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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-12-09 Heritage Preservation Commission Agenda Packet` J_V O B 34 City of Saratoga HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. Place: Regular Meeting — Magnolia Room 1. Routine Organization A. Roll Call B. Approval of minutes from the April 14, 2009 meeting. C. Posting of Agenda — Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda was posted on May 7, 2009. D. Oral & Written Communication - Any member of the public may address the Commission about any matter not on the agenda for this meeting for up to three minutes. Commissioners may not comment on the matter but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda. E. Oral Communications — Instruction to staff regarding actions on current Oral Communications. 2. Old Business A. None 3. New Business A. Kick -off meeting and discussion with Archives and Architecture concerning their proposed work program for the update to the City's Heritage Resource Inventory. 4. Pending Items A. Update the Heritage Resources Inventory List — Status of Consultant B. National Register Applications 5. Adjournment Adjourn to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Magnolia Room, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue. Please advise the Chair if you will be absent from the next scheduled meeting In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability - related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (408) 868 -1269 or ctclerk @saratoga.ca.us. Requests must be made as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the meeting. Any recommendation made by the Heritage Preservation Commission may be appealed to the Planning Commission within ten (10) days of the date of the decision. The appeal shall be taken by filing with the Secretary of the Planning Commission a written notice and filing fee within ten (10) days of the date of the decision. In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff reports and other materials provided to the Historical Preservation Commission by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the Community Development Department Director at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made available for public review at the office of the Director at the time they are distributed to the Planning Commission. Certificate of Posting of Agenda: I, Christopher Riordan, Senior Planner for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted at the office of the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the City's website at www.saratoga.ca.us. Signed this 7th day of May 2009, at Saratoga, California . & 6" �d. 0 Christoph4 Riordan Senior Planner City of Saratoga (408) 868 —1235 `-jFOR-' City of Saratoga HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION DRAFT MINUTES Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. Place: Regular Meeting — Please meet in the parking lot in front of the Warner Hutton House at 8:30 a.m. and Staff will provide transportation to the site visit under New Business and return to the Magnolia Room by 9:00 a.m. 1. Routine Organization A. Roll Call PRESENT — Commissioners Conrado, Kellond, Koepernik, Tai, Vice Chair McCarty, and Chair Marra ABSENT — Commissioner Gomersall STAFF — Senior Planner Christopher Riordan GUESTS — Mr. Amit Bahl and Mr. Steve Yang B. Approval of minutes from the March 10, 2009 meeting - Approved C. Posting of Agenda — Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda was posted on April 10, 2009 — Staff announced the posting. D. Oral & Written Communication - Any member of the public may address the Commission about any matter not on the agenda for this meeting for up to three minutes. Commissioners may not comment on the matter but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda. - None E. Oral Communications — Instruction to staff regarding actions on current Oral Communications. - None 2. Old Business A. Discuss National Registry & Saratoga Landmark Plaques. — The Commission discussed the presentation procedure to award the Landmark Plaques at the April 15, 2009 City Council meeting. Due to a limited time provided for the presentation is was agreed that Chair Marra would conduct the presentation. 3. New Business A. 8:30 a.m. Site Visit — 14362 Springer Avenue — The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing house constructed in the 1930's. Site visit completed. Item discussed. — The Commission discussed the Historic Evaluation report for the property prepared by Archives and Architecture and thanked the applicant for submitting the report to the HPC for their review. Motion by Commissioner Kellond and seconded by Vice Chair McCarty that the home at 14362 Springer Avenue has not enough historic value to warrant its preservation or placement on the Heritage Resource Inventory and that the applicant's plans to demolish the existing house could be supported. Motion carried on a 6 -0 vote. 4. Pending Items A. Update the Heritage Resources Inventory List — Status of Consultant — Senior Planner Christopher Riordan informed the Commission that a Heritage Consultant had been selected and that the City was in the process of preparing a contract. B. National Register Applications — Not discussed. 5. Adjournment Adjourn to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2009, Magnolia Room, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue.