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Minutes
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998, 10:15 a.m.
Hace: Warner Hutton House, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Type: Regular Meeting
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I. Routine Organization
A. Roll Call
Present: Fine, Koepernick, Peck, Peepari, Wyman
Absent: King
Staff: Bradley
Guests: Nancy Anderson, Kathy Vogt, Rita McCatry, John Shores, Saratoga High
School Amnesty International Club, David Solomon, Byron Hatkey,
Maryellen Stamos, Gary Kohlsaat, Marty Oakley, Mr. & Mrs. Doles
B. Approval of minutes from 3 / 10/98 Meeting
The minutes were approved $ ~0.
C. Posting of the Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code Section 94954.2, the agenda was posted on
Wednesday April 8th, 1998
D. Writ~n Communications and Oral Communications
None
II. Old Business
A. SD-98-001; 13480 Saratoga Avenue - Fitzsimmons' property. Request for
Tentative Map approval to subdivide a 3.25 acre parcel into five single family
lots. The existing residence and accessory structures would be demolished.
The Commission visited the site prior to the meeting and commented that the house did
not have much historical significance left as it appears to have been in disrepair for some
time and additions have been made to the original home. The Commission viewed photo
boards that the applicants had prepared and felt they were adequate for documentation of
the residence and also requested that the applicants prepare written documentation of all
the previous owners of the property that could easily be obtained through a Title
company. The Commission also recommended that the future homes be carefully
reviewed for their compatibility with other homes along Saratoga Avenue. Approved 5-0
Fine/Peck.
III. New Business ..:.,
A. Request from Laura Kim, Saratoga High School Amnesty InternatibrCal Club -
Request to consider naming a future street after Nigerian human rights activist
Ben Charles Obi.
Mr. Kim from the Saratoga High School Amnesty International Club gave a presentation
on Nigerian human fights violations and explained who Ben Charles Obi is. The
Commission began the discussion by questioning weather the name could be put on a list
for a future street name, but the majority of the Commission felt that would be a bad idea
as it would set a precedent for anyone representing a noble cause to ask for a name to be
put on the list when the list was meant to represent names significant to Saratoga for a
specific historical reason. The Commission encouraged the students good work and
suggested that they approach individual developers in Saratoga who could propose the
name as a part of one of their future developments. They also suggested the students
contact the Library Commission to investigate the possibility of installing a plaque which
would recognize Mr. Ben Charles Obi. Staff was asked to contact the Club to give them
names of local developers and the Library Commission Chair. A motion was made to
reject the request which was approved 5-0 Fine/Koepernick.
B. Landscape and Fence plans for 20379, 20385 and 20393 Park Place (adjacent
to the Foothill Club).
Commissioner Koepermck stated that he would like to see the brackets on the split rail
fences removed and some other support system used as he thought they appeared out of
place and cheap. The applicants said they could accommodate that request.
Representatives from the Foothill Club stated that they had been working with the
applicants and had mutually worked out this design to their satisfaction. The
Commissioners were favorable to the design of a stone facade and stone cap to the wall
between lot #2 and the Foothill Club and it was asked that a landscape screen be used to
hide the parking space on lot #2. It was noted that the fence is proposed to be of stone
veneer only along the Foothill Club side and it will be plain stucco on the lot #2 side.
Recommendation was made to staff to work with the applicants to approve the plans for
the residence.
C. Request from Mr. & Mrs. James Stamos to re-roof their property, the Johnson
Kerr House on 13.36I Argonne Drive.
Mrs. Maryellen Stamos presented her request to re-roof her home with a "wood" brown
Presidential Shake composite shingle. The Commission approved her request 5~0
Peepari/Fine.
D. SD-98-002, DR-98~004 & UP-98-003; 14645 Big Basin Way - Zambetti
property. Request to subdivide an existing single lot in the Commercial
Historic district to create two town-homes. The existing residence and
accessory structures would be demolished.
Mr. Gary Kohlsaat, Architect presented the plans and the possibility of putting a small inn
at the rear of the town-homes sometime in the future. He stated that they did not wish to
comply with the requirement to have a designated public open space are. Commissioner
Peck discussed that the home although very old had been significantly altered over the
years so as to make it insignificant as a heritage resource. However, the Commissioners
requested that the existing home and property be photographically documented and a
title search be done to document all previous owners of the property. Approved 5-0
Peck/Fine.
E. DR-98-006; 15280 El Camino Grande - Doles property. Request to demolish
the existing residence and build a new 6,38I sq. ft. residence with guest
house.
The Commissioners commented on the beauty of the existing home and the views from
the property. Then the applicants presented a report they prepared on the history of the
property along with an aerial photograph taken in what appears to be the 1940's. The
Commission, in recognizing that they did not have the authority to prevent the home
from being destroyed, and that there was nothing about the property or previous owners
that would warrant placing the property on the Inventory, recommended that the inside
of the home be photographed and a complete title search be done to list all previous
owners. It was also discussed that the tile roof be saved so that it could be re-used by
someone else and that the windows and doors and any thing else that possibly could be
recycled. Approved 5~0 Fine/Peck.
W. Items Initiated by the Commission
A. Proposed Amendment to the Heritage Preservation Ordinance
The Ordinance Update was approved as modified by Staff and it was recommended that
the item be reviewed by the City Attorney and the City Council at their earliest
convenience.
B. Status of Heritage Resources Inventory List
The Inventory was accepted as complete and approved for distribution
V. Items Initiated by the Secretary
A. Andres' fence- previously heard March 10, 1998
The Commission discussed the applicants request to retain the posts and attach wire so
that a vine could grow and they decided that no change would be made to their original
determination to remove the posts. Fine abstained from discussion. Approved 4-0
Kcepernick/Peck.
A. California Preservation Conference
Chair Wyman plans to attend and possibly Commissioner Fine, Secretary was also
recommended to attend.
VI. Adjournment
9:00 a.m. Tuesday May 12, I998 - Warner Hutton House