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11-19-25 Agenda - HPC SPECIAL (PDF)Page 1 HOW TO PARTICIPATE The Town of Los Gatos strongly encourages your active participation in the public process. If you are interested in providing oral comments during the meeting, you must attend in-person, complete a speaker’s card, and return it to the staff. If you wish to speak to an item on the agenda, please list the item number on the speaker card. The time allocated to speakers may change to better facilitate the meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting in-person, you are welcome to submit written comments via email to planning@losgatosca.gov. Public Comment During the Meeting: When called to speak, please limit your comments to three (3) minutes, or such other time as the Chair may decide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Town meeting. Speakers at public meetings may be asked to provide their name and to state whether they are a resident of the Town of Los Gatos. Providing this information is not required. 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TOWN OF LOS GATOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 19, 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 Page 2 CALL MEETING TO ORDER ROLL CALL 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.) 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 the October 22 Meeting 2. Draft Minutes of the October 29 Meeting 3. Adopt a Letter to the Town Council Regarding Future Historic Preservation Committee Workplan Items 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.) 4. 647 N Santa Cruz Avenue Request for Review Application PHST-25-022 Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources Inventory for Property Zoned C-1. APN 410-14-015. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). Property Owner: 647 N. Santa Cruz Ave, LLC. Applicant: Lance Tate Project Planner: Ryan Safty Page 3 5. 245 Los Gatos Boulevard Request for Review Application PHST-25-023 Consider a Request to Construct an Addition and Exterior Alterations to an Existing Pre- 1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1D. APN 529-24-024. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Property Owner: Michael Phung Applicant: Andres Johnson Project Planner: Samina Merchant 6. 321 Bachman Avenue Architecture and Site Application S-25-049 Consider a Request for Approval to Construct an Addition with Reduced Setbacks to an Existing Noncontributing Single-Family Residence Located in the Almond Grove Historic District on Nonconforming Property Zoned R-1D: LHP. APN 510-17-100. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Property Owner: Stanley and Jean Melax Applicant: Jennifer Kretschmer, AIA Project Planner: Suray Nathan 7. 446 San Benito Avenue Request for Review Application PHST-25-021 Consider a Request for Approval to Construct an Addition and Exterior Alterations to an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1D. APN 410-16-051. Request for Review Application PHST-25-021. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Property Owner/Applicant: Devendra Deshwal Project Planner: Maria Chavarin/Sean Mullin 8. 310 Johnson Avenue Request for Review Application PHST-25-024 Consider a Request for Approval to Construct Exterior Alterations to an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. APN 529-39-006. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Request for Review Application PHST-25-024. Property Owner/Applicant: Sumit Ahluwalia Project Planner: Sean Mullin Page 4 9. 328 Bachman Avenue Request for Review Application PHST-25-025 Consider a Request for Approval to Modify a Previously Approved Project to Construct a Second-Story Addition Exceeding 100 Square Feet and Exterior Alterations to an Existing Contributing Single-Family Residence in the Almond Grove Historic District on Property Zoned R-1D:LHP. APN 510-14-037. Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Property Owner: Snighdha Uday Dharmavaram. Applicant: Bess Wiersema. Project Planner: Sean Mullin. OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following items.) 10. Adopt the 2026 Meeting Schedule 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’s 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].