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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
DATE: Wednesday, February 17, 1988 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Saratoga Community Library, 13560 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga
TYPE: Regular Meeting
I. Routine Orqanization
A. Roll Call
Present: Commissioners Voester, Held, Koepernik,
Tyrrell
Absent: Cameron, Landsness, Ansnes
Staff: V. Young
B. Approval of minutes of 2/3/88
Commissioner Voester recommended the addition of the
editor's name of Pen's Pictures, in item III-A. M/S
Tyrrell/Voester to approve the minutes as corrected.
Passed unanimously.
C. Posting of Agenda
Staff noted the agenda was posted at City Hall on
Friday, February 12, 1988.
D. Oral and Written Communications
Chairman Held distributed a letter he received from Peter
Olsen, applicant for the Meagher-Smiley adobe property
subdivision, regarding his intent to designate the
property as a historic structure at the federal, state,
and local levels. V. Young told the Commission that the
subdivision application had been reviewed at a Planning
Commission study session the previous evening (February
16), and that it would be reviewed at another study
session on March 1 and then heard again at a public
hearing on March 23.
II. New Business
A. Options for adopting the Inventory
V. Young said that the memo prepared by Commissioner
Ansnes was meant as a starting point for discussion of
this issue. Chairman Heid had also prepared a memo and
sample letter and distributed them for the Commission to
review. The options for public notification on adopting
the inventory are: public "town meeting", neighborhood
Heritage Preservation Commission
Minutes - 2/17/88
meetings, personal contact by letter or visit, and
adopting the inventory with minimal noticing.
Commissioner Voester felt that a town meeting may be too
overwhelming and favored a more personal approach. V.
Young spoke on behalf of Commissioner Ansnes, stating that
she also favored a personal approach. Chairman Heid
favored a letter; he briefly went through the sample
letter he had prepared. Commissioner Tyrrell felt that
the letter would be appropriate for most property owners,
but in some cases a phone call or personal visit may be
better.
There was consensus to use the letter prepared by Chairman
Heid as a starting point. Commissioners Heid and Ansnes
will work with staff to prepare another draft for the full
Commission to review at the next meeting.
B. Publishing the Inventory
V. Young showed various examples of inventories and
historic building surveys to the Commission. There was
general discussion on the type of publication or book that
would be produced from the Inventory. Decisions on this
issue will be made after the Inventory is adopted.
III. Items Initiated by the Commission
Commissioner Voester shared a sample application form for
landmark alteration permits from the City of Frederick,
Maryland, and asked that it be noted and filed.
IV. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m. The next regular
meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 1988 at 3:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Valerie Youn~
Secretary to Commission