The Historic Landmarks Commission met to review two significant public hearing items: proposed text amendments to the city's historic preservation ordinance (Chapter 13.48) and the adoption of objective design standards for Eichler neighborhoods. The session was dominated by public opposition to the ordinance amendments, with speakers arguing they would weaken historic protections. Commissioners engaged in detailed discussion, leading to a deferral of the amendments for further revision.
You know that second building the one around the corner on fourth and Julia that sold second time. Really? Yeah, I got it. Notice on it. Mike sold it a second. Every started that. I love that go. It's not nearly as neat as it. Oh, it would have been. It had. Did you go? Did he go all the way up to it? Was he the realtor of the Mike Shields? Use a realtor. All right, go ahead. Here we go. All right, good evening. I'm gonna get going. Welcome to the Historic Landmarks Commission meeting. Following roll call during summary of hearing procedure, we will review how the public may provide comment during today's session. All right, I'm gonna start with roll call. Uh Chair Royer is absent today. Um Vice Chair Galindarian present. Um Arnold is absent today, uh Commissioner Bainwall. Present. Commissioner Camuso Present. Commissioner Cohen Present. Great, all right. Uh the procedure for this hearing is as follows. After the staff report, applicants and appellants may make a five minute presentation. I will be a stickler on time as we have several items on the agenda. If you wish to speak on an item, complete a card and place it in the speaker card box, or bring your card to HPO uh peek edwards. I think we have a couple cards already. Um each speaker will be given up to two minutes for public testimony, and speakers using a translator will have up to four minutes. At the discretion of the chair, the time allotted to each speaker may be changed depending on the number of items on the agenda, number of speakers, and other factors. Speakers using a translator will have double the time allotted. After the public testimony, the applicant may make closing remarks for up to an additional five minutes. Of the speakers, response to commissioner questions will not reduce the speaker's time allowance. The public hearing will then be closed, and the historic landmarks commission will take action on the item. The commission may request staff to respond to the public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss the item. If a commissioner would like a topic to be addressed under one of the good and welfare items, please contact planning staff staff in advance of the commission meeting.gov. At the same time uh that the public records are distributed or made available to the legislative body. That seems like not applicable to this hearing, but um before we begin, I want to remind the historic landmarks commission members and members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings. This includes commenting on the specific agenda item only and addressing the full body. Public speakers will not engage in a conversation with the commissioners or staff. All members of the historic landmarks commission staff and public are expected to refrain from abusive language, repeated failure to comply with the code of conduct, which will disturb, disrupt, or impede the orderly conduct of this meeting, may result in removal from the meeting. This meeting of the historic landmarks commission will now come to order. All right, first item on the agenda is deferrals, which we have no items. Um second item is consent calendar, which we also have no items. The third item is public hearing, and the first item on the public hearing agenda is PP 2505, San Jose Municipal Code Chapter 13.48, historic preservation ordinance, text amendments, council District citywide, CEQA addendum to the certified envisioned San Jose 2040 general plan final EIR.