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CITY OF SARATOGA
HERITAGE PRESERUATIOH COHt'1ISSION
ACTION AGENDA
OATE: Uednesday, January 7, 1987 - 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Saratoga CoRAunity Library Meeting Room=
1Z3560 Saratoga Ruenue, Saratoga
TYPE: Regular fleeting
i. ePu?IN[ ORGAN!Z.AT!ON
0. Roll Call
present: Rnsnes, Uoester, Tvrrell, Koepernik,
Landshess, Heid (3:4S)
Absent: Cameron (excused)
Staff: Young
U. Young noted the meeting agenda had been posted at
the Council Chambers.
B. Approual of Minutes
U/5 Uoester/Landsness to approve minutes as submitted,
with one addition. Minutes to be amended under Old
Business to reflect that B. Uoester requested a status
report from staff on the house at go??o Uildwood Uay.
Passed unanimously.
C. Election of officers for 1987
H/S Uoester/Ansnes to elect Uarren Held as Chairman.
Passed unanimously. M/S Uoester/Tyrrell to elect
Elizabeth Rnsnes as Uice-Chair. Passed unanimously.
OLp 0USIHESS
0. Bed and Breakfast Ordinance
U. Young gaue a brief report on the Planning
Co~ission's denial of the proposed ordinance at its
Deco,bar 10, 1986 meeting. She stated that because
the amendment had been initiated and denied by the
Planning Commission, a public hearing by the City
Council was not required unless they receiued a
,titian request to do so.
ComMissioner Iyrrell, who had attended the Planning
Commission meeting, stated that there was confusion
because there was no e~p showing the actual properties
that ~ould be affected. Other CohMissioners
expressed concern that the Planning Commission had
denied the proposed ordinance after a consensus in
favor of the ordinance had been reached at an earlier
joint meeting between the two coe~issions. E. Rnsne$
stated that the property owners who would benefit frof
the ordinance, i.e., who wanted to operate a bed and
breakfast establishment, should ask the Council to
hold a public hearing, as well as the Heritage
Commission.
H/S Tyrrell/Ansnes that the Heritage Preservation
Co~mission recomaend to the City Council that they
hold a public hearing on the proposed bed and
breakfast ordinance. Hotion passed unanimously.
E. Rnsnes offered to help write the me~o.
X[~ 8US!HES~
A. CDBG PROJECI PROPOSALS FOR F¥87-88
U. Held stated that the Saratoga Historical Foundation
was a~king for Honey to repair the roof and add a
handicapped ramp to the museum building. B. Uoester
expressed concern about the Hannah McCatry house.
The Commission decided not to submit a request for
FY87-88 but to keep the funding in mind for the Uarner
Hutton house in the future.
Set work priorities for F¥87-88
The Commission discussed its work priorities for 1987
and agreed on the following prioritized list:
(the name inparentheses is the Coe~issioner who will
be responsible for ~onitoring the progress of the
ite~).
(Held and Uoester) 1) Finish the heritage resources inventory.
(Rll) 2) Complete the application for
participation in the Certified Local
Government Prograff.
(Amsnos) 3) Increase public awareness of preservation
actiuities and heritage resources in
Saratoga.
(Uoester) 4) Encourage property owners to participate
in the designated landmark program.
(Koepernik) S) Initiate use of bronze plaques to
designate heritage resources.
(Landeress) G) Continue monitoring progress on the
Warner Hutton House.
COemeron , 7> o.velop fi.a ial and regulatory
incentives for preservation.
S> AdMinistrative business - develop
Heritage Commission handbook and bylaws,
provide input on planning issues related
to preservation (Uiltage Plan, bed and
breakfast ordinance, etc.>.
O, Tyrrell will serve as liaison to the
City Council on behalf of the Commission.
C. Joint meeting with the City Council, 1/27/87
V. Young asked the Commission to suggest topics of
discussion for the upcoming joint meeting with the
City Council. The following items were suggested:
working relationship with City Council
and other commissions.
2) setting up a Task Force for the Warner
Hutton House.
3) heritage resources survey.
W. Held and E. Ansnes offered to expand on and
finalize the list,
IV ADJOURNUENT
M/S HEID/KOEPERNIK to adjourn the meeting at 5:10 p.m.
with many thanks to Sharon LandsnaBs for serving as chair
to the Commission for the past three years. ~otion
passed unanimously.
The next regular Meeting of the COMmiSsion will be held on
Wednesday, January 21, t987 at 3:80 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Valerie Youf~ V
Secretary