Legal Notices

The Town welcomes participation in public hearings. As a courtesy, below are current notices for upcoming land use, code amendments, and other items pending before the Town's deciding bodies.
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS 

TOWN COUNCIL                                

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TOWN COUNCIL of the Town of Los Gatos has scheduled a public hearing for TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos and via Teleconference to consider:

SUBJECT: TOWN CODE AMENDMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY MEASURES

Introduce an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, by Title Only, Amending Chapter 29, “Zoning Regulations,” of the Town Code Regarding Land Use and Economic Recovery Amendments Related to Personal Service Businesses, Bars, Tap/Tasting Rooms, Specialty Food Retail, Banks, Financial and Investment Services, Office Activities, Formula Retail, Group Classes, Veterinarians, and Definitions.  The Proposed Amendments to the Town Code are Not Considered a Project Under Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act.  Town Code Amendment Application A-23-001.  Project Location: Town Wide.  Applicant: Town of Los Gatos.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:  This is a hybrid meeting and will be held in-person at the location listed on the agenda and virtually through the Zoom webinar application.  Members of the public may provide public comments during the public hearing in-person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the meeting agenda.  The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online at: www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube. 

The Town encourages the public to send in written comments via email to Planning@losgatosca.gov.  Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting.  All comments received will become part of the record.

The staff report to the Town Council will be available for public review three days prior to the meeting on the Town’s website at: www.losgatosca.gov/AgendasAndVideos.&nbsp

All persons interested in said item are encouraged to speak in-person or via Zoom at this hearing.  If anyone wishes to challenge the action on the above item in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.  Deadline for all written correspondence is 11:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting.

TOWN OF LOS GATOS

/s/ Wendy Wood, Town Clerk

Pub LG 06/02/2023

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TOWN OF LOS GATOS

PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023

TIME:  7:00 P.M.

LOCATION:  110 E. MAIN STREET AND VIA TELECONFERENCE

SUBJECT: 380 Blackwell Drive - Fence Height Exception Application FHE-23-002   

Consider an Appeal of a Community Development Director Decision to Deny a Fence Height Exception Request for Construction of an Automated Vehicular Gate Exceeding the Maximum Height and with Reduced Setbacks on Property Zoned R-1:8.  APN 424-12-027.  Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (e): New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures.  PROPERTY OWNER: Larry Cesnik and Martha Johnson.  APPELLANT: Larry Cesnik.  APPLICANT: Ramin Zohoor.  PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:  This is a hybrid meeting and will be held in-person at the location listed on the agenda and virtually through the Zoom webinar application.  Members of the public may provide public comments during the public hearing in-person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the meeting agenda.  The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online at  www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube. 

The Town encourages the public to send in written comments via email to Planning@losgatosca.gov.  Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting.  All comments received will become part of the record.

The staff report to the Planning Commission will be available for public review three days prior to the meeting on the Town’s website at www.losgatosca.gov/AgendasAndVideos.&nbsp

All persons interested in said application are encouraged to speak in person or via teleconferencing at this hearing and be heard.  If anyone wishes to challenge the action on the above applications in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.  Deadline for all written correspondence is 11:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting.

TOWN OF LOS GATOS

PLANNING COMMISSION

/s/ Joel Paulson, Secretary

Pub LG 06/02/2023

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TOWN OF LOS GATOS

TOWN COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023

TIME:  7:00 P.M.

LOCATION: 110 E. MAIN ST & TELECONFERENCE

SUBJECT: HAZARDOUS VEGETATION (BRUSH ABATEMENT)

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. to consider objections to the properties within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) area identified by the Santa Clara County Fire Department (SCCFD) as being non-compliant with the WUI Safety Regulations and declare the properties as hazardous conditions requiring abatement.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This is a hybrid meeting and will be held in person at the location listed on the agenda and virtually through the Zoom webinar application. Members of the public may provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the meeting agenda.  The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online at  www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube.

The staff report will be available for public review three days prior to the meeting on the Town’s website at www.losgatosca.gov.

Persons wishing to protest the proposed abatement of such hazardous vegetation (brush) may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030; emailing to the Town Clerk - Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than 11:00 a.m. on June 20, 2023, as described above. 

All INTERESTED PERSONS are encouraged to appear at the Public Hearing and be heard.  If anyone wishes to challenge the action on the above application in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town Council at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.  Deadline for all written correspondence is 11:00 a.m. the day of the meeting.

/s/ Wendy Wood, Town Clerk

Pub LG 06/09/23 & 06/16/23   

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TOWN OF LOS GATOS

TOWN COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023

TIME:  7:00 P.M.

