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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-11 Historic Resources Board Agenda PacketHISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD Regular Meeting Thursday, April 11, 2024 Council Chambers & Hybrid 8:30 AM Boardmember Mike Makinen Remote Call‐In Location:851 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Historic Resources Board meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate from home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending in person. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o n YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen Media Center https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas are available at https://bitly.com/paloaltoHRB.  VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/96800197512) Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833 PUBLIC COMMENTS Public comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or an amount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutes after the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Board and available for inspection on the City’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subject line. 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. The Chair may limit Public Comments to thirty (30) minutes for all combined speakers. The Chair may reduce the allowed time to speak on Study Sessions and Actions Items to two (2) minutes or less to accommodate a larger number of speakers. PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted only by email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted. Signs and symbolic materials less than 2 feet by 3 feet are permitted provided that: (1) sticks, posts, poles or similar/other type of handle objects are strictly prohibited; (2) the items do not create a facility, fire, or safety hazard; and (3) persons with such items remain seated when displaying them and must not raise the items above shoulder level, obstruct the view or passage of other attendees, or otherwise disturb the business of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. Three (3) minutes per speaker. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS 1.Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments ACTION ITEMS Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Three (3) minutes per speaker. 2.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI‐JUDICIAL. 411 Kipling Street [24PLN‐00032]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 4 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD‐C (P) ‐ Downtown Commercial with Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. 3.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI‐JUDICIAL. 271 University Avenue [24PLN‐00039]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 3 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD‐C (GF)(P) ‐ Downtown Commercial with Ground Floor and Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. 4.Historic Resources Board Discussion of Work Plan for 2024‐25 and Review of Certified Local Government (CLG) Annual Report BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s). ADJOURNMENT PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Board, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30, Firefox 27, Microsoft Edge 12, Safari 7. Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Board, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Board. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833 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 Regular Meeting April 11, 2024 HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARDRegular MeetingThursday, April 11, 2024Council Chambers & Hybrid8:30 AMBoardmember Mike Makinen Remote Call‐In Location:851 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA94301Historic Resources Board meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attendby teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while stillmaintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participatefrom home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in themeeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending inperson. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen MediaCenter https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas areavailable at https://bitly.com/paloaltoHRB. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/96800197512)Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833PUBLIC COMMENTSPublic comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or anamount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutesafter the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance tohrb@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Board and available for inspection on theCity’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subjectline.Spokespersons that are representing a group of five or more people who are identified aspresent at the meeting at the time of the spokesperson's presentation will be allowed up tofifteen (15) minutes at the discretion of the Chair, provided that the non‐speaking membersagree not to speak individually. The Chair may limit Public Comments to thirty (30) minutes forall combined speakers. The Chair may reduce the allowed time to speak on Study Sessions andActions Items to two (2) minutes or less to accommodate a larger number of speakers.PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted only by email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted. Signs and symbolic materials less than 2 feet by 3 feet are permitted provided that: (1) sticks, posts, poles or similar/other type of handle objects are strictly prohibited; (2) the items do not create a facility, fire, or safety hazard; and (3) persons with such items remain seated when displaying them and must not raise the items above shoulder level, obstruct the view or passage of other attendees, or otherwise disturb the business of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. Three (3) minutes per speaker. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS 1.Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments ACTION ITEMS Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Three (3) minutes per speaker. 2.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI‐JUDICIAL. 411 Kipling Street [24PLN‐00032]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 4 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD‐C (P) ‐ Downtown Commercial with Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. 3.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI‐JUDICIAL. 271 University Avenue [24PLN‐00039]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 3 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD‐C (GF)(P) ‐ Downtown Commercial with Ground Floor and Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. 4.Historic Resources Board Discussion of Work Plan for 2024‐25 and Review of Certified Local Government (CLG) Annual Report BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s). ADJOURNMENT PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Board, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30, Firefox 27, Microsoft Edge 12, Safari 7. Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Board, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Board. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833 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.  2 Regular Meeting April 11, 2024 HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARDRegular MeetingThursday, April 11, 2024Council Chambers & Hybrid8:30 AMBoardmember Mike Makinen Remote Call‐In Location:851 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA94301Historic Resources Board meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attendby teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while stillmaintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participatefrom home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in themeeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending inperson. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen MediaCenter https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas areavailable at https://bitly.com/paloaltoHRB. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/96800197512)Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833PUBLIC COMMENTSPublic comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or anamount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutesafter the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance tohrb@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Board and available for inspection on theCity’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subjectline.Spokespersons that are representing a group of five or more people who are identified aspresent at the meeting at the time of the spokesperson's presentation will be allowed up tofifteen (15) minutes at the discretion of the Chair, provided that the non‐speaking membersagree not to speak individually. The Chair may limit Public Comments to thirty (30) minutes forall combined speakers. The Chair may reduce the allowed time to speak on Study Sessions andActions Items to two (2) minutes or less to accommodate a larger number of speakers.PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted onlyby email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received,the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strongcybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are notaccepted. Signs and symbolic materials less than 2 feet by 3 feet are permitted provided that: (1) sticks, posts, poles or similar/other type of handle objects are strictly prohibited; (2) the items do not create a facility, fire, or safety hazard; and (3) persons with such items remain seated when displaying them and must not raise the items above shoulder level, obstruct the view or passage of other attendees, or otherwise disturb the business of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. Three (3) minutes per speaker. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS 1.Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments ACTION ITEMS Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Three (3) minutes per speaker. 2.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI‐JUDICIAL. 411 Kipling Street [24PLN‐00032]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 4 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD‐C (P) ‐ Downtown Commercial with Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. 3.PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI‐JUDICIAL. 271 University Avenue [24PLN‐00039]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 3 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD‐C (GF)(P) ‐ Downtown Commercial with Ground Floor and Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. 4.Historic Resources Board Discussion of Work Plan for 2024‐25 and Review of Certified Local Government (CLG) Annual Report BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s). ADJOURNMENT PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Board, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30, Firefox 27, Microsoft Edge 12, Safari 7. Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. 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CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833 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.  4 Regular Meeting April 11, 2024 Item No. 1. Page 1 of 1 Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: April 11, 2024 Report #: 2403-2830 TITLE Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Historic Resources Board (HRB) review and comment as appropriate. BACKGROUND Attached is the HRB meeting schedule and attendance record for the calendar year. This is provided for informational purposes. If individual Boardmembers anticipate being absent from a future meeting, it is requested that it be brought to staff’s attention when considering this item. No action is required by the HRB for this item. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: 2024 HRB Meeting Schedule & Assignments AUTHOR/TITLE: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Item 1 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 5     Historic Resources Board 2024 Meeting Schedule & Assignments 2024 Meeting Schedule Meeting Dates Time Location Status Planned Absences 1/11/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 1/25/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 2/8/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Canceled 2/22/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Canceled 2/23/2024 6:00 PM Hybrid Community Meeting 3/14/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Canceled 3/28/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 4/11/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 4/25/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 5/9/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 5/23/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 6/13/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 6/27/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 7/11/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 7/25/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 8/8/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 8/22/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 9/12/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 9/26/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 10/10/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 10/24/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 11/14/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 11/28/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 12/12/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 12/26/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Canceled 2024 Subcommittee Assignments January February March April May June July August September October November December Item 1 Attachment A - 2024 HRB Meeting Schedule & Assignments     Packet Pg. 6     Item No. 2. Page 1 of 9 Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: April 11, 2024 Report #: 2403-2766 TITLE PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 411 Kipling Street [24PLN-00032]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 4 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD-C (P) - Downtown Commercial with Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Historic Resources Board (HRB) take the following action(s): 1. Recommend the City Council reclassify the building from a ‘Contributing Building’ Category 4 resource to a ‘Major Building’ Category 2 resource on the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is to support the HRB review of a requested reclassification of an existing one-and-a- half-story residential building currently used as a commercial building, listed as a Category 4 resource on the City’s local Historic Resources Inventory (HRI). The existing building is located at 411 Kipling Street (APN 120-15-023) in the Downtown North neighborhood of Palo Alto and borders the commercial corridor of University Avenue. The owner is requesting a reclassification and designation as a Category 2 resource on the City’s HRI (Attachment A). On November 21, 2023, the City’s consultant, Page & Turnbull, prepared a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) (Attachment B). The evaluation report was prepared directly for the City of Palo Alto at the applicant’s expense. The evaluation found the subject property individually eligible for listing on the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) under Criterion 2 (The structure is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation), Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important), and Criterion 6 (The Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 7     Item No. 2. Page 2 of 9 structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship). On February 6, 2024, Mark Sterns, on behalf of Hayes Group Architects, requested HRB review a request for reclassification of 411 Kipling, designed by George W. Mosher, from a ‘Contributing Building’ Category 4 resource to a ‘Major Building’ Category 2 resource on the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. The HRB is requested to recommend the reclassification to the City Council. Specifically, the HRB may affirm that the building retains its integrity and determine the building’s consistency with the definition of a Category 2 historic resource as a ‘Major Building’. The HRB’s purview, as set forth in PAMC Section 16.49.040, includes recommending the reclassification to the City Council for approval, disapproval, or modification. BACKGROUND Site Development 411 Kipling Street, located within the Downtown Commercial Community (CD-C) zone district with Pedestrian Combining District (P), survived commercial development and provides a contrast to the larger commercial scale and higher density of University Avenue and sections of Lytton Avenue and Cowper Streets. 411 Kipling Street is a one-and-a-half-story residential building currently used as two commercial units in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood and borders the commercial corridor of University Avenue to the east. It is situated on a flat, rectangular parcel that is 40 feet wide by 112.5 feet deep. The subject building at 411 Kipling Street was constructed in 1902 for Hiland H. Holly, but its first occupants were Mrs. M. M. Baker and Mrs. E. A. Sykes. The one-and-a-half story house was built by George W. Mosher. By 1924, the footprint of the subject property remained the same, but the rear outbuilding was removed. Between 1902 to 1925 the rear addition was added to the house including the wood siding and double-hung sash windows. In 1989, a permit was granted for the construction of new stairs with a railing at the entryway. Since the late 1980s, no other alterations have been documented, and all facades appear unchanged. Builder George W. Mosher George Wilbert Mosher (1863-1939) was a prolific contractor and craftsman in the Palo Alto area who constructed hundreds of buildings in the formative years of the City of Palo Alto during the Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 8     Item No. 2. Page 3 of 9 late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1884 George Mosher arrived in the City of Palo Alto as an already accomplished builder and craftsman. Mosher was also the architect/builder on many other houses found throughout Palo Alto. Compared to those associated with a trained architect, they were generally more modest in size and design. They typically were one-story Square Cottages or two-story square boxes (as the Dames & Moore historic resources survey of 1997-2000 categorized them, see Attachment C), and various architectural styles that were popular during the period such as Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Shingle, and Mission Revival. The architectural detailing was usually simplified, or included a mix of elements from different styles, and might have been from pattern books or published designs with some modification by Mosher. A few, like the late 19th century Queen Anne houses at 533 Bryant Street, 228 Byron Street, 617 High Street, and 225 Emerson Street, appear to have more decorative elements and are good vernacular examples of the style. The Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory (findings are viewable at the below link1), attributes several houses to Mosher as the builder, including: Two-Story Square Boxes: • 270 Channing Avenue (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1905 • 617 High Street (Category 3, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1897 • Sloanker House, 334 Kingsley Avenue, Professorville Historic District (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1903 • 431 Kipling Street (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1901 • 1128 Webster Street (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1894 • 1295 Wilson Street (Category 3, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1895 Square Cottages • 228 Byron Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1896 • 225 Emerson Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1893 • 411 Kipling Street (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1902 • Bixby House, 533 (535) Bryant Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1897 Mosher also constructed some commercial and institutional buildings such as the 1905 addition to Fraternal Hall, which was designed by Newsom & Newsom to add on to Samuel Newsom’s original 1898 building. Square Cottage Type 411 Kipling Street exemplifies the early Palo Alto “Square Cottage” building type with stylistic 1 Link to 1997-2001 survey findings https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/planning- amp-development-services/historic-preservation/summary-of-findings.pdf Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 9     Item No. 2. Page 4 of 9 elements of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne Free Classic. The building is rectilinear in plan with a wood frame and shiplap siding. It has a hipped roof with one dormer and a plain frieze board, wide boxed eave, with cornice with dentil molding throughout. All windows and doors are original with wood casing and frames. There is a wood water table that continues across all facades. The Square Cottage is a vernacular building type identified in the 1997-2000 Palo Alto Historic Survey, completed by Dames & Moore. It was one of three property types identified as potentially eligible for the National Register using the Multiple Property format. Square Cottages were among the predominant forms of detached residences that housed middle- and working-class people during the early development of Palo Alto, ca. 1890-1910 variously ornamented with Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, and other stylistic details, but all belong to a single house type. These were the most common houses built in Palo Alto up to about 1910. The designs for these Square Cottage buildings were not usually the product of professional architects rather local builders would construct a traditional residence from a pattern book or published design and modify various architectural features to personalize the building. ANALYSIS HRB Purview of Resources in the Downtown and Historic District Reclassification of 411 Kipling Street from a Category 4 to a Category 2 resource would not change the current historic review process and standards for exterior alterations, given its location in the Downtown. Exterior alterations are not proposed at this time (Attachment E). Exterior modifications to the building or land use changes would be subject to meeting the CD-C (GP)(P) development standards in PAMC Chapter 18.18 and Historic Preservation Ordinance in PAMC Chapter 16.49. Benefits of Historic Listing and Reclassification Reclassification from a Category 4 to a Category 2 resource at the local level would allow for participation in the Floor Area Bonus/Transfer of Development Rights program, which is only available for local inventory Category 1 and 2 resources. The applicant’s request to upgrade the local inventory category based on the attached evaluation does not ask for transfer of development rights (TDR) or a floor area bonus. On-site use of bonus area would require review for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SOIS) and Architectural Review findings. PAMC Section 18.18.080 governs the process to transfer bonus floor area to eligible non-historic receiver site(s) in the Downtown area. Per Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 18.18.070, building that is in Historic Category 2 is eligible for the following bonuses: (a) Available Floor Area Bonuses (2) Seismic Rehabilitation Bonus Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 10     Item No. 2. Page 5 of 9 A building that is in Seismic Category I, II, or III, and is undergoing seismic rehabilitation, but is not in Historic Category 1 or 2, shall be allowed to increase its floor area by 2,500 square feet or 25% of the existing building, whichever is greater, without having this increase count toward the FAR, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b). Such increase in floor area shall not be permitted for buildings that exceed a FAR of 3.0:1 in the CD-C subdistrict. (3) Historic Rehabilitation Bonus A building that is in Historic Category 1 or 2, and is undergoing historic rehabilitation, but is not in Seismic Category I, II, or III, shall be allowed to increase its floor area by 2,500 square feet or 25% of the existing building, whichever is greater, without having this increase count toward the FAR, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b). Such increase in floor area shall not be permitted for buildings that exceed a FAR of 3.0:1 in the CD-C subdistrict. (4) Combined Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation Bonus A building that is in Historic Category 1 or 2, and is undergoing historic rehabilitation, and is also in Seismic Category I, II, or III, and is undergoing seismic rehabilitation, shall be allowed to increase its floor area by 5,000 square feet or 50% of the existing building, whichever is greater, without having this increase count toward the FAR, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b). Such increase in floor area shall not be permitted for buildings that exceed a FAR of 3.0:1 in the CD-C subdistrict. (5) Historic Bonus for Over-Sized Buildings A building in Historic Category 1 or 2 that is undergoing historic rehabilitation and that currently exceeds a FAR of 3.0:1 if located in the CD-C subdistrict or 2.0:1 if located in the CD-S or CD-N subdistricts shall nevertheless be allowed to obtain a floor area bonus of 50% of the maximum allowable floor area for the site of the building, based upon a FAR of 3.0:1 if in the CD-C subdistrict and a FAR of 2.0:1 in the CD-S and CD-N subdistricts, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b) and the following limitation: (A) The floor area bonus shall not be used on the site of the Historic Category 1 or 2 building, but instead may be transferred to another property or properties under the provisions of Section 18.18.080. California Historical Resource Status Codes 411 Kipling Street is listed in the Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD) database for Santa Clara County with a status code of 5S2, meaning it is “Recognized as Historically Significant by Local Government” and within that categorization, it is considered “Individually eligible for local listing or designation.” The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. 1978 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 11     Item No. 2. Page 6 of 9 411 Kipling Street is currently listed in the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory as a Category 4: “Contributing Building.” It was surveyed for the Historic Resources Inventory and added to the local register in 1985 (Attachment C). Historic Resource Evaluation The attached HRE (Attachment B) considered the current historic status, provided a building description, and included a summary of historic context for the property at 411 Kipling Street. Specifically, the HRE included an evaluation of the property’s individual eligibility for listing on the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR). The HRE report, dated November 21, 2023, found 411 Kipling Street individually eligible for CRHR listing under Criterion 2, Criterion 5, and Criterion 6: •Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) 411 Kipling Street is an excellent extant example of the Square Cottage house type in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood. The Square Cottage is a Palo Alto residential house type that mixed familiar forms and finishes of the Colonial Revival, Queen Anne Free Classic, and sometimes Craftsman styles in later examples. The subject building is an early extant example of this important building type and is also a unique variation featuring a hipped roof, simple Tuscan columns, and a flat front façade, instead of the more common cross-gabled roof and projecting bay window. •Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) George W. Mosher was a builder of merit who made important contributions to the early built environment of Palo Alto. While Mosher’s works are considered more modest in size and design compared with other architect-designed residences from the same period, he built and designed numerous “Square Cottage” house types and was the builder for several larger high style residences in Palo Alto. The subject building is an important extant example of George W. Mosher’s contributions to the high-quality housing stock built in Palo Alto’s early period of development. •Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) 411 Kipling Street showcases the high level of craftsmanship and architectural design implemented by builder-of-merit George W. Mosher. Elements of the façade that meet the definition of Criterion 6 include original wood windows with one-over-one double- hung sashes, ogee lugs, and cottage windows with diamond mullions, along with shiplap siding and cornice with dentil molding. Criteria for Designation and Historic Resource Category Definitions 411 Kipling Street currently meets the criteria for designation that are set forth in the City’s historic preservation ordinance, Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Chapter 16.49.040 (b) (Attachment D). Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 12     Item No. 2. Page 7 of 9 PAMC Section 16.49.020 (b) provides definitions for the four inventory Categories. A Category 4 building is defined as follows: Category 3 or 4: "Contributing building" means any building or group of buildings which are good local examples of architectural styles and which relate to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. A Category 2 building is defined in the PAMC Section 16.49.020(b) as follows: Category 2: "Major building" means any building or group of buildings of major regional importance, meritorious works of the best architects or an outstanding example of an architectural style or the stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. Seven Aspects of Integrity 411 Kipling Street retains a high degree of all seven aspects of integrity, which effectively explain why, where, when and how this property is significant. The seven aspects that define integrity are location, setting design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The integrity assessment is outlined as follows2: Location The subject property retains integrity of location. The subject building has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1902. Setting 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of setting. The subject building is a surviving property among a residential block of Kipling Street that has retained the majority of its original early 20th century housing stock, despite commercial development of Palo Alto’s downtown core over time. The surrounding properties that neighbor 411 Kipling are mostly all relatively unaltered and together express a high level of integrity of setting. Design 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of design. There have been minimal alterations, apart from a rear addition that was likely added prior to 1925 and replacement of the front stairs. The residence retains its original form as a Square Cottage building type with Colonial Revival and Queen Anne Free Classic character-defining features that include Tuscan columns, cottage windows with diamond mullions, and a cornice with dentil molding. 2 Excerpt from the Historic Resource Evaluation conducted by Page and Turnbull, Inc. on November 21, 2023, page 34-35. Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 13     Item No. 2. Page 8 of 9 Materials 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of materials. Aside from the original front steps to the entryway, very few of the original features appear to have been altered, removed, or replaced. The primary exterior building materials include original shiplap siding, wood windows and doors, and cornice with dentil molding. Workmanship 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include original wood windows with one-over-one double hung sashes and ogee lugs, cottage windows with diamond mullions, shiplap siding, and cornice with dentil molding. While the Square Cottage building type is more modest than other contemporaneous high style house types, the subject property reflects a high level of workmanship in the decorative detailing and materiality of the building. Feeling 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of feeling. The building retains the feeling of its original design and materiality as constructed in 1902 by George W. Mosher, as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of its original Square Cottage aesthetic. Alterations and a rear addition have not diminished the residence’s form, height, massing, or materiality such that its feeling is impaired. Association 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of association. While the residence is not eligible for the California Register for its association with an event or a past owner or occupant, its association to builder of merit George W. Mosher continues to be represented through its retention of the building’s original materials and its Colonial Revival/Queen Anne design characteristics. The subject building was originally constructed as a rental house and situated in a largely residential setting with other properties of similar scale along neighboring blocks of Lytton Avenue, Cowper Street, and University Avenue. Since its original occupants, the building has functioned as a single-family residence, followed by duplex residential property, and later c.1983 onwards as a two-unit commercial office, medical, or retail space. While the property’s original use has changed over time, the exterior of the building has not been altered to reflect these changes, and the building still reflects its original residential appearance. Therefore, integrity of association has been maintained. Staff recommendations Staff concurs with the findings of the consultant’s evaluation. Therefore, staff supports 411 Kipling Street owners in their request to upgrade the Local Inventory reclassification from a Category 4 to a Category 2 resource. 411 Kipling Street appears eligible for elevation to Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance on the Palo Alto Historic Buildings Inventory. The subject building is a meritorious work of an important local builder George W. Mosher and is an outstanding extant example of the Square Cottage house type within Palo Alto’s urban core. Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 14     Item No. 2. Page 9 of 9 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Maintenance of historic designation of a property or reclassification of historic designation of a property is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065 because it will not cause a direct change to the physical environment nor a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Although reclassification will make the property eligible for a historic rehabilitation floor area bonus under PAMC 18.18.070, there is no such application on file and any future project will be separately analyzed under CEQA. PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS, OUTREACH & COMMENTS Notice of this HRB hearing appeared in the Daily Post on March 27, 2024, which is 15 days in advance of the meeting. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS In addition to the recommended action, the HRB may: 1. Continue the reclassification request for further discussion 2. Deny the reclassification request and the property will remain a Category 4 building ATTACHMENTS Attachment A –Location Map and Request Letter Attachment B – HRE by Page & Turnbull Attachment C – DPR Form Attachment D – PAMC Section 16.49.040 (b) Attachment E – Project Plans AUTHORS Report Author & Contact Information HRB3 Liaison & Contact Information Kristina Paulauskaite, Project Planner Amy French, AICP, Chief Planning Official (650) 496-6945 (650) 329-2336 Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org amy.french@cityofpaloalto.org 3 Emails may be sent directly to the HRB using the following address: hrb@cityofpaloalto.org Item 2 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 15     7-11 37.5' 05.5' 105.5' 37.5' 105.5' 3 105.5' 93.0' 105.5' 93.0' 105.5' 168.0' 112.5' 168.0' 112.5' 88.0' 125.0' 40.0' 112.5' 40.0' 112.5'50.0' 112.5' 50.0' 112.5' 50.0' 112.5' 50.0' 112.5' 95.0' 36.0' 95.0' 57.0' 11 50.0' 218.0' 218.0' 45.0' 112.5' 4 112.5' 100.0' 40.0' 5 60.0' 112.5' 12.5' 60.0' 112.5' 12.5' 60.0' 112.5' 12.5' 35.0' 62.5' 35.0' 62.5' 83.0' 62.5'83.0' 62.5' 118.0' 62.5' 118.0' 62.5' 118.0' 100.0'118.0' 100.0' 112.5' 100.0' 93.0' 112.5' 93.0' 112.5' 100.0' 112.5'53.0' 112.5' 53.0' 112.5' 112.5' 100.0' 112.5' 100.0' 112.5' 100.0' 112.5' 100.0' 112.5' 100.0' 112.5' 100.0' 440-444 421-423 431-433 3 335- 337 351 457451 465 463 489- 499360 480 420 430 425 450 437 437 411 405 419 405 401 349 LYTTON AVENUE KIPLING STREET This map is a product of the City of Palo Alto GIS This document is a graphic representation only of best available sources. Legend Staff-Coverage Districts, Project Review Historic Site Special Setback Near Creek (SCVWD) abc Known Structures Tree (TR) Zone Districts abc Zone District Notes Curb Edge abc Dimensions (AP) Sidewalk Underlying Lot Line abc Easement Water Feature Railroad abc Zone District Labels 0'37' ATTACHMENT ALocation Map411 Kipling St CITYOF PALO ALTOINCORPORATED CALIFORNIA P a l o A l t oT h e C i t y o f APRIL 16 1894 The City of Palo Alto assumes no responsibility for any errors. ©1989 to 2016 City of Palo Altokpaulau, 2024-03-15 09:57:51Parcel Report with zoningdistricts (\\cc-maps\Encompass\Admin\Personal\Planning.mdb) CD-C (P) Item 2 Attachment A - 411 Kipling St Location Map     Packet Pg. 16     411 KIPLING STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION (HRE) PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [16252B.26] PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF PALO ALTO November 21, 2023 Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 17     This page intentionally left blank. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 18     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL i November 21, 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Summary of Findings ................................................................................................................................. 2 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS ............................................................................................................. 3 National Register of Historic Places ......................................................................................................... 3 California Register of Historical Resources ............................................................................................. 3 California Historical Resource Status Codes ........................................................................................... 3 Palo Alto Historic Inventory ....................................................................................................................... 4 Palo Alto Historic Survey Update .............................................................................................................. 5 III. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 6 Primary (South) Façade .............................................................................................................................. 6 West Facade ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Rear (North) Facade.................................................................................................................................... 9 East Façade ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Site Features .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Surrounding Neighborhood .................................................................................................................... 13 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................... 14 Palo Alto History ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Downtown North Neighborhood ........................................................................................................... 16 George W. Mosher, Builder ..................................................................................................................... 17 Square Cottage ......................................................................................................................................... 21 V. SITE HISTORY .................................................................................................................................. 23 Site Development ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Known Ownership and Occupant History ............................................................................................. 27 VI. EVALUATION .................................................................................................................................. 31 Palo Alto Historic Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 31 Integrity ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 VII. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................ 36 VIII. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 37 IX. APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... 39 Appendix A – Preparer Qualifications .................................................................................................... 39 Appendix B – Building Permit Applications ........................................................................................... 40 Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 19     This page intentionally left blank. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 20     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 1 November 21, 2023 I. INTRODUCTION This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the property at 411 Kipling Street (APN 120-15-023). The subject property is 40 feet wide by 112 feet deep with frontage along Kipling Street to the southwest (Figure 1). The subject block is located in the Downtown North neighborhood of Palo Alto in a commercial CD-C (P) zoning district and is bounded by Cowper Street to the northeast, Lytton Avenue to the northwest, University Avenue to the southeast, and Kipling Street to the southwest. The building was constructed by prominent local builder G.W. Mosher for Hiland H. Holly for use as a residential rental property and was completed in 1902 (Figure 2). Today, the subject building is used as office space for a nonprofit. Figure 1: City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property indicated by blue outline. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2023. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 21     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 2 November 21, 2023 Figure 2. Bird’s-eye view of 411 Kipling Street, indicated by yellow dashed line. Source: Google Earth, 2022. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Methodology This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and a historic context for 411 Kipling Street. The report includes an evaluation of the property’s individual eligibility for elevation to a Category 2: “Major Building” in the Palo Alto Historic Buildings Inventory. Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto Development Services, Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA), as well as online sources including Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. Page & Turnbull staff conducted a site visit to 411 Kipling Street on September 29, 2023. All photographs within this report were taken at that time, unless otherwise noted. Summary of Findings 411 Kipling Street is eligible for elevation within the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory from a Category 4: “Contributing Building” to a Category 2: “Major Building” of regional importance. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 22     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 3 November 21, 2023 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS The following section examines the national, state, and local historic status currently assigned to the commercial building at 411 Kipling Street. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation’s most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 411 Kipling Street is not currently listed in the National Register. California Register of Historical Resources The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register-listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. 411 Kipling Street is not currently listed in the California Register. California Historical Resource Status Codes Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are listed within the Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD) and are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of “1” to “7” to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) or California Register of Historical Resources (California Register).1 Properties with a Status Code of “1” or “2” are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register, or are already listed in one or both of the registers. Properties assigned Status Codes of “3” or “4” appear to be eligible for listing in either register, but normally require more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status Code of “5” have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual 1 California State Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD), Santa Clara County, updated March 2020. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 23     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 4 November 21, 2023 importance. Properties with a Status Code of “6” are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of “7” means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. 411 Kipling Street is listed in the BERD database for Santa Clara County with a status code of 5S2, meaning it is “Recognized as Historically Significant by Local Government” and within that categorization, it is considered “Individually eligible for local listing or designation.” The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. Palo Alto Historic Inventory The City of Palo Alto’s Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following four categories:  Category 1: An “Exceptional Building” of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character.  Category 2: A “Major Building” of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained.  Category 3 or 4: A “Contributing Building” which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden façades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 411 Kipling Street is currently listed in the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory as a Category 4: “Contributing Building.” It was surveyed for the Historic Resources Inventory and added to the local register in 1985. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 24     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 5 November 21, 2023 Palo Alto Historic Survey Update Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore.2 The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. 3 The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive-level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. 291 properties were found potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. 1,789 further properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 411 Kipling Street is not documented in the Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. 2 Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. “Final Survey Report – Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: August 1997- August 2000.” Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001. 3 Ibid., 2-5. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 25     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 6 November 21, 2023 III. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION The subject property at 411 Kipling Street is a one-and-a-half-story residential building currently used as two commercial units in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood. It is situated on a flat, rectangular parcel that is 40 feet wide by 112.5 feet deep. The subject building was built by G.W. Mosher in 1902 and exemplifies the early Palo Alto “Square Cottage” building type with stylistic elements of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne Free Classic. The building is rectilinear in plan with a wood frame and shiplap siding. It has a hipped roof with one dormer and a plain frieze board, wide boxed eave, with cornice with dentil molding throughout. All windows and doors are original with wood casing and frames, unless otherwise noted. There is a wood water table that continues across all facades. Primary (South) Façade The primary (south) façade of 411 Kipling Street is one-and-a-half stories in height and fronts Kipling Street (Figure 3). The entrance is deeply recessed within a covered porch, which is accessed by a set of wood steps and supported by two Tuscan columns with a solid balustrade that continues from Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 26     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 7 November 21, 2023 the siding of the façade. Two front doors are situated adjacent at a right angle, with one facing south to Kipling Street and a second facing west. Both doors are wood with a single pane glazing and paneled wood below. The primary façade features two large one-over-one double hung sash windows with ogee lugs, one along the eastern (right) side of the façade and another recessed within the porch to the west (left) of the front door facing Kipling Street. Centered on the roof above the primary façade is a dormer with a hipped roof, cornice with dentil molding, and boxed eaves. The dormer features two single-light cottage windows with diamond patterned mullions. Figure 3: Primary façade of 411 Kipling Street. West Facade The west façade of 411 Kipling Street features an asymmetrical fenestration and a continuation of novelty drop siding and cornice with dentil molding (Figure 4). At the west façade of the rear addition there is a one-over-one double-hung sash window. Moving south, there are four more one- over-one double-hung sash windows, two individual windows and one pair (Figure 5 and Figure 6). Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 27     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 8 November 21, 2023 Figure 4: Oblique view of the west façade, looking south. Figure 5: Oblique view of the west façade, looking northeast. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 28     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 9 November 21, 2023 Figure 6: Oblique view of the west façade, looking south. Rear (North) Facade The rear (north) façade is one story in height and features an asymmetrical fenestration at a rear addition (Figure 7). At the grade level, there are stairs descending to a basement cellar covered with a gable roof with exposed rafter tails that is supported by wood posts (Figure 8). At the center of the rear (north) façade, there is a raised wood door with a one-over-one hung vinyl window and metal casing beneath a wood panel. The door is accessed by a set of wood stairs and railings. The façade is Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 29     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 10 November 21, 2023 clad with shiplap siding at each outer edge, but features a section of replacment vinyl and metal slider windows above beadboard to the east (left) of center, which enclose a former porch. At the eastern (left) side of what might have been a toilet room, there is a small one-over-one double-hung sash window. The roof is a low-pitched shed with with exposed brackets and a bubble skylight above the door (Figure 9). Figure 7: Rear north facade of 411 Kipling Street, looking southwest. Figure 8: Steps to basement from rear south façade. Figure 9: Oblique view of the rear north façade, looking west. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 30     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 11 November 21, 2023 East Façade The east façade of 411 Kipling Street features an asymmetrical fenestration and a continuation of novelty drop siding and cornice with dentil molding (Figure 10). At the southern end of the façade, there is a fixed window with one light next to a one-over-one double-hung window and a wood door with ten lights. This door is accessed from a raised wood platform and wood steps with vertical plank railing (Figure 11). Moving north along the façade, there are three sequential one-over-one double-hung sash windows; two larger and one smaller situated higher on the façade along a rear addition. Upon the transition to the rear addition, the section of hipped roof ends and is covered with a shed roof with exposed brackets (Figure 12). Figure 10: Oblique view of east façade, looking north. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 31     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 12 November 21, 2023 Figure 11: Side entry along east façade, looking north. Figure 12: Detail view fenestration at northern section on the east façade, looking north. Site Features The backyard of the subject property is enclosed by a wood plank fence with lattice trim and features astroturf and mature trees (Figure 13). Figure 13: Backyard with landscape features. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 32     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 13 November 21, 2023 Surrounding Neighborhood The subject block is located in the Downtown North neighborhood of Palo Alto and borders the commercial corridor of University Avenue to the east. Overall, buildings in the Downtown North area along University Avenue include mixed-use retail, offices, hotels, restaurants, and a theater (Figure 14). Sections of extant early 20th century housing, such as the subject property along Kipling Street, have survived commercial development and provide a contrast to the larger commercial scale and higher density of University Avenue and sections of Lytton Avenue and Cowper Streets (Figure 15). Figure 14. Commercial buildings along University Avenue near the subject property. Figure 15. Context view of the subject property and neighboring early 20th century residential housing stock with a view of 525 University Avenue towering in the background. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 33     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 14 November 21, 2023 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT Palo Alto History The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.4 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855. Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm.5 Stanford’s vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Figure 16. Detail of “Official Map of Santa Clara, California” by Herrmann Brothers, 1890. Note that University Park on this map is present day Palo Alto. Source: Library of Congress. 4 Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 5 Ibid, 35. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 34     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 15 November 21, 2023 Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract) (Figure 16).6 This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906 and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910 facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.7 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.8 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto’s population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960.9 Palo Alto’s city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its “college town” reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture.10 6 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed online November 30, 2020, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. 7 Dames & Moore, “Palo Alto Historic Survey Update,” 1-4. 8 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. 9 “City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County,” Bay Area Census, accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. 10 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 35     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 16 November 21, 2023 Downtown North Neighborhood The current Downtown North neighborhood is located in the northern portion of the original University Park tract platted by Timothy Hopkins. It was the core part of the early city, along with today’s University South neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded by Alma Street to the south, San Francisquito Creek to the west, Middlefield Road to the north, and University Avenue to the east. University Avenue, which has historically been the main commercial corridor in Palo Alto, divides the Downtown North and University South neighborhoods. The 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company map illustrates that stores were located along University Avenue and were particularly concentrated at its southwestern end, near the railroad, where a large lumberyard stood (Figure 17). Residences were scattered along the street just east and west of University Avenue on Hamilton and Lytton Avenues. A few churches, hotels, and boarding houses also stood among many vacant lots. Figure 17. 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. map of Palo Alto showing the street layout within the core of the city. The future location of the subject property is marked by the red star. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library By 1901, Palo Alto had grown beyond its original core. Houses filled the lots on the blocks around the railroad, while scattered residential development extended up to and beyond Middlefield Road. Institutions, such as schools and Palo Alto’s first public library, had been built in the area. As noted earlier, the development of the streetcar in 1906 and later the interurban rail in 1910 along University Avenue helped spur commercial development. The relocation of displaced San Francisco residents following the 1906 earthquake to surrounding towns such as Palo Alto also resulted in increased residential and commercial development. During the first decade of the 20th century, the Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 36     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 17 November 21, 2023 residential area of Downtown North appears to have been built out with one- and two-story residences, but as the downtown commercial area prospered and expanded, and the University Avenue corridor became a desirable location for the growth of Palo Alto’s commercial interests.11 In the post-World War II period, Palo Alto’s population boomed and the city annexed more land, resulting in the construction of additional smaller commercial hubs which dissipated some of the concentration of commercial activity on University Avenue and Downtown North. During this period, some of the commercial development along University Avenue spread out onto perpendicular streets toward Lytton, replacing earlier residential buildings. George W. Mosher, Builder George Wilbert Mosher (1863-1939) was a prolific contractor and craftsman in the Palo Alto area who constructed hundreds of buildings in the formative years of the City during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.12 Born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1863, Mosher grew up working on the family farm and a plaster quarry that his father owned and operated near the town of Windsor. To support the family further, Mosher began apprenticing in carpentry and shipbuilding at the age of 12. He moved to Portland, Maine about five years later in 1880, and continued to work in the shipbuilding trade throughout the state. In March of 1884, Mosher and his brother Edgar left the Atlantic coast for California. Upon arrival in San Francisco, California, Mosher began working for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company constructing bridges. In 1887, Mosher returned to Nova Scotia to marry his wife, Helena, whom he brought back to California, to settle in Santa Cruz. Upon returning to California, Mosher resigned from his position at Southern Pacific and moved to the town of Mayfield, California to accept a position constructing Stanford University in 1892. He moved again shortly after to Palo Alto and established himself as the town’s first contractor and builder. His brothers, Charles and James, also immigrated to California and worked alongside their brother. George Mosher was already an accomplished builder and craftsman when he arrived in Palo Alto. Mosher firmly established himself in the construction of residences of varying scale and grandeur 11 The 1924 Sanborn Map shows a variety of uses including a mixture of dwellings, stores, institutional, and light industrial uses. 12 The following information was collected from the George W. Mosher Collection, Palo Alto Historical Society. The collection primarily consists of assorted clippings from the Palo Alto Times (1894-1939), although other unidentified materials were present. Additional sources outside this collection will be cited accordingly. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 37     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 18 November 21, 2023 and is responsible for up to 300 homes within the city. He built several houses designed by various architects and identified in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory, including13: • Squire House, 900 University Avenue (National Register, Category 1, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), architect: T. Paterson Ross, 1904 (Figure 18) • Thoits House, 119 Bryant Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1897 • 301 Coleridge Avenue (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), architect: William Crim, 1925 • 425 Embarcadero Road, Professorville Historic District (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), architect: A.W. Smith, 1907 (Figure 19) • Wing House, 345 Lincoln Avenue (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), designer: A.B. Clark, 1893 • 353 Melville Avenue (Category 3, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), architect: H.L. Upham, 1897 • 1432 Webster Street, (Category 3, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), architect: Mary D. Thomas, 1914 Figure 18. National Register-listed Squire House at 900 University Avenue (1904), architect T. Paterson Ross, builder George W. Mosher. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage Figure 19. 