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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-01-1983 HPC Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA HERITAGEP~SERVATIONCO~ISSION MINUTES DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 1983, 3:30 P.M. PLACE: Community Center Meeting Room, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga TYPE: Regular Meeting ROUTINE ORGANIZATION ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners Heid, Landsness, Voester, Chairman McArthur Absent: None Minutes The spelling of "Monday" Walsh's name was corrected to "Mundee". The reading of the minutes of February 3, 1983, was ~hen waived and the minutes approved unanimously. I. Discussion of Sketches Cheryl Christiansen was present to discuss the sketches she had done at the request of Staff since the Commission had expressed an interest in developing a sketch book of some sort, perhaps as a cookbook as done for Sonoma. Chairman McArthur stated that this project should be talked about in light of the Commission's other priorities. The Commission indicated their appreciation that Mrs. Christiansen would be willing to do these sketches and asked Staff to get her address so that she might be contacted later when the Commission had a better idea of what it wanted to do. Mr. Kenneth Burgess was present at the meeting, and Chairman McArthur asked him to speak about his personal background and interest in historic preservation. Mr. Burgess briefly described his travels, his background in art, and the restoration and repair projects he has been involved with. II. City Council Presentation The Commission discussed its outline for its presentation before the City Council on March 2, 1983, and the slides to be used in that presentation. Discussion also followed on how much, if any, time should be used to discuss the regulatory aspect of the Heritage Preservation Ordinance with the City Council. The Commission decided to focus Dre on tke positive natur~ Jf their job in the presentation rather than the more negative regulatory side although this was also considered important. Discussion then followed on why more people were needed on the Commission. Commissioner Heid suggested that an advisory committee be formed to assist the Commission since he felt a seven member commission would not be necessary down the road. Chairman McArthur felt that little was done between meetings and with more people there would be more time to do things. Commissioner Heid suggested splitting up the inventory list and assigning certain groups of buildings to individual commissioners for further work. Commissioner Voester indicated that it was tough to get information at times and inaccuracies have to be tracked down. All of this involved a lot of detail time. Chairman McArthur stated she felt the work load the Commission faced would require more than three months of work to do the research needed. Commissioner Voester felt that the Commission had not done a lot of work on the City's inventory and she had found many corrections that need to be made on the County inventory as it relates to Saratoga. Chairman McArthur discussed the need for working sessions at regularly scheduled meetings to get something done. Commissioner Heid felt that the Commission was becoming too concerned with detail when there is a need to finish the inventory. Staff indicated the Commission should focus on something to avoid getting sidetracked. The need for the 18Q day delay on demolition permits was then briefly discussed. IV. Goals, Priorities and Deadlines This item was postponed to a future meeting. V. County Historic Inventory Commissioner Voester described her work on the City's nominations for the County historic inventory. She stated she had found many descrepancies needing correction on the County inventory as it relates to Saratoga and read several examples to the Commission. The Commission decided to have a work session on the County inven- tory at its next meeting. TheCommission wanted staff to check if film developing costs would be reimbursed by the City if pic- tures are needed for the inventory. Also, a letter had to be pre- pared to notify inventory candidates of their pending nomination. The Commission decided that its next meeting would be on March 23, and that they would have a regular meeting date on the third Wednesday of every month. VI Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. MiChael Flores Secretary