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Regular Meeting Agenda: November 17, 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. QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER / PUBLIC HEARING. 693 Arastradero Road
[16PLN-00089]: Consideration of applicant's request for approval of an Architectural
Review permit for the demolition of three existing single family homes and construction of a new preschool (60 children) and expansion of the Bowman School on Terman Drive. There is no proposed change to the existing enrollment limitation of 300 students. Three
new structures will have a combined floor area of 17,132 square feet and will be used for
the preschool, gymnasium and classrooms. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study
is being prepared. No action from the ARB will be taken at this meeting. For additional information contact Victoria Hernandez at Victoria.Hernandez@cityofpaloalto.org.
4. 480 Lytton Avenue [16PLN-00257]: Prescreening for an Architectural Review
Application for Proposed Exterior Modifications to an Existing 6,222 Square Foot
Building, Including Changes to the Parking Lot Design and Other Site Improvements. This Application is not a Project Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. For additional information contact Adam Petersen at APetersen@m-group.us
5. QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER / PUBLIC HEARING. 203 Forest Avenue [14PLN-00472]: Recommendation to the Director of Planning and Community Environment for the Denial of an Architectural Review Application for a 4,996 Square Foot Residential Addition Above an Existing 4,626 Square Foot Commercial Building. Pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15270, CEQA Does not Apply to
Disapproved Projects. For additional information contact Adam Petersen at
APetersen@m-group.us.
6. QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER / PUBLIC HEARING. 1451-1459 Hamilton Avenue and 1462 Edgewood Drive [16PLN-00174]: Recommendation to the Director of
Planning and Community Environment for the Approval of an Architectural Review
Application to Allow the Demolition of Two Single-Story Houses and Two, Two-Story Houses and for the Construction of Three Single-Story Houses and One, Two-Story
House on Four Separate Lots. Basements are proposed for two of the houses. The
Proposed Project is Categorically Exempt From Environmental Review Pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15302 (Replacement or
Reconstruction). For additional information contact Graham Owen at Graham.Owen@cityofpaloalto.org. THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD AND
CONTINUED TO A DATE UNCERTAIN AT THE APPLICANT’S REQUEST.
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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
October 20, 2016
Subcommittee Items
3225 EL CAMINO REAL [15PLN-00003]: Subcommittee Review of Revisions to a Landscape Plan,
Including Changes to Proposed Hardscape Improvements (Benches / Planters) and Street Trees.
Review was Required as a Condition of Approval. Environmental Assessment: A Negative
Declaration was Previously Prepared and Approved for this Project.
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.
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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.