425 Embarcadero (1907), A.W. Smith, builder George W. Mosher. Source: Google Maps Mosher was also the architect/builder on many other houses found throughout Palo Alto. Compared to those associated with a trained architect, they were generally more modest in size and design. They typically were one-story Square Cottages or two-story square boxes (as the Dames & Moore historic resources survey of 1997-2000 categorized them), and various architectural styles that were 13 Information gathered from entries at Palo Alto Stanford Heritage website, which compiled data from the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 38     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 19 November 21, 2023 popular during the period such as Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Shingle, and Mission Revival. The architectural detailing was usually simplified, or included a mix of elements from different styles, and might have been from pattern books or published designs with some modification by Mosher. A few, like the late 19th century Queen Anne houses at 533 Bryant Street, 228 Byron Street, 617 High Street, and 225 Emerson Street, appear to have more decorative elements and are good vernacular examples of the style. The Palo Alto Historic Inventory attributes several houses to Mosher as the builder, including: Two-Story Square Boxes: • 270 Channing Avenue (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1905 • 617 High Street (Category 3, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1897 (Figure 20) • Sloanker House, 334 Kingsley Avenue, Professorville Historic District (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1903 • 431 Kipling Street (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1901 • 1128 Webster Street (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1894 (Figure 21) • 1295 Wilson Street (Category 3, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1895 Square Cottages • 228 Byron Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1896 (Figure 22) • 225 Emerson Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1893 • 411 Kipling Street (Category 4, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1902 • Bixby House, 533 (535) Bryant Street (Category 2, Palo Alto Historic Inventory), 1897 (Figure 23) Mosher also constructed some commercial and institutional buildings such as the 1905 addition to Fraternal Hall, which was designed by Newsom & Newsom to add on to Samuel Newsom’s original 1898 building.14 14 “514 High Street / 140 University Avenue, Fraternal Hall,” Palo Alto Historic Buildings Inventory, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, accessed May 19, 2017, http://www.pastheritage.org/inv/invH/High514.html. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 39     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 20 November 21, 2023 Figure 20. 617 High Street (1897), builder George W. Mosher. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, c.1986 Figure 21. 1128 Webster Street (1894), builder George W. Mosher. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage Figure 22. 228 Bryon Street (1896), builder George W. Mosher. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. Figure 23. 535 Bryant St, builder George W. Mosher. Source: Google Maps 2023. In addition to his role as a prominent builder in Palo Alto, Mosher was very involved in the early municipal governance of the city. He was first elected in 1898 as town trustee, and in 1909 he was elected councilman, a position he would hold over the following decade. He and his wife moved to Eureka, California for a brief period following 1919, but they returned to Palo Alto a few years later, where Mosher was once again elected as a councilman in 1929. He continued to hold that position and played an important role in the development of Palo Alto until his death in May of 1939. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 40     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 21 November 21, 2023 Square Cottage The Square Cottage is a vernacular building type identified in the 1997-2000 Palo Alto Historic Survey, completed by Dames & Moore. It was one of three property types identified as potentially eligible for the National Register using the Multiple Property format. According to the survey, Square Cottages were among the predominant forms of detached residences that housed middle- and working-class people during the early development of Palo Alto, ca. 1890-1910. It states, They are variously ornamented with Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, and other stylistic details, but all belong to a single house type. These were the most common houses built in Palo Alto up to about 1910. They were common houses for middle class people in that period.15 The historic context included in the Dames & Moore survey noted that the early houses in Palo Alto were predominantly variations of Square Cottages or Two-Story Square Boxes. The designs for these modest buildings were not usually the product of professional architects; rather local builders would construct a traditional residence from a pattern book or published design and modify various architectural features to personalize the building.16 The Dames & Moore survey does not provide a list of character-defining features, eligibility criteria, or integrity thresholds for the Square Cottage property type. It does list a series of residences throughout the city that the survey identified as Square Cottages eligible for the National Register. While somewhat varied in their plans and architectural features, they typically have hipped roofs and are one- or one-and-one-half stories tall. The main entrance is often centered on the primary façade, and at times is located within a recessed porch with balustrade and columns. This façade also often features an angled bay and/or a projecting volume with its own front-gabled roof (Figure 24 to Figure 27). Hipped dormer windows are sometimes found at the front hip of the main roof. While ornamentation and decorative features added to these buildings were usually inspired by the popular architectural styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these features were often modest and contributed to the overall vernacular composition of the cottage. 15 Dames & Moore, “Final Survey Report – Palo Alto Historical Survey Update: August 1997-August 2000,” prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division (February 2001), 5-3 and 5-4. 16 Dames & Moore, 1-2. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 41     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 22 November 21, 2023 Figure 24. Square Cottage with classical and Queen Anne details, located at 518 Byron Street, Palo Alto Source: Google Maps Figure 25. Square Cottage with Queen Anne details, located at 817 Kipling Street, Palo Alto Source: Google Maps Figure 26. Square Cottage example at 610 California Avenue, Palo Alto. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. Figure 27. Square Cottage example at 422 Fulton Street, Palo Alto. Source: Google Maps. The proliferation of the Square Cottage as a primary residential building type in early Palo Alto has resulted in a large number of these cottages that remain extant. Examples can be found throughout the Palo Alto neighborhoods of University Park, University South, Downtown North, and Professorville. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 42     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 23 November 21, 2023 V. SITE HISTORY Site Development The subject building at 411 Kipling Street was constructed in 1902 for Hiland H. Holly, but its first occupants were Mrs. M. M. Baker and Mrs. E. A. Sykes. The one-and-a-half story house was built by George W. Mosher. Prior to the construction of the subject property in 1900, the area that today comprises Palo Alto’s Downtown North was still mostly rural (Figure 28). By 1901, the surrounding parcels on the subject block had been platted and mostly built out with one- and two-story wood frame buildings (Figure 29). The 1904 Sanborn map shows the construction of the subject property with a rectilinear footprint, open-air front porch, and a small outbuilding in the rear yard. The remaining empty parcels were infilled with mostly one- and two-story wood frame buildings (Figure 30). By 1924, the footprint of the subject property remained the same, but the rear outbuilding was removed. From visual analysis, it appears the rear addition to the house was added sometime during this time frame between 1902 to 1925, due to the continuity of historic materials, including the wood siding and double-hung sash windows. It was common for houses of this style and construction period to have a rear sleeping porch or “wash porch” for laundry that was either original to the design or added shortly after construction. As the rear addition of the subject building is not documented on Sanborn maps or in permit records, it is difficult to ascertain exactly when it was added. Sanborn maps from 1948 and 1956 show the original rectilinear footprint of the subject building as unchanged from 1902, and do not show a rear addition (Figure 33 and Figure 34). However, a 1941 aerial photograph shows what appears to be the rear addition and possibly other rear outbuildings (Figure 32). According to the 1950 U.S. Census, the side door along the east façade was used as the entrance for tenants of the second unit, although the door appears to be original to construction. From visual analysis, it appears that newer vinyl windows were added to enclose the rear addition likely at some point between the 1960s to the 1980s. In 1989, a permit was granted to owner Winfield Christiansen for the construction of new stairs with a railing at the entryway. A photograph from 1985 shows the original set of wood steps that were shorter in length and did not have a railing (Figure 36). By 1999, the stairs were replaced wider wood steps and a railing on the left side (Figure 37). At some point, a second railing was added to the right side. Since the late 1980s, no other alterations have been documented, and all facades appear unchanged. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 43     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 24 November 21, 2023 Figure 28. The subject block of Kipling Street c.1900, Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Figure 29: Sanborn Perris Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1901. Page 11. The future location of the subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 30: Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1904. Page 7. The subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 44     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 25 November 21, 2023 Figure 31: Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1924. Page 3. The subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 32: 1941 aerial photograph with the subject property outlined in a red line. Source: University of Santa Barbara Special Collections. Flight C-7065, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Frame 171. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 45     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 26 November 21, 2023 Figure 33: Sanborn Perris Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1948. Page 12. The subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 34: Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1956. Page 3. The subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 35. View of 525 University and 421 Kipling with the subject building in the foreground at left, 1983. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 46     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 27 November 21, 2023 Figure 36. Inventory photograph of 411 Kipling Street, 1985. Source: Vahey, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. Figure 37. 411 Kipling Street, 1999. Source: B. Vahey, Palo Alto Historical Association. CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY The following table provides a timeline of construction activity at 411 Kipling Street, based on building permit applications on file with the Palo Alto Development Services and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Cancelled, expired, and temporary permits are not included, along with any permits referencing interior, electrical or plumbing work. TABLE 1. PERMIT HISTORY FOR 411 KIPLING STREET. Date Filed Permit App. # Owner Contractor/ Architect Work 7/5/89 B-84771 Winfield Christiansen Orinda Nova Construction Co. Construction of a wood steps with railings to the front entryway. Known Ownership and Occupant History The following tables provide a summary of the ownership and occupancy history of 411 Kipling Street, beginning with the year of construction, compiled building permit applications and plans from the Palo Alto Department of Building Inspection, Palo Alto Historical Association, newspaper articles, city directories, and other public records available through Ancestry.com. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 47     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 28 November 21, 2023 TABLE 2. OWNERSHIP HISTORY FOR 411 KIPLING STREET. Date(s) Owner(s) Occupation 1902 Hiland Hall Holley Marble Dealer and oil well owner 1906-1911 F.F. Jeffers Supervisor of music in Palo Alto schools 1910 L.E. and Mrs. C.B. Swift teacher 1920-1921 H.D. Jones Unknown 1922-1929 Joseph L. and Olive Stokes Unknown 1929-c.1953 Olive Stokes Unknown c.1953-1975 Ada Michener Cashier and cafeteria food server 1975-1976 Vacant - c.1983-1998 Winfield Christiansen Principal of Fairmeadow Elementary School c.1998-present Thoits Bros Real estate development company TABLE 3. KNOWN OCCUPANT HISTORY FOR 411 KIPLING STREET. Date(s) Occupant(s) Occupation c.1902-1904 Mrs. M. M. Baker and Mrs. E. A. Sykes Unknown 1940-1944 Agnes Fisher Unknown 1940-1955 Florence Bohn Music teacher 1955-65 Elizabeth Fisher Unknown 1970 Cecilia Mohelski Unknown 1975 Vacant - c.1983 Hardesty Associates Landscape Architects 1988 Mid-Peninsula Chiropractic Clinic Chiropractic Office 1990-1992 Just Terri European Skin Care Cosmetics Skincare and cosmetics retail SELECT OWNER AND OCCUPANT BIOGRAPHIES The following biographies were prepared for the first owner and longest owners of 411 Kipling Street. Hiland H. Holley Hiland Hall Holley (1832-1904) was the original owner of 411 Kipling Street, however it appears that he did not occupy the residence, instead renting it to Mrs. M. M. Baker and Mrs. E. A. Sykes. Hiland Holley was born in Dorset, Vermont and fought in the Civil War with the 19th Vermont regiment before marrying his wife Mary Elizabeth in 1867. In Vermont, he worked as a marble dealer. At some Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 48     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 29 November 21, 2023 point in the late 19th century, he moved to California and began work in the oil industry, eventually owning one or more oil wells. He was known as a notable early resident of Palo Alto, and his two sons enrolled in what was the newly established Stanford University. Holley resided at 431 Kipling Street until his death in 1904.17 Joseph and Olive Stokes Jospeh (1857-1929) and Olive (1863-1953) Stokes owned and occupied 411 Kipling together from 1922 until Joseph’s death in 1929, and afterwards Olive continued to own and occupy the property until her death in 1953. Both Joseph Stokes and Plumea “Olive” Danford Stokes were born and raised in Ohio, and they married in 1883. They had five children: Ada (Stokes) Michener, Nell (Stokes) Dougan, Homer Stokes, Ivan Stokes, and Blanch (Stokes) Leggett. Around ten years following Joseph’s death in 1940, it appears that Olive began renting other rooms/units in the house to lodgers, possibly to provide a source of income. The 1940 census lists Olive as the head of household with three lodgers but does not list an occupation for Olive or any of the lodgers.18 Olive continued to occupy the subject property until her death in 1953. Her daughter, Ada Michener, lived with her mother beginning around 1950, and appears have taken ownership and occupation of 411 Kipling through the early 1970s.19 Winfield Christiansen Winfield Christiansen (1912-2011) was the owner of the subject property during the 1980s and 1990s. Christiansen was a longtime educator in Palo Alto and worked in the Palo Alto Unified School District for 41 years. Christiansen was raised in Dinuba, California. He graduated from California State University, Fresno in 1935 and then taught locally until becoming a principal. During World War II, he served as a master sergeant in the U.S. Army at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. After returning to California, Christiansen enrolled at Claremont College for a master’s degree and went on to receive a Doctorate in Education in 1953 from Stanford University. 20 In 1952, he began his career in the Palo Alto Unified School District as a principal and was the principal for Fairmeadow Elementary School before retiring in 1978.21 Under his ownership, it appears that one or more of the rental units at 411 Kipling were converted to commercial office space. From city directory and 17 “Veteran Passes Away,” The Peninsula Times Tribune, December 14, 1904, 8. 18 “1940 United States Federal Census” (Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census), Ancestry.com, accessed November 17, 2023, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-00336- 00271?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=LdJ148&_phstart=successSource&pId=70748082. 19 “Mrs. Stokes Dies at Palo Alto Home,” The Peninsula Times Tribune, April 17, 1953, 2. 20 Dr. Bob French, “Winfield Scott Christiansen,” Palo Alto Weekly, May 6, 2011, ISSUU, https://issuu.com/paloaltoweekly/docs/2011_05_06.paw.section1. 21 “Reunion to Honor Educator Christiansen,” The Peninsula Times Tribune, June 7, 1978, 12. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 49     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 30 November 21, 2023 census records, it is not clear whether he personally occupied the property as a residence. Christiansen died in 2011. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 50     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 31 November 21, 2023 VI. EVALUATION Palo Alto Historic Inventory The Palo Alto Historic Inventory is the official list of sites, structures and districts designated by the City Council as possessing significant historical and/or architectural value. Originally adopted in 1979, the Inventory has been updated and added to over time. Any individual or group may propose designating a historic structure, site or district to the Inventory according to the procedure found in the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Municipal Code Section 16.49.040). Properties nominated for designation are recommended by the HRB and decided upon by the City Council. The following Criteria for Designation, along with the definitions of historic categories and districts in Section 16.49.020, is used to designate historic structures, sites and districts to the historic inventory: 1. The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation; 2. The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation; 3. The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare; 4. The structure or site is connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare; 5. The architect or building was important; 6. The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship. Properties listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory are organized under the following Historic Categories: • Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. • Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 51     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 32 November 21, 2023 • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. 411 Kipling Street does appear eligible for eligible for elevation to Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance in the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory. The subject building meets the following Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); 411 Kipling Street is an excellent extant example of the Square Cottage house type in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood. The Square Cottage is a Palo Alto residential house type that mixed familiar forms and finishes of the Colonial Revival, Queen Anne Free Classic, and sometimes Craftsman styles in later examples. The subject building is an early extant example of this important building type and is also a unique variation featuring a hipped roof, simple Tuscan columns, and a flat front façade, instead of the more common cross- gabled roof and projecting bay window. • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) George W. Mosher was a builder of merit who made important contributions to the early built environment of Palo Alto. While Mosher’s works are considered more modest in size and design compared with other architect-designed residences from the same period, he built and designed numerous “Square Cottage” house types and was the builder for several larger high style residences in Palo Alto. The subject building is an important extant example of George W. Mosher’s contributions to the high-quality housing stock built in Palo Alto’s early period of development. • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship. 411 Kipling Street showcases the high level of craftsmanship and architectural design implemented by builder-of-merit George W. Mosher. Elements of the façade that meet the definition of Criterion 6 include original wood windows with one-over-one double-hung sashes, ogee lugs, and cottage windows with diamond mullions, along with shiplap siding and cornice with dentil molding. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 52     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 33 November 21, 2023 411 Kipling does not appear to meet Criterion 1, as the building was part of a period of residential development in downtown Palo Alto but is not significant within this context or individually representative of this broader development trend. The subject building also does not appear to meet Criterion 3, as the building is an example of the common Square Cottage house type, but this building type has many extant examples and would likely not be considered rare. Lastly, the subject building does not appear to meet Criterion 4, as its early use as a rental house would not be considered rare today. In conclusion, 411 Kipling Street meets Criteria 2, 5, and 6 in consideration for eligibility as a Category 2: “Major Building.” Integrity To qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as “the authenticity of an historical resource’s physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource’s period of significance,” or more simply defined by the National Park Service as “the ability of a property to convey its significance.”22 In order to evaluate whether the subject property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance, Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource’s integrity—location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must possess most, or all, of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred; 22 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001), 11; and National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1995), 44. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 53     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 34 November 21, 2023 Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s); Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of the property; Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form the historic property; Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory; Feeling is the property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time; and Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and the historic property. LOCATION The subject property retains integrity of location. The subject building has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1902. SETTING 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of setting. The subject building is a surviving property among a residential block of Kipling Street that has retained the majority of its original early 20th century housing stock, despite commercial development of Palo Alto’s downtown core over time. The surrounding properties that neighbor 411 Kipling are mostly all relatively unaltered and together express a high level of integrity of setting. DESIGN 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of design. There have been minimal alterations, apart from a rear addition that was likely added prior to 1925 and replacement of the front stairs. The residence retains its original form as a Square Cottage building type with Colonial Revival and Queen Anne Free Classic character-defining features that include Tuscan columns, cottage windows with diamond mullions, and a cornice with dentil molding. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 54     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 35 November 21, 2023 MATERIALS 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of materials. Aside from the original front steps to the entryway, very few of the original features appear to have been altered, removed, or replaced. The primary exterior building materials include original shiplap siding, wood windows and doors, and cornice with dentil molding. WORKMANSHIP 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include original wood windows with one-over-one double hung sashes and ogee lugs, cottage windows with diamond mullions, shiplap siding, and cornice with dentil molding. While the Square Cottage building type is more modest than other contemporaneous high style house types, the subject property reflects a high level of workmanship in the decorative detailing and materiality of the building. FEELING 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of feeling. The building retains the feeling of its original design and materiality as constructed in 1902 by George W. Mosher, as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of its original Square Cottage aesthetic. Alterations and a rear addition have not diminished the residence’s form, height, massing, or materiality such that its feeling is impaired. ASSOCIATION 411 Kipling Street retains integrity of association. While the residence is not eligible for the California Register for its association with an event or a past owner or occupant, its association to builder of merit George W. Mosher continues to be represented through its retention of the building’s original materials and its Colonial Revival/Queen Anne design characteristics. The subject building was originally constructed as a rental house and situated in a largely residential setting with other properties of similar scale along neighboring blocks of Lytton Avenue, Cowper Street, and University Avenue. Since its original occupants, the building has functioned as a single-family residence, followed by duplex residential property, and later c.1983 onwards as a two-unit commercial office, medical, or retail space. While the property’s original use has changed over time, the exterior of the building has not been altered to reflect these changes, and the building still reflects its original residential appearance. Therefore, integrity of association has been maintained. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 55     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 36 November 21, 2023 VII. CONCLUSION This HRE finds that 411 Kipling Street appears eligible for elevation to Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance on the Palo Alto Historic Buildings Inventory. The subject building is a meritorious work of an important local builder George W. Mosher and is an outstanding extant example of the Square Cottage house type within Palo Alto’s urban core. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 56     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 37 November 21, 2023 VIII. REFERENCES Published Works & Reports California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 8: User’s Guide to the California Historical Resource Status Codes & Historic Resources Inventory Directory. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing. November 2004. National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1995. Newspapers & Periodicals “Building Record.” Palo Alto Times 19, no. 1 (January 3, 1902). https://paloaltocitylibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16815coll2/id/9340/rec/5. Dr. Bob French. “Winfield Scott Christiansen.” Palo Alto Weekly, May 6, 2011. ISSUU. https://issuu.com/paloaltoweekly/docs/2011_05_06.paw.section1. “Instruments on File with Recorder.” Daily Palo Alto Times, March 22, 1922, 9. “Look Up Your Friends’ Names.” Daily Palo Alto Times, January 10, 1910, 7. “Mrs. Stokes Dies at Palo Alto Home.” The Peninsula Times Tribune, April 17, 1953, 2. “Reunion to Honor Educator Christiansen.” The Peninsula Times Tribune, June 7, 1978, 12. “Veteran Passes Away.” The Peninsula Times Tribune, December 14, 1904, 8. Public Records California State Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD), Santa Clara County, updated September 2022. Archival Records Internet Sources 443 Kipling Street, ca. 1900. c 1900. Guy Miller Archives. Palo Alto Historical Association. https://cdm16865.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PAHA/id/6986/rec/10. 525 University Avenue, 1983. 1983. Guy Miller Archives. Palo Alto Historical Association. https://cdm16865.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PAHA/id/4558/rec/24. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 57     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 38 November 21, 2023 “1940 United States Federal Census.” Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Ancestry.com. Accessed November 17, 2023. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-00336- 00271?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=LdJ148&_phstart=successSource&pId =70748082. 1950 United States Federal Census. National Archives and Records Administration, 1950. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/260065847:62308. Fairchild Aerial Surveys. Flight C-7065. UCSB FrameFinder Historic Aerials. Accessed November 13, 2023. https://mil.library.ucsb.edu/apcatalog/report/report.php?filed_by=C-7065. Linda Northway. 525 University Avenue, 1983. September 1985. Guy Miller Archives. Palo Alto Historical Association. https://cdm16865.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PAHA/id/6986/rec/10. Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. “411 Kipling Avenue.” Database, 2019. https://www.pastheritage.org/inv/invB/Byron/228byron.html. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 58     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 39 November 21, 2023 IX. APPENDICES Appendix A – Preparer Qualifications This Historic Resource Evaluation was prepared by Page & Turnbull of San Francisco, California. Page & Turnbull staff responsible for this report include: Ruth Todd, FAIA, Principal-in-charge; Christina Dikas, Associate Principal, project manager; and Samantha Purnell, Cultural Resources Planner, primary author, all of whom meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Architecture, Architectural History, or History. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 59     Historic Resource Evaluation 411 Kipling Street 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 40 November 21, 2023 Appendix B – Building Permit Applications Front and back pages of building permit applications currently on file with the Palo Alto Department of Building Inspection. Cancelled and expired permits are not included. Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 60     Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415-362-5154 523 WEST 6TH STREET, SUITE 1013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90014 TEL 213-221-1200 2600 CAPITOL AVENUE, SUITE 120 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, 95816 TEL 916-930-9903 75 EAST SANTA CLARA STREET, SUITE 900 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95113 TEL 408-320-7911 Item 2 Attachment B - 411 Kipling St HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 61     State of California The Resources Agency Dt.P/\RTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ·HSTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY IDtNTIFICATION Cat. 