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Cultural
Heritage Committee Action Update
August 25, 2008 Monday
5:30p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Committee Members Barbara Breska, Chuck Crotser, Katy Davis, Lynne
Landwehr, Dean Miller, Vice Chair John Fowler, and Chairperson Elise
Wheeler (Chairperson Wheeler and Committee
Member Landwehr were absent.)
STAFF:
Phil Dunsmore, Associate Planner, Pam Ricci and Jeff Hook, Senior
Planners
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There was no public comment on items not on
the agenda.
MINUTES: Minutes
of July 28, 2008, regular meeting. The minutes were approved as
amended.
PUBLIC HEARING
ITEMS:
1.
1460 Mill Street.
CHCMA 88-08; Request for Mills Act Contract for Historic Mugler
House; R-2 zone; Dora Drexler, applicant.
(James David)
Jeff Hook
presented the staff report and recommended the Committee forward a
recommendation to the City Council to approve the applicant’s
request to be part of the Mills Act Historic Preservation program
and to endorse the attached draft Mills Act Contract. Dora Drexler
responded to the staff report and agreed with staff- recommended
minor changes to “Exhibit A” of the draft contract. There was no
public comment.
On a motion by Committee Member Crotser, seconded by Committee
Member Breska, the Committee voted 5:0 to forward a recommendation
to the City Council to approve the applicant’s request to be part of
the Mills Act Historic Preservation program and to endorse the draft
Mills Act Contract.
2.
1546 Chorro Street.
CHCMA 91-08; Request to enter into a Mills Act Contract for the
Fleuger House, a Master List historic resource; R-2-H zone; Joann
Quaglino, applicant. (Brian Leveille)
Jeff Hook
presented the staff report and recommended the Committee forward a
recommendation to the City Council to approve the applicant’s
request to be part of the Mills Act Historic Preservation program
and to endorse the attached draft Mills Act Contract. Matt and
JoAnn Quaglino responded to the staff report and noted a minor
change to “Item F, Exhibit A” of the draft contract. There was no
public comment.
On a motion by Committee Member Davis, seconded by Committee Member
Miller, the Committee voted 5:0 to forward a recommendation to the
City Council to approve the applicant’s request to be part of the
Mills Act Historic Preservation program and to endorse the draft
Mills Act Contract.
3.
2238 Broad Street.
ARC 70-08; Review revised, previously-approved mixed-use development
project located in Railroad Historic District; C-N-H zone; Rick
Moses, RMD Development, applicant. (Pam
Ricci)
Pam Ricci presented the staff report recommending the Committee
determine that the proposed project was consistent with the Railroad
District Plan and the Historic Preservation Program Guidelines based
on findings and subject to one condition. Rick Moses, applicant,
Debbie Rudd, project planner, and Jeff Dillon, architect, explained
the project and responded to the staff report. There was no public
comment.
Committee members supported the project and complemented the project
team, and on a motion by Committee Member Crotser, seconded by
Committee Member Breska, the Committee voted 5:0 to recommend to the
Architectural Review Commission that it find the project consistent
with the Railroad District Plan and with the Historic Preservation
Program Guidelines “Principles of Historic Preservation,” based on
findings and subject to one condition.
4.
2963 S. Higuera Street.
ARC 103-07; Review of a new two-story, approximately 3,500 square
feet, mixed-use project (veterinary office), proposed demolition and
determination of historical/architectural significance; C-S zone;
Dean and Linda Powers, applicants. (Phil
Dunsmore)
Phil Dunsmore presented the staff report recommending the Committee
determine that the existing building meets the definition of a
Contributing Historic Resource, that the proposed demolition is not
consistent with the Historic Preservation Program Guidelines, and
recommending the project be modified to comply with the Secretary of
the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Dean Powers, applicant, and Brian Starr, architect, explained the
project and responded to the staff report. They explained that the
building was in dilapidated condition and did not agree with the
historic survey report that the building reflects the historic
context of Old State Highway 2’s south entrance to the City. There
was no public comment.
Committee members did not feel there was enough information to
evaluate the demolition request and asked the applicant to provide
specific structural information to accurately describe the
building’s structural condition and feasibility of incorporating the
building’s façade into the new project. After lengthy discussion,
on a motion by Committee Member Miller, seconded by Committee Member
Crotser, the Committee voted 5:0 to continue the project to its
September 22, 2008, meeting.
5.
1204 Nipomo Street.
ARC 1-07; Conceptual architectural review of a new mixed-use
building with 2,836 square feet of ground floor commercial space and
four residential units; C-D zone; Jules Rogoff, applicant.
(Brian Leveille)
On a motion by Committee Member Miller, seconded by Committee Member
Crotser, and on a 5:0 vote, the Committee continued the item to its
September 22, 2008, meeting.
COMMUNICATIONS:
a.
Agenda
Forecast - Staff
b.
Committee
ADJOURNMENT.
The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m.
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