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TIME: Tuesday, March 23, 1993 - 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: City Hall Administration Meeting Room, 13777 Fruitvale Ave.
TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting/Jt. Meeting with Heritage
Preservation Commission and Planning Commission
1. Roll Call
Councilmembers Present: Burger, Tucker and Mayor Anderson.
Councilmembers Absent: Kohler and Monia.
Heritage Commissioners Present: Ansnes, Davis, Fine, Peck, Peepari
and Chair Koepernik
Heritage Commissioners Absent: Sabin
Planning Commissioners Present: Asfour, Bogosian, Jacobs, Moran,
Murakami and Wolfe
Planning Commissioners Absent: Chair Caldwell
Staff Present: City Engineer Perlin, Planning Director Curtis and
Associate Planner White
2. Report of City Clerk on Posting of Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was
properly posted on March 19. The notice of adjournment from the March
17 Council meeting was properly posted on March 18.
3. Heritage Preservation Incentive Program (Planning Commission also
will participate in the discussion of this item.) - Associate
Planner White provided a staff report on this item. Commissioner
Koepernik explained that it is the intention of the Heritage
Commission to modify the Zoning Ordinance and related planning
processes to provide incentives for property owners to preserve
heritage processes. The proposed incentive program would reduce
the processing time for certain applications as well as reduce the
application fees.
A lengthy discussion on the proposed incentive program followed.
Neither the City Council nor the Planning Commission were in favor
of endorsing the proposed incentive program at this time due to
legal and financial concerns. As a result, the Heritage
Commission agreed to continue working at refining the program to
everyone's satisfaction.
4. Determine Date of Joint Hillslde Field Trip with Planning
Commission (Saturday, April 3 or April 10) - This issue was
deferred due to scheduling conflicts with the City Geotechnical
Consultant. It was agreed to postpone the field trip until
sometime in May to a date to be suggested by staff.
5. Discussion of Separate Accounting Mechanisms to provide Funds from
Sale of Heritage Inventoz7 Books for Future Heritage Preservation
Projects - The City Engineer presented a staff report on this
item. There were guestions raised by the Heritage Commissioners
about whether the $5,000 grant received in 1990 was intended to be
a reimbursement or a matching grant. The Heritage Commissioners
felt the grant was intended to be a matching grant and that the
expenses incurred by the City in 1990 were not to be reimbursed.
As a result, the Commissioners felt that the $3,930 remaining in
the Heritage Trust Fund should remain in the fund and that the
proceeds from the sale of the Heritage Inventory Books should go
into the fund as well.
The City Engineer stated that the City Council would need to set
the price of the Heritage Inventory Books.
After further discussion, The City Council requested a further
report from the Finance Director detailing the history of the
Heritage Trust Fund and the expenses incurred by the City in 1990
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in connection with the development of the Heritage Inventory Book.
6. Discussion of Signage for Heritage Lane Portion of Saratoga
Avenue, including Funding and Construction Types - Commissioner
Koepernik briefed the Council on the progress of the Commission
relative to Heritage signs on the Heritage Lane portion of
Saratoga Ave. The Commission will continue to work on this and
will report back to the Council in the future.
7. Status Report on Heritage Adobe Wall at 15321 Quito Road (Sinsley)
- The' Planning Director explained some of the history of this
issue for the benefit of the new Commissioners and then reported '
on the current status of the relocation of the wall. No action
was taken.
5. Discussion of Interview Date for Heritage Preservation Commission
Applicants - The Council agreed to interview Commission applicants
at 6:30 p.m. on April 7 in the Administration Conference Room
prior to their regular meeting. The City Clerk was directed to
notify the applicants of this.
9. AdJOurNment to Policy Development Conference on Friday, March 26,
at 3:30 p.m. in the Administration Meeting Room, 13777 Fruitvale
Ave.
Respectfully submitted,
Larry I. 1
Acting City Manager