A G E N D A

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Founded 1875

"Populus felix in urbe felici"

1. CALL TO ORDER:

2. ROLL CALL:

3. REPORT FROM STAFF:

Information concerning future Landmarks Commission Agendas. Update on recent Architectural Review Board, Planning Commission, and City Council actions, including development projects, planning policy studies, ordinances, and appeals.

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Public Input Permitted

A. December 13, 1999

B. January 10, 2000

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Input Permitted

LC-99-LM-007: 211 Alta Avenue. Formal consideration of the landmark designation application for a residential building located at 211 Alta Avenue.

Staff requests withdrawal and re-filing of this application due to a clerical error in the required noticing procedures.

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Public Input Permitted

1. Structure of Merit Designation Category. Report to Commission regarding key points of this category of designation.
   
   
2. Demolition Permits

1. 1548 12^th Street, (D00-002)
   R3/Medium Density Multiple Family Residential
   Single Family Dwelling and a Detached Garage
   Structure Not Listed in Historic Resources Inventory
   
   
2. 1544 12^th Street, (D00-003)
   R3/Medium Density Multiple Family Residential
   Two, Single Family Dwellings and a Detached Garage
   Structure Not Listed in Historic Resources Inventory
   
   
3. 1534 17^th Street, (D00-004)
   R2/Low Density Multiple Residential
   Single Family Dwelling
   Structure Listed in Historic Resources Inventory as 5D1 (appears to contribute to potential district)
   Note: This demolition permit was previously approved in 1998 and has since expired
   
   
4. 1538 17^th Street, (D00-005)
   R2/Low Density Multiple Residential
   Three, Single Family Dwellings and a Garage
   Structure Not Listed in Historic Resources Inventory
   
   
5. 620 Santa Monica Blvd. (D00-006)
   C3/Downtown Commercial
   2 Story Retail/Office Building
   Structure Not Listed in Historic Resources Inventory
   
   

3. Planning Commission and Zoning Administrator Case Lists (Information Only)

7. COMMUNICATIONS:

1. Letter from Mohammed Ashoor withdrawing the demolition application for 555 7^th Street. The Commission filed a landmark designation on this structure on January 10, 2000.
   
   
2. Request from Lou D'Elia to use City Seal on privately owned plaque for Charles Warren Brown House located at 2504 Third Street; and/or for City to sponsor plaque.

8. COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS

9. NEXT MEETING DATE AND COMMISSION AGENDA: Tentative-March 6, 2000

10. PUBLIC INPUT

11. ADJOURNMENT

Note: The meeting facility is accessible. If you need any disability-related accommodations, please contact staff at (310) 458-8701. TDD Number (310) 458-8696.

Santa Monica Blue Bus Lines #2, #3, and #8 serve Ken Edwards Center. Subterranean parking is available on-site. Please access parking from Fourth Street.

CITY LANDMARKS COMMISSION

Margot Alofsin, Chairperson

Bill Bolton, Commission Real Estate Licensee and Chair Pro Tempore

Stephen Frew, Commission Architect

Ruthann Lehrer, Commission Architectural Historian

James Lunsford, Commissioner

R. Scott Page, Commissioner

Laurel Schmidt, Commission Historian

Pam O'Connor, City Council Liaison

AGENDA POLICIES

REQUESTS TO SPEAK on an item must be submitted on a speaker's request form and submitted to the Commission staff. All requests to address the Commission on agenda items must be submitted prior to the Commission's consideration of the item. Items not identified on the agenda as public input or as a public hearing item generally require approval of 2/3 of the Commission to allow public comment.

CONSENT CALENDAR items will be acted upon by the Commission at one time without discussion unless a Commissioner requests discussion on an item. If such a request is made, the item will be heard after the balance of the Consent Calendar has been voted upon.

PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES on each public hearing item include presentation of a staff report; Commission question of staff; a five minute presentation by the project applicant or application proponent, if any; Commission questions of the applicant or application proponent; three minutes each for each member of the public wishing to speak to the item; three minutes for project applicant or application proponent rebuttal; Commission deliberations and decision.

PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should begin with the speaker stating his or her name and address followed by a statement regarding the item under consideration. Please speak to the Commission as a whole.

Professionals appearing before the Commission should clearly identify their status, such as "attorney", "paralegal", "architect", "designer", or "landscape architect". Instances of misrepresentation of professional status may be referred to the City Attorney for possible prosecution.

LETTERS OR WRITTEN MATERIALS regarding agenda items may be submitted to the Commission staff prior to or at the meeting; written materials submitted at least eight days in advance of the meeting with be included in the Commission's meeting packet. Materials submitted after the deadline may be difficult for the Commission to adequately review.

ASSIGNING OF TIME for members of the public wishing to speak on an item is permissible within specified limits. A "representative speaker" may be allowed one additional minute of speaking time, to a maximum of five additional minutes (hence, eight minutes total) for each person actually in attendance who assigns his or her right to speak via a request to speak form to the "representative speaker."

ACTION BY THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION on most matters occurs with the affirmative votes of a least four Commissioners.

APPEALS of certain actions of the Commission are appealable to the City Council. For specific information on appeals, please contact the Commission staff.

For more information regarding the Landmarks Commission

agenda, please contact the Commission staff in

the Planning and Zoning Division

at (310) 458-8341.

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