Desk Item E with attachment 30PREPARED BY: JOEL PAULSON
Community Development Director
Reviewed by: N/A Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney Finance
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MEETING DATE: 08/16/16
ITEM NO. 4
DESK ITEM E
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
DATE: AUGUST 16, 2016
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: ARCHITECTURE AND SITE APPLICATION S-13-090 AND VESTING
TENTATIVE MAP APPLICATION M-13-014. PROPERTY LOCATION:
SOUTHERLY PORTION OF THE NORTH 40 SPECIFIC PLAN AREA,
LARK AVENUE TO SOUTH OF NODDIN AVENUE. APPLICANT:
GROSVENOR USA LIMITED. PROPERTY OWNERS: YUKI FARMS,
ETPH LP, GROSVENOR USA LIMITED, SUMMERHILL N40 LLC,
ELIZABETH K. DODSON, AND WILLIAM HIRSCHMAN.
CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MULTI-
USE, MULTI-STORY DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 320
RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH INCLUDES 50 AFFORDABLE SENIOR
UNITS; APPROXIMATELY 66,800 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL
FLOOR AREA, WHICH INCLUDES A MARKET HALL; ON-SITE AND
OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS; AND A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP.
APNS: 424-07-024 THROUGH 027, 031 THROUGH 037, 070, 083
THROUGH 086, 090, AND 100.
REMARKS:
Attachment 30 contains public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 15, 2016 and
11:00 a.m. August 16, 2016.
Attachments (previously received under separate cover):
1. March 30, 2016 Planning Commission Staff Report (includes Exhibits 1-21)
2. March 30, 2016 Planning Commission Addendum (includes Exhibits 22-23)
3. March 30, 2016 Planning Commission Desk Item (includes Exhibits 24-25)
4. April 27, 2016 Planning Commission Staff Report (no exhibits for this report)
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MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
SUBJECT: N. 40 PHASE 1 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS/S-13-090 and M-13-014
AUGUST 16, 2016
Attachments (Continued):
5. July 12, 2016 Special Planning Commission Staff Report (includes Exhibits 26-31)
6. July 12, 2016 Special Planning Commission Addendum (includes Exhibits 32-33)
7. July 12, 2016 Special Planning Commission Desk Item (includes Exhibits 34-35)
8. July 13, 2016 Planning Commission Desk Item (includes Exhibits 36-39)
9. July 12, 2016 Special Planning Commission Meeting Verbatim Minutes
10. July 13, 2016 Planning Commission Meeting Verbatim Minutes
Attachments (previously received with August 9, 2016 Staff Report):
11. Required Findings and Considerations
12. Draft Resolution to deny the applications
13. Draft Resolution to approve the applications (includes Exhibit A, Findings and Exhibit B,
Conditions of Approval)
14. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. July 13, 2016 and 11:00 a.m. August 4, 2016
15. Additional information from the applicant, received July 29, 2016 (11 pages)
Attachments (previously received with the Addendum Report):
16. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 4, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 5, 2016
17. Applicant’s response to the Planning Commission recommendation on the applications,
received August 5, 2016
18. Updated Vesting Tentative Map Sheet 1.1
Attachments (previously received with Addendum B Report):
19. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 5, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 8, 2016
Attachments (previously received with the Desk Item Report):
20. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 8, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 9, 2016
21. Applicant’s response to the Town Council staff report, received August 8, 2016
22. Photos of high density projects
23. Revised Draft Resolution to approve the applications (includes Exhibit A, Findings and
Exhibit B, Conditions of Approval)
Attachments (previously received with Desk Item B Report):
24. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 9, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 11, 2016
25. Document referenced by Joseph Gemignani regarding survey results
26. Applicant’s response to questions from the August 9, 2016 meeting
Attachments (previously received with Desk Item C Report):
27. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 11, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 12, 2016
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MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
SUBJECT: N. 40 PHASE 1 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS/S-13-090 and M-13-014
AUGUST 16, 2016
Attachments (Continued):
Attachments (previously received with Desk Item D Report):
28. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 12, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 15, 2016
29. Letter from the applicant’s attorney, received August 12, 2016
Attachments received with this Desk Item E Report:
30. Public comments received between 11:01 a.m. August 15, 2016 and 11:00 a.m.
August 16, 2016
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TOWN 01' LOS GATOS
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CLERK DEPARTMENT
Los Gatos Town Council
110 E. Main St.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
16511 Camellia Terrace
Los Gatos, CA 95032
August 14, 2016
Dear Members of the Los Gatos Town Council,
I imagine that being a community leader has never felt more daunting. I
attended Tuesday's meeting as long as I could and finished the meeting at
home by watching it on KCAT. I viewed Thursday's entire meeting on
television. It seems to me the applicant thinks that all is set and legally so.
It seems the only flexibility left is in the species of the trees and the "skin" of
the buildings. If the footprint is indeed set, at least we still have the
opportunity to make beautiful buildings. Please, please ... Please don't give
away the right to choose the building designs and color and
materials. I'm not sure "barn" is the best inspiration for the development.
There was a gentleman who spoke at 10:25 p.m. on Tuesday who said what
I would have liked to have said. He was the man who still had a copy of the
questionnaire and the results taken several years ago of community
members. The buildings he cited are exactly the ones I would have referred
to as examples of what is a desirable look for a community of substance. If
you Google Images of the applicants developments, you will get a good
understanding of what we don't want. We don't want the "Gateway of Los
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Gatos" to be the "Ghetto of Los Gatos". The designs, colors and material of
the building shown in the renderings are not good enough. They look cheap.
Please don't give away our right to make changes in the architecture
and colors and materials of the buildings, walkways, etc.
I have been involved with the charrette, the vision for the Boulevard, the
north 40 and served on the General Plan committee. I think, basically, there
is a fear of making the North 40 too nice. Downtown wants "nice" to be
reserved for downtown.
I've enclosed some pictures from Town that have the look and feel of Los
Gatos. They are substantial and evoke some kind of intelligence. I've lived
in Los Gatos since 1970. I always described Los Gatos as a university town
without a university.
We depend on the Town Council to know what is important and to know
what1s more important.
I respect your knowledge, skills and abilities. I'm envious of your vitality.
Don 1t let the applicant bully you.
If you want to contact me, my telephone number is 408 356-5358 and my
email address is tbwinca@comcast.net .
Your attention to my concerns is greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
~~th(l.~
Judith A. Rogers
P.S. Santa Barbara is beautiful and recognizable because of strict guidance
in colors, materials and architecture. We want that, too. It's not too late.
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From: "Jeffrey Aristide" <jeffre·tnaristidel7i!comca"i:_net>
To: QSp~ctor({dosgatosca.gov
Cc: rn jensen@Iosgatosca.gov, rre1mie@losgatosc:i.gov, sle,mardis@losgatosca. go'{,
rn ~~ ayoc@JQ•-;_gatosca.gov
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 4:31:39 PM
Subject: Denial of The Proposed North 40 Development Project...S-13-090
Dear Mayor Spector--! request denial of the current proposed North 40 Development Project for
the following reasons:
1. The current, proposed plan fails to achieve the "look and feel of Los Gatos".
2 . It is massive in it's size ... in intensity and density.
3. Could we have single, detached homes ... with commercial space .. .lining Los Gatos Blvd ... to
conform and blend-in, with the existing construction?
4. The development blocks hillside views.
5. Lack of incorporating the site's unique agricultural characteristics.
6 . Lacks addressing the town's unmet needs.
7. No "step-down" housing.
8. Do we need 49 very low income senior apartments in this development? If so , should we
have more? Maybe double?
9. Do we need commercial space in this project? The developer told me there is a need ... pulling
customers in a 3-6 mile range. That this part of the development would "complement the Los
Gatos downtown ... not compete with it" ... as the store footage will be in the 4000-10,000 s.f.
range .... while the existing down-town store fronts are barely 3000 s.f.? But, just look at the
development at the former site of the Swanson Ford dealership .. .it has a 40% vacancy rate ... after
being in operation for two (2) years. And, this is an excellent location, during good economic
times.
10. If the development goes forward as proposed, I can see the town spending $50M, in the next
ten (10) years, for the ripple effect and tipping-points:
--school construction,
--education costs,
--road and infrastructure ... road systems, water, sewerage, electric, and gas,
--increased demand on police, fire, medical and postal services.
11. We need an open and honest discussion of Phase IL.there has been none so far.
12. There will be a massive increase in traffic ... at, and near the proposed site ... as well as, in the
town of Los Gatos itself. Surely, there will hundreds and hun.dreds of cars and trucks on a daily
basis ... in the immediate area. This area is the gate-way to our town, we need to get it right. .. once
the cement is pored .. .it will be too late.
13. For these reasons, please deny this application ... sending the developer back to the drawing
board.
14. I and others stand ready to help ... in the proper direction of the plan. Should legal action be
required, the town can surely start a "legal fund" ... and tap into town residents with legal
backgrounds to help. If not then, outside legal talent. .. well-versed in CA town development can
be engaged. Thank you. JeffreyN. Aristide, 102 Noble Court, Los Gatos, CA 95032-4719
From:
Sent
To:
Subject:
Sandy Hovancik <hovancik@comcast.net>
Monday, August 15, 2016 4:45 PM
North40 Comment
OPPOSED
I'm not sure what the outcome of the August 16 meeting was, but if it's not to late to add my opposition to the list ...
I agree, it's a city within a town scenario . The traffic situation in that area is already a nightmare. I can't imagine how bad
it would be with 320 residents. Please keep me posted lf possible as to any updates to the plan.
Concerned,
Sandra Hovancik
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From: Angelia Doerner [mailto:saveourhood@yahoo.com.]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 6:07 PM
To: Council; BSpector; Marico Sayoc; Marcia Jensen; Steven Leonardis; Rob Rennie
Cc: Laurel Prevetti; Attorney
Subject: Public Comment reg North 40 -for 081616 TC Meeting
After a long, very welcoming nap, I offer you the attached comments. Please consider my
arguments thoroughly -as I trust you always have. It may seem lengthy -but hopefully, the flow
will get you through it quickly.
Thank you all for your efforts on this challenging, and monumental, land use application.
Angelia Doerner
Uvs Si rn ~J y, Laugh O·ft~n
Date: August 15, 2016
To : Town Council
From: Angelia M . Doerner
SaveOurH ood@ya hoo. com
Reg: The Town Should Not Be Complicit in Breaking the Law
There are two essential elements in the Current Plan that. if allowed to go forward, may cause the Town to be
complicit in circumventing (i.e., breaking) the law as it relates to affordable housing and application of the
density bonus. These elements are set forth in the following sections:
A.
B.
Section 65915(c)(3) &
the Fair Housing Act
Sect ion 65915(b)(B)(l) &
6591S(f)(2) and the
Fair Housing Act
A. Replacement of Existing Units
Applicability of the law
Replacement of Existing Units
Requested Waivers on BMP Units; Section 50105 of the Health
and Safety Code; Application of the Density Bonus and Physical
versus Economic Feasibility
I have provided earlier communications to you concerning this legal requirement ("081016 To Council"). First
off, the second paragraph of Item 3 in the August 11, 2016 Staff Report is completely erroneous as to how
Section 65915(c)(3) would be applied to this case. Also, the last paragraph states "More importantly, the
original project application was made in 2013 .... ". However, Section 6591S(c)(3)(C) states: "Paragraph (3) of
subdivision (c) does not apply to an applicant seeking a density bonus for a proposed housing development if
their application was submitted to, or processed by, a city, county, or city and county before January 1, 2015 .''
The Applicant may have filed their initial application in 2013 -but no request for a density bonus was made
until after finalization of the Specific Plan in June 2015. I reviewed all materials (available on-line) preceding
June 2015 from the Applicant and found no reference to a density bonus being sought. In additi on, it is
contrary to the very nature of the zoning amendments inherent in the Specific Plan to imply that ANY
application on the subject property (the North 40 in its entirety) made prior to adoption of the Specific Plan
would include a "retroactive entitlement" for a density bonus to attach to their application. This assertion
could only be made on a property that, prior to adoption of the Specific Plan , was already zoned for at least
the number of housing units necessary to conform to the Town's Ordinance 2 209 adopted in 2012. Therefore,
this legal requirement DOES APPLY to this Current Plan -and the "Application for Density Bonus Date" should
be March 2016.
Number of Existing Units
The August 11, 2016 Staff Report also states "The Initial Study found that there w ere 16 existing units on the
North 40 that were to be demolished in order for Phase 1 to proceed." As provided to you i n a communication
dated August 9, 2016, there are three secondary units on Bennett Way which were apparently overlooked in
the Initial Study. I can provide photographic evidence as their existence, if requested. To my knowledge, at
least two have been recently, or are, occupied. I believe the other one of the three was vacant in March 2016.
Determination of Affordability Level
The August 11, 2016 Staff Report states "The applicants (Grosvenor and SummerHill) do not currently lease
most of the units and do not have income information for most of the tenants, especially over the last five
years." As mentioned above, the 5-year requirement is inapplicable to the Current Plan. The definition of
"replace" applicable to the Current Plan, shall mean the following:
• If any dwelling units ...... are occupied on the date of application, the proposed housing development shall
provide at least the same number of units of equivalent size or type, or both, to be made available at
affordable rent or affordable housing cost to, and occupied bv. persons and families !n the same or lower
income category as those households in occupancy.
• For unoccupied dwelling units ..... in a development with occupied units, the proposed housing
development shall provide units of equivalent size or type, or both, to be made available at affordable
rent or affordable housing cost to, and occupied bv. persons and families in the same or lower income
category in the same proportion of affordabilitv as the occupied units.
The Current Affordability Level only needs to be determined for the Occupants of the 14 units occupied in
March 2016. The Affordability Level would also have to be determined for any prior occupants of the 5 vacant
units if they were occupied in March 2016 -which I do not believe is applicable. Then, the proportion of
affordability levels shall be applied to the remaining 5 vacant units. Of the 14 occupied units, I believe at least
12 are managed by the same property management company that has performed such services for the Yukis
for many, many years. The other two are owned by Hirschman and Dodson. I cannot imagine a plausible
excuse for not being able to obtain this information.
I believe the onus is upon the Applicants to obtain this Affordability Level information, with appropriate
documentation for verification purposes .
Replacement Units -VS -The "49"
The August 11, 2016 Staff Report states "However, even if it is assumed that all of the existing units are or hove
been occupied by very low income households, the project proposes to provide 49 very low income units and
therefore meets the statutory requirements to "replace" the units." Unfortunately, Staff has completely
missed the underlying premise of 65915(c)(3) -the replacement units are in addition to other new affordable
housing provided In the housing development.
As stated in the March 30, 2016 Staff Report "The overall purpose of the Town's BMP Ordinance and
guidelines are to provide the Town with a supply of affordable housing. The Town's BMP Ordinance (Ordinance
2181, Exhibit 20) requires that multi-family developments of more than 100 units provide a number of BMP
units equal to 20 percent of the market rate units. The proposed application includes 237 market rate units
(the 83 units granted pursuant to the State Density Bonus discussed above are not included), resulting in a
minimum BMP requirement of 47 units and 50 BMP units (21 percent) are proposed."
In Staffs August 11, 201 the conclusion regarding statutory requirements appears to have neglected
compliance with the Town's BMP Ordinance which requires 48 units. (Although the excerpt above states 47 ,
the computation actually yields 47.4, the fractional unit of which requires rounding up -which yields 48 units.
At most, there would be "2 units" (50 total less 48 BMP-required) that could be used to "satisfy the
statutory requirements to potentially "replace" the 19 existing units pursuant to 65915(c)(3). That also
assumes, however, that the definition of the "replacement units" meets the definition set forth therein.
Replacement Units
Even though the preceding discussion objectively substantiates that required replacement units are not being
provided in the Current Plan, for the sake of completing the argument, the following is an excerpt from my
August 10, 2016 communication to you.
Condition to be Met Existing Units Meets Condition? I Size Vast Majority 750-850 Sq Ft;
Est High of 1,140 SqFt
NO -Only One Bedroom;
apprx 550 Sq Ft I -------------------OR-------------------
Type: I !
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Detached/ Attached l Detached Single-Family I NO-But Could be Achieved
by Cottage Clusters
Rental/For Sale I Rentals I YES
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Made Available To ..... I Persons and Families I NO -Seniors Only
The Applicant referred to current discussions being had in various legislative circles concern i ng the need to
further define the term "type". They claim that since the existing units are all rentals , and the 50 affordable
units are rentals, they have (if required) complied with the law. However, the major criteria that is NOT being
met is that such replacement units " ... shall be made available at affordable rent or a/fordable housing cost
to, and occupied by, persons and families in the same or lower income category as those households in
occupancy". Households In occupancy include families with chlldren as well as person(s) and families
without children that are below the age requirement applicable to the proposed affordable units.
There can be no rationale in ignoring the basic fact that families with children curre ntly occupying ex isting
affordable units on the subject property will be displaced , and the existing homes repla ce d , with affordable
housing specifically excluding children.
Let your conscience be your guide in determining whether or not the Current Plan meets the requirements
of 6591S(c)(3). No court in the land will fault you for making your decision, In good faith, to embrace the
intent and spirit of the "Replacement" and "Density BonusH laws, recognizing the fundamental requis ites of
the Fair Housing Act and denying this Application.
B. Requested Waivers on BMP Units
Incentives -vs -Waivers
As a preface to this section, the following summarizes the differentiating factor between "incentives or
concession s" (addressed in 65915(d)) and "waivers" (addressed in 6591S(e)):
• Incentives/Concessions are reductions in design standa rds or other regulations potentially making the
project, at the dens ity authorized under State Jaw, economically infeasible for the developer.
• Waivers are r eductions in design standards or other regulations potentially making the project, at the
density authorized under State Jaw, physically Infeasible for the developer.
• In either situatio n, the language Is the same in that the "city, et al " does not have to honor the request
if it "would have a specific, adverse impact, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section
65589.5, upon health, safety, or the physical environment, ..... or would have an adverse impact on any
real property that is listed Jn the Californ ia Register of Historical Res ources, or to grant any waiver or
reduction that would be contrary to state or federal law.". It is understandable that the Applicant
would not highlight this last provi sion -but inexcu sable that our Staff has not.
• The other differentiating factor -as to a denial of a request by the Applicant is that for Incentives or
Concessions (but NOT for Waivers)-in addition to the preceding bullet," ... unless the "city, et of"
"makes a written finding, based upon substantial evidence ... that the concession or incentive is not
required in order to provide for affordable housing costs, as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health
and Safety Code, or for rents for the targeted units to be set as specified in subdivision (c)."
Waivers Requested on BMP Units
The Applicant is requesting Waivers on 1.hree areas. The following discussion only relates to waivers requested
on the Town's BMP guidelines. The August 9, 2016 Staff Report states :
o "The Town's Below Market Price (BMP) Guidelines (Exhibit 20 of Attachment 1} require that affordable
units be comparable in size, type, and finish (i .e ., materials) to the market rate units and that the
location of the affordable units be dispersed throughout the development to the extent feasible. The
Characteristics of BMP Units on page 4 of the BMP Guidelines discuss these requirements .
o The applicant is proposing the following deviations from the BMP guidelines : aggregating all of the
affordable housing Into a single affordable senior housing component, providing smaller units than the
market rote units, and offering rental units when the market rate units are for sale units. The
applicant has provided a response and justification to the proposed deviations from these Guidelines
(Exhibit 19 of Attachment 1). Exhibit 19 of Attachment 1 also contains a BMP Plan which discusses the
limitations of a senior restricted use based on State and Federal law."
I see no conclusions or on the part of Staff as to this request -simply a referral to the Applicants' justifications
(which will be discussed in the following section). Please keep in mind, the Applicant is requesting a waiver-
"mak/ng the project, at the density authorized under State Jaw, physically infeasible for the developer".
Applicant "JustificattonsH for BMP Waivers
The letter from the Applicants' attorney dated March 10, 2016 has an attachment titled "North 40 BM P Plan"
which is suspiciously not referenced in the list of Exhibits at the close of that letter.
The first three pages of the Attachment addresses the Number and Affordability of Units required by the BMP
Ordinance. The entirety of the discussion is rife with errors and possible exceptions to the requirements as
follows:
• The schedule showing the required number of units is in error. The calculation shows that 237 x 20%
yields 39.4 (or 40) units -versus the 47 .4 (or 48) units if properly calculated.
• The Affordability of Units shows a table of "Required" and "Proposed" -presenting a much more
optimistic view as to the level of affordability that is being proposed.
• However, immediately following is a section titled "What Is Being Proposed" which makes the
statement "While the final targeted income targeting will depend on the financing secured, the unit
mix of a 9% tax credit execution would be roughly as follows ... ". In other words, the Applicant is not
making ANY representation or warranty concerning the actual affordability levels that will be provided.
• The narrative goes on to request future consideration for surplus BMP units -all based on erroneous
calculations or the required number of units.
The Applicant cites the following as "justifications" for the removal of essentially all requirements (except for
number of units) under the Town's BMP Program :
• Deeper affordability-units made available to Very Low Income households to "help the Town show
production of these units in the RHNA process" -because they are the hardest to produce
• Amenity-rich and Service-enhanced Housing -The majority of items listed in this section, e.g.," Resident
Service Guides" and referral services, could be provided by having a "Senior Help Center", e.g., by utilizing
one of the two work/live units to be owed by Grosvenor. All residents in these units are supposed to be
"independently living" -they will not be receiving "assisted living'' care.
• High Quality Design -even though they are asking for waivers of the Town's requirements regarding
Exterior and Interior Finishes being identical to those of market units.
As to these justifications -Which of these subjealve measures have the effect of physicallv precluding the
construction of the development required to meet the criteria of granting a waiver under Section 65915(e)?
This highlights the crux of the overriding issue in the Current Plan -the Applicant Is requesting the Town,
through the Town Council's decision, to arant a waiver that would be contrary to state or federal low.
Section 6591S(b)(1) states "A city ... shall grant one density bonus, the amount of which shall be as specified in
subdivision (f) ... when an applicant ... seeks and agrees to construct a housing development ... that will contain
at least any one of the following:
A. Ten percent of the total units of a housing development for lower income households, as defined in
Seaion 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
8. Five percent of the total units of a housing development for very low income households, as defined in
Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code.
C. A senior citizen housing development, as defined in Sections 51 .3 and 51.12 of the Civil Code, or mobile
home park that limits residency based on age requirements for housing for older persons pursuant to
Section 798. 76 or 799.5 of the Civil Code.
D. Ten percent of the total dwelling units in a common interest development as defined in Section 4100 of
the Civil Code ....
Section 65915(b)(2) states : "For purposes of calculating the amount of the density bonus pursuant to
subdivision (f), the applicant who requests a density bonus ... shall elect whether the bonus shall be awarded on
the basis of subparagraph (A), (8), (C}, or (D) of paragraph {1)".
The Applicant has elected "(B)" -providing him with the highest level of bonus (35%) -but is asking for a
waiver from the Town allowing them to follow the legal parameters of Senior housing applicable to "(C)" (a
bonus of 20%). However, as set forth in Section 6591.5(b)(2J.these elections are mutually exclusive. The
intent of a density bonus is to provide incentives for developers to construct or otherwise provide affordable
housing. The profit to be derived from the additional units allowed pursuant to the bonus is expected to offset
the economic ramifications of providing such lower-cost housing.
The rationale for having a lower eligibility qualification (5%) and a higher level of bonus (35%) under (B),
which is subject to definitions in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code, compared to the higher
eligibility qualification (100%, i.e., a wholly-Senior development) and lower level of bonus (20%) under (C),
which is subject to the definitions in Section 798.76 or 799.5 of the Civil Code, is due to the higher cost
associated with providing housing under (B).
The higher cost of providing affordable housing under (B) is primarily attributable to the requirements that
such housing must be:
o made available to the general population at large -without ANY discrimination as to anything
(including age restrictions), and
o dispersed throughout the development.
One of the primary cost-saving elements from providing housing under (C) is that such housing is aggregated
into a common facility -with the entire development devoted to Sen iors.
The Applicant has ass umed entitlement to the 35% bonus (AS IF they are complying with Section 50105 of the
Health and Safety Code -but is also asking for entitlement, from the Town, to the reduced cost structure
associated with providing Senior housing (completely contradicting the requirements set forth in Section
50105) AS IF they were applying under the bonus requirements set forth in (C). As currently proposed, it would
appear that the more appropriate interpretation of the Density Bonus Law would be to apply the 20% bonus
level attributable to (C) instead of the 35% -yielding 47.4 (or 48) bonus units i nstead of the 83. Therefore, the
total housing units would be 285 versus the 320.
I have been unable to find any precedent for application of the density bonus law in the fashion proposed by
the Applicant. In add ition, I have not found any provision in the applicable Health and Safety Code, applicable
Civil Code, or the Fair Housing Act that presents an argument for applying the standards o f one set of rules in
lieu of, or to in preference to those of another. I have also had general discussions with a couple of individuals
from the Department of Housing and Community Development -to no avail.
I find it perplexing as to the Applicant's request for a waiver instead of an incentive or concession. There are
several trains of thought in this regard. First and foremost, in my opinion, it is to put the Town "on the hook"
for approving a project and related density bonus scheme that is contrary to state and federal law-the
Federal law being the Fair Housing Act. Should future litigation or other legal challenges be alleged in
connection with this Current Plan and resulting housing development in the hereafter, the Town may be the
first invitee to the party pursuant to its approval of the Current Plan .
I am not an attorney, nor do I have direct experience in housing development law and related discrimination
issues . In addition, I have not seen any opinion letters from outside Counsel to addres s these intricacies -as I
would have expected. However, given the above analysis, I feel a denial of the BMP Waiver request is
appropriate -in fact, essential -to protect the Town from future potential risks. Let the Courts determine
why denial of such waivers physically precludes providing the proposed affordable housing -according to the
applicable laws stated in the Density Bonus Statutes.
What Might The Applicant Do Next?
If the Town denies the BMP-related waivers, especially the one in connection with the Loc ation of t he
Affordable Units, the Applicant may change their mind and request an Incentive or Concession in lieu of the
Waiver. The same defense as set forth in the preceding argument concern ing the Appl i cant electing a bonus
level commensurate with Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code but definitional criteria as specified
in subdivision (c), applies to denying an incentive or concession in that it is contrary to state and federal law.
Section 65915(d)(1)(A) states -"The city, et al, shall grant the concession or incentive requested by t he
applicant unless the city, et al, makes a written f inding, based upon substantial e vidence, that:
o (A) The concession or incentive is not required in order to provide for affordable housing costs, as defined
in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, or for rents for the torgeted units to be set as specified
in subdivision (c)".
As discussed previously, there Is nothing causing the affordable housing to be physically Infeasible for the
developer. In fact , the only statements made to date by the Applicant deal with the economics of providing
the affordable housing as follows.
• In the March 10, 2016 letter requesting the waiver, the following statement is made concerning the
need for pro posing "a singular affordable senior housing component which is located on the air rights
above the Market Hall element.": "This centralized location for these units ... is key to the financing,
ability to serve Very Low Income seniors and the ability to provide on-site supportive services." These
factors do not pose physical impediments.
• However, in testimony to the Town Council provided by the Applicant, it was said that " ... providing the
units at the Very-low affordability level is difficult. The Applicant is donating the land to Eden to make
the economics work, and then Eden is selling the air rights over the garage to the Applicant thereby
participating in, and pro-rata sharing in, the cost of building the Market Hall and on-going, on-site
costs and design costs . It is a jigsaw puzzle -there Is a desire for the units to be there -so that the
design team could make it workN.
Due to the contradictory, inconsequential information supplied, to date, by the Applicant -in the March 10,
2016 letter and only verbally thereafter-there can be no basis on which to grant such an incentive or
concession. In order to make such a judgment based upon substantial evidence, substantial evidence must
first be supplied by the Applicant. Based on the inconsistencies in the financial structure mentioned between
the March 10, 2016 letter and the statements made in August 2016 testimony -it does not appear that the
Applicant is In a position to explain, substantiate or otherwise provide enough information on which the
Town Council may base a judgment of economic feasibility or infeasibility.
Should the Applicant provide, at this late date, their rationale and accurate supporting information, sufficient
to demonstrate that the specific request is necessary to make the affordable units feasible, I believe a case
could be made that they would be attempting to manipulate the Permit Streamlining Act. The ploy of 1)
requesting a waiver, and, upon denial of the waiver, 2) subsequently requesting an incentive or concession for
the same condition but under a different standard of "feasibility" -(following their story pole fiasco(s)) -
would not be viewed in a positive light by the Courts.
In addition, I find it highly unlikely that the Applicant will be eager to divulge the intricacies of their structured
finance techniques and scenarios -in an open Court of Law-that will need to substantiate how the net
proceeds from selling 83 "at market price" residences are not sufficient to cover the cost of "49" 550 Sq'
affordable rental units. In addition, the financial transactions between the Applicant and Eden will need to be
assessed to ensure that Eden's not-for-profit status is not impacted.
As a conscientious American, I fully support any efforts to provide affordable housing -to young adults,
families with children and especially to our ever-growing Senior population. I also whole-heartedly respect the
rights associated with land ownership. I acknowledge that the North 40 will be developed -and respect and
appreciate the efforts of so many fellow Residents who worked on the Specific Plan to ensure that such
development, when it happens, meets the Vision Statement and the Guiding Principles set forth therein.
The development standards set forth in the Specific Plan are not just in place to appease the current Town
residents. More importantly, they are to ensure that the residents who purchase or rent in the North 40 will
feel the same connection to the Los Gatos that we know and love. They are in place to make these new
Residents feel welcome and excited to be valuable contributors to our community-to be Los Gatans I
In order for that to happen, any developer wishing to develop on the North 40 -must follow the rules. The
Current Plan does NOT. Please deny the Current Application based on the arguments set forth herein .
Thank you.
August 16, 2016 RECEIVED
TOWN O:r LOS GATOS
AUG 16 2016 Dear Mayor Spector, Vice Mayor Sayoc and Councilmembers Leonard is, Jensen and Renn i e: o-, ~
0. _,-, q.W).