'IV ~ C 0 ~ ::, ~ ro 0 Ser UTM Lat Adm T2 T3 ---- Site Mo. Yr. Q R --SHt. __ Lon Era ___ Sig ___ Cat HABS HAER F-ed -- I. Crnnmon 11.ime: -------------------------------------- ?. Hi'i\01 ic name, if known:-----------------------------------­ S1, ,,.,1 ()( 1111.11 addlt!!,S __ ~ll Kipling U.05 Kipling Group) City: Palo Alto ZIP: ______ County: Santa Clara 4. Present owner, if known: Winfield Christiansen Address: 8ll Hamilton Ave City: ___ P_a_l_o_Al_t_o....;;.., _C_al_i_f_9_4_3_0_1 ___ ZIP: _____ Ownership is: Public □ Private [JO 5. Present Use: Commercial (offices) Original Use: ___ R..,...e.,.s,..i..,d..,e .. n..,t.._1_..· a.,1..,__ __________ _ Other past uses: __ R_o_o_nu._·_n_,,g.__h_o_u_s_e ___________________________ _ DESCRIPTION· 6. Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe an·y major alterations from its original condition: · · I 1: A one-story utilitarian version of the 11four-square11 . form, with hipped roof, clapboard exterior, and small porch across the right front. Its modest orna­ mental elements include the porch columns, <lentil cornices, attic dormer with diamond-pattern mullions in the windows, and wreath molding applied to the lower section of the front door. One of the early Palo Alto houses surviving in the corrnnercial zone. 7. Locational sketch map (draw and label site and surrounding streets, roads, and prominent landmarks): ~ NORTH · ·••"' • ,..., IUov J'/7'.J) 8. Approximate property size: Lot size (in feet) Frontage_4;_0 __ _ Depth ll2_•..2__•; or app1ox . .1crt!a110 ___ _ 9. Condition: {check one) a. Excellent 0 b. Good Ix] c. Fair 0 d .. Deteriorated 0 e. No longer in existence 0 10. Is the feature a. Altered? [iJ b. Unaltered? 0 11. Surroundings: (Check more than one if necessary) a. Open land □ b. Scattered buildings □ C. Densely built-up 0 d. Residential □ e. Commercial [x] f. Industrial □ g. Other □ 12. Threats to site: a. None known □ b. Private development f] C. Zoning [!] d. Public Work !i projec1 □ t!. Vandalism [.] I. Othm I I 13. D;ne(s) ol enclosed photoc,aJ,h(s) ___ _ Item 2 Attachment C - 411 Kipling St DPR Form     Packet Pg. 62     411 Kipling NOTE The following (Items 14-19) are for structures only. 14. Pi 11narv exterior building material: a. Stone 17 b. Brick 0 L Other I l c. Stucco [] d. Adobe D e. Wood ~ ----------------- 15. Is the structure: a. On its original site? fJ b. Moved? 0 c. Unknown? 0 16. Year ot initial construction 1902 This date is: a. Factual IKJ b. Estimated [] 17. Architect (it known):------------------------------------- 18. Builder (if known): _G_. w_. _.tvl_os_h_e_r ______________________________ _ 19. Related features: a. Barn [.) b. Carriage house 0 c. Outhouse f_] d. Shed(sl □ e. Formal garden(s) D 1. Wmdmill [ J g. Watertower/tankhouse [] h. Other □--------------i. None [i) SIGNIFICANCE ?0. B1 mlly ..,1,11i, h1slorn:al and/or architectural importance (include dates, events, and persons as.wciated with the site when known): Part of a group of early Palo Alto residences surviving in thP. coo1mercial ,i;one. It was built for Hiland H. Holly and first occupied by Mrs. M.}1. Baker and }irs. E.A. Sykes. Holly was a Civil Viar veteran and early Palo Alto resident who came to the new village so his sons could attend the University. For a decade after 1906 it was the home of }red F. and 07-anville Jeffers. '1.ihe latter took his A.B. at Stanford and was superintendent of the Iv1ethodist Sunday School, then left to pursue a career in education in San Diego and Schenectady, N. Y. Fred F. Jeffers was supervisor of music in the Palo Alto Schoo:i.s, 1902-1913, director of the l"iethodist Church choir and of the P.A. Norris Club, a choral organization estab­ lished by the real tor J .J. l',orris ~ La.ter he became the school music supervisor in San Jose. From 1923-1953, J .L. and Olive Stokes were the residents. Use of the building as a rooming house began just after World War II. 21. Main theme ot the h1st0ric resource: (Check only one): a. Architecture erJ b. Arts & Leisure [] c. Economic/1.ndustrial l] d. Exploration/Settlement O e. Government LJ f. Military [J g. Religion [] h. Social/Education 0 22. Sources: List books, documents, surveys, personal interviews, and their dates: P.A. City Directories; P.A. Times 4/5/01, 5/16/02, 7/16/02, 1/2/03, 12/14/04, 4/2e/42,,12/2/49; San Jose Hercury, 12/1/49. 1983 Historic Kesources Board 23. Date form prepared: · By (name):--------------------------- Address: -2_5_0_H_am.J._._l_t_on_A_v_e ________ City _ _,_p...,a..,.l ... o ....... 4.,a,l,..t.,,o....,,il--'C ... a.....,9,...1t...J...,0,..1 __ _ ZIP: Phorn,: ___________ _ Organization: _______________________ _ (State Use Only) Item 2 Attachment C - 411 Kipling St DPR Form     Packet Pg. 63     16.49.040 Designation of historic structures/sites. (a) Procedure for Designation of Historic Structures/Sites or Districts. Any individual or group may propose designation as a historic structure/site or district. Such proposals shall be reviewed by the historic resources board, which will make its recommendation to the council. Designation of a historic structure/site or district must be approved by the city council. The procedure for such designation is as follows: (1) Any proposal for designation shall be filed with the department of planning and development services and shall include the following data: (A) The address and assessor's parcel number of the site or boundaries of the proposed district; (B) A description detailing the structure/site or district's special aesthetic, cultural, architectural, or engineering interest or value of a historic nature; (C) A description of the historical value of the structure/site or district; (D) A description of the current condition of and any known threats to the structure/site or district; (E) What restoration, if any, would be necessary to return the structure/site or district to its original appearance; (F) Sketches, drawings, photographs or other descriptive material; (G) Other supporting information. (2) Each proposal shall be considered by the historic resources board at a public hearing within sixty days of the receipt of the proposal. In any case where an application for a planning or building permit affecting the exterior of a building is pending concurrently with a proposal for designation, the recommendation of the historic resources board shall be made within twenty days of receipt of the proposal. (3) Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be given at least twelve days prior to the date of the hearing by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation, or by mail to the applicant, to the owner or owners of the property, and to the owners of property within three hundred feet of the site. (4) The historic resources board shall recommend to the city council approval, disapproval or modification of an application for designation. (5) The city council may approve, disapprove or modify a recommendation for designation and, in any case where an application for a planning or building permit is pending concurrently with the proposal for designation, such decision shall be made within thirty days of the recommendation, if any, of the historic resources board. (6) After approval of the designation of a structure/site or district, the city clerk shall send to the owners of the property so designated, by mail, a letter outlining the basis for such designation and the regulations which result from such designation. Notice of this designation shall also be filed in the building department and the department of planning and development services files. (b) Criteria for Designation. The following criteria, along with the definitions of historic categories and districts in Section 16.49.020, shall be used as criteria for designating additional historic structures/sites or districts to the historic inventory: (1) The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation; (2) The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation; Item 2 Attachment D - PAMC Section 16.49.040 (b)     Packet Pg. 64     (3) The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare; (4) The structure or site is connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare; (5) The architect or building was important; (6) The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship. (Ord. 5494 § 3, 2020: Ord. 3721 § 1 (part), 1986) Item 2 Attachment D - PAMC Section 16.49.040 (b)     Packet Pg. 65     Attachment E Directions to review Project plans online: 1. Go to: https://paloalto.buildingeye.com/planning 2. Search for “411 Kipling Steet” and open record by clicking on the blue dot 3. Review the record details on the left side and open the “more details” option 4. Use the “Records Info” drop down menu and select “Attachments” 5. Open the attachment named “C1_411 Kipling_Plans (Drawing Set).pdf” and dated 02/06/24 to review the plan set. Item 2 Attachment E - 411 Kipling Street Project Plans     Packet Pg. 66     Item No. 3. Page 1 of 9 Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: April 11, 2024 Report #: 2403-2767 TITLE PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 271 University Avenue [24PLN-00039]: Request for Historic Designation Reclassification, From a Local Historic Resource Category 3 to a Category 2. Environmental Assessment: No project under California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065. Zone District: CD-C (GF)(P) - Downtown Commercial with Ground Floor and Pedestrian Shopping Combining District. For More Information Contact Kristina Paulauskaite at Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Historic Resources Board (HRB) take the following action(s): 1. Recommend the City Council reclassify the building from a ‘Contributing Building’ Category 3 resource to a ‘Major Building’ Category 2 resource on the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is to support the HRB review of a requested reclassification of 271 University Avenue, one-story building with a mezzanine at the rear, one-unit commercial property, located in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood. The building at 271 University Avenue is listed as a Category 3 resource on the City’s local Historic Resources Inventory (HRI). The owner is requesting a reclassification and designation as a Category 2 resource on the City’s Historic Inventory (Attachment A). On November 1, 2023, the City’s consultant, Page & Turnbull, prepared a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) (Attachment B). The evaluation report was prepared directly for the City of Palo Alto at the applicant’s expense. The evaluation found 271 University Avenue individually eligible for listing on the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) under Criterion 2 (The structure is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation), Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important), and Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship). Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 67     Item No. 3. Page 2 of 9 On February 7, 2024, Mark Sterns, on behalf of Hayes Group Architects, requested the HRB consider a reclassification of 271 University, designed by Carl I. Warnecke of Miller & Warnecke in the Art Deco style completed in 1930, from a ‘Contributing Building’ Category 3 resource to a ‘Major Building’ Category 2 resource on the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. The HRB is requested to recommend the reclassification. Specifically, the HRB may affirm that the building retains its integrity and determine the building’s consistency with the definition of a Category 2 historic resource as a ‘Major Building’. The HRB’s purview, as set forth in PAMC Section 16.49.040, includes recommending the reclassification to the City Council for approval, disapproval, or modification. BACKGROUND Property Description 271 University Avenue is located within Downtown Commercial Community (CD-C) zone district with Ground Floor (GF) and Pedestrian Combining District (P). The subject property is a one- story building with a mezzanine at the rear, one-unit commercial property in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood. It is situated on a flat, rectangular parcel that is 25 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The subject building was designed by Carl I. Warnecke of Miller & Warnecke in the Art Deco style and completed in 1930 for use as a clothing store. The building at 271 University Avenue is rectangular in plan and is constructed of reinforced concrete. It has a flat roof with a continuous, flat parapet along the primary façade and a stepped parapet along the rear façade. The two side facades fully abut the adjacent buildings. The building has no setback and fronts directly along the city sidewalk of University Avenue to the southeast and Paulsen Lane to the northwest. The future location of 271 University Avenue in 1924 was occupied by a building that was used as a music store and owned by the original owner of the subject building, Georgina Ostrander. 271 University Avenue original address prior to 1930 was 271-273 University Avenue but appears to have been shortened to 271 when the current building was completed with a single unit. On August 13, 1929, an article in the Daily Palo Alto Times announced plans for construction of a one-story reinforced concrete commercial building located at 271-273 University Avenue by owner Georgina Ostrander. The article indicated that an existing two-story building on the site would be razed, and the new building would be designed by Birge Clark in the Spanish style to house a women’s apparel company. In early October 1929, another article was published in the Daily Palo Alto Times that implied the prior plans had been abandoned, and architect Carl I. Warnecke had replaced Birge Clark to design the building. George Peterson of Oakland was hired as the contractor. From the building’s construction in 1930 to 1946 apart from the storefront system, a large commercial sign above the entryway, and smaller panels applied to the pilasters on the edges of the façade at the street level, the façade has retained most of its original ornamentation. In 1946 Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 68     Item No. 3. Page 3 of 9 a fabric awning was added over the storefront system. Permit records indicate that in 1965 the original storefront system was replaced with a new aluminum roll up and swing glass storefront door system followed by replacement of the entryway at the rear façade in 1968. 271 University Avenue building retained a fabric awning over the storefront system until the mid 1980s, at which point the primary façade was also covered by vines. In 1994 the former aluminum roll up and swing storefront door system was replaced with the glazed wood bi-folding swing doors that exist currently, and the vine coverage had been removed. In 2015 awning to the front door system and several landscape features to the front sidewalk area were added. No other major alterations have been made since 2015. Art Deco Style 271 University Avenue was designed in the Art Deco style and built in 1930. Art Deco first appeared in France just before World War I and began flourishing internationally in the 1920s and 1930s. It is an eclectic style that combines rich colors and bold geometric shapes with Machine Age imagery and materials such as aluminum, stainless steel, plastics, lacquer, and inlaid wood. The style emphasizes vertical lines and rectilinear shapes and angles, with imagery such as stepped facades and ornament, zigzags, chevrons, sunbursts, and floral abstractions. It also features planarity, symmetry, and repetition of elements. Art Deco was a common design style for hotels, since at its height of popularity, its aesthetic represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in technological progress, pushing the notion that modernity could be achieved through decoration. Those architects who sought to capture more of the energy and sensuality of the Jazz Age turned to Art Deco. Americans imported this style from Europe with enthusiasm. For many, it perfectly captured the mood of the age, expressing modernity and freedom from convention without succumbing to the socialist Modernist movement. Businesses and corporations liked the style because it expressed progress and modern efficiency. Architect Carl I. Warnecke of Miller and Warnecke The architecture firm of Miller and Warnecke, active from 1917 to 1951, consisted of partners Carl Ingomar Warnecke (1891-1971) and Chester Herbert Miller (1890-1953). Warnecke, born in Montreal, moved with his family to California in 1901. He began his career in architecture as a draftsman working for Bakewell and Brown, Chester H. Miller, and John J. Donovan before establishing his partnership with Miller in 1917. Though he pursued courses at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1914, this formal education was curtailed by the wartime evacuation of many Americans from France. Chester H. Miller was a native of Oakland whose training in architecture was acquired vocationally rather than through formal education. ANALYSIS HRB Purview of Resources in the Downtown and Historic District Reclassification of 271 University Ave from a Category 3 to a Category 2 resource would not change the current historic review process and standards for exterior alterations, since the property is within the Downtown. Exterior alterations are not proposed at this time (Attachment Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 69     Item No. 3. Page 4 of 9 E). Exterior modifications to the building or land use changes would be subject to meeting the CD-C (GP)(P) development standards in PAMC Chapter 18.18 and Historic Preservation Ordinance in PAMC Chapter 16.49. Benefits of Historic Listing and Reclassification Reclassification from a Category 3 to a Category 2 resource at the local level would allow for participation in the Floor Area Bonus/Transfer of Development Rights program, which is only available for local inventory Category 1 and 2 resources. The applicant’s request to upgrade the local inventory category based on the attached evaluation does not ask for transfer of development rights (TDR) or a floor area bonus. On-site use of bonus area would require review for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SOIS) and Architectural Review findings. PAMC Section 18.18.080 governs the process to transfer bonus floor area to eligible non-historic receiver site(s) in the Downtown area. Per Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 18.18.070, building that is in Historic Category 2 is eligible for the following bonuses: (a) Available Floor Area Bonuses (2) Seismic Rehabilitation Bonus A building that is in Seismic Category I, II, or III, and is undergoing seismic rehabilitation, but is not in Historic Category 1 or 2, shall be allowed to increase its floor area by 2,500 square feet or 25% of the existing building, whichever is greater, without having this increase count toward the FAR, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b). Such increase in floor area shall not be permitted for buildings that exceed a FAR of 3.0:1 in the CD-C subdistrict. (3) Historic Rehabilitation Bonus A building that is in Historic Category 1 or 2, and is undergoing historic rehabilitation, but is not in Seismic Category I, II, or III, shall be allowed to increase its floor area by 2,500 square feet or 25% of the existing building, whichever is greater, without having this increase count toward the FAR, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b). Such increase in floor area shall not be permitted for buildings that exceed a FAR of 3.0:1 in the CD-C subdistrict. (4) Combined Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation Bonus A building that is in Historic Category 1 or 2, and is undergoing historic rehabilitation, and is also in Seismic Category I, II, or III, and is undergoing seismic rehabilitation, shall be allowed to increase its floor area by 5,000 square feet or 50% of the existing building, whichever is greater, without having this increase count toward the FAR, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b). Such increase in floor area shall not be permitted for buildings that exceed a FAR of 3.0:1 in the CD-C subdistrict. (5) Historic Bonus for Over-Sized Buildings A building in Historic Category 1 or 2 that is undergoing historic rehabilitation and that currently exceeds a FAR of 3.0:1 if located in the CD-C subdistrict or 2.0:1 if located in the Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 70     Item No. 3. Page 5 of 9 CD-S or CD-N subdistricts shall nevertheless be allowed to obtain a floor area bonus of 50% of the maximum allowable floor area for the site of the building, based upon a FAR of 3.0:1 if in the CD-C subdistrict and a FAR of 2.0:1 in the CD-S and CD-N subdistricts, subject to the restrictions in subsection (b) and the following limitation: (A) The floor area bonus shall not be used on the site of the Historic Category 1 or 2 building, but instead may be transferred to another property or properties under the provisions of Section 18.18.080. California Historical Resource Status Codes 271 University Avenue is listed in the BERD database for Santa Clara County with a status code of 5S2, meaning it is “Recognized as Historically Significant by Local Government” and within that categorization, it is considered “Individually eligible for local listing or designation.” The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. 1978 Palo Alto Historic Inventory 271 University Ave is currently listed in the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory as a Category 3: “Contributing Building.” It was surveyed for the Historic Resources Inventory in 1978 (Attachment C) and added to the local register in 1979 when the Palo Alto Historic Inventory was first adopted by the City Council. Historic Resource Evaluation The City’s historic consultant, Page & Turnbull, prepared a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) (Attachment B), considered the current historic status, provided a building description, and included a summary of historic context for the property at 271 University Avenue. Specifically, the HRE included an evaluation of the property’s individual eligibility for listing on the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR). The HRE report, dated November 1, 2023, found 271 University Avenue individually eligible for CRHR listing under Criterion 2, Criterion 5, and Criterion 6: •Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) 271 University Avenue is an excellent and rare commercial example of the Art Deco style in Palo Alto. The defining style of Palo Alto throughout its commercial and residential areas is by far the Spanish Colonial Revival (also called Spanish Eclectic or Mediterranean Revival), as well as other predominant styles, including Queen Anne, Craftsman, and Midcentury Modern. Overall, there are only a handful of buildings built in the Art Deco style in the area, the most notable being the Hoover Pavilion at Stanford University and a few others that would be considered Streamline or “Nautical” Moderne Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 71     Item No. 3. Page 6 of 9 style. Research uncovered no other commercial buildings in Palo Alto designed in the Art Deco style specifically with Zig-Zag Moderne characteristics, which include zigzags and chevron motifs, molded ornamentation, decorative parapets and cornice, and metal window hardware. 271 University Avenue is an important extant example of commercial Art Deco with Zig-Zag Moderne characteristics that retains its character-defining features such as original metal casement windows, stepped parapet walls, molded chevron cornice and floral medallion ornamentation, reeded pilasters, and zigzag structural motifs. Despite alterations to the storefront system, the building has retained the majority of its original Art Deco characteristics and has been a stately and elegant presence on University Avenue for nearly the last century. •Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Carl I. Warnecke is an architect of merit who contributed a rich legacy to the architectural field, and specifically to the East Bay where he predominantly worked in Oakland and Piedmont through the partnership of Miller and Warnecke. Throughout his career and partnership, Warnecke designed largely in the Tudor Revival style, and was also known mostly for his residential and later civic and institutional designs. Research uncovered no other examples of buildings by Warneke located in Palo Alto, regionally in the South Bay, or overall designed in the Art Deco style. The subject building is therefore important as both a rare example of work by Carl I. Warnecke locally and regionally in Palo Alto and the South Bay, and also stylistically as a unique variation of the commercial Art Deco Zig-Zag Moderne style. •Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) The primary façade of the subject building features excellent examples of Art Deco ornamentation that is not only unique within the architectural context of Palo Alto, but also showcases the high level of craftsmanship and architectural design implemented by architect of merit Carl I. Warnecke. Elements of the façade that meet the definition of Criterion 6 include the stepped parapet walls, the molded chevron cornice and floral medallion ornamentation, reeded pilasters, and zigzag structural motifs. Criteria for Designation and Historic Resource Category Definitions 271 University Avenue currently meets the criteria for designation that are set forth in the City’s historic preservation ordinance, Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Chapter 16.49.040 (b) (Attachment D). PAMC Section 16.49.020 (b) provides definitions for the four inventory Categories. A Category 3 building is defined as follows: Category 3 or 4: "Contributing building" means any building or group of buildings which are good local examples of architectural styles and which relate to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 72     Item No. 3. Page 7 of 9 such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. A Category 2 building is defined in the PAMC Section 16.49.020(b) as follows: Category 2: "Major building" means any building or group of buildings of major regional importance, meritorious works of the best architects or an outstanding example of an architectural style or the stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. Seven Aspects of Integrity 271 University retains a high degree of all seven aspects of integrity, which effectively explain why, where, when and how this property is significant. The seven aspects that define integrity are location, setting design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The integrity assessment is outlined as follows1: Location 271 University Avenue retains integrity of location. The subject building has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1930. Setting 271 University Avenue retains integrity of setting. The subject building retains its historic relationship with the street. While numerous buildings on the adjacent blocks along University Avenue have been replaced with newer infill since construction of the subject building in 1930, the subject block remains remarkably intact with mostly early twentieth century architectural styles and a few dating to midcentury. From historic photographs, it appears that the neighboring building to the south was either replaced or severely altered at some point prior to 1946. However, the replacement building retains the massing and scale of the original building to a degree that does not compromise the subject building. For these reasons, the subject building retains integrity of setting regarding surrounding urban commercial fabric. Design 271 University Avenue retains integrity of design. While there have been repeated alterations to the storefront window and door system, these changes have arguably been necessitated by the change in use throughout the building’s lifetime from a clothing store and smaller commercial businesses to a donut and longtime coffee shop, ending with its most recent use as a restaurant and café. The primary and rear facades otherwise retain the majority of their character-defining features, including original casement windows, Art Deco façade ornamentation, and the stepped parapet wall. The overall composition of the design, including the fenestration pattern, roofline, cornice, and decorative detailing all remain intact and contribute to the Art Deco stylistic elements designed by Carl I. Warnecke. 1 Excerpt from the Historic Resource Evaluation conducted by Page and Turnbull, Inc. on November 1, 2023, page 28-30. Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 73     Item No. 3. Page 8 of 9 Materials 271 University Avenue retains integrity of materials. Aside from the original storefront system and the rear entryway, very few of the original features have been altered, removed, or replaced over the years. The primary exterior building materials include original reinforced concrete and concrete masonry unit cladding, cast cement ornamentation throughout the façade, and original windows with metal casing and muntins. Workmanship 271 University Avenue retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include original metal casement windows with multi- light panes, molded Art Deco ornamentation to the façades, and reeded pilasters. The high level of workmanship in the decorative detailing of the building reflects early twentieth century construction methods in prominent high style Art Deco commercial buildings and architect- designed buildings. Feeling 271 University Avenue retains integrity of feeling. The building retains the feeling of its original design by Carl I. Warnecke as constructed in 1930, as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of its original Art Deco Zig-Zag Moderne aesthetic. Alterations to the original storefront system and rear entryway have not diminished the residence’s form, height, massing, or materiality such that its feeling is impaired. Association 271 University Avenue retains integrity of association. While the building is not significant in association with an event or a past owner or occupant, its association to architect of merit Carl I. Warnecke continues to be represented through its retention of the building’s original Art Deco materials and design characteristics. Staff recommendations Staff concurs with the findings of the Page and Turnbull, Inc. evaluation. Therefore, staff supports 271 University Avenue owners in their request to upgrade the Local Inventory classification from a Category 3: “Contributing Building” to a Category 2: “Major Building” of regional importance. 271 University is a meritorious work of a Bay Area architect of merit, Carl I. Warneke, and is an outstanding example of the Art Deco Zig-Zag Moderne style. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Maintenance of historic designation of a property or reclassification of historic designation of a property is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines per Section 21065 because it will not cause a direct change to the physical environment nor a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Although reclassification Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 74     Item No. 3. Page 9 of 9 will make the property eligible for a historic rehabilitation floor area bonus under PAMC 18.18.070, there is no such application on file and any future project will be separately analyzed under CEQA. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, OUTREACH & COMMENTS Notice of this HRB hearing appeared in the Daily Post on March 27, 2024, which is 13 days in advance of the meeting. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS In addition to the recommended action, the HRB may: 1. Continue the reclassification request for further discussion 2. Deny the reclassification request and the property will remain a Category 3 building ATTACHMENTS Attachment A – 271 University Ave Location Map and Request Letter Attachment B – 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull Attachment C – 271 University Ave DPR Form Attachment D – PAMC Section 16.49.040 (b) Attachment E – 271 University Ave Project Plans AUTHORS Report Author & Contact Information HRB2 Liaison & Contact Information Kristina Paulauskaite, Project Planner Amy French, AICP, Chief Planning Official (650) 496-6945 (650) 329-2336 Kristina.Paulauskaite@CityofPaloAlto.org Amy.French@CityofPaloAlto.org 2 Emails may be sent directly to the HRB using the following address: hrb@cityofpaloalto.org Item 3 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 75     Senior Center 100.0' 15.0'7.0' 150.0' 278.0' 220.0' 110.0' 49.3' 100.0' 70.0'100.0' 70.0' 100.0' 50.0' 100.0' 50.0' 100.0' 25.0' 100.0' 25.0' 100.0' 75.0'100.0' 75.0' 95.0' 50.0' 25.0' 2 110.0' 110.0' 270 250 251 485 255 271 281 430 235 450 259- 267 L PAULSEN LANE This map is a product of the City of Palo Alto GIS This document is a graphic representation only of best available sources. Legend Staff-Coverage Districts, Project Review Historic Site Special Setback Near Creek (SCVWD) abc Known Structures Tree (TR) Zone Districts abc Zone District Notes Curb Edge abc Dimensions (AP) Sidewalk Underlying Lot Line abc Easement Water Feature Railroad abc Zone District Labels 0'26' ATTACHMENT A271 University Location Map CITYOF PALO ALTOINCORPORATED CALIFORNIA P a l o A l t oT h e C i t y o f APRIL 16 1894 The City of Palo Alto assumes no responsibility for any errors. ©1989 to 2016 City of Palo Altokpaulau, 2024-03-15 13:28:19Parcel Report with zoningdistricts (\\cc-maps\Encompass\Admin\Personal\Planning.mdb) CD-C (GF)(P) Item 3 ATTACHMENT A - 271 University Ave Location Map and Request Letter     Packet Pg. 76     December 19, 2023 City of Palo Alto Department of Planning & Community Environment 250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th floor Palo Alto, CA 94303 Re: 271 University Avenue Project Description To Planning Staff and HRB Members: Attached is Hayes Group Architect’s submittal package for 271 University Avenue for a request to elevate the local historic listing classification. The project applicant is Hayes Group Architects on behalf of our client, Thoits Bros. This package includes an electronically submitted plan set, including the site plan, floor plan, roof plan, elevations and photos of the existing building. Also included is a Historic Resource Evaluation prepared by the city’s consultant, Page & Turnbull. 1. EXISTING CONDITIONS The building site is midblock on University Avenue, in downtown Palo Alto, in the CD-C(P)(GF) zoning district, adjacent to other commercial properties of similar scale. Paulsen Lane, a public alley, runs along the rear of the property. The building, constructed in 1930, was designed by Carl I. Warnecke of Miller Warnecke, a prominent Bay Area architectural firm, in the Art Deco style and is listed as a Category 3 (“contributing building”) Historic Resource in the local historic inventory. The building’s original use was as a clothing store and has continued over time with other commercial uses. 2. PROPOSED PROJECT We are proposing to elevate the historic status on the local inventory from Category 3, “contributing building” to Category 2, “major building”. According to the city commissioned Page & Turnbull Historic Resource Evaluation, dated November 1, 2023, 271 University Avenue appears eligible for elevation to Category 2: A “Major Building” of regional importance in the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory. The subject building meets Criterion 2, 5 and 6 of the seven Criteria for Designation. In addition, in order for a building or landscape to qualify for listing under any local, state or national historic registry it must possess significance under at least one of the criteria described above and retain integrity. Page & Turnbull has concluded that the subject property retains integrity of Location, Setting, Design, Materials, Workmanship, Feeling and Association. Item 3 ATTACHMENT A - 271 University Ave Location Map and Request Letter     Packet Pg. 77     We look forward to a staff review and scheduling of an HRB hearing for the elevation of this major building. Please call me at (650) 365-0600x115 if you have any questions. Sincerely, Ken Hayes, AIA Principal encl: Page & Turnbull HRE dated 11/1/2023 cc: John Shenk, Thoits Bros Item 3 ATTACHMENT A - 271 University Ave Location Map and Request Letter     Packet Pg. 78     271 UNIVERSITY AVENUE HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION (HRE) PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [16252B.26] PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF PALO ALTO November 1, 2023 Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 79     This page intentionally left blank. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 80     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL i November 1, 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Summary of Findings ................................................................................................................................. 2 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS ............................................................................................................. 3 National Register of Historic Places ......................................................................................................... 3 California Register of Historical Resources ............................................................................................. 3 California Historical Resource Status Codes ........................................................................................... 3 Palo Alto Historic Inventory ....................................................................................................................... 4 Palo Alto Historic Survey Update .............................................................................................................. 5 III. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 6 Primary Façade ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Rear West Facade ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Site Features .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Surrounding Neighborhood .................................................................................................................... 12 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................... 12 Palo Alto History ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Downtown North Neighborhood ........................................................................................................... 14 Art Deco Style ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Carl I. Warnecke of Miller and Warnecke, Architect ............................................................................. 16 V. SITE HISTORY .................................................................................................................................. 18 Site Development ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Known Ownership and Occupant History ............................................................................................. 22 VI. EVALUATION .................................................................................................................................. 25 Palo Alto Historic Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 25 Integrity ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 VII. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................ 31 VIII. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 32 IX. APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... 34 Appendix A – Preparer Qualifications .................................................................................................... 34 Appendix B – Building Permit Applications ........................................................................................... 35 Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 81     This page intentionally left blank. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 82     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 1 November 1, 2023 I. INTRODUCTION This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the commercial property at 271 University Avenue (APN 120-26-009). The subject property is 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep with frontage along University Avenue to the southeast and Paulsen Lane to the northwest (Figure 1). The subject block is located in the Downtown North neighborhood of Palo Alto in a commercial CD-C (GF)(P) zoning district and is bounded by Bryant Street to the north and Ramona Street to the south. The building was designed by architect Carl I. Warnecke for local real estate developer Georgina Ostrander and was completed in 1930 for use as a clothing store (Figure 2). Figure 1: City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property indicated by blue outline. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2023. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 83     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 2 November 1, 2023 Figure 2. Bird’s-eye view of 271 University Avenue, indicated by red dashed outline. Source: Google Maps, 2023. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Methodology This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and a historic context for 271 University Avenue. The report includes an evaluation of the property’s individual eligibility for elevation to a Category 2: “Major Building” in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto Development Services and the Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA), as well as online sources including Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. Page & Turnbull staff conducted a site visit to 271 University Avenue on September 29, 2023. All photographs within this report were taken at that time, unless otherwise noted. Summary of Findings 271 University Avenue is currently listed on the local Palo Alto Historic Inventory, but not currently listed on any federal or state register of historic resources. The property is eligible for elevation Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 84     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 3 November 1, 2023 within the local Palo Alto Historic Inventory from a Category 3: “Contributing Building” to a Category 2: “Major Building” of regional importance. II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS The following section examines the national, state, and local historic status currently assigned to the commercial building at 271 University Avenue. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation’s most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 271 University Avenue is not currently listed in the National Register. California Register of Historical Resources The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register-listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. 271 University Avenue is not currently listed in the California Register. California Historical Resource Status Codes Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are listed within the Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD) and are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of “1” to “7” to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) or California Register of Historical Resources (California Register).1 Properties with a Status Code of “1” or “2” are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register, or are already listed in one or both of the registers. Properties assigned Status Codes of “3” or “4” appear to be eligible for listing in either 1 California State Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD), Santa Clara County, updated March 2020. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 85     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 4 November 1, 2023 register, but normally require more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status Code of “5” have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual importance. Properties with a Status Code of “6” are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of “7” means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. 271 University Avenue is listed in the BERD database for Santa Clara County with a status code of 5S2, meaning it is “Recognized as Historically Significant by Local Government” and within that categorization, it is considered “Individually eligible for local listing or designation.” The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. Palo Alto Historic Inventory The City of Palo Alto’s Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following four categories:  Category 1: An “Exceptional Building” of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character.  Category 2: A “Major Building” of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained.  Category 3 or 4: A “Contributing Building” which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden façades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 271 University Avenue is currently listed in the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory as a Category 3: “Contributing Building.” It was surveyed for the Historic Resources Inventory in 1978 and added to the local register in 1979 when the Palo Alto Historic Inventory was first adopted by the City Council. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 86     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 5 November 1, 2023 Palo Alto Historic Survey Update Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore.2 The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. 3 The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive-level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. 291 properties were found potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. 1,789 further properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 271 University Avenue is not listed with the Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. 2 Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. “Final Survey Report – Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: August 1997- August 2000.” Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001. 3 Ibid., 2-5. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 87     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 6 November 1, 2023 III. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION The subject property at 271 University Avenue is a one-story building with a mezzanine at the rear, one-unit commercial property in Palo Alto’s Downtown North neighborhood. It is situated on a flat, rectangular parcel that is 25 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The subject building was designed by Carl I. Warnecke of Miller & Warnecke in the Art Deco style and completed in 1930 for use as a clothing store. The building is rectangular in plan and is constructed of reinforced concrete. It has a flat roof with a continuous, flat parapet along the primary façade and a stepped parapet along the rear façade. The two side facades fully abut the adjacent buildings. The building has no setback and fronts directly along the city sidewalk of University Avenue to the southeast and Paulsen Lane to the northwest. Primary Façade The primary southeast façade of 271 University Avenue is a one-story building with a mezzanine at the rear and fronts University Avenue (Figure 3). The fenestration is symmetrical and consists of a commercial folding panel storefront system at the lower floor beneath a set of five casement windows at the upper floor, and medallion motifs beneath a decorative cornice along a parapet roofline. Figure 3: Primary façade of 271 University Avenue. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 88     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 7 November 1, 2023 The first floor of 271 University Avenue features a non-original commercial storefront system with wood casing and glazed bifold door panels (Figure 4). There is a large central hinged front door with horizontal ogee brass handles, and the door is flanked on either side by a set of four bi-fold door panels that collapse to the outer edges of the façade, creating an open-air throughway from the sidewalk to the interior of the restaurant (Figure 5). Figure 4: Storefront doors closed prior to business operating hours. Above the storefront openings are a full-width motorized black fabric awning and wood signage with up-lighting. Flanking the outermost edges of the facade are concave reeded pilasters that extend up to the lintels of the second-floor windows. The upper-floor features five identical recessed openings, each with a vertical eight light casement window embedded within a fixed 24 light glazed panel (Figure 6). Each window has a broad lintel, simple sill, and metal casing. Between the windows are square pilasters with a concave surface. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 89     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 8 November 1, 2023 z Figure 5: Bifold door panels opened along the street front. Figure 6: Casement windows, medallions, and cornice at the upper floor level of the primary façade. The set of windows are capped by saw-tooth or zigzag molded concrete sections that continue to a large, smooth concrete panel that covers the remaining portion of the upper façade (Figure 7). In this uppermost section, there are two molded floral medallions, each situated above the outermost window on either side of the façade. The cornice features a stepped simple band above a geometric chevron pattern (Figure 8). Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 90     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 9 November 1, 2023 Figure 7: Detail view of casement windows at the second-floor level. Figure 8: Detail view of medallions and cornice. Rear West Facade The rear west façade is one story with an upper mezzanine level and is clad with painted concrete masonry units. The roofline is a short, stepped parapet. At the first floor, there is a recessed entryway with a non-original glazed metal at the southern side of the facade (Figure 10). At the upper floor, there are two large industrial windows aligned to the south with 40 lights each and embedded with a set of smaller vertical eight light casement windows (Figure 11 and Figure 12). Aligned to the north at the mezzanine level are two smaller windows: one ten light casement windows, and an eight light fixed window with screen covering (Figure 13). Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 91     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 10 November 1, 2023 Figure 9. Oblique view of the rear façade, looking south. Figure 10. Entryway of the rear façade, facing southeast. Figure 11. Detail view of casement windows at the upper floor of the rear façade, facing east. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 92     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 11 November 1, 2023 Figure 12: Detail view of casement windows at the upper floor of the rear façade, facing east. Figure 13: Detail view of smaller casement windows at the upper floor of the rear façade, facing east. Site Features Along the sidewalk in front of the building’s University Avenue façade are temporary outdoor dining structures Constructed along the sidewalk in front of the building’s University Avenue façade is a temporary outdoor dining structure supported by wood posts and a shed roof. Figure 14 and Figure 15). Figure 14: Temprary outdoor dining structure along University Avenue. Figure 15: Bistro tables and outdoor dining features along the primary façade fronting University Avenue. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 93     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 12 November 1, 2023 Surrounding Neighborhood The subject property is located in the Downtown North neighborhood and fronts the commercial corridor of University Avenue. Buildings along University Avenue include mixed-use retail, offices, hotels, restaurants, and a theater, among others. Buildings are between one and six stories in height and represent a range of architectural styles and construction eras from the early 20th century to the 21st century. Figure 16. Commercial corridor along the east side of University Avenue. Figure 17. Hotel President at the corner of University Avenue and Cowper Street. IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT Palo Alto History The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.4 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855. Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm.5 Stanford’s 4 Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 5 Ibid, 35. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 94     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 13 November 1, 2023 vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Figure 18. Detail of “Official Map of Santa Clara, California” by Herrmann Brothers, 1890. Note that University Park on this map is present day Palo Alto. Source: Library of Congress. Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract) (Figure 18).6 This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906, and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910, facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the 6 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed online November 30, 2020, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 95     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 14 November 1, 2023 University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.7 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.8 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto’s population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960.9 Palo Alto’s city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its “college town” reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture.10 Downtown North Neighborhood 271 University Avenue is located in the Downtown North neighborhood. The current Downtown North neighborhood is located in the northern portion of the original University Park tract platted by Timothy Hopkins. It was the core part of the early city, along with today’s University South neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded by Alma Street to the south, San Francisquito Creek to the west, Middlefield Road to the north, and University Avenue to the east. University Avenue, which has historically been the main commercial corridor in Palo Alto, divides the Downtown North and University South neighborhoods. The 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company map illustrates that stores were located along University Avenue and were particularly concentrated at its southwestern end, near the railroad, where a large lumberyard stood (Figure 19). Residences were scattered along the street just east and west of University Avenue on Hamilton and Lytton Avenues. A few churches, hotels, and boarding houses also stood among many vacant lots. 7 Dames & Moore, “Palo Alto Historic Survey Update,” 1-4. 8 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. 9 “City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County,” Bay Area Census, accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. 10 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 96     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 15 November 1, 2023 Figure 19. 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. map of Palo Alto showing the street layout within the core of the city. The future location of the subject property is marked by the red star. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library By 1901, Palo Alto had grown beyond its original core. Houses filled the lots on the blocks around the railroad, while scattered residential development extended up to and beyond Middlefield Road. Institutions, such as schools and Palo Alto’s first public library, had been built in the area. As noted earlier, the development of the streetcar in 1906 and later the interurban rail in 1910 along University Avenue helped spur commercial development. The relocation of displaced San Francisco residents following the 1906 earthquake to surrounding towns such as Palo Alto also resulted in increased residential and commercial development. During the first decade of the 20th century, the residential area of Downtown North appears to have been built out with one- and two-story residences, but as the downtown commercial area prospered and expanded, and the University Avenue corridor became a desirable location for the growth of Palo Alto’s commercial interests.11 In the post-World War II period, Palo Alto’s population boomed and the city annexed more land, resulting in the construction of additional smaller commercial hubs which dissipated some of the concentration of commercial activity on University Avenue and Downtown North. During this period, some of the commercial development along University Avenue spread out onto perpendicular streets toward Lytton, replacing earlier residential buildings. 11 The 1924 Sanborn Map shows a variety of uses including a mixture of dwellings, stores, institutional, and light industrial uses. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 97     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 16 November 1, 2023 Art Deco Style 271 University Avenue was designed in the Art Deco style and built in 1930. Art Deco first appeared in France just before World War I and began flourishing internationally in the 1920s and 1930s. The style went out of fashion during World War II. It took its name, short for Arts Décoratifs, from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris in 1925.12 It is an eclectic style that combines rich colors and bold geometric shapes with Machine Age imagery and materials such as aluminum, stainless steel, plastics, lacquer, and inlaid wood.13 The style emphasizes vertical lines and rectilinear shapes and angles, with imagery such as stepped facades and ornament, zigzags, chevrons, sunbursts, and floral abstractions. It also features planarity, symmetry, and repetition of elements. Art Deco was a common design style for hotels, since at its height of popularity, its aesthetic represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in technological progress, pushing the notion that modernity could be achieved through decoration.14 Those architects who sought to capture more of the energy and sensuality of the Jazz Age turned to Art Deco. The distinctive style developed first in Europe, as an amalgam of several sources. From the pre-war Viennese Secession movement, it took the idea of simplified Classical forms as a basic armature; from Italian Futurism and German Expressionism it acquired a repertoire of visually dynamic shapes like zigzags, sunbursts, and dramatic angles; and from the frivolous mood of the period it acquired a taste for opulent and glittery materials, and a desire to create buildings as atmospheric as theatrical stage sets. Between the wars, most people referred to it as the modern or jazz modern style. Americans imported this style with enthusiasm. For many, it perfectly captured the mood of the age, expressing modernity and freedom from convention without succumbing to the socialist Modernist movement. Businesses and corporations liked the style because it expressed progress and modern efficiency. The style began to filter down the social scale and into builders’ vernacular, eventually shaping a number of modest building types, from inexpensive apartment buildings to diners.15 Carl I. Warnecke of Miller and Warnecke, Architect The architecture firm of Miller and Warnecke, active from 1917 to 1951, consisted of partners Carl Ingomar Warnecke (1891-1971) and Chester Herbert Miller (1890-1953). Warnecke, born in Montreal, moved with his family to California in 1901. He began his career in architecture as a draftsman working for Bakewell and Brown, Chester H. Miller, and John J. Donovan before 12 Marcus Whiffen, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles, Rev. Ed, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992), 235. 13 “Art Deco,” Encyclopedia of Art. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/art-deco.htm 14 Whiffen, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles, Rev. Ed, 236. 15 Mark Gelernter, A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context, (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 1999), 241-243 Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 98     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 17 November 1, 2023 establishing his partnership with Miller in 1917.16 Though he pursued courses at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1914, this formal education was curtailed by the wartime evacuation of many Americans from France. Chester H. Miller was a native of Oakland whose training in architecture was acquired vocationally rather than through formal education.17 A 1937 feature in the Architect and Engineer highlighted the firm’s East Bay residential commissions, which included early Ranch, Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival styles.18 Also noted were mortuary and commercial buildings in Oakland, the East Oakland High School (completed in 1929, now known as Castlemont High School), and the individually National Register-eligible Hill Castle Apartments at 1431 Jackson Street, Oakland (1930) (Figure 20). As a partnership, Miller and Warnecke designed numerous private residences as well as civic and institutional buildings such as three branches of the Oakland Public Library: the Piedmont (1931-32), the Lakeview branch (1949), and Downtown (1949-1951) branches (Figure 21). Miller and Warnecke also designed the Hayward Public Library, completed in 1951.19 After Miller’s 1951 retirement, Carl I. Warnecke partnered with his son, architect John Carl Warnecke Sr., in the firm of Warnecke and Warnecke. Figure 20: East Oakland High School (now Castlemont) date unknown. Source: Oakland Public Library through Calisphere. Figure 21: Oakland Public Library, 1951. Source: Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center and Online Archive of California. 16 Pacific Coast Architectural Database, “Carl Ingomar Warnecke,” electronic resource at http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/3366/, accessed December 5, 2020. 17 Pacific Coast Architectural Database, “Chester Herbert Miller (Architect),” electronic resource at http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/1656/, accessed December 5, 2020. 18 Harris C. Allen, “Toward a Contemporary Type – A Modern Development of the California Tradition,” Architect and Engineer, September 1937, 19-30. 19 “Libraries” portfolio, ca. 1964-1965, collection of the Warnecke Archives. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 99     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 18 November 1, 2023 V. SITE HISTORY Site Development In 1901, at the time a Sanborn Fire Insurance map was produced, the subject block was mostly undeveloped apart from four wood frame buildings, and the subject parcel was vacant. The subject block was part of a larger block that was bounded by Ramona Street, Bryant Street, and Lytton Avenue (Figure 22). By 1924, Paulsen Lane had been constructed and the larger block was subdivided into the two smaller blocks that exist today, with the subject parcel eventually occupying the smaller of the two. The future location of the subject parcel in 1924 was occupied by a building that was used as a music store and owned by the original owner of the subject building, Georgina Ostrander (Figure 23). The subject parcel’s original address prior to 1930 was 271-273 University Avenue but appears to have been shortened to 271 when the current building was completed with a single unit. Figure 22: Sanborn Perris Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1901. Page 11. The future location of the subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 23: Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1924. Page 3. The future location of the subject property is outlined in red. Source: Historical Information Gatherers. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 24: Sanborn Perris Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1948. Page 12. The Figure 25: Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Palo Alto, 1956. Page 3. The subject Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 100     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 19 November 1, 2023 subject property is outlined in red. Source: HistoricalInfo.com. Edited by Page & Turnbull. property is outlined in red. Source: HistoricalInfo.com. Edited by Page & Turnbull. On August 13, 1929, an article in the Daily Palo Alto Times announced plans for construction of a one-story reinforced concrete commercial building located at 271-273 University Avenue by owner Georgina Ostrander. The article indicated that an existing two-story building on the site would be razed, and the new building would be designed by Birge Clark in the Spanish style to house a women’s apparel company. In early October 1929, another article was published in the Daily Palo Alto Times that implied the prior plans had been abandoned, and architect Carl I. Warnecke had replaced Birge Clark to design the building. George Peterson of Oakland was hired as the contractor, and new plans were approved for a reinforced concrete commercial building. The building was projected to cost $12,500 and would be one story in height with large display store- front windows, marble details, and a rear mezzanine floor. Figure 26. The subject building on opening night, 1930. Source: Daily Palo Alto Times, Newspapers.com. Figure 27. Bryant’s Clothing Store at left, and the subject building shown at right, c.1946. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Photographs from 1930 and 1946 show elements of the façade, including the overall form of building’s original storefront system, which appears to consist of recessed glass sections with a stone or concrete bulkhead that curved inward towards a central entryway. Apart from the storefront system, a large commercial sign above the entryway, and smaller panels applied to the pilasters on the edges of the façade at the street level, the façade has retained most of its original ornamentation. From the building’s construction in 1930 to approximately the 1940s when original owner Georgina Ostrander died and ownership transferred to her daughter-in-law Leora and granddaughter Nanette, very few alterations to the subject building were documented. A 1946 photograph shows that a fabric awning was added over the storefront system. In 1959, ownership transferred to William H. Breur, who owned the building until 1972. Permit records indicate that in 1965, Breuer replaced the original storefront system with a new aluminum roll up and swing glass storefront door Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 101     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 20 November 1, 2023 system, followed by replacement of the entryway at the rear façade in 1968. Photographs from 1978 and 1985 give an idea of the storefront system from this period that was deeply recessed and had more of a rectilinear open space between the sidewalk and the storefront, departing from the formerly curved glass wall panels of the previous storefront system. Figure 28: Historic Resources Inventory photograph of 271 University Avenue, 1978. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Figure 29. Subject building, 1985. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Around 1972, ownership transferred from William Breuer to Thoits Bros Inc., who have retained ownership through the current day. Photographs dating from 1978 and 1985 show that the building retained a fabric awning over the storefront system until the mid 1980s, at which point the primary façade was also covered by vines (Figure 28 Figure 29). In 1994, Thoits Bros Inc. replaced the former aluminum roll up and swing storefront door system with the glazed wood bi-folding swing doors that exist currently, and a photograph from 1999 shows that the vine coverage had been removed (Figure 30). In 2015, Thoits Bros Inc. added an awning to the front door system and several landscape features to the front sidewalk area. It appears that no other major alterations have been made since 2015. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 102     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 21 November 1, 2023 Figure 30. Subject building, 1999. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY The following table provides a timeline of construction activity at 271 University Avenue, based on building permit applications on file with the Palo Alto Development Services and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Cancelled, expired, and temporary permits are not included. TABLE 1. PERMIT HISTORY FOR 271 UNIVERSITY AVENUE. Date Filed Permit App. # Owner Contractor/ Architect Work 10/14/1929 - Georgina Ostrander Carl Warnecke (architect) and George Peterson (builder) Class C store building, $12,180 8/15/1946 Unknown Nannette and Leora Ostrander Remmet Construction Company Repair 5/7/1965 A-24782 William H. Breuer Acme Glass Co. • Remove existing doors and install new aluminum and glass doors. • ¾ hour fire door at rear. Label door, max 1,200 sq. foot window area. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 103     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 22 November 1, 2023 Date Filed Permit App. # Owner Contractor/ Architect Work 7/9/1968 A-27693 William H. Breuer William H. Breuer Install new entrance on alley and new restrooms. 5/8/1972 A-30764 Thoits Bros Sergio Sandoval Relocate 10’ of non-bearing wall less than ¾ of height of room in which placed. 1987 87-ARB-267 870115 Macheesmo Mouse Carrasco and Associates Added signage to the façade. 1/26/1988 87-3482 Macheesmo Mouse Carrasco and Associates Neon signage to façade slide-up door panels. 10/21/1994 94-2825 Thoits Bros Thompson Planning and Design/Terra Nova Industries • Replace sign, new with raised letters • New glazed bi-folding swing doors with all-natural wood. • New accent up-lights for columns • New accent lights throughout • New awning fabric to rear above door. • Replace existing storefront system: remove existing aluminum roll up and swing doors. 4/28/2015 15000-01041 Thoits Bros Unknown Facade improvements, including new signage, an awning, paint colors, electric door openers, heaters, illuminated menu boxes, and sidewalk tables and chairs Known Ownership and Occupant History The following tables provide a summary of the ownership and occupancy history of 271 University Avenue, beginning with the year of construction, compiled building permit applications and plans from the Palo Alto Department of Building Inspection, Palo Alto Historical Association, newspaper articles, city directories, and other public records available through Ancestry.com. TABLE 2. OWNERSHIP HISTORY FOR 271 UNIVERSITY AVENUE Date(s) Owner(s) Occupation c.1930-1941 Georgina Ostrander Real estate developer c.1946 Nanette and Leora Ostrander Unknown 1959-1972 William H. Breuer Business owner 1972-present Thoits Bros. Development company Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 104     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 23 November 1, 2023 TABLE 3. OCCUPANT HISTORY FOR 271 UNIVERSITY AVENUE Date(s) Occupant(s) Occupation 1930-1935 Donnell’s Women’s clothing store c.1935 Mrs. N.M. Agnew’s Beauty Shop Beauty shop c.1935-1945 Joseph Magnin Women’s clothing store c.1940 L A Cramer Beauty Shop Beauty shop 1942 Bryant’s Clothing Store c.1946 Mary Woods Limited Unknown 1937-1953 The Colony Women’s clothing store 1956-1957 Mann’s Women’s clothing store 1958-c.1960 Mission Pak Co. Fruit packing company c.1960 Vacant - c.1966 Congdon and Crome Stationers 1965-1970 Breuer’s Donut and Coffee Shop Coffee shop 1971-1975 Sergio’s Restaurant Restaurant 1986 Le Normandie Restaurant Restaurant 1987-1988 Macheesmo Mouse Mexican fast-food restaurant chain 1994-c.2003 SF Coffee Roasting Co. (University Coffee Café) Coffee shop c.2003-2014 University Cafe Cafe 2014-present Local Union 271 Restaurant SELECT OWNER AND OCCUPANT BIOGRAPHIES The following biographies provide information about the original owner and long-time owner prior to the last 50 years, Georgina Ostrander and William Breuer, as well as the best-known occupant, the Joseph Magnin clothing store. Georgina Ostrander (owner, 1930-c.1944) Georgina Ostrander (1865-1941) was the original owner of 271 University Avenue. Ostrander was born in Ontario, Canada and immigrated to California as a young child. In 1893, she settled in Palo Alto, at which point she was already widowed from her husband Frank Ostrander, who had been the Merced County District Attorney. From 1893-1905 she owned and operated numerous buildings on University Avenue, including a popular confectionary and then a dry goods store from 1905 Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 105     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 24 November 1, 2023 onwards. These early business ventures earned her a reputation as a capable businesswoman. Ostrander owned the property until her death in 1941.20 Joseph Magnin (occupant, 1935-1945) Joseph Magnin of the eponymous Joseph Magnin (“JM”) clothing store was a son of Isaac and Mary Ann Magnin, who founded the I. Magnin department store in San Francisco that catered to the high- end market.21 Joseph left the family business in 1913 and bought into a local store called Newman & Levinson. By 1918, the store was Newman-Magnin, and in 1919, Joseph bought out his partners and the Joseph Magnin Company was established. Prior to the 1940s, the Joseph Magnin store focused on the mid-range market in clothing and millinery (hats). This is the period in which the store was located at 271 University Avenue. After World War II, the company rebranded and expanded under the guidance of Joseph’s son, Cyril Magnin. It was at this time that the JM name became a common element of the company’s branding. Cyril chose to focus on the trends of the youth market, capitalizing on shopping as a fun experience and taking advantage of the growing wealth of the post-war period. It became known as a “’hip’ department store, that was responding to, if not helping to create, the mod, young, post-war, baby- boomer consumer.”22 While primarily located in California, JM was also found in Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and Hawaii.23 In keeping with the growing popularity of the company, it saw significant expansion in the 1950s and 1960s to 50 stores. The company filed for bankruptcy and closed its remaining branches in 1984. William H. Breuer (owner, 1959-1972) William H. “Bill” Breuer (1926 -1987) was the third owner of the subject property from 1959-1972. Breuer was born in Texas and raised in Eatonville, Washington, where he resided until joining the Navy in 1944. After World War II ended, Breuer opened a donut shop in San Francisco, which became the first of around 25 businesses he owned throughout his lifetime. Breuer operated restaurants in other parts of California including Fresno, Sacramento, Palo Alto, and further north in locations including Seattle. Breuer was an avid amateur pilot and died in 1987 at age 60 while flying his private plane from Everett Washington to Palo Alto.24 20 “Deaths: Ostrander,” Redwood City Tribune, September 6, 1941, 8. 21 History of the Joseph Magnin department store is summarized from “Chapter 6: Joseph Magnin, 1913-1984,” in Anne Evers Hitz, Lost Department Stores of San Francisco (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2020). 22 Louise Sandhaus, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California Graphic Design, 1936-1986, (New York: Metropolis Books, 2014), 348. 23“Joseph Magnin [ad],” Los Angeles Times, April 23, 1979. 24 Diane Whipple and Thelma Barclay, “Closing Chord,” Theatre Organ 29, no. 03 (May/June1987): 33. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 106     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 25 November 1, 2023 VI. EVALUATION Palo Alto Historic Inventory The Palo Alto Historic Inventory is the official list of sites, structures and districts designated by the City Council as possessing significant historical and/or architectural value. Originally adopted in 1979, the Inventory has been updated and added to over time. Any individual or group may propose designating a historic structure, site or district to the Inventory according to the procedure found in the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Municipal Code Section 16.49.040). Properties nominated for designation are recommended by the HRB and decided upon by the City Council. The following Criteria for Designation, along with the definitions of historic categories and districts in Section 16.49.020, is used to designate historic structures, sites and districts to the historic inventory: 1. The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation; 2. The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation; 3. The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare; 4. The structure or site is connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare; 5. The architect or building was important; 6. The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship. Properties listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory are organized under the following Historic Categories: • Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. • Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 107     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 26 November 1, 2023 271 University Avenue appears eligible for elevation to Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance in the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory. The subject building meets the following Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); 271 University Avenue is an excellent and rare commercial example of the Art Deco style in Palo Alto. The defining style of Palo Alto throughout its commercial and residential areas is by far the Spanish Colonial Revival (also called Spanish Eclectic or Mediterranean Revival), as well as other predominant styles, including Queen Anne, Craftsman, and Midcentury Modern. Overall, there are only a handful of buildings built in the Art Deco style in the area, the most notable being the Hoover Pavilion at Stanford University and a few others that would be considered Streamline or “Nautical” Moderne style. Research uncovered no other commercial buildings in Palo Alto designed in the Art Deco style specifically with Zig-Zag Moderne characteristics, which include zigzags and chevron motifs, molded ornamentation, decorative parapets and cornice, and metal window hardware. 271 University Avenue is an important extant example of commercial Art Deco with Zig-Zag Moderne characteristics that retains its character-defining features such as original metal casement windows, stepped parapet walls, molded chevron cornice and floral medallion ornamentation, reeded pilasters, and zigzag structural motifs. Despite alterations to the storefront system, the building has retained the majority of its original Art Deco characteristics and has been a stately and elegant presence on University Avenue for nearly the last century. • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Carl I. Warnecke is an architect of merit who contributed a rich legacy to the architectural field, and specifically to the East Bay where he predominantly worked in Oakland and Piedmont through the partnership of Miller and Warnecke. Throughout his career and partnership, Warnecke designed largely in the Tudor Revival style, and was also known mostly for his residential and later civic and institutional designs. Research uncovered no other examples of buildings by Warneke located in Palo Alto, regionally in the South Bay, or overall designed in the Art Deco style. The subject building is therefore important as both a rare example of work by Carl I. Warnecke locally and regionally in Palo Alto and the South Bay, and also stylistically as a unique variation of the commercial Art Deco Zig-Zag Moderne style. • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 108     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 27 November 1, 2023 The primary façade of the subject building features excellent examples of Art Deco ornamentation that is not only unique within the architectural context of Palo Alto, but also showcases the high level of craftsmanship and architectural design implemented by architect of merit Carl I. Warnecke. Elements of the façade that meet the definition of Criterion 6 include the stepped parapet walls, the molded chevron cornice and floral medallion ornamentation, reeded pilasters, and zigzag structural motifs. 270 University Avenue does not appear to meet Criterion 1, as the building was part of a period of commercial development in downtown Palo Alto but is not significant within this context or individually representative of this broader development trend. The building has also been home to many businesses, including the well-known Joseph Magnin’s clothing store, but the subject building did not serve an essential function to the overall operations of Joseph Magnin and was not purpose- built for this corporation. The subject building also does not appear to meet Criterion 3, as the building is an example of the Art Deco style with Zig-Zag Moderne characteristics, which would not have been considered common at the time of construction. Lastly, the subject building does not appear to meet Criterion 4, as its early use as a women’s department store would not be considered rare today. In conclusion, 271 University Avenue meets Criteria 2, 5 and 6 in consideration for eligibility as a Category 2: “Major Building.” Integrity While the Palo Alto Historic Register does not specifically discuss the concept of integrity, typically to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as “the authenticity of an historical resource’s physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource’s period of significance,” or more simply defined by the National Park Service as “the ability of a property to convey its significance.”25 In order to evaluate whether the subject property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance, Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource’s integrity—location, setting, design, materials, 25 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001), 11; and National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1995), 44. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 109     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 28 November 1, 2023 workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must possess most, or all, of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred; Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s); Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of the property; Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form the historic property; Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory; Feeling is the property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time; and Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and the historic property. LOCATION 271 University Avenue retains integrity of location. The subject building has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1930. SETTING 271 University Avenue retains integrity of setting. The subject building retains its historic relationship with the street. While numerous buildings on the adjacent blocks along University Avenue in have been replaced with newer infill since construction of the subject building in 1930, the subject block remains remarkably intact with mostly early twentieth century architectural styles and a few dating to midcentury. From historic photographs, it appears that the neighboring building to Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 110     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 29 November 1, 2023 the south was either replaced or severely altered at some point prior to 1946. However, the replacement building retains the massing and scale of the original building to a degree that does not compromise the subject building. For these reasons, the subject building retains integrity of setting regarding surrounding urban commercial fabric. DESIGN 271 University Avenue retains integrity of design. While there have been repeated alterations to the storefront window and door system, these changes have arguably been necessitated by the change in use throughout the building’s lifetime from a clothing store and smaller commercial businesses to a donut and longtime coffee shop, ending with its most recent use as a restaurant and café. The primary and rear facades otherwise retain the majority of their character-defining features, including original casement windows, Art Deco façade ornamentation, and the stepped parapet wall. The overall composition of the design, including the fenestration pattern, roofline, cornice, and decorative detailing all remain intact and contribute to the Art Deco stylistic elements designed by Carl I. Warnecke. MATERIALS 271 University Avenue retains integrity of materials. Aside from the original storefront system and the rear entryway, very few of the original features have been altered, removed, or replaced over the years. The primary exterior building materials include original reinforced concrete and concrete masonry unit cladding, cast cement ornamentation throughout the façade, and original windows with metal casing and muntins. WORKMANSHIP 271 University Avenue retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include original metal casement windows with multi-light panes, molded Art Deco ornamentation to the façades, and reeded pilasters. The high level of workmanship in the decorative detailing of the building reflects early twentieth century construction methods in prominent high style Art Deco commercial buildings and architect-designed buildings. FEELING 271 University Avenue retains integrity of feeling. The building retains the feeling of its original design by Carl I. Warnecke as constructed in 1930, as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of its original Art Deco Zig-Zag Moderne aesthetic. Alterations to the original storefront system and rear entryway have not diminished the residence’s form, height, massing, or materiality such that its feeling is impaired. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 111     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 30 November 1, 2023 ASSOCIATION 271 University Avenue retains integrity of association. While the building is not significant in association with an event or a past owner or occupant, its association to architect of merit Carl I. Warnecke continues to be represented through its retention of the building’s original Art Deco materials and design characteristics. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 112     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 31 November 1, 2023 VII. CONCLUSION This HRE finds that 271 University Avenue does appear eligible for elevation within the Palo Alto Historic Inventory from a Category 3: “Contributing Building” to a Category 2: “Major Building” of regional importance. The subject building is a meritorious work of a Bay Area architect of merit, Carl I. Warneke, and is an outstanding example of the Art Deco Zig-Zag Moderne style. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 113     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 32 November 1, 2023 VIII. REFERENCES Published Works & Reports California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 8: User’s Guide to the California Historical Resource Status Codes & Historic Resources Inventory Directory. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing. November 2004. National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1995. Newspapers & Periodicals “Business Building Contract Signed.” Daily Palo Alto Times, October 7, 1929, 2. “Deaths: Ostrander.” Redwood City Tribune, September 6, 1941, 8. Diane Whipple and Thelma Barclay. “Closing Chord.” Theatre Organ 29, no. 03 (May/June1987): 33. Newspapers.com. “The Peninsula Times Tribune 08 Apr 1922, Page 6.” Accessed September 18, 2023. https://www.newspapers.com/image/838107577/. “Ready For Opening: Donnell’s Shop Opening Set For Tonight.” Daily Palo Alto Times, February 14, 1930, 6. Public Records California State Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD), Santa Clara County, updated September 2022. Archival Records Ken Rice. Oakland Public Library [Picture]. 1951. Joseph R. Knowland Collection at the Oakland Public Library. Online Archive of California. https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1n39q5nr/?brand=oac4. Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. “228 Byron.” Database, 2019. https://www.pastheritage.org/inv/invB/Byron/228byron.html. Bryant’s Clothing Store, University Avenue. 1946. Palo Alto Historical Association. https://cdm16865.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PAHA/id/3380/rec/4. Linda Northway. 271 University Avenue, 1985. September 1985. Palo Alto Historical Association. https://cdm16865.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PAHA/id/6988/rec/1. Oakland Unified School District. Industrial Arts Program. Castlemont High School. 1927. Oakland History Center. Oakland Public Library. https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt009nc73h/. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 114     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 33 November 1, 2023 Internet Sources “Palo Alto, California.” Sanborn-Perris Map Co., 1901. https://fims-historicalinfo- com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/FIMSSD.aspx?m=00747_1901. “U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995.” R.L Polk and Co., 1935. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/3519147?treeid=&personid =&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=LdJ12&_phstart=successSource&pId=1412580043. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 115     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 34 November 1, 2023 IX. APPENDICES Appendix A – Preparer Qualifications This Historic Resource Evaluation was prepared by Page & Turnbull of San Francisco, California. Page & Turnbull staff responsible for this report include: Ruth Todd, FAIA, Principal-in-charge; Christina Dikas, Associate Principal, project manager; and Samantha Purnell, Cultural Resources Planner, primary author, all of whom meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Architecture, Architectural History, or History. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 116     Historic Resource Evaluation 271 University Avenue 16252B.26 Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 35 November 1, 2023 Appendix B – Building Permit Applications Front and back pages of building permit applications currently on file with the Palo Alto Department of Building Inspection. Cancelled and expired permits are not included. Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 117     Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415-362-5154 523 WEST 6TH STREET, SUITE 1013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90014 TEL 213-221-1200 2600 CAPITOL AVENUE, SUITE 120 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, 95816 TEL 916-930-9903 75 EAST SANTA CLARA STREET, SUITE 900 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95113 TEL 408-320-7911 Item 3 ATTACHMENT B - 271 University Ave HRE by Page & Turnbull     Packet Pg. 118     > Ser Site Mo. Yr. State of c.i ifornia -Th11 R11source11 Af,lmcv i: DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 0 UTM Q R __ SHL __ Ill :::, ilSTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY QI Lat Lon Era ___ Sig ___ .., ., § Adm T2 __ T3 Cat __ HABS HAER Fed ---- IDENTI F !CATION Cat. Ill 1. Common name: ------------------------------------ 2. Historic name, if known:--------------------------------- 3. Street or rural adc!ress ___ 2.;..7l:.:;:._U...;;m;;;;;·::.;v...;e::.;r:..:s::.;i::.;t;;4Jy:.,__;k..;;.;-:r;...,;e::.;n.:.:U:::.:8:;.._ ____________________ _ City: _..;;;P..::al=o_.;.;Al=t.;:;.o _________ _ ZIP: ______ County: Santa Clara 4. Present owner. if known: , Thoits Baute ·.Inc, Address: PO Box 2l City: ___ P_a_1_o_A_l_t_o_,_c_a ________ ZIP: 94302 Ownership is: Public D Private [!] 5. Present Use: Restaurant Original Use: __ S_h_o.,,_p ______________ _ bther past uses:--------------------------------------- Dl:SCRIPTION 6. Briefly ·describe the present !)Qysical appearance ol the-site or structure and describe any major alterations from its original . condition: : : Although its original interior has_been completely remodeled and the enclosed area is recessed, this building retains its original .faca.<fe. · Undelffl.eath the foliage are the stylistic .features of the "zig-zag moderne, 11 a style that is-rare in Palo Alto. 7. Locational sketch map (draw and label site anc;I surrounding streets, roads, and prominent landmarks): ~ NO~TH 8. Approximate property size: Lot size (in feet) Frontage_Z,S..;;._ __ _ ~-.,th lOO or approx. acreage ___ _ 9. Condition: (check one1 a. Excellent I!) b. Good □ c. Fair D d. Deteriorated D e. No longer in existence D 10. Is the feature a. Altered? Ii] b. Unaltered? D 11. Surroundings: (Check more than one if necessary) a, Open land D b. Scattered buildings D c. Densely built-up D d. Residential D e. Commercial liJ f. Industrial D g. Other D 12. Threats to site: a. None known c. Zoning D e. Vandalism [!] b. Private development D d. Public Works project D D f. Other D 13. DateCs» of enclosed photograph(st: ____ 19_7 __ 8 __ _ Item 3 ATTACHMENT C- 271 University Ave DPR Form     Packet Pg. 119     271 University NOTE: The following (Items 14-19) are for structures only. 14. Primary exterior building material: a. Stone O b. Brick O c. Stucco O d. Adobe O e. Wood 0 f. Other [i),....JCo-n.u.c"""r.a .... t .... e.__ _________ _ 15. Is the structure: a. On its original site? [i] b. Moved? 0 c. Unknown? 0 HI. Year of initial construction 1929 This date is: a. Factual I!] b. Estimated 0 11. Architect (if known): John Carl Warnecke (Miller and Warnecke, Oakland.) 18. Builder (if known): . George Peterson 19. Related features: a. Barn D b. Carriage house D c. Outhouse O d. Shed(s) 0 e. Formal garden(s) 0 f. Windmill D g. Watertower/tankhouse O h. Other □------------i. None D SIGNI Fl CANCE 20. Briefly state historical and/or architectural importance (include dates, events, and persons associated with the site when known): Mrs., Georgina Ostrander (see 228 Byron) razed the old building she owned a.t this site am commissioned one of the Bay Area I s leading architects, then completing plans in the same 11zig-zag m.oderne" st;rle for the Shell Co. building in San Francisco, to re­ place it with a. structure suitable for a high-style women 1s clothing store. ('lhe older building had been used for her music store and then partly as a public meeting hall),. It was first. occupied by Donnell's Women's shop, then, in the 19408, by J. Magnin and a. beauty parlor. In recent yea.rs.