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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
DATE: Wednesday, August 15, 1990, 8:00 a.m.
PLACE: Saratoga City Hall
TYPE: Regular Meeting
I. ROUTINE ORGANIZATION
A. Roll Call
Present: Ansnes, Davis, Koepernik, Mitchell, Peck, Sabin,
Cameron
Absent: None
Staff: Adar
B. Approval of Minutes of 7/18/90
M/S Sabin/Ansnes to approve the minutes of 7/18/90.
Motion passed unanimously.
C. Posting the Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda was posted at
City Hall on 7/13/90.
D. Oral and Written Communications
Commissioner Koepernik attended the meeting between the City
staff and the Traffic Authority regarding the responsibility
of the Authority for the restoration of Warner Hutton House.
Koepernik reported to the Commission that the Authority's
representative clarified that only items that are specified
in the agreement will be covered by Authority's budget.
However, the Traffic Authority is open to the possibility of
a trade off between jobs which are included in the agreement,
and which the City is willing to take over in return for jobs
that are not in the agreement. Koepernik volunteered his time
to work with his subcontractors on a cost estimate for the
complete restoration work. The estimate will be submitted to
the Council for review and consideration.
Staff indicated, as a response to the Commission's inquiry,
that the City Manager is in favor of reserving the kitchen
and dining area in the Warner Hutton House for reception
purposes. This area may also be used for meetings including
the HP Commission meeting.
The Planning Commission requested the HP Commission's
recommendations regarding the mosaic which exists in the Paul
Masson Winery at Saratoga Avenue. The HP Commission did not
find this work to have any historic significance. The
Commission has no objection to the developer will selecting
the portions of the art work he wishes to preserve.
II. OLD BUSINESS
A. CLG Grant
The Commission reviewed the time schedule prepared by staff,
for the completion of the publication of the Heritage Resource
Inventory book. The Commission scheduled a work session on
August 31 to complete the context statement and classification
of the resources by historic categories. Commissioner Peck
invited the Commission to conduct the meeting at his house.
The deadline for the submittal of the final report to the
State Heritage Preservation office is September 21. According
to SHPO, additional federal funds are available and may be
allocated for the purpose of publication of Saratoga's
heritage resource inventory book if the publication of the
book will be completed by the end of October.
B. Warner Hutton House - Memorandum to the City Council
Commissioner Koepernik reported to the Commission about the
joint commissions' meeting of the HP Commission with the Parks
and Recreation Commission regarding the function of Warner
Hutton house. As a result of the meeting, a memorandum to the
City council was prepared with the commission's
recommendations. Additional meetings will be needed at a
later stage to determine the appropriate permanent uses of the
house.
The memorandum to the City Council was reviewed by the
Commission and signed by the Commission chairperson.
III. ITEMS INITIATED BY THE COMMISSION
Commissioner Davis volunteered to represent the Heritage
Preservation Commission in the Open Space Committee.
Commissioner Cameron agreed to back up when Davis will be
unable to attend.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Tsvia Adar
Associate Planner