Please vote to deny the current North 40 application per the Planning Commission an~ DEPARTMENT
r ecommendations, and consistent with the objective findings and evidence received from the public
that the application does not conform to the North 40 Specific Plan "SP."
Do r.ot accept further applications under the SP .
Require an immediate review of the SP to insure that any future applicati ons for the North 40 are
required to conform to the Vision Statement set forth In the existing SP. See Petition attached (1820
signatures).
Do not believe for a minute that you cannot improve the SP. This application was made long before
the SP with its Vision Statement was approved . We have been told t hat the SP cannot be altered wh ile
an application is pending. However, that is exactly what happened here. The SP was not even adopted
until June 2015, which makes this February 2013 application null and void.
Don't bow to the threats. The developer's attorneys are trying to prevent you from performing your
legal duty as our elected representatives. We stand beside you in denying t his application. The
financial cost of the threatened lawsuit is miniscule compared to the never ending financial detriment
and other adverse impacts to our Town of allowing this development.
Thank you for all of your hard work, courage and leadership In denying this application!
Sandy Decker Rod Teaque Cindy Schneider
Gil Decker Melissa TeaQue Susan Kankel
Bruce Mccombs Patti Elliot Rav Moses
Jackie Mccombs Reuel Warkov Susan Moses
Susan Buxton Bruce Richardson Ken Arendt
Bob Buxton Lainey Richardson Patricia Arendt
Sam Weidman Shannon Susick Peter Dominick
Lucille Weidman Munro Susick Linda Dominick
Diane Dreher Kav Little Sally Reoan
Angelia Doerner Stephanie Adcock Bill Regan
Ed Rathmann Amy Despars Barbara Dodson
Louise Rathmann 1 John Desoars Jeff Eisenbaum
Anne Robinson Tom Llolis Jean Libante
Judv Rucker Linda Liolis Liza Beshoff
' Mike Rucker Eileen Werner Nanette Latos
Tony Alarcon Oliver Flach Paige Shand
Elizabeth Alarcon Kate Paisley Carolyn Mclntvre
Jim Bennette Jacob Warkov Jason Farwell
Coby Bennette Evan Warkov Patrice Flageollet
Nick Berg Jonas Anckarman Tom Flac:ieollet
Julia Berq Catrin Anckarman Lee Michals I
Julianne Wacmer, 1 Debbie Waoner Carol Roesser !
· John Roesser 1 Elizabeth Dillon Declan Dillon
Bryce Dillon Brynne Schneider Max Schneider
Jean Havens Jeffery Schneider Marc Soilka
i Jeff Solinqer Cookie Futterman-Soilka
and many many others
uest s~ee\
C\t\ie(\ Los Gatos, CA
I Citizens Request for a
I Specific Plan Amendment
I
Subject: Los Gatos North Forty Specific Pian
TO: Los Gatos Town Council: Barbara Spector, Marcia Jensen, Steve
Leonardis, Marica Sayoc & Rob Rennie
Director Of Community Development: Joel Paulson
Los Gatos Town Attorney: Rob Schultz
Pet i ti 0 n Group: Los Gatos Citizens for Responsible Development
Signatures: 1820
Date requested: 8/15/2016
We are tax paying citizens that want our Town Council to support
the will of the people by 11 Denyingn the current application and
motioning for an immediate Specific Plan Amendment Process.
The amendment wouid. indude and/or exclude verbiage to protect
the town 1s Specific Plan Vision and Guiding Principles as stated below.
The North 40 respects the special nature of our hometown. It celebrates our history, agricultural
heritage, hillside views, and small town character. The North 40 is seamlessly woven into the fabric
of our community, complementing other Los Gatos residential and business neighborhoods. It is
respectful of precious community resources and offers unique attributes that enrich the quality of
life of all of our residents.
Guiding Principles to achieve this vision :
• The North 40 will look and feel like Los Gatos.
• The North 40 will embrace hillside views, trees, and open space.
·The North 40 will address the Town~ residential and/or commercial unmet needs.
• The North 40 will minimize or mitigate impacts on town infrastructure, schools, and other community
services.
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5.
Los Gatos Town Council
Los Gatos residents want responsible and conforming development that respects the scale and
character of our Town. The current Development Application for the North 40 property {the
Gateway to Los Gatos) is far too INTENSE and DOES NOT comply with the Vision and
Guiding Principles of the town's Specific Plan.
We are tax paying citizens that want our Town Council to support the will of the people by
11 Denying" the current application and motioning for an immediate Specific Plan Amendment
Process. The amendment would include and/or exclude verbiage to protect the town's Specific
Plan Vision and Guiding Principles as stated below.
The North 40 respects the special nature of our hometown. It celebrates our history,
agricultural heritage, hillside views, and small town character. The North 40 is seamlessly
woven into the fabric of our community, complementing other Los Gatos residential and
business neighborhoods. It is respectful of precious community resources and offers unique
attributes that enrich the quality of life of all of our residents .
Guiding Principles to achieve this vision:
• The North 40 will look and feel like Los Gatos.
• The North 40 will embrace hillside views , trees, and open space .
•The North 40 will address the Town's residential and/or commercial unmet needs.
• The North 40 will minimize or mitigate impacts on town infrastructure, schools, and other
community services.
Please forward this petition to your Los Gatos friends and neighbors.
Thank you!
Name From
Cindy Schneider Los Gatos, CA
Bruce Mccombs Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Don't destroy our lovely town. Please deny.
To the Mayor and members of our Town Council:
Please vote to emphatically deny this application, and
move forward immediately afterward , with a motion to
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Name From Comments
5. Bruce Mccombs Los Gatos, CA (continued from previous page)
amend the Specific Plan. Los Gatos deserves a much
more responsible development, and the residents of our
community are counting on each one of you to vote for
denial.
Thank you.
6. Angelia Doerner Los Gatos, CA
7. Lainey Los Gatos, CA We can do better than the proposed plan.
Richardson
8. Bruce Richardson Los Gatos, CA Let's go back to the drawing board and actually have LG
citizen's input be implemented in the plan.
9. Irene Unter Los Gatos, CA This proposed development is not consistent with the look
and feel of Los Gatos. Don't ruin this charm ing town !
10. Barbara Dodson Los Gatos, CA This project disrespects the beauty of our town with its
density and .height. It fails to meet our town's unmet needs
for senior and milennial housing as called for in the
Specific Plan and appears to be headed toward providing
retail space that we don't need. It's sad that these builders
want to clog our last potential open space with their urban
designs so unsuited to Los Gatos.
11 . Joe Sordi Los Gatos, CA The traffic impact in the area will be significant. Level of
Service (LOS) is considered "acceptable" as long as it isn 't
F -total gridlock. Traffic mitigation does not mea n traffic
won't get worse. In addition , we will see what will likely be
a significant increase in bicycle and foot traffic mixed with
auto traffic.
12. Catherine Gillum Los Gatos, CA We do not need to add more people and businesses that
create more traffic. The traffic around the North 40 is
already a mess, especially with traffi c in and ou t of Classic
Car Wash.
13. Roy Moses Los Gatos, CA It is time for us to take control of our Town and demand
that our representatives listen to our directives as t o how
we want our Town to be developed . We are being
devoured by massive growth which is bringing total impact
to our communit, y creating high density housing plus and
over crowding in our schools (some classrooms are closed
for next year and massive traffic. Citizens, I know I was
asleep at the wheel on these issues but no more, I will be a
big part of the process to bring t he Local government back
to the will of the people and not th e developers.
Please , join us the Concerned Citizens of the Town (NOT
CITY) Los Gatos , C alifornia.
Thank you .
14. Daniel Tosh Los Gatos , CA A high density development s uch as this is incongrue nt
with our town charact er. The impact on tr affi c will no d oubt
contribute to the ongoinQ traffic congest ion on LG Blvd.,
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Name From Comments
14. Daniel Tosh Los Gatos, CA (continued from previous page)
Lark and the surrounding area.
Please vote this plan down!
15. Angela Borland Los Gatos, CA
16. Brittanie Zets San Martin, CA
17. Cathleen Bannon Los Gatos, CA
18. Stephenie Rose San Jose, CA
19. Sam King Los Gatos, CA
20. Melissa Teague Los Gatos, CA Intense Cookie Cutter development that looks and feels
nothing like Los Gatos. Please deny the current
application.
21. Mary McCleiland Los Gatos, CA I say HECK NO to North 40. Instead of more housing and
shopping, place a park for kids to excercise and hang out
while getting fresh air! Don't add more cars into the mix!
Los Gatos does not need any more traffic.
22. Susan Douglass San Jose, CA
23. Sabrina Lopez Los Gatos, CA
24. Bob Slous Los Gatos, CA
25. Tonya Tosh Los Gatos, CA Traffic congestion is already bad in this area. 1 can't
imagine how much worse it will be if this plan goes
through. Besides the fact that the current plan just has too
much of a concentration of buildings in one place.
26. David and Lisa Los Gatos, CA
Zirl
27. Arianne Toves Los Gatos, CA No to the current plan, YES to responsible building, TOWN
not city!
28. Kay maurer Los Gatos, CA I feel this should be but to voters t o determine if this is
what is needed and wanted in Los Gatos . We also need to
go back and review if he building heights that have been
adopted in our General and Specific Plan are in agreement
with the vision. I think not. Buildings are too tall and
massive to ever have the look and feel of Los Gatos.
29. Allison Engles Los Gatos, CA
30. Karen K Los Gatos, CA It's just too much! Too many residences, too much traffic,
too tall ..... Nothing about it is compatible with our charming
community.
31. Farnoush Drexel Los Gatos, CA As residents we are already not able to get around the
town in the summer months. This plan would create far
more congestion and crowding all year round. Yesterday
an emergency vehicle was not able to get through the
traffic. Our local shops and restaurants are suffering as
well. Please hear us
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Name From Comments
32. Suzanne Johnson Los Gatos, CA Don't ruin our town any more than it is. Since you allowed
Netflix expand -traffic is ridicu lous! Now with this additional
project -it will increase traffic and population even morel!
I'm a Los Gatos native and went to all of Los Gatos
Schools. We had a population boom before and still
maintained our population and town. We also are in a
water shortage as well. Not happy with .the North 40 project
33. Dianna Bokin Los Gatos, CA
34. Edward & Gail DENVER, CO
Laursen
35. Lynlee Bischoff Los Gatos, CA Because it's the right thing to do.
36. Meaghan Clawsie Los Gatos, CA Our town and schools are overcrowded. Our qualit y of life
in town has degraded. We cannot handle the capacity of
this proposed North 40 development. It needs to be denied
NOW.
37. Suzanne Cochran Los Gatos, CA
38. Shawna Hikl Los Gatos, CA
39. Brianna Los Gatos, CA
Chenevey
40. Garrett Brown Los Gatos, CA This town does not need more people. What's going to
happen when traffic gets worse, near a hospital, and
ambulances can't deliver patients fast enough? We already
have terrible beach t raffic anyhow. Leave well enough
alone. Our tax base is fine as it is. Let's not pack them in
like sardines.
41 . Senaid Tahirovic Los Gatos, CA
42. ANGELA JAMES Los Gatos, CA
43. Carrie Walton Los Gatos , CA This is crazy . We have too many traffic and overcrowded
schools already. It doesn't fit w ith the town.
I live near Lark Ave ... have you seen t he traffic during
commute time & weekends? This is a receipe for all day
grid lock and will negati vely impact our already over
crowded school district.
44. Cameron Los Gatos, CA
Trautman
45. Amanda Jacobs Los Gatos, CA I object to the current plan based on the increased
pressure that will be placed on the school district.
Addit ionally the housing plans to not meet the unmet
district's requirements
47. Carlos Lartigue Los Gatos, CA
48. Randy Rabitz Los Gatos, CA Lived in LG all my life . This project will be t otally against
what LG has been in the past. The construction w ill also be
going on at the same o r similar time as the new projec t
going i n at Good Samari tan Hospital. What r.e xt , a re we
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Randy Rabitz Los Gatos, CA
Charlotte Los Gatos, CA
Boisvert-Khandelwal
Katherine Los Gatos, CA
Winkelman
Patrick Goo Los Gatos, CA
Marianne Los gates, CA
Edmonds
Lisa Villarreal Los Gatos, CA
Ben Cortez Los Gatos, CA
Paula Pineda Los Gatos, CA
Lori Pineda Los Gatos, CA
Jennifer J Los Gatos, CA
Amy Sirota Los gates, CA
Justine Geiszler Los Gatos, CA
Judi MANZI Los Gatos, CA
Mary Ooley Los Gatos, CA
Kathleen Woods Los Gatos, CA
Cathrin Barsch Los Gatos, CA
Christine Dumery Los Gatos, CA
Lauren Sisco WATSONVILLE, CA
Susan Duran Los Gatos, CA
T any Msrtello Los Gatos, CA
Comments
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going to start building high rises here? ... oh yeah , the
traffic that this project will cause will add to the headache
that is already put up with on a daily commute.
As a lifelong resident of LG (born and raised) I can say
with certainty that the North 40 is woefuf!y out of alignment
with LG's character and soul! Traffic, destruction of last
sizable orchard in town, and generic anywhere archit ecture
make this an easy choice to say NO! Responsible growth
and development should be sought with the few empty
parcels left.
In favor of affordable senior housing and low density. thank
you.
keep Los Gatos of beloved Town.
I was born and raised here and have never left due to the
small town feel and all my family here too. We don't need
more traffic!!
Please let's float a bind and buy the property for the town
Way too much for this small area that is already in gridlock
Netflix 2000 employees haven't even descended on the
area yet. Adding something of this size and density will be
a disaster for this communit y
Please deny. You have heard presented the myriad of
reasons to deny. Excess traffic , overcrowded schools,
cancer causing air quality, negative consequences for
downtown merchants to mention a few. Please deny!
No to the plan -no to incremental traffic -
I grew up in LG, and feel this is not a good fit for the town.
The laws of physics dont lie. You cant squeeze 2 gallons in
a one gallon container. .. And if you try you get a tsunami of
overflow
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Name From Comments
69. Julianne Savage Los Gatos, CA Please -current traffc issues exist to/from our LG schools
at drop-off and pck up; Hwy 17@Lark exit is a MESS every
weekday morning and evening! The new medical buildings
directly across from the North 40 already generate too
many drivers on weekdays, and traffic backs up there at
the Blvd and Lark in all directions. We moved here 20
years ago and sadly, the "town" feeling in our community is
beirig chipped away parcel by parcel! NO MONSTER
BUILDS in LG!!!!
70. Sam Lam Los Gatos, CA
71 . Devin Schrock Los Gatos, CA Reduce the residential density and height.
72. Sarah Plep Los Gatos, CA I have lived in Los Gatos my whole life and I am 100%
against this development. We are a town not a city.
73. Steve Damron Los Gatos, CA
74. John Eichinger Los Gatos, CA This development overkill might be fine for San Jose,
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, etc.,but it is not within the
character of the TOWN of Los Gatos. It certainly does not
resemble anything that is currently in existence in Los
Gatos .
The traffic studies were misguided. None of them were
performed on a summer's weekend .
The Developers want to maximize density which they
have. Much too intense!
Why are we deciding any forward motion until we see
plans for the entire 40 acres, not just the first phase?
Ship elementary children up to Lakeside? Increase an
already congested and dangerous situation.
Still too many unanswered questions before any approval .
75. Judy Gadbois Los Gatos, CA I'm still devastated this is even going to happen.
76. Michael Verga Los Gatos, CA Turn all of it into retail or a park or one SFR per 6-7 k
square foot lots !ike most of the rest of LG
77. Scott Frolich Los Gatos, CA Please reconsider the current plan. It will negatively impact
schools, traffic and health of our great city. Make plans
with smaller homes and spread them across all phases.
78. Shelley Bakke Los Gatos, CA
79. Carolyn Benson Los Gatos, CA Let's keep Los Gatos a town!
80. Paul Jaramillo Los gatos, CA
81. Michael Bertoldo Los Gatos, CA
82. Heather LeRoy Los Gatos, CA
83. Adam Jacobs Los Gatos, CA
84. Brian Garfield Los Gatos, CA
85 . Debbie Golding Los Gatos, CA M
86. Scott Miller Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
87. Claudia Weist Los Gatos, CA
88. Mary Engelbrecht Los Gatos, CA
89. Nilgun Kurdi Los Gatos, CA
90. Sue Plep Los Gatos, CA The impact of this development in not anything that we
have in our infrastruct ure to support or maintain. It is
nonsense to think that this community can support the
impact this dev elopment would have on all of us ... Our
roads our services o ur water supply .. Our Schools .. Please
do not allow this project to even ba considered!!!
91. Erick Rect or Los Gatos, CA
92. Nikki Fernandez San Jose, CA
93. Cigdem Bulut Los gates, CA
94. Taylor Klein Los Gatos, CA
95. Michelle Vaughan Los Gatos, CA
96 . Tracy Bunger Los Gatos, CA
97. Michael O'Neil Los Gatos, CA The concerns regarding over bu ilding and population is a
huge concern. This needs to stop. We are not San Jose.
As a life long resident you can 't go back once you've made
these choices.
98. Shawn Duran Los Gatos, CA Schools Schools Schools wil be effected in a bad way!
Also the traffic will be a nightmare around that area!
99. Linda Matulich Los Gatos, CA
100. Leah Chun Los Gatos, CA
101. Paul Matulich Los Gatos, CA
102. Suzanne Jager Harrison Township,
Ml
103. David Shaw Los Gatos, CA I vote "NO".
104. Jamie Furnia Los gates, GA
105. Elise Rockey Santa Cruz, CA What would be the impact on HWY 17?1 ARGH! Terrible
slow down ... unbearable.
106. Tom Fandre Los Gatos, CA
107. Jean Shusterman Los Gatos, CA I strongly feel that this development should include its own
elementary school and/or that not all t he homes should just
be located in the Los Gatos school district
108. Darin Albers San Jose , CA
109. Patricia Dunn Los Gatos, CA The proposed development is not resonable. I would adk
Schaeffler that we wait to see how the recent developments are
supported by t he town i nfrastructure before adding more .
110. Patricia Hills Los Gatos, CA
111 . Mike Beerer Los Gatos , CA
112. Austin Stefani Los Gat os, CA
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Name From Comments
1 13. Patty Hannegan Los Gatos, CA Going to create too much t raffic for the already too much
beach traffic. We need to take care of our downtown
vacancies before we have no more downtown .
114. Metedith Los Gatos, CA
Harrington
115. Josephteague Los Gatos, CA It's very hard to comprehend that the town would even
consider a development half the size of the current
Grosvenor proposal. The N40 will be developed, let's be
sure it's something the current and future. town residents
can be proud of.
116. Catherine Rose Los Gatos, CA Protect our town from impossible gridlock and
overdevelopment beyond what the infrastruct ure can
handle.
117. Lisa McAdams Los Gatos, CA
1 18. Sean Bodie Dublin 24, Ireland Los Gatos is a wonderful town , don't let greedy business
people ruin it. There is plenty is room in California to build
elsewhere.
119. Michael Murdock San Jose, CA
120. Mitzi Anderson Los Gatos, CA
121. Linda Frolich Los Gatos, CA
122. Margaret Los Gatos, CA The traffic is already horrendous between Lark avenue and
Hokeness Hwy 85 every day. It's pure insanity to agree to this
overdevelopment of the North 40
123. Eli zabeth Dillon Los Gatos, CA
124. Theresa Los Gatos, CA I grew up in a small town and now that I have 2 children I
Woehrman wanted something close to what I had. That is why I moved
to Los gatos.
125. Alec Macrae Los Gatos, CA
126. Tony Craythorne Los Gatos, CA
127. Monique Castell Los Gatos, CA Our town deserves much thought and planning when it
comes to any addition to our dear community whose
unique character is not easy to replicate.
128. Jeff King Los Gatos, CA This plan is unacceptable. Kids and schools are t he priority
129. Lori Day Los Gatos, CA Too big for the small roads and out of keeping with the
character of the town.
130. Lindsay Catterton Los Gatos, CA No no no on north 40
131. Alexandra Nelson San Jose, CA
132. Josh Lamour Los Gatos, CA Character of town being diminished. Too much traffic, not
enough school rooms.
133. Shereen Farahani Los Gatos, CA
134. Nicole Dennen Los Gatos, CA This project changes the face and feel of the TOWN w e
love. Our services, schools and streets can not handle it.
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Name From Comments
135. Suejin Kim Los Gatos, CA
136. Kimberly Dallas Los Gatos, CA
137. Nayana Los Gatos, CA
Jayasekera
138. Callie Stefani Los Gatos, CA Please save our town ...
139. Sabine Trammell Saratoga, CA
140. Michelle Tedford Los Gatos, CA
14 L Mariellen Furia Los Gatos, CA Stop it already.
142. Audrey Webb Los Gatos, CA
143. Bryce Dillon Los Gatos, CA
144. Becky Tanner Los gatos, CA
146. Markene Smith Los Gatos, CA The developers' massive, car-oriented fi rst-draft map and
plans do not comply with design guidelines set forth in the
General Plan and Specific Plan-including for massing,
height, architectural style, parking , streetscapes, open
space, materials, health, safety and sustainable design.
147. Shawna Rodgers San Jose, CA We know that change will come-but it must be done
responsibly . The current plan is short-sighted in its traffic
impact and quality of life impact on those who currently live
in this area. It requires adjustments and more thoughtful
planning; we do not need more retail space. We need
more trees, more wildlife, more parks, more water, and
housing (as per California state law). We do NOT need
another Santana Row.
149. Morgan Babula Los Gatos, CA
150. Ruth Alexander Los Gatos, CA We cannot even live in peace anymore with all the beach
traffic going pass hwy9 and t hen we cannot even get into
our neighborhood going to church etc. because of this
traffic .... why do we need this? No we do not need this in
Los Gatos. Thank you.
151. Manuela Hoidn Los Gatos, CA
152. Elizabeth Sharkey Los gates, CA Please keep the small town charm of Los gates please
please please
153. Shannon Wagner Los Gatos, CA
154. David Engelbrecht Los Gatos, CA
156. Susan Hamilton Los Gatos, CA
157. Zach hershberger Los Gatos, CA
158. Nicole Liebenow Santa Clara, CA
159. Gina Bommarito Los Gatos, CA No more traffic like a big city. Please return our sleepy
town back. Do not add more to the existing traffic.
160. Dave L Los Gatos, CA
161. Quinton Hickey Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
162. Ryan Lantrip Campbell, CA
163 . Garrett Kolb Los Gatos, CA The Town of Los Gatos is presently experiencing
tremendous traffic and parking congestion that is
decreasing the quality of life and financial viability of our
downtown. A project of this magnitude will negatively
impact the citizens and merchants, furthering existing
problems that must be permanently addressed before any
more development can take place. Please address our
crumbling streets, traffic, parking and economy before
taking on more problems.
164. Elizabeth Los Gatos, CA
Cunningham
165. Suzie nguyen Los Gatos, CA
166. Ted Richards Los Gatos, CA We must stop this pseudo development. It's corrupt,
created solely for profit, and out of touch with our beloved
town of Los Gatos.
167. Melanie Goodman Los Gatos, CA
169 . Monica Faulconer Los Gatos, CA
170. Rachel McGill san jose, CA
171 . Diane Siemens Los Gatos, CA The density is too great and the open space is inadequate.
This would be an unpleasant place to live. Looks like it's
intended for investors to buy and rent to millennials.
172. Vida Parsi Los Gatos, CA Too many houses. We need more green space.
173. PETE SIEMENS Los Gatos, CA
174. Hilary Orr Los Gatos, CA
175. Sajna Jabbar Los Gatos, CA
176. Nayan Sheth Los Gatos, CA This project not only affects our children negatively by
overpopulating , but as a hospital physician who serves the
area at Good Samaritan Hospital and El Camino Los
Gatos Hospital, this will negatively impact my ability to
serve my patients with emergent situations in a timely
matter, along with compromising ambulance transfers to
those respective Emergency Rooms.
177. Victoria Myers Los Gatos, CA Keep the Los Gatos look and feel with open space, trees
and hillside views . The current plan doesn't meet that
objective . The town needs sports fields, additional school,
another park ... not choking traffic at the corner of
Lark/LG Blvd. Keep Los Gatos' small town character.
178. Karen Frey Los Gatos, CA
179. M.K. Los Gatos, CA Please do NOT ruin Los Gatos. This development is too
big . Too much traffic, too many people, not enough water.
You will be remembered for how you helped Los Gatos or
ruined it. Vote with a clear conscience and help keep this
massive development from moving forward in its current
form.
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Name From Comments
180. Lani Harr Los Gatos, CA We Cannot allow this high density housing in Los Gatos.
Our traffic is horrendous as it is, and our town simply does
not have the infrastructure to support this type of
development
181. Judith Beatty Los Gatos, CA
182. TAMARA Santa Cruz, CA
TRUEBLOOD
183. Mike BeDell Los Gatos, CA
'184. Erica Parks MARYSVILLE, CA
185. Pete Schmidt Los Gatos, CA
186. Susan Bjorlie Los Gatos, CA There is already terrible traffic getting to work by Good
Score Sam hospital . Our quality of life in Laos Gatos is getting
difficult with all the traffic. California doesn't have the room
or the water for more cars, people and housing .
187. Michele Regan Los Gatos, CA
188. Paula Gingery Los Gatos, CA Please respect the wishes of those of us living in LG
now---Our streets, stores, and restaurants on Los Gatos
Blvd are already impacted with traffic and long lines . The
added housing and stores will be a NIGHTMARE!
189. Teri Christ Los Gatos, CA
190. Leslie Luhmann Los Gatos, CA We have too much traffic already & our schools are too
crowded I Then what about the use of more water , which
we don't have either ! I
191. Murray Dennon Los Gatos, CA How about taking the really long view? The City should
issue a bond, buy it and turn it into open space. Build on it
now and it's gone fo rever. We will never get this chance
again.
192. Chris Bayne Los Gatos, CA We, who paid the price to live in beautiful Los Gatos, must
preserve it. We must appoint powerful attorneys to
understand the underlying facts in this case and give
strength to our elected officials. If you rs agree with this
idea, please contact me.
193. Melissa Vaccaro Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos has gotten so crowded! Its not very fun t o drive
around and it's lost its small town feel. I've lived here my
whole lof and I want to now move out of the area due to all
the people and development
194. Lisa Cross Los Gatos, CA
195. Russ Sheehan Los Gatos, CA Was it bad judgement, incompetence or greed that allowed
the initial plans to get this far ?
196. Jeremy Doig Los Gatos, CA
197. Braden Despars Los Gatos, CA
198. Kate Paisley LOS GATOS, CA
199. Sue johnston Campbell, CA Please preserve some of the sm a ll town feel that still ex ists
in Los Gatos !
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Name From Comments
200. Grant Pennel Los Gatos, CA
201 . Allie Frey Los Gatos, CA
202. Janie McNay Los Gatos, CA The last thing we need is MORE people. The traffic is
already a cause for complaint. I'm so against this
development. The only person this is doing good for is the
deveioper and !t's just not fai r to current residents.
203. Monika Messer Los Gatos, CA I could imagine a Spanish style/ Santa Barbara style
extension of Los Gatos old world, but not another Santana
Row. Ne two high rise dance buildings . Needs to be rust ic
with old charm
204. John Wallace Los Gatos, CA
205. Judith Marlin Los Gatos, CA I have already sent a letter to all the Council members and
briefs spoken w/ 2 of them.
206. Kelly Bettencourt Monte Sereno, CA
207. Mary Rabitz Los gatos, CA My husband and I also own a business on LG Blvd . we
strongly oppose the north 40 as homeowners and business
owners
208. Mary Rose Los Gatos, CA It is horrible that our town feel is deteriorating. Lark and 17
is a mess lots of the time. It can take 30 minutes to drive 3
miles into town from Courtside area.
The new medical buildings adjacent to t he North 40
already generate so many more drivers on weekday.
Netflix is not even done with construction and loading all
their works in. The traffic diversions for beach traffic are
only minimally effective.
I was raised in this area and have always been happy to
be on the outside edge of the over development of Silicon
Valley. Not we are being crushed by overdevelopment in
our own town. Please deny the current North 40
Application and Amend the Specific Plan to keep Los
Gatos a town, not a city.
209. Terri Trotter Los Gatos , CA This would ruin the small town community of Los Gatos!
210. Dale Miller Los Gatos, CA Traffic Mitigation on Lark, Los Gatos Blvd, Hwy 17 access
and Sumaritan Dr. alomg with impact on Schools from the
heavy housing portion of the project have not been
adequately addressed in the proposal.
211. Cathy Guenther Los Gatos, CA
212. Eric Loe Los Gatos, CA
213. Lisa Keller Los Gatos, CA
214. Susan Beck Los Gatos, CA Impossible impact to traffic & Dangerous to residents
because of that -Emergency vehicles & for resident s. It is
so difficult to get around our town now & shops are
suffering. Unattractive buildings, why? Competes with
shops downtown. Not enough GREEN space.
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Name From Comments
215. Steven Johnson Los Gatos, CA There is no way to mitigate the traffic no matter what they
get their studies to say. The housing? Have it all built on
the other side of the line, non Los Gatos Schools. Dial
back the whole project, build some open space park area.
216. Julie Oderio Los Gatos, CA It is hard enough to get the Town government to address
the needs of existing residents, I cannot imagine the heavy
demand that this new development will put on the Town
staff, schools and hospitals. We cannot afford more traffic
on our roads without better access to 85 and 17, the
current configuration is fiawed. i know the future tax dollars
are enticing, but please make the more prudent decision
and reject this application.
217. Jesse Green Los Gatos, CA Until the Town of LG figures out a way to deal with it's
current traffic, it would be reckless to allow construction of
new development. A balanced plan needs to be in place
that will minimize the traffic and reduce the impact on our
schools. Putting detour signs up to re-route traffic is only
temporary and takes away from the charm of our town. A
Town Council vote for this plan should result in an
immediate recall petition for council members in favor.
