 2018
7. Conceptual Development Advisory Committee meeting minutes, April 9, 2018
8. Project Description and Letter of Justification, January 3, 2022
9. Town’s Consulting Architect Report, May 8, 2020
10. Applicant’s response to Town’s Consulting Architect recommendations, May 22, 2020
11. Arborist Report by Hort Science, October 12, 2020
12. Town's Consulting Arborist peer review report, February 12, 2021
13. Supplemental community engagement letter, December 9, 2021
14. Public comments received by 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 7, 2022
15. Planned Development Ordinance with Exhibit A Rezone Area and Exhibit B Development
Plans, July 27, 2021
Received with this Addendum Report:
16. Supplemental community engagement letter with visualizations, January 11, 2022
17. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, January 7, 2022 and 11:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
36 Southwood Drive | Orinda, California | 94563
www.RockwoodPacific.com
January 11, 2021
Ms. Melanie Hanssen, Chair
Los Gatos Planning Commission
Town of Los Gatos
110 E. Main Street
Los Gatos, CA 95030
RE: Community Engagement Update + Visualization Updates
Rebuild of Los Gatos Meadows
Dear Ms. Hanssen:
This letter supplements our justification letter of January 6, 2022, and our prior community
engagement update letter of December 9, 2021, related to the rebuild of Los Gatos Meadows
(the “project”), the 10.84-acre site located at 110 Wood Road (APN 510-47-038) at the
intersection of Wood Road and S. Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos.
Since our December 9th letter, we held our 10th neighborhood open house meeting. Given
recent installation of the story poles and lead up to the Planning Commission public hearing
tomorrow , it was well attended (13 neighbors). The primary focus on our update related to
visual impacts and construction processes. There were several questions related to the visual
impacts & simulations, construction hours/truck trips, tree removal and proposed
landscaping, and building heights each of which we addressed. There were a few
miscellaneous questions, not directly related to our application, but nonetheless important
to our neighbors, that our team will respond to over in the next few days.
Attached herein is an updated an Updated Listing of Meetings with Neighbors and
Community (Appendix D).
As previously indicated, we continue to update a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
document and posts this document to the Los Gatos Meadows page of the Covia web site:
https://covia.org/los-gatos-meadows/
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This web site also has a video summary of the overall proposed project and well as a video
focusing on our plans to employ self-driving vehicles.
Respectfully,
___________________________________
Francesco J. Rockwood
Rockwood Pacific Inc.
Applicant
Attachment
- Updated Listing of Meetings with Neighbors and Community (Appendix D)
- Updated visualizations
Appendix D
Listing of Meetings with Neighbors and Community
Type of Meeting Date Time Location Attendee Notes from Meeting Outcom e
Open House 1 03/08/18 7:30-9PM Los Gatos
Meadows
Maria Ristow, Irving & Evelyn
Mitsunaga, Robert Mullan(Toll House)
General introduction of intent to rebuild Los
Gatos Meadows
Kicked-off neighborhood
communications plan
Open House 2 04/18/18 7-8PM Los Gatos
Meadows
Julie Ritter Southern, Maria Ristow,
Claire Leclaire, Cathy Colgan
General introduction of intent to rebuild Los
Gatos Meadows; similar material to first
meeting
Kicked-off neighborhood
communications plan
Open House 3 05/03/18 7-8PM Los Gatos
Meadows
Karen Kurtz, Linda Iversen, Sue Fairley Attendees interested in architecture and
supplemental transportation options
Design team elevated analysis of
supplemental transportation
alternatives
Open House 4 05/20/18 3-4PM Los Gatos
Meadows
John and Jean Richardson, Stanford
Stickney and 3 other family members
Questions related to timeline, storm
drainage, and fire risk
Resolved current storm drain issue
and initiated planning to mitigate
fire risk through brush removal
Focus Groups
(3 Sessions)
10/2/2018 -
10/3/2018
Varies Toll House 36 older adults participated in 3 sessions.
Participants were drawn from the local
area. Participants were promised
confidentiality.
