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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-02-1988 HPC Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: Wednesday, March 2, 1988 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Saratoga Community Library, 13560 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga TYPE: Regular Meeting I. Routine Organization A. Roll Call Present: Commissioners Voester, Held, Koepernik, Tyrrell, Cameron, Landshess, Ansnes Absent: None Staff: V. Young B. Approval of minutes of 2/17/88 M/S Tyrrell/Koepernik to approve the minutes of 2/17/8S as submitted. Passed unanimously. C. Posting of Agenda Staff noted the agenda was posted at City Hall on Friday, February 26, 1988. D. Oral and Written Communications V. Young distributed information on two upcoming conferences of interest to the Commission. She noted there was $720.00 remaining in the Commission's conference/training budget for this fiscal year. Chairman Heid shared an invitation to the 5th anniversary celebration of the Friends of the Library. Commissioner Voester shared an invitation to the West Valley College 25th anniversary celebrating community leaders. Commissioner Tyrrell noted that the Meagher-Smiley house subdivision application had been reviewed by the Planning Commission at a study session the previous evening, and would go back for a public hearing on March 23. He noted that Mr. Olsen, applicant, was still interested in pursuing heritage designation for the property. II. Old Business A. Adopting the Inventory - Discussion Chairman Held reminded the Commission that consensus had been reached to notify property owners of the Inventory by Heritage Preservation Commission Minutes - 3/2/88 a personal letter, rather than hold a town meeting or neighborhood meetings. V. Young noted that the letter would be sent after the Inventory was officially adopted by the Commission. The Commission reviewed the revised letter prepared by Commissioners Held and Ansnes and Secretary Young. Commissioner Landsness suggested including the entire Inventory list with the letter so property owners could see who else was on the list. There was consensus to ask the City Attorney to review the letter for content and wording. In regard to the Inventory forms themselves, V. Young expressed concern about the need for more history/significance information on some of the forms. She urged Commissioners to work on completing the forms and submit them to her for editing and typing. III. New Business A. Selection criteria for Inventory properties V. Young briefly reviewed the memo she had prepared on this item, and suggested using the criteria already established in the City Code for heritage resources. She said Inventory properties are a "category" of heritage resources, like landmarks, lanes, and districts. There was general discussion on the criteria, particularly in relation to the issue of "integrity" and its importance to the selection criteria. Commissioner Ansnes felt that integrity should be a deciding factor if the property was selected for its architectural merit only; if other factors (history, people, etc.) were important, then the integrity issue could be played down. The Commission went through a few forms to "test" the criteria. There was some sentiment for using a numeric ranking system, just to give the selection criteria a more precise accounting. Discussion on this item was continued to the next meeting. IV. Items Initiated by the Commission None Heritage Preservation Commission Minutes - 3/2/88 V. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 1988 at 3:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Valerie Youn~ Secretary to Commission