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Home My WebLink About08-09-2022 Agenda PacketPage 1 of 3 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING August 9, 2022 8:30 AM REGULAR MEETING Teleconference/Public Participation Information to Mitigate the Spread of COVID‐19 This meeting will be held entirely by teleconference. All members of the HPC and staff will only participate via the Zoom platform using the process described below. The meeting is being conducted pursuant to recent amendments to the teleconference rules required by the Ralph M. Brown Act allowing teleconferencing during a proclaimed state of emergency when local official have recommended social distancing. The purpose of the amendments is to provide the safest environment for the public, elected officials, and staff while allowing for continued operation of the government and public participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the public can view and participate in Meeting by: 1. Using the Zoom website https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84035279809 or App (Webinar ID 840 3527 9809) and using the tool to raise their hand in the Zoom platform when directed by the Chair to speak on an agenda item; OR 2. Calling 1.408.638.0968 or 1.669.900.6833, entering the Webinar ID 840 3527 9809 and pressing *9 to raise their hand to speak on an agenda item when directed by the Chair. The public will not be able to participate in the meeting in person. Methods of viewing the meeting will be listed on the meeting agenda. The public will not be able to participate in the meeting in person. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Governor’s Executive Order, if you need assistance to participate in this meeting due to a disability, please contact the City Clerk at bavrit@saratoga.ca.us or calling 408.868.1216 as soon as possible before the meeting. The City will use its best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining public safety. Page 2 of 3 1. Site Visit(s) a. None 2. Call to Order 3. Roll Call- Sharon Boyce-Bender, Rina Shah, and Priya Shastri 4. Oral Communications 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. 5. Approval of the May 24, 2022 minutes 05-24-2022 Heritage Preservation Commission SPECIAL Agenda DRAFT meeting minutes 6. New Business a. Heritage Orchard Update Orchard Update-Orchard Keepers 7. Staff Comments 8. Old Business a. Project status worksheet Project Status Worksheet 09.09.2022 9. Commission Items 10. Adjournment In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 868-1216 or bavrit@saratoga.ca.us Requests must be made as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the meeting. Any recommendation made by the Heritage Preservation Commission may be appealed to the Planning Commission within ten (10) days of the date of the decision. The appeal shall be taken by filing with the Secretary of the Heritage Preservation Commission a written notice and filing fee within ten (10) days of the date of the Page 3 of 3 decision. In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff report, and other materials provided to the Heritage Preservation Commission by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the Community Development Department Director at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made available for public review at the office of the Director at the time, they are distributed to the Heritage Preservation Commission. CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF AGENDA I, Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner, for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Heritage Preservation Commission was posted and available for public review on August 3, 2022 at the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 and on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us Page 1 of 2 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING DRAFT MINUTES May 24, 2022 8:30 AM SPECIAL MEETING 1. Site Visit(s) a. None 2. Call to Order: Vice Chair Lopresto called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM. 3. Roll Call Present: Sharon Boyce-Bender, Marie Lopresto, Rina Shah, Priya Shastri Absent: None Staff: Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner, Christopher Riordan, Senior Planner 4. Oral Communications 5. Approval of the April 12, 2022 and April 26, 2022 minutes BOYCE-BENDER/LOPRESTO MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 12, 2022 AND APRIL 26, 2022 MEETING. MOTION PASSED. AYES: BOYCE-BENDER, LOPRESTO, SHAH, AND SHASTRI. