02-28-18 Agenda - HPCPage 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
4:00 P.M
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the
Committee on any matter that is not listed on the agenda. To ensure all agenda items are
heard and unless additional time is authorized by the Chair, this portion of the agenda is limited
to 30 minutes and no more than three (3) minutes per speaker. In the event additional
speakers were not able to be heard during the initial Verbal Communic ations portion of the
agenda, an additional Verbal Communications will be opened prior to adjournment.)
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION) (Items appearing on
the Consent Calendar are considered routine and may be approved by one motion. Unless there
are separate discussion and/or actions requested by the Committee, staff, or a member of the
public, it is requested that items under the Consent Calendar be acted on simultaneously. Any
member of the Committee or public may request to have an item removed from the Consent
Calendar for comment and action.)
1. Approval of Minutes – January 24, 2018
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of ten minutes
maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three minutes to comment
on any public hearing item. Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five
minutes maximum for closing statements. Items requested/recommended for continuance are subject to
the Committee’s consent at the meeting.)
2. 202 University Avenue
Requesting approval of an application for a Minor Residential Development in a historic
district for a first floor addition and exterior modifications to a contributing single -family
home in the University-Edelen district on property zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 529-04-001
PROPERTY OWNERS: Barry and Lisa Cheskin
APPLICANT: Bess Wiersema
PROJECT PLANNER: Jocelyn Shoopman
Continued from 1/24/2018
Len Pacheco, Chair
Nancy Derham, Vice Chair
Robert Cowan, Committee Member
Tom O’Donnell, Planning Commissioner
Matthew Hudes, Planning Commissioner
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3. 19 Hernandez Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-18-008
Requesting a recommendation of an application for the construction of an addition to a
pre-1941 single-family residence to exceed the floor area ratio (FAR) standards on
property zoned R-1:8. APN 510-42-035.
PROPERTY OWNERS: Alain and Sylvia Couder
APPLICANT: Lyle Mosher
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
4. 511 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Requesting removal of a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory on
property zoned C-1. APN 410-15-063.
PROPERTY OWNERS: Doug and Diana Chan
APPLICANT: Terry Martin
PROJECT PLANNER: Azhar Khan
5. 16883 Spencer Avenue
Requesting removal of a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resource Inventory for
property zoned R-1:8. APN 532-07-045
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Cynthia Hsieh
PROJECT PLANNER: Jocelyn Shoopman
6. 236 Edelen Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-18-012
Requesting a recommendation of an application including, technical demolition, and
construction of a single-family residence in an historic district on property zoned
R-1D:LHP. APN 529-05-009.
PROPERTY OWNERS: Farzad Tajik and Salomeh Zohouri
APPLICANT: Jay Plett
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the
following items.)
7. 32 Walnut Avenue
Requesting a recommendation on a proposed single-story addition to a pre-1941 single-
family residence on property zoned R-1:8. APN 510-41-013.
PROPERTY OWNERS: Terrance and Susan Shaftel
APPLICANT: Park Miller, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Erin Walters
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8. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
ADJOURNMENT
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