07-22-20 Agenda - HPC
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
JULY 22, 2020
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
4:00 PM
NOTICE REGARDING JULY 22, 2020 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19
pandemic. In accordance with Executive Order N-29-20, the public may only participate in the
meeting via teleconference and not in the Council Chambers.
PARTICIPATION
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PlanningComment@losgatosca.gov with the subject line “Public Comment Item # ” (insert the
item number relevant to your comment) or “Verbal Communications – Non Agenda Item.”
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option to modify this action on items based on comments received.
REMOTE LOCATION PARTICIPANTS
The following HPC members and staff are listed to permit them to appear electronically or
telephonically at the DRC meeting: VICE CHAIR STEVE RASPE, PLANNING COMMISSIONER MARY
BADAME, PLANNING COMMISSIONER MATTHEW HUDES, COMMITTEE MEMBER NANCY
DERHAM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JOEL PAULSON, PLANNING MANAGER SALLY
ZARNOWITZ, AND ASSOCIATE PLANNER SEAN MULLIN, AND ASSISTANT PLANNER DIEGO MORA.
All votes during the teleconferencing session will be conducted by roll call vote.
Vacant, Chair
Steve Raspe, Vice Chair
Mary Badame, Planning Commissioner
Matthew Hudes, Planning Commissioner
Nancy Derham, Committee Member
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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 Communications 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 – June 24, 2020
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five (5)
minutes maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three (3)
minutes to comment on any public hearing item. Applicants and their representatives may be allotted
up to a total of three (3) minutes maximum for closing statements. Items requested/recommended for
continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.
2. 445 Los Gatos Boulevard
Forward a Recommendation to the Director on a Request for Approval for Construction
of a Second Story Addition on a Pre-1941 Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 529-
20-006. Minor Residential Development Application MR-20-005.
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Shahbaz Akhtar
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
3. 224 Wilder Avenue
Consider a Request for Approval for Exterior Modifications to an Existing Single-Family
Residence in the Almond Grove Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP.
APN 510-17-099. Minor Development in an Historic District Application HS-20-018.
PROPERTY OWNER: Janet Wolf
APPLICANT: Dino Garcia
PROJECT PLANNER: Diego Mora
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4. 253 W. Main Street
Forward a Recommendation to the Director on a Request for Approval for Demolition of
an Existing Single-Family Residence and Construction of a New Single-Family Residence
in the Broadway Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 510-45-006.
Architecture and Site Application S-20-021.
PROPERTY OWNERS: Kim and Mike Wasserman
APPLICANT: Bess Wiersema, Studio 3 Design
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
5. 78 W. Main Street
Forward a Recommendation to the Director on a Request for Exterior Alterations to a
Commercial Building in the Commercial Historic District on Property Zoned C-2:LHP.
APN 529-02-007.
PROPERTY OWNER: Rita I. Minnis Trustee
APPLICANT: Bess Wiersema, Studio3 Design
PROJECT PLANNER: Diego Mora and Sally Zarnowitz
6. 17361 E. Vineland Avenue
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 424-28-022.
PROPERTY OWNER: Aaron and Dana Rouleau
APPLICANT: Gary Kohlsaat, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
7. 2040 General Plan Initial Draft Environmental and Sustainability Element and 2020
General Plan Community Design Element
8. Report from Planning Manager
ADJOURNMENT
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