HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-16 Architectural Review Board Agendas_______________________
1.Spokespersons that are representing a group of five or more people who are identified as present at the 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.
Architectural Review Board
Regular Meeting Agenda: February 16, 2017
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue
8:30 AM
Call to Order / Roll Call
Oral Communications
The public may speak to any item not on the agenda. Three (3) minutes per speaker.1,2
Agenda Changes, Additions, and Deletions
The Chair or Board majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management.
City Official Reports
1.Transmittal of the ARB Meeting Schedule and Attendance Record, and Administrative
Staff-Level Architectural Review Approvals
Study Session
Public Comment is Permitted. Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
2.Receive Presentation and Comment on Neighborhood Traffic Safety and Bicycle
Boulevard Projects along Amarillo Avenue, Bryant Street, Carlson Court, Castilleja
Avenue, Creekside Drive, Duncan Place, East Meadow Drive, Georgia Avenue, Louis
Road, Mackay Drive, Maybell Avenue, McClane Street, Miller Avenue, Montrose
Avenue, Moreno Avenue, Park Boulevard, Redwood Circle, Palo Alto Avenue, Ross
Road, Stanford Avenue and Wilkie Way Environmental Assessment: Not a Project
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. Please contact Christopher
Corrao for Additional Information at christopher.corrao@ciytofpaloalto.org.
Action Items
Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All
others: Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
3.QUASI-JUDICIAL / PUBLIC HEARING: 855 El Camino Real [16PLN-00237]: Request for
Architectural Review of an Amendment to an existing Master Sign Program and Sign
Exception for construction of a new externally illuminated post-mounted
freestanding tenant sign for "Gott's Roadside" at Town & Country. Environmental
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1.Spokespersons that are representing a group of five or more people who are identified as present at the 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.
Assessment: Categorically Exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15301.
Zoning District: Community Commercial (CC). For additional information
contact Rebecca Atkinson at rebecca.atkinson@cityofpaloalto.org
4.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 2600 El Camino Real [16PLN-00022]:
Consideration of an Architectural Review Application to Allow the Demolition of an
Existing Six-Story Commercial Building and Construction of a New Four-Story, 62,616
Square Foot Commercial Building; no new Floor Area is Being Requested. The Project
Includes Retention of an Existing Subterranean Garage and Proposes a new Parking
Structure at the Rear of the Proposed Building. Environmental Assessment: The
Project is Exempt From CEQA per Guideline Section 15302 (Replacement and
Reconstruction) Zoning District: CS. For addtional information contact Sheldon Ah
Sing at SAhsing@m-group.us
Approval of Minutes Public Comment is Permitted.
Five (5) minutes per speaker.1,3
None
Subcommittee Items
Board Member Questions, Comments or Announcements
Adjournment
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1.Spokespersons that are representing a group of five or more people who are identified as present at the 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.
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. The ARB Boardmembers
are:
Chair Alex Lew
Vice Chair Kyu Kim
Boardmember Peter Baltay
Boardmember Wynne Furth
Boardmember Robert Gooyer
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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