05-26-21 Agenda - HPCPage 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
MAY 26, 2021
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
4:00 PM
NOTICE REGARDING MAY 26, 2021 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
Please click on the following link to join the Zoom webinar:
https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/83330153614?pwd=NC9HWTRKTTlrdGZGZjlzZ2tRZCtRUT09.
Passcode: 054107.
Or telephone dial: USA 214-765-0479 or USA 888-278-0296 (US Toll Free).
Conference code: 824780
The Town encourages the public to send in written comments via email to
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 HPC meeting: CHAIR STEVE RASPE, VICE CHAIR TIMOTHY LUNDELL,
PLANNING COMMISSIONER KENDRA BURCH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER JEFFREY SUZUKI,
COMMITTEE MEMBER BARRY CHESKIN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JOEL PAULSON,
PLANNING MANAGER SALLY ZARNOWITZ, ASSOCIATE PLANNER SEAN MULLIN, AND TOWN
ATTORNEY ROBERT SCHULTZ. All votes during the teleconferencing session will be conducted by
roll call vote.
Steve Raspe, Chair
Timothy Lundell, Vice Chair
Kendra Burch, Planning Commissioner
Jeffrey Suzuki, Planning Commissioner
Barry Cheskin, 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 – April 28, 2021
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. 592 Vasona Avenue
Consider a Request to Remove a Presumptive Historic Property (Pre-1941) from the
Historic Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 406-32-049.
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Laura Snyder
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.)
3. 320 Johnson Avenue
Preliminary Review of a Request for Construction of Exterior Alterations and an Addition
to an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8.
APN 529-39-070.
PROPERTY OWNER: Steve and Gina Sprich.
APPLICANT: Steven Plyler, De Mattei Construction.
PROJECT PLANNERS: Sean Mullin
- Addendum and Attachment
4. 18 Walnut Avenue
Preliminary Review of a Request for Construction of Exterior Alterations and an Attic
Addition to an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN
510-41-011.
PROPERTY OWNER: Lauren Shelly and Tom Richards
APPLICANT: Chris Spaulding, Architect
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
- Addendum and Attachment
5. Report from Planning Manager
ADJOURNMENT
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