08-23-23 Agenda - HPC (PDF)Page 1 of 4
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
AUGUST 23, 2023
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
4:00 PM
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 – July 26, 2023
Barry Cheskin, Chair
Susan Burnett, Vice Chair
Steve Raspe, Planning Commissioner
Martha Queiroz, Committee Member
Lee Quintana, Committee Member
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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
or recommended for continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.)
2. 385 Bella Vista Avenue
Request for Review PHST-23-007
Requesting Approval for Construction of Exterior Alterations to an Existing Pre -1941
Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 529-21-009. Categorically
Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Anthony Masterson
Applicant: Sherman Lee
Project Planner: Maria Chavarin/Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
3. 63 Highland Avenue
Request for Review PHST-23-013
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned HR-2 1/2. APN 529 36 044. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA
Section 15061(b)(3).
Property Owner/Applicant: Minghuang Ma
Project Planner: Savannah Van Akin
- Staff Report and Attachments
4. 18 Oak Hill Way
Request for Review PHST-23-014
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1D. APN 529-34-052. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section
15061(b)(3).
Property Owner/Applicant: Vanessa Young
Project Planner: Ryan Safty
- Staff Report and Attachments
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5. 17035 Pine Avenue
Request for Review PHST-23-005
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 529-20-010. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA
Section 15061(b)(3).
Property Owner/Applicant: Garrett and Alive Brown
Project Planner: Jocelyn Shoopman
- Staff Report and Attachments
6. 327 University Avenue
Minor Development in a Historic District Application HS -23-022
Requesting Approval for Construction of Exterior Alterations (Front Door Replacement)
to an Existing Contributing Single-Family Residence Located in the University-Edelen
Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 529-04-060. Categorically Exempt
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owners/Applicants: Johan Back and Vibha Rao
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the
following items.)
7. 46 Los Gatos Boulevard
Request for Review PHST-23-015
Preliminary Review for Exterior Alterations and Construction of a New Second-Story
Addition to an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1D. APN
532-29-016. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing
Facilities.
Property Owner: Kathleen and Morgan Magid
Applicant: Michelle Kusanovich
Project Planner: Erin Walters
- Staff Report and Attachments
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8. 44 Broadway
Minor Development in a Historic District Application HS-23-021.
Preliminary Review for Exterior Alterations and Construction of a Second-Story Addition
Exceeding 100 Square Feet to an Existing Contributing Single -Family Residence and
Exterior Modifications of an Existing Detached Garage Located in the Broadway Historic
District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 510-45-018. Categorically Exempt Pursuant
to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Roberta Scott
Applicant: Gordon K. Wong
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
9. 26 Ashler Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-23-011
Preliminary Review for Exterior Alterations and Construction of an Addition to an
Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1D. APN 410-14-042.
Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Fernando Saenz and Maria Dolores Stacey
Applicant: Clara G. Portillo
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
ADJOURNMENT
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