Reso HRAC23-03 (0051) 1100 El Camino Real

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ATTY/RESO.0051/HRAC RESO 1100 EL CAMINO REAL REV: 06-05-023 JB Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION NO. _____ A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE A DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT NO. DPC2022-001 AND SIGN PERMIT NO. SP2023-018 FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 1100 EL CAMINO REAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN WHEREAS, the applicant, Haylong Shue (the “Applicant”), filed an application for a Downtown Planned Community Permit and Sign Permit for exterior modification to an existing commercial structure built in 1941-42 (the “Project”) at 1100 El Camino Real (the “Property”), in the Downtown Precise Plan Area (“DTPP”); and WHEREAS, under Section 2.0.3.A.3 of the DTPP, the Project is classified as a Historic Project, and the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (“HRAC”) shall review the Project for conformance to the applicable standards and guidelines of the DTPP Historic Resources Preservation Regulations and shall make a recommendation to the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, Chapter 2.1 of the DTPP (Historic Resource Preservation Regulations) identifies the Property as a Historic Resource to be Preserved (Resource Q) and also includes specific Historic Preservation Regulations in the form of Standards and Guidelines for a proposed development project on the site; 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 of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, as well as to whether any specific modifications are necessary to do so; and WHEREAS, on July 13, 2022, Johanna Street, a California licensed architect specializing in historic preservation prepared a Compatibility Evaluation for the proposed Project at the Property (“Compatibility Evaluation”), attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated by reference; and WHEREAS, the Compatibility Evaluation concludes that the proposed Project appears to meet the majority of the DTPP Standards and Guidelines and the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, and proposed recommendations for greater compliance and compatibility; and WHEREAS, in response to the Compatibility Evaluation, the Applicant modified the project to include an addition in a simple contemporary style which appears to be 23-03