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Home My WebLink About3-17-16Architectural Review Board Meeting Agenda: March 17, 2016 City Hall / City Council Chambers 250 Hamilton Avenue 8:30 AM Call to Order Roll Call Robert Gooyer, Chair; Alexander Lew, Vice-chair; Peter Baltay; Wynn Furth; Kyu Kim Oral Communications (Public Comment is Permitted. Three (3) minutes per speaker.1,2) The public may speak to any item not on the agenda. Agenda Changes, Additions, and Deletions City Official Reports 1.Future Tentative Agenda Schedule & Subcommittee Assignments 2.List of Staff Approved (Minor) Architectural Reviews Continued Business (Public Comment May Be Permitted) 3.2515-2585 El Camino Real [15PLN-00170]: Request by the Hayes Group Architects on Behalf of ECRPA, LLC for Site and Design Review to Allow a New 39,858 Square Foot, 3- Story Mixed Use Building Including Retail, Office, 13 Residential Condominium Units and One Level of Underground Parking on a 39,638 square foot Lot to Replace a 9,694 Square Foot Existing Restaurant (Olive Garden). The Project Includes a Request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to Exceed the 5,000 Square Foot Office for the Site by Approximately 4,835 Square Feet. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study was drafted and a Mitigated Negative Declaration was circulated on January 19, 2016. Zoning Districts: CC (2) and CN. For more information, contact Margaret Netto @ margaret.netto@cityofpaloalto.org New Business (Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3) 4.2747 Park Boulevard [14PLN-00388]: Request by DES Architects, on behalf of Jay Paul Company, for Architectural Review of a new three-story 33,323 sq. ft. research and development project, replacing the existing 4,800 sq. ft. commercial building. The project provides 133 parking spaces and includes landscape and pedestrian amenities. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration were circulated on January 29, 2016. Zoning District: General Manufacturing (GM). For more information, contact Clare Campbell at clare.campbell@ctiyofpaloalto.org 5.411 - 437 Lytton Avenue [14PLN00-489]: Request by Hayes Group Architects, Inc. On Behalf Of Ehikian & Company for Architectural Review to allow the demolition of an existing commercial building and the construction of a new three story mixed-use, office and residential building (two units) and a 1,417 sf Addition To An Existing Historic Category 2 residence on two lots to be merged. A two level underground parking garage is proposed to be constructed under the new mixed use building adjacent to the existing residential building. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration was circulated February 26, 2016 to March 17, 2016. Zoning District: CD-C(P) Community Commercial Downtown District and Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For more information, contact Sheldon Ah Sing at sheldon@mplanninggroup.com 6.429 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: An Initial Study was prepared and a Mitigated Negative Declaration was circulated from November 17, 2014 to December 12, 2014. Zoning District: Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P)) District. For more information, contact Christy Fong at Christy.fong@cityofpaloalto.org. 7.Study Session None Approval of Minutes (Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3) March 3, 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. Boardmembers: 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) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329-2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. 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 may reduce the allowed time to speak to three minutes to accommodate a larger number of speakers. Joint Architectural Review Board and Historic Resources Board Meeting Agenda: March 17, 2016 City Hall / City Council Chambers 250 Hamilton Avenue 8:30 AM Call to Order Roll Call Oral Communications (Public Comment is Permitted. Three (3) minutes per speaker.1,2) The public may speak to any item not on the agenda. Agenda Changes, Additions, and Deletions City Official Reports 1.None New Business (Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3) 2.901 High Street [14PLN- 00116]: Request by Peter Ko, Ko Architects, Inc., on behalf of Bettencourt & Santana for Architectural Review by both the Architectural Review Board and the Historic Resources Board for a 18,335 square foot mixed use building with retail, office and 11 residential units on a vacant 20,288 square foot lot in the South of First Area. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study was prepared and Negative Declaration has been circulated for public comment from February 26, 2016 to March 18, 2016. Zoning District: RT-35 (Residential Transition District). For more information, contact Margaret Netto at margaret.netto@cityofpaloalto.org Approval of Minutes (Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3) None 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. Boardmembers: ARB HRB Chair Robert Gooyer Chair Martin Bernstein Vice Chair Alex Lew Vice Chair Margaret Wimmer Boardmember Peter Baltay David Bower Boardmember Wynne Furth Beth Bunnenberg Boardmember Kyu Kim Patricia DiCicco Roger Kohler Michael Makinen 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) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329-2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. 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 may reduce the allowed time to speak to three minutes to accommodate a larger number of speakers.