10-25-23 Agenda - HPC (PDF)Page 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 25, 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 – September 27, 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. 50 Hernandez Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-23-016
Requesting Approval for Modifications to an Existing Front Porch and Windows on an
Existing Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 510-20-003.
Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owners: Richard Archuleta and Chrissy Klander.
Applicant: Jay Plett, Architect
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
3. 323 Pennsylvania Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-23-018
Requesting Approval for Construction of a New Second-Story Addition to an Existing
Single-Family Residence, an Accessory Structure with Reduced Side Yard Setbacks,
Demolition of an Existing Accessory Dwelling Unit, Removal of a Large Protected Tree,
and Site Improvements Requiring a Grading Permit on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 510-
43-044. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing
Facilities.
Property Owner: Megan Jellinek
Applicant: Gary Kohlsaat, Kohlsaat & Associates, Inc.
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
4. 16488 Bonnie Lane
Request for Review PHST-23-018
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 532 02 014. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Property Owner/Applicant: Vu-Ngan Tran
Project Planner: Savannah Van Akin
- 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.)
5. 215 Massol Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-23-017.
Preliminary Review for Construction of Exterior Modifications and a New Second-Story
Addition to an Existing Noncontributing Single-Family Residence on Property Located in
the Almond Grove Historic District Zoned R-1D: LHP. APN 510-16-022. Categorically
Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Jim and Sara McManis
Applicant: Jay Plett
Project Planner: Suray Nathan
- Staff Report and Attachments
6. Upcoming Special Meetings are on November 15, 2023, and December 20, 2023.
ADJOURNMENT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING,
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].