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: NONE 6. New Business None 7. Staff Comments None 8. Old Business A. 13514 Hammons Avenue (Continued from the April 12, 2022 meeting) Marilyn Marchetti spoke against removing the property from the HRI and stated that the property does meet the criteria to qualify for the HRI. Annette Stransky agrees that the property should remain on the HRI. 3 Page 2 of 2 BOYCE-BENDER/LOPRESTO MOVED TO REMOVE THE PROPERTY AT 13515 FROM THE HERITAGE RESOURCE INVENTORY. MOTION PASSED. AYES: BOYCE-BENDER, LOPRESTO, AND SHASTRI. NOES: SHAH. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: NONE 9. Commission Items 10. Adjournment Chair Shastri adjourned the meeting at 9:11 AM Minutes respectfully submitted: Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner City of Saratoga 4 From:Matthew Sutton To:Nicole Johnson Cc:Shawn Gardner; John Cherbone; Kayla Nakamoto; Crystal Bothelio Subject:Orchard Update Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 11:31:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hi all Apricot harvest is behind us, prunes are slowly ripening, and the orchard health is making strides towards improving. Past and Current tasks: Community Harvest- word has gotten out! Last year we were worried there wouldn’t be enough interest, this year we see there is too much interest! We are making our suggestions/recommendations to the city to help guide their plan for the prunes and for next years apricot harvest. This year, there was about half the yield as last year (so it goes with orcharding) but probably double the interest in the orchard. There were 3 successful community harvests and 1 Village Harvest picking for local food banks. With the information gleaned from this years harvest, we are confident the city will create a plan that will allow more residents to access the fruit for next year. As with any new program, working out the kinks is a work in progress, but seeing how happy and excited the families were to pick fruit shows us we are on the right track. Cover cropping- we mowed and lightly cultivated the winter cover crop in early June. Then came through and planted the summer cover crop of buckwheat, sudan grass, and mustard. This summer cover crop is growing well and we will do our first mow in middle of July. Gopher and ground squirrels- we are trapping like mad out there! So many… Pruning- we just started pruning the apricots, and will continue though the month of July. Nutrients- we will spread gypsum next week and do a foliar feeding to all the trees once we see a growth response from the pruning. Prune plums- we are supporting limbs and monitoring crop for harvest Challenges this year: Oak Root Fungus- this soil pathogen continues to take down trees. I consulted with a UC Ag agent to make sure our plan is robust enough. He was confident we are and will be doing (with the new planting this winter) everything we can to mitigate the pathogen. Gophers and ground squirrels- we are hitting them hard in the orchard, but they have huge populations around the periphery of the orchard (creek and library hardscape). We are working with the city to get some back up help in those areas. 5 Upcoming: Planting- still a bit of time (planting in Jan) but we are making sure we have all our ducks in a row to have success with the plant out. Let me know if anyone has any questions! Matthew Sutton Founder/President Orchard Keepers Inc. matthew@orchardkeepers.com 6 Project Status Worksheet APN/Location Address Staff/Commissioner Assigned Status 503 24 087 3rd Street 20640 TBD Owner working on obtaining documents 397 23 040 Lutheria Way 14321 Shastri Staff sent letter to owner-respond by 9/20/22 397 22 040 Orchard Road 20290 TBD Staff sent letter to owner-respond by 9/20/22 503 48 045 Congress Springs Rd 22000 (Quarry)Shah Loading Structure 503 23 008 Marion Rd 20602 Boyce-Bender Need criteria for HRI 517 20 019 Montalvo Road 14900 TBD Staff sent letter to owner-respond by 9/20/22 389 26 021 Montpere Way 18530 Boyce-Bender Need criteria for HRI 397 31 003 Saratoga Ave 14285 TBD Staff sent letter to owner-respond by 9/20/22 397 31 004 Saratoga Ave 14301 TBD Staff sent letter to owner-respond by 9/20/22 397 16 055 14120 Shadow Oaks - Tree 397 42 002 14250 Douglas Lane Memorial Park 517 12 036 14766 Oak St- Madronia Cemetery 397 30 053 13650 Saratoga Ave-Heritage Orchard TBD TBD TBD Harvest Day 2023 TBD May 2023 Ongoing Ongoing Johnson TBD Johnson HPC Recommendation to CC. CC meeting date TBD Staff Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Potential Heritage Resource Inventory Candidates Other Historic Landmarks Point of Interest Markers (POI) Heritage Plaques/Signage Events Budget Other Blossom Festival 2023 State of the City 2022 Arbor Day 2023 Preservation Month 2023 Approved $11,600.00 $4,803.00 Community Outreach via Social Media Training Balance Saratoga Ave Heritage Lane Inventory Village Inventory Heritage Lane Ord. Amendment