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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
DATE: Wednesday, April 4, 1984, 3:30 P.M.
PLACE: Saratoga Community Library, 13650 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga
TYPE: Regular Meeting
ROUTINE ORGANIZATION
Roll Call
Present: Commissioners Cameron, Kvamme, McArthur, Voester and
Chairman Landshess
Absent: Commissioners Heid, Henderson
MINUTES
There were no minutes from the last meeting to be read.
I. OLD BUSINESS
A. Preparation for Meeting with City Council
Discussion and preparation for our meeting on April 10th
with the City Council ensued. The Education committee and
the Heritage Resource Designation committee each gave Chair-
man Landsness a list of their goals and the direction they
will be taking in the coming year. City Liason and Codes
committee will get their goals to Chairman Landsness by the
end of the week so she can summarize them into an outline
to have for our meeting. It was decided by the Commission
members to give the City Council members a brief outline of
our goals. It was also decided that each Commission member
should bring their copy of the Heritage Resource Inventory
to the meeting on Tuesday so the City Council members can
look at them.
There was no discussion on the budget.
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II. NEW BUSINESS
The House Tour Committee will meet May 9th.
The Heritage Commission meeting scheduled for May 9th was changed
to May 2. And the meeting for May 23 was changed to May 16th.
The commission decided that a letter should be sent to each Heri-
tage Designation applicant informing them of the Commissions ac-
tion on their application as required by our ordinance.
RE: Study session on April 10, each Commission member will contact
staff regarding the location of the meeting.
LOGO: It was decided that the Logo should be kept simple, and
avoid a "too busy" look. We decided that the use of an older
house in the center of the logo would be symbolic of the structures
we are trying to preserve.
Additions to the inventory: Commissioner McArthur gave Commissioner
Voester more information on structures we are reviewing as possible
additions to our inventory. Her students at DeAnza are helping us
with this task. Commissioner Voester gave Commissioner McArthur a
package of forms on structures in the City that she and Commissioner
Henderson decided should be investigated as possible inventory ad-
ditions. After enough information is gathered on each structure
then the Commission as a whole will review them. Commissioners
Voester and Henderson will go through the forms and make a list of
questions we still need answered about each home and then ask a
resource person, possibly Melita Oden or Arch Brolly.
Certificate: Commissioner Kvammee was asked to print a certificate
for the Foothill Club and Montalvo designating them as Heritage
Resources.
Preparation for meeting with City Council;
The commissioners discussed two items they would like to ask the
members of the City Council.
1. Can we get a demolition permit review of historic structures
listed in our inventory and structures that are 50 years old
or older, to prevent them from "accidently" being destroyed?
(180 day review period)
2. The commissioners would like to get the City Council members
opinions on forming a district (Historic) in the village area,
and if so what its boundaries should be.
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III. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Voester
Commissioner
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