Community Health and Senior Services Commission
Regular MeetingLos Gatos, CA · March 27, 2025
Minutes
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SENIOR
SERVICES COMMISSION AGENDA REPORT
Minutes of the Community Health and Senior Services Meeting
March 27, 2025
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Yick, Vice Chair Sterne, Commissioner Blum, Commissioner Gentile,
Commissioner Konrad, Commissioner Rossmann, and Youth Commissioner Krawez.
Absent: Council Liaison Hudes.
Staff Present: Assistant Town Manager Katy Nomura, Town Clerk Wendy Wood (facilitate a
presentation) and Senior Services Coordinator Leif Christiansen.
CONSENT ITEMS
1. Approve the Minutes of the February 27, 2025 Meeting.
The following changes to the minutes were noted:
Item 1 misspelling of “Sterne.”
Item 6 add “Chair suggested this item be brought back to the next meeting for further
discussion.”
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Konrad to approve the minutes of February 27, 2025.
Seconded by Vice Chair Sterne.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
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SUBJECT: Draft Minutes of the Community Health and Senior Services Commission
Meeting of March 27, 2025
DATE: March 27, 2025
OTHER BUSINESS
2. Receive Information Related to Commissioners’ Roles, Responsibilities, Meeting
Procedures and Policies.
Wendy Wood, Town Clerk, facilitated a presentation on this item.
The Commission discussed the item.
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
3. Introduce the Senior Services Coordinator.
The Commission discussed the item.
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
4. Discuss Candidate Nominations for the 2025 Senior of Distinction Award.
The Commission discussed the item.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Konrad to approve the nomination of Vice Chair Blum
for the 2025 Senior of Distinction Award. Seconded by Vice Chair Sterne.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
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SUBJECT: Draft Minutes of the Community Health and Senior Services Commission
Meeting of March 27, 2025
DATE: March 27, 2025
5. Discuss Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
The Commission discussed the item.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Konrad to do one report per calendar year. Seconded
by Commissioner Rossmann.
VOTE: Motion passed 4-3. Commissioners Blum, Yick and Gentile voted no.
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Konrad to have one report per year to the Town
Council that is at the end of the calendar year. Seconded by Commissioner
Rossman.
VOTE: Motion failed 3-3. Commissioners Blum, Yick and Gentile voted no.
Commissioner Krawez abstained.
MOTION: Motion by Chair Yick to prepare one annual report per calendar year and submit
a mini progress report halfway through the year. Seconded by Commissioner
Blum.
VOTE: Motion passed 4-3. Commissioners Konrad, Rossmann and Sterne voted no.
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
6. Discuss Commissioner updates, including update on goals 1-7 of the Senior Services
Roadmap.
The Commission discussed the item.
Opened public comment.
No one spoke.
Closed public comment.
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SUBJECT: Draft Minutes of the Community Health and Senior Services Commission
Meeting of March 27, 2025
DATE: March 27, 2025
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned at 5:34 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted:
/s/ Leif Christiansen, Senior Service Coordinator
Agenda
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION
MARCH 27, 2025
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
4:00 PM
Eleanor Yick, Chair
Jeffrey P. Blum, Vice Chair
Gregory Gentile, Commissioner
Dick Konrad, Commissioner
George Rossmann, Commissioner
Martha Sterne, Commissioner
Connor Krawez, Youth Commissioner
Matthew Hudes, Council Liaison
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The Town of Los Gatos strongly encourages your active participation in the public process. If you
are interested in providing oral comments during the meeting, you must attend in-person,
complete a speaker’s card, and return it to the staff. If you wish to speak to an item on the
agenda, please list the item number on the speaker card. The time allocated to speakers may
change to better facilitate the meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting in-person, you
are welcome to submit written comments via email to clerk@losgatosca.gov.
Public Comment During the Meeting:
When called to speak, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes, or such other time as the
Chair may decide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Town meeting.
Speakers at public meetings may be asked to provide their name and to state whether they are a
resident of the Town of Los Gatos. Providing this information is not required.
Deadlines to Submit Written Comments:
If you are unable to participate in person, you may email clerk@losgatosca.gov with the subject
line “Public Comment Item #_” (insert the item number relevant to your comment). Persons
wishing to submit written comments to be included in the materials provided to the Commission
must provide the comments as follows:
For inclusion in the agenda packet: 11:00 a.m. the Friday before the Commission meeting.
For inclusion in the agenda packet supplemental materials: by 11:00 a.m. the day before the
Commission meeting.
For inclusion in a desk item: 11:00 a.m. the day of the Commission meeting.
Persons wishing to make an audio/visual presentation on any agenda item must submit the
presentation electronically, either in person or via email to clerk@losgatosca.gov by 3:00 p.m. the
day of the meeting.
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CALL MEETING TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent are considered routine Town business and may
be approved by one motion. Members of the public may provide input on any Consent Item(s)
when the Chair asks for public comment on the Consent Items.)
1. Approve Minutes of the February 27, 2025 CHSSC Meeting.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Community
Health and Senior Services Commission on any matter that is not listed on the agenda and is within
the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. To ensure all agenda items are heard, this
portion of the agenda is limited to 30 minutes. In the event additional speakers were not able to be
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 three minutes or
such time as authorized by the Chair.)
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
2. Receive Information Related to Commissioners’ Roles, Responsibilities, Meeting
Procedures and Policies
3. Introduce the Senior Service Coordinator
4. Discuss Candidate Nominations for the 2025 Senior of Distinction Award
5. Discuss Annual Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025
6. Discuss Commissioner Updates, Including Updates on Goals 1-7 of the Senior Services
Roadmap
ADJOURNMENT
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 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 Commission 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. Commission agendas and related materials can be viewed online
at https://losgatos-ca.municodemeetings.com/.
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