218. Judy Long Los Gatos, CA
219. scarlett reed San Jose, CA
220. Linda Sherry Los Gatos, CA If you live in Los Gatos and you go out to Los Gatos Blvd
on the weekends, you are fully aware of the further
damage that this plan would create in traffic alone, as it is
planned for at this time.
221. Wendy Holmes Los Gatos, CA Increased density will compound the problems we are
struggling with now.
222. Dave Murphy Los Gatos, CA
223. Bindu Menon Los Gatos, CA Please don't take away the beauty of Lis Gatos
224. Bridget Miller Los Gritos, CA With Netflix traffic already impacting us getting out onto
Winchester and Lark and hwy 17, the additional North 40
traffic will gridlock the surrounding area. Please deny the
North 40 AppHcation. The schools are also at their upper
limit of enrollment and all the housing will create
overcrowding in the LG schools.
225. Joe Inch Los Gatos, CA
226. Mark Salcido Los Gatos, CA Traffic congestion will be terrible.
227. Lori Ingle Los Gatos, CA
228. Corinne Escobar San Jose, CA
229. Bruce Ingle Los Gatos, CA
230. Doreen Nelsen Los Gatos, CA We have lived in Los Gatos since 1988, and the traffic
around Winchester/Lark/LG Blvd. is unbearable now. Don't
create more traffic!
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Name From Comments
231. Mary Jane Los Gatos, CA I have lived in LG for 30 years; please do not surrender
Saunders property north of Lark Avenue to high densit y. Los Gatos
needs neighborhoods like Blossom Manor not more high
density.
232. Len Dorfman Los Gatos, CA
233. Susan Buxton Los Gatos, CA
234. Karee Weber Los Gatos, CA The current plan is not in line with the look of Los Gatos . It
looks more like Santana Row. This town is becoming
crowded th at it takes longer and kmgei to nm a few
errands. It took me 20 minut es to drive 4-5 miles two days
ago due to so much traffic congestion .
235. Todd Pace Los Gatos, CA Who ever in Town Council approved or will approve this
North 40 project is very likely "on the take" and has either
accepted a bribe or is going to accept a bribe. We should
do a GoFundMe to pay for private investigation and public
investigation to the banks accounts of the Town Council
and their families. Traffic alone could never pass an
Environmental Impact Report. Investigate those involved
with that too. The traffic problem is not just during Summer,
it is at its worst in Summer but all year round . Real Estate
prices will plummet in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and the
coastal cities over the hill. Saratoga will skyrocket.
236. Gary Fales Los Gatos, CA Traffic and density is horrendous. Lived here since 1973,
many folks I went to LG High School cannot believe the
changes when they return to the area -the comments are
not complimentary at all! Driving on 17 towards Lark Ave
makes my stomach turn with all the orange markers
showing what our diminished view of the Los Gatos hill s
will look like -pretty sad quite frankly. I agree with all the
horrendous traffic issues as well. Several times when
venturing out, we have turned back home because th e re
was a traffic jam at Lark and Winches ter!
237. Mavis Chen las gatos, CA
238. Judith Rizzuto Los Gatos, CA No additional grid lock needed.
239. Jacob Englander Los Gatos, CA
240. Carolyne Moe Los Gat os, CA
241. Stacy Carkson Los Gatos, CA
242. Melissa Miller Los gates, CA
243 . Jason Haase Los Gatos , CA
244. Margaret Los Gatos, CA The impact on daily local traffic for Los Gatos Blvd., Lark
Greenwood Ave., Winchester Blvd., 17 and 85 will create a daily
"weekend beach traffic" situation. As a m edical
professional I'm also concerned about emergency vehicl es
getting to Good Samaritan and El Camino Hospitals
wi thout diffic ulty.
Page 14 -Sig n a tures 231 -244
Name From Comments
245. Shalien Izzi Los Gatos, CA Take back our town! Please turn down North 40 and keep
Los Gatos from turning into a major city with major traffic
problems.
246 . Jared Miller Los gates, CA Keep Los Gatos unique and small!
247 . Ricki R Nelson Los Gatos, CA
248. Brooklyn Traxler San Jose, CA
249. Lisa Loe Los Gatos, CA
250. Teresa Bonner Los Gatos. CA
251 . Charles Tripp Los Gatos, CA I don't want LG to become a city, with all the traffic.
252. Katie Hingle Los Gatos, CA We need schools, parks, open space, not more housing
and shopping .
253. Robert Buxton Los Gatos, CA
254. Pattie Martin Los Gatos, CA
255. Robert Beck Los Gatos, CA This ·project is far too big and dense and is out of character
for the Town of Los Gatos. Traffic in the area is already
negatively impacted by the recent Netflix and hospital
expansions. Please deny this application and have the
plan amended to significantly reduce the density and traffic
impact.
256. Heidi Sacks Los Gatos, CA I cannot imagine why anyone who actually lives in Los
Gatos and has to use highway 17 to access their home
would want to add 1 OO's to 1,000's more vehicles to our
already congested roads. The Lark avenue exit off of 17 is
the route we have to take to get to our home off of highway
9 since traffic is usually ground to a halt and exiting off at
highway 9 would take forever. If this development goes
through as planned, exiting Lark would become a
nightmare as well. This development is not in the best
interest of the citi zen s who actually have to live and
commute to and from Los Gatos. I urge the town counsel
and those in authorit y to think of their citizens best interest
when voting for this. And by that I mean, our quality of life
and enjoyment in living in our town. Not the increased tax
revenue . Thank you , Heidi Sacks
257 . shannon susick Los Gatos, CA not enough room for my comments!
258. Peter Dominick Los Gatos, CA
259. Claire Ekelund Los Gatos, CA
260 . Brian Sheehan Los Gatos, CA
261. Leslie Roth Los Gatos, CA
262. NANETTE Los Gatos, CA
LATOS
263. Madeline Raff Los Gatos, CA
264. Banu Searle Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
265. Ann King Saratoga, CA
266 . Morgan Bricca Los Altos, CA
267. Emily Scher San Jose, CA
268. Judy Rucker Los Gatos, CA Lark Avenue is our only outlet from our neighborhood, and
it's already nearly impossible to access it. Please don't add
such a big development to an already heavily impacted
area. Keep Los Gatos small(ish} please!
269. Jeff Zullo Los Gatos, CA Please deny current plan for North 40 . This does not meet
the required look and feel of the Town of Los Gatos. The
density, impact on schools, and local traffic increases,
combined with pending impact from Netflix buildings
nearing completion will result in gridlock on Lark,
Winchester and Los Gatos Blvd which will negatively
impact all residential properties in the area.
270. Madeleine Scher San Jose, CA I grew up in Los Gatos and would hate for its small town
atmosphere to go away
271. Maria Dominick Los Gatos, CA
272. Lauren barnes Los Gatos, CA
273. Martha (Muffie) Los Gatos, CA Please, please, please! Do NOT support this project ! We
Dominick need to deal with the current traffic problems without
adding morel
274. Jean Leeming Los Gatos, CA Please DO NOT destroy our darling town of Los Gatos.
Traffic and schools are already bursting.
275. Lorin Janovich Los gates, CA Our community will be impacted in such a negotiate way
do to the fa jesting it would cause!
276. Liz Leigh Los Gatos, CA This would severely impact our town with major traffic,
overcrowded schools and turn our quaint town into a
congested city. Home owners (&renters) pay for a small
town feel. I don't think the locals want a Santana Row in
our backyard. There are plenty of other places this
developer could build . Not sure why they want to cram this
into a small town!
277 . Susan Kankef Los Gatos, CA Lower the density
278. Christine jarvis Cupertino, CA Keep LG a town!!!! traffic is horrific as it is
279. Leonard Floyd Los Gatos, CA Please do not continue now. In a future plan maybe part of
the area could become a light rail terminal and parking
area for the yahoo bus people. So rather than adding
traffic to our congested area, using space wisely could
diminis h effect of high traffic volume, at least in that area of
town.
280. Rich a rd Wilson Los G atos , CA
2 81. Patricia Blair Los Gatos, CA More green, more environmenta l impact studies, more
traffic studies, more impact on schools and downtown
merchant st udies are needed!!!
Pag e 16 -Sig natures 265 -28 1
Name From Comments
282. Linda Iversen Los Gatos, CA
283. Kathy Cotton Los Gatos, CA
284. Marnie Willhoft Los Gatos, CA This must be denied! Stop the madness
285. Rhoda Belle Firth Los Gatos, CA Please deny this application. Please don't just ask them to
scale it back.
286. Rosalind Achkar los gatos, CA There is too much traffic already, especially in this area of
town getting on and off of the freeways I We have too many
people and not enough open space-
287. Albe Tremblay Saratoga, CA
288. Anne Gross Los Gatos, CA
289. Hiten Thakkar Los Gatos, CA This will be a logistics, traffic nightmare and will compound
the existing traffic woes on Los Gatos Blvd, trying to make
it to the ER in Good Samaritan, HWY 17 and 85.
290. Sabrina Hoeke Los Gatos, CA
291. Patti Elliot Los Gatos, CA Please uphold the planning commission denial of this
application. It is not the Town Councils obligation to
maximize profits for the developer. Town Council is
obligated to deny this application because it does not
conform to the Specific Plan in numerous ways. Thank
you!
292. Lile Campeau Los Gatos, CA
293. Yuri Oda Los Gatos, CA
294. Pamela Abaci Los Gatos, CA As building and business owner that looks on to the North
40, this application for the number of houses and the new
traffic/lane changes will be a nightmare. No one from the
North 40 project or the Los Gatos Town Council/Planning
Council has ever approached the current building owners
on Los Gatos Blvd. about the changes in traffic lanes and
the addition of a median t hat will change our build 's traffic
flow (stopping all left turns in and out of our parking lot,
forcing U-turns after passing the building and only right
turns out of our parking lot).
Having gone to a previous council session and spoken to
the "builder" representat ives, they don't care about any
existing buildings/businesses which means they could care
less about the "Vision and Guiding Principles" of Los
Gatos.
295. Emily King Saratoga, CA
296. Tessa Arguijo Los Gatos, CA The Planning Commissioners who voted to reject this plan
got it right! Please deny the current application.
297. Pascal Poitras Montreal, Canada
298. Cindy Walker Los Gatos, CA
299. Ann Altmann Los Gatos, CA PLEASE , PLEASE, PLEASE deny the plan as is arid don'y
ruin our town forever.
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Name From Comments
300 . Richard Potter Los Gatos, CA
301. Sandy Decker Los Gatos, CA
302. Trish Raffel RALEIGH, NC
303. John Cook Los Gatos, CA
304. Betsy Sickler Los Gatos, Cl\ Los Gatos does NOT need more traffic nor dozens of more
children in our schools.
305. A!!en Arguijo Los Gatos, CA
306. Patricia Galione Los Gatos, CA
307. Aileen Los Gatos, CA I object to the proposed project on t he grounds that it does
Gulesserian not fit into our Town environment and also to the unhealthy
traffic problems it will create.
308. William Blair Los Gatos, CA The present plan is a poor design: lacks adequate parking;
too dense housing, lack of adequate schools for the local
kids .
309. alison huber los gates, CA As much as I'd like to have the north 40 remain as it is, I
know that's not really possible. However, a regular
neighborhood with NORMAL sized lots, would suffice. No
matter what goes in there the t raffic will be even worse
than it is currently, among other major strains on the
community such as schools and water .. I'd like to see
something I could at least get used to, not one that makes
my blood boil in total anger.
310. Stephanie C Los Gatos, CA
311. Margaret Yarka Los Gatos, CA
312. Kathleen Smedt Los Gatos, CA
313. Carole Shebanek Los Gatos, CA Please deny the current North 40 Application and amend
the plan to be more responsible and friendly towards our
town.
314. Maureen Hague Los Gatos, CA
316 . Amy Zullo Los Gatos, CA
317. Robb Walker Los gatos, CA
318. Chris Ann Bartol Los Gatos, CA
319. Nicky McAllister Monte Sereno, CA Please, please, please rethink plans for this site .... t he
proposed development will be a disaster for everyone
living and working in Los Gat os and Monte Sereno
320. Mary Patterson Los Gatos, CA Please deny t his anti-Los Gatos project!!!
321. norry mcallister Los Gatos, CA
322. Lisa Carr-Goudy Los Gatos , CA What is the plan t o mitigate the traffic and smog impact on
our town? What is t he real istic impact this will have on o ur
schools, students, teachers? I see not hing but
overcrowding .
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Name From Comments
323. Cassandra Los Gatos, CA
Joseph
324. Ruth Cook Los Gatos, CA We are sadly losing our wonderful, small town atmosphere
with the enormous amount of traffic. This project will only
make life more hectic for everyone. The number of
buildings are way too many.
325 . Virginia Los Gatos, CA
Pinschmidt
326. Paulo Reeson Toronto, Canada
327. Jennifer Kapp Los Gatos, CA Traffic is out of control without any new building
328. Dennis McEvoy Los Gatos, CA Previous Town Council's have worked very hard to
preserve the wonderful environment we have in Los Gatos.
At times they had to make very hard and unpopular
decisions, but the Town residents benefited. We need this
Town Council to regain control of the North 40 from the
developers and force a plan that is compatible with Los
Gatos, not with San Jose.
329. Nicholas Radov Los Gatos, CA I am not opposed to all new development in loud Gatos but
the current North 40 proposal is simply too large for the
local infrastructure. I hope the Town Council will insist that
the developer trim it down to a reasonable size before
approving the plan.
330. Barbara Murphy Los Gatos, CA Apart from the already massively overcrowded freeway
traffic, this will change Los gatos into the urban sprawl that
San Jose is so loved for.
331. MarkH LOS GATOS, CA The scale of this project is inappropriate for the location.
Traffic is already a mess all along Lark and at Los Gatos
Blvd. The schools are already over capacity. Even for
additional retail it is a very inconvenient location for ingress
and egress. This development will negatively impact the
quality of life at the whole north end of Los Gatos.
332. Sonia Szewczuk cairns, Australia
333. David Anderson Saratoga, CA Such a high density development will place too much
pressure on existing infrastructure, cause additional
congestion to an already crowded road system.
335. Susan Lee Los Gatos, CA
336. Patty Kenyon Los Gatos, CA There's to much traffic as it is.
338. Ed Krick Los Gatos, CA The surrounding streets would not be able to handle the
traffic and this is for just half of the North 40 land!
339. Jill J. LOS GATOS, CA I do not want to see our town with such high density
housing. It degrades the beauty and value of Los Gatos. It
will also create a HORRIBLE gridlock in an area that is
already very backed up and busy at many times during the
day. You cannot widen Lark Avenue, without great
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Name From Comments
339. Jill J. LOS GATOS, CA (continued from previous page)
expense, as you are dealing with a bridge over Hwy 17. I
think it shows the greed of the builder, the desire at any
cost to get more tax revenue, and a lack of caring about
what a development of this size will mean to those of us
that live on that side of Los Gatos.
340 . Mariana Lukacova Moldava Nad
Bodvou , Slovakia
341. Marys Los Gatos, CA The size of this project is too large for the area to absorb.
The traffic is already horrendous.
342. Amy Perera Los Gatos Blvd, CA NO NORTH 40!!
343. Stephen King Los Gatos, CA Keep the Heritage Orchard! If Saratoga can do it Los
Gatos can too!
344. Lisa Normandin Los Gatos, CA Please don't do this. We love our quaint town of Los
Gatos II
345. Paul Normandin Los Gatos, CA
346. Barbara Shaver LOS GATOS, CA Stop this bad plan!
347. Kim Ratcliff Los Gatos, CA I've lived in LG since I was a kid . Let 's keep the town's
original charm intact. Whenever I walk through the Almond
Grove, I am reminded of all the wonderful alleys and funky
garages of the '70s and '80s and just how LG was a funky
hippish town. I miss that. We need to remember the reason
why LG is so special and preserve those qualities.
348. Shigeru Iwamoto Los Gatos, CA Keep Los Gatos livable. We don't want a Santana Row
wanna-be here. There is already too much traffic and
pollution. Improve basic infrastructure like street paving in
real residential areas!
349. Kendra W . Los Gatos, CA The Planning Commissioners voted against the plan as it
stands. What would be the point of a Planning Commission
if we aren't willing to take their advice? Aren't they the ones
most qualified to determine if the project is appropriate for
Los Gatos?
My guess is that they have concerns about traffic, schools,
downtown businesses , and consistency. As these are the
main c oncerns voic ed within the community as well, it
makes sense to reevaluate and ma ke a few changes . It is
better to do it right the first time than to push a plan
through that once materializ ed will have a negative impact
on the town.
350. Tom Krulevitch Los Gatos, CA Let's keep Los Gatos a town
351 . Kenneth Johnston LOS GATOS, CA
352. Patricia Erbst Los Gatos, CA I support the petition whole heartedly.
353. Sandy Jordan San Jose, CA Traffic and parking has made LG a challellenge to dine,
shop, do na ils , have fun. If this passes, I will NEVER go
there. It won't be worth t he aggravation.
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Name From Comments
354. Leta Reynoldd Los Gatos, CA We are congested already! Plus, the homes will be too
near the freeway! Gridlock for morning commute!
355. Bina Desai Los gatos, CA
356. Margaret Whalen Los Gatos, CA
357. Andrea S Los Gatos, CA We have standstill traffic in LG 7 days a week. It is
extremely !aborious to get around the majority of the day
with so many current residents in addition to pass thru
traffic from beachgoers. Unless you build another school
and wider roads and interstates, which none of us want,
there isn't the capacity with the existing infrastructure to
add 1 OO's more residents.
358. Mario Queiroz Los Gatos, CA Our town is already way too congested for the physical
size and infrastruct ure. The school enrollment numbers at
LGHS, for example , have led to lower-quality education.
Traffic continues to get worse. And with regards to retail,
we should be helping t o bring business to downtown
merchants rather than pulling shoppers away from
downtown.
359. Priscilla Tine Knoxville, TN
360. Diane Elzingre Los Gatos, CA Keep our town Los Gatos, we don't need more growth
361. Laura Saunders Los Gatos, CA
362. Rosemary Harper Los Gatos, CA High impact on schools and traffic. Los Gatos has had
enough. No on the north 40!1 11
363. Britt Sellin Los Gatos, CA If North 40 resembled more of what the t own vision had for
it, then I'd be happy w ith it. But it looks like a small city on
its own .
364. Danette Stephan Los Gatos, CA
365 . Stacey Escobar Los Gatos, CA traffic is ALREADY out of control !
out street ways cannot manage further congestion .
this is a TOWN: NOT A CJTY!I!
366. Bunte Libante Los Gatos, CA
367. Diane Dreher Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos is a town , not a city. Let's push back against
plans for a corporate industrialized complex on the North
40 .
368. Gil Decker Los Gatos, CA
369. Wendy Squire Los Gatos, CA The North 40 Developer Application would negatively
impact the town of Los Gatos by increasing t raffic
congestion as well as drawing potential revenue from
existing downtown business.
370 . Mary Roach Los Gatos, CA Make the model show ALL of the proposed
North 40 buildings. The model at LG library only shows
Phase 1 . Phases 2 and 3 aren't even shown and would
make more citizens aware of the issues and impacts on
our Town (not city). T raffic, high density housing, where is
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Name From Comments
370. Mary Roach Los Gatos, CA (continued from previous page)
the water? School impact, ugly view blocking high
buildings. Any little patio, even enclosed for sole use of
resident, is calculated as part of the "open space". Senior
housing on top of the 'market hall", too few trees and true
open space. Economic drain from downtown businesses.
Horrible
371 . Patrice Flageollet Los Gatos, CA The city within the town the developers have proposed is
not in line with the look and feel of Los Gatos. This plan
needs to be rejected by the Town Councii io preserve a
good quality of life for its residents.
372. Dan Garcia Los Gatos, CA Ask not what my Town can do for me but what I may do for
my Town.
373. Aaron Narlesky San Jose, CA
374. Dan O'Gorman LOS GATOS, CA
375. Kelli O'Gorman Los Gatos, CA Please deny this application I!! It will negatively impact our
schools and does not adequately address over crowding
issues, not does it address senior housing requirements.
376. Deborah Fein Los Gatos, CA I believe the scale and density of the project is far too large
and would like it cut by more than 50% in size minimum.
377. Janae Copper Los Gatos, CA
378. Barbara Springett Campbell, CA I travel Los Gatos Blvd every day and at the intersection of
Lark, it is always backed up. If the North 40 is developed, it
would be 100% more congested .. There is no
infrastructure to accommodate the added chaos. If this
project happens, l will make other choices than going into
Los Gatos for many reasons, which will impact the many
establishments that I love. Where is the open space issue
that San Jose has on there hillsides? We need open
space, not crammed in housing that is unaffordable to
many!
379 . Sharon Elder Los Gatos, CA I object to all 320 houses being placed in the Los Gatos
school district. This does not fairly impact the local LG
school district which was one of the conditions of approval
of the Specific plan in 2015 and therefore r respectfully
request you reject the proposal. Thank you .
380. Kim Celestre Los Gatos, CA
381. don v. San Jose, CA TOO INTENSE
382. Amy Despars Los Gatos, CA There are so many reasons to deny this application . Many
of these reasons have been sent to the Town Council so
please listen to the citizens of Los Gatos and not the
developers. We will be living here long after the developers
are gone and laughing their way to the bank.
383. Pam Boland GROVETOWN , GA
384. Malea Mordaunt Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
385. Courtney Griffin San Jose, CA This is not good for the Township of Los Gatos or for the
Carlton neighborhood and elementary school. There is
enough traffic on our city streets, especial Carlton and
Good Samaritain as thouroughfairs. As a teacher and
Cambrian/LG neighbor I want t o preserve the integrity of
our close and intertwined communities .
386. Amy Bowser Los Gatos, CA
387. lta Lonergan Los Gatos, CA
388-Jim Laccabue Los Gatos, CA no way. has anyone tried to get around on a weekend day
lately? crazy. no infrastructure to support this. send them
back to the drawing board. Just say "NO"!
389. Eileen Eitel SAN JOSE, CA No more!!!! This will impact the emergency vehicles,
inudivuals from getting emergency medical attention . Too
much traffic & congestion in this area.
390. Kristi Ballou Los Gatos, CA
391. Shea Springett Campbell, CA There is no need for another Santana Row ... 600+homes
cannot fit in that area with the infrastructure. I can't believe
the developer didn't consider the impact of the school
district. It is already to capacity. This project SHOULD NOT
HAPPEN. Think of all that have been long time Los Gatos
residents .... this is not fair. Is the developer from the area .. .I
bet NOT.
392. Lisa Xiao Los Gatos, CA The current North 40 plan definitely will ruin the town.
393. Shahram Javey Los Gatos, CA
394. Jacob Xiao Los Gatos, CA The current north 40 will make traffic, school worse.
395. Gang Xiao Los Gatos, CA Please stop the current north 40 plan.
396. Yimo Huang Los Gatos, CA
397. Meghan Los Gatos, CA
Hardiman
398. Lucia Thompson Los Gatos, CA
399. Brita Matesso Los Gat os, CA
400. Amy Fulton Los Gatos, CA
401. Jeri Antonio Los Gatos, CA
402. whitney holton Los Gatos, CA
404. Charlene Los Gatos, CA
Reimnitz
405. Lora Hendrix Los Gatos, CA Way too many people for our small town. If there is not
enough water for us surely there is not enough water for
North 40. If you t h ink bea ch traffic is bad now, North 40 will
impact it on a daily basis. We are not a 1 c hild nation and
the impact of kids for our schools would be horrible, we are
already busting at the seams. Stop North 40, no good can
come from this .
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Name From Comments
406. Brett Lyons Los Gatos, CA
407. Michael Whalen Los Gatos, CA The basic question is whether our town officials are elected
to represent the will of the people or the interests of
outside property developers and the Sacramento political
machine.
Please stand up for us by denying the current application
and guiding the north 40 development to be more in line
with the character of Los Gatos.
408. danielle peake Los Gatos, CA
409. Amanda Rosas Los Gatos , CA I can't even move around town now, I can't even imagine
the impact on traffic during construction and after .. .ls Los
Gatos trying to move long time residents out of here (36
years I've called Los Gatos home)???
410. Karen McQuade Los Gatos, CA Please please don't build. I want my children and
grandchildren to enjoy the same town that my husband
and I have for 30 years. You are the chosen few to Protect
our legacy.
411. Paul Garneau Los Gatos, CA My main reason for signing this is the lack of plans to
widen LG Blvd. adjacent to the development.
412. Theresa Leiker Los Gatos, CA
413. Melanie Purcell Los Gatos, CA
414. William Frey Los Gatos, CA
415. John Despars Los Gatos, CA
416. dan Cunningham las gates, CA
417. Shailesh Los Gatos, CA Spread your legs as far as the sheet can cover.
Vinayaka We are already suffering overcrowded schools and roads.
Fix these two before approving any future multi housing
facility .
418. Karrie Bertsch Los Gatos, CA
419. Lynne Rosser Los Gatos, CA Plan needs much more true Open Space, preserving
present appearance, and homes need to be spread into
Phases II and Ill.
420. Winnie Wu Los Gatos, CA
421 . robin strothers Los Gatos, CA Do not want the north 40 covered in houses and stores.
Would like some homes and a school would be wonderful.
This town needs a SCHOOL. Los Gatos made a mistake
when it sold Berry School. Lets correct that mistake!
422. Sharon Compton Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos is a thriving community in its own right. We do
not need additional population to infuse the city with
revenue, traffic, cars , housing , and a level of pollution that
will be worse then without.
423. E Werner Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
424. Tom Flageollet Los Gatos, CA My concerns are at many levels, but primarily center
around the impact to traffic and our quintessential "small
town" downtown.
The expansion of Netflix has already had significant, if not
unbearable at times, impact to the traffic in the
Winchester/Lark area. I frequent the JCC fitness center on
Oka road and often can't "get through the green light" to
turn left on to Lark at mid-day due to traffic backups on
Lark. Often, Los Gatos Blvd is backed up from Hwy 85 to
Lark. This is torl;:iy's trnffic rea_lity . I do11't need a traffic
impact report to imagine what the addition of 320
residential units would do to traffic congestion.
Along with the small town feel, our idyllic downtown area is
what defines Los Gatos. "I just love to visit the Los Gatos
downtown area" is a refrain I constantly hear from people I
meet who live in other Northern Ca communities. I fear a
significant commercial addition in the North 40 will
undermine and de-emphasize our signature downtown. Is
that what we really want to become of our town?
Finally, in speaking with my fellow Los Gatos residents I
haven't heard one (not one) who is supportive of this
project as it is currently defined. We need a proposal that
has much more synergy with our community as well as
meeting unmet needs.
425. william reid Los Gatos, CA
hastings
426. Carolyn Moore Los Gatos, CA
427. Laura Brossart Monte Sereno, CA
428. April Kern Los Gatos, CA
429. Karen Valencia Los Gatos, CA
430. Patricia Cramer Los Gatos, CA Impact on schools already overcrowded
Urban planning (no bueno)
High density living
Los Gatos Boulevard traffic already impacted
431. Melissa Solaibe Los Gatos, CA
432. Jill Julien Los Gatos, CA
433. Elisabeth Brown Los Gatos, CA There is too much vilifying and development in our
precious town. The traffic on the surface streets is
unbearable. Please do not let this get worse by approving
this awful project.
434. Stacy Geiken Los Gatos, CA
435. Terri Spice Los Gatos, CA
436. Kyung Namkoong Los Gatos, CA
437. Nancy W Los Gatos, CA
438. Cynthia Todd Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
439 . Bruce Todd Los Gatos, CA
440 . Mary Wiley San Jose, CA I was born and raised in Los Gatos, and it's so sad to see
the town change and loose it's charm. Developers buying
up any and all open space to squeeze in a few more
houses, which leads to overcrowding.
441. Cami Marshall Los Gatos, CA
442. Amy Hockenbrock Los Gatos, CA The schools are already too crowded and the traffic is a
nightmare. Please consider what your town thinks more
than what the money does.
443. Erika tonges Los gatos, CA Ridiculous plan. This isnt sunnyvale. Netflix dev already
having large negative impact.
444. Ruth Seifert Los Gatos, CA I have lived in Los Gatos since 1968, and I was so happy
to by my home here in1992, but the changes that are
being planned for North Forty are not for the benefit of the
current residents. The traffic on Lark Ave and Los Gatos
Blvd is awful and the high density project will only make it
worse! Please vote no on the current plan.
445. John Kern Los Gatos, CA The proposed North 40 Application does not align with the
town of Los Gatos and it's citizens Long Term strategy of
building a community that is both attractive to live in and
economically sustainable. We need to accept that we have
limited Road and School infrastructure which is already
stretch to meet the existing population.
We need a better plan that properly aligns with the heart
and soul of the Los Gatos residents.
446. Laurie Prestine Los Gatos, CA
447. Jill Baumel Los Gatos, CA
448. John Kern Los Gatos, CA Bad idea, will over tax our roads, schools, and turn Los
Gatos Blvd . into a Parking Lot.
Do the Right Thing and Kill this Plan
449. Kate R iley Los Gatos, CA
450. Sigi Comeau Los Gatos, CA
451. Burch Harper Los Gatos, CA
452. Bruce Botto Los Gatos, CA Please listen to us!
The current development proposal has many issu e, but
first and foremost it is NOT in keeping with t he town's
character. Los Gat os is a town, not a city. Please deny the
current application and amend I clarify the specific plan.
453. Jill Hourani Los Gatos, CA Please amend the current plan. Our town is too crowded
already to add more high density. Traffic is already out of
control! LG is getting out of hand.
454. Marianne L Los Gatos, CA Traffic is already a HUGE mess. Please listen to the locals.
Thank you .
455. Natanya Desai Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
456. Irene Martinez San Jose, CA Look beyond the money, more traffic on Lark Ave, hwy 17
and 85. Save the beauty of Los Gatos. Please vote NO on
North 40.
