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CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Monday, April 27, 2020
Regular Meeting of the Cultural Heritage Committee
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Cultural Heritage Committee was called to order on
Monday, April 27, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference, by Senior Planner Brian Leveille.
ROLL CALL
Present: Committee Members Shannon Larrabee, Glen Matteson, James Papp and Chair
Damon Haydu
Absent: Committee Member Eva Ulz
Staff: Senior Planner Brian Leveille, Deputy City Clerk Megan Wilbanks and Deputy City
Clerk Kevin Christian
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
--End of Public Comment--
ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
1.Elect the Chair and Vice Chair to serve a one-year term.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY CHAIR HAYDU, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE
MEMBER LARRABEE, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent), to appoint James
Papp to the to the position of Chair.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MATTESON, SECONDED BY
CHAIR PAPP, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent), to appoint Shannon
Larrabee to the to the position of Vice Chair.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
2.Approve the minutes of the January 27, 2020 Cultural Heritage Committee meeting.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MATTESON, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER HAYDU, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent), to
approve the minutes of the January 27, 2020 Cultural Heritage Committee meeting.
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CONSENT AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
--End of Public Comment—
Chair Papp requested that Item #3 be pulled.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LARRABEE, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE
MEMBER HAYDU, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent), to approve Consent
Calendar Item 4.
3. Review of a historic significance determination request to remove the property at 1156 Peach
Street from the City’s Contributing historic properties list (this action is not subject to
environmental review); Project Address: 1156 Peach Street; Case #: HIST-0036-2020;
Zone: R-2-H; Ivan Lapidus, owner and applicant. (Walter Oetzell)
Recommendation: Make a recommendation to the City Council recommending the City
Council remove the property from the Contributing list of Historic Resources.
4. Review of a Mills Act Historical Property Contract for the Virginia Levering Latimer House
at 858 Toro Street (this action is not subject to environmental review); Project address: 858
Toro Street; Case #: HIST-0048-2020; Zone: R-2-H; Eric Blair, owner/applicant.
(Walter Oetzell)
Recommendation: Forward a recommendation to the City Council recommending that the
City enter into a Mills Act Historic Property Contract.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MATTESON, SECONDED BY
VICE CHAIR LARRABEE, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent), to approve
Consent Calendar Item 3 and recommend that the City Council remove the property from the
City’s Inventory of Historic Resources with the request that documentation be provided on
the shed structure prior to demolition.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
5. 1140 Iris. Review of a proposed two-story residential unit, garage, and workshop on a
Contributing Historic property (Categorically exempt from environmental review); Project
Address: 1140 Iris; Case #: ARCH-0022-2020; Zone: R-2-S; Dave and Karen Rucker,
applicant.
Assistant Planner Walter Oetzell presented the staff report and responded to Committee
inquiries.
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Applicant representative, Greg Wynn, provided a verbal report and responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comment
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LARRABEE, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER MATTESON, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent),
to recommend that the Community Development Director find the project consistent with
historical preservation standards, as presented.
6. 778, 782, 786, & 790 Higuera Street. Review of a historic significance determination request
to remove the property at 778, 782, 786, and 790 Higuera from the City’s Contributing historic
properties list (this action is not subject to environmental review); Project address: 778, 782,
786, & 790 Higuera Street; Case #: HIST-0127-2020; Zone: C-D-H; Randy Russom,
RRM Design Group, applicant.
Assistant Planner Walter Oetzell presented the staff report and responded to Committee
inquiries.
Applicant representatives, Scott Martin and Bob Pavlik, provided a PowerPoint presentation
and responded to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comment
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LARRABEE, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER HAYDU, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent), to
forward the following recommendation to the City Council:
• Remove the property at 778 Higuera, known as “The Network,” from the City’s Inventory
of Historic Resources due to lack of historical integrity.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LARRABEE, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER MATTESON, CARRIED 4-0-1 (Committee Member Ulz absent),
to continue the consideration of properties at 782, 786 and 790 Higuera Street to the next
rescheduled Regular Cultural Heritage Committee meeting on May 18, 2020, so additional
information can be provided regarding the 2009 renovations and remaining integrity.
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COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
Senior Planner Leveille provided an agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 p.m. The next Rescheduled Regular Cultural Heritage
Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 18, 2020 at 5:30 p.m., via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE: XX/XX/2020
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