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Commissioners press consultants on 2040 general plan EIR, cumulative-impact questions
Summary
Commissioner Stump and others pressed consultants about whether the town's 2040 program EIR remains legally applicable after recent council actions and whether pending high-density SB 330 applications must trigger new cumulative analysis.
Commissioners and council members used a joint CEQA training session to press consultants from David J. Powers & Associates about how the town's 2040 general plan environmental impact report should be treated after recent local policy changes and about the cumulative effects of multiple pending high-density applications.
Commissioner Stump read a desk-item request from the Los Gatos Community Alliance and asked the panel to explain the "legal status and continued applicability" of the 2040 program EIR, which the desk item says was certified on June 30, 2022, and later had land-use and community design elements rescinded on April 2, 2024. Stump listed subsequent developments he said could affect EIR applicability, including 15 SB 330…
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