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City of Saratoga
H ERITAGE P RESERVATION C OMMISSION
DRAFT MINUTES
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 8:30 a.m.
Place: Regular Meeting – Magnolia Room
1. Routine Organization
A. Roll Call
PRESENT – Commissioners Conrado, Gomersall, Kellond, Tai, Vice
Chair McCarty, and Chair Marra
ABSENT – Commissioner Koepernik
STAFF – Senior Planner Christopher Riordan
Guests – Leslie Dill and Franklin Maggi of Archives & Architecture
B. Approval of minutes from the April 14, 2009 meeting – Approved with minor
corrections.
C. Posting of the Agenda – Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the
agenda was posted on May 7, 2009 – Senior Planner Christopher Riordan
announced this posting.
D. Oral and Written Communication – Any member of the public may address the
Commission for up to three minutes about any matter not on the agenda.
Commissioners may not comment of 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. 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
- The representatives from Archives and Architecture, Franklin Maggi and Leslie
Dill, discussed their proposed approach for conducting the update to the City’s
Heritage Resource Inventory. They stated that the Context Statement would be
done first. The Context Statement is a specific history of the City of Saratoga
and a chronological history of the City with a focus on the major themes. The
State Office of Historic Preservation suggests nine themes that can be used for
these Context Statements, such as the impact of street cars on urban
development, suburbanization, etc. This Statement will show how the buildings fit
into the major themes. Franklin Maggi and Leslie Dill also described how the
public would be involved in the update process and stated that they were still
working out the details of the public involvement and anticipated that it would be
held with the Saratoga Historical Foundation.
4. Pending Items
A. Update the Heritage Resources Inventory List – Status of Consultant –
Discussed under Item 3A.
B. National Register Applications – The Commission discussed which members
were preparing the applications. The McWilliams House application would be
prepared by Commissioners Gomersall and McCarty and the Museum Building
would be prepared by Commissioners Marra and Koepernik.
5. Adjournment
Adjourn to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Magnolia Room, 13777 Fruitvale
Avenue.