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Minutes – Cultural Heritage Committee Meeting of March 22, 2021 Page 1
Minutes
CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Monday, March 22, 2021
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, March 22, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference, by Chair Shannon Larrabee.
ROLL CALL
Present: Committee Members Damon Haydu, Glen Matteson, Wendy McFarland, Vice Chair
Eva Ulz, and Chair Shannon Larrabee
Absent: Committee Member Karen Edwards
Staff: Senior Planner Brian Leveille, Assistant Planner Walter Oetzell, and City Clerk
Teresa Purrington
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
John Ashbaugh
James Papp
--End of Public Comment--
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1. Approve the minutes of the February 22, 2021 Cultural Heritage Committee meeting.
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY VICE CHAIR ULZ, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE
MEMBER MATTESON, CARRIED 5-0-1 (Member Edwards absent), to approve the minutes
of the February 22, 2021 Cultural Heritage Committee meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
2. 79 Benton Way. Review of a request to include the property at 79 Benton Way in the City’s
Inventory of Historic Resources as a Master List Resource (Elbert Earle Christopher House).
This action is categorically exempt from CEQA environmental review; Project Address: 79
Benton Way; Case #: HIST-0675-2020; Zone R-1; Susan and Mark Hoffman,
owner/applicant.
Vice Chair Ulz announced that she would be recusing herself from this item as she has a
financial interest in the consulting firm that worked on the project. Vice Chair Ulz left the
meeting at 5:42 p.m.
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Assistant Planner Walter Oetzell presented the staff report and responded to Committee
inquiries.
Applicant Susan Hoffman, and Applicant representative James Papp provided a presentation
and responded to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comment
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER HAYDU, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER MATTESON, CARRIED 4-0-1-1 (Vice Chair Ulz recused and
Member Edwards absent) to include the property at 79 Benton Way in the City’s Inventory of
Historic Resources as a Master List Resource (Elbert Earle Christopher House) based upon its
representation of the Minimal Traditionalist style, its unique floor plan, and distinctive interior
features.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
Senior Planner Leveille provided an agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:53 p.m. The next Regular Cultural Heritage Committee meeting
is scheduled for Monday, April 26, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE: 04/26/2021