M04-14-2015
Town Council Meeting 05/05/15
Item #1a
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 on
May 7 and mentioned that Mayor Jensen will be on the panel.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. North Forty Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment GP-14-001, Zoning Code
Amendment Z-14-001, and Environmental Impact Report EIR-10-002. Project
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 & Miyoko
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 3/3/15)
Public Hearings Item 1 – continued
Laurel Prevetti, Assistant Town Manager/Community Development Director, presented
the staff report.
Council discussed the matter.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by to allow 364 residential
units.
VOTE: Motionfailed for lack of a second.
MOTION: MotionVice Mayor Barbara Spector
by to allow a maximum of
SecondedCouncil Member Steve
270 housing units. by
Leonardis.
VOTE: Motionpassed 3/2. Council Members Rob Rennie and Marico
Sayoc voting no.
MOTION: MotionVice Mayor Barbara Spector
by that the Specific Plan
state that the Town’s General Plan (100%) density bonus provision
SecondedMayor
shall not apply within the Specific Plan area. by
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Steve Leonardis
by to use
Option1/Project B from Attachment 67 to allow 376,000 square feet
of shopping center and a 150-room hotel.
VOTE: Motionfailed for lack of a second.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Steve Leonardis
by to allow 300,000
square feet of shopping center and 60,000 square feet of general
office, and exclude medical office.
VOTE: Motionwithdrawn.
Recess at 8:54 p.m.
Reconvened at 9:09 p.m.
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Public Hearings Item 1 – continued
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Marico Sayoc
by 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
SecondedMayor
in Table 2-2 of the Draft Specific Plan. by
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
Staff was asked to bring back to Council at the June 2, 2015, Town Council meeting a
breakdown of uses within the approved limit that will not require a statement of
overriding consideration.
MOTION: MotionMayor Marcia Jensen
by 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
SecondedVice Mayor
height would be inclusive of all features. by
Barbara Spector.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Marico Sayoc
by to retain the minimum
open space requirement 30% as currently contained in the draft
Specific Plan with further delineation by staff between public and
SecondedMayor Marcia Jensen.
private. by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Marico Sayoc
by 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
SecondedCouncil
retained or if they should be replanted. by
Member Rob Rennie.
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Public Hearings Item 1 – continued
VOTE: Motionpassed 3/2. Vice Mayor Barbara Spector and Council
Member Steve Leonardis voting no.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by to adopt the Planning
Commission recommendation in Attachment 18, page 4, second
SecondedCouncil Member
bullet pertaining to Section 4.9. by
Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by to add the wording
”separated bike lanes or multi-use paths where possible” on page
SecondedVice Mayor Barbara Spector.
4-1, under Policy C5. by
VOTE: Motionpassed 4/1. Council Member Steve Leonardis voting
no.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by 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
SecondedCouncil Member Marico Sayoc.
Street or sharrows. by
VOTE: Motionfailed 2/3. Mayor Marcia Jensen, Vice Mayor Barbara
Spector and Council Member Steve Leonardis voting no.
MOTION: MotionMayor Marcia Jensen
by to direct staff to bring back to
Council scenarios on how to incorporate north-south multi-modal
Seconded
paths parallel to A Street in the Specific Plan. by
Council Member Rob Rennie.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by 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: Motionfailed for lack of a second.
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Public Hearings Item 1 – continued
MOTION: MotionVice Mayor Barbara Spector
by 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
SecondedCouncil Member Steve Leonardis.
limitations are. by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionMayor Marcia Jensen
by to change Section 6.6.3 to make
it reflect current Town Code and policies, including the elimination
SecondedCouncil Member
of the Community Benefit Policy. by
Steve Leonardis.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionMayor Marcia Jensen
by 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
SecondedCouncil Member Marico Sayoc.
it comes in. by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionMayor Marcia Jensen
by to include in Section 4.10, page
4-9, shuttle options as part of a Transportation Demand
SecondedVice Mayor Barbara Spector.
Management Plan. by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by to include as a new
policy the first bullet under Chapter 5 in Attachment 18, page 4.
SecondedCouncil Member Marico Sayoc.
by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by to include as a new
policy the second bullet under Chapter 5 in Attachment 18, page 4.
SecondedCouncil Member Marico Sayoc.
by
VOTE: Motionpassed 3/2. Mayor Marcia Jensen and Vice Mayor
Barbara Spector voting no.
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Public Hearings Item 1 – continued
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Marico Sayoc
by 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
SecondedMayor
promote, with the exception of the orchard. by
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motionwithdrawn.
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Marico Sayoc
by 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
SecondedMayor Marcia Jensen.
Preservation District. by
VOTE: Motionfailed 2/3. Vice Mayor Barbara Spector and Council
Members Steve Leonardis and Rob Rennie voting no.
MOTION: MotionVice Mayor Barbara Spector
by to direct staff to come
back to Council with alternatives, if possible, that are
environmentally sound given the drought and pavement conditions
SecondedCouncil Member
of the site for Section 3.2.10(a). by
Rob Rennie.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionVice Mayor Barbara Spector
by to delete from the
Discretionary Approval Summary Table (Appendix E) the height
SecondedMayor Marcia Jensen.
exceptions, lines 5, 6 and 7. by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously
MOTION: MotionVice Mayor Barbara Spector
by to strike line 13 and
acknowledge that any Specific Plan amendment would follow the
procedure identified under line 14 from the Discretionary Approval
SecondedMayor Marcia Jensen.
Summary Table. by
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
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Public Hearings Item 1 – continued
MOTION: MotionCouncil Member Rob Rennie
by to add as a policy the
recommendation from Planning Commission on Attachment 18,
Seconded
page 4, the first bullet and change "and" to "or." by
Council Member Marico Sayoc.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
MOTION: MotionMayor Marcia Jensen
by to continue the matter to the
SecondedCouncil Member
June 2, 2015 Council meeting. by
Steve Leonardis.
VOTE: Motionpassed unanimously.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 11:22 p.m.
Attest:
_____________________________________
/s/ Shelley Neis, Clerk Administrator
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