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PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2003 Hearing Agendas

Historic Landmarks Commission Hearing Meeting

 

Wednesday April 7, 2004

 

Regular Session
6:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 205
801 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95110

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS:

Gloria Sciara, Chair | Stephen Polcyn, Vice Chair
Avelino Legaspi| Michael Youmans|  Sandra Paim| Justine Leong| Edward Janke 

Stephen M. Haase, AICP, Director
Department of  Planning, Building and Code Enforcement

 

 

 

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Good evening, my name is Gloria Sciara, and I am the Chair of the Historic Landmarks Commission. On behalf of the Commission, I would like to welcome you to tonight's meeting. I will now call to order the April 7, 2004, meeting of the Historic Landmarks Commission. Please remember to turn off your cell phones and pagers.

When addressing the Commission, please approach the Commission, identify yourself and state your address for our records. After you have finished speaking, please write your name and address on the speaker’s list at the end of the table.

The procedure for public hearings is as follows:

• After the staff report, applicants may make a five-minute presentation.

• Anyone wishing to speak in favor of the proposal should prepare to come forward. Each speaker will have two minutes.

• After the proponents speak, anyone wishing to speak in opposition should prepare to come forward. Each speaker will have two minutes.

• Commissioners may ask questions of the speakers. These questions will not reduce the speaker’s time allowance.

• The Commission will then close the public hearing. The Historic Landmarks Commission will take action on the item.

The procedure for referrals is as follows:

• Anyone wishing to speak on a referral will be limited to one minute.

• Commissioners may ask questions of the speakers. These questions will not reduce the speaker’s time allowance.

• The Historic Landmarks Commission will comment on the referral item.

If a Commissioner would like a topic to be addressed under one of the Good and Welfare items, please contact Planning staff in advance of the Commission meeting.

An agenda and a copy of all staff reports have been placed on the end of the table for your convenience.

 

AGENDA

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

6:00 PM SESSION

 

1. Roll Call

 

2. Deferrals

Any item scheduled for hearing this evening for which deferral is being requested will be taken out of order to be heard first on the matter of deferral. A list of staff-recommended deferrals is available on the table. If you want to change any of the deferral dates recommended or speak to the question of deferring these or any other items, you should say so at this time.

The matter of deferrals is now closed.

The following items are considered individually.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The consent calendar items are considered to be routine and will be adopted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a request is made by a member of the Historic Landmarks Commission, staff or the public to have an item removed from the consent calendar and considered separately. If anyone in the audience wishes to speak on one of these items, please make your request at this time.

 

3.    CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Approval of the March 2004, Historic Landmark Commission Synopsis.

2. HP04-001.  HISTORIC PRESERVATION PERMIT to allow EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS to an existing multi-family residence in the Hensley Historic District (ID# 1484) on a 0.14 gross-acre site, in the R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District, located at/on the Westside of North 6^th Street approximately 160 feet southwesterly of Washington Street (379 N. 6^th Street) (Jacquelyn Mullarky, Owner).  Council District 3.  SNI:  13th Street.  CEQA:  Exempt.  Deferred from 3-3-04

Find the proposal conforms to Your Old House and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and recommend approval of the proposed exterior changes to the Director of Planning standard and special conditions as follows:  1.  The plan set will be revised to indicate the restoration rather than removal of the existing fixed wood window on the front basement elevation

4.    PUBLIC HEARINGS

1. ADDITION OF QUALIFYING EAST DOWNTOWN FRAME HISTORIC PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 471 MARGARET STREET AND 687 SOUTH TENTH STREEET TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY.  Council District: 3.  CEQA:  Exempt.  CONTINUED TO 5-5-04

2.  HL 149.  HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE NEVILLS-CAMPISI HOUSE, 84 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.

3. Discussion and comment regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report for 507 Almaden. The project would demolish two existing houses located at 507 and 511 Almaden Avenue for the purpose of developing an off-site parking lot for the Sobrato Office Tower. The house at 507 Almaden has been identified by the City as a historic resource because it is considered eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources.  The project site is located at the southwest corner of Almaden Avenue and Balbach Street, in the Market-Almaden neighborhood of downtown San José. Council District 3

4. Discussion and comment regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the WG Jones Residence (RSP03 004) a structure listed on the City of San Jose Historic Resources Inventory as a Structure of Merit and considered eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources, formerly located at 126 Viola Avenue, currently located at the northwest corner of Almaden Boulevard and Woz Way. Council District 3

5.    PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

1. Public comments to the Historic Landmarks Commission on nonagendized items.  Each member of the public may address the Commission for up to two minutes.  The Commission cannot take any formal action without the item being properly noticed and placed on an agenda.  In response to public comment, the Historic Landmarks Commission is limited to the following options:

1.                  Responding to statements made or questions posed by members of the public; or

2.                  Requesting staff to report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting; or

3.                  Directing staff to place the item on a future agenda.

 d.            Verbal report from the Preservation Action Council of San Jose regarding the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Development Initiative

6.    REFERRALS FROM CITY COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS OR OTHER AGENCIES

1.  proposed KB Home Del Monte Residential Planned Development Zoning project located on the north side of Auzerais Avenue, between sunol street and los gatos creek/city council policy on the preservation of Historic Landmarks

2. Discussion and comment regarding the Draft Downtown Historic Resource Design Guidelines

7.    GOOD AND WELFARE

8.    ADJOURNMENT