12-20-23 Agenda - HPC - SPECIALPage 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 20, 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 – October 25, 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. 14335 La Rinconada Drive, Parcel 1
Request for Review Application PHST-23-018
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 409-14-026. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Nicholas Gera
Applicant: Greg Zierman
Project Planner: Erin Walters
- Staff Report and Attachments
3. 123 Wilder Avenue
Architecture and Site Application S-23-039
Requesting Approval for Technical Demolition of a Contributing Single-Family Residence
and Construction of a New Single-Family Residence to Exceed the Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
Standards and Requiring a Variance to Side Yard Setback Requirements Located in the
Almond Grove Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 510-18-008.
Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Bogusla Marcinkowski and Brygida Sas-Marcinkowski
Applicant: Jose De La O
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
- Addendum and Attachment
4. 215 Massol Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-23-017
Requesting Approval for Construction of Exterior Modifications and a New Second-Story
Addition to an Existing Noncontributing Single-Family Residence on Property 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
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- Staff Report and Attachments
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the
following items.)
5. 101 Casa Grande
Request for Review Application PHST-23-022
Preliminary Review for Exterior Alterations and Construction of an Addition to an
Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:20:PD. APN 407-17-
047. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing
Facilities.
Property Owners: Celeste Parisi and Charles Fuller
Applicant: Jay Plett
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
- Staff Report and Attachments
6. Annual Certified Local Government Report
7. Meeting Schedule for 2024
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].