HPB Mins 08/24/2016HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
4:00 p.m. -Wednesday
City Council Chambers
August 24, 2016
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Hernandez called the Historic Preservation Board .Regular Meeting of
Wednesday, August 24, 2016, to order at 4:05 p.m. in the City Council Chambers,
located at 70 North First Street, Campbell, California, and the following proceedings
were had to wit.
ROLL CALL
Board Members Present:
JoElle Hernandez, Chair
Susan Blake, Vice Chair
Todd Walter
Dawn Anderson
Laura Taylor Moore
Board Members Absent:
None
Staff Members Present:
Cindy McCormick, Senior Planner
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Board Member Moore made a motion to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of
July 27, 2016, as amended toyreplace "board member" with "Vice Chair Blake" on
page 4 of the minutes. Vice Chair Blake seconded. Motion Passed 5-0-0
NON-AGENDIZED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
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PUBLIC HEARING
None
NEW BUSINESS
None
®LD BUSINESS
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1. Grower's National Bank (400 E. Campbell Ave.): Informational only. Staff provided a
brief update on the application including the proposal to establish an arcade based
restaurant on the first floor of the building. The Conditional Use Permit will go before
the Planning Commission in September. The upstairs portion of the building would
still be used as an office.
Historic Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 21.33): The HPB continued their
discussion regarding the update of the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance.
There was some discussion about adding language regarding interior
modifications, landscaping, and fencing. There was also some discussion about
renaming properties on the "potential list" as "structures of merit" without changing
the process for properties currently on the potential list. It was also suggested that
after all of the draft changes are made to the existing ordinance, that the HPB
consider reformatting the ordinance. The draft changes would be presented in both
formats for ease of reference.
The HPB agreed to meet the second Wednesday of each month at a study session
to discuss the update. The first study session will be held on September 21St to
accommodate everyone's schedule. All of the board members were going to take
another look at the proposed changes to date and provide additional comments as
.needed. Board Member Anderson offered to look for inconsistencies throughout the
Ordinance.
2. Brochure: Board Members Moore and Walter presented the color brochure that
they created. The existing images are placeholders and links will be added for the
online brochure. One board member suggested a landscape (horizontal) layout.
Another suggestion.was to replace the bottom image with a box of web links/ URLs.
Chair Hernandez suggested including a catch headline at the top of the page and
combining the first two paragraphs and making then shorter. Another suggestion
was to add links to words throughout the documents (e.g., "Mills Act"). Other
suggestions were to add a title to the images and put important words in large print
(e.g., "resale value", "benefits", "remodel and additions").
3. Historic Mobile application: Chair Hernandez and Vice Chair Blake provided an
overview of the meeting they had with City staff including Kerry Perkins, Senior
Museum Specialist with the Campbell Historical Museum. In addition to considering
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the consultant who created the City's General Plan update mobile application, there
are at least three companies/individuals who create the type of application the HPB
and Museum may be interested in; "My Tours"; "Tour Buddy" and the creator of the
"Lost Gatos" application. The cost for the "My Tours" application is $1,995 for'initial
set-up and $1,495 per year for maintenance. The main concern with the General
Plan app consultant was ongoing maintenance. More information will be gathered
and brought back to the HPB for discussion. If the HPB chooses a company that
provides yearly maintenance, a budget adjustment to be approved by the City
Council will be needed even though the total cost over several years would not
exceed the $15,000 budget approved by the Council for fiscal year 2016/2017.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
1. Heritage tree application (September 2016)
2. 226 Alice Ave -Alice Hyde House -Mills Act (September 2016)
3. 235 S. First St -Hattie DePuy House -Addition (TBD)
4. Cambrian and Kennedy Tract area (TBD)
HPB MEMBER /STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS /COMMUNICATIONS
Training -Todd will complete his training prior to October 1St
2. 91 S. 2nd Street -Vice Chair Blake announced that Joe Russo invited the HPB and
staff to tour the historic home which has recently been extensively remodeled. While
the home is not a landmark, the owner is considering designation. If more than two
members intend to attend the tour, it will need to be noticed as a public meeting.
3. Chair Hernandez announced her appointment to the Planning Commission and
subsequent resignation from the HPB. All board members expressed sincere
appreciation of her years of dedicated service to historic preservation in Campbell
and wished her well on the Planning Commission.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned at 5:30 p.m. to a regular meeting to be held on September 28, 2016, at 4:00
p.m., City Council Chambers, 70 North First Street, Campbell, California.
PREPARED BY: ~ `~~~~
Cindy McC mick, Senior Planner
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APPROVED BY: ~--- ~ ~-'
Susan B ake, Vice Chair