Staff Report ADRAFT Town Council Meeting 05/05/15
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MINUTES OF THE TOWN COUNCIL /PARKING AUTHORITY MEETING
APRIL 14, 2015
The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Special Meeting on Tuesday,
April 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Marcia Jensen, Vice Mayor Barbara Spector, Council Member Steve
Leonardis, Council Member Rob Rennie, Council Member Marico Sayoc.
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Mayor led the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience was invited to participate.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
John Shepardson
- Commented on the cost of police services.
Diane Abbati, Superintendent, Los Gatos Union School District
- Thanked Matt Morley, Parks and Public Works Director and staff for the Green Bike
Lanes and invited all to join the students and the Council for the Ribbon Cutting on
April 15; she announced the Safe Routes to School Summit at Los Gatos Lodge or
May 7 and mentioned that Mayor Jensen will be on the panel.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
North Forty Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment GP -14 -001 Zoning Code
Amendment Z -14 -001, and Environmental Impact Report EIR -10 -002. Proiect
Location: the plan area comprises approximately 44 acres located at the northern
extent of the Town of Los Gatos, bordered by State Route 17 and State Route 85
freeways to the West and North, Los Gatos Boulevard to the east and Lark
Avenue to the south. APN 424 -07 -009, 010 024 through 027 031 through 037
052 through 054, 060, 063 through 065, 070 081 through 086 090 094 through
096, 099, 100, 424 -06 -115, 116, and 129. Property Owners: Thomas & Mivoko
Yuki Herbert & Barbara Yuki, ETPH LP William Mattes Peter Brutsche, William
Fales. William Hirschman, Elizabeth Dodson Patricia Connell, Hans Mattes Tak
Petroleum, Dewey Ventura Alexander & Betty Moisenco, Lucy, Dagostino
Robert & Georgianna Spinazze, Marianne Ezell Los Gatos Medical Office
Center, LLC. Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.
a. Consider adoption of the North Forty Specific Plan
b. Consider adoption of General Plan Amendments
c. Consider adoption of an ordinance effecting a zoning code amendment
d. Adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and adoption of
Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations
(Continued from 313195)
Public Hearings Item 1 — continued
Laurel Prevetti, Assistant Town Manager /Community Development Director, presented
the staff report.
Council discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to allow 364 residential
u n its.
VOTE: Motion failed for lack of a second.
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector to allow a maximum of
270 housing units. Seconded by Council Member Steve
Leonardis.
VOTE: Motion passed 3/2. Council Members Rob Rennie and Marico
Sayoc voting no.
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector that the Specific Plan
state that the Town's General Plan (100°/x) density bonus provision
shall not apply within the Specific Plan area. Seconded by Mayor
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Steve Leonardis to use
Option1 /Project B from Attachment 67 to allow 376,000 square feet
of shopping center and a 150 -room hotel.
VOTE: Motion failed for lack of a second.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Steve Leonardis to allow 300,000
square feet of shopping center and 60,000 square feet of general
office, and exclude medical office.
VOTE:
Recess at 8:54 p.m.
Motion withdrawn.
Reconvened at 9:09 p.m.
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Public Hearings Item 1 — continued
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Marico Sayoc to reduce the
maximum capacity of non - residential development by 25% from
580,000 square feet to 435,000 square feet, remove medical office,
leaving flexibility between office, hotel, and commercial as dictated
in Table 2 -2 of the Draft Specific Plan. Seconded by Mayor
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
Staff was asked to bring back to Council at the June 2, 2015, Town Council meeting
breakdown of uses within the approved limit that will not require a statement of
overriding consideration.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Marcia Jensen to combine Sections 2.6.6 and
2.7.4 on page 2 -25 into a single section that is a height requirement
for the Specific Plan; that the maximum building height is 35 feet;
that there could be an exception up to 45 feet for affordable
housing and /or hotel; that any references to exceptions for
achieving excellence in architecture design be eliminated; that
there would be no concept of a framed view or view corridor; that
the view would be of the hills not the ridge; and that the maximum
height would be inclusive of all features. Seconded by Vice Mayor
Barbara Spector.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Marico Sayoc to retain the minimum
open space requirement 30% as currently contained in the draft
Specific Plan with further delineation by staff between public and
private. Seconded by Mayor Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Marico Sayoc to support the Historic
Preservation Committee recommendation by retaining the overall
agrarian feel of the Specific Plan area through the development
process; the red barn should be retained as much as is
salvageable; the HPC should work with applicants on their
individual applications to determine how that agrarian feel is
integrated into the development; working with an arborist, the HPC
and the applicant would determine if original trees could be
retained or if they should be replanted. Seconded by Council
Member Rob Rennie.
