1997-039-Establishing The General Plan Task Force As An Advisory Body To The Town CouncilRESOLUTION 1997 -39
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ESTABLISHING THE
GENERAL PLAN TASK FORCE
AS AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL
RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, that the Town Council
hereby formally establishes the General Plan Task Force. The Task Force shall be advisory to
the Town Council and shall operate in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
1. Appointment and terms of office.
The General Plan Task Force shall consist of 25 members appointed by the Town
Council. Members represent various geographic areas, community interests and organizations,
various age groups, residential interests, business interests and other interests as identified by the
Council at the time the appointments are made. Members of the Task Force may not belong to
any other established Town commission, board or committee.
The term of office for the Task Force members shall begin upon Council appointment and
will end at the conclusion of the Task Force's report to Town Council in January 1998.
2. Attendance at meetings.
Appointed members of the Task Force must commit to attendance at all seven of the
scheduled meetings of the Task Force at the time of their appointment. Two unexcused absences
will subject the member to expulsion from the Task Force. The Council will not fill any
vacancies that occur after the July meeting of the Task Force.
3. Meetings; officer.
The Task Force will meet on June 26, July 17, September 4, October 2, November 6 and
December 4, 1997 and January 27, 1998. The Task Force will select a Chair to present the Task
Force's recommendations to the Town Council.
4. Powers and Duties.
The Task Force will attempt to discover a community consensus about the vision for Los
Gatos in the next century
The Task Force will assess the General Plan, Hillside Specific Plan and Downtown
Specific Plan to see if they will allow the Town to be what the community wants it to be in the
next century, and identify the primary issues.
The Task Force will list the identified issues in order of importance.
The Task Force will recommend which parts of the General Plan and/or Specific Plans
need to be examined and studied further by other Town bodies, and offer some preliminary
approaches.
The Task Force will reach decisions by consensus rather that formal votes.
5. Conflict of interest.
Upon appointment to the Task Force members are required to file Conflict of Interests
forms with the Town Clerk for Disclosure Categories 2, 3, & 4 as listed in Town Code Sec.
2.30.615.
6. Resolution not to affect powers of Town Council or Planning Commission.
Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as restricting or curtailing any of the powers
of the Town Council or Planning Commission, or as a delegation to the General Plan Task Force
of any of the authority or discretionary powers vested and imposed by law in such bodies.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council held on the 21 st
day of April, 1997 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton, Mayor Joanne Benjamin
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Jan Hutchins, Linda Lubeck
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED: 1'x:
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CLERK OF THE TOWN OFS GATOS
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