457. Melissa Moses Los Gatos, CA
458. AmyV. San Jose, CA
459. Jennifer Barrier Los Gatos, CA
460 . Ursula Szeies Los Gatos, CA
461 . Janet Ehrhardt Los Gatos. CA This part of the town is getting slammed with development
that is too dense. The North 40 needs to be more in line
with the whole of Los Gatos
462. Cecilia Shao Los Gatos, CA
463. Maureen Los Gatos, CA
Hard iman
464. Bridget Mercik Los Gatos, CA
465. Rich Sundquist Los Gatos, CA We need to protect our town from over development. Our
schools, our streets; our overall quality of life Will
dramatically change for the worse if the current North 40
plan is implement ed . Stop this development!!!
466. Chris Szeles Los Gatos, CA We are NOT San Jose! Let's keep Los Gatos feeling like a
small town in the already-too~dense Silicon Valley. Our
infrastructure is already under pressure, and adding a
development of this magnitude does not seem reasonable.
467. Lorraine Miller Los Gatos, CA Not a fan! Our town is already impacted by over
development
468. Antonia Conway Los Gatos, CA
469. Jennifer Albanese Los Gatos, CA This whole project makes many of us want to leave. I grew
up on the streets of Los Gatos. Nice to see it grow a bit
through the years but there is no more town feel anymore.
School impact. Traffic is already a mess. Takes me 30
minutes to get from whole foods to st Marys school.
Please consider.
470. Will Fordyce Los Gatos, CA
471 . Shelby Copper Los Gatos, CA
472. Elizabeth Wilson Los Gatos, CA
473. Maris Schwartz Los Gatos, CA
474. Cass Kohler San Jose, CA
475. Daniel Connor Los Gatos, CA I hereby am signing this petition and wish t o help deny the
North 40 application and to furthermore amend the Specific
Plan. Daniel Connor
476. O scar Crespo Los Gatos, CA
477. Melissa Cullinan Los Gatos, CA Very concerned about the density of this proposed project.
Our streets and roadways are already impacted. Then add
schools and over all impact.. ..
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Name From Comments
478. Anna Bergeson Los Gatos, CA
479. Ashima Goel Los Gatos, CA This project will impact local schools and traffic. Very
concerned about this project.
480 . Becky YUMA, AZ
Martinez-Kroeger
481. Leslie Holms Los Gatos, CA I can't believe the town would consider this. Please put the
residents first.
482. Larry DaQuino Los Gatos, CA
483. Rebecca Bond San Jose, CA
484. Melinda Los Gatos, CA This will destroy our town. Our schools are suffering
Wellington tremendously, and the traffic is horrendous. Please think
about preserving LG as we know it and STOP catering to
greedy developers I
485. Jen G Los Gatos, CA This will negatively impact our schools, the traffic in and
around the area, and is not consistent with the vision for
Los Gatos. I for one as a non-downtown resident am tired
of be·ing treated as an after-thought LG resident.
486. Cindi Galvin San Jose, CA
487. Robert Numan Los Gatos, CA
488. Maxwell Reynolds Los Angeles, CA
489. molly winokur Los Gatos, CA
490 . Bethany Perez Los Gatos, CA Developing the North 40 will add further congestion to an
area whose infrastructure cannot manage. Additionally,
this development will ruin the small town atmosphere that
make it so appealing. Before you know it, Los Gatos will be
just like all the other congested areas.
491. Steve Nguyen Los Gatos, CA
492. AndiS Los Gatos, CA
493. Alaina Beoman Los Gatos, CA As is, the north 40 will create a disaster for tho already
impacted town. Our schools & roads simply can't handle
what's being proposed. Im not against growth, but it must
be reworked before being approved.
494. Ian McAdams Los Gatos, CA
495. Don Allison Los Gatos , CA
496. Richard Payne Los Gatos, CA high density, low income housing should be spread over
the entire 40 acres, not all located in t he current plan for
less than half
497. Claudia Mae Los Gatos, CA First, the impact on traffic, schools, other services &
Lawrence infrastructure has not been addresses. Second, the design
needs to c hange to reflect the c ha racter of the town. We
already missed on the 2nd & 3rd Netflix buildings and don't
need another design mist ake like t hat. Please vote no.
498 . Laurel Cyrluk Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
499. devin conway Los Gatos, CA Too many residential units just within the LGSD boundary
(i.e . 100% of them!). Also, does not appear to really
address current traffic issues and certain negative impact
to existing traffic problems.
500. Steven Young Los Gatos, CA
501. Teri Draeger Los Gatos, CA Stop building in LG !l!i!!! We only have one middle school
and all our schools are !mpacted.D D
502. Robyn Blum Los Gatos, CA
503. Aimee Gardner Los Gatos, CA
504. Debora San Jose, CA
Bodenheimer
505. Michael WHITE Los Gatos, CA
506. Susan Raisty Los Gatos, CA Multi family housing does not have to be quite so densel I
live in the Charter Oaks townhouse complex, which is
lovely. It has a variety of units with different floorplans and
sizes, non-boxy buildings with a variety of rooflines and
setbacks that make it feel less "city-like ", lots of trees and
courtyards with grass where children can play, plus it fits
into the aesthetic of the town of Los Gatos and doesn't
over burden the streets with traffic. Why can't the North 40
complex be closer in style and density to what Charter
Oaks has?
I agree that Los Gatos needs more housing to aviate the
region's growing population, but it seems disingenuous for
the developer to use t he density formulas that are used to
promote affordable housing and then to put very little
affordable housing in . The vast majority of unit s will be
over $ 1.25 million --not affordable at all. The developer
shouldn't be able to use the densit y bonuses unless the
vast majority of the units are actually affordable .
507. Sandra Los Gatos, CA
Livinghouse
508. Kathryn Cerrito Lo s Gatos, CA deny the North 40 Application .
509. Diane Carlson Los Gatos, CA I hope that the final plan for this property would contain
mostly housing that would be appropriate for seniors. This
town desperately needs housing for its seniors who wish to
stay in Los Gatos but can no longer stay in thei r homes.
The property is located next to multiple medical facilities
and seniors would not generate the traffic that families and
singles would generate and senio rs wo uld not impact the
schools.
510 . Mindi Sheppard San Jose , CA
511. Kimberly Dallas Los Gatos, CA I am a small business owner in town and live in the
downtown area. My business the last two years has
struggled because of the beach "drive t hru" traffic. I am fo r
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Name From Comments
511. Kimberly Dallas Los Gatos, CA (continued from previous page)
growth and community, but the current north 40 proposal/
plan is a neatly packaged vail, what lies beneath I fear is a
large corporate money machine which leaves small
businesses out of business
512. Susan Burnett Los Gatos, CA No , as to the application as it stands. The housing needs
to be spread out over the entire project, but fewer
residents. The green spaces need to be there as well as
the view of the hills.
513. Carolyn Mcintyre Los Gatos, CA
514. SK Los Gatos, CA
515. Duane Schuessler Los Gatos, CA I think the traffic which is bad now in Los Gatos will be
unbearble with this configuration.
516. ElkeB Los Gatos, CA
517. Patricia Ernstrom Los Gatos, CA Please do right by the residents. We are begging for your
help. I've lived here for more than 50 years, and I am so
saddened by the transformation of Los Gatos -and I know
this is only the tip of the proverbial Miceberg". Remember
the Titanic ... everything seems fine ... people who are
concerned or speak out are dismissed ... everyone is told it
will all be alright.. .nothing to worry about here ..... until it is
not.. .and we are sunk forever. No going back. No
do-overs. Please act in the interest of our present and
future. We lose a little bit of this special place each and
every day. You have the power -we elect you to have the
power to stop compounding the problems of traffic,
pollution and overcrowding. So many projects haven't been
built out, and yet the existing impacts surround us, with so
many more to come. It is already difficult and problematic
to try and move around town -EVERY DAY (not just on
weekends). From where we are today-the Town is
painfully close to irreparably damaging all the good things
about the environment, health, welfare and character of
Town. We just can't absorb any more. Help us. Protest on
our behalf. Speak out. Hire staff that will go to bat for the
residents NOT the developers. We can do better. We have
to do better -for all of us -especially our kids and
grandkids. Please help us.
518. Lonni Goldman Los Gatos, CA Every time I drive by and see the story poles depicting
such intense and dense building in the north 40 I actually
cry. It's a bad design. Please don't build that. Thanks.
519. Sandra Long Los Gatos, CA
520. Ali Fancher Los Gatos, CA Please deny the North 40 ... We need the plan to be true to
our towns guidelines!!!
521. JILL MARTIG Los Gatos, CA Our streets and boulevard can not handle the added cars
and traffic. The plan for this development does fit ihe siyie
of our t own and will turn it into a just another crowded city
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Name From Comments
522. Kelly Havens Los Gatos, CA I moved away from that side of town a year ago, and I am
so glad . It us hard enough to get into town from where I
live at certain times of day, but the east side is a mess!
The North 40 project will only amplify all of the problems
we have with traffic and over conjestion.
523. Kathleen E Los Gatos, CA This has "train wreck" written all over it.
524. Katie Sickels Los Gatos, CA
525. Jon Chandler Los Gatos, CA Traffic is already terrible. Please don't approve this.
526. Robert Kaneko Los Gatos, CA We should consider single dwellings.
527. Jason Kenney Los Gatos, CA
Kenney
528. CJ Wells San Jose, CA I don't want to see current businesses displaced.
529. Arlene Hamacher Los Gatos, CA TC -Thank you for listening. This is a very complicated
issue that has been years in the making. Inherited now, by
the current council. It is a forgone conclusion this property
is to be developed: is it possible to spread out the
housing? Lower the commercial density? I was incredulous
as I read the traffic impact report that basically states there
would be no impact or it would be "mitigated". Those
formulas are incorrect. Please listen to the residents and
help us all reconfigure this project.
530 . Kenneth Arendt Los Gatos, CA Approving this development, which looks more like a
compound, sets a very bad precedent for all future
development, whatever t he nature. Its a bad deal!
531. VICKY San Jose, CA Please traffic there is already impacted. The roads an't
SHOEMAKER take all those cars extra cars with such high density
housing. Where is he water going to come from? Where
are the crs going to park not just people living there but
their guests ..
532. chard Allen Los Gatos, CA I realize that many years of hard work by many town
officials and citizens has gotten us to this place; but we
must stop this development as currently planned.
Our traffic situation is already a nightmare even not
counting the cut through beach traffic. This development
will make it much worse.
Start over please!!
533. Stephen San Jose, CA
Robinson
534. Kent Goheen Los Gatos, CA Please do not approve this plan! It is, in no way, consistent
with the character of our town and will result in a negative
impact on traffic, our schools, and the general quality of
small town life . Worse, it will be completely irreversible and
may set a trend for future development plans . My wife and
I cannot think of any reason why t he development plan, as
stands, would even be considered.
535. Meredith Eberle Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
536. NealO San Jose, CA
537. Dean Holton Los Gatos, CA
538 . John Wanek San Jose, CA
539. Ranae D Los Gatos, CA
540. Lucille Weidman Los Gatos, CA For a!I the reasons that were so passionately stated:
Members of the Town Council you must DENY the
Application.
541. Linda Y Los Gatos, CA
542. Tim Christ Los Gatos, CA
543. CZ Los Gatos, CA
544. Meredith Bigley Los Gatos, CA
545 . Sam Weidman Los Gatos, CA It doesn't meet any of the Guiding Principles necessary to
achieve the Vision Statement of the North 40 Site Specific
Plan . Deny the Application.
546. Don Davies Los Gatos, CA
547. Cheryl/ Steve LOS GATOS, CA We are business owners in the downtown area. If this
Hare project is put through it will ruin the downtown and our
business. We are an independent store and can not
possibly compete with the 400,000 +commercial space
that is going in. They say we don't know that there is going
to be retail. We find that very hard to believe.
548. Caroline Wei Los Gatos, CA
549. Laura Murray Los Gatos, CA Please deny the current North 40 Developer Application.
This development does not respect the character and
scale of the Town of Los Gatos, which we've elected you
to protect. Thank you .
550. Nicolette Kelly Los Gatos, CA
551. Priti Malhotra Los Gatos, CA We love Los Gatos for the town it is -the small town
lifestyle it provides-the quaintness -the close knit
community. We are already seeing changes in traffic and
impact on school size-please don't let it exceed what it
already is!!! Let it still be a gem on the foothills of the Sanra
Cruz mountains!
552. Margaret Hastings Los Gatos, CA
553. Jeff Okubo Los Gatos, CA If you think traffic during work and beach commute times is
already bad, wait until this monstrosity is built. EVERYONE
who drives in, through, or near Los Gatos will be stuck in
traffic ALL THE TIME. Just say NO!
554. Kaylene Kaminski Los Gatos, CA
555 . Jeff Escallier Los Gatos, CA
556. Martin Whitmore Los Gatos, CA Stop Los Gatos from becoming a concrete, congested
blob!
557 . Gary Ball Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
558 . Deanna Erbst Los Gatos, CA
559. John von Nolde Los Angeles, CA
560. Leah Graff Los Gatos, CA
561. Cathy Foy Los Gatos, CA
562. Marie Walker Los Gatos, CA Deny! Deny! Deny!
563. Henry and Los gatos, CA I strongly oppose the North 40 project. It is obvious that t he
FloreP.ce Reily project will necessitate a new grammar school.a new
firehouse , massively congest the current traffic jam.
564. Suzanne Regan Los Gatos, CA Traffic is horrible now, especially with the Netflix
expansion. It will only get worse. Deny North 40!
565. Shannon Burnett Los gatos, CA ABSOLUTELY AGAINST THE N. 40 DEVRLOPMENT!!!!
Shannon Burnett
566 . John Bernal Los Gatos, CA
567. Yvonne Mills Los Gatos, CA This development is more appropriate for a burgeon ing
urban area. Not for the town that Los Gatos is and is
known for being. I'm all for growth, but this is not
responsible.
568. Sheryl Poulson Los Gatos , CA Please deny this plan. We have too much traffic as it is!
569. Andrew Graff San Jose, CA Greedy developers should consider the impact of endless
development of open spaces instead of the potential
profits!
570 . Jim Bennette Los Gatos, CA Plan makes sense for the developers ONLY. It doesn't fit
with the town or our lifest yle . It will kill the charm that has
taken a century to develop.
571 . Barbara Los Gatos, CA Stop the building. We are still in a drought, our traffic is
Sundquist gridlock at times, our school are full and it will hurt
downtown . What has happened to our quite little town.
Council members, stop listening to the money and listen t o
what the people of t he town are saying. The North 40
project to too big. Stop!
572 . Haluk Ucar Los Gatos, CA
573. Linda Schneider Los Gatos, CA
574 . Kathleen Willey Los Gatos , CA Please deny the current North 40 plan. It is nothing like t he
original specific plan that was presented to the town last
summer. It does not look like Los Gatos, blocks the
mountain views , does not meet unmet senior housing
needs (the senior residents of Los Gatos would prefer
cottage style homes -not apartments on top of a building)
and there is no reason to cram all 320 homes into this first
phase and into Los Gatos schools! (well only reason is
greed of the developer to make more money)
575. Laura Kupor Los Gatos, CA
576. Jodi Lemons San Jo se, CA Do not ruin my neighborhood!! Traffic is aiready a
nightmare!
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577. Melissa Harper
578. Jack & Patricia
Herron
579. Allene Williams
580. Teresa Botto
581. Jennifer L.
582. Eric Billingsley
583. Barbara Kreidle
584. Barnaby James
585. suzy seandel
586. Reuel Warkov
587. Rita Garfield
588. Ron Swanson
589. Lalith jayasekera
591. Hiruni Jayasekera
592. Brooks Allen
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gatos, CA
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Comments
The current traffic & congestion is horrible. I can only
imagine how awful it would be if this plan goes forward. we
just don't have the infrastructure to handle this kind of
development.
This project will over crowd the Los Gatos schools. We
were told that the majority of this project would be senior
housing.
Current traffic conditions are horrendous; Additional
housing will only make it worse. Our schools from k-12 can
not accommodate additional students with limited
educational funds.
Say no.
We strongly urge the Town Council to require developers
to adopt a phased approach that appropriately adheres to
the Specific Plan.
With regard to the requi rements of the Specific Plan , the
story poles clearly demonstrat e t hat the proposed
development would not embrace hillside views, trees, and
open space . Moreover, the proposal does not mitigate or
minimize impacts on town infrastructure and schools.
Speaking as someone who faces very dangerous
situations and unrelenting traffic when turning onto and off
of Lark Avenue every day, the t r affic plans appear
inadequate . We need mit igation measu res to address
current conditions. Expansion that will bring substantial
numbers of new drivers will make the dangerous situation
even worse.
Finally, our schools are already very crowded with
extremely limited options for new construct ion. New
students will not bring additiona l funding to the schools
because we are a basic aid d istrict. Despit e any history,
the fact is that at this point, any development proposal that
includes hundreds of new homes without providing land
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Name From Comments
592. Brooks Allen Los Gatos, CA (continued from previous page)
and funding for constructing a new school cannot be said
to mitigate or minimize impacts on schools in Los Gatos
Union School District.
Please ensure that the developers adhere to the Specific
Plan and appropriately minimize and mitigate the impacts
on our roads, traffic, views, and most importantly, our
schools and children.
593. Mary Hold Los Gatos, CA What happened to the affordable housing demanded by
the state?
594. Meagan Stephens Los Gatos, CA
595. Sabrina Jarrett Los Gatos, CA the north 40 would over populate our town. There is
already so much traffic that it would be dangerous if there
was an accident I would be afraid that the emergency
vehicles could not reach their destination easily!
596. Heather Eichinger Los Gatos, CA
597. Camille Lesko Los Gatos, CA
598. Rosemary Coates Los Gatos, CA This is not the kind of development that fits with the vision
of our town. Vote it down.
599. Tom Thimot Los Gatos, CA Let them litigate ... The application does not meet
requirements of the Specific Plan
600. Judy Martin Los Gatos, CA
601. Diana Newell Los Gatos, CA I do not support the current North 40 developer application.
Please deny.
602. Jack & Lorrie Los Gatos, CA This must not be approved without sign ificant changes to
Cuthbert meet the traditional Los Gstos setting and standards!
603 . Sue Jamieson Los Gatos, CA Why would we consider increasing traffic in this already
impacted area?
604. Lesl ie Finch Los Gatos, CA
605. Misty Breen Los Gatos, CA Traffic, parking, and school impact need to be properly
addressed.
606. Margaret Smidt Los Gatos, CA
607 . Kristine Goldberg Los Gatos, CA
608. andrew ma san jose, CA
609. Diane Johnson Los Gatos, CA Unless something is done to improve the infrastructure, I
do not believe this development will be in the best interest
of the town of Los Gatos and its community. Is it that all
anyone thinks about is money. What about our quality of
life. I feel would be selfish act if it goes t hrough at all.
610. Daniel Gold Los Gatos, CA
611. Beverley Carden Los gatos, CA
Miller
612. Darcel Robinson Los Gatos, CA
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Name
613. Steve Miller
614. Madeline Bellicitti
615 . Karen Chase
616. charles bergtold
617. babette ito
618. Jackie Mccombs
619 . John Lochner
620. Steve Erbst
621. Robert Perez
622. Judi Snyder
623. kim worsencroft
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gates , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
los gates, CA
Comments
High density development of the North 40 will forever
change our small town into a traffic nightmare with
overcrowded schools. Please deny this application and
save our town!
This development is too larQe and will affect traffic, schools
and overall town quality of life. pis downscale the
residential portion and add some green parks
I've seen many changes in Los Gatos since growing up on
Hilow Rd. Most of the changes have been fitting to our
small town thanks to set policy. Please keep the beautiful
character of our town. NO on current North 40 design
Ive seen the model of current North 40 design. Are they
kidding? It's monstrous.
Our town is bursting at the seams. I live in the
downtown/Main St. area and very often I cannot get home.
I actually have to drive on the WRONG side of the road
because of the grid lock. I live by the high school, but I am
used to that after 35 ears ... it is not that. It is the huge
number of people that are moving here into new houses
that are still being built,. 17 by my house, where it used to
be a nunnery!. So we have to have better planning for
schools, traffic, qaulity of life .... not just for adding more
housing becauase someone wants to exercise their right to
make money . There are other rights at stake too. Let's stop
the development and have a PLAN!
625. Tiffany Papgeorge Los Gatos, CA Nobody I talk to wants the North 40 developed in this way.
Our town is currently unable to support the number of
people on the roads thanks to the mindless development
that has been taking place over the past 8 years. Our
wonderful schools are burst ing at the seams. We have no
great sports complexes like other t owns. We don't need
more stores filled with more stuff. It seems apparent that
this developer only wants to pad his pockets and leave Los
Gatos in a state that nobody wants it in. We must protect
our town for those of us who live here now and for future
generations. Please hear us and listen. Nol To the north 40
Plan! Amend it to what We t he People want. Thank you.
626. Shelley May Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
627. Cheri Lozoya San Jose, CA I work in Los Gatos and my children attend Los Gatos
schools. I battle the traffic daily and am very concerned
about the impact the North 40 will have on an already
crowded town.
628. Risa Coates Los Gatos, CA
629. Eric R Los Gatos, CA
630. Dana Saich Los Gatos, CA
631. Eden Manseau Los Gatos, CA
632. Joan Pinder Los Gatos, CA Too many homes, not in keeping with the town character
or master plan
633. susan nadir los gatos, CA
634. guillermo posada San Jose, CA Don't let this development change our town. "fhis will
caused major traffic congestion.
635. Dillon McEvoy Los Gatos, CA
636. Denise Strom Los gates, CA Town, not a city!
637. Michael Hobson Los Gatos, CA This is an outrageous monstrosity. This has absolutely
nothing to do with the nature of Los Gatos. We have seen
way too much development approved by Los Gatos. I
suspect there is already quite a bit of corruption in our
sweet little town, when it come to these decisions. If this
passes we need to recall everyone involved with the
decision.
638. Andrew Los Gatos, CA
Thompson
639. Elizabeth Strawn Los Gatos, CA There are too many units and the units are too close to the
freeways. This would negatively effect schools and traffic.
The retail space would have a negative effect on the
downtown shopping. Also, how much more water would be
needed for the residents over what the walnut trees use. I
don't think California is going to have a water surplus any
time soon .
640. Richard Ferrari San Jose, CA
641. MINA LOS GATOS, CA
MEHRAFSHANI
642. Audrey Freeman Los Gatos, CA
643. Janice Los Gatos, CA This proposal does not look and feel like Los Gatos . It
Salsbury-Black looks like a new city. Is this what you want?
644. Bridget Clark Los Gatos, CA
645. Marnie Bivetto Los Gatos, CA We do not have to settle for this!
646. Cody Marshall Lost Gatos, CA
647. Kaiyin Gau Los gates, CA
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Name From Comments
648. Sophia Pucik Los Gatos, CA This project decreases quality of life in that part of los
Gatos. Isn't that exactly what our town council and
planning dept is meant to protect us from?
649. Lynne Bryant Los gatos, CA
650. Christine Los Gatos, CA Please don't let these plans move forward. This many
Clevenger more housing units and ret ail would cripple Los Gatos and
ruin our town.
651. Dana T oiiick Los Gatos, CA
652 . julie Conlisk Los Gatos, CA
653. Pat Stafford Los Gatos, CA
654. Bryan Dorman Kempten, Germany
655. Yasmin Bomann Los Gatos, CA
656. Michele Gonzales Los Gatos, CA Enough traffic. Enough impact on our schools. Enough!!
657. Christa Cormier Los Gatos, CA
658. Scott Klein Los Gatos, CA
659. David Cormier Los gatos, CA
660 . Eleanor las gatos, CA You need to start listening to your residents. We need
Gallmeister traffic mitigation and new schools at this sight.
661. Jolene Gisler Los Gatos, CA
662. bill gallmeister Los Gatos, CA Schools and roads are already full. The plan needs to give
back more to the community .
663 . Joanne Rodgers Los Gatos, CA Our town of 12 x12 miles cannot handle the number of
people,cars and merchants we have here now.
The N40 development will furth e r ruin our quality of life as
current residents.
664. Barbara Gallien Los Gatos, CA
665. MeiLei Enns Los Gatos, CA
666. Christina Coghlan Los Gatos, CA
667 . Barbara Lawler Los Gatos, CA Please create a plan that adds significant green space and
appropriate low-profile housing in much smaller numbers.
Add charm and relaxed living. LG is not Daly City or
Mountain View or Sunnyvale or even Willow Glen. But the
current plan sure looks like the it -all urban density and a
greedy land grab for profit only. As the comments on the
posted plan on Lark Ave say -it's sad and just say NO.
668. Erin Eaton Los Gatos, CA
669. Theodore Eaton Los Gatos, CA
670. Andre Lalljie Los Gatos, CA As a building professional who plans campuses for
companies, including working wit h Cities on master plans,
I'm surprised that the com munit y needs have been so
poorly addressed in this proposal.
671. Elena Ponce Los Gatos, CA Keep this gem of a city SMALL!
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Name From Comments
672. Michelle Lalljie Los Gatos, CA If you thought beach traffic was bad in Los Gatos ... this
development is outsized for our town and doesn't blend
with its surroundings!
673. Gina Ventimiglia Los Gatos, CA
674. Amy Lee Los Gatos, CA
675. Jeannie Lavoie San Jose, CA
676. Michelle Folsom Los Gatos, CA Not a fan of extra traffic. We are a small unique town. Let's
keep it that way
677 . Wendy Yost Los Gatos, CA Our town does not need uncontrolled housing . Our schools
are over crowded. Traffic is also too congested, not just on
weekends with beach cut thrus . Everyday use is also
congested.
678. Lisa-Marie Lonich Saratoga, CA
679. Linda Whyte Los Gatos, CA The residents of LG do not want this! Traffic is already bad.
The schools are already crowded. We would like to keep
Los Gatos the quaint little town that it is. This development
is HUGE and does not belong here.
680 . J Mutz LOS GATOS, CA
681. Stefanie Tai Los Gatos, CA
682. Terry Rinehart Los Gatos, CA
683. Sherry Cohen Los Gatos, CA
684 . Amy Gregor Los gatos, CA
685. Martha Queiroz Los Gatos, CA
686. Geoff LaMotte Los Gatos, CA Poorly planned, would alter the face and feel of Los Gatos
forever. There needs to be infrastructure development first,
to address existing traffic problems and crowdedness
schools, and a plan that respects current residents rather
than simply maximizing revenue for the developer. seeing
friends move and others pay for private.
687. KAthleen Barry Los Gatos, CA How can you even possibly think this is a good idea and is
a good option for our town? It's CRAZY!!!!!!!!
688. Amanda Wayman Los Gatos, CA North 40,as currently planned, will ruin the town of Los
Gatos. Keep it special; deny this project.
689. nanette olivet Los Gatos, CA
690. Steven Werner Los gates, CA Please do not approve this plan. It does not fit the feel of
Los Gatos and the town cannot absorb more population
without increasing our info structure ( parks, schools,
streets, police, fire, planners . Etc .....
691. marlene swanson LOS GATOS, CA We live in Los Gatos because it is a small town!!!!! We DO
NOT want any more traffic congestion, retail shops or
housing in our lovely town. VOTE NO on N40!!!!!!!!
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Name From Comments
692. Anita Beahm Los Gatos , CA I'm emailing to object strongly to the North 40 planll!!!
Los Gatos is already congested beyond belief.
Los Gatos is a small town with limited in /out traffic options
where development proposals should be cons idered very
carefully.
This property could ruin the already declining character of
the town and quality of life for the citizens within.
Anita Beahm
408-489-1396
693 . Daie Hill Los Gatos, CA
694. Marina Rombakh Los Gatos, CA
695. Mark Davies Los Gatos, CA Please do not destroy our small town feel and overcrowd
our schools. Even traffic is so much worse now than even
a few years ago. This would be the single worst thing to
ever happen to the town .
696. annlawton Los Gatos, CA I am a lifer in LG for 60 years. I'm told to stop watering my
beautiful yard so that developers can build with only the
bottomline dollar to the ir investrs and themselves. I feel like
I am loosing my quality of life here in Los Gatos. It's not
progress! Really most people I speak with feel something
has gone wrong with our town . Lets see how Netflix
impacts us. Lets measure traffic throughout all the
seasons, when school is in and school is out! Traffic
seems aweful somedays and not so bad on another. I'm
over on the "quiet little east s ide and my attitude is getting
worse. It really needs to tone down over here! That h uge
building at Good Sam and 85 is terrible feng shui.
Everytime I drive by. Maybe hire a good feng shui person
to help with the energy .
697. cindy clark Los Gatos, CA
698. Ann Clarkson Los Gatis, CA Development of the North 40 would change the small town
character forever. The infrastr ucture as all who live or work
here know is barely sustainable now. What will adding
hundreds of single family homes and businesses similar to
Santana Row do to increase the quality of life here?
699. Tiffany Davies Los Gatos, CA
700. elizabeth las gates, CA
gallmeister
701 . tony nanez Los Gatos, CA please scale the current plan by at least 50% of residents
and add an elem.school.the town of las gates is becoming
a{city) with lots of
congestion.
702. Rene Neuner Los Gatos, CA We need schools, not more retail.
703. Maxine Granad ino Los Gatos, CA
704. Barry Bakken Los Gatos, CA Respect our quality of life.
705. Brynne Schneider Los gates, CA Stop the bu ilding!!!!!!!!!!
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Name From Comments
706. Jeffery Schneider Los Gatos, CA We do not want this I Please deny!
708. Dale Workman Los Gatos, CA Has any of the town council driven on Los Gatos Blvd mid
day and experienced the traffic back up between Lark and
Good Samaritan. It is awful without more signals and
hundreds fron new businesses and homes. LG Blvd would
need to be at !east 8 !anes.
709. Monika Boxleitner LOS GATOS, CA
710. Carol Gleason Los Gatos, CA
711. Kim Bergkamp LOS GATOS, CA
712. Patrick Dougherty Los Gatos, CA Density of homes way too great. Probability of 650+ cars
added to current traffic situation horrifying.
713. Richard Franks Los Gatos, CA We have been appalled since this eyesore became public!!
714. Nancy Lindskog Los Gatos, CA
715. Claude Gauthier Los Gatos, CA The traffic is already unbearable.
716 . Cynthia Hsieh Los Gatos, CA The traffic is already so bad day to day. Adding more
residential is not the way to.grow tax. Bring cultural related
business is better.
