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Regular Meeting Agenda: October 20, 2016
City Hall / City Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue
8:30 AM
Call to Order / Roll Call
Oral Communications
Three (3) minutes per speaker.1,2 The public may speak to any item not on the agenda.
Agenda Changes, Additions, and Deletions3
The Chair may limit Oral Communications to 30 minutes for all combined speakers.
City Official Reports
1. Meeting Schedule & Assignments
2. List of Staff Approved (Minor) Architectural Reviews
Action Items
Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Five (5) minutes per
speaker.1,4
3. 450 Bryant Street [16PLN-00092]: Recommendation to the Director of Planning and
Community Environment for Approval of an Architectural Review Permit to Allow the
Renovation, Partial Demolition, and Addition to an Existing Historic Resource Resulting in a net Floor Area Increase of 7,158 square feet. Environmental Assessment: This project has been reviewed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA). An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for this
Project. Zoning District: Public Facilities (PF) zoning district. The ARB hearing of this
Project is continued from September 1, 2016. For additional information contact amy.french@cityofpaloalto.org .
4. 429 University Avenue [14PLN-00222] To consider an appeal of the Director of
Planning and Community Environment’s Architectural Review approval of a 31,407
square-foot, four story, mixed use building with parking facilities on two subterranean levels on an 11,000 square-foot site. Environmental Assessment: This project has been reviewed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). An
Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for this Project.
Zoning District: Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P)) District. For additional
information contact APetersen@m-group.us. ….
Study Session
Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
None.
Approval of Minutes
Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
August 4th, September 1st and September 15, 2016
Subcommittee Items
None.
Board Member Questions, Comments or Announcements
Adjournment
Palo Alto Architectural Review Board
Boardmember Biographies, Present and Archived Agendas and Reports are available online:
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/architectural/default.asp. Call (650) 617-3168 to
reserve a paper copy of the current agenda. The ARB Boardmembers are:
Chair Robert Gooyer
Vice Chair Alex Lew
Boardmember Peter Baltay
Boardmember Wynne Furth
Boardmember Kyu Kim
Get Informed and Be Engaged!
View online: http://midpenmedia.org/category/government/city-of-palo-alto or on Channel 26.
Show up and speak. Public comment is encouraged. Please complete a speaker request card
located on the table at the entrance to the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Board
Secretary prior to discussion of the item.
Write to us. Email the ARB at: arb@cityofpaloalto.org. Letters can be delivered to the Planning
& Community Environment Department, 5th floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
94301. Comments received by 2:00 PM the Thursday preceding the meeting date will be
included in the agenda packet. Comments received afterward through 3:00 PM the day before
the meeting will be presented to the Board at the dais.
Material related to an item on this agenda submitted to the ARB after distribution of the
agenda packet is available for public inspection at the address above.
Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
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manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an
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1 Spokespersons that are representing a group of five or more people who are identified as present at the Board
meeting at the time of the spokesperson’s presentation will be allowed up to fifteen (15) minutes at the discretion of
the Chair, provided that the non-speaking members agree not to speak individually. 2 The Chair may limit Oral Communications to 30 minutes for all combined speakers. 3 The Chair or Board majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. 4 The Chair may reduce the allowed time to speak to three minutes to accommodate a larger number of speakers.