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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHP-19-06-Dehavilland Drive 19152Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION No. HP-19-06 RESOLUTION OF THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA FOR APPLICATION HPC19-0005 TO UPDATE THE HERITAGE RESOURCE INVENTORY BY INCLUDING THE EICHLER ENTRANCE PLANTER LOCATED AT 19152 DEHAVILLAND DRIVE WHEREAS, the Heritage Preservation Commission was established by the City Council in 1982 to assist with and encourage the preservation of Saratoga’s heritage resources, and WHEREAS, one of the Commission’s primary duties, as established in Section 13.10.040(a) of the City Code is to update the Heritage Resource Inventory, and WHEREAS, on July 9, 2019, the Heritage Preservation Commission held a duly noticed public meeting on the subject matter, and considered evidence presented by a Heritage Preservation Commissioner, City staff, the property owner, and other interested parties. NOW THEREFORE, the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of Saratoga hereby finds, determines and resolves as follows: Section 1: The recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. Section 2: The Heritage Preservation Commission has determined that criteria (a), (b), (e) and (g), as established by Section 13.15.010 of Saratoga’s Municipal Code, have been met to include the entrance planter located at 19152 DeHavilland Drive in the Heritage Resource Inventory as follows: • It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering or architectural history of the City, the County, the State or the nation in that the planters were designed by a highly regarded firm as part of an Eichler subdivision to make a statement to the community and to welcome residents and visitors; • It is identified with persons or events significant in local, county, state or national history in that the developer of the subdivision was the well-known Joseph Eichler; • It embodies or contributes to unique physical characteristics representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood or district within the City in that the Eichler planters are unique to the neighborhood; and • It embodies or contributes to a unique natural setting or environment constituting a distinct area or district within the City having special character or special historical, architectural or aesthetic interest or value in that the planters are unique to the Saratoga Eichler subdivision. Page 2 of 2 Section 3: The Heritage Preservation Commission hereby approves HPC19-0005 to include the Eichler entrance planter at 19152 DeHavilland Drive on the Heritage Resource Inventory. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of Saratoga on this 9th day of July 2019 by the following vote: AYES: Marchetti, Shah, and Nugent NOES: None ABSENT: Rodgers and Stransky ABSTAIN: None Attest: Secretary, Heritage Preservation Commission