717 . Cynthia Buse Los Gatos, CA Stop over development before it is too late . Keep Los
Gatos a nice town to live. More building more traffic which
has already exceeded maximum capacity!
718. Ira Bahr Los Gatos, CA
719. Mary Leonardis Los Gatos, CA
720 . Robbie Roesser Los Gatos, CA
721 . Laura Los Gatos, CA Both Lark Avenue and Los Gatos Blvd are too small and
Kerschenbaum already too crowded to support the North 40 as currently
planned. With the outrageous rental prices for homes in
Los Gatos, this feels like just another way t o bilk people for
more rent money from the crammed apartments to be built
inside the N.40 right on t he freeway.
722. Jamie T ollick Los Gatos, CA
723. Kelly Duvall Los Gatos, CA
724. CHRISTINA WILK Los Gatos, CA
725. Melinda Los Gatos, CA
Nehemiah
726. Julie Wilhelm Los Gatos, CA
727. Greg Holcomb Los Gatos, CA
728. Pam Mallory San Jose, CA I belong to Los Gatos Swim and Raquet Club. Highway 17
is backed up starting before Lark Ave. every weekend day.
Taking longer and longer to get to Lark Ave. every year.
We don't need more traffic.
729. Judith Rogers Los Gatos, CA The development does not have the look or feel of Los
Gatos. It's nothing that I would associate wi t h Los Gatos.
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Name From Comments
730. Danielle Beahm Los Gatos, CA
731. Mary Allkins Monte Sereno, CA Please, please deny this development. The traffic resulting
would be horrendous and I feel you can do much better
than this monstrosity.
732. Brian Beahm Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos is losing its appeal, when will it endl
733. Vicente Lomeii Los gatos, CA
734. N Bordbar Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos will not be Los Gatos with North 40. Just
imagine the traffic and overcrowded schools.
735. Michelle Los Gatos, CA
Stojanovich
736. Kerry Lindholm los gatos , CA
737. David Pyle Monte Sereno, CA Traffic is already a nightmare. Stop developing.
738. Kate Gray Monte Sereno, CA The schools are already overcrowded and under
supported .
739. Mary Goheen Los Gatos, CA Please deny this. How does high density housing uphold
the
promised vision for our town? With limited green space,
already impacted schools and traffic congestion, I'm sure
we can do better.
740. Norma Kinser Los Gatos, CA As a 30 year resident, I am deeply concerned of the impact
the proposed housing on th e North 40 will add to the
already congested streets of Los Gatos Boulevard area.
Not to mention the impact on the already packed schools .
Please be responsible and deny the building of such
proportions to our town. Thank you.
741 . Mark and St efanie Monte Sereno, CA
Nelson
742. Agnes Lewis Los Gatos, CA
743. Patricia Blue Los Gatos, CA
744. Rafael Zenteno Los Gatos, CA
745. Clay Wayman Los Gatos, CA
746. Charles Sanchez San Jose, CA Please deny this non-conforming development.
747 . Mallori e Burak Monte Sereno, CA
748 . Jerry McCoy Los gatos, CA
749. Caroline Thomas Los Gatos, CA
750. Tova Davis Los Gatos, CA
751 . Sheila Mccarty Los Gatos, CA Our beautif ul town has become so crowd ed and congested
... That many homes will be a very negative impact
752. Em ese Erdos Los Gatos, CA
753. Ivan Erdos San Jose, CA
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Name From Comments
754. Ken Folsom Los Gatos, CA Keep Los Gatos a beautiful town. We don't want or need
the additional traffic or congestion. Classrooms are already
at too high a ratio of students to teachers . This is a very
bad idea.
755. Eugene Unger Los Gatos, CA Defeat developer greed! Go back to approved guidelines
756. Julia Black Los Gatos, CA
757. Deborah Lew Los Gatos, CA
758. Monika Los Gatos, CA
SIPA-Skorka
759. Lois Los Gatos, CA
Morrison-Keffer
760. Erin Kasenchak Los gatos, CA
761. Jeanne Gardner Los Gatos, CA Please respect the wishes of the residents of Los Gatos
and deny the current North 40 Application and mend the
Specific Plan . Surely we can do much better to come up
with a plan that will be beautiful and enhance the small
town charm of Los Gatos. This design is disgraceful.
762. Ashley Hayman Los Gatos, CA This would be a tragedy
763. Coby Bennette Los Gatos, CA
764. amy boyd Los Gatos, CA
765. Tiana Crutchfield Los Gatos, CA
766. Dorothy Birkholz Los Gatos, CA
767. Susan Tighe Los Gatos, CA I am strongly against this project. It is not in line with the
Town of Los Gatos.
768. Mark Erdos Los Gatos, CA Keep Los Gatos the small charming family community it is
today!!!
769. john VOSS Los Gatos, CA
770. Cathryn Mehrtens Los Gatos, CA North 40 development is over building. We do not have the
infrastructure to handle that many additional people and
vehicles.
771. Donn Hestand Campbell, CA Stop developer greed!
772. Kelly Campbell Los Gatos, CA
773. Julia Burg Los Gatos, CA Please deny this plan , it will have a huge negative impact
on our town .
774. S Smyers Los Gatos, CA We strongly object to the North 40 plan t hat is currently
under consideration , and I sent a strong letter to t he Town
Council last month to express my views. The project does
not adhere at all to one of the original guiding principles: t o
retain the look and feel of Los Gat os. The developers
seem to have completely thrown this one out the window.
Furthermore, this project is ambitious and overblown. Our
schools are already impacted. The traffic study (outdated,
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Name From Comments
774. S Smyers Los Gatos, CA (continued from previous page)
done over 2 years ago!} supposed takes into account the
completion of a few other projects (Stanford medical
offices, Netflix, etc.}, but their projections were obviously
grossly inaccurate. The traffic problem is not limits to
weekends . Whenever I leave home home, I have to
consider where I'm going, what day of the week and what
time of day it is, and keep tabs of which schools have early
dismissals, graduations, athletic games, or other parent or
community events to determine route I should take to
minimize my chances of getting stuck on the road. This is
not the Los Gatos I chose to buy into. I am also concerned
about emergency vehicles navigating through town to
perform their functions safely and expediently. With so
much construction planned for the southern half (20-odd
acres) of the North 40, how much more development can
we expect to see in the northern half? This town has been
staunch and unwavering in years past about retaining the
historical and authentic small town feel of LG in terms of
approving business choices and home designs. What
happened?! It seems the developer pushed and pushed
and will be the ones to benefit most. I can support growth
and change, but this plan is the wrong one for our town.
775. Peggy Cannan Los Gatos, CA
776 . Elizabeth Dolan Los Gatos, CA
777. Jim Bauman Los Gatos, CA
778. Matthew Crookes Berlin, Germany
779. Silvia Stracey Los gatos, CA
780. Rick Olesek Los gatos, CA I am against this project in its current form.
781. Dorothy Vidlock Los Gatos, CA
782. Kady Parker Los Gatos, CA We are raising three daughters in the Los Gatos school
district and are very concerned about the impact a project
of this size will have on their education and on our small
town community as a whole.
783. James Parker Los Gatos, CA There is already too much traffic coming through our town.
It's hard to even drive to the grocery store on the
weekends. Imagine the impact a project like this will have!
We would need to move.
784. Diane Bauman Los Gatos, CA
785. Cindy Rodehorst Los Gatos, CA
786. Joel Lindholm Los Gatos, CA This development makes no sense for the town. Only ones
to benefit are the developers.
787. Russell Reynolds Los Gatos, CA
788. Stacey Bahr Los gatos, CA NON40
789. Lauren Kutting Los Gatos, CA
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Name From Comments
790. Jean Choi Los Gatos, CA
791 . Laura Douglas Los Gatos, CA In the same spirit of open space, lessening the impact to
schools, and contributing to a greatly unmet need in the
community please use some of the land to build a full size
sports field for lacrosse, soccer and other sports. If that
requires the community to pay for it, please ieach out and
ask for a donor who perhaps wants it named after them (I
bet you can find several) or ask for donations from
residents (I am sure you would find ample starting with me)
and you can even charge for usage as is commonly done
by other schools in nearby communities. Today we have to
drive to other towns to get practice time on fields at odd
times and host home games. Bad for the environment,
,. clogs up roads at commute times and taxing on kids,
parents and volunteer coaches. Please ask the community
if we need and want this and you will find overwhelming
positive response. Thank you
792. Rona Orenstein San Jose, CA
793. Christine Los Gatos, CA
Merriman
794. Ann Rohrbach Los Gatos, CA
795. Elizabeth Los Gatos, CA Please stop this development. Our schools are already
Stroh-Coughlin over crowded, especially the middle school. The traffic
patterns are already impacted by visitors to our "town". Los
Gatos Blvd is already a zoo with people coming and going
to the multiple medical clinics and Good Samaritan
Hospital. Our law enforcement is already stretched with the
increase in crimes in our once safe and protected "town".
Please reconsider the use of the N 40 and it's negative
impact on our "town".
796. Bob Brost Los Gatos, CA
797. Carol Johiro Los gates, CA Our schools are overcrowded and traffic is already a mess.
Please listen to us when we say "no" on this project. It
impacts us residence, not the developers/planners!!
798. Lisa Marselli Los Gatos, CA
799. JoAnn Pham Los Gatos, CA
800. Sheila Thompson Los Gatos, CA
801. Trang Ha Los Gatos, CA We cannot afford more congestion on Los Gatos Blvd.
Plus, the schools are impacted enough as it is.
802. Sree Paruchuri Monte serene , CA Traffic concerns, housing school enrollment on LG side but
store revenue going to ?Campbell. Moved away from large
development for unique small town & asking what did we
gain with all the traffic we observe living on
Winchester .... Netflix development & beach traffic.
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Name From Comments
803. Robin Welch Los Gatos, CA Its imperative we stop this monstrocity from happening. Im
a sole propretor downtown lg & with the caustic traffic &
lack of parkjng my business has already suffered
immeasurably. Please do the right thing for the greater
good. Help keep our towns charm, our streets &
businesses safe & stable.
804. Jennifer Bell Los Gatos, CA
805. Christine Sturges Campbell, CA Its already overcrowded!! NO MORE!
806. Kirk Horton Los Gatos, C.A.
807. lori mongiello las gatos, CA
808. Mary Horton Los Gatos, CA
809. Coral See Los gates, CA I wouldn't mind seeing housing a park maybe a few shops
or more hospitals dr offices etc. but this is crazy l can only
imagine the traffic this is going to cause on top of already
congested streets. Huge dissipoitment.. ....
810. Renee Preaseau Losgatos, CA Too much traffic already
Negative impact to downtown business
Too much freeway pollution for safe housing
811. narion Horton Santa Clara, CA North 40 will add to traffic conjested surface streets!
812. Caitlyn Horton Los Gatos, CA Don't ruin the wonderful community I grew up in
813. Meghan Sakata Los Gatos, CA
814. Suzanne Salcido Los Gatos, CA
815. Laurie Lynch Los gates, CA Please don't ruin our unique and special town.
816. michelle skinner las gates, CA
817. Ellen Pierpoint Los gates, CA
818. Daniela Posada Los gates, CA
819. Kelsey Johnson Los Gatos, CA
820. Susan Gilmour Los Gatos, CA The development should not be approved until a plan is
put in place to handle the increased enrollment at Los
Gatos schools that are already overcrowded. LGUSD
never should have agreed to the cash in lieu of land deal.
A new elementary school needs to be included in the plan.
Convert all elementary schools to K-6 and redraw the
home school boundaries. Fisher Middle School would then
only be 7th and 8th grade and could then handle the
growing enrollment.
82 1. Matt Horton Jr Los Gatos, CA
822. Yumi Hiroshima Los Gatos, CA
823. Alexander Los Gatos, CA Corporate greed and always trying to take advantage of
Nemirov the land to make money off of it is not the solution. This
land should be used for the community, not so these
developers can just add another property to their already
growing collection.
Page46 -Signatures 803 -823
Name From Comments
824. Michele Atkinson Los Gatos, CA
825. Krista Patterson Los Gatos, CA
826. Jannette Scott Los Gatos, CA
827. david wood Los gatos, CA
828. Michael Johnson Los Gatos, CA
829. Gretchen Sand Los Gatos. CA The current plan is not appropriate for long term
sustainability. We need a much greater green space
allocation, lower densit y population, detailed traffic
planning and more. This is an opportunity to create a
sustainable village versus a turnkey complex. It could
seriously benefit the greater community if we rethought
how this development could be a welcoming community for
the next 40 years, including greater access for seniors.
830. Amber Bryant Ben Lomond, CA
831 . Teresa McGrath Los Gatos, CA
832. MichAel Fancher Los Gatos, CA Please BLOCK!
834. Cyndi Sheehan Los Gatos, CA Where will all the orchard animals go?
835 . Margaret Los Gatos, CA Please do not impact our already-crowded schools with
Kvamme hundreds more students. Please do not increase the
already-gridlocked traffic situation in Los Gatos. Please
support growth that enhances our small community.
836. Emma McAdams Los Gatos, CA
837. Patty Gault Los Gatos, CA The traffic on Winchester, Lark and Los Gatos Blvd. is
already completely congested. Adding this much dense
housing to this area will be catastrophic! If someone needs
emergency care, they will never make it in time to Good
Samaritan Hospital. The freeway impact will be a standstill
during commuter times . Horrible impact!
838. Khoa Nguyen Los Gatos, CA
839. Sharon Fisch Hollister, CA My family lives in Los Gatos. I began my hairdressing
career in Los Gatos .
840. Ian MacSween Los Gatos, CA As presented the current developers plans do not reflect
the intent of the specific plan.
841. Bob Gault Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos is already too congested. The Lark Ave-Los
Gatos Blvd area traffic is congested without the addition of
the proposed North 40 application. It will be impossible to
get to Good Samaritan Hospital in an emergency situation.
Enough is Enough!
842. Amy Carroll Los Gatos, CA Not my North 40 ! ! !
843. Kristen Kaefer Los Gatos, CA
844. Brian Kaefer Los Gatos, CA
845. Francesco Brianti Los Gatos, CA
846. Jonathan Gisler Los Gatos, CA
Page47 -Signatures 824 -846
Name From Comments
847. Barbara Dalderis Monte Sereno, CA Keep our home a Town.
848. Kathy Varni Monte Sereno, CA Our traffic is unbearable at times. It is impossible to think
you might even consider this project.
849. Thomas Bondi Los Gatos, CA
850. Patricia Paolini Los Gatos, CA
851. Vicki Streeter Los Gatos, CA
852. Jan c!arke Los Gatos, CA The tiaffic alone is reason not to pui this through. I believe
this will ruin downtown.
853. Dan White Los Gatos, CA The traffic issues must be addressed if ANY plan is to
work!
855. Deborah See Los Gatos, CA The traffic off 17 and Lark Ave as well as off 85 and t he
Los Gatos Blvd is such a mess now. I can't even imagine
my Grandson being safe trying to get to school from Lark
and Oka rd. There has already been a fatality accident in
this area of a pedestrian. This project needs to be stopped.
This area can not handle the traffic flow it would create.
856. Kyke Asplund Sanjose, CA
857 . margo simmons los gatos, CA
858. Weile Shen Los Gatos, CA We have enough traffic congestion and over-crowded
schools. We don't want such a heavy development in our
small town . Please turn on this North 40 developer
application and the following amendment proposals.
859. Melynn Allison Los Gatos, CA Maneuvering through the area has become a nightmare.
Winchester, Lark, 17 and Los Gatos Blvd are too crowded
now. I cannot imagine adding to an already to the problem
with this project. Please deny!
860. Robert Friess Los Gatos, CA
861. Danielle Los Gatos, CA
Dominguez
862. Anthony Swan Los gatos, CA
863. Laura Cazalet Los Gatos, CA Keep the orchard, keep from adding to the already
impacted traffic.
864 . Rob Bohn Los Gatos, CA
865. Mary West Los Gatos, CA
866. Neil Maclean Los Gatos, CA
867. Alison Franks Los Gatos, CA This will create a traffic nightmare and dest roy the very last
of "The Valley of Heart's Delight".
868. Nancy Neipp Los Gatos, CA
869. arun venkatesan las gatos, CA
870. Jessica Price Boulder creek, CA
871. Barry Phi llips Los Gatos, CA
872. Denise Carey Los Gatos, CA
Page48 -Signatures 847 -872
Name From Comments
873. Karri Greenfield Los Gatos, CA There is already too much traffic and not enough green
space. I oppose building the North 40 .
874. Celine Gian Monte Sereno, CA
875. Karen Aidi Los Gatos, CA The traffic and school considerations have not been
properly thought through. I am against the North 40.
876. Lazare Herzi Los Gatos, CA
877. Karin Napier Los Gatos, CA I have iived in this town for over 25 years and I have never
seen such traffic and overbuilding. It has ruined our town
and those of us that live here and pay taxes and enjoy the
life that we have built are suffering to the point where it's
SADLY not the same town you want to live in. If the north
40 is built, we will have total gridlock amd the local stores
and restaurants will not have local support because we
can't get there nor park :( !
878 . gurpreet los gates, CA What is the traffic plan and people plan? Already a mess
sachdeva with netflix
879. Robin Fox Los gates, CA This project will have a huge impact on the already
problematic traffic situation.
880. Pamela Leppi Los Gatos, CA
881. Ronda Collier Los Gatos, CA I have lived in Los Gatos since the early ?O's and I am
writing to express my disdain with the current plan for the
North 40 site. In no way does the current plan look or feel
like Los Gatos and the traffic impact has not been fully
appreciated by the planning commission. I could repeat
what you have heard before though I won't. You have
already heard the reasonable arguments against the
current proposal.
I will mention that as difficult as it is to get anything through
the LG town planning, I can't imagine that this has a
chance of getting through and if it does, I have to wonder
who is getting paid off to get it through.
Also, as you know we are in the middle of a drought and
are being asked to conserve water while at the same time
this monster water hungry project is getting the green light.
What is wrong with this picture.
It saddens me to see not only the charm of Los Gatos
slowly slipping away it is also very sad to see our local
government resembling our lobbyist infested Federal
dysfunctional mess.
882. Peg Milosevich Los Gatos, CA Very
883 . Margaret Springer Los Gatos , CA
884. David Spencer Los Gatos, CA
885. Charles Coe Los Gatos, CA
886 . Paul Kvamme Los Gatos, CA The North Fourty is the last orchard space left in Los
Gatos. If it goes away, so does the reminder t hat it was
what the whole region once looked like .
Page 49 -Signatures 873-886
Name From Comment s
887. Gina Pache Los Gatos, CA
888. Thomas Schatzel Los Gatos, CA Jt makes sense to develop the acreage but in a
architectural manner consistent with our current
environment. Do it in a manner that we current residents
will be proud of and willing to support.
oos . Shelly Mccoy Los gates, CA
890 . Pamela Perisho Los Gatos, CA
891 . Barbara Titel Los Gatos, CA
892 . TC Pace Los Gatos, CA
893. Sheng Peng Los gates, CA
894. Ann Vinneras Los Gatos, CA
895. Carleen Los Gatos, CA
Schomberg
896. Tyler Williams Monte Sereno, CA
897. Paul Yarka Los Gatos, CA
898 . Ginger Goforth Los Gatos, CA Hwy 17 is not equipped to sustain an even higher level of
traffic this development will creat e.
899. Patricia Sporleder Los Gatos, CA I feel the developers are holding us hostage with their
litigation threats ... We must do all we can to not be bullied
into a disastrous plan.
900. Susaan Aram LAGUNA BEACH , CA
901 . Jeannine Alves Santa Clara, CA
902. Cynthia Mulloy Los Gatos, CA We have traffic jams now and they are ruining our small
town atmosphere.
903. Tony Ventimiglia Los Gatos, CA
904. Daniel Hingle Los Gatos, CA Driving and parking in town is terrible, and where are the
kids who live in N40 going to attend school. LG schools are
Max ed Out!!
905. Daniel LaBouve Monte Sereno, CA The development is far too big and will negatively impact
traffic, s c hools, and quality of life for existing residents.
906. Kari Hori Los Gatos, CA
907. Christina Los Gatos, CA
Stuhlmuller
908 . Robert Fox Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos has been my home since 1978. To respect and
maintain the character of ou r town, and to limit the
increasing stress on local infrastru cture including Hwy 17,
this and future developments in Los Gatos need to be
severely restricted.
909. Renee Parmelee Campbell , CA
910 . Shelby Cox Los Gatos, CA
911. Rod Siuhlmuller Los gates, C A
Page SO -Sig na tures 887 -9 11
Name From Comments
912. Jim Diaz San Jose, CA
913. Lotfi Herzi Los gates, CA The project Will create such stress on our schools and
streets infrastructure that it would make the whole area
unbearable. I am against it.
914. Kendra A Los Gatos, CA
915. Laura Cisowski Los Gatos, CA Please protect our schools, traffic and current retailers i n
the development of the north 40.
916. Charles Nissen Los Gatos, CA
917. avery kaufman las gates , CA
918. richard borenstein las gatos, CA
919. Rachel Brodie Los Gatos, CA
920. Art Adams Lots Gatos, CA
921 . Tom Hansch Los Gatos, CA
922. Paul Brodie Los Gatos, CA
923. Pauline Ferrite Loa Gatos, CA
925. Steve Stoney Los gatos, CA I live down the street from the project and I am concerned
about the traffic congestion and the traffic safety. I'm also
concerned about the amount people this will bring to our
already congested roads for it takes me 20 min to get
downtown half the time. My biggest concern is the safety of
my children . How is the developer and the town going to
keep our children safe with the thousands of people that
will come everyday day/every week. How are they going.
To keep the pedestrians safe? How are they going to keep
out schools at a reasonable size? I know they are building
a very small school, at least that's what I have heard .
Where will their overflow go? Our schools are maxed as it
is.
I moved here so my kids can live in somewhat of a small
town and still be c!ose to work. With Birth 40 bring built and
adding 300 new homes on top of all the other building
that's been going on. It's not going to be a small town
anymore. It's going to be a big town/city with a lot more air
pollution.
926. Kelsey S Los Gatos, CA The traffic and school overcrowding are already issues t hat
need addressing, let's not make it worse .
927. Joan Tyrrell Los Gatos , CA Please vote NO, we can't even get to downtown
now .... And please think of what it will do to our wonderful
little town .....
928 . Christine Delacru z las gatos, CA
929. Roger de la Cruz los gates, CA
930. Heidi Youssef Los Gatos, CA
93 1. Heather Owen s Los G atos , CA
932. Ercan Cetin Los Gatos, CA
Pag e 51 -Sig natures 91 2 -932
Name From Comments
933 . Charlene Rex Los gatos, CA Just say no! It's the right thing to do!
934. Stefanie Smith Los gatos, CA
935. Jeanette Dayan Monte Sereno, CA
936. Laura Crowe Los gatos, CA
937. Mark Weiner Los Gatos, CA
938. Nathan Mandelke Monte Sereno , CA
939. Val Kelly Los Gatos, CA
940. Polly Clifford Los gatos, CA
941 . Edward Roth Los gatos, CA Streets are already busy enough
942. Megan Billinger Los Gatos, CA Lark, Winchester and Bascom /LGBlvd are already very
congested and I cannot even imagine how bad it would be
with 320 more residences and retail in that area. A
nightmare. Los Gatos should not have high density
housing. It will ruin the charm of our town and create a city.
If we wanted that we would have chosen t o live elsewhere
to begin with .
943. Tessa Hayes Los gatos, CA The traffic is already terrible and they want to add so many
new homes with no plans for the new t raffic. Schools are
already overflowing and t here is no plan for new schools or
expansions. Just seems like this hasn't been thought
through very well. I wouldn't be against a well planned
development that properly addresses the issues with traffic
and schools while keeping the small town feel.
944. Wendy Ottinger Los Gatos, CA
945. Jeanne Perret Los Gatos, CA
9 46 . Vik Ghai Monte Sereno, CA
947. Deborah Lowe Los Gatos, CA
948. Matt Osborne Los Gatos, CA The N040 is not compliant with the attitudes and morals of
cur distinct commun ity and would, I Lhink, undermine the
financial well being of our town.
949. Kathy Bays Los Gatos, CA Please rethink this development. It does not belong i n our
town.
950. Neil Creger Los Gatos, CA This a Town not a City!
951 . Wayne Sieve Los Gatos, CA
952. Bethany Hill San Jose, CA I grew up in Los Gatos and love it for all of its be auty and
small town feel. We use t o joke that we grew up in a little
be a utiful bubble an d we re perfectly happy staying there.
Driving into Los G atos and seeing those big orange frames
of potential buildings breaks my he art. ft would alt er th e
picturesque entry into our s mall town . It would also make
the drive into Los Gatos nearly impossibl e since you would
be c ompeting with thousands of others in an already
cong ested a rea. We don't ne ed this giant addition to our
wonderful little to wn and w e don 't want it.
Pag e 52 -Signatures 933 -952
Name From Comments
953. Bill Walker Los Gatos, CA Residential should be spread throughout the N 40. Senior
residences require a more quiet environment, not over
retail businesses or the like.
954. Paul Pereira Los Gatos, CA
955. Erica Korgav Los Gatos, CA
956. Dee Moore Los Gatos, CA We say NO to North 401
957. Melis Curtiss Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos is infrastructurally not prepared for this scale of
a development. Not only our schools will be overcrowded
but also the roads. The quality of life of every Los Gatos
resident will be impacted negatively. With overcrowded
schools, the quality of the education will go down . Lark
avenue is not build to handle the traffic this project will
bring. The scale and the style of this development does not
suit Los Gatos.
958. Jackie Vindasius Monte Sereno, CA
959. Thania W. Los Gatos, CA
960. Oliver Flach Los Gatos, CA Until the infrastructure in our town is addressed, any future
home building should cease. I live off Kennedy Rd . and
Los Gatos Blvd. during school hours is terrible and then
add on the beach traffic!! Our town is in a choke hold and
getting worse!! Please stop the North 40 project for ALL of
our sake!
Thank you
961. Christine Page Los Gatos, CA
962. Andrew Ferguson Los gates, CA Drive from the 85 Non ramp at Winchester to Office Depot
at lark and Los gates Blvd at 5:30 pm.it takes .... 15 minutes.
It's .9 mile . There are 9 traffic lights ." Show me a traffic
plan then let's talk about more congestion.
963. William Raynak Los Gatos, CA
964. John Seadler Los Gatos, CA Too dense, too much traffic, no infrastructure to handle it.
965. Kerry Tranduc Monte Sereno, CA
966. JoAnne Williams Los Gatos, CA Please don't overbuild on this parcelll the story poles are
shocking!!!
967. Lina Lopez Sydney, Australia
968. Joshua Gispan Los Gatos, CA Scale of the project is WAY TOO LARGE with
unimaginable impact to traffic, business, and schools . DO
NOT APPROVE the current application.
969. Lori Palfalvi Los Gatos, CA Change is fine, but this plan is for some place in San Jose,
not a little town like Los Gatos. Traffic, schools, business
downtown will all suffer. Open space please!
970. alyssa cutright las gatos, CA
971 . Holly Vergara LOS GATOS, CA We moved here to be away from high traffic areas ... as is,
we have a huge traffic problem now. Adding this wouid
cause more gridlock.
Page53 -Signa tures 953 -9 7 1
Name From Comments
972. Carol Witter Los Gatos , CA
973. Greg Christman Los Gatos, CA No on North 40.
974. Colleen Monsef Monte Sereno, CA Please be sure, as the t own, you have checked exactly
where you could find the land and how much it would cost
to build new grade, middle and high schools since the
current ones are already fuil. Please be sure to check with
police and fire departments as t o what their staffing is now
and if they can hire to accommodate the change in need. I
can see daily what is happening to traffic and does not
even account for the full build out of Netflix. What will t his
do to our citizens and our ability to get appointment s locally
for health services.
975. Leslie Ransdell Los Gatos, CA
976. Renee Hart Los Gatos, CA
977. Pushpa Bathini Los Gatos, CA
978. Jill Fordyce Los Gatos, CA
979. Donna Chiala Luis Gatis, CA Way too UGLY for our beautiful town !
980. Leonie Los Gatos, CA It must bo downsized to half of this exist ing proposal and
Pennington 1/2 to 1/4 of any new proposal.
If they need to meet housing requirements open up granny
unit approvals asap!!
981. Amy Ford Los gates, CA It is hard enough keeping cars going the speed limit... my
son was hit by a car .. we don't need more congestion ..
.. it will only take away our small town feel, which is why
we chose to move here. We have plenty of commercial
shopping close by.
982. Hakan Gurcan Los Gatos, CA
983. Camille Athearn Los Gatos , CA
984. Rosemary Vojnik Los gates, CA
985. MARY WOLF LOS GATOS, CA Developers develop. They leave us with the .mess. I blame
the town for poor planning years ago. This could have
been handled with in the range where everyone benefits.
But I also realize it IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY.
Greed. Shame on humanity.
986. Christen Johnson Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos is a town, not a city!!!
987. Jonathan Jackel Los Gatos, CA The Town Council should follow the recommendation of
the Planning Commission . The planned development is out
of character for the Town of Los Gatos and will create
traffic that will be unmanageable.
988. Peter Curtis Los Gatos, CA Doesn't not match the look, feel, etc of our town. Obscures
the mountain views. Creates even larger RHNA issues. I
support denial and spending town funds as needed on
litigation should it come to such action . After all, once it is
built, it is there for aiong time, so iet's take our time and get
it right.
