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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 05/17/2022 ITEM NO: 1
DRAFT
Minutes of the Town Council Meeting
May 3, 2022
The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a regular meeting utilizing
teleconference and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as
Amended by Assembly Bill 361, in response to the state of emergency relating to COVID-19 and
enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending or waiving specified provisions in
the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.) and Town of Los Gatos Resolution
2021-044 on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Rob Rennie, Vice Mayor Maria Ristow, Council Member Mary Badame, Council
Member Matthew Hudes, Council Member Marico Sayoc (all participating remotely).
Absent: None
PRESENTATIONS
Mayor Rennie presented proclamations honoring Building Safety Month, National Public Works
Week, and Municipal Clerks Week.
COUNCIL/TOWN MANAGER REPORTS
Council Matters
- Council Member Sayoc stated she attended the Housing Element Advisory Board (HEAB)
meeting with Vice Mayor Ristow, and the Santa Clara County Hate Prevention and Inclusion
Task Force meeting; and announced May is Mental Health Awareness Month and CalCities
Peninsula Division will host an event for local elected officials in San Mateo and Santa Clara
Counties on Governor Newsom’s CARE Court on May 18th.
- Council Member Badame stated she attended the HEAB meeting, Finance Commission, and
Planning Commission meetings as an observer.
- Council Member Hudes stated he attended the Senior Service Committee Arc Bar
Reception, Senior Service Workplan Sub-Committee meeting, and Finance Commission
meetings.
- Vice Mayor Ristow stated she attended the Senior Service Committee Arc Bar Reception,
Poetry Reading Contest, Spring Into Green event, and filled in for Mayor Rennie for an Arbor
Day tree planting at Mulberry School with Parks and Public Works staff; volunteered at the
Chamber Wine Walk; and met with members of the Terraces with Mayor Rennie.
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Council Matters – continued
- Mayor Rennie stated he attended the Finance Commission meetings, Senior Service
Committee Arc Bar Reception, Spring Into Green event, Bay Area Air Quality Management
District (BAAQMD) Board meeting, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board meeting,
Uplift/Pacific Clinics Luncheon with Vice Mayor Ristow, Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority
Five-Year Celebration, West Valley Mayors and Managers (WVM&M) meeting, Police
Foundation event; and met with members of the Terraces with Vice Mayor Ristow.
Manager Matters
- Announced Adult Commissioner recruitment is underway; the application period closes on
May 27 at 4:00 p.m. Interviews are scheduled for June 7, 2022.
- Announced Youth Commission recruitment is underway; the application period closes on
May 6 at 4:00 p.m. Interviews are scheduled for May 16, 2022.
- Announced May is Historic Preservation Month and Affordable Housing Month.
- Announced National Police Week is May 15 - 21.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approve Draft Minutes of the April 19, 2022 Town Council Meeting.
2. Adopt a Resolution Reaffirming Resolution 2021-044 Regarding Brown Act Compliance and
Teleconferencing and Making Findings Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953, as
Amended by Assembly Bill 361, During the COVID -19 Pandemic. RESOLUTION 2022-021
3. Appoint Vice Mayor Ristow to the Senior Service Committee to Replace Mayor Rennie.
4. Adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 15 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Article I and Article
IV, Division I of the Town Code Regarding Parking Meter Zones. ORDINANCE 2332
5. Adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 18, Article III, Entitled Minors and Related to Social
Host Liability for Parties at Which Underage Drinking and Drug Use Occurs. ORDINANCE
2330
6. Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 29 of the Los Gatos Town Code Regulating
Tree Protection. ORDINANCE 2331
7. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to an Agreement for
Consultant Services with Walter Levison Arborist for Two Months.
8. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a First Amendment to an Agreement for
Consultant Services with Monarch Consulting Arborists LLC for Two Months.
9. Adopt a Resolution to Adopt a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2022/23 Funded by the State
Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. RESOLUTION 2022-022
10. Adopt a Resolution Declaring Hazardous Vegetation (Brush) a Public Nuisance, Ordering
Abatement, and Setting June 21, 2022 as a Public Hearing to Consider Objections to the
Proposed Removal of Brush. RESOLUTION 2022-023
11. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a First Amendment to the Agreement with the
County of Santa Clara for the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program.
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Consent Items – continued
12. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Third Amendment to the Agreement for Services
with Brightview Tree Care Services, Inc. to Increase Compensation for Fiscal Year 2021/22 in
an Amount of $25,000 for a Total Annual Amount Not to Exceed $125,000, for a Total
Agreement Amount Not to Exceed $966,000.
13. Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts 1 & 2:
a. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 1) Approving the Engineer’s Report (Attachment 8) for
Fiscal Year 2022/23. RESOLUTION 2022-024
b. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 2) of Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of
Assessments for Landscape and Lighting District No. 1-Blackwell Drive Benefit Zone.
RESOLUTION 2022-025
c. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 3) of Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of
Assessments for Landscape and Lighting District No. 1-Kennedy Meadows Benefit Zone.
RESOLUTION 2022-026
d. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 4) of Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of
Assessments for Landscape and Lighting District No. 1-Santa Rosa Heights Benefit Zone.
RESOLUTION 2022-027
e. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 5) of Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of
Assessments for Landscape and Lighting District No. 1-Vasona Heights Benefit Zone.
RESOLUTION 2022-028
f. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 6) of Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of
Assessments for Landscape and Lighting District No. 1-Hillbrook Drive Benefit Zone.
RESOLUTION 2022-029
g. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 7) of intention to Intention to Order the Levy and
Collection of Assessments for Landscape and Lighting District No. 2-Gemini Court
Benefit Zone. RESOLUTION 2022-030
h. Set June 21, 2022 as the Date for the Public Hearing to Consider Protests for the Levy
and Collection of Assessments.
14. Authorize the Town Manager to Execute On-Call Traffic Engineering Consultant Services
Agreements for Pass-Through Accounts with Advanced Mobility Group, Fehr and Peers,
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc., Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc., TJKM
Transportation Consultants, and W-Trans.
15. Approve an Amendment to the Classification Plan to Create a Flexibly Staffed
Communications Dispatcher Job Series.
Council Member Hudes Pulled Item #15.
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
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Consent Items – continued
Closed public comment.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Badame to approve consent items item 1-14. Seconded
by Council Member Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Joanne Rodgers
- Commented in opposition of allowing cannabis dispensaries in Town.
Jeffrey Suzuki
- Requested Council consider a land acknowledgement of indigenous populations.
OTHER BUSINESS 16. Receive the Results of the Community Survey and Provide any Direction to Staff.
Arn Andrews, Assistant Town Manager, presented the staff report.
Opened public comment.
Randi Chen, Chamber of Commerce
- Commented on the survey results and requested if an aggregate of the survey results could
be provided for better clarity.
Catherine Somers, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
- Commented on communication and economic opportunities and the survey results.
Closed public comment.
Council discussed the item and directed staff to return to Council at as future date with a follow
up report on potential action items.
Pulled Consent Item #15
15. Approve an Amendment to the Classification Plan to Create a Flexibly Staffed
Communications Dispatcher Job Series.
Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager, and Salina Flores, Human Resources Director, presented the
staff report.
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Pulled Consent Item #15 – continued
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
Council discussed the item.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Hudes to approve an amendment to the
classification plan to create a flexibly staffed Communications Dispatcher Job
Series. Seconded by Vice Mayor Ristow.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
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Jenna De Long, Deputy Clerk