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Public Hearings Item 1 — continued
VOTE: Motion passed 3/2. Vice Mayor Barbara Spector and Council
Member Steve Leonardis voting no.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to adopt the Planning
Commission recommendation in Attachment 18, page 4, second
bullet pertaining to Section 4.9. Seconded by Council Member
Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to add the wording
"separated bike lanes or multi -use paths where possible" on page
4 -1, under Policy C5. Seconded by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector.
VOTE: Motion passed 4/1. Council Member Steve Leonardis voting
no.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to add some sort of a
multi -modal path paralleling A Street, potentially through the
buildings, as some sort of multi -modal path rather than using A
Street or sharrows. Seconded by Council Member Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion failed 2/3. Mayor Marcia Jensen, Vice Mayor Barbara
Spector and Council Member Steve Leonardis voting no.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Marcia Jensen to direct staff to bring back to
Council scenarios on how to incorporate north -south multi -modal
paths parallel to A Street in the Specific Plan. Seconded by
Council Member Rob Rennie.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to require the first
applicant proposing over 100 units to put in A Street, which must
continue from Lark Avenue to Noddin, upgrade Noddin to a full
street, and add Neighborhood Street.
VOTE: Motion failed for lack of a second.
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Public Hearings Item 1 — continued
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector to direct staff to bring
back to Council a report delineating what the items of infrastructure
are, when in the process they would be completed, and explain
what nexus for fees, infrastructure, etc. means, and what the
limitations are. Seconded by Council Member Steve Leonardis.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Marcia Jensen to change Section 6.6.3 to make
it reflect current Town Code and policies, including the elimination
of the Community Benefit Policy. Seconded by Council Member
Steve Leonardis.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Marcia Jensen to change language in Section
4. 10, page 4 -9, to state Transportation Demand Management
programs are required instead of advisable for each application as
it comes in. Seconded by Council Member Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Marcia Jensen to include in Section 4. 10, page
4 -9, shuttle options as part of a Transportation Demand
Management Plan. Seconded by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to include as a new
policy the first bullet under Chapter 5 in Attachment 18, page 4.
Seconded by Council Member Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to include as a new
policy the second bullet under Chapter 5 in Attachment 18, page 4.
Seconded by Council Member Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion passed 3/2. Mayor Marcia Jensen and Vice Mayor
Barbara Spector voting no.
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Public Hearings Item 1 — continued
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Marico Sayoc that on page 3 -18
under Section 3.2.10(a) delete "where feasible" to say "use native
and /or drought tolerant plants' and make mandatory rather than
promote, with the exception of the orchard. Seconded by Mayor
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion withdrawn.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Marico Sayoc that on page 3 -18
under Section 3.2.10(a) delete "where feasible" to say "use native
and /or drought tolerant plants" and change "promote" to "mandate,
except those orchard trees that are retained as part of the Historic
Preservation District. Seconded by Mayor Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion failed 2/3. Vice Mayor Barbara Spector and Council
Members Steve Leonardis and Rob Rennie voting no.
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector to direct staff to come
back to Council with alternatives, if possible, that are
environmentally sound given the drought and pavement conditions
of the site for Section 3.2.10(a). Seconded by Council Member
Rob Rennie.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector to delete from the
Discretionary Approval Summary Table (Appendix E) the height
exceptions, lines 5, 6 and 7. Seconded by Mayor Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously
MOTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Barbara Spector to strike line 13 and
acknowledge that any Specific Plan amendment would follow the
procedure identified under line 14 from the Discretionary Approval
Summary Table. Seconded by Mayor Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
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Public Hearings Item 1 — continued
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Rob Rennie to add as a policy the
recommendation from Planning Commission on Attachment 18,
page 4, the first bullet and change "and" to "or." Seconded by
Council Member Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Marcia Jensen to continue the matter to the
June 2, 2015 Council meeting. Seconded by Council Member
Steve Leonardis.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 11:22 p.m.
Attest:
Shelley Neis, Clerk Administrator
Town Council /Parking Authority April 14, 2015