LOCATION: TELECONFERENCE

SUBJECT: LANDSCAPE & LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS NO. 1 & 2

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the levy of annual assessments on real property within Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts No. 1 & 2 as follows:

HILLBROOK DRIVE BENEFIT ZONE

BLACKWELL DRIVE BENEFIT ZONE

VASONA HEIGHTS BENEFIT ZONE

SANTA ROSA HEIGHTS BENEFIT ZONE

KENNEDY MEADOWS BENEFIT ZONE

GEMINI COURT BENEFIT ZONE

The proposed assessment will pay for monthly and routine maintenance of the landscaping and lighting.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This is a hybrid meeting and will be held in person at the location listed on the agenda and virtually through the Zoom webinar application. Members of the public may provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the meeting agenda.  The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online at  www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube.

The staff report will be available for public review three days prior to the meeting on the Town’s website at www.losgatosca.gov.

Property owners may file a written protest of the proposed assessment may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030; emailing to the Town Clerk - Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than 11:00 a.m. on June 20, 2023, as described above.  

Protests must identify the grounds for the protest, the person filing the protest, and the property owned by the person filing the protest.  If prior to the close of the public hearing on June 20, 2023 the Town Clerk receives valid written protests that are not withdrawn from property owners responsible for more than 50 percent of the area of total amount of assessments to be levied against properties within the Benefit Zones, then the proposed assessment may either be reduced by the action of the Town Council or upheld by the Town Council if the assessment is no higher than in any previous year.

Interested persons may contact the Office of the Town Engineer, 41 Miles Avenue, Los Gatos, CA, (408) 399-5770 or email PPW@losgatosca.gov to receive additional information about the proposed assessment and this program.  All interested persons will be heard at the public hearing on this matter.

All INTERESTED PERSONS are encouraged to appear at the Public Hearing and be heard.  If anyone wishes to challenge the action on the above application in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or anyone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town Council at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.  Deadline for all written correspondence is 11:00 a.m. the day of the meeting.

/s/ Wendy Wood, Town Clerk

Pub LG  06/09/23 & 06/16/23    

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RESOLUTION 2023-019

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

OF ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 IN

LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1--

BLACKWELL DRIVE BENEFIT ZONE,

AND TO SET PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS


    WHEREAS, Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Blackwell Drive Benefit Zone is generally located in Tract No. 8306, as generally shown in Part D hereto and generally consists of the following improvements:

Landscaping and appurtenances in the median island and the streetlights constructed as a part of Tract No. 8306, Blackwell Drive and National Avenue.

    WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, the Town Council ordered the Town Engineer to prepare and file a report regarding Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Blackwell Drive Benefit Zone, regarding the improvements in the District and proposed assessment to support those improvements; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared and filed that report; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered and approved that report; and

    WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed to be made in the improvements in the District; and

    WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report contains a detailed description of the improvements in the District, the boundaries of the District and the benefit zones within the District, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to consider levying and collecting assessments upon the assessable lots and parcels of land within the District that are equal to those levied and collected in Fiscal Year 2023/24; and

    WHEREAS, the proposed assessment should be set for public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code,

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    The Town Council will consider the levying and collection of assessment in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Blackwell Drive Benefit Zone at a public hearing Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, when all interested persons may attend and be heard.  This hearing may be continued from time to time.

    2.    Persons wishing to protest the levy and collection of assessments may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA  95030; emailing to the Town Clerk – Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than the public hearing of June 20, 2023, as described above.   

    3.    The Town Clerk is ordered to cause notice of the hearing to be published once in the Los Gatos Weekly Times at least 10 days before the public hearing.

    4.    The Town Clerk is further ordered to cause notice of the public hearing to be mailed to the owners of assessable lots and parcels within the district at least 10 days before the public hearing.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of May 2023 by the following vote:

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

AYES:    Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow

NAYS:    None

ABSENT:    None

ABSTAIN:    None    

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RESOLUTION 2023-020

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

OF ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 IN

LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1--

KENNEDY MEADOWS BENEFIT ZONE,

AND TO SET PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS

    WHEREAS, Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Kennedy Meadows Benefit Zone is generally located in Tract No. 8612, as generally shown in Part D hereto and generally consists of the following improvements:

The maintenance of trees, landscaping, irrigation systems, trail and streetlights within open space areas (Parcels A and B) and along Kennedy Court and Forrester Court, as shown on the approved improvement for Tract No. 8612, Los Gatos, California and the riparian and wetlands area described in the report by H. T. Harvey Associates, dated November 11, 1994.

    WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023 the Town Council ordered the Town Engineer to prepare and file a report regarding Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Kennedy Meadows Benefit Zone, regarding the improvements in the District and proposed assessment to support those improvements; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared and filed that report; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered and approved that report; and

    WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed to be made in the improvements in the district; and

    WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report contains a detailed description of the improvements in the District, the boundaries of the District and the benefit zones within the District, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to consider levying and collecting assessments upon the assessable lots and parcels of land within the District that equal to those levied and collected in Fiscal Year 2023/24; and

    WHEREAS, the proposed assessment should be set for public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code,

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    The Town Council will consider the levying and collection of assessment in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1— Kennedy Meadows Benefit Zone at a public hearing Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, when all interested persons may attend and be heard.  This hearing may be continued from time to time.

2.    Persons wishing to protest the levy and collection of assessments may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA  95030; emailing to the Town Clerk – Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than the public hearing of June 20, 2023, as described above.

3.    The Town Clerk is ordered to cause notice of the hearing to be published once in the Los Gatos Weekly Times at least 10 days before the public hearing.

4.    The Town Clerk is further ordered to cause notice of the public hearing to be mailed to the owners of assessable lots and parcels within the district at least 10 days before the public hearing.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of May 2023 by the following vote:

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

AYES:    Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow

NAYS:    None

ABSENT:    None

ABSTAIN:    None        

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RESOLUTION 2023-021

    RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

    OF ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS

    FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 IN

    LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1--

    SANTA ROSA HEIGHTS BENEFIT ZONE,

    AND TO SET PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

    TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS

        WHEREAS, Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Santa Rosa Heights Benefit Zone is generally located in Tract No. 8400, as generally shown in Part D hereto and generally consists of the following improvements:

    Open space and a maintained trail constructed as a part of Tract No. 8400, Santa Rosa Drive and Shannon Road.

        WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, the Town Council ordered the Town Engineer to prepare and file a report regarding Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Santa Rosa Heights Benefit Zone, regarding the improvements in the District and proposed assessment to support those improvements; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared and filed that report; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered and approved that report; and

        WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed to be made in the improvements in the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report contains a detailed description of the improvements in the District, the boundaries of the District and the benefit zones within the District, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to consider levying and collecting assessments upon the assessable lots and parcels of land within the District that are equal to those levied and collected in Fiscal Year 2023/24; and

        WHEREAS, the proposed assessment should be set for public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code,

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    The Town Council will consider the levying and collection of assessment in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1-- Santa Rosa Heights Benefit Zone at a public hearing Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, when all interested persons may attend and be heard.  This hearing may be continued from time to time.

2.    Persons wishing to protest the levy and collection of assessments may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA  95030; emailing to the Town Clerk – Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than the public hearing of June 20, 2023, as described above.

    3.    The Town Clerk is ordered to cause notice of the hearing to be published once 

        in the Los Gatos Weekly Times at least 10 days before the public hearing.

4.    The Town Clerk is further ordered to cause notice of the public hearing to be 

    mailed to the owners of assessable lots and parcels within the district at least 10 days before the public hearing.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of May 2023 by the following vote:

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

AYES:    Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow

NAYS:    None

ABSENT:    None

ABSTAIN:    None        

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RESOLUTION 2023-022

    RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

    OF ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS

    FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 IN

    LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1--

    VASONA HEIGHTS BENEFIT ZONE,

    AND TO SET PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

    TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS

        WHEREAS, Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Vasona Heights Benefit Zone is generally located in Tract No. 8280, as generally shown in Part D hereto and generally consists of the following improvements:

    The maintenance of trees, landscaping, irrigation systems, trail, emergency access, and retaining wall within open space areas, as shown on the approved improvement for Tract No. 8280, Los Gatos, California.

        WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, the Town Council ordered the Town Engineer to prepare and file a report regarding Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Vasona Heights Benefit Zone, regarding the improvements in the District and proposed assessment to support those improvements; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared and filed that report; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered and approved that report; and

        WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed to be made in the improvements in the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report contains a detailed description of the improvements in the District, the boundaries of the District and the benefit zones within the District, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to consider levying and collecting assessments upon the assessable lots and parcels of land within the District that are equal to those levied and collected in Fiscal Year 2023/24; and

        WHEREAS, the proposed assessment should be set for public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code,

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    The Town Council will consider the levying and collection of assessment in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Vasona Heights Benefit Zone at a public hearing Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, when all interested persons may come and be heard.  This hearing may be continued from time to time.

