Sacramento Preservation Commission Meeting - October 21, 2015
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Sacramento Preservation Commission Meeting - October 21, 2015
The Sacramento Preservation Commission held a regular meeting on October 21, 2015, at 5:30 PM (open session at 5:43 PM) in the New City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting focused on two intertwined projects: a mixed-use development at 2301/2305 K Street and the relocation of a landmark residential building to 1808 U Street. The commission approved both projects with conditions and heard public comments on parking, safety, and design concerns.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes: The commission unanimously approved the minutes from the September 16, 2015 meeting (5-0-2, with Commissioners Forrest and Marshack absent).
- Director Report: The report was received and filed. The director noted this would be the last meeting with water pitchers provided and announced that Interim Planning Director Tom Pace had accepted a position as Deputy Planning Director for Stockton.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Nick Karas (property owner on J and 23rd Streets) expressed support for the project but raised concerns about the removal of three on-street parking spaces on 23rd Street, safety at the garage entrance, and the need for a light and siren at the driveway.
- Kelly Karas (property owner and resident) supported the project but strongly opposed the loss of parking spaces, citing safety issues and the existing parking shortage in the area.
- Patrick Stelmach (Preservation Sacramento) spoke in strong support of both the relocation and the new construction, praising the preservation approach and the design.
- Ed Carroll (adjacent neighbor to the relocation site) expressed concerns about the placement of the relocated house, particularly the proximity of the trash enclosure and sidewalk to his property, and requested more input on the site plan.
- Emily Fong (area resident) supported preservation but questioned where the two off-street parking spaces would be located for the relocated house and suggested better landscaping maintenance.
- Bob Proctor (owner of adjacent property at 2309 K Street) expressed concern about how the project would address the encroachment of a large redwood tree onto the new building's foundation.
Discussion Items
- PB15-055 K Street Mixed Use (Item 3): Staff presented a proposal for a 17,152-square-foot, three-story mixed-use building with 1,654 square feet of retail and 8 residential units at 2301/2305 K Street. The project required an environmental exemption, preservation review to move the landmark building, and site plan/design review. The design features a curvilinear glass corner, a grillage element, and retention of a redwood tree. The commission discussed materials, the stair tower, and the relationship between the ground-floor retail and the upper floors. The motion to approve included added conditions from the Sacramento Police Department.
- PB15-056 Landmark Relocation (Item 4): The relocation of the 900-square-foot Crossman-Negro-Schaefer House from 2305 K Street to 1808 U Street was presented. The owner, Karen Jacques, detailed the reconstruction of the porch based on documentation from the previous owner, Marilyn, and the plan to restore the chimney with salvaged bricks. The project includes a new foundation and a rear addition that meets Secretary of Interior standards. The commission approved the motion with an updated exhibit showing the porch stair details.
Key Outcomes
- Item 3 (K Street Mixed Use): Approved (4-0-3, with Commissioners Forrest and Marshack absent, Commissioner Piner recused). The motion carried with staff recommendations and added conditions from the police department regarding security and access.
- Item 4 (Landmark Relocation): Approved (4-0-3, same vote). The motion included the updated exhibit for the porch reconstruction.
- Director Report: Received and filed.
- Member Comments: Commissioner Huck announced a social hour for the commission's 40th anniversary on October 30 at the Empress Tavern.
- Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 7:35 PM.
Meeting Transcript
All right. Uh sorry for being late. Um had to fly in from Phoenix this afternoon and uh the weather was not very cooperative. Um, so my apologies. Um like to get started with the October twenty first, twenty fifteen meeting of the preservation commission. I'd like to uh welcome everybody this evening, um, especially the uh students from Sack State's graduate program. Nice to see you all here. And uh th for everyone, um we will be um taking public comment for each of the individual agenda items. And there are speaker slips in the back of the auditorium. If you would like to speak on any agenda item or um items not on the agenda at the end of the meeting, um then feel free to bring them up to the uh clerk here in front of the dias. And um the order of the agenda this evening will be um slightly tweaked. We're gonna go ahead and take uh items number three and four directly after item one. And um then we will follow up with the director's report item number two after three and four. So um for everybody that does want to speak on any items, please, you know, come up to the lectern, um, state your name for the record. These are recorded, so if everybody could uh speak one at a time and uh try to speak as clearly as possible, that would help us all. Um Roberta, if you could uh call the roll. Commissioner Fuller. Here. Commissioner Moffat. Commissioner Bounds. Commissioner Forrest. Commissioner Huck. Here. Commissioner Marshak. Commissioner Piner. Here. We have a quorum. Excellent. All right. So um we are gonna move right into uh item number three. Um oh, actually, we're gonna do the consent first. Or no. Okay. Um the consent hopefully um should be fairly quick. So if um everybody has uh reviewed the the meeting minutes from uh last month and if there's any discussion here at the deals about last me month's meetings. We'd like to hear that. If not, if somebody could make a motion to accept the meeting minutes from last month, that would be wonderful. So Commissioner Moffitt and second. Second from Commissioner Piner. Thank you. Um all those in favor of accepting the minutes from last month. Say aye. Aye. Any uh nays or abstentions. Thank you. Okay. So item number three. Um and four, we're gonna have the presentation um jointly since the two projects are considered together and presented together, but we will um be considering item number three first, and so our um discussions up here at the DS will be based on um all of the actions being asked for on item number three, and then we will move on to item number four and the actions being um uh requested by staff on that item. So Mr. Matt.
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