PALO ALTO HISTORICAL REVIEW BOARD:
2007 On-Demand Webcast Archives

May 7th, 2008

A.ROLL CALL/APPROVAL OF MINUTES/NEW BUSINESS

Approval of Minutes:
Historic Resources Board meeting of April 16, 2008.

New Business: Pubilc Hearings
1. 564 University Avenue [08PLN-00079]: Application by Ann Hawkinson Architecture for Historic Resources Board review and recommendation regarding plans for a proposed historic rehabilitation, exterior restoration, expansion, and interior remodel of a Colonial Revival residential building that is listed on the City¹s Historic Inventory in Category 2, for reuse as a restaurant. An approved historic rehabilitation plan would generate a floor area bonus of 2,500 square feet which would be used on site as part of a two-story 4,475 square-foot rear addition. The project includes relocating the existing building forward on the site, a landscape plan, and a request for a Variance to allow: payment of in-lieu parking fees for removal of two existing parking spaces on site, rebuilding of the existing basement forward on the site, and 417 square feet of floor area beyond that allowed for the site. Zone District: CD-C(P).

B. STUDY SESSION/OTHER BUSINESS/STATUS REPORTS ON HISTORIC PROJECTS/SITES/BOARD ITEMS/CORRESPONDENCE/BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND/OR ANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT

Study Session:
2. 2300 Wellesley Avenue: Request by the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Palo Alto, for Study Session review and comments from the Historic Resources Board for the rehabilitation of the College Terrace Library, a Category 4 historic resource. Applicant is seeking to reclassify the resource from a Category 4 to a 2 in order to utilize Transferable Development Rights.
Item #2 is continued to the next regular meeting of May 21, 2008

Other Business:
3. Discussion of potential topics for the Joint HRB-City Council Meeting on July 21, 2008

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