Attachment 24 - Council Member CommentsFrom: Rob Rennie <RRennie@losgatosca.gov>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:33 PM
To: Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov>; Joel Paulson <jpaulson@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: General plan questions
Laurel,
I think there is a couple mistakes and I have a question or 2.
Possible errors:
1.recommendation 1 protect natural environment. It says biotic communities. Should this
be symbiotic communities?
2.recommendation 3 bullet 9 new policy HAZ2-9 "...infrastructure are ubiquitous through
out its town..." Should it be "the town"
3.recommendation 5 bullet 1. Says class 1 to class II. Aren't we building a class 4?
My questions:
1.The LDR category says 230 units from vacant land. Where do we have vacant land that
is zone LDR. How much of it will still be LDR after housing element site selection? I
think maybe we want to discourage LDR on bare land unless it is a small lot.
2.In the recommendation 1. I do not like the removal of the last line about mixed
business serving residents. For a long time los gatos has focused on being a full service
community where residents did not have to leave los gatos for most needs. I believe
this has been lost in the vision statement with the changes. Could you suggest wording I
can propose to get this idea back in the vision?
3.It is not complete clear to me the zoning in the community place districts?
4.I am interested in promoting the idea of the higher density LDR only with in 1/4 mile of
the community place districts. Is it possible for staff to create a zone map of what the
would look like? Anything that is already zone MDR or HDR should stay as is.
Thank You,
Rob Rennie
Los Gatos Town Mayor
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ATTACHMENT 24
From: Matthew Hudes <MHudes@losgatosca.gov>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 4:26 PM
To: Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Questions about Item 1
Hi Laurel,
I believe that you correctly instructed the Planning Commission on April 27 when you said, “I
think the real exercise is what total capacity would you like to see in the 2040 General Plan.”
Unfortunately, the Planning Commission was not presented with an analysis showing that total
capacity before they voted their recommendation. (As was the case with the GPAC.) Zoning
and density changes are a means to achieve an end that results in a total capacity that must
meet population growth and be accompanied by an EIR that can be certified. The Council
must see the total capacity before it approves the General Plan.
When the Council last approved total capacity on April 7, 2020, the Council approved Option C
and there was an accompanying table showing total capacity. When the Draft 2040 General
Plan was released, Table 3-1 showed 3,738 units and there were additional 166 Hillside units, for a
total capacity of 3,904. In May 2022, the Planning Commission made recommendations to
change zoning densities without the benefit of a staff report showing the total capacity of their
actions. Subsequent to their vote, Table 3-1 has been produced to reflect the Planning
Commission’s total capacity of 3,280 units plus 116 Hillside, for a total of 3,396 units.
On October 19, 2021, a majority of the Council requested that the Council consider whether to
perform an analysis of the total capacity representing the current RHNA allocation of 1,993 units
plus a buffer. To date, this has not happened, and I cannot find a document that analyzes the
1,993 option and states what changes to the General Plan would need to be made to achieve
that. It is important for that option be provided to the Council for consideration of the 2040 Draft
General Plan, as a majority of residents with whom I have communicated have expressed a
strong preference for 1,993 total capacity. Could staff please provide a version of Table 3-1 that
totals to 1,993 plus a buffer of 15%, or approximately 2,292 total capacity?
I’m still working through the new information presented in our packet, but I wanted to give you a
head’s up about this.
Thanks,
Matthew
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From: Matthew Hudes <MHudes@losgatosca.gov>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 9:31 AM
To: Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov>
Cc: Joel Paulson <jpaulson@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Re: Item 1
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