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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
DATE: Wednesday, November 2, 1988 - 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Warner Hutton House, 13495 Sousa Lane, Saratoga
TYPE: Regular Meeting
I. Routine Organization
A. Roll Call
Present: Commissioners Koepernik, Ansnes, Voester,
Landsness, Mitchell, Cameron, Heid
Absent: None
Staff: V. Young
B. Approval of minutes
M/S Landsness/Voester to approve the minutes of 9/21/88,
10/5/88 and 10/19/88 as submitted. Passed unanimously.
C. Posting of Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda
was properly posted at City Hall.
D. Oral and Written Communications
All commissioners noted they had received invitations to
the Casa Tierra Open House, to be held on Sunday, November
20.
Vo Young reported that she received verbal confirmation
that the CLG application had been approved. Grant
application materials would be coming soon. She also
reported that two title companies, Santa Clara Land Title
and Stewart Title, were now working on title searches for
historic properties.
Chairman Held reported that Sara Holmes Boutelle would be
speaking at the next Historical Foundation meeting on
November 21st.
II. Old Business
A. Follow-up letter to Inventory property owners.
Commissioner Voester expressed that she felt the time was
right to follow-up with a letter to Inventory property
owners to encourage them to designate their properties as
heritage resources.
Heritage Commission Minutes
11/2/88
Commissioner Cameron felt that the Commission needed to be
selective about who the letter went to and how it was
worded. Chairman Heid agreed, stating that he didn't want
people to feel pushed or forced into participating.
Commissioner Landencee suggested waiting until the
Inventory book was ready to be published, using that as a
public relations tool to encourage people to designate.
It was agreed that the issue could wait until after the
holidays; in the interim, Commissioners would review the
Inventory list to determine who should receive a follow-up
letter.
B. Publication of Heritage Resource Inventory
Secretary Young presented information on the cost of
printing the Sunnyvale Images book, which was about
$16,400. There was discussion on requesting a budget
allotment in next years' budget, then pursuing a matching
grant through the CLG program. Young reported that there
was $5,600 in the Commission's Heritage Fund account.
There was discussion on who should write and organize the
book. Commissioner Mitchell suggested hiring a
professional to write and photograph, primarily for
quality and consistency in the book. Chairman Heid
suggested exploring having Secretary Young do the work,
with Willys Peck writing the introduction and history
section. Young stated that although she wouldn't mind
doing the project, it would be time-consuming and the City
Manager would have to authorize the shift in her workload;
she will explore the idea with him.
Commissioners Ansnes and Landencee will assist in
obtaining estimates for printing the book.
III. Items Initiated By The Commission
Commissioner Landencee reported on the progress of the Village
Design Task Force.
V. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
R~spectfully submitted,
Valerie YqU~g /.t
Secretary ~9 Co~sion