AGENDA

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

LANDMARKS COMMISSION

 

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Monday, April 9, 2007

7:00 PM

City Council Chambers, Room 213

1685 Main Street, Santa Monica

 

 

CALL TO ORDER OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION

 

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:

 

4-A.     March 12, 2007

 

5.                  APPROVAL OF STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL ACTION:

 

5-A.     Certificate of Appropriateness Application 04CA-009, 320 Santa Monica Pier, approving the design of a new public restroom facility and ice cream kiosk, and minor modifications to the existing Pier Maintenance/Police Substation Building on the Santa Monica Pier, a designated City Landmark.

 

Statement of Official Action

 

5-B      Certificate of Appropriateness, 07CA-001, and Sign Adjustment, 07ARB-074, 225 Santa Monica Boulevard, approving the design of exterior alterations related to the conversion of ground floor space into a restaurant at the Bay Cities Guaranty Building, a designated City Landmark.

 

Statement of Official Action

 

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

 

7.                  CONSENT CALENDAR:   None.

 

8.                  OLD BUSINESS:

 

9.                  NEW BUSINESS/PUBLIC HEARINGS:

 

9-A.     Review of Demolition Permits and Consideration Whether to File an Application for Designation of a Structure as a City Landmark or Structure of Merit.

 

1.         402 Twentieth Street (07PC0206)

R1 – Single Family Residential

Single Family Residence with Garage

Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

(continued from March 12, 2007)

 

Preliminary Assessment Memo

 

2.         136 Hart Street (07PC0262)

            R2R – Low Density Duplex

            Single Family Residence with Detached Building

            Structure Identified on the Historic Resources Inventory

 

3.         1541 Eleventh Street (07PC0297)

            R3 – Medium Density Multiple Family Residential

            4-Unit Apartment & Detached Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

4.         1237 Twenty-Fifth Street (07PC0314)

            R2 – Low Density Multiple Residential

            2 each Single Family Residences & Detached Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

5.         2931 Washington Avenue (07PC0321)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

6.         433 Twentieth Street (07PC0333)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

7.         633 Tenth Street (07PC0373)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage and Accessory Building

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

8.         1408 Hill Street (07PC0377)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

9.         851 Nineteenth Street (07PC0378)

            R2 – Low Density Multiple Residential

            4-Unit Residence with Garage

            Structure Identified on the Historic Resources Inventory

 

10.       1027 Twenty-First Street (07PC0379)

            R2 – Low Density Multiple Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

11.       444 Tenth Street (07PC0383)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Identified on the Historic Resources Inventory

 

12.       2009 Montana Avenue (07PC0406)

            R2 – Low Density Multiple Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

13.       636 Sixteenth Street (07PC0410)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

14.       901 Harvard (07PC0411)

            R1 – Single Family Residential

            Single Family Residence with Garage

            Structure Not Identified on Historic Resources Inventory

 

9-B.     Landmark Designation Application, 06LM-009, 200–1500 block of Ocean Avenue, to determine whether Palisades Park should be designated as a City Landmark. (continued to May 14, 2007 at staff’s request)

 

10.             DISCUSSION ITEMS:

 

10-A.   Consideration on whether to file an application to nominate 2001-2011 Main Street as a City Landmark or Structure of Merit. (Continued from February 12, 2007)

 

Preliminary Assessment Supplemental Report

 

Preliminary Assessment Memo (December 2006)

 

10-B.   Discussion regarding criteria used by the City’s consultants in the assessment of potential landmark designations. (JB) (continued from March 12, 2007)

10-C.  Appointment of up to two Landmarks Commissioners to serve on the Third Street Neighborhood Historic District’s Citizen’s Participation Committee (CPC).

 

10-D.  Clarification of the role and function of Third Street Neighborhood Historic District Citizen’s Participation Committee (CPC). (NF)

 

10-E.   Report from staff as to whether a Certificate of Appropriateness should have been filed and reviewed before the color of the Zucky’s sign was modified. (JB)

 

10-F.   Report from City Council Liaison to the Landmarks Commission on recent City Council actions related to appeals, development projects, planning policy studies and ordinances related to the City’s historic resources, and information concerning future City Council agendas.

 

10-G.  Report from Landmarks Commission Liaison to the Architectural Review Board (ARB) on recent ARB consideration and action taken on proposed projects involving additions to or modifications of potential historic resources.

 

10-H.   Planning Commission Case List (Information Only).

 

11.             WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:

 

11-A.   Update on the Historic Resources Inventory status of “Angel’s Attic” at 516 Colorado Avenue (requested by Chair Fresco).

 

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

 

13.             NEXT MEETING DATE AND COMMISSION AGENDA: Regular Meeting: 7:00 PM Monday, May 14, 2007; City Council Chambers, Room 213, City Hall.

 

14.             ADJOURNMENT:

 

Santa Monica Blue Bus Lines #2, #3, and #8 serve City Hall.  Parking is available on the south side of City Hall.

 

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 at least three days in advance. All written materials are available in alternate format upon request.

 

 

CITY LANDMARKS COMMISSION

Nina Fresco, Chairperson

John Berley, Commissioner

Roger Genser, Commission Historian

Barbara Kaplan, Commission Licensed Architect and Chair Pro Tempore
Ruthann Lehrer, Commission Architectural Historian
Ruth Shari, Commission Real Estate Licensee
Vacant, Commissioner
 
Kevin McKeown, City Council Liaison

 

Jing Yeo, AICP, Senior Planner, Acting Commission Secretary

Barry Rosenbaum, Senior Land Use Attorney

Susan Umeda, Staff Assistant III

 

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 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 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.

 

Please note that the Landmarks Commission Agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.  We encourage you to check the agenda 72 hours prior to the meeting.

 

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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