Alameda Historic Advisory Board Meeting – November 6, 2025
Alameda Historic Advisory Board Meeting – November 6, 2025
On November 6, 2025, the Alameda Historic Advisory Board met to consider a certificate of approval for demolition of a pre-1942 home, approve meeting minutes, adopt the 2026 meeting calendar, and discuss future board recognition of adaptive reuse projects. The meeting began at 7:00 PM with a quorum present (Chair Hernandez, Board Members Bevan and Brito; Board Member Crody absent).
Consent Calendar
- Minutes of September 4, 2025: Approved unanimously (3-0) as presented.
- Minutes of October 2, 2025: Continued to a future meeting because two board members present had not attended that session and had not watched the recording.
Public Comments & Testimony
- One letter of support for the demolition project was received from a neighbor.
- No public comments were made in person or online.
Discussion Items
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1319 Clinton Avenue – Certificate of Approval for Demolition
Staff member Henry Dong presented a request to demolish a single-family home built in 1924, damaged by fire in 2022, and left unrepaired. The applicant’s designer, Danny Budiman, explained that the house’s structural integrity was compromised after prolonged exposure to weather, and a new Mission Revival-style home is proposed in its place. A historic evaluation by Garabaglia Architecture concluded the property does not qualify for listing on any historic register. Staff recommended approval.
Board members discussed the historic evaluation, with one member noting that the analysis under Criterion 1 (events) lacked context about residential development patterns and that the report contained minor typos (e.g., duplicate “Figure 9”). However, board members overall found the evaluation thorough and agreed with its conclusions. They also inquired about salvaging materials (e.g., vinyl windows) and directed staff to ensure the final evaluation report is cleaned up before filing. -
2026 Meeting Calendar
The board reviewed and adopted the regular meeting schedule (first Thursday of each month) without changes. A brief discussion occurred about possibly rescheduling the July 2026 meeting due to the July 4th holiday falling on a Saturday, but no modification was made. The calendar was adopted unanimously. -
Board Communication – Recognition of Adaptive Reuse Projects
A board member suggested recognizing notable adaptive reuse or historic preservation projects at the upcoming December 2025 meeting. Staff indicated this could be agendized as a general item, and other board members expressed support for an end-of-year retrospective.
Key Outcomes
- Motion to adopt resolution for Certificate of Approval for demolition at 1319 Clinton Avenue: Carried 3-0, with the additional directive that staff correct typos and clarify Criterion 1 in the historic evaluation before final filing.
- Motion to adopt the 2026 meeting calendar: Approved unanimously.
- The December 2025 meeting will include a recognition item for adaptive reuse projects.
Meeting Transcript
We're ready to uh start the meeting. Yeah, I think we're ready. It's seven, right? Okay. All right, we'll start with roll call. Uh board member Bevan. Here. Board member Brito. Present. Chair Hernandez. Present. We have a quorum and uh board member Crody is not here. Let's start off with non-agenda public comments. Are there any online or in-person non-agenda comments? Not seeing any uh anybody online. No one here? Yeah, no, no, no non-agenda public comments. Okay, great. Uh item three, uh minutes. Looks like we have two sets of meeting minutes to approve. The first one is from September 4th, and the second one was from October 2nd. Let's take the September 4th meeting minutes, which were continued from last meeting. Right. So the September 4th minutes, uh the three of you were at that meeting, and so you can vote to approve those minutes. Um, the October 2nd meeting looks like we don't have the same members here that were at that meeting. Right. So we can uh uh assuming you you as a board member watched those uh video uh recordings, then in theory we could also uh so that would be board member Breto. Had a chance to look at the videos. If not, that's fine, we'll carry it over. I'm ashamed to say I did not watch it. That's quite a apologize. Okay, so let's let's look at item 3a. Uh our meeting minutes from September 4th. Are there any uh comments on those meeting minutes? They looked good to me. Yeah, look good to me. Uh motion to approve minutes. This is from September for the September 4th meeting. I move to approve the minutes from the September 4th meeting. The second. A second. All in favor, aye. Aye. And we've approved those. If uh assuming you're also voting aye. Yes, I voted I. Okay, great. Uh so the 3B item will just continue uh until next time. Yes, thank you. Okay.
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