· it has been remodeled. alld occupied by restaurants. ' 21. Main theme of the historic resource: (Check only one): a. Architecture !J b. Arts & Leisure 0 c. Economic/Industrial O d. Exploration/Settlement O e. Government D f. Military D g. Religion O h. Social/Education 0 22. Sources: List books, documents, 50r1eys, personal interviews, and their dates: P.A. City Directories; P ,.A., 'i'iml'lfS 12/13 /09, . ll/12/26, 8/13/29, 10/7, 10/14/29 23. Date form prepared: 1978, 19858y (name): Historic Resources Board; P.A. Hist. Assn. Address: 250 Hamilton Ave City Palo Al,tro 2 Ca 94301 ZIP: __ _ Phone: __________ _ Organization: ------------------------ (State Use Only) Item 3 ATTACHMENT C- 271 University Ave DPR Form     Packet Pg. 120     16.49.040 Designation of historic structures/sites. (a) Procedure for Designation of Historic Structures/Sites or Districts. Any individual or group may propose designation as a historic structure/site or district. Such proposals shall be reviewed by the historic resources board, which will make its recommendation to the council. Designation of a historic structure/site or district must be approved by the city council. The procedure for such designation is as follows: (1) Any proposal for designation shall be filed with the department of planning and development services and shall include the following data: (A) The address and assessor's parcel number of the site or boundaries of the proposed district; (B) A description detailing the structure/site or district's special aesthetic, cultural, architectural, or engineering interest or value of a historic nature; (C) A description of the historical value of the structure/site or district; (D) A description of the current condition of and any known threats to the structure/site or district; (E) What restoration, if any, would be necessary to return the structure/site or district to its original appearance; (F) Sketches, drawings, photographs or other descriptive material; (G) Other supporting information. (2) Each proposal shall be considered by the historic resources board at a public hearing within sixty days of the receipt of the proposal. In any case where an application for a planning or building permit affecting the exterior of a building is pending concurrently with a proposal for designation, the recommendation of the historic resources board shall be made within twenty days of receipt of the proposal. (3) Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be given at least twelve days prior to the date of the hearing by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation, or by mail to the applicant, to the owner or owners of the property, and to the owners of property within three hundred feet of the site. (4) The historic resources board shall recommend to the city council approval, disapproval or modification of an application for designation. (5) The city council may approve, disapprove or modify a recommendation for designation and, in any case where an application for a planning or building permit is pending concurrently with the proposal for designation, such decision shall be made within thirty days of the recommendation, if any, of the historic resources board. (6) After approval of the designation of a structure/site or district, the city clerk shall send to the owners of the property so designated, by mail, a letter outlining the basis for such designation and the regulations which result from such designation. Notice of this designation shall also be filed in the building department and the department of planning and development services files. (b) Criteria for Designation. The following criteria, along with the definitions of historic categories and districts in Section 16.49.020, shall be used as criteria for designating additional historic structures/sites or districts to the historic inventory: (1) The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation; (2) The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation; Item 3 ATTACHMENT D - PAMC Section 16.49.040 (b)     Packet Pg. 121     (3) The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare; (4) The structure or site is connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare; (5) The architect or building was important; (6) The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship. (Ord. 5494 § 3, 2020: Ord. 3721 § 1 (part), 1986) Item 3 ATTACHMENT D - PAMC Section 16.49.040 (b)     Packet Pg. 122     Attachment E Directions to review Project plans online: 1.Go to: https://paloalto.buildingeye.com/planning 2.Search for “271 University Ave” and open record by clicking on the blue dot 3.Review the record details on the left side and open the “more details” option 4.Use the “Records Info” drop down menu and select “Attachments” 5.Open the attachment named “C1_271 University_Plans(Drawing Set).pdf” and dated 02/08/24 to review the plan set. Item 3 ATTACHMENT E - 271 University Ave Project Plans     Packet Pg. 123     Item No. 4. Page 1 of 9 . Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: April 11, 2024 Report #: 2403-2754 TITLE Historic Resources Board Discussion of Work Plan for 2024-25 and Review of Certified Local Government (CLG) Annual Report Covering the 2022-2023 Reporting Period RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Historic Resources Board (HRB): (1) provide comments about results of the adopted 2023-24 HRB work plan and extend the term of the current work plan to the end of June 2024 (2) discuss and adopt the HRB work plan (Attachment A) for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (July 2024 - June 2025), with any revisions as may be proposed (3) receive the CLG annual report (Attachment B) for October 2022 - September 2023 BACKGROUND Board and Commission Work Plans On November 30, 2020, the City Council adopted a City Boards, Commissions, and Committees Handbook that included the need for a Work Plan that would be approved by the City Council, as described below. •Boards are expected to prepare annual work plans by the 2nd quarter each calendar year •The work plan should include information on equity in the work •City Council will review the work plan and provide feedback annually at a dedicated City Council meeting •The work plan should include the results of the prior year’s plan, metrics of community involvement in meetings and activities included in the commission’s work •If new issues arise during the year, the work plan should be amended and forwarded to Council for review and approval Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 124     Item No. 4. Page 2 of 9 •The annual report should include the results of the prior year’s plan and should consist of up to three priorities Attachment C to this report is the June 2023 City Council staff report transmitting the board and commission work plans. The City Council priorities1 for 2024, provided for information only, are: (1) Climate Change and Natural Environment Protection and Adaptation, (2) Community Health, Safety, Wellness and Belonging, (3) Economic Development and Transition, (4) Housing for Social and Economic Balance. On March 25, 2024, the Council approved the 2024 City Council Priority Objectives and the work plans for the Finance and Policy & Services Committees. Notably, the Council added the policy “Establish a frequency for joint City Council meetings or Policy & Services meeting with Boards and Commissions, Youth Council, and meetings with Boards and Commissions Chairs”. Work Plan Term The HRB adopts annual work plans during the second quarter of the calendar year; the plan terms have been set to end in April, when the next year plans are scheduled for HRB review and adoption. The 2022-23 work plan term was from March 11, 2022, through April 13, 2023, which captured 14 HRB meetings. The 2023-24 work plan term was from May 2023 through April 2024, which captured 16 HRB meetings. There is no clear guidance on setting plan terms. Staff proposes the HRB extend its current 2023-24 plan through June 2024. This extension would: (1) capture two additional HRB meetings with many of the same members on the current board serving past April (given recruitment issues), (2) allow the current board to make progress on the fifth goal of the current plan, and (3) set up an expectation for HRB work plan term to coincide with the City’s fiscal year July through June. To that end, the attached draft 2024-25 HRB work plan covers work from July 2024 through June 2025. HRB Membership Staff has asked the four HRB members whose current three-year terms would otherwise expire in April if they can continue to serve on the HRB, while the City Clerk conducts another recruitment to fill four open board positions. Only one application was submitted (by a current 1 Link to Council’s 2024 priorities webpage: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/City- Council/City-Council-Priorities Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 125     Item No. 4. Page 3 of 9 member) in response to the most recent recruitment for the four seats. The HRB has had many multiple-term members serving in the past; however, two current members have served multiple terms and will ‘term out’ due to term limits established in January 2022 in PAMC Section 2.16.080. This code allows termed-out members to serve up to six months past their final term to allow for recruitments. The City Council may consider reducing the number of HRB positions set forth in the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Section 2.27.010, from seven members to five members, which would allow for a three-member quorum. Staff noted the reduction potential during the March 28, 2024 HRB meeting, and received HRB feedback. The City Manager noted the potential reduction in his remarks to Council on April 1. Annual CLG Report The City of Palo Alto is a Certified Local Government (CLG) with responsibilities described in Attachment C. The State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) collects information related to how the CLG program is working. The National Parks Service (NPS) collects “products” - information such as the number of properties designated. The OHP sends these reports to the NPS on behalf of the CLGs. Filing the CLG annual report allows local governments to qualify for OHP grants. Palo Alto received a small grant from OHP from 2022, which was used to offset some consultant costs related to the 2023 Reconnaissance Survey effort. CLGs are required to file the Annual Report documentation by April 26, 2024 for the 2022-23 reporting period. In order to compete for an upcoming CLG grant cycle, the OHP must have received the City’s completed Annual Report prior to the grant application deadline. The deadline for this year’s grant applications has not yet been published. The HRB is only asked to review the report. The HRB is not required to approve the CLG report, but members are requested to provide a summary of the trainings received for insertion into the report. It is a CLG requirement that all commissioners and staff to the commission attend at least one training program relevant to the commission each year and it is up to the CLG to determine the relevancy of the training. Staff notes that the template for the CLG annual report states, “Pursuant to the CLG Agreement, the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) must have the opportunity to review and comment on ordinance changes prior to adoption. Please communicate directly with the OHP Local Government Unit staff to coordinate the review. Changes that do not meet the CLG requirements could affect certification status.” This is important to remember when contemplating any revisions to the City’s historic preservation ordinance. Also worth noting on the CLG report template, is this note: Pursuant to California Government Code § 27288.2, “the county recorder shall record a certified resolution establishing an historical resources designation issued by the State Historical Resources Commission or a local agency, or unit thereof.” Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 126     Item No. 4. Page 4 of 9 PROJECT DESCRIPTION/ANALYSIS: WORK PLAN 2023-24 Work Plan Status The City Council, on its June 12, 2023 consent calendar, approved the HRB adopted 2023-24 Work Plan2. The 2023-24 work plan noted impacts, timelines, resources needed, measures of success, and indicates priority (high or lower). The goals for 2023-24 were: (1) Review alterations to Historic Resources, (2) Implement Comp Plan Policy L7.2, (3) Launch Comp Plan Policy L7.1.1, (4) Improve outreach, review incentives, and work program development, and (5) Finalize the outreach approach for a Tailored Mills Act program. The first two goals of the 2023-24 plan reflected the ongoing work of the HRB and staff. The March 28 HRB report provided a brief status of goals 3-5 and noted goals 1 and 2 reflected ongoing HRB work. On March 28, the HRB discussed eliminating the ‘ongoing work’ goals to enable a reduction in goals to three distinct goals for the coming plan year. On March 28: •Goal #3: The HRB agreed with staff that the third goal regarding the implementation of Comprehensive Plan Policy L7.1.1 (updating the inventory) can be retired for the 2024- 25 work plan. The HRB completed its work related to the 2023 Historic Reconnaissance Survey, and staff is preparing to present the HRB’s recommendations to the City Council on April 22, 2024. This accomplishment is now cited in the ‘prior year accomplishments’ section of the draft work plan for 2024-25, along with the completion of the summary report to the Office of Historic Preservation noting how the OHP funds were spent on the project, to secure payment of the grant funds. o Late breaking information on Goal #3: Staff notes that the City Manager on April 3rd directed staff to only bring forward to Council for listing the properties whose owners have ‘affirmed’ listing on the local inventory for Council action on April 22, 2024. Staff will still present all the non-objections properties per HRB recommendation, noting the opportunity for Council consent calendar action in the future on any properties whose owners come forward to request to be listed. The target agenda for the consent calendar is three months after April 22. Staff is attempting to find phone numbers to contact owners of properties on ‘non-objections’ list who have not previously ‘affirmed’ in person, by phone call or by email. This is in addition to sending out certified letters to all previously non-objecting property owners, regarding the opt-in related actions proposed for Council on April 22, 2024. •Goal #4: The HRB agreed with staff that the fourth goal was met in part, with the remaining task of developing the 2024-25 work plan still on the plate. Regarding the Historic Review Process bulletin originally published in 2016 and pulled as outdated following the Comprehensive Plan adoption in late 2017; the HRB completed its review of a revised bulletin during this work plan year, yet further modifications may be 2 Link to 2023-24 work plan: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes- reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/hrb-2023-2024-work-plan.pdf Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 127     Item No. 4. Page 5 of 9 necessary, so review and revisions to the bulletin are noted within the next plan year task. o The HRB had reviewed the ordinance (Comprehensive Plan L7.1.2) with respect to the nominations process, reviewed the existing preservation incentives and heard from the public as to potential additional zoning code incentives during the current work plan year. Once the 2024-25 work plan is finalized, the remaining aspect of this goal is to implement additional historic preservation policies in the Comprehensive Plan. •Goal #5: The HRB agreed with staff that the fifth goal, which the plan had targeted for the 3rd quarter of the 2023-24 plan year (January – March, 2024) unless other projects/goals were unfinished, was only briefly discussed. Finalizing the Mills Act Program approach was intended after the completion of the inventory update project. The inventory update project extended in 2024, through two January meetings and the related community meeting in late February to explore incentives to listing on the local inventory. Staff had suggested goal 5 could remain on the list of goals for the 2024-25 work plan; however, given a term extension of the current work plan to the end of June, the fifth goal could also potentially be completed during the current work plan term. With an HRB subcommittee’s support, staff could target a June 2024 HRB meeting to address and finalize the Mills Act Tailored Program outreach approach and components of a report proposing the Council consider the program as a pilot program. 2024-25 Work Plan On March 28, the HRB noted the 2024-25 work plan might include goals covering these topics: •Limited modification to PAMC 16.49, historic preservation, providing clarifications regarding the HRB’s role •Outreach to promote preservation, including improving upon the types of communication to provide the community with accessible information •Training regarding the use of the State’s historic building code •Additional preservation incentives including some ideas noted during the community engagement process related to the 2023 reconnaissance survey/ inventory update Staff has translated the above comments into three draft goals in the 2024-25 work plan, by placing the State Historic Building Code training topic within Goal 2 (promoting/improving communication about historic preservation). In the plan, is a fourth goal placeholder in the event the HRB does not extend the 2023-24 work plan through June 2024. Goal 4 is the Tailored Mills Act Program - Finalize outreach approach and prepare a report to City Council. Work Plan Goal 1: PAMC 16.49 Modifications City Council direction and accommodation in the PDS department workplan would be needed, and due to the City’s CLG status, any revisions to the historic preservation ordinance would need to be sent to the State office of historic preservation prior to adoption. Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 128     Item No. 4. Page 6 of 9 Staff suggests the draft work plan Goal 1 begin during quarter 1 (July – September) of the plan term, subject to Council direction. The HRB could discuss language needed to provide clarifications of its role with respect to three potential topics: (a) the nomination process, (b) the effect of HRB recommendations regarding exterior modifications to residential historic resources, and (c) the removal or downgrading of a locally listed Category 1 or Category 2 resource, after exterior modifications have significantly compromised the integrity of the resource. Such code clarifications could address: (a) the nominations process, to clarify: •the HRB does not force property owners, whose properties are found eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources and/or eligible for listing on the City’s local historic inventory, to participate in a nomination process beyond opening a certified letter about proposed placement of the property on the local inventory and submitting a written statement if the owner objects to such placement. •the HRB does not forward ‘objections’ properties to the City Council for listing on the inventory, but these objections properties do remain eligible for local listing should the owner wish to request that Council place the property on the local inventory at a later date (subject to documentation of the ongoing integrity of the resource) •the protocol for notification of property owners (certified letters, timeline hearings following notification, timeline for submittal of objections for consideration by the HRB and/or City Council, etc.) and given the recent direction, protocol for affirming interest in listing on the local historic resources inventory. (b) the HRB’s recommendations, to clarify: •that the HRB’s suggestions for improving residential exterior modifications’ compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, i.e. projects that are not subject to the Architectural Review Board review process, are associated with voluntary compliance •the force of the HRB’s recommendations on projects that are subject to ARB review (c) the removal/ downgrade process for locally listed resources, to clarify: •when exterior modifications made to a locally listed Category 1 or 2 resource are found by a qualified historic preservation professional to have compromised critical aspects of integrity, the HRB may initiate a process to evaluate reducing the property’s resource category to a Category 3 or 4 resource or remove the property from the inventory, with specific protocols for that process. With sub-item (c) in place, there may be interest in conducting a survey of all existing 1970s/1980s properties previously listed as resources (category 1-4 on the inventory), which would take more resources due to outreach, preparation of forms with the help of a qualified consultant; this type of work would likely extend beyond the work plan timeframe into the next year work plan. Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 129     Item No. 4. Page 7 of 9 If all three potential sub-topics a through c are included in the first work plan goal, the timeline for completion may stretch beyond the first quarter of the work plan term or beyond the work plan year, as noted in the draft work plan. Work Plan Goal 2: Promotion of/Communication Regarding Historic Preservation Staff suggests the draft work plan Goal 2 begin during plan quarter 1 and continue through the end of quarter 2 (October - December) to: •find new ways to promote preservation, including use of the existing zoning code incentives and State historic building code •improve upon communication types to provide the community accessible information, including the use of videos (linked to the City’s and State’s webpages) to help property owners understand the local and State preservation incentives and codes •continue to provide updates to the historic review process bulletin as needed to communicate CEQA requirements related to PAMC 16.49 and listed historic resources •enable the HRB staff liaison(s), the City’s historic preservation consultant, and Chief Building Official to implement training providing an ongoing opportunity for HRB members, staff, and the community to gain working knowledge as to the use of the State’s historic building code Work Plan Goal 3: Additional preservation incentives including some ideas noted during the community engagement process related to the 2023 reconnaissance survey/ inventory update City Council direction and accommodation in the PDS department workplan would be needed. Staff suggests the draft work plan Goal 3 begin during plan quarter 2 (October – December) to: •discuss and recommend additional zoning code incentives to continue the community engagement process that began with the 2023 reconnaissance survey/ inventory update •represent the HRB’s interests during public hearings, or participate in joint meetings with the Planning and Transportation Commission and City Council, to review any proposed zoning code modifications incentivizing historic preservation incentives •Conduct outreach to the community regarding any incentives after adoption PROJECT DESCRIPTION/ANALYSIS: CLG ANNUAL REPORT The CLG annual report prepared by staff for submittal on or before April 26, 2024, is provided as Attachment B to this report for the HRB’s review. For the CLG annual reporting period (October 2022 through September 2023) as noted in the March 28, 2024 HRB report, there were 13 HRB meetings in total, and eight HRB members serving during that period (given a member departure and replacement member). Staff captured the known trainings the HRB members individually reported to staff by email. If HRB members have additional trainings to report to staff before April 26, staff can add these trainings to the CLG report. Staff adds the trainings the HRB provide by request and provides a link to the board member bios on the HRB webpage. Staff also provides the number of properties found eligible and ineligible for the California Register during the review period. Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 130     Item No. 4. Page 8 of 9 As noted, timely filing of the CLG annual report enables eligibility for the grants, but the deadline had not been published as of the writing of this report. The last grant cycle the City of Palo Alto submitted an application for was a non-competitive grant process; jurisdictions who applied for the grant received a small grant for ongoing administration of their historic program. For a competitive grant cycle in 2017, Palo Alto had prepared a grant application for developing a modern era context statement. At that time, because there are two Eichler tracts that are National Register Historic Districts, the City’s historic program staff was focused on completing the Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines3 (adopted by City Council April 2, 2028). The grant application has never been submitted to OHP since (1) allocation of staff resources would be necessary to pursue the work and the dedicated historic planner position was vacated in March 2018 has remained unfilled for six years, and (2) the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan historic preservation policies adopted in late 2017 became the focus of the historic preservation program goals. Potentially, the grant application could be updated and submitted in response to a future solicitation. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The development of the HRB work plan and preparation of the CLG annual report are not subject to review according to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Thus, no CEQA review has been performed. FISCAL/RESOURCE IMPACT The work plan and report were prepared by the Chief Planning Official as a part of the staff liaison role. No consultants have been used to prepare work plans or CLG annual reports. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS The HRB may provide staff with alternative timelines for starting on the three identified goals, modify the goals, and/or add additional goals. The HRB may also continue its review of the HRB work plan goals to a future meeting. However, staff intends to submit a work plan to the City Clerk by the deadline (not yet identified) to include the plan in an upcoming City Council packet for review prior to the City Council’s July break. Note that some components of the goals will require direction from the City Council. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: 2024-25 HRB Work Plan Attachment B: CLG Annual Report for October 2022 – September 2023 3 Link to adopted Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/planning-amp-development-services/eichler-neighood- design-guidelines/2018-04-02_palo-alto-eichler-design-guidelines_adopted-design-guidelines.pdf Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 131     Item No. 4. Page 9 of 9 Attachment C: City Council June 2023 staff report transmitting work plans AUTHOR/TITLE: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Item 4 Staff Report     Packet Pg. 132     4/11/2024 Prior Year Accomplishments During the work plan period the HRB held 14 public meetings, met the objectives in the 'ongoing' goals 1 and 2 of the plan, completed goal 3 of the plan (providing recommendations on nominations of properties previously found eligible for the National and State historic registers to the City's local historic inventory, unless property owners submitted objections to listing; known as the 2023 Historic Reconnaissance Survey), and many objectives set forth in goal 4 of the plan. The staff continued to implement policy L7.2 as an ongoing activity, and conducted three evening community meetings over the plan's term, to further encourage community participation. Historic Resources Board Staff Liaison: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Lead Department: Planning and Development Services About the Commission The HRB is seven members. Four positions are in recruitment, three members did not reapply. The City is a Certified Local Government (CLG) responsible for historic preservation - to identify, evaluate, register, and preserve historic properties within its jurisdictions and promote the integration of local preservation interests and concerns into local planning and decision-making processes. Staff prepares an annual report of the activities of the Certified Local Government each spring for the prior year and submits these to the State Office of Historic Preservation. This HRB Work Plan covers July 2024 - July 2025. HRB member terms are for 3 years and are staggered per PAMC Section 2.27.020. Residency is only required for one member: owner/occupant of a category 1 or 2 historic structure, or of a structure in a historic district. For more information about the HRB please visit https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City-Hall/Boards-Commissions/Historic-Resources-Board. The Department webpages are a wealth of information, go to: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Preservation 2024-2025 Workplan Overview Mission Statement Per Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 2.27 Historic Resources Board, Section 2.27.040 Duties, HRB purview is:(a) Render advice and guidance to a property owner upon the owner's application for alteration of any historic singlefamily or duplex building in the downtown area and any such building designated as significant elsewhere in the city (b) Inform the ARB of the historical and/or architectural significance of historic commercial and multiple-family structures in the downtown area and any such buildings designated as significant elsewhere in the City that are under review by the ARB. Submit recommendations to the ARB regarding proposed exterior alterations of such historic structures (c) Recommend to the Council the designation of additional buildings and districts as historic. Research available information and add historical information to the inventory sheets of historic structures/sites. This inventory is maintained in the department of planning and development services. (d) Perform such other functions as may be delegated from time to time to the HRB by the City Council. Current Commissioners Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz (chair), Samantha Rohman (vice chair), Caroline Willis, Christian Pease, Margaret Wimmer, Gogo Heinrich, Mike Makinen Date approved by HRB: Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 133     TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED Subject to Council direction, to begin in the first quarter (July -September) City Council direction and accommodation in the PDS department workplan would be needed. HRB subcommittee and staff of planning and city attorney departments to prepare draft amendments for Council review and adoption Well-written ordinance language that assists the public's understanding and calms the fears of property owners about governmental overreach Council may provide direction to modify PAMC 16.49; CLG cities maintain historic preservation ordinances. COUNCIL-DIRECTEDPOLICY UPDATE Council may provide direction to modify PAMC 16.49; CLG cities maintain historic preservation ordinances Priority is high to enable greater understanding of the HRB's role and address property owners' concerns with respect to Boal items (a) and (b) LOWER PRIORITY Lower priority: Goal item (c) - listed historic resources placed on the City's inventory in the late 1970s and 1980s have not been reviewed to determine whether any modifications reduce critical aspects of integrity and drop or lower the properties' local historic resource category. Sub-item (c) work could lead to interest in conducting a survey of these early listed resources to determine historic conditions, or sub-item (c) could simply set up the process for case-by-case reviews, as needed. If a survey is directed, that work would require additional resources and would extend into the next year work plan. Board/Commission Name PROJECT/GOAL 1 : BENEFICIAL IMPACTS Limited modification to PAMC 16.49, historic preservation, providing clarifications regarding the HRB’s role. The HRB could discuss language providing clarifications of its role with respect to three potential topics: (a) the nomination process, (b) the effect of HRB recommendations regarding exterior modifications to residential historic resources, and (c) the removal or downgrading of a locally listed Category 1 or Category 2 resource, after exterior modifications have significantly compromised the integrity of the resource. Staff Liaison: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Lead Department: Planning and Development Services PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Board/Commission's goals and purposes (purview) are set in Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 