Sensitive to how various attributes or
requirements may drive cost, supplemental
transportation system very important,
limited enthusiasm for LEED certification
but recycling and energy efficiency
important, limited enthusiasm for
facilitating non-residents/non-guests on
campus, preference for larger, more
spacious units, recommendation to
minimize long corridors, preference for
multiple dining venues and ample on-site
amenities such as fitness center, walking
trails, access to town, casual dining, library,
coffee shop, and access to on-site support
care.
Design team made applicable
refinements to concept plan
Open House 5 12/06/18 7-8PM Los Gatos
Meadows
Julie Ritter Southern, Matt and Marlena
Hood and friend, Mike Wasserman
Question about timing, policy related to
relocation of existing residents, impact on
visibility to neighbors above, use of solar
panels and roof color, impacts on traffic
(with specific concerns about summer
traffic), site security during closure,
parking, noise impacts and construction
parking. Requested advance notifications
of all construction work that could affect
access. Some residents on Wood Road
would prefer that Farwell Lane continue to
support regular vehicle traffic. A video
summary of the meeting was posted at:
https://vimeo.com/278024461
Feedback informed further
refinement to concept plan. With
regard to Wood Road traffic
impacts, design team is prioritizing
minimizing errant trips up Wood
Road past the main entrance, and
more importantly, further
prioritizing the supplemental
transportation system to convert
more trips to autonomous vehicle,
pedestrian or bike trips. Also,
currently planning to include solar
panels.
Open House 6 10/10/19 7-8PM Toll House Julie Ritter Southern, Maria Ristow,
Jamie Garcia & Friend, Irving & Evelyn
Mitsunaga
Questions about Wood Road traffic,
availability of Wood Road for evacuation,
potential impact of project on housing
element, and recommendation to deploy
goats to further reduce fire risk. Request for
copy of facts and figures table.
Confirmed that project not
expected to affect housing
element. Planning to deploy goats
on property this spring; planning to
make commitment to make Wood
Road available for evacuation
during emergencies.
Open House 7 03/05/20 7-8PM Los Gatos United
Methodist Church
None General heightened sensitivity due to
COVID-19 may have been a factor in
suppressing turnout.
Produced and circulated video
update; available at Covia/Los
Gatos Meadows website
https://covia.org/los-gatos-
meadows/
Open House 8 12/03/20 7-8PM Zoom Meeting Julie Ritter Southern, Fred Lester, Matt
Wood, Zane Rowe, Gary/Jamie Garcia,
Claire Leclair, Evelyn/Irving Mitsunaga,
Robert Macartney, Matthew Bigge
Green roof (Fred), Solar (Julie), incline
elevator (Fred), security current through
construction (Matt), views from 135 Wood
and story pole modification request (Julie),
visualization from 100 Wood Rd (Matt),
Condo v. CCRC (Julie), fire evacuation
(Matt), parking for construction (Fred),
construction traffic (Matt)
Provided advance notice of intent
to seek modification to Town's Story
Pole Policy
Public Hearing -
Story Pole
Exception
Request
01/19/21 7-9PM Zoom Meeting Town Council and Town Staff (in
advance of meeting, staff received
letters from Clare Southern, Matthew
Southern and Mark Rigoli (via Council
Member Maria Ristow)
No public comments; council members
discussed merits and concerns regarding
proposal
Consideration for request for fewer
poles continued to future council
meeting (subsequently withdrew
modification request)
NOP Meeting 02/25/21 7-7:15PM Zoom Meeting Presenters: Joel Paulson, Jocelyn
Shoopman, Sean Mullin, Terri Wissler
Adam (EMC Planning).
