HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-12-2004 HPC MinutesCity of Saratoga
HERITAGE PRESERVATION
COMMISSION
MINUTES
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:30 a.m.
Place: Warner Hutton House, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Type: 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 City Hall by 10:30am
I. Routine Organization 10:30 a.m.
A. Roll Call – PRESENT: Bailey, Conrado, Lowdermilk, Wyman, Louden,
Dodge, Ballingall GUESTS: Tim Muniz, Greg and Janice Goelz
B. Approval o f minutes from 9/14/04 – Approved 50
C. Posting of Agenda – Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the
agenda was posted on Thursday October 7, 2004
D. Oral & Written Communicat ion Any member of the public may address the
Commissio n about any matter not on the agenda for this meet ing for up to
three minutes. Commissioners may not comment on the matter but may choose
to place the topic on a future agenda. Copies of written communicat ions fro m
Paula Montgomery, Greg Goelz, and Jennifer Jane Small were distributed to
the Commissio n. The HPC Chair brought up a verbal request for a new sign
at the Cit y Library. The HPC requested more info rmation including a site
plan and elevations and that the plan be reviewed by the Cit y Orchard
Maintenance Person prior to HPC review.
II. Old Business
A. Review request by Mr. Muniz to change the name of Baroni Court to Muniz
Lane. The HPC voted 70 recommending to the Communit y Development
Director that the current name o f the street be kept denying the request to
change the street name to Muniz Court.
B. Update on County Grant for McWilliams House renovations. – Still wait ing
for the Grant to be signed by the Count y.
C. Update on Work Plan assignments. – Item Discussed
D. Update on training on DPR forms. – Training continued to Oct 21 st at the
Saratoga Museum at 8:30 am.
E. Mustard Walk. – Item Discussed
III. New Business
A.8:30am Site visit to 14820 Pierce Road the Paul Masson House, to consider
the structure for Land Mark Status. –Recommended approval to the Cit y
Council 70.
B.9:30am – Site visit to 11995 Walbrook Drive to consider the structure for the
Mills Act Program. – Recommended approval to the Cit y Council 70.
IV. Items to be placed on the next Agenda
A. A site visit to the Historic Adobe House on Chester for considerat ion for Land
Mark Status.–Discussed item and added for next mo nth the review of
approved plaques.
V. Pending Items
A. Review list of properties with structures 50 years and over in age
B. Retreat
C. Historic Calendar – Item Discussed
D. Adopt a Tree Program for the Heritage Orchard
E. Historic Preservation Data Base
F. Update Heritage Ordinance
G. Take Historic Park Master Plan to Council
H. Placing brass plaques on historic houses – Place on next agenda.
VI. Adjournment
Adjourn to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday November 9, 2004, Warner Hutton House, 13777
Fruitvale Avenue.
Please advise the Chair if you will be absent from the next scheduled meeting
In compliance with the Americans wit h Disabilit ies Act, if you are a disabled person and
you need a disabilit yrelated modification or accommodation to participate in this
meet ing, please contact the Cit y 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 meet ing.
Any reco mmendation made by the Heritage Preservation Co mmissio n may be appealed
to the Planning Co mmissio n wit hin 10 days o f the date of the decisio n. The appeal shall
be taken by filing wit h the Secretary o f the Planning Commissio n a written notice and
filing fee within 10 days of the date of the decisio n.
Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
I, John F. Livingstone, Associate Planner for the Cit y o f Saratoga, declare that the
foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Heritage Preservation Co mmissio n of the Cit y o f
Saratoga was posted at the office of the Cit y o f Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga,
CA 95070 and was available for public review at that locat ion. The agenda is also
available on the Cit y’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us.
Signed this 7 th day o f October 2004 at Saratoga, California.
John F. Livingstone, AICP
Associate Planner
868.1231