12-16-20 Agenda - HPC Special
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
SPECIAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 16, 2020
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
3:00 PM
NOTICE REGARDING DECEMBER 16, 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.”
Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 11:00 a.m. on the
day of the meeting. All comments received will become part of the record. The Chair has the
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 meeting: VICE CHAIR STEVE RASPE, PLANNING COMMISSIONER KATHRYN
JANNOFF, PLANNING COMMISSIONER KENDRA BURCH, COMMITTEE MEMBER NANCY DERHAM,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JOEL PAULSON, PLANNING MANAGER SALLY
ZARNOWITZ, ASSOCIATE PLANNER SEAN MULLIN, ASSOCIATE PLANNER RYAN SAFTY, ASSOCIATE
PLANNER JOCELYN SHOOPMAN, ASSISTANT PLANNER DIEGO MORA, AND TOWN ATTORNEY
ROBERT SCHULTZ. All votes during the teleconferencing session will be conducted by roll call
vote.
Vacant, Chair
Steve Raspe, Vice Chair
Kathryn Janoff, Planning Commissioner
Kendra Burch, 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 – November 18, 2020
2. 221 Almendra Avenue
Minor Residential Application MR-20-006
Forward a Recommendation to the Director on a Request for Construction of a
Detached Garage Exceeding 450 Square Feet on a Non-Contributing Property in the
Almond Grove Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN: 510-14-044.
PROPERTY OWNER: Gary Filizetti
APPLICANT: Brett Brenkwitz
PROJECT PLANNER: Ryan Safty
3. 15 Chestnut Avenue
Minor Residential Application MR-20-012
Requesting Approval for Construction of an Addition greater than 100 square feet to an
existing Second Story of a Historic Residence (Pre-1941) located on Property Zoned R-
1:8. APN 510-40-155.
PROPERTY OWNER: Mahtab Fatemi and Ben Verwer
APPLICANT: Jay Plett, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Diego Mora
Preliminary Review Completed: October 28, 2020
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4. 32 Walnut Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-20-034
Requesting Approval for Technical Demolition for rehabilitation of a Historic
Residence (Pre-1941) on Property Zoned R-1:8.
APN 510-41-013.
PROPERTY OWNER: Manish Belsare and Rekha Thakur
APPLICANT: Tom Sloan, Metro design Group
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
Preliminary Review Completed: September 23, 2020
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.
5. 15011 Los Gatos Boulevard
Architecture and Site Application S-20-035
Subdivision Application M-20-013
Requesting Approval for a Modification to an Existing Architecture and Site Application
(S-13-090) and Subdivision Application (M-13-014) to Relocate a Historic Residence,
Including the Addition of Below Grade Square Footage and the Reduction of One
Housing Unit on Property Zoned North Forty Specific Plan. APN 424-56-019.
PROPERTY OWNER: Yuki Family c/o Edward Morimoto
APPLICANT: Don Capobres
PROJECT PLANNER: Jocelyn Shoopman
6. 136 Wheeler Avenue
Consider a Request to Remove a Presumptive Historic Property (Pre-1941) from the
Historic Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:10. APN 532-37-033.
PROPERTY OWNER: Alissa Soria
APPLICANT: Jay Plett, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
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OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
7. 435 San Benito Avenue
Preliminary Review of a Request for Construction of Exterior Alterations and an Addition
to a Presumptive Historic Residence (Pre-1941) on Property Zoned R-1D. APN 410-17-
053.
PROPERTY OWNER: James Holtz and Barbara Bowman
APPLICANT: Sandra Paim, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
8. 44 Bayview Avenue
Preliminary Review for Demolition of a Presumptive Historic Residence (Pre-1941) for
Construction of a New Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1D.
APN 510-44-020.
PROPERTY OWNER: Pamela Hook
APPLICANT: Jay Plett, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
9. Review and approve the 2021 Meeting Schedule Calendar
10. Discussion of special meeting for January 2021 to discuss the Draft General Plan Land
Use Element and Community Design Element
11. Report from Planning Manager
ADJOURNMENT
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