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This agenda is posted in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2(a) or section 54956.
Thursday, December 18, 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 III;
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.
Minutes Approval: None.
Public Hearing Items:
The below hearing item was continued from the November 20, 2014 ARB hearing to this
date; the applicant requests the ARB continue the item to the ARB meeting of January 15, 2015:
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 ITEMS:
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
AGENDA
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1. 180 El Camino Real [14PLN-00247]: Review of responses to Condition of Approval #29 for
Stanford Shopping Center Phase III, including sub-items: a, architectural details on Building BB;
b, existing tenant facades; c, integration of paving patterns and materials; e, visual barriers; and
f, paint colors for ground-mounted equipment
2. 777 Welch Road [14PLN‐00135]: Review of responses to Condition of Approval #24 requiring
subcommittee evaluation of the location of the bike parking, the depth/dimension of the first
floor canopy, and the height of the first floor window, and review of revisions to address the
interim landscaping.
STAFF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. Project Description: Applicant: 34 electric vehicle chargers Applicant: Ms. Candice Liu Address: 3400 Hillview Avenue [14PLN-00337] Approval Date: 12/2/14 Request for hearing deadline: 12/15/14 Project Description: Façade renovations
Applicant: Mr. Paul Forti
Address: 1651 Pagem Mill Road [14PLN-00318]
Approval Date: 12/2/14
Request for hearing deadline: 12/15/14
Project Description: One new wall sign and two new window signs Applicant: Jan Willey Address: 539 Bryant Street [14PLN-00229] Approval Date: 12/3/14 Request for hearing deadline: 12/16/14 Project Description: Installation of one new internally illuminated wall sign Applicant: Kimberly Lin
Address: 721 Colorad [14PLN-00282]
Approval Date: 12/14/14
Request for hearing deadline: 12/17/14
Project Description: Façade improvements to a commercial building
Applicant: Wu Rowena S.S.
Address: 430 Kipling Street [14PLN-00275] Approval Date: 12/8/14 Request for hearing deadline: 12/22/14
Project Description: Two internally illuminated wall signs Applicant: Steve Peterson Address: 2825 El Camino Real [14PLN-00428] Approval Date: 12/9/14 Request for hearing deadline: 12/22/14
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
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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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Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org.
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and deliver it to the Board Secretary prior to discussion of the item. You are not required to give your name on the speaker card in
order to speak to the Board, but it is very helpful.
RECORDINGS. A DVD of the proceedings may be reviewed by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (650) 329-2571.
LATE RECEIVED MATERIALS. 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 Department on the 5th floor, City Hall, 250
Hamilton Avenue during normal business hours. During the 9/80 Friday closure, materials will be available at the Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto. Please call 329-2603 to reserve a copy.
All correspondence relating to any of the agenda items or non-agenda items, which were not received by the 2:00 PM deadline for inclusion into Board packets on the Thursday preceding the meeting date, need to be received before 3:00 PM on the date of the
meeting for distribution to staff and Board members.