IMPORTANT NOTICE
This is a hybrid meeting and will be held in-person at the Town Council Chambers at 110 E. Main Street and virtually through Zoom Webinar (log-in information provided below). Members of the public may provide public comments for agenda items in-person or virtually through the Zoom Webinar by following the instructions listed below. The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online at www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The public is welcome to provide oral comments in real-time during the meeting in three ways:
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o When the Mayor announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in Zoom. If you are participating by phone on the Zoom app, press *9 on your telephone keypad to raise your hand.
Telephone: Please dial (877) 336-1839 for US Toll-free or (636) 651-0008 for US Toll. (Conference code: 1052180)
o If you are participating by calling in, press #2 on your telephone keypad to raise your hand.
In-Person: Please complete a “speaker’s card” located on the back of the chamber benches and return it to the Town Clerk before the meeting or when the Mayor announces the item for which you wish to speak.
NOTES: (1) Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes or less at the Mayor’s discretion. (2) If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may email to [email protected] the subject line “Public Comment Item #__ ” (insert the item number relevant to your comment). (3) Deadlines to submit written comments are:
11:00 a.m. the Thursday before the Council meeting for inclusion in the agenda packet. 11:00 a.m. the Monday before the Council meeting for inclusion in an addendum. 11:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting for inclusion in a desk item. (4) Persons wishing to make an audio/visual presentation may do so only on agenda items and must submit the presentation electronically to [email protected] no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day of the Council meeting.
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA *AMENDED
MARCH 04, 2025
110 EAST MAIN STREET AND TELECONFERENCE
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 PM
Matthew Hudes, Mayor
Rob Moore, Vice Mayor
Mary Badame, Council Member
Rob Rennie, Council Member
Maria Ristow, Council Member
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVE REMOTE PARTICIPATION (This item is listed on the agenda in the event there is an emergency circumstance requiring a Council Member to participate remotely under AB 2449 (Government Code 54953)).
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CONSENT ITEMS (Consent Items are considered routine Town business and may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Council may remove an item from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may provide input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Mayor asks for public comments on the Consent Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions contained on Page 1 of this agenda. If an item is removed, the Mayor has the sole discretion to determine when the item will be heard.)
1. Approve the Minutes of the February 11, 2025 Town Council Special Meeting.
2. Approve the Minutes of the February 18, 2025 Closed Session Town Council Meeting.
3. Approve the Minutes of the February 18, 2025 Town Council Meeting.
4. Approve the Minutes of the February 21, 2025 Town Council Closed Session Meeting.
5. Authorize the Town Manager of Designee to Execute a Reimbursable Grant Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Energy in the amount of $173,184 for the Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure at the Parks and Public Works Yard and Authorize Budget Adjustments to Establish a New Capital Improvement Project to Account for the Revenue and Expenditures of this Funding.
*6. Authorize the Town Manager to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Tyler Technologies Agreement to Reallocate Existing Contracted Services and Increase Compensation by $58,630 for a New Total Contract Amount Not to Exceed $1,378,621.
7. Approve and Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Side Letter of Agreement Between the Town of Los Gatos, the Police Officers’ Association (POA), the Town Employees’ Association (TEA), and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Related to the Police Hiring Referral Bonus and Approve the Police Hiring Referral Bonus for Confidential Employees.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Town Council on any matter that is not listed on the agenda and is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Town Council. The law generally prohibits the Town Council from discussing or taking action on such items. However, the Council may instruct staff accordingly. To ensure all agenda items are heard, this portion of the agenda is limited to 30 minutes. In the event additional speakers were not heard during the initial Verbal Communications portion of the agenda, an additional Verbal Communications will be opened prior to adjournment. Each speaker is limited to no more than three (3) minutes or such time as authorized by the Mayor.) PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants/Appellants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five minutes for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three minutes to comment on any public hearing item. Applicants/Appellants and their representatives
may be allotted up to a total of three minutes for closing statements. Items requested/recommended for continuance are subject to Council’s consent at the meeting.)
8. Consider a Recommendation by the Planning Commission to Approve Architecture and Site, Conditional Use Permit, and Subdivision Applications to Demolish Existing Hotel Structures (Los Gatos Lodge), Construct a Multi-Family Residential Development (155 Units), Approve a Condominium Vesting Tentative Map, Site Improvements Requiring a Grading Permit, and Remove Large Protected Trees Under Senate Bill 330 (SB 330) on Property Zoned CH:PD:HEOZ. Located at 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. APNs 529-24-032, 529-24-001, and 529-24-003. No Additional Environmental Review is Necessary Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183: Streamlining Process, Since the Proposed Project’s Environmental Impacts were Adequately Addressed in the 2020 General Plan EIR and/or 2040 General Plan EIR, as Applicable. Architecture and Site Application S-23-042, Conditional Use Permit Applications U-23-017, and Subdivision Application M-23-009.
Property Owner: Keet S. Nerhan. Applicant: SummerHill Homes, LLC. Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
9. Consider an Appeal of a Planning Commission Decision to Approve a Request to Construct a New Single-Family Residence with Reduced Side and Rear Yard Setbacks, Site Improvements Requiring a Grading Permit, and Removal of Large Protected Trees on Vacant Property Zoned R-1:20. Located at 45 Reservoir Road. APN 529-33-054.
Architecture and Site Application S-22-048. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303: New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures. Property Owner: Farnaz Agahian. Applicant: Gary Kohlsaat, Architect. Appellant: Mary J. Vidovich.
Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
10. Conduct a Public Hearing for Appeal of Administrative Citation VL-19-362 (16660 Cypress Way) for Violations of the Los Gatos Town Code Related to Grading and Building and Adopt a Resolution Upholding the Administrative Citation and Imposing Costs According to Proof.
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following items.)
11. Adopt a Resolution Defining Timed Parking in Downtown Parking Lots and Streets and Authorize Town Staff to Continue Contracting for Ongoing Parking Management Support Services.
12. Approve the 2025 Work Plan Recommended by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Commission.
COUNCIL / MANAGER MATTERS
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT (Council policy is to adjourn no later than midnight unless a majority of Council votes for an extension of time.)
ADA NOTICE In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk’s Office at (408) 354-6834.
Notification at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting date will enable the Town to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting [28 CFR §35.102-35.104]. The ADA access ramp to the Town Council Chambers is under construction and will be inaccessible through June 2025. Persons who require the use of that ramp to attend meetings are requested to contact the Clerk’s Office at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting date.
NOTICE REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Town Council after initial distribution of the agenda packets are available for public inspection in the Clerk’s Office at Town Hall, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos and on Town’s website at www.losgatosca.gov. Town Council agendas and related materials can be viewed online at https://losgatos-ca.municodemeetings.com/.
*This agenda was amended on Friday, February 28, 2025, to reflect an update to the title of Item
6.