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AGENDA
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Thursday December 15, 2011
REGULAR MEETING - 8:30 AM
City Council Chambers, Civic Center, 1st Floor
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
ROLL CALL:
Board members: Staff Liaison:
Heather Young (Chair) Russ Reich, Senior Planner
Judith Wasserman (Vice Chair) Amy French, Acting Assistant Director
Alexander Lew
Grace Lee Staff:
Clare Malone Prichard Diana Tamale, Administrative Associate
Margaret Netto, Contract Planner
Clare Campbell, Planner
Jason Nortz, Planner
Elena Lee, Senior Planner
PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS
Please be advised the normal order of public hearings of agenda items is as follows:
Announce agenda item
Open public hearing
Staff recommendation
Applicant presentation – Ten (10) minutes limitation or at the discretion of the Board.
Public comment – Five (5) minutes limitation per speaker or limitation to three (3)
minutes depending on large number of speakers per item.
Architectural Review Board questions of the applicant/staff, and comments
Applicant closing comments - Three (3) minutes
Close public hearing
Motions/recommendations by the Board
Final vote
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. Members of the public may speak to any item not on the
agenda with a limitation of three (3) minutes per speaker. Those who desire to speak must
complete a speaker request card available from the secretary of the Board. The Architectural
Review Board reserves the right to limit the oral communications period to 15 minutes.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
December 1, 2011
AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS. The agenda may have additional
items added to it up until 72 hours prior to meeting time.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. 3130 Hansen Way [11PLN-00096]: Request by Hoover Associates on behalf of Leland
Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees for Architectural Review of a new 30,200 square foot,
two-story employee amenities building for Varian, to replace an existing 21,000 square foot
one-story building, and a Design Enhancement Exception to allow a roof feature to exceed 35
foot height limit by one foot, in the Research Park (RP) zoning District. Environmental
Assessment: A draft Initial Study and Negative Declaration have been prepared and the public
comment period will end on November 21, 2011.
NEW BUSINESS:
Minor
2. 3700 Middlefield Road [09PLN-0000170]: Request by Public Works Engineering, on behalf
of the City of Palo Alto, for Architectural Review of minor revisions to the previously approved
project for a new 40,115 square foot library and 16,052 square foot community center and other
site improvements. Zone: PF. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration
was adopted June 6, 2008 in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA).
Preliminary Review
3. 4214 EL Camino Real [11PLN-00344]: Request by OTO Development on behalf of Schnell
Brothers Properties for preliminary Architectural Review of a new four-story, 178 room hotel
(Hilton Garden Inn). Zone District: CS.
BOARD MEMBER BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS.
SUBCOMMITTEE:
4. 167 Hamilton Avenue [11PLN-00095]: Request by Keisker & Wiggle Architects, Inc., on
behalf of 167 Hamilton Investors, LLC and LYFE restaurant, for Architectural Review of a
minor revision to the previously approved of façade improvements on an existing building, the
addition of outdoor seating, and other minor improvements associated with a new ground floor
restaurant. The proposed change is regarding the supporting elements for canopy overhang.
Zoning: CD-C(GF)(P). Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15301.
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STAFF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW:
Project Description:
Applicant:
Address:
Approval Date:
Request for hearing deadline:
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with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice)
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Posting of agenda. This agenda is posted in accordance with government code section 54954.2(a) or section
54956.Recordings A videotape of the proceedings can be obtained/reviewed by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at (650)
329-2571.
Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Architectural Review Board after
distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Planning and Community
Environment Department at 250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th floor, Palo Alto, CA. 94301 during normal
business hours.