Heritage Resource Inventory Ord. Amendment Grover House Development Update Page 1 of 2 8/3/2022 7 Historic Resource Inventory Year/Fiscal Year Notes Added Reso # Historical Name Montpere Way 18500 2015 HP15-01 Shubert Dr 19277 2017-2018 HP17-01 Lutheria Way Entrance Posts 14200 & 14221 Lutheria Way 2018-2019 HP18-02 & HP18-03 Saratoga Av 13601 (St Andrew's)2018-2019 HP18-01 DeHavilland Drive 19461 2019-2020 HP19-07 Entrance Planter DeHavilland Drive 19152 2019-2020 HP19-06 Entrance Planter DeHaviland Drive 19174 2021-2022 HP21-0006 Eichler Home Park Place 20390 2019-2020 HP19-03 Saratoga Federated Church Bell Shubert Drive 19201 2019-2020 HP19-04 Entrance Planter Shubert Drive 19401 2019-2020 Entrance Planter Montpere Way 18485 2019-2020 HP19-009 Home Orchard Road 20331 2019-2020 HP19-02 Peck House Saratoga-Los Gatos Road 20450 2020-2021 HP20-0002 Historical Park Saratoga-Los Gatos Road 20450 2020-2021 HP20-0001 Interurban Stop Removed from HRI Hammons Avenue 13514 May 24, 2022 HP22-002 - Saratoga Avenue 13631 November 9, 2021 HP21-007 Rawdon Dell Ranch Alta Vista Avenue 14054 February 12, 2019 HP19-001 - Discontinued Allendale 19365 2017 Owner did not want house on Inventory Orchard Road 20328 2019 (Stransky)Letter sent for 45 day comment period. Period up on January 14th. On January 2, 2019, staff was informed that the Orchard Road 20350 2019 (Stransky)Letter sent for 45 day comment period. Period up on January 14th. Owner has contacted City and is hesitant about being Elva Ave - Russian Church 14220 2019 (Stransky)Letter sent for 45 day comment period. Period up on January 14th. Church responded that they do not want to be DeHavilland 19222 2021(Lopresto/Shastri)Let sent for 45 day comment period. Period ended 11/8/2021. No response from the owner. DeHavilland 19223 2021 (Lopresto/Shastri)Let sent for 45 day comment period. Period ended 11/8/2021. No response from the owner. Saratoga Ave 13650 (Library)2021 (Stransky)Hold Saratoga Ave 13718 (Sacred Heart)2021 (Lopresto)(Owner Requested to Hold Saratoga-Los Gatos Road 20318 2021 (Stransky)Owner Requested to Hold La Palmoa Ave 20295 2021 (Stransky)Owner Requested to Hold DeHavilland 19246 2022 (Lopresto/Shastri)Let sent for 45 day comment period. Period ended 01/17/22. No response from the owner. Landmarks Added Peach Hill Road 15320 2020-2021 Landmark and Mills Act Carey House Orchard Road 20331 2019-2020 Landmark and Mills Act Peck House Shubert Dr 19277 2020-2021 Landmark and Mills Act Kenji Matsuda House Discontinued Bella Vista 20021 2014 Lack of owner consent Big Basin Way 14501-14503 2014 Lack of owner consent plus not eligible as it lacks sufficient integrity to its original design Fruitvale 14251 2014 Lack of owner consent Big Basin Way 14519 2014 Lack of owner consent 1Big Basin Way (20640 Third St) 4413-14415 2014 Lack of owner consent plus not eligible as it lacks sufficient integrity to its original design Big Basin Way 14495 2014 Lack of owner consent plus not eligible as it lacks sufficient integrity to its original design Pierce Rd 14754 2014 Lack of owner consent Old Grandview Ranch 2015 Owner did not want house as a landmark Heritage Tree Inventory Added Palm Trees - Yerba Santa Court 2017-2018 Point of Interest Markers Installed Theater of the Glade Site Point of Interest Marker 2017-2018 Saratoga Ave/Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Blossom Festival Point of Interest Marker 2017-2018 Saratoga Ave/Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Ohlone Indians 2019/2020 Wildwood Park Saloons 2019/2020 within the road right of way adjacent to 14535 Big Basin Way Saratoga Paper Mill 2019/2020 within the road right of way adjacent to 14650 Big Basin Way Caledonia Pasteboard Mill 2019/2020 Wildwood Park Approved Big Basin Way near the Buy and Save Market McCartysville Big Basin Way where Bank of America is located-the parking lot is Immigrating to CA Quito Road El Quito Olive Farm Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Glen Una Ranch Big Basin Way and Third St Saratoga Vitaphone Other Village Design Guidelines 2019 City Council meeting scheduled Approved by CC 8/21/19 Memorial Arch 2019/2020 Completed February 2020 Completed Feb 2020 Heritage Orchard Master Plan Update 2020/2021 City Council Approved by CC 12/02/20 Publications Heritage Tree Guidebook 2017 FAQ's Historic Preservation 2017 FAQ's Heritage Trees 2017 FAQ's Mills Act 2017-2018 FAQ's Landmarks 2017-2018 Training Federal Fiscal Year Webinar CA Modern Architecture 2017/2018 Webinar Identifying and Treating Historic Wood 2018/2019 Webinar Examples in Sourcing and Repairing California's Historic 2018/2019 Deep Dive into the Secretory of Interior Standards 2019/2020 2/20/2020-Shah, Nugent & Johnson Eichler Home Tour 2019/2020 8