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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-26-1986 HPC Minutes DITY OF SARfiTOGfi H[RIT~GE PRESERV~TIONOOM~ISSION MINUTES DATE: Wednesday, February 26, 1986, 3:38 p.m. PLACE: Saratoga City Hall, Conference ROOM, 13777 Fruitvale 8venue, Saratoga TYPE: Special Meeting 8OUTINE ORA8NIZA!ION Roll Call Present: Commissioners Bielinski, Cameron, Held, Koepernit,:, Voester, and Chairperson tandsness Absent: Commissioner Kvamme MINOTES The Commission waived the reading of the minutes for the meeting of January 22, 1985 and voted unanimously to approve the Minute5 with the following changes: the Lomas house should be included in the homes on the tour, r'e~ove reference to Mr. Peck providing hi~tory on his home, and change wording from C. Koepernik will obtain the wine to C. Koepernik will make arrangements for the wine. After waiving the reading, the 0om~lission voted unanimously to approve the Minutes for the Meeting of January 29, 198~ with no corrections. I. NEW BUSINESS Review of plans for exterior changes to Tollgate Barn, owners: Or. Joseph and Helen Brozda Present at the meeting was Dr. and Mrs, Brozda, Ooug Adams, attorney for the Brozda~, and Bruce Nicholson, designer for the project. Mr. Nicholson explained the changes that were proposed for the barn. Dr. Brozda stated that he had made some ~inor changes to the barn such as replacing some of the boards in the rear' where SOMe pipes had been pushed through and the appearance o¢ the barn is Much like it was when it was constructed. Commissioner Held stated that it was the Planning Commissioo's job to look at the deck and the parking ~ituation and the Heritage COMMiSSiOn iS only looking at the barn because of ifs historical significance. Commissioner Bielinski stated that she thought the changes to the exterior looked fine. Or~ Brozda stated thai they did not intend to change the color of the barn Heritage Preservation Minutes, 2-28-86 and there was concensus from the Commission that the yellow color was appropriate, Commissioner Heid mede reference to the Historical Building Code and the benefits of remodelling an older structure using this code. Chairperson Landshess expleined the historical designation p~ooe~s. Commissioner Uoester asked if the Brozda5 would consider designating the structures on their property and Dr. Brozda stated that they would think about it. Mr. Nicholson addressed the question about the second story windows shown to be removed on the plans, Mr, Nicholson stated that this level was going to be used for storage so that there was no need for the windows and because of the fire code no new windows would be allowed on that side of the building. The 8rozdas were thanked for coming to the Commission with the proposed plans for the barn. There was concensus that the changes were appropriate end not inconsistent with the historical character of the building. In the follow-up discussion it was agreed that any further changes to the building that may be required at a later time should be reviewed again by the Commission, Commissioner Voester suggested that since the 8rozda's exhibited ~ome interest in the designation process that a copy of the application form should sent to them. The Commission agreed and directed staff to send the historic designation application to the 8rozdas. 8. Nomination of the Candidate for the Sourisseau 8cademy Local History Award Dhairperson Landshess explained the history award and read the categories. She suggested that the Commission may ~ish to nominate Metits Oder for the award. The Commission agreed. Commissioner Heid will write the Memorandum to nominate Ms. Oden and some of the reasons For the nomination should include Ms. Oder's help with the survey~ her service as a historic resource person~ and her knowledge of Saratoga'~ history. C. Memo to City Manager The memo to the City Manager in answe~ to his Memo on the Tripp property dated 2-11-86 was reviewed. There was concensus that the memo by the Commission adequately explained the situation and expressed the 0ommi~sion's concerns. II. OLD BUSINESS House Tour Staff was directed to follow-up on the liability insurance for the event end to Forward a copy of the invitation for the house tour to the City Manager for review. Chairperson Landeress brought in a copy of the invitation and ticket for the event. Commissioner Voester commented that the revised history write-ups for the tour are finished, which included only some small changes Heritage Preservation Minutes, 2-2G-86 made by Mr. Peck. Staff was directed to get the total balance for the 0ommission's fund account from the Finance Director. Chairperson LandsheSS stated that 18,000 invitations were going to be printed, B300 would be mailed to Saratoga residents. She ~tso commented that the tour was mentioned in the Chamber of Commerce mailer. Commissioner' Koepernik questioned when the other brochures would be done. Chairperson Landshess ~ated that work on these brochures has not been finished. B. OTHER ITEMS Commissioner goestar brought in a book available at the library titled 6_~llBbou~Build%nQs. She stated that the book has alot of good information on historic preserverion and noted that the only Saratoga site mentioned in the book is the Tripp property. Commissioner Bielinski m~ated that the library will be cataloging the Heritage Preservation books housed at the library. Commissioner Held gave a repor% on the 6garda Building Meeting he attended. He mentioned that others included the Warner" Hutton house and historic preservation as priorities. Commissioner Voester stated %hat she spoke with a Planning Commissioner, 6nn Marie Burger, who expressed interest in an ordinance for historic structures. There was discussion on whether an ordinance should address demigrated buildings or historically significant buildings. There wa~ agreement that a future ordinance of this tyoe could serve a~ an incentive for designating structures. The Commission decided to investigate what approach ~hould be taken to work with Planning Commission on drafting an ordinance for historically designated structures. Staff was directed to get the information on this and Commissioner Cameron would draft a memorandum as needed. Staff related information to the Commission obtained from the City httorney on the procedure for a possible agreement to relocate the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Bell if the structure was designated as a historic resource and it becomes necessary to move the bell. The decision was made to later agendize the item for consideration by the City Council and to find funds for the move. III. ~.QJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Diana Lewis Secretary