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June 10th, 1985ASAC-373 SUMMARY MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE APPROVAL COMMITTEE OF JUNE 10,19135. MEETING HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM 106 OF CITY HALL, CUPERTIN09 CALIFORNIA 950.14. The Meeting was called to order at 7EOO p.m. by Chairman Miller who led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Present Committee Members Jackson, Mann, Nobel, and Chairman Miller Absent-. Committee Member Chapman Staff Present-. Steve Piasecki, Associate Planner The Committee agreed to consider. Items 5 and 6 under Calendar. CONSENT CALENDARg Application HC-51 L922-1 - LincolnPropgrty n2any Requesting approval for modification of a SignProgram,to add an additional sign at Lincoln Town Center located at the corner of Torre Avenue and Rodrigues Avenue., 10201 Torre Avenue. a Consent Item 5) Item 6) Aga glictionC=5 Hjgj_,.606.1 - Mark Pettibone_(8ppjg_CoMpu:L@r) R I equesting approval to install detached identity and directory signs for Apple Computer facilities located at 10381 - 10433 Bandley Drive. The Consent Calendar was approved unanimously. INFORMAL REVIEW OF USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS g Item 1) Ap2lI 'cation,-21.U-84- Michael Weber and Fred Michaud Requesting approval, of a use Perm I :it to expand, an existing single -story office building to a trio -story office building equaling approximately 16,000 sod ft. Presentationg Ray Rooker, Architect The applicant outlined the, proposal . Committee Member,Mann indicated that she liked this proposal better than the previous submittal but would..like-to see the final "architectural drawings. Member Nobel Indicated she did not have any concerns with the proposal. However, she commented that perhaps the Architectural Committee and Planning toMmis5ion have over-steppe'd their bounds by r'equ3.r3.Ong thei,:,application to be completely revised in order to satisfy the neighborhood. A. S. A. C. Minutes of June IU, 1985 ASAC-373 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Member Jackson questioned the reflective character of the glass. The applicant indicated it would be less reflective than the sample. She asked if there would be a possible visibility problem on Miller Avenue and asked tt applicant and the staff to look at this. She had a questic regarding the skylights which the applicant indicated may have to be deleted due to expense. Chairman Miller indicated that he liked the design better but would like to see the landscape plans return. Item 2) AgRlicatign 21-U-85=Dav_e Hobson (Raymond__Rooker) - ---------------------- Requesting approval of a use permit to remodel and expand an existing residence into office space. The property is located on Granada Avenue in the Monta Vista area. Presentation: Ray Rooker, Architect The applicant outlined the proposal. Member Jackson questioned the floor area ratio. Member Mann indicated that the building looked good. Member Nobel indicated she had no problem with the proposal, except that she had a small concern regarding the driveway. Member Miller asked about the one-way drive. He indicated that it was a nice project which fit in well with tt neighborhood. Item 3) Aeolication 22-U-85_Beim& James Progertiess__III - ---------------------- Requesting approval to redevelop 2.23 acres currently occupied by the Rong Shing Restaurant building. The applicant proposes to construct a multi -tenant, three-story office building consisting of 38,700 sq. ft. Presentation: Hill Docock, Architect Mr. Heim, Applicant The applicant's architect indicated that the glass material would be solex glass and outlined the proposal in general. Member Nobel asked if real granite would be used. The architect responded that 3/4 inch veneer was proposed. Member Mann indicated that it looked nice. Member Jackson indicated she liked the angles in the atrium. However, she was a little bothered by the massive appearance of the building and felt it was somewhat boxy. The architect indicated that it would read more as cubes than rectangles. Member Jackson asked why a green color was proposed. Th applicant responded that he had seen it utilized on a building in Los Angeles and felt that it was attractive. 2 A. S. A. C. Minutes of June 10, 1985 ASAC-373 Member Miller indicated that he was impressed, but shared Member Jackson's concern regarding the building's massiveness. He felt the massiveness resulted from the building's Oad being, approximately 5 ft. higher than the curb elevation and the building being approximately 42 ft. tall. The applicant's landscape architect discussed how the landscaping would help soften the building. Member Mann expressed concern with the messiness of the proposed Eucalyptus tree. The landscape architect indicated that the proposed tree was a clean variety. Member Nobel asked if the trees would grow taller titan the height of the building. The applicant indicated that -some specimen trees could be put in front of the building to help soften its appearance. The applicant indicated that the existing 20 ft. Gardo lights would be relocated. In addition, low pedestrian bollard lights would ire installed . Item 4) Agglication 23-U-85 -,Town Center PEoppEties (John Vidovich) Requesting approval of a use permit to reduce the number of condominum units',from 248 units to 122 units, and add X220 apartment units and 45,000 sq. ft. of office space,(total of 909000 sq. ft. of office space) for the previoust y.approved Town Center Planning Area. The ,subject property 'is located on the south side of Stevens Creek Boulevard adjacent to, and east of Torre Avenue. Presentationg John Vidovich, Applicant Dennis Hemni, Architect The applicant and the architect explained -.the project, ,.outlining the site, landscaping, sculptured plaza and interplay of geometric shapes of the building with the plaza. The architect indicated that complimentary materials and colors would be used and the senior citizen building would utilize a stucco finish with horizontal wood siding and asphalt shake roof material. Member Nobel felt the plan was well thought, out. She indicated that the office building and senior housing did not utilizethe same materials or design, but felt this might help preserve each buildings identity. Member Mann felt that it was an excellent idea to put the apartments on top of the parking structure,,but questioned the adequacy of 57 spaces for the senior project. She asked why the second 'office building was proposed for Torre Avenue instead of Stevens Creek Boulevard. The applicant indicated that the office's location helped open up the site. She expressed concern about the "extrame1y high density" and asked.that the landscaping plans return to the Architectural Committee. r A. S. A. C. Minutes of June 10, 19e5 ------------------------------------ ASAC-373 -r------------------------- Member Jackson liked the mixed use and indicated that t City's sensitivity to senior housing was beneficia.L. However, she questioned the size of the units and continuity of the building form. Member Miller asked the applicant to clarify the phasing of the project. The applicant indicated that only one-half of the senior units would be constructed at the same time as the office building_. Member Miller indicated that he thought the Council had required that all of it was built at once. Member Miller asked if any barriers were proposed between the Waterfall Condominiums and the Senior Units. The applicant replied that the courtyards would be secure. Member Miller felt that this area was intended to be a transition area. He felt that the height of the residential parking structure at Stevens Creek Boulevard was in conflict with -this objective because it would not transition smoothly to the one-story buildings to the east. He also questioned the bulk and mass relationship to the existing projects and asked how the different structures related to each other. Member Mann asked if it was possible to eliminate or redu the number of apartments and spread out the senior housi so that it was not so "tight". APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of May 28, 1985 were approved as published. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. by Chairman Miller to the next regular scheduled meeting of June 24, 1985. ATTEST: /s/ Dorothy Cornelius City Clerk ... i.O AM /s/ Martin Killer Chairperson 4