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City of Saratoga
H ERITAGE P RESERVATION C OMMISSION
DRAFT MINUTES
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Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2018/ 8:30 A.M.
Type: Regular Meeting
Place: Linda Callon Conference Room - 13777 Fruitvale Avenue
1. Site Visit(s):
Commenced at 8:30 A.M.
a. 15320 Peach Hill Road
b. 20601 Brookwood Lane
2. Call to order: Chair Stransky called the meeting to order at 9:10 AM
3. Roll Call:
Present: Chair Annette Stransky, Commissioners Dr. Jo Rodgers, Alexandra Nugent, Paula
Cappello, and Rina Shah
Absent: Commissioner Marilyn Marchetti
Staff: Nicole Johnson, Planner II, Sandy Baily, Special Projects Manager
4. Oral Communications:
None
5. Approval of minutes from June 12, 2018 meetings.
Shah/Nugent moved to approve the minutes. Motion passed. Ayes: Shah, Stransky, Nugent,
Cappello and Rodgers. Noes: None. Absent: Marchetti. Abstain: None
6. New Business:
a. 15320 Peach Hill Road – Subdivision of property listed on the Heritage Resource
Inventory
The Commission considered a request for a two lot subdivision. Cappello/Stransky moved to
recommend approval, finding that the subdivision would not adversely affect the character of
the property’s historic resource and is consistent with the purposes and objectives of Chapter
13 (Heritage Preservation) of Saratoga’s Municipal Code. Motion passed. Ayes: Cappello,
Stransky, Nugent, Rodgers and Shah. Noes: None. Absent: Marchetti. Abstain: None.
Commissioner Shah commented to staff that when a new house was proposed, that
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consideration should be taken to ensure the new house would not overwhelm and take away
from the historic house.
b. 20601 Brookwood Lane – Demolition of carriage house, property listed on the Heritage
Resource Inventory
The Commission considered a request to demolish a carriage house. Shah/Cappello moved
to recommend approval, finding that the demolition would not adversely affect the character
of the property’s historic resource and is consistent with the purposes and objectives of
Chapter 13 (Heritage Preservation) of Saratoga’s Municipal Code. Motion passed. Ayes:
Shah, Cappello, Stransky, Nugent, and Rodgers. Noes: None. Absent: Marchetti. Abstain:
None. The Commission encouraged that new construction should match the existing
building materials.
7. Staff Comments:
a. None
8. Old Business:
a. Saratoga Avenue/Heritage Lane – Review of draft memo to City Attorney
The HPC reviewed and made comments regarding the draft memo. Commissioner
Cappello commented that Larry Fine, the person who filed the application for Saratoga
Avenue to become a heritage lane, stated that the intent of creating the heritage lane was
to discourage the widening of the two lane rural road. The HPC directed staff to forward
the memo to the City Attorney with all of the attachments that were provided to the HPC
regarding the matter. In addition, the HPC requested that the City Attorney provide
comments regarding their request to continue reviewing projects along the heritage lane
portion of Saratoga Avenue, if it is determined that the City Code needs to be amended to
require HPC review, until such time that the Code is amended.
b. Project status provided by Commissioners
The HPC discussed updates they had regarding the projects they were working on.
c. Update of Heritage Preservation Month 2019
Commissioner Stransky informed the HPC that the library room has been booked for
May 11, 2019 and speaker Dave Weinstein has been confirmed.
9. Adjournment
Chair Stransky adjourned the meeting at 10:00 A.M.
Minutes respectfully submitted:
Nicole Johnson, Planner II
City of Saratoga