AGENDA

 

MEETING OF THE

LANDMARKS COMMISSION

Founded 1875

“Populus felix in urbe felici”

 

 

 

Monday, December 8, 2003

City Council Chambers, Room 213,

7:00 p.m.

1685 Main Street, Santa Monica

 

 

CALL TO ORDER:

 

1.     ROLL CALL    

 

2.      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, appeals and update of project status and related landmarks matters.

 

3.      COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

4.      APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

         Public Input Permitted

                                     

A.     November 10, 2003

 

   5.   APPROVAL OF STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL ACTION: None.

 

6.      PUBLIC INPUT: (On items not on agenda and within the jurisdiction of the Commission)

 

7.      CONSENT CALENDAR: None. 

         Public Input Permitted

 

8.      OLD BUSINESS:

         Public Input Permitted

 

A.     Discussion of the Historic Significance of the Street Lamps on Broadway and Consideration of Whether to File an Application For Designation as City Landmarks. (Continued from November 10, 2003)

 

9.      NEW BUSINESS/PUBLIC HEARINGS: 

         Public Input Permitted

                          

  1. Certificate of Appropriateness LC 03CA-012, 128 Hollister Avenue, a City-designated Landmark property, requesting modifications including a new vent above the roofline, removal of an exterior staircase and replacement of a second floor door with a window.

 

Staff Report

 

  1. Landmark Designation Application LC-03LM-008, 1414 Idaho Avenue, to determine whether the Craftsman-style bungalow should be designated as a City Landmark.

 

Staff Report

 

  1. Landmark Designation Application LC-03LM-009, 1911 La Mesa Drive (Oscar Niemeyer/Strick House), to determine whether the single-family residence should be designated as a City Landmark.

 

Staff Report

 

10.    DISCUSSION ITEMS:

         Public Input Permitted

 

  1. Review of Demolition Permits and Consideration of Whether to File an Application For Designation of a Structure as a Landmark or Structure of Merit.

     

      1.         1036 Berkeley Street (PC015175)

            R-1 – Single-Family Residential

            Single-Family Residence, 1-1/2 Story California Bungalow with

            Attached Garage

                     Structure Not Identified in the Historic Resources Inventory

 

2.      2134 La Mesa Drive (PC015195)

         R-1 – Single-Family Residential

         Single-Family Residence, 1-Story with Attached Garage

         Structure Not Identified in the Historic Resources Inventory

 

3.      1415 Palisades Beach Road (PC015236)

         R-2B – Low Density Multiple Residential Beach District

         Multiple-Family Residence, 1-Story with Attached Garage

         Structure Not Identified in the Historic Resources Inventory

 

B.     Review of Commission By-laws adopted in December 2002, and discussion of whether it is necessary to amend them.

C.    Review of content and format of Landmarks Commission staff reports. 

D.    Appointment of a Landmarks Commissioner to replace a former commissioner as liaison to the Civic Center Working Group.

E.     Proposed Demolition Permit Review Team Schedule for 2004.

F.     Discussion of Priorities for Proactive Landmark Designation of Eligible Historic Properties. (Requested by Commissioner Fresco)

G.    Planning Commission Case List (Information Only)

 

11.    WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None.

         Public Input Permitted

 

12.   FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:  (Requests from Commissioners to add items to upcoming agendas)

 

13.    NEXT MEETING DATE AND COMMISSION AGENDA: Monday, January 12, 2004.

                                                  

14.    ADJOURNMENT

 

Note:   The meeting facility is accessible.  If you need any disability-related accommodations, please contact City Staff at (310) 458-8701, or TDD Number (310) 458-8696. All written materials are available in alternate format upon request.

 

Santa Monica Blue Bus Lines #2, #3, and #8 serve City Hall.  Parking is available in front of City Hall and on Olympic Drive.

 

CITY LANDMARKS COMMISSION

Ruthann Lehrer, Commission Architectural Historian and Chairperson
John Berley, Commissioner

Nina Fresco, Commissioner

Roger Genser, Commission Historian and Chair Pro Tempore

Barbara Kaplan, Commission Licensed Architect

Debra Levin, Commissioner

Vacant, Commission Real Estate Licensee

Michael Feinstein, 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 Commission 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 application 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 will 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 persona 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 at least four Commissioners.

 

APPEALS of certain actions of the Commission may be heard by 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 Division at (310) 458-8341

 

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