09-27-23 Agenda - HPC (PDF)Page 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 27, 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 – August 23, 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. 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
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Property Owner/Applicant: Minghuang Ma
Project Planner: Savannah Van Akin
(Continued from August 23, 2023)
- Staff Report and Attachments
3. 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
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Property Owners/Applicants: Garrett and Alive Brown
Project Planner: Jocelyn Shoopman
(Continued from August 23, 2023)
- Staff Report and Attachments
4. 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. Located at 26 Ashler
Avenue. APN 410-14-042. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section
15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owners: Fernando Saenz and Maria Dolores Stacey
Applicant: Clara G. Portillo
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
(Continued from August 23, 2023)
- Staff Report and Attachments
- Addendum and Attachment
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5. 112 Wilder Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-23-017
Requesting Approval for Construction of an Addition to a Single-Family Residence to
Exceed the Floor Area Ratio Standards on Property Located in the Almond Grove
Historic District Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 510-17-103. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owners: Andrea Grant and Tarek Robbiati
Applicant: Jay Plett
Project Planner: Jocelyn Shoopman
- Staff Report and Attachments
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the
following items.)
None.
ADJOURNMENT
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