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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
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Christoph4 Riordan
Senior Planner
City of Saratoga
(408) 868 —1235
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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.