Historical & Landmarks Commission

City of Santa Clara Meeting Agenda Historical & Landmarks Commission Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:00 PM City Manager's Staff Conf. Room - Adjacent to City Hall Council Chambers 1500 Warburton Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95050 Pursuant to the provisions of California Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, issued on March 17, 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the City of Santa Clara has implemented the following method for the public to participate remotely: • Via Zoom: o https://santaclaraca.zoom.us/j/97233262035 or o Phone: 1 (669) 900-6833 Public Comments prior to meeting may be submitted via email to HistoricalLandmarksCommission@santaclaraca.gov no later than noon on the day of the meeting. The meeting set-up is in line with the recommendations of the COVID-19 White House Task Force, which notes no more than 10 people gatherings. Historical and Landmarks Commissioners will be participating remotely. A limited number of staff will also be present. We highly encourage interested members of the public to stay at home and provide public comment remotely. Any members of the public wishing to come in person should first check-in at the City Manager's Conference Room. City staff may direct you to wait in the City Hall cafeteria or outside the Council Chambers until your item of interest is discussed in order to maintain sufficient social distancing guidelines. City of Santa Clara Page 1 of 3 Printed on 8/28/2020 Historical & Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda September 3, 2020 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ZOOM WEBINAR: Please follow the guidelines below when participating in a Zoom Webinar: - The meeting will be recorded so you must choose 'continue' to accept and stay in the meeting. - If there is an option to change the phone number to your name when you enter the meeting, please do so as your name will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. - Mute all other audio before speaking. Using multiple devices can cause an audio feedback. - Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item and lower when finished speaking. Press *9 to raise your hand if you are calling in by phone only. - Identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. - Unmute when called on to speak and mute when done speaking. If there is background noise coming from a participant, they will be muted by the host. Press *6 if you are participating by phone to unmute. - If you no longer wish to stay in the meeting once your item has been heard, you may leave the meeting. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL CONSENT CALENDAR Consent Calendar items may be enacted, approved or adopted, based upon the findings prepared and provided in the written staff report, by one motion unless requested to be removed by anyone for discussion or explanation. If any member of the Historical and Landmarks Commission, staff, the applicant or a member of the public wishes to comment on a Consent Calendar item, or would like the item to be heard on the regular agenda, please notify Planning staff, or request this action at the Historical and Landmarks Commission meeting when the Chair calls for these requests during the Consent Calendar review. 1. 20-776 Historical and Landmarks Commission Minutes of June 4, 2020 Recommendation: Approve the Historical and Landmarks Commission Minutes of June 4, 2020. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Members of the public may briefly address the Commission on any item not on the agenda. GENERAL BUSINESS The following items from this Historical and Landmarks Commission agenda will be scheduled for further review following the conclusion of hearings and recommendations by the Historical and Landmarks Commission. Please contact the Planning Division office for information on the schedule of hearings for these items HLC Advisor Introductions - 20 minutes Lorie Garcia Linda Hylekma City of Santa Clara Page 2 of 3 Printed on 8/28/2020 Historical & Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda September 3, 2020 2. 20-777 Action on Other Business before Historical and Landmarks Commission Recommendation: There are two items for consideration. - Plaque Request for 1490 Santa Clara Street - Work Plan 3. 20-803 Election of Historical and Landmarks Commission Chair and Vice Chair Recommendation: Elect a new Historical and Landmarks Commission Chair and Vice-chair. STAFF REPORT COMMISSIONERS REPORT Boards and Committee Assignments - 15 minutes - Santa Clara Arts and Historic Consortium (Estes / Leung Alternate) - Historic Preservation Society of Santa Clara (Vargas-Smith) - Old Quad Residents Association (Leung / Vargas-Smith as alternate) - Architectural Committee (Leung / Vargas-Smith as alternate) - Agnews Historic Cemetery Museum Committee (Standifer / Romano as alternate) - BART/ High Speed Rail/ VTA BRT Committee (Vargas-Smith / Swartzwelder as alternate) - Zoning Ordinance Update (Romano / Leung as alternate) - El Camino Real Specific Plan Community Advisory Committee (Leung) - Downtown Revitalization (Vargas-Smith / Romano as alternate) Announcements and Other Items - 10 minutes Commissioner Travel and Training Requests - 10 minutes ADJOURNMENT The next regularly scheduled meeting is on October 1, 2020 at 6 p.m. in the City Manager's Conference Room. City of Santa Clara Page 3 of 3 Printed on 8/28/2020