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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-07-1988 HPC Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: Wednesday, September7, 1988 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Warner Hutton House, 13495 Sousa Lane, Saratoga TYPE: Regular Meeting I. Routine Orqanization A. Roll Call Present: Commissioners Voester, Heid, Koepernik, Ansnes, Mitchell, and Landsness Absent: Cameron Staff: V. Young B. Approval of minutes of 8/3/88 M/S Voester/Koepernik to approve the minutes of 8/3/88 as submitted. Passed unanimously, Heid and Ansnes abstaining. C. Posting of Agenda Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda was posted at City Hall. D. Oral and Written Communications Commissioner Voester noted she had talked with Michael Cronk of the San Jose Mercury News, and was pleased with the article he had written on the Inventory. Chairman Heid noted he had spoken recently with Melita Oden; she had a few changes to the Inventory. All Commissioners acknowledged that they had received an invitation to Arch Brolly's party celebrating the 100th anniversary of his farm. Commissioner Voester passed around a card for the Commission to sign. M/S Voester/Ansnes to send the card to Mr. Brolly on behalf of the Heritage Commission, and to ask the City Council to adopt a resolution commemorating the event. Passed unanimously. Commissioner Ansnes will assist staff in preparing the resolution. II. Old Business A. Warner Hutton House sign Commissioner Mitchell reported that the Boy Scouts would HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES - 9/7/88 PAGE 2 prefer to do the final, permanent sign for the house rather than the temporary sign. He had spoken with Cartie Deane, Volunteer Coordinator, and she is looking into finding a volunteer to do the temporary sign. He will report on the status at next meeting. Commissioner Voester gave Secretary Young a biographical sketch she had found on Warner Hutton. Young updated the Commission on the status of the house relocation. Secretary Young referenced the letter from Caltrans in the packet requesting input on a draft of the protective conditions for the City to follow once the house is transferred to the City. There was Commission concurrence with the draft; the Secretary was directed to relay this to Caltrans. B. Heritage Resource Inventory Commissioners reported on the progress they are making on their assigned "preview" properties. Commissioner Mitchell reported on two of his properties that may need some action by the Commission. The first property, the rock wall property on Madrone Hill, is currently in the process of a subdivision application; owner John DiManto, needed to reapply because previous approval had lapsed. The project proposed preservation of the rock work to as great extent possible. Secretary Young noted this item will go before Planning Commission in October; she will schedule for Heritage Commission review at next meeting. The second property, mosaic at Paul Masson Winery, was viewed by Mitchell and Young last week. Both concurred that it was not feasible to preserve the entire mosaic when the building is demolished to make way for the proposed senior housing project. There was Commission consensus to send a memo to the Planning Commission supporting the EIR position on the mosaic, i.e. that some part of it be preserved and incorporated into the project if possible, and at the least the mosaic be fully documented and photographed. Chairman Heid then led discussion on the format of the Inventory publication. It was requested that this item be agendized for the next meeting. III. New Business A. Status of CLG Application V. Young reported on this item, noting that the State Office of Preservation finally sent the materials to the HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES - 9/7/88 PAGE 3 National Park Service. She noted that the heritage ordinance now needed some revisions to support the application; this will be agendized for next meeting. B. Upcoming Workshops V. Young noted that four Commissioners were registered for the workshop in San Francisco on historic building codes on September 23. Commissioner Koepernik expressed his concern that the Commission's conference and training budget was not sufficient enough to allow a commissioner to attend the National Preservation Conference, which was usually held in the midwest or east coast area. There was consensus to request a budget increase for this next year when the Council is considering the '89-90 budget. IV. Items Initiated B_~ The Commission A. Voester - Membership in Saratoga Historical Foundation Commissioner Voester encourged other Commissioners to join local preservation related organizations such as the Foundation, Montalvo, and the California History Center. V. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Valerie YoUng t] i Secretary to Commission