Page54 -Signatures 972-988
Name
989. Julie Horner
990. Dave Cullinane
991. Rhonda Mitchem
992. Alynn Hembrough
993. Olga Mavrody
994. Joan Bertolotti
995. saran zweng
996. Meredith Haase
997. Marko Buric
998. Patrick Keller
999. Jill Stapleton
1,000. Daisy Fordyce
1,001 . David Freeman
1,002. Chris Giordano
1,003. Marcus Bannon
1,004. Gregory Sheldon
1,005. Corey Farr
1,006. Travis Hoopes
1,007. Nicholas Burg
1,008. Rick Koury
1,009. Joanne & Jim
Benjamin
1,01 O. Gabrielle Rahimi
1,011. Greg Rabitz
1,012_ Rebecca Burg
1,013. Kevin Hiroshima
1,014. Christopher
Werdebaugh
From
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
ios gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Campbell, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Sanjose, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
CAMPBELL, CA
Los Gatos, CA
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Just, No.
This plan would ruin the small town feel of Los Gatos &
create more traffic that can't be handled.
I oppose the plans to overdevelop the North 40!
Concerned with increased traffic , environmental impact,
and impact on small businesses currently located in
downtown Los Gatos
I was born and raised in Los Gatos and am now a college
student at USC. I have always cherished coming home to
my small town, it's nature , and knowing many of the people
here. Recently, Los Gatos has made a gradual change and
sometimes I can't even find parking in the downtown to get
lunch with my family. I wish that Los Gatos could stay the
same forever, but if this project goes through I can't even
imagine how much it will change.
Deny!
Reduce the density of the North 401
Do not sell this orchard/area to development.
Los Gatos traffic has become a serious issue.
This project isn't even close to keeping in line with a town
mentality
To much traffic, schools already overloaded. Need money
spent on fixing infrastructure for traffic and that quality of
life before adding more headcount. There is a reason most
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Page 55 -Signatures 989 -1, 014
Name
1,014. Christopher
Werdebaugh
1,015. Alli Payne
1,016. Victoria Murphy
1,017. Kevan Smedt
1,018. bart zisa
1,019. Martin Walsh
1,020. Gina Martina
1,021. Lance Dursi
1 ,022. Pete Mejia
1,023. Clay Schaper
1 ,024. Mark Heffernan
1,025. Erika Guyton
1,026. Nicole Reginelli
1,027. Steve Bakota
1,028. kenneth burg
1,029. Jamie Furnia
1,030. Tim tonges
1,031 . Beidgette
Schrader
1,032. Kevin Murphy
1,033. Michael B
1,034. Rachel Moss
1,035. Jessica Virk
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
las gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gates, CA
los gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
(continued from previous page)
residents like our family moved to Los Gatos. It was to
escape developers trying to absorb as much land and
cramming as many people in for profit simply to move to
the next project. Go somewhere else!
I believe this proposal will Destroy the downtown economy.
My wish is to keep the last farm intact. No every piece of
dirt should not be paved.
Deny the north 40. Keep Los Gatos a town, don't turn us
into a city.
T otal joke of a plan. I guess we live in sunnyvale now.
Los Gatos is special -it is an oasis on the edge of the
Silicon Valley. The small town feel and bucolic setting
allow it to be an escape from the traffic congestion,
overcrowding, and fast pace of the Silicon Valley. This
development will be a burden on existing schools and
infrastructure, and it will create a traffic nightmare. If the
town goes foiward with such a large scale development,
Los Gatos will become like any other town only it will be a
longer commute to jobs. The quality of living will change, it
will become less desirable, property values will not keep
pace with other areas, and it will no longer be a special
place.
Please deny the North 40 application.
I love Los Gatos and want to help keep it's character and
charm in tact. I say NO t o the current North 40 plan!
Page 56 -Signatures 1, O 14 -1, 035
Name From
1 ,036. Katy Ripp Los Gatos, CA
1,037. Nancy Hernabdez Los gatos, CA
1 ,038 . Joyce
Schellenberg
Los Gatos,, CA
1,039. Juan Hernandez Los Gatos, CA
1,040. Aurawm Almaneih Discovery Bay,
Uganda
1,041. Tony Alarcon
1,042. Jennifer Colson
1,043. Lee Ann Wade
1,044. Mamal Rahimi
1,045. Whitney Bascue
1 ,046. Allen Duncan
1,047. Cameron Avery
1 ,048. Jossette Curtis
1,049. Sharmean
Heffernan
1,050. Andrew Holland
1,051 . Vernon Rogers
1,052. Jennifer Rettig
1,053. Dakota Rogers
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Comments
Los gates residents have made their opinions clear on this
development! There needs to be a plan anendment that
takes into consideration the will and needs of the
community that will be required to absorb the impact of the
north 40 development implementation.
no more high density development
I'm for development but 'v"Ve must considei ihe halo effect of
developing these large build outs, for example the traffic
impact to the t own.
The current proposal does not comply with the Specific
Plan which states the N40 shall have the look and feel of
Los Gatos. This mixed development proposal is
unprecedented in Los Gatos in terms of scope, size, and
layout nor does it protect the hillside views. It further places
excessive burden within the Lark District which is also
clearly a violation of the N40 Specific Plan . The planning
commission has given clear guidance in their disapproval
of the submitted plans.
Please deny! This is destroying our town.
We need to ensure the "Town" Council has a reasonable
plan for the existing community, and the outcome of this
development doesn't fall on our backs in terms of more
traffic, overcrowding of our schools, and our overall quality
of life.
We are paying for traffic analysis around our High School
due to traffic issues . In parallel we are looking to add
hundreds of homes and a new elementary school in the
North 40 application which will only increase add to the
current traffic issues . The LG Town Council needs to look
at the 'overall" plan and maintain the North 40 plan as an
extension of the existing LG look and feel.
Page 57 -Signatures 1, 036 -1, 053
Name From
1,054. Brian Baker Los Gatos, CA
1 ,055. Larry W . Los Gatos, CA
1,056. Lynnette Scott Los Gatos, CA
1 ,057. Ronda Ross Saratoga, CA
1 ,058. Nicolette St. Los Gatos, CA
Angel
1,059. Leah Williams Monte Sereno, CA
1,060. Zach Reid Los Gatos, CA
1,061 . Chanel DeSmet Los Gatos, CA
1,062. Todd Feldman Los Gatos, CA
1,063 . Alexander Eagle Los Gatos, CA
1,064. Tamara Bodner Los Gatos, CA
1,065 . Elizabeth Alarcon Los Gatos, CA
1,066. Karie Nanez Los Gatos, CA
1,067. Liza Beshoff Monte Sereno, CA
1 ,068. Kendall Berry Los Gatos, CA
1,069 . Ryan Mclaughlin Los Gatos, CA
1,070. Bill Appleton Los Gatos, CA
1,071. Trisha ho Los Gatos, CA
1,072. jill duubelbeis los gatos, CA
1,073. Julie Guglielmo Los Gatos, CA
1,07 4. Eddie McMorrow Los Gatos, CA
1,075. David Curtis Los gatos, CA
1 ,077 . Barbara Los Gatos, CA
Hathaway
1,078. Tyler Campbell Sanjose, CA
1,079. Susan Flach Los Gatos, CA
Comments
To Big
Allowing the proposed development would destruct what is
left of the charm of living in Los Gatos.
Please listen to your residences who will be impacted by
your decisions. You were chosen to make the decisions on
our behalf.
Thank you.
Another shopping area will destroy our downtown and we
have too much traffic around that area.
This is ridiculous.
New development is not sustainable . Original plan does
not follow city building codes .
No to the North 40
traffic congested with beach traffic on Lark. No to this
development ! ! !
Too much urban blight. Nothing for the residents to enjoy.
Our street s, schools and other town services do not have
the capacity for this massive development. Traffic on our
streets is already impacted by the recent additions along
Los Gatos Boulevard. Even without t he impact of "beach"
traffic, it is rediculous how lo ng it t akes to drive through
traffic for normal shopping at local stores which are no
more t han 2 miles from home. Stop this excessive
deveiopment! It is NOT in keeping wi t h our Town.
Page 58 -Signatures 1,054 -1,079
Name
1,080. Jana Amin
1,081. Mark Obenour
1,082. Patrick Johnson
1 ,083. David Millet
1,084. Laurie Reid
I ,085. John Jaramillo
1,086. Noelle Masters
1,087. Ed Reginelli
1,088. William Bryant
1,089. Tim Reynolds
1,090. Morgan Guenther
1,091. Jeremy Monson
1,092. Vidya Dev
1,093. Chris Verna
From
Los Gatos, CA
SanjOSE, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,094. Catherine Monson Los gates, CA
1,095. Rebecca Wade Monte Sereno, CA
Comments
Please consider traffic, schools and congestion impacts in
your decision making. This area already get backed up in
the morning and evening.
The proposed project is a behemoth that completely
misses the mark in Los Gatos. It lies at the confluence of
three of our major arteries. These are the only four-lane
roads into and out of North Los Gatos, and they are
ALREADY maxed during all commute situations. The influx
of traffic will COMPLETELY overwhelm the capabilities of
traffic control. The influx of major high-end retail
establishments will overwhelm and destroy the mom & pop
businesses that built Los Gatos, and the small town allure
that draws people to this town. The influx of students will
overwhelm the local school system . But hey, maybe the
town council intends to authorize more "charter schools",
thereby stripping additional valuable funds from the school
budgets. Everything about this project is wrong for Los
Gatos.
Very concerned about t he traffic and crowded schools in
the town. With new Netflix and new medical facility in town,
the streets are already crowded. It is taking over 15
minutes just t o get to 17 from blossom hill . We moved to
this town because its a small town and less crowded . With
North 40 LG is going to be like another city, crowded and
congested and event ually lose the small town charm. very
disappointed that town committees are entertaining this
new development plan.
This development would have a huge impact on the quality
of life for the residents that live here. Schools, traffic,
downtown businesses and views would all be negatively
impacted. I am shocked that this isn 't obvious to our
elected officials. ! understand that the land will be
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Page 59 -Signa tures 1, 080 -1, 095
Name From
1,095. Rebecca Wade Monte Sereno, CA
Comments
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developed but I can't imagine a worse design. The
developers appear to have zero interest in honoring the
town's culture and way of life and I feel that's the most
unsettling part of this .
1 ,096. R Henry Richards Los Gatos, CA I have also e-mailed mayor Spector and the town council ...
hope to be at the meeting tomorrow evening.
1 ,097. John Brady
1,098. colin pappas
1 ,099. Alex Rodoni
1, 100. Kimberly Johnson
1, 101. Scott Monson
1, 102. Kelly Salazar
1, 104. Sean Brown
1, 105. kelly luoma
1, 106. Julie Tondreau
1, 107. Martina Thi mot
1, 108. Roopak Patel
1, 109. Joe Vieira
1, 110. Blair Taylor
1, 111. Jean Biancalana
1, 112. Ron Melvin
1, 113 . Bob Alvord
1, 114. Cheryl
Huddleston
1, 115. Taylor Fales
1, 116. Robert Gore
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Saratoga, CA
Los Gatos, CA
The TOWN of Los
Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
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Sanjose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
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Our town is already congested wit h our current residents, I
don't want add to our schools and town traffic beyond the
current capacity.
No on North 40
Thie North Forty does not fit into the Los Gatos style. The
project will ruin our town's charm, heritage and town
atmosphere that makes Los Gatos what it is.
Plz do not add anymore traffic!
Los gatos is about QUALITY NIT QUANTITY!
Stop this sprawl now.
keep our town a town.
It only makes sense to turn down this overly aggressive ,
too tall, too crowded project. Enough is Enough
Outdated and dishonest traffic impact, school impact, and
environmental impact reports make this existing North 40
proposal illegal and immoral. Allocating only 1 /2 parking
space per housing unit is laughable. Stating this project
has the "look and feel" of Los Gatos is completely untrue
by any measure. This project should be completely
rejected as currently proposed. The town has only one
chance to get this right, and the council members will be
forever remembered for stepping up and doing the right
thing for this town, or will go down in infamy for cowering to
these developers
Page 60 -Signatures 1, 095 -1, 116
Name From
1, 117. Gamze Surucu Los Gatos, CA
1 , 118. sydney geredes Los Gatos, CA
1, 119. Margarete Aiello Los gates, CA
1, 120. Celia Francis Los Gatos, CA
1, 121 . Janine Geredes Los gates, CA
1, 122. Alex Gutarin Los Gatos, CA
1, 123. Monika Batista Los Gatos, CA
1 , 124. Jahan Hill Los Gatos, CA
1, 125. Christopher Black Los gatos, CA
1, 126. Gina Tuckfield LOS GATOS, CA
1 , 127. Ben Sutherland
1, 128. Tracey Zullo
1 , 129. Richard Katz
1, 130. Rita Matthews
1 , 131. Lisa Yonaka
1, 132. Laverne Nolan
t ,133. Dean Tajik
1, 134. Alan Feinberg
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
I have 3 children at Los Gatos schools. I cannot imagine
the impact on schools but traffic will get definitely
worse ... even over the summer (when most people are on
vacation and schools are closed) is horrible!! Cannot
imagine trying to drive home or Anywhere else in LG if the
plan is approved with so many cars will be adding. Please
do the math. We already have a historic and charming
downtown. Open "Santana Row" !ike developments in
Almaden or any other city that iacks a downtown. We have
nothing to gain but a lot to lose l l! Please deny.
Can't imagine more traffic coming onto our area, its
horri ble nowl
I sub at Fisher Middle School. It can take me up to 20
minutes now to get from my 17 exit to school. Without
traffic it's about 4 minut es. This will only get worse with the
development of the North 40.
Please consider reserving this space for something other
than building. Traffic, traffic traffic
I'm concerned about the impact of the proposed
development on Los Gatos traffic and schools. I find that
the studies submitted by the developer are not based on
current data and present a one-sided view of the story.
Deny application!
As it is we have to much traffics .
Please exercise some common sense and deny this plan .
Respond to the will of the people AND the master plan for
Los Gatos and reject this development application .
We all live here because we want a small town
atmosphere . Everyone has the right to develop their
property. A creative, talent ed developer can artfully make
the integration happen .
We do not want a cookie cutter project as the one currently
presented.
With row after row of boxy rectangular buildings on a grid
of parallel streets, this has t he look and feel of a 1970s-era
industrial park. Ugh . We have. a specific plan that respects
the character and scale of our town . Let's follow it!!
Page61 -Signatures 1,117-1,134
Name From
1, 135. Jo Ann Krum men Los Gatos, CA
1 , 136. Angele Price
1, 137. julie winters
1, 138. Joan Weber
1 , 139. Meghan Lewis
1, 140. Jeff Harlan
1, 141. Matthew Yearling
1, 142. Stephanie Figeira
1,143. Patricia White
1, 144. Robin Streicker
1, 145. Ursula
Gerding-Hennessy
1, 146. Laura lwanaga
1,147. Julie Schaper
1, 148. John Carey
1, 149. Barbara Grams
1, 150. Gorky Griffith
1, 151. simin boschma
1, 152. Clarice Yeung
1, 153. Louise Nemirov
1, 154. Kirsten Trapani
1 , 155. Bret Sag in
1, 156. Georgia Crowder
1, 157. Jeff Chase
1, 158. Jon Witkin
1 ,159. jenn R.
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
las gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
These developers have to be stopped and we, as a "Town
Not City" ... remember that. .. have to stop them.
The traffic is horrendous. Building MORE and BIGGER is
NOT sustainable. A premier shopping area will only bring a
steady stream of traffic maki ng residents go elsewhere to
shop. As it is, on weekends, it is difficult to get OUT of our
neighborhood and when we leave to run errands, we
cannot get back IN . The traffic has been very miserable,
and thoughts of moving have crept in.
Developer greed , pure and simple. Let's reduce the scale
and move half of the housing to the north end of the site.
Traffic from Netflix is already over capacity on our streets,
this added population will make living here very difficult
and undesirable.
Please don't make our traffic situation even worse than it is
already.
it's a Town ... keep it that way
Our community must stand together & demand that ou r
Town Council deny this plan.
too much congestion on current infrastructure
need a more appropriate plan
that mirrors the more rural ch aract er we moved to los
gatos for
Page 62 -Signatures 1, 135 -1, 159
Name
1, 160. Gail Boddy
1,161 . Don McKell
1, 162. Allison Pitigoi
1 , 163. Ray Bloker
1, 164. Talitha Theron
1 , 165. Erica Osman
1, 166. Susan Moore
Brown
1, 167. M'Riah Bounds
1, 168. Linda Pokarney
1, 169. Dave Haserot
1, 170. Thibault Turcan
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
San Jose, CA
Comments
You had the foresight to appoint a Planning Commission
that, after studying the plan and taking public input, has
recommended that the current application be denied.
Please honor their work. Please do your part to preserve
the special quality that is the Town of Los Gatos.
Los Gatos Blvd. traffic is already horrible. Adding this many
homesites at the far end oi town will certainiy make it
worse. The EIR that stated no impact is wrong!
Please please consider the impact this would have on our
town. We moved here in 2008 to enjoy a small town
environment and already in less than 1 O years, we feel that
there's been a significant change. I understand that every
community in Silicon Valley should expect some growth
but this project would have such a dramatically negative
impact. There is no way our schools, roads or community
services could absorb the additional demands. This is not
something the citizens of Los Gatos want or need.
This development does not fit the character or siz e of our
town. The scale of traffic will completely inundate the local
streets and nearby freeway access in the area.
Here is what an 80+ year old individual named Bruce A.
MacNaughton has to say about an increase in residential
units:
"Planning needs to adhere to its guiding principles
I recently moved from New Mexico to Los Gatos. In my
80-plus years, I have lived in many other places in the U.S .
In the 1950s, Dallas, Texas, allowed development of the
northern portion of the city for merchandisers and office
space. The downtown was devastated. Only in the last 10
years has it started recovering.
In the '60s, Bartlesvile, Okla ., allowed development of the
east side of town. This caused a major division in the town.
You were either on one side of the issue or the other.
Again, the old downtown was devastated.
In the '70s, Tulsa, Okla., allowed major development of
commercial space ou t side the downtown area. This time
there was a period of disruption. The various businesses
started moving back to the downtown area after many of
the old downtown buildings were raz ed and new
construction took its piace.
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Page 63 -Signatures 1, 160 -1, 170
Name
1, 170. Thibault T urcan
1, 171 . Cherie Serang
1, 172. Elise Cutini
1, 173. Kirsten Dryden
1, 17 4. Matt Walle en
1, 175. Carol Fong
From
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
las gates, CA
Comments
(continued from previous page)
Why doesn't the planning commission adhere to its stated
four guiding principles? Have these guiding principles been
put into to writing so that everyone is working with the
same guidelines?
Why doesn't the planning commission determine what first
made Los Gatos such a pleasant town to live in? It would
seem to me that the planning commi ssion would continue
those practices without catering to one or more special
interest groups.
Since Los Gatos cannot be everything to everybody over
the long haul, shouldn't Los Gatos do its planning for its
present residents?
The recently issued Los Gatos-Saratoga Union School
District's budget identified some upcoming problems which
the proposed North 40 development seems to contribute
to.
As a registered professional engineer, I have noticed that
the local building codes don't seem to require firewalls in
the new apartment construction around town. Also, the
lack of egress to safety from these apartments appears to
be limited in the case of a fire."
My own view is similar to Bruce's.
I went to Ida Price Middle School then Leigh High School a
couple years ago, and have had a couple fellow students/
friends go to Los Gatos High School.
My brother went to San Jose's privatized school The King's
Academy, and he also was in contact with a few friends
who had transferred from LGHS due precisely to their
parents' concerns.
Their overall experiences regarding the increased
residential units in Los Gatos is sub-par.
The traffic study done for the proposal is outdated because
of the changing economy and the implementation of
WAZE. It really should be redone to reflect current times.
There is a phrase that claims most residents of North 40
would be young couples or singles. Well, young couples
usually blossom into families and I did not see a concrete
plan to build more schools to accommodate the very likely
increase in enrollment-our schools are already overflowing
and California just got rated one of the worse t eacher to
student ratios in the nation. There is rhetoric in the plan but
no definite location of where. The drop off traffic is
currently creating road rage in all the schools and the high
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Page 64 -Signa tures 1, 1 70 -1, 175
Name
1 , 175. Carol Fong
1, 176. Anna Hell mer
1, 177. Maria Gelphman
1, 178. Loren Fales
1, 179. Katie Eichten
1, 180. Jacquelyn Rider
1, 181 . Kathryn Soler
F rom
los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
1, 182. Patricia Weinstein Los Gatos, CA
1, 183. Mike Springer Los Gatos , CA
1, 184. Nathan Sacco Los gatos, CA
1, 185. Antoinette O'Brien Los Gatos, CA
1, 186. Kimball Brown Los Gatos, CA
1, 187. Kathleen Los Gatos, CA
Anderson
1, 188. John Everett
1, 189. Regina Reilly
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
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school is already at gridlock during drop off and release
times. This is a huge project that will change Los Gatos
from a town to a city and without the proper infrastructure
to accommodate the growth. I did not see any information
on how the basics like water, electricity, garbage, internet
resources would impact the current LG capacity.
The cunent proposed intensity of density is countermand
to the General Plan of Los Gatos & the No. 40 Specific
Plan. The buildings wouid be too high, the architecture is
too different, the schools would be over crowded , as well
as the surrounding streets and we do not need more
businesses that would compete with downtown. Please
deny the application in its current form . Thank you.
NO means NO, listen to the Planning Commission and the
residents. DENY!
The current North 40 plan is unacceptable and an
embarrassment to the culture and beauty that is
recognized around the rest of Los Gatos. The impact to
traffic will be unbearable.
If we can add for exits and lanes to the road, it would be
the only way. Right now, it would be gridlock.
DENY NORTH 40 APPLICATION -this development
would ruin the town -the traffic unbearable
The North 40 project would have a negative impact on our
town. Please deny it.
No to current development for LG . north forty.
Project is too dense-housing should be spread out among
the 40 acres .
Set backs from road should be increased .
Height is to tall.
Does not have the feel of Los Gatos.
Needs more open space between dwellings .
This seems extreme folks . The gridlock on our critical
roads is already unbearable! Adding the volume of cars
anticipated with a plan development like this will certainly
creat e more stress on our community . If you're to bring in
more people on this scale, show us the plan for
transportation systems that will accommodate our needs.
Page 65 -Signatures 1, 175 -1, 189
Name
1, 191 . karen tomlinson
1, 192. Alyssa Go
1 , 193. Arzhang Saman
1, 194. Alison
McCormack
1, 195. Gretchen
Gregersen
1 , 196. Rich Orstad
1, 197. Casie Ferrucci
1 , 198. Nicole Levy
1 ,199. Lola Feldman
1,200. chunhua liu
1,201. Tom Stuermer
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,202. Leigh Dimpflmaier Los Gatos, CA
1,203. Elaine McKiernan Los Gatos, CA
1,204. jean Morton Los Gatos, CA
1 ,205. Kirsten Duggins Los Gatos, CA
1,206 . John Nerness Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Los Gatos is traffic is already a nightmare .
The additional traffic caused by the North 40 is going to
make this town unlivable.
I have lived in town since 1970.
Created too much traffic on already congested 85 and
17!!!!
There is NOTHING about this plan that will have a
POSITIVE impact on the beautiful town of Los Gatos.
The current plan does not do enough to counter the impact
that it will have on traffic congestion, school over
population, and aesthetics to the neighboring communities.
Amend it.
Los Gatos has become too crowded already. It doesn't
even feel safe for my kids to ride bikes or walk to and from
school anymore. I was almost hit by a car in a crosswalk a
few months ago. The traffic in this t own makes people
drive, and feel stressed out. Please keep Los Gatos a
smaller community. Please don't add to the stress and the
traffic by adding more homes and more people to an
already over populated area!!!!
In addition to the density issues and lack of adherence to
the 'look&feel' part of the plan, the North 40 traffic study
was performed before the Netflix HQ construction began,
and does not account for the CA-85 traffic created by
Netflix new commuters to/from the East -traffic that can
only get to/from Netflix by passing this development on LG
Blvd and Lark.
We want transparency and a better plan. T
Senior Housing would be great as it would not affect our
schools and may be less cars or traffic. Something like The
Villages.
This plan is not a responsible plan. It maximizes profits
over and above all other communit y concerns that impact
traffic, the environment, the look and Jiving environment of
those there and ne arby. This project is so d e nse that there
will be prnblems pre dicted now a nd "unknown" probiems
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Name
1,206. John Nerness
1,207. David Duggins
1 ,208. A Steve Cali
1,209. karla hernandez
1,210. Gary Robinson
1,211. Michael Trawick
1 ,212. Susan Ng
1,213. Meighan
Mingrone
1 ,214. Kris Monti
1,215. Karen Deloumi
1 ,216. David Mccort
1,217. Emilee Roberton
1,218. Thomas Steipp
1,219. Sydney Miller
1,220. mike brown
1,221. Tom Jakaby
1,222. Brian Volpe
1,223. Ozlem Ucar
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
las gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Loss Gatos, CA
COATESVILLE, PA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gAtos, CA
Comments
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that arise when completed and the residents and the town
will have to deal with them forever. Also, for many Los
Gatos residents this is the route to reach Highway 85
South . It can be quite busy even now with the proxim ity of
the Hospital.
Senior Housing for over 55. Could include park and stores
and some low income housing and wouldn't impact our
schools which are a big concern!
We have enough traffic. We don't need more!
Although I am not a legal Los Gatos resident, the North 40
has a huge impact on the neighborhood I live in.
Having grown up in the town of Los Gatos in the '?O's, I
have seen the town change and grow so much. I have
never left the town that I love so much. I still livP. here with
my wife and two daughters, and we are proud of our town.
This proposal is proposal is an eyesore, however. Just
looking at the building layout every day with the orange
plastic banners makes me incredibly sad. How could you
possibly think about allowing such a large development in
our little town? Traffic is already hideous, thanks to all the
new housing that has gone in in recent years, and more
recently the hospital extension and other development in
t he area. I am by no means anti development, but this is
ridiculous. Please re cons ider allowing this development
proposal to go thro ugh. It needs to be severely scaled
down.
Thank You for your consid eration ,
Brian Volpe
Los Gatos High Class of '87
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Name
1,224. Leslie An t al
1,225. Robert Balcomb
1,226. Laurie Talevich
1 ,227. Carol Anglin
1,228. Carolyn H
1 ,229. David Whiteside
1,230 . Erin O'Brien
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos. CA
Los Gatos, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,231 . Noel Turchi Los gates, CA
.1,232. Judith Naughton Los Gatos, CA
1,233. Lisa E. Los Gatos, CA
1,234. Alicia Gangi
1,235. Alison Aiassa
1,236. Lois Phelps
1,237. Melanie Allen
1,238. Donna Valentine
1 ,240 . Bruce Harrison
1,241 . Mark Streicker
1,242. David Arnold
1,243 . Lorraine
Hepworth
1,244. Steve Wade
1,245. Clement Cheng
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,246. Jody i\licCaimont Los Gatos, CA
Comments
The North 40 project concerns me deeply, as traffic in the
area is already terrible, both on cit y street s and on the
freeway. The addition of that many residents in a
condensed area that is already over crowded as far as
traffic is concerned
Keep our town small & quaint!!!!
Let's focus on developments that will ENHANCE our
beloved town, and not degrade it or diminish its
wonderful reputation . A senior-focused development with
several levels, each idyllic for what it is, does sound very
appealing.
I am signing the petition in hopes that the Town Council
will think about the impact the North 40 will have on our
schools. and traffic! Our schools are already overcrowded .
And look at the traffic issues we are already battling. We
have not figured out a way to ease beach traffic in our
town. How can we possibly add to this by approving the
current North 40 plan?
I'm done with densit y!!!
This project needs to be recons idered due to the impact on
the traffic especially at the intersection of the Lark and Los
Gatos Blvd. we already are experiencing vehicles that are
running red lights This is a hazard not only for cars but for
pedestrians and bicyclists as well. Again I urge the counci l
to reconsider the north 40 project.
Too dense!
May sanity prevail
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Name
1,247. Thomas Beck
1,248 . Paige Ribbins
1,249. Sam R
1,250. Grada Blom
1,251 . Young Bae
1,252. Stacy Hopkins
1 ,253 . Renee Ropp
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
San Jose, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
1,254. Jennifer Liebthal Los Gatos, CA
1,255. Jonas Anckarman Los Gatos, CA
1,256. Alison Whittaker Los Gatos, CA
1 ,257. Catrin Anckarman Los Gatos, CA
1,258. Donna Czaikoski Los Gatos, CA
1,259. Donna Toothman Los gates, CA
1,260. Helena Fontenelle
1,261. RAIPH
MARTIG NETTI
SR
1,262. ann cali
1,263 . Jennifer White
Los Gatos, CA
Los GATOS, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,264. Raquel Connolly Los Gatos, CA
1,265. Doan Yearling Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Listen to the Planning Commission.
Even though I don't live in Los Gatos, our kids and
grandkids live there. North 40 is a monster! when I am
upstairs at the Pain and Wellness Center and see your
plans you're all crazy. Progress you call that? Stop please.
You all would feel so great to accomplice something great
instead of putting more cement and bricks there and how
about the water problems we face? I pray for your heart to
change. Keep fighting everybody>
No north 491!!
North 40 is not going to be an asset but an albatross that
does not reflect our beautiful historic town . With the current
traffic situation that has impacted all of us that live here,
let's RETHINK this development to make it a real asset to
our town!
This is not a city Its our unique town. Tell them to go to
Campbell, or Willow Glen,
I am a native Los Gatan. Unbelievable that this would even
be a conversation. What is everyone who is for this
thinking. We are so overcrowded every morning and
afternoon on Los Gatos Blvd, Lark, and towards 85 on LG
Blvd just trying to get our children to school, go to work or
anywhere .
It takes me 25 minutes from the manor to LG h igh school
in the mornings.
Summer we are putting barriers to reduce traffic in town.
Which part of this encourages ye s votes for the North 40.
Our quaint small town feeling is in jeopardy.
