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This agenda is posted in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2(a) or section 54956.
Thursday, November 20, 2014, Meeting
8:30 AM, Council Chambers
Call to Order
Roll Call: Vice-chair Randy Popp, Board Members Alexander Lew, Robert Gooyer, Kyu Kim, Catherine
Ballantyne
Staff: Amy French, Chief Planning Official; Russ Reich, Senior Planner; Diana Tamale, Administrative
Associate; Jodie Gerhardt, Senior Planner; Christy Fong, Planner; Margaret Netto, Contract Planner; Clare
Campbell, Senior Planner
Oral Communications: Members of the public may speak to any item not on the agenda; three
minutes per speaker. The Architectural Review Board reserves the right to limit oral communications
period to 15 minutes.
Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions: The agenda may have additional items added to it up
until 72 hours prior to meeting time.
Board Item:
1. Election of Chair and Vice-chair.
Minutes Approval: None.
Public Hearing Items:
2. 1050 Page Mill Road [14PLN-00074]: Request by Allison Koo, 1050 Page Mill Road Property,
LLC, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for a Community
Scoping Meeting to take verbal comments regarding the scope and content of the Draft EIR. The
proposed discretionary Architectural Review application is for the demolition of existing structures
and construction of up to 287,000 sf of office in four buildings. Environmental Assessment:
Pending EIR. Zoning District: RP (Research Park). This item appeared on the November 6, 2014
ARB hearing agenda but was postponed.
3. 1450 Page Mill Road [14PLN-00335]: Request by Jim Inglis for Preliminary Architectural
Review (ARB) for the demolition of the two existing buildings on site, totaling 59,539 sf and
construction of a new two story 77,814 sf office building. Environmental Assessment: Not a
project as defined by CEQA, additional review will be done with the formal application. Zoning
District: RP (Research Park).
4. 2515-2585 El Camino Real [14PLN-00321]: Request by the Hayes Group Architects on
behalf of ECRPA, LLC for Preliminary Architectural Review of a new 39,858 sf, three-story, mixed
use development, with one level of underground parking on a 39,638 sf lot, to replace an existing
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9,694 square foot restaurant (Olive Garden). Zone Districts: CC (2) and CN. Environmental
Assessment: Not a project as defined by CEQA, additional review will be done with the formal
application.
5. 429 University Avenue [14PLN-00222]: Request by Ken Hayes Architects, Inc. on behalf of
Kipling Post LP for Architectural Review of a proposal to demolish two existing one-story
commercial/retail buildings containing a total of 11,633 square feet (sf) of floor area and
construct a 31,407 sf, four-story mixed use building with two levels of underground parking
providing 41 on-site spaces on a 11,000 sf site in the Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P))
zoning district. Environmental Assessment: The draft Initial Study and draft Mitigated Negative
Declaration is available for a public review comment period November 17 – December 12, 2014,
in accordance with California Environment Quality Act (CEQA) requirements.
Board/Staff Announcements, Updates, Reports, and Comments: Members of the public may not
speak to the item(s).
Adjournment
Subcommittee Members: Robert Gooyer and Alexander Lew
SUBCOMMITTEE:
6. 441 Page Mill Road: Items for ARB subcommittee review prior to City Council review of the
Site and Design Review application on December 8, 2014.
7. 2380 Embarcadero Road [14PLN-00407]: Request by Palo Alto Public Works Department
for minor Site and Design Review for minor improvements to Byxbee Park, which includes
signage, pathways, landscape islands, park benches, and a trail bridge. Zone District: PF(D).
Environmental Assessment:
STAFF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
Project Description: Landscape modifications including removal and replacement of four eucalyptus trees
with four new canary island pine trees
Applicant: Wayne Renshaw Address: 430 Lambert Avenue [14PLN-00350] Approval Date: 11/3/14 Request for hearing deadline: 11/17/14 Project Description: The construction of three new wireless antennas within a 36 inch radome structures Applicant: Greg Davis Address: 3941 El Camino Real [14PLN-00354] Approval Date: 11/4/14
Request for hearing deadline: 11/17/14
Project Description: An illuminated wall sign for Happy Feet Spa
Applicant: David Bertelsen
Address: 3783 El Camino Real [14PLN-00369]
Approval Date: 11/10/14
Request for hearing deadline: 11/24/14 Project Description: To allow the re-facing of an existing freestanding sign for Sapphire Ventures Applicant: Bernadette Tuason Address: 3408 Hillview Avenue [14PLN-00382] Approval Date: 11/10/14 Request for hearing deadline: 11/24/14
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Sub-Committee Members: Terms:
Alexander Lew January 9, 2014 to December 18, 2014
Robert Gooyer May 1, 2014 to December 18, 2014
Randy Popp January 15, 2015 to May 7, 2015
Catherine Ballantyne January 15, 2015 to July 16, 2015 Alexander Lew May 21, 2015 to October 15, 2015
Kyu Kim July 16, 2015 to December 17, 2015
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.
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