Town Council Meeting 09/02/2025 07:00 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 110 EAST MAIN STREET, LOS GATOS CA, 95030

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). You may watch the Council meeting without providing public comment on Comcast cable channel 15 or at www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube. Members of the public may provide public comments for agenda items in-person or virtually by following the instructions listed at the end of the agenda.

To watch and participate via Zoom, please go to:

https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/86730363468?pwd=pfKQoh92JnbwOYwFvZqIdSSWpjxYoK.1

Enter Passcode: 577971

CALL MEETING TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATIONS

• i.Receive a presentation by San Jose Water Company.RECOMMENDATION: Receive a presentation by San Jose Water Company.

• ii.Receive a presentation by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
  RECOMMENDATION: Receive a presentation by Midpeninsula Open Space District. 

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 located at the end 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 August 19, 2025, Town Council Meeting. 
  RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Minutes of the August 19, 2025, Town Council Meeting. 

• 2.Appoint Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference the League of California Cities Annual Conference Scheduled for October 8 – 10, 2025, in Long Beach

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Appoint Vice Mayor Rob Moore as the Town’s Voting Delegate and Mayor Matthew Hudes as the Alternate Voting Delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference scheduled for October 8-10, 2025, in Long Beach.

• 3.Authorize the Town Manager to Execute the First Amendment to the Agreement for Services with New Image Landscaping, Co. to include the Median Island Landscape Maintenance in Front of the North 40 Phase I.

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Authorize the Town Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement for Services (Attachment 1) with New Image Landscaping Co. to add landscape maintenance of the median islands created from the North 40 Phase I project, increasing the total agreement amount from $846,923 to $854,378.

• 4.Authorize Town Manager or Designee to Enter into a Three Year Legal Services Agreement with Jarvis Fay LLP for a Total Contract Amount Not to Exceed $120,000

  RECOMMENDATION:

• 5.Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Fourth Amendment to the Contract for Legal Services with the Law Firm of Goldfarb & Lipman to Increase the Contract Amount by $3,000, for a Total Contract Amount Not to Exceed $308,000

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Authorize the Town Manager to execute a Third Amendment to the contract for legal services with the law firm of Goldfarb & Lipman to increase the contract amount by $3,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $308,000

• 6.Authorize the Town Manager or Designee to Enter into a Litigation Legal Services Agreement for FY 2025-26 with Goldfarb and Lipman in an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000 and Authorize an Expenditure Budget Adjustment of $200,000 from the General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Authorize the Town Manager or designee to enter into a Litigation Legal Services Agreement for FY 2025/26 with Goldfarb and Lipman in an amount not to exceed $200,000 and authorize an expenditure budget adjustment of $200,000.

• 7.Adopt an Interim Resolution to Redefine the Role of Youth Commissioners from Voting Members to Non-Voting Liaisons in All Commission Enabling Resolutions, Effective Until Formal Updates Are Adopted

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Adopt an interim resolution to supersede any provisions in existing commission enabling resolutions that designate Youth Commissioners as voting members, and to redefine their role as non-voting liaisons, effective immediately and until individual enabling resolutions are formally updated.

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.)

OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following items.)

• 8.Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapter 14, “Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations,” Article V, “Police Alarms,” of the Town Code to Require Alarm Permits for Residences and Render Residential False Alarms Subject to Penalties

  Ordinance Title: An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos Amending Article V, “Police Alarms,” of Chapter 14, “Licenses And Miscellaneous Business Regulations,” of the Town Code

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapter 14, “Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations,” Article V, “Police Alarms,” of the Town Code to Require Alarm Permits for Residences and Render Residential False Alarms Subject to Penalties.

• 9.Authorize Town Manager to Take All Necessary Steps and Execute Appropriate Documents to Participate in the Opioid Settlement Agreement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family and Agree to the State Subdivision Agreements

  RECOMMENDATION:

  Authorize the Town Manager to execute, in substantially the form attached, the State Subdivision Agreement required for participation in the opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, and to take any other necessary steps and sign any other required agreements.

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].

NOTE: The ADA access ramp to the Town Council Chambers is currently under construction and will be inaccessible until further notice. Individuals who require the use of that ramp to attend meetings should contact the Clerk’s Office at least two (2) business days in advance to arrange for alternative accommodations.

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 the Town’s website at www.losgatosca.gov. Town Council agendas and related materials can be viewed online at https://losgatos-ca.municodemeetings.com/.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE 

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 public is welcome to provide oral comments in real-time during the meeting in three ways:

Zoom Webinar (Online): To participate from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device. Please use this URL to join: https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/86730363468?pwd=pfKQoh92JnbwOYwFvZqIdSSWpjxYoK.1
Passcode: 577971. You can also type in 86730363468 in the “Join a Meeting” page on the Zoom website at www.zoom.us and use passcode 577971. When the Mayor announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in Zoom.

Telephone: To participate by phone please dial 1 (408) 961-3927 or 1 (855) 758-1310 for US Toll-free and use conference code: 867 3036 3468. When the Mayor announces the item for which you wish to speak, press *9 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 submit it to the Town Clerk before the meeting or when the Mayor announces the item for which you wish to speak.

NOTES: Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes or less at the Mayor’s discretion. If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may email to Clerk@losgatosca.gov the subject line “Public Comment Item #__ ” (insert the item number relevant to your comment).

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 Friday and Monday before the Council meeting for inclusion in an addendum.

-11:00 a.m. the day of the Council meeting for inclusion in a desk item.