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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-19-1983 HPC Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: October 19, 1983, 3:30 P.M. PLACE: Community Center Meeting Room, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga TYPE: Regular Meeting ROUTINE ORGANIZATION Roll Call Present: Commissioners Cameron, Heid, Henderson, Kvamme, Landsness, Chairman McArthur, and Voester. Absent: None MINUTES The reading of the minutes for the meeting of September 21, 1983 was waived and the minutes approved with the following corrections: 1) Commissioner Voester noted that #48 of the corrected in- ventory should be spelled Dresser, not Dressier. 2) Commissioner Heid noted that #23 of the corrected in- ventory should be called the "Green Store", not the "Green Star" The minutes were then approved and seconded. I. OLD BUSINESS A. The Map of Historical Sites of Saratoga that is to be used at the November 21, 1983 meeting with the Historical Society was presented to the whole commission for suggestions on improv- ing it. It was mentioned that a Legend was needed to make the various color-coded areas understandable, but then it was discovered that someone (MIKE?) had already begun one. Commissioner Cameron mentioned that a list of the color- coded inventory should be made up by computer print-out on one long flat sheet to be put up on the display with the map. This would make identification of the sites easier for the H~storical Foundation members. B. Commissioner Voester mentioned the fact that we should be dilligent in our efforts to enlarge the Inventory and introduced a list of Potential Candidates to whom she suggested!w~send!am~ invitation for our joint meeting with the Historical Foundation. The list was as follows: 1) Seagraves Home - mentioned in the 1982 Santa Clara County Inventory; 136i~ Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga. 2) Caswell Home - 15095 Fruitvale Ave. 3) Nelson Gardens - A.K.A. Saratoga Nature Center (2) 4) The Milk Barn at the Oddfellows Home 5) House at the corner of Farwell and Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. 6) 14690 Oak Street 7) House at the corner of Saratoga Ave. and Seagraves Ave. - 14183 Saratoga Ave. 8) The house next door to #7 - 14189 Saratoga Ave. 9) Rockwood, 20445 Williams Rd. 10) 11995 Wallbrook 11) "4-Pines", 14199 Saratoga re. 12) Harriman house on Williams Ave. 13) Farmhouse on Marion - 20570 Hation Ave. 14) 14466 Oak Place, (original carriage house?) 15) Homes on Park Place 16) Oak Street School Chairman McArthur also suggested that an invitation be sent to West Valley College Business Services, since they have an historic building on the campus that they are interested in designating. Commissioner Henderson suggested that we take advantage of her real estate connections to find out some of the owners names and addresses. It was suggested that a letter be drafted (by Staff) to make contact with the owners of potential inventory candidates once we find out who they are. C. Ideas for the joint meeting with the Historical Foundation were then discussed. 1) Explanation of criteria for inventory 2) What the Heritage Commission is doing and has ac- complished so far. 3) Why do we need their help and how we can best utilize their input. 4) Definition of the Commission's goals 5) Explanation of the Inventory to date 6) Explanation of the Map 7) Slide show (Commissioner Held) showing specific examples of our Historic Eras 8) Discussion of some of the buildings that we are in- terested in knowing more about 9) Discussion of endangered historic buildings 10) Commissioner Landsness passed around a copy of an in- formal inventory "search" form that she had prepared. This was approved with the addition of one more question a request for information on non-structural historic sites. Since this form is not specifically intended for the membership of the Historical Foundation, it can be used by the Commission to reach other in- terested Saratogans. It was decided to make 50 copies of this form to be attached to 50 copies of the simplified version of the corrected Inventory. 11) It was suggested that an invitation be published in the Saratoga News to the public - accomplishing a public forum introduction of our Commission and a request for help at the same time. 12) Meeting date and time were given as follows: Date: Monday, Nov. 21, 1983. Time: ~8:00 (we should be there at 7:30 to set up). Place: Saratoga Community Library Meeting Room (3) D. More discussion of how to abtain accurate information on potential Inventory candidates, and how to verify information we already have. We also discussed the need for a system of organization for keeping track of possible Inventory entries and the research done on them. It was decided that we need some proceedural direction in this matter. Commissioner Held recommended a trip to the Historical Museum for inquiries on old residences. E. Commissioner Landshess discussed the growing number of books and periodicals that she has obtained for the Robinson Heritage Resource Collection being prepared for the Saratoga Community Library. She is waiting on a stamp of identification for these materials before putting them into the library. She also made inquiries as to the availability of funding for more materials. II. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Commissioner Sharon Landsness