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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-12-12 Minutes City of Saratoga H ERITAGE P RESERVATION C OMMISSION DRAFT MINUTES Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 / 8:30 A.M. Place: Administrative Conference Room – 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Type: Regular Meeting – Please meet in the parking lot in front of City Hall at 8:30 A.M. Staff will provide transportation to the site visits under New Business and reconvene in the Administration Conference Room by approximately 9:15 A.M. Place: Regular Meeting – Administrative Conference Room 1. Routine Organization A. Roll Call Present: Commissioners Cappello, Conrado, Marra, Marchetti, Nugent, Shah Absent: Commissioner Heid Staff: Senior Planner Christopher Riordan B. Review of minutes from April 10, 2012 meeting – Approved 6-0 C. Posting of Agenda – Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda was posted on June 7, 2012. Agenda properly posted 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. 2. New Business A. Site Visit at 19161 Cox Avenue – Review of an application by Yingzhou Dai for historic landmark status and Mills Act for an existing single-family residence located at 19161 Cox Avenue. The residence is on the City’s Historic Resource Inventory. Site visit completed. Marchetti moved to approve the application for historic landmark status as the property meets criteria B & C, Marra second. Commission discussed. Ayes 6, Noes 0. Recommendation approved. Commissioner Nugent moved to approve the application for Mills Act, Shah second. Commission discussed. Ayes 6, Noes 0. Recommendation approved. B. Site Visit at 14051 Saratoga Avenue – Review of an application by Bobby Sarin to construct a 4.5 foot wrought iron fence with five foot tall gates and six foot tall pillasters on the Heritage Lane section of Saratoga Avenue. Site Visit Completed. Shah moved to deny the fence application as proposed because the fence style was not in character with the heritage lane, Nugent second. Commission discussed and advised the applicant to simplify the design. Ayes 6, Noes 0. HPC agreed with the staff recommendation to not approve the project. C. Review of Heritage Tree Applications – The HPC reviewed and discussed the following Heritage Tree Applications: 12078 Beauchamps Lane – Oak. Cappello moved to approve, Marra second. Commission discussed. Ayes 6, Noes 0. Recommendation approved. 18820 Bella Vina – Six London Plane Trees. Shah moved to approve staff’s recommendation, Nugent second. Commission discussed. Ayes 1, Noes 3 (Conrado abstain). Motion Failed. Cappello moved to designate all six trees in the grove as Heritage Trees, Marra second. Commission discussed. Ayes 4, Noes 1 (Conrado abstain). Motion approved. 12457 Lolly Court – Sycamore. Cappello moved to approve, Marchetti second. Commission discussed. Ayes 5, Noes 0. Recommendation approved. 13777 Fruitvale Avenue – Japanese Maple, Flowering Cherry. Marra moved to designate the two trees as Heritage Trees, Nugent second. Commission discussed. Ayes 5, Noes 0. Motion approved. Commissioner Conrado stated that he believed that the current Heritage Tree designation process is too cumbersome and that he would like the issue agendized on the next meeting for further discussion. 3. Old Business B. Properties on Inventory – Continue the discussion process of adding new properties to the existing Heritage Inventory. Commission Discussed. Commissioner Conrado stated that he would like the current number of homes on the Heritage Inventory to be expanded and that it should be a simple process to add properties to the list. Commissioner Marra stated that the Commissioner’s could take photos of potential candidate properties and bring these photos to the meetings. Commissioner Marchetti stated that she would coordinate with the Saratoga News to draft an article that would inform the public about the Heritage Inventory C. Hakone Gardens: Discuss the status of the Hakone Gardens National Register Application – Commission Discussed. Commissioner Marchetti discussed the response letter from the State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) concerning the Hakone National Register application. 4. Adjournment – Meeting adjourned at 10:50 A.M.