2.    Persons wishing to protest the levy and collection of assessments may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA  95030; emailing to the Town Clerk – Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than the public hearing of June 20, 2023, as described above.

        3.    The Town Clerk is ordered to cause notice of the hearing to be published once in the Los Gatos Weekly Times at least 10 days before the public hearing.

    4.    The Town Clerk is further ordered to cause notice of the public hearing to be mailed to the owners of assessable lots and parcels within the district at least 10 days before the public hearing.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of May 2023 by the following vote:

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

AYES:    Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow

NAYS:    None

ABSENT:    None

ABSTAIN:    None       

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RESOLUTION 2023-023

    RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

    OF ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS

    FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 IN

    LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1--

    HILLBROOK BENEFIT ZONE

    AND TO SET PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING

    THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS

        WHEREAS, Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Hillbrook Benefit Zone is generally located along Fairmead Lane and Hillbrook Drive, as generally shown in Part D hereto and generally consists of the following improvements:

        Landscaping, turf, lighting and appurtenances on Assessor's Parcel Number 

    523-11-028, located at the southeast corner of Blossom Hill Road and Hillbrook Drive.

        WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, the Town Council ordered the Town Engineer to prepare and file a report regarding Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Hillbrook Benefit Zone, regarding the improvements in the District and proposed assessment to support those improvements; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared and filed that report; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered and approved that report; and

        WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed to be made in the improvements in the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report contains a detailed description of the improvements in the District, the boundaries of the District, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to consider levying and collecting assessments upon the assessable lots and parcels of land within the District that are equal to those levied and collected in Fiscal Year 2023/24; and

        WHEREAS, this proposed assessment should be set for public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code,

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

    1.    The Town Council will consider the levying and collection of assessment in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 1--Hillbrook Benefit Zone at a public hearing Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, when all interested persons may come and be heard.  This hearing may be continued from time to time.

    2.    Persons wishing to protest the levy and collection of assessments may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA  95030; emailing to the Town Clerk – Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than the public hearing of June 20, 2023, as described above.

    3.    The Town Clerk is ordered to cause notice of the hearing to be published once in the Los Gatos Weekly Times at least 10 days before the public hearing.

    4.    The Town Clerk is further ordered to cause notice of the public hearing to be mailed to the owners of assessable lots and parcels within the district at least 10 days before the public hearing.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of May 2023 by the following vote:

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

AYES:    Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow

NAYS:    None

ABSENT:    None

ABSTAIN:    None        

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RESOLUTION 2023-024

    RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

    OF ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS

    FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 IN

    LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2--

    GEMINI COURT BENEFIT ZONE,

    AND TO SET PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

    TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS

        WHEREAS, Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 2--Gemini Court Benefit Zone is generally located in Tract No. 8439, as generally shown in Part D hereto and generally consists of the following improvements:

    Landscaping and appurtenances in the landscape strips and the streetlights constructed as a part of Tract No. 8439, Gemini Court and Blossom Hill Road.

        WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, the Town Council ordered the Town Engineer to prepare and file a report regarding Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 2--Gemini Court Benefit Zone, regarding the improvements in the District and proposed assessment to support those improvements; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared and filed that report; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered and approved that report; and

        WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed to be made in the improvements in the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report contains a detailed description of the improvements in the District, the boundaries of the District and the benefit zones within the District, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District; and

        WHEREAS, the Town Council intends to consider levying and collecting assessments upon the assessable lots and parcels of land within the District that are equal to those levied and collected in Fiscal Year 2023/24; and

        WHEREAS, the proposed assessment should be set for public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code,

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    The Town Council will consider the levying and collection of assessment in Landscape and Lighting Assessment District No. 2--Gemini Court Benefit Zone at a public hearing Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, when all interested persons may come and be heard.  This hearing may be continued from time to time.

2.    Persons wishing to protest the levy and collection of assessments may do so by mailing the protest to the Town Clerk at 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA  95030; emailing to the Town Clerk – Clerk@LosGatosCA.gov, or attending the public hearing by teleconference and speaking.  Any written protest must be received by the Town Clerk no later than the public hearing of June 20, 2023, as described above.

    3.    The Town Clerk is ordered to cause notice of the hearing to be published once in the Los Gatos Weekly Times at least 10 days before the public hearing.

    4.    The Town Clerk is further ordered to cause notice of the public hearing to be mailed to the owners of assessable lots and parcels within the district at least 10 days before the public hearing.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of May 2023 by the following vote:

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

AYES:    Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow

NAYS:    None

ABSENT:    None

ABSTAIN:    None