Public Attendees: Matt Hood
Matt Hood inquired about availability of
video recording of the NOP meeting
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Appendix D
Listing of Meetings with Neighbors and Community
Type of Meeting Date Time Location Attendee Notes from Meeting Outcom e
Open House 9 08/09/21 7-8PM Zoom Meeting Presenters: Frank Rockwood, Mark
Falgout, David Gates, Chris Ichien
Comments and questions related to: clarify
visual impacts (during and after
construction), number of expected truck
trips, construction hours, placement of
parking, project schedule, emergency
circulation and clarification of employee
break area
City Council
Public Hearing -
Story Pole
Exception
Request
10/19/21 7-10PM Zoom Meeting Town Council and Town Staff (in
advance of meeting, staff received
letters from Julie Southern, Esther
Grant and Andrew Ghofrani)
Frank Rockwood and Mark Falgout stepped
through request. No public comments;
council members discussed merits and
concerns regarding proposal as well as
addressed policy in general
Request was granted to use flags
versus netting with condition of
using 2 rows of flags.
Open House 10 01/10/22 7-8PM Zoom Meeting Presenters: Frank Rockwood, Mark
Falgout, David Gates, Chris Ichien,
Victor Ceron, Laura Worthington-
Forbes; Attendees: Gillian and Mike
Verga, Julie Ritter Southern, Clare
Southern, Matt Southern, Cathy
Colgan, Maria Ristow, Andrew Ghofrani,
Michael and Kimberley Wasserman,
Omari and Kavita Bouknight, Cindy Slain
Comments and questions related to:
massing, visualizations (from specific
neighbors on Wood Road and Tate & Main
Street), Broadway use for pedestrians,
construction hours and traffic route, access
to vineyard above Los Gatos Meadows,
solar panels, undergrounding, PG&E lines,
TV antennae tower, color of roof and
buildings
Project team to follow up with
neighbors re: distribution of massing
and additional details on building
heights
1/11/2022:10:51 AM
LOS GATOS MEADOWS - PHOTOSIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER
EXISTING
(JULY 2021)(DECEMBER 2021)
(JANUARY 2022)
(JULY 2021)
PROPOSED VIEW WITH STORY POLE FINE TUNED ARCHITECTURE
BASED ON STORY POLE LOCATIONS
VIEW CORRIDORS
49 E MAIN STREET
JANUARY 2022
VIEW CORRIDORS
49 E MAIN STREET - ENLARGED
LOS GATOS MEADOWS - PHOTOSIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER JANUARY 2022
VIEW WITH STORY POLE FINE TUNED ARCHITECTURE
BASED ON STORY POLE LOCATIONS
(JULY 2021)(JULY 2021)
(JANUARY 2022)
(DECEMBER 2021)
EXISTING PROPOSED
VIEW WITH STORY POLE FINE TUNED ARCHITECTURE
BASED ON STORY POLE LOCATIONS
VIEW CORRIDORS
S SANTA CRUZ AVENUE & WOOD ROAD
LOS GATOS MEADOWS - PHOTOSIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER JANUARY 2022
VIEW CORRIDORS
S SANTA CRUZ AVENUE & WOOD ROAD - ENLARGED
VIEW WITH STORY POLE FINE TUNED ARCHITECTURE
BASED ON STORY POLE LOCATIONS
LOS GATOS MEADOWS - PHOTOSIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER JANUARY 2022
(DECEMBER 2021)
(JANUARY 2022)
JANUARY 2022
VIEW WITH STORY POLE FINE TUNED ARCHITECTURE
BASED ON STORY POLE LOCATIONS
VISUALIZATION
UPPER WOOD ROAD
LOS GATOS MEADOWS - PHOTOSIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER
(DECEMBER 2021)
(JANUARY 2022)
VIEW WITH STORY POLE FINE TUNED ARCHITECTURE
BASED ON STORY POLE LOCATIONS
VISUALIZATION
121 WOOD ROAD
(MAY 2021)
PROPOSED
JANUARY 2022LOS GATOS MEADOWS - PHOTOSIMULATION BEFORE AND AFTER
From: Michael Kennedy < >
Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2022 11:16:33 AM
To: Rob Rennie
Cc: Maria Ristow; Mary Badame; Matthew Hudes; Marico Sayoc; Janette Judd ; Joel Paulson
Subject: Re: Proposed construction project, height blocking hillside views - site of former Los Gatos
Meadows
EXTERNAL SENDER
Adding an additional photo taken from Broadway neighborhood, see below. Mike.
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