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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
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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
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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