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PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2003 Hearing Agendas

Historic Landmarks Commission Hearing Meeting

 

Wednesday August 6, 2003

 

Evening Session
6:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers, Room 205
City Hall
801 North First Strret
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 August 6, 2003, 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

a.  Approval of the July 2, 2003 Historic Landmark Commission Synopsis.

 

The following items are considered individually.

4.    PUBLIC HEARINGS

a. HISTORIC LANDMARK INITIATION FOR THE MOODY FLATS APARTMENT BUILDING, 311 N. SECOND ST. (HL03-148)

 

b. F 93. CDBG APPLICATION for replacement of sanitary sewer lines at the Center for Employment Training located on a 6.2 acre site in the RM-Multi-Family Residential and R-2 Two Family Zoning districts, bounded by Vine Street to the east, Locust Street to the west, W. Virginia Street to the south, and Grant Street to the north (701 Vine Street) (Center for Employment Training, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: Washington. CEQA: Exempt.

 

c. ADDITION OF QUALIFYING EAST DOWNTOWN FRAME HISTORIC PROPERTIES TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY, GEOGRAPHIC AREA ONE.

 

5.    PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

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.

a. Distribution of the memo to Planning Commission regarding Historic Landmarks Commission comments on the Downtown Design Guidelines

 

b. Distribution of Santa Clara County Planning Office letter regarding Santa Clara County Heritage Resource Inventory update.

 

c. Distribution of Commissioner parking permit rules

 

d. Discussion regarding Historic Landmarks Commission Retreat September 26, 2003 from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the San Jose Museum of Art

 

e. Distribution of letter from Congressman Honda regarding Japantown historic context and reconnaissance level survey grant

 

f. Tamien Place Residential Development/Alma Bowl

 

g. Verbal update regarding Wehner Mansion at 7871 Prestwick Circle

 

h. Historic Landmarks Commission request for discussion regarding salvage operations-no staff report

 

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

a. PDC02-046. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING from CN-Commercial Neighborhood, LI-Light Industrial, and HI-Heavy Industrial to A(PD) Planned Development to allow up to 1.025 million square feet of commercial and retail uses and up to 325 residential units on a 8.83 acre site generally bounded by West Santa Clara Street, West San Fernando Street, a planned Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail station and riparian channels of Los Gatos Creek and the Guadalupe River (San Jose Water Land Company, Owner/Developer). Council District 3. SNI: Delmas Park. CEQA: Environmental Impact Report circulated June 20, 2003.

b. REFERRAL OF HOTEL MONTGOMERY SIGNAGE PACKAGE AND DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE (#RV03-001)

c. Informational Memo regarding upcoming Supplemental Environmental Impact Report on the structure formerly located at 126 Viola Street  Special Use Permit to allow the demolition of an administration annex building and construction of a Peace Garden on a 4.96-acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning District located on the city block bounded by Naglee Avenue, Park Avenue, Chapman Street, and Randol Avenue (1342 Naglee Avenue) (AMORC, Inc., Owner).  Council District 6. CEQA: Exempt.

7.    GOOD AND WELFARE

a. Report from theRedevelopment Agency

    No report

b. Report from the Secretary

• Status of Circulation of Environmental Review Documents

1. Draft Environmental Impact Report for Lowe’s Home Improvement/ IBM Building 25 at Cottle and Poughkeepsie

c. Report from the Subcommittees

• Design Review

• St. James Park

• Ad Hoc Survey Committee

• Standard permit language for Historical Archeology

8.    ADJOURNMENT