HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-11-1994 HPC Minutes CITY OF SltRATOGA
HERITAGE PRESERVATION COHMISSION
HINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, October 11, 1994, 9 a.m.* ·
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PLACE: Warner Hutton House
TYPE: Regular Meeting
*Note: The Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. to conduct a field
inspection of the Van ~rsdale House located at 14690 Oak Street.
I. ROUTINE ORGANIZATION
: A. Roll Call
Present: Ansnes, Davis, Dutro, Koepernik, Peck
Absent: Fine, Peepari
Staff: Secretary White
Guest: Mr. Hirschman, Mr. Holt
B. Approval of Minutes of 9/13/94
The minutes were approved, M/S Ansnes/Dutro, with the following
modifications~
1. Under Roll Call, -HNine Gallo" should read "Nino Gallo-.
2. Under New Business, Item 3, recommendation number 1. should read
as follows:
-Include a condition on the subdivision approval that ties the
relocation and restoration of the Heritage House to the flnal
approval of the project. Any deviation from the submitted plan
should be returned to the Heritage Commission for review."
C. Posting the Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code Section 94954.2, the agenda was posted
on Friday, October 7.
D. Oral and Written Communications
Staff presented a letter from the State Historic Preservation
Office which indicated the dates of the CLG meeting as November 17
and 18. Staff suggested that once the registration forms had been
received that each Commissioner be contacted to see if they would
like to attend.
II. OLD BUSINESS
1. SD-93-001, Audrey Smith Subdivision.
Request for new street name approval (Continued from September
13),
After a brief discussion in which Mr. Hirschman discussed his
preference for the name ,,Audrey Lane-, the Commission unanimously
approved the name ,,Audrey Smith Lane"", M/S Dutro/&nsnes. Mr.
Hirschman was amenable to this name and staff indicated that the
appropriate notices would be mailed to interested agencies.
2. Commission reports on possible Heritage Lane ~candidates
(Continued from September 13).
No Commission reports were presented and the Commission indicated
that this item would be revisited after the Heritage Commission
field trip to visit the Heritage Lane candidates was completed.
3. Review and discussion of materials provided from the State
Historic Preservation Office regarding Saratoga's registered
landmark status (Continued from September 13).
After discussion, Chair Davis and Commissioner Ansnes agreed to map
the landmarks indicated in the State provided materials. The
purpose of this exercise will be to determine which of the
landmarks still exist. In addition, the State list would be
compared with the Heritage Resource Inventory. This item would be
revisited in November.
4. Discussion of projects for the Santa Clara County grant
program (Continued from September 13).
The Commission discussed the possible grant projects such as the
Saratoga Museum, the Heritage Orchard and the Warner Hutton House.
It was decided to go ahead and make an application for the Orchard.
Chair Davis agreed to work with staff to complete the application.
Commissioner Peck also expressed an interest in completing an
application for the Museum. Staff was asked to provide a copy of
the application for this purpose.
III. NEW BUSINESS
1. V-94-019, Holt, 14690 Oak Street.
Review of a proposed renovation and addition to the Van
Arsdale House which is listed on the Heritage Resource
Inventory.
The Commission moved unanimously to support this application and
commended the applicant for his efforts in preserving the Van
&rsdale House. The Commission recommended the following as
conditions of project approval, M/S Koepernik/Peck:
1. Duplicate trim of existing house.
2. Duplicate architectural details such as window frames and
turned wood details.
3. Match roof shingles on new addition and remodeled garage.
4. Match siding of new addition to existing house.
5. Duplicate any new siding for the remodeled garage to match
main house and addition.
6. If possible, incorporate the columns that are currently
attached to the rear shed into the porch restoration.
2. Discussion and scheduling a Heritage Commission field trip
to visit all of the remaining heritage lane candidates.
Staff was instructed to arrange such a trip instead of or in
addition to the regular December meeting. Staff was also requested
to contact the Water District to see if access could be obtained to
the original Saratoga Springs site.
3. Review and discussion of the existing street name list.
Chair Davis presented a draft handout which provided criteria and
categorized possible names for the street list. Staff was directed
to include a discussion of this handout on the November meeting
agenda.
IV. ITEMS INITIATED BY THE COMMISSION
The following items are to be agendized for the November meeting:
1. Update on the mapping of the landmarks indicated in the
materials provided by the State.
2. Discussion of the draft street name handout.
3. Designation of the Warner Hutton House.
V. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, November S at 9 a.m..
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