Perhaps LG Blvd should be e xpanded to a wider more lane
road .... NOT
Page 69 -Signatures 1,247 -1,265
Name
1 ,266. Kathryn Giannotti
1,267. John Wilkinson
1,268. Brittney Aresta
1,269. Larry Maggio
1,270. Patricia Ruch
1,271. Serena Heppes
1,272. Julie Thorne
1,273. Gregory Gomon
1,274. Rochelle Zolna
1 ,275. Lynn Williams
1 ,276. Ashley Tidwell
1,277. Eric Colson
1,278. Karen Simon
1,279. Darin Simon
1 ,280. Jeffrey Hebb
1,281. Julie Sheehan
1,282. Soultana
Mpoulkoura
1,283. Arnita Patel
1 ,284. Dennis Wolf
1,285 . Christy S choos
From
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Although we are not Los Gat os residents the traffic at Lark
and Los Gatos Blvd would difinitely negatively impact our
ability to use those roads and get on and off the freeway. It
would also decrease t he safety of pedestrians, bycylist and
air quality .
The proposed development is too big and too den se for
Los Gatos. It will be a huge eyesore as people travel into
Los Gatos on Highway 17 as demonstrated by the current
poles.
We must, as a town , fight the developers that want to
extract every last dollar out of their property at the
detriment to the quality of our lives .
Traffic would shut down our town !II
The proposed development of what is called the North 40
is massive in scale and not in charact er with our
community of Los Gat os. The owners of the property have
the right to develop their property. I hope their next
proposal is in the scope and character of our town . 1 also
don't think the town infrastructure can support th is
development.
Let's find a way to develop that fits more with LG the Town,
and won't create such a huge traffic & school night mare.
Please stop this project and keep Los Gatos as it is, the
amaz ing town we know it as.
Since this is all about money, let me make a money
argument. Those of you who letting this pass -you will
drive down the property values in Los Gatos as it gets
overcrowded and jammed with t raffic 24/7. Your property
will go down in value. Don't be stupid.
Please don't allow north 40 to change Los Gatos.
Page 70 -Signa tures 1,266 -1,285
Name
1,286. Samia Clark
1 ,287. Leonard Viale
1,288. Chris Morgan
1,289. Terri Vitek
1,290. Dominick De
Ranieri
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,291. Ana P Monte Sereno, CA
1,292. Marsha Witkin Los Gatos, CA
1 ,293. Marty Scott Los Gatos, CA
1,294. Raymond Toney Los Gatos, CA
1,295. Brenda C Los Gatos, CA
1,296. Patrick Los Gatos, CA
McCormack
1,297. Max Genetti Los Gatos, CA
1,298. John Mendoza las gates, CA
1,299. Diane Egli Los Gatos, CA
1,300. Jeanne A Los Gatos, CA
1,301. Katherine Taylor Los Gatos, CA
1 ,302. Susan Freiman Los Gatos, CA
1,303. Faten Mansour Sanjose, CA
1,304. Wilfred Everts Los Gatos, CA
1 ,305. Rita Kelly Los Gatos, CA
1,306. Kimberley Bellotti Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Too much traffic
Too many people
Not a good use of land
Too much sewage
Please save our charming town from massive over
development.
This was a feasible plan years ago but it has gone past its
time. The Town has already outgrown its ability to handle
current traffic.
deny the north 40 project. big concern for traffic and
school!
North 40 will be a disaster for Los Gatos. I moved to Los
Gatos to get away from high density city housing and live
in a town.
Make the acres into a heritage park like they did in
Saratoga. Keep the orchards
Please preserve the last orchard we have in our town!! I've
been here 58 years, the North 40, will be the end of this
town as we know it!!
The planning commission has made its recommendation to
deny, please follow their brave decision & stand up to
Grosvenor. Also please stop scheduling important mtgs
like this over school holidays when everyone is out of town .
We live two streets away from Lark and it is so busy with
traffic already. Our little Town with its few streets is not
capable for this disaster that the greedy people suggest to
make it happen. Please do not kill our beautiful town .
This application should clearly follow the Specific Plan.
Thank you for your consideration.
Page 71 -Signatures 1,286 -1,306
Name From
1 ,307. Michelle Nelson Los Gatos, CA
· 1 ,308. Dean Ceglia San Jose, CA
1,309. Mona Los gatos, CA
SOLEIMANJEH
1,310. Eileen Perkins Los gates, CA
1,311. Katie Sullivan Los gates, CA
1,312. Susan De la vega Los gatos, CA
1,313. Kristen Hickman Los Gatos, CA
1,314. Chris Tedford Los Gatos, CA
1,315. Karen Lekashman Los Gatos, CA
1,316. Enida A. Tahirovic Los Gatos, CA
1,317. Frank Del Fiugo Los Gatos, CA
1,318. Steve Wilson Los Gatos, CA
1 ,319. William Sullins Los Gatos, CA
1,320 . Cat M . Los Gatos, CA
1,321. Joanne imperial Los Gatos, CA
1,322. Elizabeth Adie Los gatos, CA
1,323. Susan Bunce Los Gatos, CA
1,324. Jennifer Morse Los Gatos, CA
1 ,325 . Geri Kennedy Monte serene, CA
1,326. Alex Granas Los Gatos, CA
1 ,327. Erika McEnroe Los Gatos, CA
1,328. Heidi Grassman Los Gatos, CA
1 ,329. Robert Los Gatos, CA
Deschamps
1,330. Edward Schultz Los Gatos, CA
1 ,331 . Mary Richards Los Gatos, CA
1,332. Pamela Maker Los Gatos, CA
1,333. Suresh Bathini Los Gatos, CA
1 ,334. Victoria Hack Los Gatos, CA
1 ,335 . Ted Macauley Los Gatos, CA
1 ,336. Stephanie Radke Los Gatos, CA
Comments
This project is too large and will ruin Los Gatos. We don't
have the infrastructure for this many new homes. The
traffic will be out of control.
This proposal does not feel like Los Gatos. We should not
settle for less .
I am most concerned about the impact on the schools and
traffic. Please find ways to mitigate these issues.
Schools are bursting at the seams -and traffic is already
out of control. And let's support our downtown businesses
rather than bring in more to drive them out.
This does not fit into the Los Gatos that I know and hope to
mai ntain.
Schools & roads are my big concern .
Page 72 -Signatures 1,307-1,336
Name
1,337. Leesa Gidaro
1 ,338. Brett Carlson
1,339. Michelle babayan
From
los gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
los Altos Hills, CA
1,340. Cristin Laccabue Los Gatos, CA
1,341. Sharon Martin
1,342. Amy Nishide
1 ,344. Kimberly Pugh
1,345. Katherine
Anderson
monte serene, CA
Los Gatos, C.A.
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,346. Valerie Aubert Barcelona, Spain
1,347. PATRICIA Arendt Los Gatos, CA
1,348. Kiyoshi Nishida Los Gatos, CA
1,349. Debbie Parsons LOS GATOS, CA
1,350. Diana Swanson Los Gatos, CA
1,351. Brad Wright Los Gatos, CA
1,352. David Picone Monte Sereno, CA
1,353. Cheryl Schrader Monte Sereno, CA
1,354. Paul Dueweke Los Gatos, CA
1 ,355. Heidi Farr Los Gatos, CA
1 ,356. Raj Desai Los gatos, CA
1 ,357. Akbar Los Gatos, CA
Soleimanieh
1 ,358. Bev Christenson Los gatos , CA
1,359. Heather Lancelot Los Gatos, CA
1,360 . Susan Beritzhoff Los Gatos, CA
1,361. JoAnn Shank
1,362. Karen Hebert
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
This development is NOT for the better growth of the
community ... only for the money. Think about the impact on
the people and you will have your answer!
This town can't handle beach traffic. Adding this would be
catastrophic. It's a small town. Traffic would be unbearable
for all.
Please deny the application because I strongly believe that
it does not meet the Specific Plan as set forth by the Town .
It looks like a compound and does nothing but help the
builder.
Traffic and most importantly schools! We are currently
overcrowded . Think long term!
Please deny the current north 40 plan.
This project would have a tremendous negative impact on
traffic and schools in the town, and pave t he way for Los
Gatos to become another overcrowded suburb of tract
housing.
We need to protect this town from unnecessary
development
I think scale is definitely important with this location. The
current story-poles, as seen from Hwy 17, obscure the
view of the hills. I would not want to see a large blocky
structure replace all the greenery.
Page 73 -Signatures 1,337 -1,362
Name From
1 ,363. Michele Pullens Los gatos, CA
1,364. Becky Bruza Los Gatos, CA
1 ,365. Margaret Wherry Los Gatos, CA
1,366. Michael Bruza
1,367. Megan Schrader
1,368. Lucia Arredondo
1 ,369. Julie Zech
1,370. Sara Wigh
McManis
1,372. Frances Barnes
1,373. J L
1,37 4. Gregg Witkin
1,375. Mary Lane
1,376. Tricia Sena
1,377. Don & Carla
Olivet
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
~ ,378. Beniamin Adams Los Gatos, CA
1,379. Gretchen Moore
1,380. Exley Mixon Ill
1,381. Marci Cry
1,382. Meredith Wright
1,383. Dominic Milano
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
las Gatos, CA
Comments
A resounding NO to the horrible traffic and overcrowding of
schools that this development will bring the town of Los
Gatos.
The impact of traffic would be a starting point
It takes 20 min at 4 :30 to go from Good Sam to Lark ... Not
to mention the density of housing
This is pure greed on the developer side
Because of the already backed up traffic on Lark & Los
Gatos Blvd. -What provision is going to be made for
emergency vehicles trying to get to Good Samaritan
Hospital from Lark/Los Gatos Blvd.? We have
ambulance/fire/police emergency vehicles using these
roads dozens of times per day (we hear the sirens all the
time -day & night). How are you going to address life &
death issues that may be impacted because emergency
vehicles and personnel are NOT able to get to the nearest
ER?
There is far too much congestion currently in Los Gatos,
we have lived here since 2006 and have seen terrible
traffic on Lark, Los Gatos Blvd, Hwy 17 and through
downtown. This will only exacerbate an already difficult
situation .
Overcrowding of schools from that development is a big
problem.
This would be a disaster!
Lark, Los Gatos Blvd, Hhwy 17, Hhwy 85, Good Sam,
NetFlix . No HighWay Improvement ?! Let's go to L.A.
Big challenges : overcrowded Los Gatos schools ,
overcongested intersections at LG Blvd, Hwy 17 and Lark
Ave, uncharacteristically blocky and high density housing.
Page 74 -Signa tures 1,363 -1,383
Name From
1,384. Suzanne Los Gatod, CA
Meinhardt
1,385. Linda Lutz Los Gatos, CA
1,386. Mark Alman Los Gatos, CA
1,387. Sidharth Thakur Los Gatos, CA
1,388. Homeira los gatos, CA
Lotfizadeh
1,389. jon lambert los gatos, CA
1 ,390. Geertjan
Joordens
·1,391. Sara B
1,392. Peggy Heiman
1,393. Shannon Farrell
1 ,394. Angelique
Dabadghav
1,395. Skip Dupree
1 ,396. Amy Gibson
1,397. Thomas Ferrito
1 ,398. Sandra Vito
i ,399. Shauna Garzee
1,400. Christina J
1,401 . Billie Gordon
i ,402. Victoria
Areshchenkova
1 ,403. Michelle
Beritzhoff-Law
1 ,404. Jeff Barnett
1,405. William Walker
1,406. Alex Avey
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
san jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Valencia, Spain
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Redwood City, CA,
CA
Comments
My issue is with traffic that will be generated!
the design looks pretty modern -not LG at al!
school and hospital are my big concern.
this town has become way toe crowded already .... this is a
purely financial driven venture .... room to breathe and room
for nature is of much greater value .
Please, please deny the current plan for the developing of
the North 40. People want to move to Los Gatos for its
charm and great schools, and amazing downtown! NO
ONE wants a Santana Row here .. If we did, we would
move!. Please listen to us .. DENY THE CURRENT NORTH
40 APPLICATION PLEASE!
Thank you. Angelique Dabadghav
This is project is too dense, will creat e horrible problems
for our schools, traffic and emergency vehicles.
Oh , the traffic we will have! Save us from this!
I'm a former Los Gatos re sident, moved out in 2009 and
even then before some of the new development traffic was
a pretty big issue in this small town . That's somet hing that
gave the t own its character and charm was that it was
called a "town" and not a city . If this t hing passes it will be
(continues on next p age)
Page 75 -Signa tures 1,384 -1,406
Name
1,406. Alex Avey
1,407. John Halsey
1,408. Rhonda Alkharrat
1,409. Bree Loriau
1,410. Carole Lee
1 ,411. Donna Tkach
1,412. Jesse Kimbrel
1,414. Alyssa Plicka
1,415. Kathleen Sulgit
1,416. Phil Mcintyre
1,417. Barbara Brothers
1,418. Chris Schaeffler
1,419. Steven Borgia
From
Redwood City, CA,
CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los gates, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
San Jose, CA
las gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,420. Marilyn Dueweke Los gatos, CA
1,421. Tim Kelly Los Gatos, CA
1,422. Sangita Patel Los Gatos, CA
1,423. Gail Pomerantz Los Gatos, CA
1,424. Erin Rosenblum San Jose, CA
1 ,425. Dave Armstrong Los Gatos, CA
1,426. dominic battistella San Jose, CA
Comments
(continued from previous page)
a lie to even call Los Gatos a "town" anymore. Keep my
hometown small save the residents daily traffic nightmares
because of gross commercialization!
LOs Gatos Blvd. is almost gridlocked early in the morning
and between 11 and 2 . NO better on weekends. where are
all these extra cars going to go? Also the schools are
filledto overflowing. please reconsider this massive
development.
Please leave some of the past beauty of this town with the
town. I have lived here all my life and am saddened by how
crowded it has become.
Traffic already a major issue. Gridlock everywhere ,
especially on weekends .
I grew up in this town , my family still lives there, my friends
and family own businesses there, and I still call it home
despite my SJ address. As of late I have had to make
many choices not to shop or eat in LG due to the crowded
streets and time of day or day of week. By adding more
residents you can only hurt the local business and schools
already so impacted by crowded streets and too many
children. This quant town that has been my home for 35
years is losing more and more of its charm as it grows and
grows.
Very ugly development plan, more like Los Angeles than
Los Gatos
I live right next to good sam and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitheres
already too much construction going on! I. g . blvd could
not possibly hold that much traffic!!!!
Page 76 -Signatures 1,406 -1,426
Name From
1 ,427 . Joyce Stoer Cordi Los Gatos, CA
1 ,428. Monica Kirkorian
1,429. Pilar Crawford
1,430. John Lekashman
1,431 . Shari Williams
1,432. John Karasinski
1,433. Robert Weiss
1,434. Denise Dulin
1,435 . Lyndsey Smith
1 ,436. Josh Held
1,437. Edith Judy
1,438. Laura Levy
1,439. Susanne Moore
1,440 . Craig Leiker
1,441 . Linda Poncetta
1,442. Karen Bean
i ,443. Christine
Chapman
1,444. Elizabeth
Twarowsk i
1,445. Laurie Deck
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno , CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Campbell , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Page 77 -
Comments
A 44 acre parcel of land has t he potential to build a REAL,
AUTHENTIC, Urban Vill age that incorporates all densities
of housing (at 20 per acre average) with a variety of
businesses (some retail , some b to b , some services)
where the community members can live and work in the
same neighborhood ! An Urban Village includes a plan to
connect to rapid transit etc .... The N40 could be a national
example if only the City Council has the courage to resist
the siren caii of out-of-s tate developers and works with the
lai ger Urban Development Academic Community to turn
vision into reality over a period of years!
Our town is already inundated with traffic. To allow this
North 40 project t o be built would most certainly be
detrimental to our local businesses, restaurants and
residents. This is not what our town is about.
traffic is already a night mare this side of town. If you don't
think this development will adve rsely effect downtown and
the neighborhood you live in ... think again. If you over
crowd the school (yes, I know the school is not your
problem) you will drive property values down, no question .
You build houses no matter how small f am iii es wit h school
age children will move in. There is more to you job that
securing income for the town. There are more important
things than money . there are plenty of places to build
houses for the teachers, fireme n etc. up off Kennedy and
Shannon, stop trying to put it all here.
No more traffic, PLEASE!!
Signatures 1,427 -1,44 5
Name
1,446. Dario Dangelo
1,447. Shirley Cook
1 ,448. Jack Moore
1,449. Harold Vitale
1,450. Kristina Branch
1 ,451 . Margaret Lefevre
1,452. Beverly Gaylord
1,453. David M
1 ,454. Susan Server
1,455. Natgera Mawla
1 ,456. Amy Ball
1,457. ursula montano
1,458. Jamie Clark
1,459. Sigi Valencia
1,460. Brooke Hulteen
1,461 . Diana Beck
1,462. Christina
Enneking
1,463. Steve Deckp
1 ,464. Rebecc Rohrer
1 ,465. Manu Harish
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Please don't ruin our beautiful town forever. We don't need
more of anything. Let reason prevail
Traff is currently way to dense. This project will take traffic
to ridiculously high and hence unsafe densities.
Our schoois are crowded ... traffic is horr!b!e ... no v iable
solutions put forth for either issue ... how can this be
anything but a terrible idea tha will ruin our town where the
only winner will be the developer.
We are starting to avoid downtown Los Gatos due to the
horrible traffic & crowds.
Don't ruine our small town!
Trafic in Los Gatos is very heavy, already.
Pf ease do not approve this project which will have an
irreversibly negative impact on Los Gatos. Traffic limits my
family and me's ability to navigate around town on a typical
day and this will make it even more difficult.
Build a sports complex for our kids!
We need more fields!!!!!!!! Sigi
The impact that beach traffic has on residence on the
weekend is insane. The town has to block off streets so
visitors do not cut t hrough and in some cases takes an
hour to get from Lark getting groceries home to Ellenwood.
By adding more residences and shopping not only
negatively impacts the small community we pride
ourselves on but also will negatively impact residence who
have raised families and been a part of our community
forever . It will take away the pride in our community if we
commercialize it tor city money at the expense of residents
who currently and have lived or work in Los Gat os. Please
please please do not do this!!!!
I am opposed to this development. The traffic and
congestion is devasting to the charm and small town feel of
Los G atos.
Page 78 -Signatures 1,446 -1,465
Name From
1,466. Shawna Aparicio Los Gatos·, CA
1,467. Robert Rice Los Gatos, CA
1,468. Heidi Bigge Los gatos, CA
1,469 . Donna McCurrie Los Gatos, CA
1,470. Scott Smyers Los Gatos, CA
1,471. Shaun Olson
1,472. Emily Bays
1 ,473 . Shaun Page
1 ,47 4. Jocelyne Falk
1,4 75. Karen Wilcox
1,476. Joe Long
1 ,477. Karen Janicki
1 ,478. Monica Sunzeri
1,479. Corinne Turnwall
1,480. Kaela Watson
1,481. STEVEN
SCRIEVERS
1,482. Avery McEvoy
1,483. Angelina Cucco
1 ,484. Anthony Lizut
1,485 . Kevin Avoy
1,486. cory tatum
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los ·Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Mont e Sereno , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Saratoga, CA
Manteca, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los G atos , CA
los gatos, CA
Comments
We need to protect our downtown merchants-the north 40
will destroy the charm of our town. This plan will leave the
downtown with empty store fronts and the rest will struggle.
WAY TO DENSE!llll
I can't agree more with this petition to reject the specific
plan. The current specific plan is insulting and absolutely
criminal in it's disregard for everythi ng that makes Los
Gatos great. Stop this crime against the citizens and the
character of Los Gatos NOW!
How much will the units cost, including the low cost
housing for seniors who are living on a fixed income. How
will they afford to purchase a unit?
All the elements that cause the Town of Los Gatos
hardships cannot be ignored.
From the "look and feel" of Los Gatos, to all the problems
that we will be faced with traffic, density, downtown
businesses , schools, and more.
I'm seriously against this development!
Please don't crowd our town more than it is. I have lived
here since I was 6 years old and I miss the small town feel.
PLEASE STOP OVER CROWDING. WE HAVE ENOUGH
ALREADY
I have lived in this town my entire life and work in it
cu rrently. Only those who don't survive in this town support
this expansion. It is just gonna make creating a fun
experience growing up more and more difficult, and
pushing people who built this town up out to escape
everything they know and love.
Make it an orchard again.
Too much traffic!!!!
Page 79 -Signatures 1,466 -1,486
Name From
1,487. Elena Lebedeva Los Gatos, CA
1 ,488 . Ben Escobar
1,489. Scott Olechowski
1 ,490 . Farnoush Drexel
1,491. Katherine Volpe
1,492. Lynne Keast
1,493. khanh wachob
1,494. Ashish Parikh
1,495. Kristina Wilkins
1,496. Jennie Magid
1 ,497. laura freitag
1,498. Paige Stewart
1 ,499 . robert Gianni
1 ,500. Michael Cuddy
1,502. David Nam
1 ,503. John Ferrari
1,504. Psul Tuckfield
1,505. Don Dodson
1,506. Michelle Von
Klernperer
1,507. Kevin Scott
1,508. Janet Dashiell
1,509. silvana casale
1,510. Mary ann Lamb
1,511. Torben Rankine
1,512. Carol Sandman
1,513. Alexander
Tsigdinos
1,514 . Jeffrey Casale
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gates, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Our schools are already absolutely overcrowded and t he
roads are blocked by traffic during school hours. I worry
about emergency vehicles and 911 services not reaching
residents in time because of such a congestion .
We want our town to remain a town. We do not want to
turn into a big city.
The Silicon Valley and Bay Area need towns like Los
Gatos to maintain their charm so everyone can benefit.
Please stop commercializing treasures like Los Gatos.
Will make already horrible traffic even worse, never mind
the fact that it's just plain ugly.
The current plan for the North 40 is going to be a disaster
for Los Gatos which is already bu rst ing at t he seams. O ur
town comes to a standstill on summer weekends with
Santa Cruz beach traffic. The strain that North 40
development will place on our roads and schools will be
hugely disruptive and a permanent fi xture.
Please don't do this to our town!
Proposed development is totally out of charact er for Los
Gatos .
Page 80 -Signatures 1,487 -1,514
Name
1 ,515. Eric Johnson
1,516. Susan Fink
1,517. Margaret Zukin
1,518. Jennifer Page
1,519. Gwen Pinkston
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,520. Charlene Rudee Los Gatis, CA
1 ,521. Thomas Scott Los Gatos, CA
1,522. Deborah Hayes Los Gatos, CA
1,523. RaeAnn Caparelli Los Gatos, CA
1,524. Vlado Herman
1,525. Denise Pringle
1,526. Kevin Pringle
1,527. Lisa Martinskis
1,528. Todd Bergen
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos , CA
1,529. Pamela Tsigdinos Los Gatos, CA
1,530. Donna Marikian Monte Sereno, CA
1,531 . Rosaline Vasquez los gatos, CA
1,532. Suzeanne
Anzalone
1,533. sonia Teissier
1,534. Mike Z
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
This is a thi nly veiled money making scheme for
developers, not a responsible attempt to generate low cost
housing . And the people of Los Gatos will be the ones who
pay.
Far too high density.
This development is a money grab by the town. The plan is
too big and will destroy the small town charm of Los Gatos.
Traffic impact will exacerbate an already dificult situation.
How will children living here be shoehorned into existing
schools?
Our small town can not handle the amount of people/traffic
NOW. Putting in living space with what they
estimate ... would be reckless.
Great spot for a park, not more houses in our small town.
This plan as it's written will cause irreversible damage to
our current TOWN'S infrastructure and already suffering
traffic and emergency response conditions. Something
must be done to protect Los Gatos from this type of
aggressive, high density development -all of its current
residents will lose quality of life if this goes through.
Don't turn Los Gatos into Milpitas!
Existing traffic and population density has already strained
our infrastructure and had a negative impact on quality of
life. This development will make a bad situation much
worse.
I think all the reasons have been stated and I wish to
second it with regards to traffic impacts etc.
This development plan will be detrimental to the public
health of the community with the added pollution and
congestion. Achieving the state mandated housing
requirement by finding different sites will be much more
appropriate.
Page 81 -Signatures 1,515 -1,534
Name
1,535. Jennifer
Sundquist
1,537. Nance Benedict
1,538. Ted Ciibari
1,539. Jeff Rippin
1,540. Clyde Stiteler
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,541. Arthur Dandurand Los Gatos, CA
1,542. Cynthia Jaen Los Gatos, CA
1,543. Eric Sindelar
1,544. Sergio
Ramirez-Batiz
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos,, CA
1,545. Christine Los Gatos, CA
Terpening
1 ,546. Dana Johnson Los Gatos, CA
1,547. Laima Martinskis Los Gatos, CA
1 ,548. Luke Lenhart Los Gatos, CA
1,549. John Gallie Los Gatos, CA
Comments
I sent the council a detailed letter voicing our opposition to
the North 40 project for several reasons .... and I never got
a response. Please know that this is a BAD decision for the
town of Los Gatos, and the citizens DO NOT support it.
I can't get to highway 17 using Lark, or 85 off Los Gatos
Blvd now. What is it going to be like if the North 40 is
developed?
Schools are full and traffic is terrible. Don't make it worse.
This development does not fit in with the look and feel of
the entire town of Los Gatos
The first thing Town elected and appointed officials should
consider, is the Town's infrastructure capacity to handle
any large project. The Town's traffic infrastructure is totally
insuficcient to handle the traffic that would be generated by
North 40 IN ADDITION to the traffic that will be generated
by the Samaritan Plan. We have enough gridlock already
with the massive Netflix complex coupled with the change
of use for what used to be Courtside Club. The Bay Club
has generated parking problems since the beginning, and
they will only be exacerbated by Netflix. Now the Town
Council is considering North 40. It is difficult to imagine that
a massive project that size has been allowed to get so far;
it should have been stopped long ago. Have the
developers provided the necessary school facilities needed
for the families of this project? Do they provide direct
access to 17 and 85 or are they dumping all t he traffic onto
Bascom I Los Gatos Boulevard I Lark?
The Council has to have the Town's interests at heart, not
the developer's. Those corporations seek only one thing:
Profits. That is their job. The council's job is to say no to
the nightmare that such a project will bring to the Town.
The Proposal doesn't seem consistent with the town's or
the residents of Los Gatos vision for the land. There is a
big disconnect between the two. How did this project get
so far in the process and no one was monitoring it's
progress and making recommendations on changes that
all parties would be agreeable too.
Page 82 -Signatures 1,535 • 1,549
Name
1,550. Debbie
Moessinger
1,551. Greg Moessinger
1,552 . Shannon
Hunt-Scott
1,553. Tiera Zinn
1,554. Glenn Lyles
1 ,555. lsin Gallmann
1 ,556. Barbara
McMurray
1,557. Linda L
1 ,558. Susan Flatness
1,559. Julius Varga
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,560. Steve Sinclair Los Gatos, CA
1 ,561 . Sally Reagan Los Gatos, CA
1 ,562. Samantha Moore Los gatos, CA
1 ,563. Dee Dee Dunstan Los Gatos, CA
1 ,564. Albert Kaiser Los Gatos, CA
1,565. kim couches
1,566. Tom Liolios
1 ,567. Ani Komshian
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gaots, CA
1,568. Katherine George Los Gatos, CA
1 ,569. Brian Buller
1,570. Suzanne Kaiser
1,571 . Brian Lawley
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos,, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,572 . Hannah Nguyen Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Town Not City!!! Traffic issues!!
Too much traffic now and I can 't imagine any more!!!
l hope in the future story poles will be put up BEFORE any
final vote on development is taken. It's preposterous to
think this passed the town counsel without doing so. I feel
like I was duped by my elected officials.
How did this project get so far in the process?
Deny! Deny! Deny!
The North 40 Application should be denied. The proposed
project is way too dense for Los Gatos. It will impact traffic ,
schools, and the quality of life of Los Gatos residents.
Stop all development in Sant a Clara County t ill water
without fines are guaranteed to existing residents .
High density housing is not in keeping with the "t own "
feeling of our beloved Los Gatos. Please amend the
building plans so as not to affect traffic, schools, and loss
of of our remaining orchard!
They claim the studies so no impact on traffic but given
how bad it is now in the area this is not credible. Make t he
developer fix 17 to be 3 lanes and do everything else
possible to make it livable.
Page 83 -Signatures 1,550 -1,5 72
Name
1,573. Mary Hoover
1,57 4. Andrea DiTullio
1 ,575. ,jen Gouldrup
1,576. Hayrey Steele
1 ,577. Lori Moore
1,578. Bryan Massaglia
1,579. Laura Howard
1,580. Pari Ardakani
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gates, CA.
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,581. Faith Mackarness Los Gatos, CA
1,582. Valerie Kilduff Siri Los Gatos, CA
~ ,583. Argie Collie
1,584. Brandon Barnett
1,585. Julie Houp
1 ,586. Sudeep Rikhy
1,587. Jennifer
Hahamian
1,588. Kim Gavin
1,589. Steve Gouldrup
1,590. Judy McCool
1,591 . Yi Cui
1,592. barbara alioto
1,593. Susan Carter
1,594. Martha Wills
Los Gatos, CA
Lad gatos, CA
Los gstos, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
las gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Traffic is awful currently on Los Gatos Blvd during the
weekday and comes to a standstill during the weekend
with people avoiding highway 17. This would impact
anyone trying to get to downtown Los Gatos
I don't believe the developer's song and dance about traffic
being mitigated back to 2012 levels
Whatever commercial development goes in the North 40, it
should look and feel like Los Gatos MEANING Victorian or
Spanish (stucco, tile) style. NOT agrarian.
Do not ruin our town
The traffic in LG is barely tolerable now. I cannot
Imagine what this project's impact will be on out lovely little
town . TOO BIGlll
Schools are getting maxed out and traffic unbearable for
everyone who lives here. Dangerous for anyone walking or
on a bike as well. Growth is unavoidable but needs to be
smarter. We all work hard to afford to live here and it won't
be worth it much longer.
The traffic increase with this development will not be
sustainable. And I agree with other sentiments about the
development will not be in keeping with the "small town"
aspect of Los Gatos.
North 40 is a big development and we must get it right. Not
so now!
Please keep out town a town. Traffic is bad now. Please
come up with a park or extra fields for sport.
Please don't let this happen to our beautiful town, there is
no going back once it happens. Hold them accountable for
what they are responsible for!
