09-25-24 Agenda - HPC (PDF)Page 1 of 3
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
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.)
None.
Susan Burnett, Chair
Lee Quintana, Vice Chair
Jeffrey Barnett, Planning Commissioner
Barry Cheskin, Committee Member
Martha Queiroz, 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.)
1. 200 Hernandez Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-24-018
Requesting Approval for Exterior Alterations to a Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on
Property Zoned R-1:12. APN 510-21-003. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section
15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner/Applicant: Vaishali Singh-Sood
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
2. 14340 Browns Lane
Request for Review Application PHST-24-019
Requesting Approval to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 409-14-010. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines, Section 15061(b)(3).
Property Owner: Cathleen Joyce Vadasz
Applicant: Gordon K. Wong
Project Planner: Erin Walters
3. 228 Bachman Avenue
Request for Review Application PHST-24-017
Requesting a Determination Regarding the Contributing Status of an Existing
Contributing Single-Family Residence Located in the Almond Grove Historic District on
Property Zoned O:LHP. APN 510-14-053. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section
15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner/Applicant: James B. Wood
Project Planner: Sean Mullin
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4. 145 Tait Avenue
Minor Residential Development Application MR-24-010
Requesting Reconsideration of a Request for Approval for Construction of a Second-
Story Addition Exceeding 100 Square Feet and Exterior Alterations to an Existing
Contributing Single-Family Residence Located in the Almond Grove Historic District on
Property Zoned R-1D:LHP Pursuant to Town Council Policy 2-01. Exempt Pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing Facilities.
Property Owner: Jennifer McNellis
Applicant: Eric Beckstrom
Project Planner: Erin Walters
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the
following items.)
None.
REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MATTERS
ADJOURNMENT
ADA NOTICE In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting,
please contact the clerk office at (408) 354-6834. Notification at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting date will enable
the town to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting [28 cfr §35.102-35.104].