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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-08-1991 HPC Minutes CITY OF 8~RATOGA HERITAGE PRBSRRVATION COIOiISSIOH MIMUTB8 DATE: Wednesday, May 8, 1991, 8:30 a.m. PLACE: Saratoga City Hall TYPE: Regular Meeting I. ROUTINB ORG~NIZ&TION A. Roll Call Present: Ansnes, Davis, Koepernik, Mitchell, Peck, Peepari, Sabin Absent: None Staff: Adar B. Approval of Minutes of 4/10/91 M/S Davis/Sabin moved to approve the minutes of 4/10/91 with a change under New Business Section A which should read "Park and Trail Master Plan" instead of Open Space Element. C. Posting the Agenda Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda was posted at City Hall on 5/3/91. D. Oral and Written Communications Commissioner Mitchell requested a status report regarding the designation of Mr. Ebner's house. In order to designate the house the Heritage Preservation Commission has to determine that the house is qualified to be included on the Heritage Resource inventory, based on the historic research for the home. Commissioner Mitchell completed the research. The item will be scheduled for the 6/12/91 meeting. II. OLD BUSINESS A. Organizational Procedure The term of Commissioner Ansnes as the Commission's Chair Person has expired and a new Chair and Vice Chair should be elected. The Commission unanimously elected Commissioner Koepernik as the new Chair and Commissioner Davis as the Vice Chair. The Commissioners congratulate commissioner Ansnes for being reappointed by the City Council to the Commission, and commissioner Robert Peepari for his appointment as a new member to the Commission. B. Heritage Resource Inventory Preview List Commissioner Ansnes said that the Commission has already reviewed the resources in the preview list in according with the criteria set forth in the ordinance. Staff will check the old survey forms. If no formal action has been made, the item will be rescheduled for the following meeting. III. NEW BUSINESS A. Heritage Preservation Commission Work Program The Commission decided to include the following items on its next year work program: 1. Complete the publication of "Saratoga's Heritage" book. 2. Research and prepare a publication of the history of transportation routes. 3. Study and Prepare a Heritage Lane Inventory. 4. Prepare a publication which will include description of the history and architectural qualities of selected historic homes. 5. Initiate public panels and presentations of subjects related to the City's history. 6. Develop educational program including slide shows in schools and other public groups. A key school person should be contacted for the purpose of coordination. 7. Publish articles in the local newspaper on a regular basis, including an article explaining the meaning of the Heritage Resource Inventory. 8. Create a changing display in the City Hall presenting the "Resource of the Week" including the history, architectural description and photographs of the selected resource. At the next meeting the Commission will set priorities for the items on the work program and assign responsibilities of the items to each Commissioner. B. Heritage Lane Inventory The Commission reviewed the preliminary list of streets which may qualify for designation as Heritage Lanes. A number of streets were added to the list and others were deleted. The Commission decided to continue the discussion of this item to the following meeting to allow the commissioners time to visit each of the streets on the proposed list. At the next meeting the Commission will determine which of the streets is qualified to be included in the inventory in accordance with criteria provided in the City Ordinance. The Commission also discussed the results from the Planning Commission meeting regarding the designation of Saratoga Avenue as a Heritage Lane. The Planning Commission's direction was to complete a Heritage Lane Inventory for the whole City which should be included in the amended Circulation Element. In the interim, it was recommended that the City Council direct staff to proceed with the amendment of the Fence Ordinance and the Heritage Preservation Commission should be authorized to review all the applications for new construction along the subject portion of Saratoga Avenue. The Heritage Preservation Commission felt that the delay of the decision and linking the designation to the Circulation Element is not necessary. The Commission Directed staff to prepare a letter to the City Council to that effect. The letter will be reviewed by the Commission at the following meeting. IV. ITEMS INITIATED BY THE CONMISSION A. Commissioner Peck raised concerns regarding the inclusion of veterans' names killed in action on the list of proposed street names. He felt that it is very difficult to include the names of all those who were killed in the different wars, or to make a decision which of the veterans' names should or should not be included. The Commission agreed that such a list may result in honoring a number of veterans and offending other families if their relatives were not included. The Commission felt that the City should continue to select street names which are tied to the land and that there are other appropriate ways of honoring the veterans. The Commission directed staff to prepare a letter to the City Council requesting reconsideration of the direction regarding street names. V. ADJO~NT The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m. The next meeting will be on June 12th at 8:30 a.m. Respectful ly submitted, Tsvia Adar Secretary