Reso HRAC 16-02 (0019) HRAC16-02 HRAC Reso 801 Hamilton

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RESOLUTION NO. 16-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT LOCATED AT 801 HAMILTON STREET WILL NOT CAUSE A SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE CHANGE IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT HISTORIC RESOURCES, AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT NO. DPC2015-04 AND SIGN PERMIT NO. SP2016-010 FOR 801 HAMILTON STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 2.1.3.H, 2.1.4D, 2.10.3A, 2.10.3D, AND 2.10.3P OF REDWOOD CITY'S DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN AND CHAPTER 40 OF THE REDWOOD CITY CODE WHEREAS, Applicant, WD Partners, on behalf of Starbucks Coffee Company, has applied for a Downtown Planned Community Permit and Sign Permit for interior and exterior modifications to 801 Hamilton Street ("Project") (referred to as 2227 Broadway in the Downtown Precise Plan ("DTPP")), which consists of, is adjacent to, and across the street from several historic resources that are each identified in the DTPP as a "Historic Resource to be Preserved"; and WHEREAS, at the HRAC meeting of March 10, 2016, the Applicant proposed to modify the application to remove the grand projecting sign and replace it with a wall sign in the transom space above the storefront windows on the Broadway elevation, such new sign to be similar to the Hamilton Street wall sign ("the Revised Project"); and WHEREAS, under Section 2.0.3.A.3 of the DTPP, the Revised Project is classified as a Historic Project, and the Historic Resources Advisory Committee ("HRAC") shall review the project for conformance to the applicable Historic Resources Preservation standards and guidelines and shall make a recommendation that the Planning Commission grant approval to projects which the HRAC deems to comply fully with those standards and guidelines; and the Revised Project is in conformance with the applicable standards and guidelines; and WHEREAS, under Section 2.1.4.A of the DTPP, projects which propose additions or modifications to a property designated as a "Historic Resource to be Preserved" on the Historic Resources Preservation Regulations Map shall be reviewed by a qualified architect or architectural historian who shall make a recommendation to the HRAC as to whether the Project fully adheres to the Secretary Standards for Rehabilitation, as well as to whether any specific modifications are necessary to do so; and WHEREAS, under Section 2.1.4.D of the DTPP, projects on properties located directly adjacent to an historic property as designated on the Historic Resources Preservation Regulations Map shall be reviewed by a qualified architect or architectural ATTY/RES0.0019/H RAC RESO 801 HAMILTON REV:03-21-16 is Page 1 of 3