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Home My WebLink About0321.091" - June lJ, 1991 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Palo Alto, Callfornia SINGlE-fAMILY RESIDENTIAL DESIGN GUIDELINES Members of the CounCil: Report in Brief This report and ittachm,nts forward to the City CounCil the H.y I, 1991, final Draft of the proposed Single-Family Residential Design €uidelines. Background The process for prepa~ation of the Single-~amily Resident;!l DeSign Guidelines is o~tlined in the following (hrano1ogy: June 199Jl: At th~ time revised R-l Single-family zonin~ regulations were adopted I the City Counc11 directed that a set of advisory gutdelines be prepared to address single-family design issues that cou1d not b! quantified fn the zoning regulations. Jyly 1990: A Guidelines Preparation Committee was formed to oversee tons.ultant se1ettion afld preparation Df the Guit5elif!es. Cotmlittea represerltat;ves were: Planning Commission: Bern Beecharn Arc~ltectural Revie~ Beard: Marn; Barnes Historic. Resources Board: Linda Scott City Staff: Nancy Lytle, Zoning Administr~tor City Staff: Jim Gilliland. Manager Planning Projects Due to i conflict of interest, linda Scott was replace~ by Jim McFa1l during tne consultant selection process 3nd rejOined tne committee during re~ie~ of the draft documents. Qctober 1990: A $25,000 consulting contr~ct was awarded to Hoed-Miller, Associates, for preparation of the Guidelines. (Copies of the Scope of War~ a~d Contract Sc~edule are ittached.) Tne consultant reviewed files and back;round information from tne R-l zoning process, and met with staff to establish initial Qutline and content. C~R:321:iI 'L , I '.~'.'. :it" I " .\ , i ~ \ . - ; I r ,.-c,' '. ;. .. ." "",>:. ,---"' .. ' . .-... .~ )~:;T:r· Octgber. 2 •. 1990: At. public ~eeting of the Committee, comments were rtcefved from members of the public~ and 1 suggested outli~e for the G~1delines was adopted. [}ecember 19;0: An expanded outline )fas di stributed to COltrrdttp.!~ Planning Commission. AR8, HRB and others ~ho had reQuested to be on a mailing list. Written comments .. ere requested on the outline. february 5. 1991: The Preliminary Draft, dated February 4, 1991 "as distrjbuted to the abovt groups and city staff for re~ie~ &nd comment. february 2a. 1991: Comments were rece1ved by the Committee at an evening public meeting. The Cornnittee: mad'e recorm1C!ndations to the consultant on suggested changes in the Preliminary Draft. (february 20, 1991 meeting notes are attached.) March 20. 1991: The Hlstoric Resources Board rev1ewed and commented on t~e Preliminar~ Drift. March 21. 1991: The Architectu~al Review Board reviewed and commented on the Preliminary Draft. Marc~ 27, 1991: The Planning Commission revfe~ed and connented' on the Prel;.,;nary Draft. Mev 6. ]991: The Final Draft, dated May l~ 1991, was distributed to previously·listed gro~ps and to neighborhood organizations for review and coanent. May 22. 1991: The Committee ~eld its final public meeting. The COMmittee, after suggesting gnly minor changes, recommended forwarding the May I, 1991, Final Draft to City Council for fin.' review and adoptl0n. A finil document, in,orpoTat;ng Council changes, will be prepared by the consultant. (The M.y 23, 1991 meeting notes .re attached.) AnalysIs Cons1derJng the "mited scope of the contract and t~e limited funds, t~e COImIittee has been very pleased with the ... ork of the cOil5u1tant~ and ~a.s found the drift doeuments to be well prepared and eQual to the expectations of the scope of work. Recognizing that the document could not cover ,11 potential afeas of concern and the limited funds rema~ning on the contract, the Corrmittee recommended tnat tht document be forwarded in its present form to the City Council for review and adoption. Any changes or moaifications rec~nded by the C~uncil will be incorporated into the final document prior to printing. The consultant and representatives of the Committee will attend the City Council meeting and will be ivallable to answer any Questions. CIIR:321:91 p: \cmr\c~rrlf" 1 1/13/91 Page 2 '-- • , \ , .. ::;:,;;. , - Rec:onmgndatlQn The Gufdelin~s Preparation Committee and City staff recommend that the C ty Council adopt the May I, 1991 final Draft of tM' 'Single-family Re;ident al Design Cuidelines for Palo A1to· as an ad~j50ry document to be used by ( ty staff. Respectfully submitted, (,k'7n-t~ J: $U.r.~~ A.AMES L 6ILL~ Manager Plann1 9 ,rojects \ Jt FLEMING ~ sistant City Manager f:;?i7zc?//;f? /;-l:uh'7 KENNETH R. SCHREIBER Director of Plannir.g and Community Environment Attachments: (City Council only) Hay I, 1991, Final Craft of Slngle-family Residential Design GUidel ines Stope of Work and Contract Schedule February 20, 1991 meeting notes February 20, 1990 comments from John Mock February 20~ 1991 (Qmments from lois Vanderbeek February 25, 1991 comments from Lois Vanderbeek February 25, 1991 comments from David Sc~rom March 6, ]991 comments from lois Vanderbeek March 20, IS!I ~inutes of the HRB (.xcerpt) March 21, 19S1 minutes of the ARB (.xcerpt) ~irch 27, 1991 minutes of t~e PTanning CommiSSion (excerpt) Ma1 22, 1991 comments fTO~ John Moc( May 22, 1991 comments from Grant Nisbet May 23~ 1991 meeting notes cc: Architectural Re~iew Board Historic Resources Board Planning (ommission Guidelines Preparation Committee Hood Miller Associates, Architects, 60 Federal StreEt, San Francisco, CA 94107 LDis Vanderbeek. 735 Barren Aver,j,Je, Palo Alto, CA. 94306 Ji~ McFall, c/o Stoerker & Northway Archit€cts, 437 Lytton Avenue, PaTo Alto, CA 94301 Stephan Crothers and Charlene Glinieckf, 3012 Ross Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Alice Sachs, Cornish and c.arey, 1000 E1 (amino Real, Suite 15C, ~nlo Park, CA 94025 Julie Barney 3418 Waverley, Palo Alto, CA 94306 CMR:311:91 p: \cmr\cmrrlf.l 1/13/91 Page l • - 4";C: gs au _lUI. 4 U Suzanne llh91ey, l~SO Val nut Drive, Pilo Alto, CA 94303 C,rloyn Reese, 60 kirby Pl.c., r.lo Alto, CA 94301 ~s. Heidi H.nsen, AlA, 423 Church Street, Mt.Yie., CA 94041 Bob Jenks, Boyd-Jenks, Arth1tects, 400 For~st Street, P.l. Alto, CA 94301 John Mock, 2823 AlMa Street, ?lo Alto, CA 94303 David Schrom, Magic, Box 5894, Stanford, LA 94309 Gr.nt Hisbet, 844 Rorke .ay, P,lo Alto, CA 94306 CMR:l21:91 p: \cmr\cmrrl fn I 1/13/91 P'g, 4 •