10-27-21 Agenda - HPCPage 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 27, 2021
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
4:00 PM
NOTICE REGARDING OCTOBER 27, 2021 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
Government Code Section 54953, as Amended by Assembly Bill 361, in response to the state of
emergency relating to COVID-19 and enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending
or waiving specified provisions in the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.).
Consistent with AB 361 and Town of Los Gatos Resolution 2021-044 this meeting will not be
physically open to the public and the Council and/or Commissioners will be teleconferencing
from remote locations. Members of the public can only participate in the meeting by joining the
Zoom webinar (log in information provided below).
PARTICIPATION
Please click on the following link to join the Zoom webinar:
https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/84722466046?pwd=SE9xeVFjSlI4YSs2ZlBtRDFOMUpWQT09.
Passcode: 743394
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, ASSOCIATE PLANNER SEAN MULLIN, ASSOCIATE 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 (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine Town business
and may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Committee may request to have an
item removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may
provide input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Chair asks for public comments on the
Consent Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions contained on
Page 1 of this agenda. If an item is removed, the Chair has the sole discretion to determine when
the item will be heard.)
1. Approval of Minutes – July 28, 2021
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five
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 three minutes maximum for closing statements. Items
requested/recommended for continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.
2. 70 Ellenwood Avenue
Consider a Request to Remove a Presumptive Historic Property (Pre-1941) from the
Historic Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:12. APN 510-20-022.
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Ashraf M. Hosseinian Snyder
Project PLANNER: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
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OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the
following items.)
3. 245 Johnson Avenue
Preliminary Review of a Request for Construction of Exterior Alterations to an Existing
Pre-1941 Single-family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 532-28-022.
PROPERTY OWNER: Chris and Elizabeth Juelsgaard
APPLICANT: Jessica Smith
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
4. 333 University Avenue
Preliminary Review of a Request for Construction of Exterior Alterations and a Second-
story Addition Greater than 100 Square Feet to a Contributing Single-family Residence in
the University-Edelen Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 529-04-058.
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Kavin Kankeshwar
PROJECT PLANNER: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
5. Consulting Architect Review of Historic Preservation Committee Projects
- Staff Report and Attachment
- Desk Item and Attachment
ADJOURNMENT
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PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK DEPARTMENT AT (408) 354-6834. NOTIFICATION 48 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING WILL ENABLE THE TOWN
TO MAKE REASONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO THIS MEETING [28 CFR §35.102-35.104]