2.27 Historic Resources Board, Section 2.27.040 Duties. These duties include reviewing alterations to historic resources and providing recommendations on nominations to the locla historic resources inventory. The City's historic program includes the implementation of Comprehensive Plan policies on an ongoing basis including Policy L7.2 (preparation of historic evaluations to determine eligibility for the California Register of Historical Resources and associated tracking), Policy L7.1.1 (recommend eligible resources to the local inventory), and Policy L7.1.2: Reassess Historic Preservation Ordinance. HIGH PRIORITY 2024-2025 Workplan The benefits are providing clarification of the HRB's role for the public Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 134     TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED Goal 2 to begin during plan quarter 1 and continue through quarter 2 (October - December) Staff of PDS would be tasked as well as an HRB ad hoc committee to make progress. Website contains links to information resources and videos, to assist property owners, staff, and others.N/A COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE N/A TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED Goal 2 to begin during plan quarter 2 (item a) and subject to Council direction, continue through quarter 4 (April - June 2025, items b and c) PDS staff and CAO staff. City Council direction and accommodation in the PDS department workplan would be needed. More historic properties are preserved for future enjoyment of the owners and community, due to the additional incentives. Council may provide direction to modify PAMC title 18. COUNCIL-DIRECTEDPOLICY UPDATE Benefit will be for all property owners who do not currently see any benefit to listing their property on the City's historic inventory HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY The benefits would be to improve preservation in Palo Alto and clarity for owners of historic properties. Item (a) a table of existing zoning code incentives and another table of historic building code provisions and Item (b) improvements to types of communications used to promote historic preservation. HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY Items (c) and (d) Additional preservation incentives (a) discuss and recommend additional zoning code incentives to continue the community engagement process that began with the 2023 reconnaissance survey/ inventory update; (b) represent the HRB’s interests during public hearings, or participate in joint meetings with the Planning and Transportation Commission and City Council, to review any proposed zoning code modifications incentivizing historic preservation incentives; (c) outreach to the community after adoption of any adopted new incentives. BENEFICIAL IMPACTS PROJECT/GOAL 3: PROJECT/GOAL 2: BENEFICIAL IMPACTS Promotion of/Communication Regarding Historic Preservation. (a) find new ways to promote preservation, including use of the existing zoning code incentives and State historic building code (b) improve upon communication types to provide the community accessible information, including the use of videos (linked to the City’s and State’s webpages) to help property owners understand the local and State preservation incentives and codes, (c) continue to provide updates to the historic review process bulletin as needed to communicate CEQA requirements related to PAMC 16.49 and listed historic resources, and (d) enable the HRB staff liaison(s), the City’s historic preservation consultant, and Chief Building Official to implement training providing an ongoing opportunity for HRB members, staff, and the community to gain working knowledge as to the use of the State’s historic building code Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 135     Council may provide direction to modify PAMC title 18. TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED This is targeted as first quarter activity if the 2023-24 work plan is not extended through June 2024 Additional work to consider a pilot program outreach approach would require staff time and consultant assistance. A report is sent to Council describing a Tailored Mills Act program. N/A (many CLGs in California have Mills Act Programs) COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE N/A Item a is to gather ideas for new incentives in the zoning code to add to a table of existing incentives in the zoning code.Subject to Council direction, items b and c would follow item a. A tailored program can be a real incentive to historic preservation and result in rehabilitation of significant resources. HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY Finish the work previously drafted - Ad Hoc Committee effort This project might benefit the Inventory update. Board would like Council feedback on the pilot program. PROJECT/GOAL 4: PLACEHOLDER If the HRB does not extend the 2023-24 work plan through June 2024: Tailored Mills Act Program discussion: Finalize outreach approach and prepare a report for staff to send to the City Council BENEFICIAL IMPACTS Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 136     Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 137     Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 138     Item 4 Attachment A: DRAFT HRB Work Plan FY 24-25     Packet Pg. 139     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 1 Complete Se Name of CLG City of Palo Alto Report Prepared by: Dates of commission/board review: Amy French March 28, 2024 and April 11, 2024 (LINKS TO MARCH 28 & APRIL 11 PACKETS) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION I. Enforce Appropriate State or Local Legislation for the Designation and Protection of Historic Properties. A. Preservation Laws 1. Are you considering amending or revising your certified ordinance this year? REMINDER: Pursuant to the CLG Agreement, the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) must have the opportunity to review and comment on ordinance changes prior to adoption. Please communicate directly with the OHP Local Government Unit staff to coordinate the review. Changes that do not meet the CLG requirements could affect certification status. Palo Alto did not change preservation laws during the reporting period. If City Council directs staff and the HRB to revise the City’s historic preservation ordinance, the OHP will be provided a copy of any such revisions prior to adoption. 2. Provide an electronic link to your ordinance or appropriate section(s) of the municipal/zoning code. INSTRUCTIONS: This a Word form with expanding text fields and check boxes. It will probably open as Read-Only. Save it to your computer before you begin entering data. This form can be saved and reopened. Because this is a WORD form, it will behave generally like a regular Word document except that the font, size, and color are set by the text field. • Start typing where indicated to provide the requested information. • Click on the check box to mark either yes or no. • To enter more than one item in a particular text box, just insert an extra line (Enter) between the items. Save completed form and email as an attachment to info.calshpo@parks.ca.gov. You can also convert it to a PDF and send as an email attachment. Use the Acrobat tab in WORD and select Create and Attach to Email. You can then attach the required documents to that email. If the attachments are too large (greater than10mb total), you will need to send them in a second or third email. Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 140     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 2 https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/paloalto/latest/paloalto_ca/0-0-0-74404 B. New Local Landmark Designations (Comprehensive list of properties/districts designated during the reporting. 1. During the reporting period, October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023, what properties/districts have been locally designated? No new properties were added to the City’s historic inventory during the reporting period. Reminder: Pursuant to California Government Code § 27288.2, “the county recorder shall record a certified resolution establishing an historical resources designation issued by the State Historical Resources Commission or a local agency, or unit thereof.” 2. What properties/districts have been de-designated this past year? For districts, include the total number of resource contributors. No properties or districts were de-designated during the review period. Property Name/Address Date Removed Reason Click or tap here to enter text. Click or tap here to enter text. Click or tap here to enter text. C. Historic Preservation Element/Plan 1. Do you address historic preservation in your general plan? ☐ No ☐ Yes, in a separate historic preservation element. ☒ Yes, it is included in another element. Provide an electronic link to the historic preservation section(s) of the General Plan or to the separate historic preservation element. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/planning-amp-development-services/file-migration/historic/long-range- planning/resources/2030-comp-plan-2-land-use-june-21.pdf D. Review Responsibilities 1. Who takes responsibility for design review or Certificates of Appropriateness? Property Name/Address Date Designated If a district, number of contributors Date Recorded by County Recorder Type here. Type here. Type here. Type here. Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 141     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 3 ☐ All projects subject to design review go the commission. ☒ Some projects are reviewed at the staff level without commission review. What is the threshold between staff-only review and full-commission review? Minor alterations versus major alterations. Per PAMC 16.49.050 (a)(1) item (B), the HRB reviews single-family and duplex residences which are historic structures/sites in the Downtown area or which are significant buildings elsewhere in the city and “Compliance of the property owner with the recommendations shall be voluntary, not mandatory.” Per item (C) the planning staff may review and approve minor exterior alterations pursuant to guidelines which the HRB may adopt. Minor exterior alterations are those alterations which the director of planning and development services or his/her designee determines will not adversely affect the exterior architectural characteristics nor the historical or aesthetic value of the historic structure, its site or surroundings.” Staff is assisted in all reviews of projects set forth in PAMC 16.49.050 item (a) by professional historic preservation consulting firms to perform Secretary of Interior’s Standards reviews (building permits and discretionary reviews). The HRB reviews projects in Professorville and Ramona districts and supports the Architectural Review Board in reviewing projects in the Downtown and Significant properties (local inventory Categories 1 and 2) that are not single family homes or duplexes where they exist outside the Downtown. 2. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) • Explain the historic preservation staff and commission role in providing input to CEQA documents prepared for or by the local government. The Chief Planning Official and planning staff are involved in scoping and reviewing administrative draft CEQA documents involving historical resources, and related technical reports including Historic Resource Evaluations (HRE) and Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SIS) reports. Generally, the Historic Resources Board (HRB) is not involved in the development of draft environmental documents. However, staff seeks historic preservation consultant assistance for CEQA documents for major Architectural Review projects that include properties listed on the local historic inventory or determined California Register Eligible. • Explain the staff and commission role in reviewing CEQA documents for projects that are proposed within the jurisdiction of the local government. Draft CEQA documents are made available for public review, including by HRB members. In addition, staff and/or other City bodies may refer draft CEQA documents and/or related technical reports to the HRB for review and comment. The HRB’s role is advisory. In some cases, staff conducts a hearing at the HRB for public review of Environmental Impact Reports for properties containing listed historic resources 3. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act • Explain the staff and commission role in providing input to Section 106 documents prepared for, or by, the local government. The Chief Planning Official, with consultant assistance, and/or HRB provide input to Section 106 documents as requested Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 142     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 4 • Explain the staff and commission role in reviewing Section 106 documents for projects that are proposed within the jurisdiction of the local government? The Chief Planning Official, with consultant assistance, and/or HRB review Section 106 documents as requested II. Establish an Adequate and Qualified Historic Preservation Review Commission by State or Local Legislation. A. Commission Membership Attach resumes and Statement of Professional Qualifications forms for all members. 1. If you do not have two qualified professionals on your commission, explain why the professional qualifications have not been met and how professional expertise is otherwise being provided. NA Name Professional Discipline Date Appointed Date Term Ends Email Address David Bower Construction 11/1/16 4/10/23 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz Museum Conservator 12/13/21; 4/10/23 3/31/26 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Michael Makinen Engineering/Historian 12/15/17 3/31/24 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Margaret Wimmer Architecture and Design 12/15/17 3/31/24 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Christian Pease Architecture/Analytics 12/15/17; 4/10/23 3/31/26 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Caroline Willis Architecture 3/1/21 3/31/24 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Gogo Heinrich Architecture 3/1/21 3/31/24 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Samantha Rohman Masters Degree Student in Public History/Business 4/13/23 3/31/26 HRB@cityofpaloalto.org Type here. Type here. Type here. Type here. Type here. Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 143     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 5 2. If all positions are not currently filled, why is there a vacancy, and when will the position be filled? NA. All positions are currently filled. Four positions have been recruited for, one of the incumbents has applied. A second recruitment is underway, and the City Council may consider reducing the number of seats to five seats, given the difficulty in getting applicants. B. Staff to the Commission/CLG staff 1. Is the staff to your commission the same as your CLG coordinator? ☒ Yes ☐ No 2. If not, please provide the Commission staff member’s contact information. 3. If the position(s) is not currently filled, why is there a vacancy? NA Attach resumes and Statement of Professional Qualifications forms for staff. C. Attendance Record Please complete the commission meeting attendance chart for each commissioner and staff member. Commissions are required to meet a minimum of four times a year. If you haven’t met at least four times, explain why not. Name/Title Discipline Dept. Affiliation Email Address Amy French Planning Chief Planning Official amy.french@cityofpaloalto.org Commissioner/Staff Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May x 2 Jun x2 Jul Aug Sep David Bower ☐ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Michael Makinen ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☒ Margaret Wimmer ☒ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Christian Pease June 8 absent ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ Caroline Willis June 8 absent ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Gogo Heinrich May 11 absent ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 144     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 6 D. Training Received Please indicate the specific training each commissioner received last year. Reminder: It is a CLG requirement that all commissioners and staff to the commission attend at least one training program relevant to your commission each year. It is up to the CLG to determine the relevancy of the training. Commissioner/Staff Name Training Title & Description (including method presentation, e.g., webinar, workshop) Duration of Training Training Provider Date Christian Pease California State Housing Laws and Conservation Planning A Refreshed Look at the SIO Standards Interpreting NPS Guidance and Other Canonical Texts 3 hours 3 hours 3 hours CPF CPF CPF 2/16/23 2/29/24 8/22/23 Caroline Willis A Refreshed Look at the SIO Standards California State Housing Laws and Preservation Plannin Secretary of the Interior Standards Bootcamp 3 hours 3 hours 6 hours CPF CPF CPF 2/29/24 February 2023 July – September 2023 Margaret Wimmer tbd tbd tbd tbd Michael Makinen A Refreshed Look at the SIO Standards 3 hours CPF 2/29/24 Gogo Heinrich Secretary of the Interior Standards Updates 2 hours 2 hours CPF 7/27/23 8/24/23 Samantha Rohman Sept ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ Amy French ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Type here. ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 145     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 7 Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz "The Parent Trap--Challenges and Opportunities for Museums with Parent Organizations" "Problem Solving via Technology--Audio Tours and More" Cal Museum Conference sessions 1 hour 1 hour Tbd https://www.calmuseums.org/Public/Public/LEARN/Conference/Annual_Conference.aspx Palo Alto Art Center Palo Alto Art Center California Association of Museums annual conference Dates tbd Dated tbd Multiple session Conference 3/10/24 – 3/13/24 Amy French California State Housing Laws and Conservation Planning A Refreshed Look at the SIO Standards Planning Commissioners’ Academy APA passport sessions (online for AICP credits to maintain certification) 3 hours 3 hours 2.5 days CPF CPF League of California Cities https://www.calcities.org/docs/default-source/planning-commissioners-academy---session-materials/2024-pca-schedule-for-website.pdf?sfvrsn=8ca96aab_6 2/16/23 2/29/24 3/6/24 – 3/8/24 Multiple sessions during reporting period – maintaining AICP certification Samantha Rohman Masters degree in public history specializing in California History – multiple courses tbd CSU East Bay tbd David Bower tbd tbd tbd tbd III. Maintain a System for the Survey and Inventory of Properties that Furthers the Purposes of the National Historic Preservation Act A. Historical Contexts: initiated, researched, or developed in the reporting year (excluding those funded by the OHP) Reminder: California CLG procedures require CLGs to submit survey results, including historic contexts, to the OHP. If you have not done so, submit an electronic copy or link if available online with this report. NA Context Name Description How it is Being Used Date Submitted to the OHP Click or tap here to enter text. Click or tap here to enter text. Click or tap here to enter text. Click or tap here to enter text. Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 146     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 8 B. New Surveys or Survey Updates (excluding those funded by the OHP) Note: The evaluation of a single property is not a survey. Also, material changes to a property that is included in a survey, is not a change to the survey and should not be reported here. Explain how you are using the survey data: To ensure no demolition permits are issued before properties are studied for Cal Register eligibility. When properties are determined California Register Eligible via these ongoing surveys, a discretionary review application for modification/demolition is deemed not exempt from CEQA review and building is retained unless SOC with EIR. When Non-California Register Eligible determination, building demolition, substantial remodel is possible IV. Provide for Adequate Public Participation in the Local Historic Preservation Program A. Public Education Has your CLG undertaken any public outreach, training, or publications programs this year? How were the commissioners and staff involved? Please provide an electronic link to all publications or other products not previously provided to the OHP. Item or Event Description Date Update of webpages including incentives and the National Register eligible properties list; most recently (and this will be reported in our next CLG report) we added a page on the reconnaissance survey/inventory update project information https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planni https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Preservation https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Preservation/Preservation-Incentives Updates to webpages occurred during the reporting period Survey Area Context Based- yes/no Level: Reconnaissance or Intensive Acreage # of Properties Surveyed Date Completed Date Submitted to the OHP Citywide ongoing surveys per Comp Plan Policy L7.2; found XX CRHR eligible properties of YY properties studied between Oct 2022 and September 23 no Reconnaissance NA xx properties studied 10/2022 through 9/2023 Through end of reporting period XX CRHR Eligible property DPRs submitted with this CLG Report Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 147     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 9 Item or Event Description Date ng-Development-Services/Historic-Preservation/2023-Reconnaissance-Survey https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/planning-amp-development-services/historic-preservation/evaluation-tables-clipped-from-1998-2000-survey.pdf ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNUAL PRODUCTS REPORTS FOR CLGS During the reporting period (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) how many historic properties did your local government add to the CLG inventory? This is the total number of historic properties and contributors to districts (or your best estimate of the number) added to your inventory from all programs, local, state, and Federal, during the reporting year. This includes the National Register, California Register, California Historical Landmarks, locally funded surveys, CLG surveys, and local designations. Program area Number of Properties added NA NA A. Local Register (i.e., Local Landmarks and Historic Districts) Program 1. During the reporting period (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) did you have a local register program to create local landmarks and/or local districts (or a similar list of designations) created by local law? ☒Yes ☐ No 2. If yes, how many properties have been added to your register or designated from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023? None (we began the process to reevaluate previously deemed National Register eligible properties for consideration by the HRB to nominate to the local inventory (the HRB consideration of nominated property recommendations began in November 2023) C. Local Property Tax Incentive Program 1. During the reporting period (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) did you have a Mills Act program? ☐ Yes ☒ No 2. If yes, how many properties entered into a contract from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023? Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 148     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 10 Name of Program Number of Properties Added During 2022-2023 Total Number of Properties Benefiting From Program Mills Act property but no program per se 0 1 D. Local “bricks and mortar” grants/loan program 1. During the reporting period (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) did you have a local government historic preservation grant and/or loan program for rehabilitating/restoring historic properties? ☒Yes ☐No 2. If yes, how many properties have been assisted under the program(s) from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023? Name of Program Number of Properties that have Benefited Historic Reconnaissance Survey 2023 165 properties in survey – OHP grant used to offset consultant cost E. Design Review/Local Regulatory Program 1. During the reporting period (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) did your local government have a historic preservation regulatory law(s) (e.g., an ordinance) authorizing Commission and/or staff review of local government projects or impacts on historic properties? ☐ Yes ☐ No 2. If yes, how many historic properties did your local government review for compliance with your local government’s historic preservation regulatory law(s) from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023? F. Local Property Acquisition Program 1. During the reporting period (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) did you have a local program to acquire (or help to acquire) historic properties in whole or in part through purchase, donation, or other means? ☐Yes ☒ No 2. If the answer is yes, then how many properties have been assisted under the program(s) from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023? Name of Program Number of Properties that have Benefited Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 149     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 11 Type here. Type here. IN ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM CLG REQUIREMENT THE OHP IS INTERESTED IN YOUR TRAINING NEEDS • Whether or not you were able to participate in any of the free CAMP trainings in 2021, would you like to see the OHP fund CAMPs from the NAPC in the future? I did not attend but future staff may be interested • What are your top three topics for future training provided by the OHP? Training of new staff to be liaison to historic board XII Attachments (electronic) ☒ Resumes and Statement of Qualifications forms for all commission members/alternatives and staff https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Caroline-Willis https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Christian-Pease https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Gogo-Heinrich https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Michael-Makinen https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Margaret-Wimmer https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Alisa-Eagleston-Cieslewicz https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic-Resources-Board-HRB/Samantha-Rohman ☒ Minutes from historic resources board meetings October 2022: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2022/hrb-10.13.2022-public-agenda.pdf November 2022: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-11.10-approved-minutes.pdf January 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/2/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources- board/2023/hrb-1.12.2023-minutes.pdf February 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/2/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-2.9.2023-minutes.pdf Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 150     Certified Local Government Program -- 2022-2023 Annual Report (Reporting period is from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) 12 March 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/2/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-3.09.2023-minutes.pdf April 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-4.13.2023-minutes.pdf May 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-5.11-minutes.pdf May 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-5.25-minutes.pdf June 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources- board/2023/hrb-06-08-2023-minutes.pdf June 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-06-22-2023-minutes.pdf July 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-7.28.2023-minutes.pdf August 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-minutes-8.24.2023.pdf September 2023: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/2/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-minutes-9.14.2023.pdf ☐ Drafts of proposed changes to the ordinance (N/A) ☐ Drafts of proposed changes to the General Plan (Housing Element submitted to HCD May 2023, in revisions now) ☐ Public outreach publications Email to: info.calshpo@parks.ca.gov Item 4 Attachment B: CLG Annual Report to submit April 26 2024 covering 10-22 through 9-23 Updated     Packet Pg. 151     City Council Staff Report Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR Lead Department: City Clerk Meeting Date: June 12, 2023 Report #:2305-1590 TITLE Approval of 2023-2024 Boards, Commissions and Committees Work Plans: A. Architectural Review Board B. Historic Resources Board C. Park and Recreation Commission D. Planning and Transportation Commission E. Public Art Commission F. Stormwater management Oversight Committee G. Utilities Advisory Commission RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends Council review and approve the 2023-2024 Board and Commission work plans for the Architectural Review Board, Historic Resources Board, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning and Transportation Commission, Public Art Commission, Stormwater Management Oversight Committee, and Utilities Advisory Commission. DISCUSSION On November 30, 2020, the City Council adopted the Boards, Commissions and Committees (BCC) Handbook, which implemented an annual review and approval of BCC work plans. Each BCC is required to prepare an annual work plan for review and approval by the Council by second quarter of the calendar year. The annual report should include the results of the prior year’s plan and should consist of up to three priorities. When applicable, the City Council would like to see metrics of community involvement and participation in meetings and activities included in the work plan. Council may refer additional items to the BCCs in response to new developments. BCCs should work on the items outlined in the approved workplans over the course of the year and should refrain from expending their time and staff resources on items that have not been approved by the City Council. Item 4 Attachment C: Council June 12 2023 work plan staff report     Packet Pg. 152     In the event a BCC would like to add an item to the workplan for review after an annual workplan has been approved by the City Council, a prompt request by the BCC Chair to the City Council is required and the item will then be addressed by the City Council as a whole. At this meeting, Council will review the workplans for Architectural Review Board, Historic Resources Board, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning and Transportation Commission, Public Art Commission, Stormwater Management Oversight Committee, and Utilities Advisory Commission. The Human Relations Commission work plan will be presented at the June 19, 2023 meeting. FISCAL/RESOURCE IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with the review and approval of the BCC workplans. Any fiscal resources that will be necessary for the implementation of these workplans can be incorporated into the FY 2024 budget discussions at the Council’s discretion. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Architectural Review Board Work Plan Attachment B: Historic Resources Board Work Plan Attachment C: Parks and Recreation Commission Work Plan Attachment D: Planning and Transportation Commission Work Plan Attachment E: Public Art Commission Work Plan Attachment F: Stormwater Management Oversight Committee Work Plan Attachment G: Utilities Advisory Commission Work Plan APPROVED BY: Mahealani Ah Yun, Interim City Clerk Item 4 Attachment C: Council June 12 2023 work plan staff report     Packet Pg. 153