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VARIANCE AND PERMIT CCMIIISSIC4 Town of Los Altcs ;!ills L 267: Fremont Ro-id 4I Los Altos Hills, California ADJOURNED f-�T ING Thursday, January 29, 1976 vpc: Reel 44, Sida 2, Tract 2, Count 1 to 950. Chairman Young called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., In the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Los Altos Hills, California. A. ROLL CALL Chai mon K. Young, Commissioners D. Proft and T. Schick Also Present: R. E. Crowe, City Manager; A. D. Russell, City Engineer; K. R. Pastrof, Town Planner; D. Pennington, Secretary. Chairman Young asked that the record show the meeting of January 28, 1976 was adjourned to this date to give the Commissioners time to study Information on the LANDS OF ROSSI that It received shortly before that meeting. Staff reviewed their report of January 7, 1976 and the proqress of the application. On January 14, 1976, the Staff advised the Commission the site chosen for the home was a State designated Historical Poln+ of Interest. The Public Hearing was continued to this meeting to give the Staff time to consult with State agencies and the City Attorney. After doing so, the Staff recommended that the applicant submit an Environmental Impact Report. The applicant appealed that decision to the City Council on January 26, 1976. The Council returned the matter to the Commission and asked for a recommendation on both the request for the building site approval and the EIR requirement. PUBLIC HEARING: LANDS OF ROSSI Chairman Young opened the Public Hearing at 7:35 p.m., and called upon the applicant, Ray Rossi, Mr. Rossi stated he had hired an archeologist and had given him freedom to dig where he wished, but asked that he concentrate the dig on the proposed building site. No evidence of historical or prehistorical remains were found, nor were there any physical signs that there were any under- ground. Mr. Rossi had consulted Mrs. Dorothy F. Regnery, a historian, and Katherina Kaiser, member of the Stale Historical Resources Corm ission, both of wham were present. Mrs. Kaiser was Chairman of the Historical Resources Com- mission when the Historical Point of Interest on the (Rossi) site was designated. Chairman Young thanked Mr. Rossi and called upon Mrs. Katherine Kaiser, 1441 Ben Roe Avenue, Los Altos. Mrs. Kaiser advised that the Historical Point of Interest Program was for those sites which did not meet the criteria for State landmarks. Since the State staff does not have the necessary time to devote to the program, it Intends to recommend that it be phased out. She noted that this particular application had been returned for more information because the archeological significance of it was questioned. After more documentation, It had been approved. She advised that an application for a 'Historical Point of Interest, unless It was poorly documented or contained a blatant error, was almost surely to be passed for approval to the concerned county's board of supervisors, who usually routinely approved the request for certification. The State commission and its staff do not have time to check applications. They worked on the theory that a Historical Point of Interest should be one that was Important to the people In the county, and If the county's board of supervisors approved of a site being designated a Historical Point of Interest, it was not the State's responsibility to question It.