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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ADDENDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGERC1'� "''
SUBJECT: LONG RANGE CAPITAL FUNDING OPTIONS:
A. IDENTIFY SPECIFIC FUNDING OPTIONS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION;
B. IF SPECIFIC FUNDING OPTIONS REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL ARE
IDENTIFIED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, ESTABLISH AN AD HOC CITIZEN
COMMITTEE INCLUDING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THREE LOS
GATOS RESIDENTS TO CONDUCT THE EXPLORATION OF THE FUNDING
OPTIONS; AND
C. APPOINT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE NEWLY FORMED AD HOC
CITIZEN COMMITTEE AND INITIATE THE RECRUITMENT FOR THE
RESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WITH THE INTENTION OF
INTERVIEWING AND SELECTING MEMBERS AT OR BEFORE THE
OCTOBER 20, 2015 TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
REMARKS:
This morning, the attached correspondence was received related to this agenda item.
Attachment:
1. Correspondence received through 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 14, 2015
PREPARED BY:
Reviewed by:
STEPHEN CONWAY
Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Town Manager _7Town Attorney Finance
Council Reports \Sept 1511.ong Range Capital Projects Funding Addendum.doc
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Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 9:10 AM
To: Laurel Prevetti
Subject: Fwd: Points for 9/15/15 Meeting
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Subject: Points for 9/15/15 Meeting
1. With exploding traffic, why another 66K in commercial at N. 40? Getting to top of bottle?
Add Albright, Dell and now more Good Sam:
Quoting from http://www.biziournals.com/saiijose/ news / 2015 /07/03 /samaritan- medical- center-
cves -maj or- exnanaion.html
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE HUB
Samaritan Medical Center eyes major expansion
Jul 3, 2015, 3:OOam PDTUpdated Jul 7, 2015, 3:20pm PDT
The private office complex, which sprawls along Samaritan Drive next to Good Samaritan
Hospital in San Jose, is at the beginning stage of a new 20 -year master plan that would add
365,000 square feet of net -new medical office space.
2. I predict someone will be seriously injured or killed on N. Santa Cruz. People don't go 15
mph, we don't enforce and pedestrians are shielded by planter areas at crosswalks. Most
crosswalks are designed for easy viewing - -ours are not. We need to remove planters, add mid
street signs or both. Add dark and children and greater risk.
3. Infrastructure funding problems... solution.. Third party review of PD budget and entire
budget. Staff naturally is biased. Do we allow students to set their own grades? Gov of, by, and
for people. With savings of $6M a year and safer community (Sara no 5, Cup 22, LG not in top
50), the people will opt for changes. Alternative, cut $4M from police budget, it's still $1M
bigger than Cup and $6m bigger than Sara. We r destroying the Town with an excessive PD
budget. We outsource Fire already.
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4. Outsource Lib to County and potentially save $1 M a year.
5. $43N unfunded pension liabilities. Don't forget. Greater than infrastructure of $24M. Drag on
town services. Need to thoroughly explore.
6. Need Danville Traffix program.
7. Smart traffic lights.
8. Pylons and curbs for bike lanes.
9. Allow people to ride on sidewalks. They already do on University. Few people use
nondowntown sidewalks.
10. Make N. Santa Cruz one way. Paint light green. Same with AG.
11. Increase fire protection. Global warming.
12. LG have own water recycle plant.
13. All town buildings have solar.
14. More bike racks.
15. Town has very limited info on hiring practices for African- American police officers. My best
info is only one in last 51 years. Causes?
16. Raise minimum wage to $14 per hour. The state and national rates are inadequate. Think
about the dishwashers while dinning on $100 diners.
17. Open east of University to day parking like AG. This would help Old Town businesses.
18. Congrats to the Police Foundation for amending their website.
19. Does Netflix challenge County Tax Assessor?
20. How much does Netflix donate to schools?
21. Our schools are a prime draw for the community. Schools decline, property values decline. In
a highly competitive world, education is paramount. The additional charge to developers comes
back in a more attractive market to build in. Silicon Valley is based on high education.
John Shepardson