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Regular Meeting Agenda: September 1, 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-92]: Request by Lisa Hendrickson on behalf of Avenidas, for
Major Architectural Review of the proposed interior renovation of an existing historic
building at 450 Bryant Street, the demolition of an existing 2,592 square foot addition
and replacement with a new 10,721 square foot addition, and site improvements on
City-owned property in the Public Facilities (PF) zoning district. The net increase in floor
area at the property is 8,129 square feet. The project includes a request for a
conditional use permit for the expansion of use. Environmental Review: An Initial
Study/Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared. For more information
contact the planner, Amy French at amy.french@cityofpaloalto.org
4. 203 Forest [14PLN-00472]: Request by 203 Forest Avenue LLC for Architectural Review
of a 4,996 sf addition to add a three-bedroom residential unit above an existing 4,626
sf commercial building. Project includes two required parking spaces for the new unit
and special sidewalk base treatment to enhance landmark cork oak on Emerson
frontage. Environmental Review: Categorically Exempt per CEQA Guidelines Section
15301 (Existing Facilities). Zoning District: Downtown Commercial District – Community
with Pedestrian shopping Ground Floor combining district overlays (CD-C (GF)(P)). For
more information contact the planner, Adam Petersen at APetersen@m-group.us
Study Session
Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
5. 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: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Zoning District: Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P)) District. For more information
contact the planner, Adam Petersen at APetersen@m-group.us
Approval of Minutes
Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
June 16, 2016 and August 4, 2016
Subcommittee Items
701 Welch Road [16PLN-00135]: Request by Michele Charles, on behalf of the Board of
Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for Minor Architectural Review of
changes to the approved Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) project design
regarding landscaping changes to address tree loss due to the drought, monument sign
and wall signage changes, and design adjustments to site improvements in the Hospital
(HD) zoning district. For more information contact the planner, Rebecca Atkinson at
rebecca.atkinson@cityofpaloalto.org
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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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.