Page 84 -Signa tures 1,573 -1,594
Name
1 ,595. Connie Hamrah
1 ,596. eri c spinale
1 ,597. Robert Comeau
1,598. Jayne
Sonnenschein
1 ,599. sheila Miller
1 ,600. Chris D
1 ,601. Jeffrey Hinkin
1,602. Joanne Varni
1,603. Sandi Okita
1,604. Christopher
Murdock
1 ,605. Katherine Luna
1,606. Vaden Shirley
1,607. Yana Kushner
1,608. Koki Sasagawa
1,609. Alison Walton
1 ,610. Victoria Doll
1,611. Ryvenna Lewis
1,612. Linda Ellis
1,613. Marjorie Headd
1,614. Peggy Osborn
1,615. Mary Reitiano
From
Los Gatos, CA
san jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Lo s Gatos, CA
Comment s
Let's preserve the last 40 acres as an orchard . Los Gatos
can't handle the current traffic we have.
Los Gatos is developed enough.
This will change Los Gatos for the worse.
Residents on the west side of town will be forced to
demand a widening of Winchester, north Santa Cruz Ave &
Blossom Hill Rd in o rder to get to business & Doctors
offices on near Los Gatos Blvd.
Traffic on Lark Rd will be in gridlock for us to get across
town!
He'll no! T raffic is bad enough.
I went to Los gates high and I live in the mountains . Year
round and During the summer especially traffic passing
through the lark area is so tight and dangerous already.
Adding this to out town makes me sad to call it my home. I
wili have a negative in impact on the locals and freeway
traffic and the freeway improvement project I doubt will be
done before the building is complete . This will make it
almost impossible for mountain residents to make it home
after work and all it is for is to fi ll the pockets of the greedy
and wealthy. No one from town will benefit they will be
burdened.
Please respect the integrity of our town. This development
is extreme even for a large city.
As a new resident here, I am dismayed that t he idyllic little
town I thought would be home, is in danger of becoming
yet another cookie cutter congested concrete city!
TOO LARGE A PROJECT FOR OUR LITTLE TOWN OF
LOS GATOS .... THE OVER DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS
OCCURRED IS VERY OFFENSIVE. NO MORE PLEASE
Pag e 85 -Signature s 1,595 -1,6 15
Name
1,616. Amy Stacke
1,617. Nick Glow
1 ,618. Sarina Drucker
1,619 . CL
1,620. Patricia Wilson
1,621. Sherri Halpin
1,622. Carolyn Mink
1,623. Sheryl Heacock
1,624. Liz Pearne
1 ,625. Shanna Gardner
1,626. Jim Marrufo
1,627. Dianne Van
Voorhis
1 ,628. Michelle Ward
1,629. Lisan Hung
1,630. Charlene Raisch
1,631. Renee Monroe
1,632. Evelyn Greenleaf
1,633. Wilma Lee
1,634. Ibrahim Sezan
From
Los Gatos, CA
San francisco, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,635. Anne-Marie White Los Gatos, CA
1,636. Roneeta Guha Los Gatos, CA
1,637. MARKUS
YAMAMOTO
1 ,638. Vickie Brown
1,639. Nina Hobson
LOS GATOS, CA
saratoga, CA
Los gates, CA
Comments
I have lived in Los Gatos since 1960. This development
would undermine decades of cautious and insightful
planned growth over the years. !t would be an extreme
eyes sore and ugly behemoth to those that live here as
well as to those that visit the town. It is completely
greed-centered and ego-driven. It is over-development at
its best. I know; my father was a general contractor and
land developer throughout Northern California.
Traffic will be a nightmare Ill
We already have ridiculous traffic. We do not need
additional home developments and shopping.
PLEASE DO NOT BUILD THESE BOXY BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVE NO CHARACTER AND IT DOESN'T FIT IN
OUR TOWN OF LOS GATOS.
Please don't ruin Los Gatos .
Please consider the impact of the proposed development
on traffic, schools , and the small businesses downtown. I
live near the proposed development and Winchester , Lark,
and Los Gatos Blvd are already gridlocked during
commute hours!
The impact on additional traffic on and off t he freeways will
be a nightmare.
Enough with the mega development! You are totally
destroying this valley and putting far too many people for
the resources availabl e to sustain.
Page 86 -Signatures 1, 616 -1, 639
Name
1,640. Judith Akers
1 ,641 . Diana Pozas
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gaos, CA
1,642. Ken Raasch Los gatos, CA
1,643. Melody Garliepp Los Gatos, CA
1,644. Elyse Sammut
1,645. Patricia Colter
1,646. Patricia McNeil
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
1,647. William Feeheley Los Gatos, CA
1,648. marcie sapir
1,649. Liat Perlman
1,650. Jana Heer
Monte Sereno, CA
Los gatos, CA
Spreckels, CA
1,651. Jeanette Bearden Los Gatos, CA
1,652. Joyce Allen Los Gatos, CA
1,653. Sharon Cacitti
1,654 . Charles Williams
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatoy, CA
1 ,655. Harriett Elenniss Los Gatos, CA
1,656. Kathleen Williams Los Gatos, CA
1,657. Boris Gruzman
1,658. Ramkumar
Menon
1,659. roxann
taughinbaugh
1,660. Brita Leal
1,661 . Kerry Perkins
1,662. Paul Ruddy
los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
captain cook, HI
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Keep Los Gatos the small town it always has been . That is
what makes it such a desireable place to Jive.
We do not want the North 40 at all. As residents of Live
Oak Manor this would great ly affect our way of life
negatively. Please don't allow this eyesore to be built.
Traffic issues in town MUST be addressed before another
inch can be developed.
Among other things, There's too much traffic at lark and
Winchester already. But the plan itself is totally out of
character for the town. (Same goes for the jumbo sized
Netflix buildings).
I was raised in the Blossom Hill Manor of Los Gatos, I love
my home town and care deeply about it's history and
heritage. Every time I go back it looks less and less familiar
and takes me longer and longer to get from one end of
town to the other. Do not let this continue to happen.
Downtown Los Gatos will disappear and traffic will be a
nightmare. It takes me 3 to 4 to minutes before anyone will
let me out of my driveway.
I am not in favor of more stores, housing, and traffic in our
"town".
The resulting congestion will destroy Los Gatos. It is so
difficult already just t o get down LG Blvd to Lark and on to
the freeway, or straight on to hwy 85 .... it will be a logistical
nightmare with the addition of so many residences!
please don't turn Los Gatos into Santana Row
What a nightmare.
Page 87 -Signatures 1,640 -1,662
Name From
1,663. Vytas Ankaitis Los Gatos, CA
1 ,664. Mike Macintosh Monte Sereno, CA
1,665. James Donaldson Los Gatos, CA
1,666. Ben Goldman Monte Sereno, CA
1,667. Becky Simon
1 ,668. David Collins
1,669. Lina Diphillips
1 ,670. William Linder
1,671 . Kay Rhind
1,672. Tom Conom
Monte serene , CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Monte serene, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
1,673. Suzanne Monte Sereno, CA
Quigley-Carbajal
1 ,67 4. Jeannette Allen Monte Sereno, CA
1 ,675. Claudet Webber Monte Sereno, CA
1,676. Geoffrey Reyes
1,677. Matt Horton Jr
1 ,678. Barbara Aguilar
1,679. Anne Fleisher
1,680. Ed Damore
1 ,681 . Colin Chapman
1,682. Darya Khankin
1,683. Eli Khankin
1,684. Robert Field
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos , CA
Los Gatos, Cf\
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
Comments
Toooo much building and dense housing going up in Los
Gatos. It is ridiculous. What ever happened to larger lots
with a single family home and a decent yard. I am for
developers making money but this trend has to be curbed
now or it will be too late.
Los Gatos is already congested to the point of making it
unlivable ... telUhe developers to go elsewhere!!! We don't
want our quality of li fe ruined so they can go on making
billions of dollars.
There is only so much congestion that a solid middle class
community should accept.
One undisputable fact is that this project will materially
contribute to overwhelming the communities
infrastructure .... particularly as relates to vesicular traffic.
Don't we have enough traffic already? What will this do to
schools, water usage and reasonable congestion for this
small town?
It has been shown that this project would have a significant
and detrimental impact on the TOWN of LG .
One of my favorite things coming home on 17 is the
beautiful views of the hills and this plan will totally
eradicate them.
The current infrastruct ure of the area is not designed to
have that many new residents after this project will be
build. Getting onto Hwy 17 or Hwy 85 will become
IMPOSSIBLE during pick hours.
Los Gatos area around 17 & 85 is not re ady to handle
additional traffic, pollution , over population and increased
crime
Page 88 -Signa tures 1, 663 -1, 684
Name
1,685. Millie Kitchin
1,686. Maureen Perez
1,687. sally baum
1,688. Debra Sells
1,689. Pete Keady
1,690. Helen Huelson
1,691. Lisa Casaccia
1 ,692. timothy nguyen
1,693. Charles Bawden
1,694. Alvin Smith
1,695. Luciana
Mendonca
1,696. Melissa
Ronaldson
1,697. Logan Quisol
1,698. Uyen Huynh
1,699. liliya kuzmina
1 ,700. Martin Macdonald
1,701. Charles Smulders
1 ,702. Alice Lao
1,704. Susie Oneill
1,705. Julie Arroyo
1,706. Holly Orchard
1,707. dane howard
1,708. Yelena Drabkin
1 , 709. Sarah Colyer
1, 710. Harvey Chen
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
95032, CA
los gatos , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
las gatos, CA
los gates, CA
las gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Cupertino, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gat os, CA
1,711. Isabel Guerra Monte Sereno, CA
1, 712 . Sashi Balasingam Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Beyond a bad idea fo r the LG communityllll
Town council, please be sure that any development in Los
Gatos is done to better our community. Growth needs to
be managed to prevent overcrowded schools, congested
traffic, and environmental harm. The developers are
focusing on their bottom line , so it falls on our town
governance to ensure the final development aligns with the
betterment of our lovely town.
The traffic getting around town is already too congested.
There is nothing desirable or "charming" about fighting
traffic just to get to the grocery store :(
This isn't the right plan for schools, density of population ,
traffic or aesthetics entering our town from the 17 south.
It would drastically affect the quality of our town, due to the
significant increase in population and t raffic.
Page 89 -Signa ture s 1,685 -1, 7 12
Name
1,714. Susan van
Kansky
1,715. Suzanne
O'Gorman
1,716. Susan Lee
1,717. Thomas Kane
1 , 718. Strphanie
Comeau
1,719. Noah Richmond
1,720. Karen Garcia
1, 721 . Amy Fasnacht
1 ,722. David Rios
1,723. Heather Mygatt
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,724. Meredith OMalley Los Gatos, CA
1,725. John Watkins Los Gatos, CA
1 ,726. Toni Koury
1, 727. Amit Shetty
1,728. Jon Bohane
1 ,729 . Diane Hunt
1,730. Lisa Dettling
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Campbell, CA
1,731. Marian Cacciatore Los Gatos, CA
1,732. Aamir Imam
1,733. Madelyn Furze
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
This is an awful idea. Someone put graffiti on the sign in
front of the construction site --"I'm Sad" and one day while
I was sitting in clogged up traffic on Lark Ave., I read the
graffiti across the road and thought, "I couldn't agree
more." This will have a negative effect on the quality of life
in the area. We do not need this. There is also construction
of over 40 new living units near the hospital on Pollard.
Poor, poor planning. Please stop this .
Deny north forty!
Developers are greedy and uncaring team of sharks
feeding on a small town! Yes they will build on every
square inch of the 40 acres, without any consideration how
it looks, how it affects the already bad traffic or impact of
our overcrowded school system! I don't understand who
could ever vote yes for this debacle of a project! The city
concil should be ashamed to even consider itl Classy cities
would turn it into a park!
TK
Town is too small for this development, please put together
a bond to buy it for open space
I will vote against any elected official who allows the
present North 40 development or anything like it to move
forward.
please preserve our urban green spaces
Too big for the area too much traffic not enough schools
The North 40 would add substantive traffic volume and
students to overburdened city infrastructure and schools.
City Council members should take head and vote against
North 40 application and Amend the Specific Plan .
There are only 3 major routes into LG,and none of them
are optimal. Let's not make one of them worse!
We don't need more deveiopment and more traffic on
these roads! They're barely passable now!
Page 90 -Sig natures 1, 7 14 -1, 733
Name
1,734. Andreea Berfield
1,735. Terri Smith
1,736. Philippe Piernot
1,737. Sean Macintosh
1, 738. Maureen
Macintosh
1,739. kevin vaughn
1,740. J. Thompson
1,741. Eileen Synegal
1,742. Dana Harnish
1,743. Deborah Roth
1, 7 44. Laurie McQuade
1,745. Ninon Demos
1,746. Riley Barr
1,747. Reshma Rao
1,748. Laurie Smith
1 ,749. Geoffrey Lamb
1, 750. Brad Pettit
1,751. Johanes
Swrnberg
1, 752. Michelle Huntley
1,753. Mikko Sannala
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Mint Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Sanjose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
95030, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
Plecase don't ruin Los Gatos!
Show some taste and be considerate of fellow residents.
Do not build this.
I cannot believe how corrupt our the Los Gatos City
Council is to even th i nk about approving this. It makes me
sick. Have you even thought ahout. what this will do to our
community, our downtown businesses, and our quality of
live? As if the beach traffic isn't enough. Pretty soon , our
properties will be worth less than a hut in the middle of
Alviso.
stop this crap from taking our land is greed so much in our
lives that's all we think about ? how much more can t his
area take wall to wall people-house's
Leave things the way they are
The traffic on highway 17 and the streets of Los Gatos will
be unbearable . The new development will destroy small
business in Los Gatos and take away from the charm and
character of the town.
This is a critical development, please consider it carefully.
We need few things in the town and this large project is not
one of them. We shouid be careful not to make things
worse (traffic, look and feel of town, ... ) in an attempt to do
something. We can do better.
Schools are already overcrowded. Where will our childre n
go? Quality education will decline with continued increase
to class sizes. Traffic on Los Gatos Blvd is a nightmare. I
commute on LGB and it can take 20 minutes just t o get
past that north 40 section. We need to fix these problems
before we add that kind of load to an already overloaded
system.
The currently proposed North 40 plan must be stopped. It
sacrifices the wellb e ing and quality of life of thousands of
people for the monetary benefit of few.
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Page 91 -Signatures 1, 734 -1, 753
Name
1,753. Mikko Sannala
1 , 754. Alison Steer
1,755. Jennifer
Birmingham
1.756. Stephanie Vargo
1,757. Dara Florio
1,758. Marthin De Beer
1 , 759. Mary Vidovich
1 ,760. Donna Rohm
1,761. Andre De Beer
1, 762. Karin De Beer
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,763. Delaine De Beer Los Gatos, CA
1,765. Shannon Rose Los gatos, CA
1,766. dale pinneke
1,767. Michael Glow
los gatos, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
1, 768. Vu Bui Los gates, CA
1,769. Lerins Cardenas Oceans ide, Cl\
Perez
Comments
(continued from previous page)
This would be a colossal mistake tha can't be undone.
Stop it now!
Don't crowd our schoo!s and roads wit h over building.
We can not allow this disaster to happen . Getting to and
around our town is already a major problem. 300 more
cars and many more to t he shops will make Los Gatos
unliveable
Our Town of Los Gatos is way too crowded. I cannot even
get out of my house to go to the store on week-ends
because of the beach traffic & their exhaust from their cars
affects the local air qualit y & our schools are overcrowded.
We have overflow from Blossom Hill at Louise Van Meter
in the middle of town. We started with 4 kindergarten
classes & last year we were up to 6 3rd grade classes. No
to North 40. The housing units are too close to the exhaust
on the freeway. Make it a farm or a community garden or a
school. Plant tons of trees to absorb all the carbon.
Please do not let this happen to Los Gatos
1.Take note that the "Story Poles and Orange netting" that
you currently see are only for Phase 1 of a TWO Phase
project. Phase 2 "Story Poles" should also be required
before this project is approved.
2.There is only a finite supply of water, but Gov. J . Brown,
and the C.EO's on the Silicon Valley Leadership Group,
would have us ignore t hat brutal reality, and continue to
push California over the edge of sustainability for the
benefit of greedy corporations .
3. What ever development does take place on the North
40, it should mandate the inclusion of things like:
Solar Power, Gray Wat er systems in all residential and
commercial spaces, and a plan to provide effective mass
transit to the area.
Page 92 -Signatures 1, 753 -1, 769
Name From
1,771 . Nilesh Parate Los gatos, CA
1,772. Gregory Shukhter Los Gatos, CA
1, 773. Nicole Rodriguez
1,774. Jeremy Okeefe
1,775. Erik Rollin
1,776. Krystle Dolen
1, 777. Alex Glage
1 ,778. Vanessa Brunner
1,779. Tanya Sabini
1,780. Kourosh Behnam
1,781. Ben Draa
1,782. Wes Lord
1 , 783. Dan Politi
1, 784. Diana
Yanez-pastor
1,785. Ryan Johnson
1,786. Maurice Van
galder
1,787. Kaitlin Eastland
1,788. Naomi Raider
1,789. Corynn Carino
1,790. Margaret Lord
1 ,791. Oliver Lamb
1,792. Laura czinski
1, 793. Brian Mcmurray
1,794. Robert Dunne
1,795. Kimberly Battisti
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
95032 , CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Hertfordshire, United
Kingdom
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
San Francisco, CA
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Watsonville, CA
95032, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Berkeley, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
LOS GATOS, CA
Los gatos, CA
Monte serene, CA
Comments
I've lived here 30 years, and I can tell you that the traffic is
already getting bad enough. Adding the north 40 will be
literal suicide for Los Gatos. Not only will the residents
suffer, but sma!! businesses wi!i take the brunt of the
impact.
Part of the Los Gatos charm is the small town feel-it would
be terrible to see Los Gatos turn into Palo Alto
This will create more traffic and more congestion that the
town cannot handle.
Grew up in Los gat es and just bought a house in Lg. Will
be moving back in a couple months and north 40 concerns
me.
I lived in lg for 21 years, I love it there. Don't want it to be
more crowded then it already is.
Turn it into a park, we don't need anymore people here.
Having lived here in Lis Gatos for the last 20 years from
Sunnyvale, I am so disheartened at the volume of cars that
has impeded on our street ways where the quality of daily
living has me looki ng to move elsewhere so we can
breathe. How can this proposed project possibly be good
for the density that we are st ruggling with already? The
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Page 93 -Signatures 1, 771 -1, 795
Name
1, 795. Kimberly Battisti
i ,796. Sean Bardes
1, 797. Amanda
Agrimonti
1,798. Michaela Noe
1,799. Mei Wei
1,800. Toni Thunen
1,801 . Martin Eggers
1,802. Duncan Gartin
1,803. Luis Allende
1 ,804. Nick Moyer
1 ,805. Rene Stephan
1,806. Cleary Codipilly
1,807. Paige Shand
1,808. Lauren Granadino
1,809. Lauren Kent
1,810. David C3arden
1,811. Jessica McNeil
From
Monte serene, CA
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gates, CA
Los gates, CA
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, Argentina
Los gates, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Sanjose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
95032, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
(continued from previous page)
town of Los Gatos is on the edge of losing the history of a
historical mill town that now is being toxically fed with
carbon monoxide and high tech battery fluid from Waze
users. Keep Los Gatos Green and the 40 acres that sees
only the green of dollar bills amongst the old growth
orchards of a better time and life . It could be preserved for
so much more than high density retail villages that we don't
need.
50+ years in this area of dispute. Traffic has grown worse
over the decades and adding another 1 OOs of cars is
impossible for me to fathom! If it can't stay an orchard,
keep it an open space.
I like the town of Los Gatos, flee evil one.
Over the last few years, traffic has continued to impact my
life on a daily basis living in Los Gatos. I am seriously
concerned about how traffic affects people to safely turn
onto Lark from Charter Oaks (and other streets that do not
have "Keep Clear" zones or stop lights, as well as how
emergency vehicles are going to be able to move through
Lark Ave, Winchester Blvd, and Los Gatos Blvd to access
both El Camino Community Hopsital and Good Sam.
Lately traffic has been so bad, I avoid shopping or eating in
downtown (a fact that makes me very sad because I love
the town I live in as well as the commerce available) on
popular nights and on the weekend because it either takes
me 20-30 minutes to get across town or I cannot find
parking. There is so much more I am concerned about, but
probably don't have enough space to include it all in this
comment section. To summarize and conclude, our TOWN
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Page 9 4 -Signatures 1, 795 -1, 811
Name
1,811. Jessica McNeil
1,812. Annie Ricci
1,813. Bert Sporleder
1 ,814. John Kyle
Roesser
1,815. Jenifer Cramer
1 ,816. Caitlyn Bryant
1,817. Andrew Morton
1,818. Sarah Purkrabek
1,819. Adam Morrison
1,820 . Brett Litle
1,821 . Alex Gibson
1,822. Tanya Schillage
1,823. Amy Rapport
From
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatso, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
95032, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Los gatos, CA
Campbell, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,824. Jonathan Los Gatos, CA
Simpson-Bint
1,825. Theresa Latchford Los gatos, CA
1,826 . Lanie Mocherman San Jose, CA
Comments
(continued from previous page)
(this is a town, not a city) does not have any more space
(in regards to capacity for people or cars) and this is about
way more that the "look" of the town . Adding more cars
and more people to the roads, schools, etc. is not safe.
However, I do also realize the benefits for our town, and
citizens that come from this project, so what we really need
to work towards is a compromise. The project does not
need to be THIS large . We need to look at the facts and
come to a decision that benefits the town, current
residents, and future residents, as well as studies the
environmental impact, safety impact, etc. I feel there is
much more to be discussed before this project is approved
in any fashion. Thank you.
It is wrong for a developer to railroad our town into doing
something so opposed .
FIGHT ITl!O
FIGHT ITJ!D
FIGHT!ID !ID !!O
Nol Enough is enough . We are ruining this town , this
valley, this country with more, more more!
Bike or walk, stop big box-stop shopping, live small, eat
local, contribute to your community, help educate children.
Get involved!
Pis don't
! live on Black Rd. -on Friday I picked my daughter up
from sport on Lark Ave . at 4pm and it took me 2 hours to
get into town and get back home. I made no other stops.
On Saturday I drove to the post office and grocery store
and it took me 3 hours! I cannot believe you would even
consider this. The traffic is insane already!
Page 95 -Signatures 1,811 -1,826
Name From
1,827. Jennifer Grant Los Gatos, CA
1,828. Yulua Klug Lis gates, CA
1,829. Kevin McCullough Sanjose, CA
1 ,830. R D Moon Los Gatos, CA
1 ,831. Theresa
Anderson
1,832. Sierra Corbett
Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1,833. Patricia Mangione Los Gatos, CA
1 ,834. Rosalie Vargas Los Gatos, CA
1 ,835. Jasmine Granas Los Gatos, CA
1,836. Felipe Manning Los gates, CA
1,837. Francesca Caselli San Francisco, CA
1,838. Lenihan Timothy Los Gatos, CA
1,839. Robert Chapman Los Gatos, CA
i ,840. Kristin Dillehay Los Gatos, CA
1,841 . Samantha Los Gatos , CA
Engleman
1,842. Logan Chapman Los Gatos, CA
1,843. Tamarin Los gatos, CA
Kelly-Nielson
1,844. Kevin Bakken
1 ,845 . Janine Shaw
1,846. Rob T .
Los gatos, CA
Los Gatos , Cf\
Campbell , CA
Comments
It's bad enough on the weekends that I cannot even go out
anymore, especially in the summer. This project would be
a complete disaster for the TOWN of Los Gatos.
I've lived here for 20 years, and have seen the mediocrity
creep in like a virus. Stop the North 40, it is not cool to
have a town in a town. i oppose it i 00%
This new development will impact everything our small
town has to offer. The schools, the people, the traffic, the
charm will all be forever changed if this gets built. Please
keep our town the way it is.
When we build unique houses or buildings like Los Gatos
hs entrance or dio decko restaurant. .. Good visual
confirmation that instead of building for short term wealth,
build for the long term legacy. Allow buildings to live past
100 years and allow the cats estate legacy to continue.
Thanks,
Rosalia
I absolutely do not want this building project to happen!!!!!!!
Thank you for listening to the citi zens of Los Gatos!
The Town has taken dramatic measures that adversly
affect residents in an attempt to deal with the traffic issues
downtown by closing the Santa Cruz ramp intermittently.
How are they going to address a self created North Forty
mess . Close Los Gatos Boulevard?!
Traffic going over 17 during the spring summer months is
horrendous. That bottle neck at 17 and Lark is already
something to be avoided. Adding this monstrosity will cost
Los Gatos residents hours and hours per week.
Page 96 -Signatures 1,82 7 -1,846
Name
1,847. alexis adorador
1,848. Michelle Waters
From
Berkeley, CA
Los Gatos, CA
1 ,849. Monica Thomas Los Gatos, CA
1 ,850. Stephen Wozniak Los gatos, CA
1,851. Stephen Krach
1,852. staci checklenis
Monte Sereno, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Comments
I grew up in Los Gatos in the 60's and my mom still lives
there.I don't even recognize the place anymore.
20 year resident of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and I work
in the Valley. This development is going to be horrendous
for traffic on 17 and in town. Please, it needs to be scaled
way down for the sake of everyone who drives in Los
Gatos.
The north 40 !s going to make already horrible traffic even
worse.
Page 97 -Signatures 1,847 -1,852
From: Anne Role y <~1r.n e@,anr.:!4P-t.com>
Date: August 16, 2016 at 9 :01 :47 AM PDT
To: BSpector <.BSpect_0r@.losgatosca.gov>, Marico Sayoc <msavoc{[tJ.lo'>gato ~ca .uov>, Marcia
Jensen <tvIJeriseil fir.Jlosgatoscl'.!.gov>, Steven Leonardis <sleonr:irdis.@ losgatoscP .. gov>, Rob
Rennie <nennie rZ9b s gatc ~c;a .gov>
Cc: Joel Paulson <jpaulsor1 @/osgatosca.grw>
Subject: Important Comment by the Town's Attorney
Dear Town Council Members
When I watched the video of last Tuesday's meeting
One of the most important comments made by the Town's attorney was
Your decision on the N40 should not be based on whether there is a possible lawsuit.
Don't allow Grosvenor to bully us into approving this current application.
Thank you
Anne Robinson Roley
August 16, 2016 Continued Town Council Hearing Phase 1 North 40 Specific Plan
Mayor Spector and Council:
RECEIVED
AUG i 6 2016 ~cu~ 10~?2..llM uj
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING DIVISION
I was not able to attend the August 11, 2016 continued Town Council Hearing on Phase
1 of the Specific Plan. However I watched the video over the week-end and was
somewhat surprised by comments made toward the end of the meeting:
• The North 40 is not necessarily a "new neighborhood" and may not be compatible
with the existing "look and feei of Los Gatos"
• The Vision Statement adopted in January 2012 was a clear statement -that the
North 40 would be part of Los Gatos, not a separate district.
After six years of attending almost all meetings pertaining to the North 40 Specific Plan
and having read the Plan many, many times, I have never come even close to the same
conclusions, nor do I find support for them in the Specific Plan .
• At no time, either before or after, the adoption of the Vision Statement did I assume
that the North 40 was not part of Los Gatos.
• At no time did I understand that "weaving the North 40 into the fabric of Los Gatos"
or achieving the "look and feel of Los Gatos" or "preserving "our small town
character" meant duplicating the Town's predominant residential architectural
styles.
• At no time did I understand the North 40 would not develop as a new
neighborhood.
The Specific Plan was developed to implement the Vision Statement. The Specific Plan
identifies that the North 40 will develop as a 11 new11 neighborhood, even a 11 unique new
neighborhood" (terms used in the Specific Plan), with an identity that reflects its past.
How can the North 40 be anything other than a unique neighborhood given the Plan's
emphasis on multi-family structures, its emphasis on retail/entertainment/hospitality
uses, its for open space standards and its requirements for pedestrian and bike
connectivity.
The Specific Plan requires development in the North 40 to complement and be
compatible with , not to duplicate existing Los Gatos neighborhoods that developed over
different time periods. The Specific Plan ensures that the North 40 will develop with its
own identity consistent with its agricultural heritage by integrating landscaping , building
forms and materials that reflect its agricultural and rural past.
Again I ask the Council:
• To consider approving Phase 1 of the North 40 Specific Plan with the requested
waiversP
1 Interesting fact: The Albright/Netflex project's site had steeper grades, the building footprints were
larger, the buildings did not step with the grade, and the conditions of approval did not require the height
to be measured from the existing grade, or even the finished grade. The Albright ConditionsA of
Approval allowed height to be measured from the finished floor!
August 16, 2016 Continued Town Council Hearing Phase 1 North 40 Specific Plan
• To consider the previous suggestion I submitted with respect to trees and
modifications to the Conditions of Approval
Thank you for your consi~eration .
Lee Quintana
5 Palm Ave.
Los Gatos, Ca 95030
2
August 16, 201 S Continued Town Council Hearing Phase 1 North 40 Specific Plan 3
Honorable Mayor and members of the Town Council,
RECE\VED
AUG 1 6 20'6 AM. • / ~<1L#@.J ro:5'1 ft:1
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING D!VISiON
August 15th, 2016
You now have this one last chance to tell the developer to go back to the drawing board and resubmit
plans for project that truly reflect the sprit, culture, values, and sco le of our town, within the confines
of the specific plC!ln us approved by the council.
This project must be addressed as a whole, meaning both the south and north ends of the property
need to be considered as one project, one property .... which it is.
Don't you find it ironic that Grosvenor, who does not even own this property yet but merely optioned
it, is wiliing to sue the town over what they perceive are their rights? This is not about the Yuki's
property rights; obviously Grosvenor thinks they got a terrific buy on this land. Do you really think they
would walk away from the profit they stand to ma!:e over changes that you c3n ma!{e now, and that we
and our children will have to live with for the rest of our lives?
Please do the right thing and send them back to the drawing board.
Tha~------..
Jeff Whalen
(2nd generation Los Gatos resident)