05-28-25 Agenda - HPC (PDF)Page 1
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
MAY 28, 2025
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
4:00 PM
Lee Quintana, Chair
Martha Queiroz, Vice Chair
Susan Burnett, Planning Commissioner
Emily Thomas, Planning Commissioner
Alan Feinberg, Committee Member
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CALL MEETING TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine Town business
and may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Committee may request to have an
item removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may
provide input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Chair asks for public comments on the
Consent Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions contained on
Page 1 of this agenda. If an item is removed, the Chair has the sole discretion to determine when
the item will be heard.)
1. Draft Minutes of March 26, 2025 Historic Preservation Committee Meeting
2. Draft Minutes of the April 23, 2025 Historic Preservation Committee Meeting
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Historic
Preservation Committee on any matter that is not listed on the agenda and is within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the Committee. To ensure all agenda items are heard, this portion of the
agenda is limited to 30 minutes. 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. Each speaker is limited to three minutes or such time as authorized
by the Chair.)
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/recommended for continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.)
3. Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources Inventory
for Property Zoned R-1D. Located at 446 San Benito Avenue. APN 410-16-051. Exempt
Pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). Request for Review PHST-25-005. Property
Owner/Applicant: Devendra Deshwal. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
4. Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources Inventory
for Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 37 Ellenwood Avenue. APN 510-19-015. Request for
Review PHST-25-008. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3). Property
Owner/Applicant: Arthur Chatoff. Project Planner: Samina Merchant.
5. Consider a Request for Approval to Construct Exterior Alterations to a Non-Contributing
Single-Family Residence in the Almond Grove District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP.
Located at 109 Tait Avenue. APN 510-18-037. Minor Development in a Historic District
Application HS-25-009. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing
Facilities. Property Owners: Howard Labe and Jill Nakamura. Applicant: Terry J. Martin,
AIA. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
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6. Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources Inventory
for Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 16805 Loma Street. APN 532-07-101. Exempt
Pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). Request for Review PHST-25-007. Property Owner:
William Wundram. Applicant: David Britt, Britt-Rowe. Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
7. Consider a Request for Approval to Construct an Addition and Exterior Modifications to an
Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 119
Harding Avenue. APN 532-35-022. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301:
Existing Facilities. Request for Review Application PHST-25-010. Property Owner: Brian
Conlisk. Applicant: Jay Plett Architect, LLC. Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
8. Consider a Request for Preliminary Review to Construct a New Second-Story Addition and
Exterior Alterations to an Existing Non-Contributing Single-Family Residence Located in
the Almond Grove Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. Located at 310 Tait
Avenue. APN 510-14-058. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing
Facilities. Request for Review Application PHST-24-026. Property Owner: Santiago Allende.
Applicant: Donna Chivers. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MATTERS
ADJOURNMENT
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