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SO IT IS,[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
UM, SEVEN OH ONE.I'M GONNA CALL THIS, UM, JUNE MEETING OF THE HPC TO ORDER AND START OFF FIRST WITH THE, UH, ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER CAULFIELD PRESENT.
PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER NATI, YOU VICE CHAIR HANNON HERE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS OUR OPEN FORUM.
SO JUST TO REMIND THOSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'LL DISPENSE WITH THE SPEAKER CARD SEEN AS THERE'S NO ONE HERE IN THE PUBLIC OTHER THAN OUR GUEST HERE TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON PAST THE FOR, UH, OPEN FORM.
CLOSE THE OPEN FORM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE CONSENT
[3. CONSENT CALENDAR ]
CALENDAR.THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ITEMS TO ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND ACTED UPON BY THE COMMISSION WITHIN A SINGLE ACTION.
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SWITCHING TO HOW THERE'S NO AUDIENCE HERE.
SO ITEM NUMBER 3.1 IS THE APPROVAL OF APRIL 2ND, 2026.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
FIRST, I'LL JUST ASK ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE DRAFT MEETING MINUTES TO SAY, SO NOW SEEING NO ONE HAS COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DRAFT MEETING MINUTES FROM, UH, APRIL 2ND, 2026.
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND? OKAY.
AND A SECOND, UM, I'LL ASK STAFF TO, UM, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
UH, UNANIMOUSLY WE HAVE NO ITEMS ON, UH, PROJECT REVIEW NUMBER FOUR.
[ 6. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
TO ITEMS NUMBER, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION IN WHICH WE HAVE TWO.A FIRST OP IS ITEM NUMBER 6.1.
UM, A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WORK PLAN ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A RESOURCE NOMINATION TO STATE OR NATIONAL REGISTER PROGRESS.
GOOD EVENING, VICE CHAIR, OR CHAIR PAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE OBJECTIVE FOR WORK PLAN NUMBER FIVE IS TO NOMINATE A PROPERTY FROM THE CONDENSED LIST OF PROPERTIES CREATED BY WORK PLAN NUMBER TWO, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION TO LISTING IN THE CALIFORNIA REGISTER OR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
UM, SO UP UNTIL THIS POINT, STAFF AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, FIRST MET ON APRIL 13TH TO DISCUSS THE GOALS AND TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK PLAN ITEM AS WELL AS THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE.
UM, AND THEN WE MET AGAIN ON MAY 18TH TO FOR EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR BOTH THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL NOMINATIONS.
UM, COMMISSIONER CURTIS AND COMMISSIONER CAULFIELD FOUND THAT THE PROCESSES FOR SUBMITTING THE STATE AND NATIONAL REGISTERS ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL AND INCLUDE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CITY'S LOCAL CRITERIA.
UM, AND INCLUDING, UM, THAT A PROPERTY MAY BE CONSIDERED IF A SIGNIFICANT EVENT OR SIGNIFICANT PERSON IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY, IF IT HAS SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, OR IF IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO YIELD SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY.
UM, THE APPLICATION PROCESS INVOLVES SUBMITTING A COVER LETTER, STATING A CASE FOR WHY THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REGISTER, A LOCATION, MAP, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ADDITIONAL MAPS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A PERIOD WHERE THE APPLICATION GETS SUBMITTED TO THE, UM, LOCAL CLERK, WHICH WOULD BE OUR CITY OF LIVERMORE CLERK.
UM, AND THE CITY HAS A 90 DAY PERIOD WHERE THEY CAN COMMENT, BUT AS THE APPLICANT, WE LIKELY WON'T TAKE THE ENTIRE 90 DAYS, UM, TO COMMENT.
AND THEN ONCE THAT PERIOD HAS CLOSED, UM, WE CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE OR NATIONAL REGISTER.
SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE APPROVED BY WORK PLAN TWO AND WILL RECONVENE WITH STAFF, UM, THE WEEK OF JUNE 29TH TO FINALIZE THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TO NOMINATE.
UM, AND THEN DURING THAT TIME, WE WILL, UM, START DRAFTING APPLICATION MATERIALS AND WE ANTICIPATE, UH, BRINGING A DRAFT APPLICATION FOR THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW, UM, AT THE AUGUST, UH, PUT HPC MEETING.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
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THAT CONCLUDES THE SUMMARY, BUT I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.UH, DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NO.
YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU'RE INVOLVED.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
UH, SO WITH THAT ITEM, WE'LL NOW OR COMPLETED, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 6.2, UH, WHICH IS TO PRESENT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HISTORIC PLAQUE FOR 1707 THIRD STREET TO THE HOMEOWNER WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
BUT FIRST WE HAVE THE, UH, PRESENTATION OR, OR AT LEAST THE UPDATE ON THAT, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO PRESENTING IT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR PAN AND MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JESSE GARCIA AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THE PLAQUE FOR THE HOME AT 1707 THIRD STREET, WHICH THE CITY RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY PLAQUE PROGRAM.
AND THE PLAQUE WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION DURING THE FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 MEETING.
AS A REMINDER, FORMAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE PLAQUE PROGRAM WERE ADOPTED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND FEBRUARY OF 2025.
THESE REQUIREMENTS ALLOW FOR HOMES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE IF THEY'RE EITHER ONE CONSTRUCTED MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO IN AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT AND OR ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SIGNIFICANT TO LIVERMORE'S HISTORY AND RELATED TO THE RESIDENTS HOMES DO NOT NEED TO BE DESIGNATED AS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT OR POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A PLAQUE IF AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO CRITERIA ON ARE MET AND STAFF HAVE RECEIVED ONE APPLICATION THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY PLAQUE PROGRAM TO COMMEMORATE THE HOME.
THE HOME WAS BUILT CIRCA 1890 AND STAFF FOUND TWO SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY.
SIMON FOSS AND ELLEN LAD FOSS.
SIMON FOSS WAS A PIONEER LIVERMORE RESIDENT AND IMMIGRATED FROM PIEDMONT, ITALY WITH HIS FAMILY, OTHERS OF WHICH WHO ARE NOTABLE FIGURES IN LIVERMORE'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SIMON WORKED AS A S STOCK RAISER, HORSE BREAKER, AND ALAMEDA COUNTY COURT INTERPRETER AS HE SPOKE, UH, SEVERAL LANGUAGES FLUENTLY.
AND RECORDS ALSO INDICATE HE RACED IN LOCAL TROTTING MATCHES, UM, AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE EARLY LIVERMORE HORSE PARADES, WHICH PRECEDED, UH, OR PREDATED, EXCUSE ME, THE LIVERMORE RODEO.
AND ELLEN LAD FOSS WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF ALFONZO LAD, THE FOUNDER OF LADS, PHIL, UH, LIVERMORE'S PRECURSOR, AND A PIONEER LIVERMORE RESIDENT HERSELF.
AND SIMON AND ELLEN LIVED IN THE HOME FROM APPROXIMATELY 1890 TO 1992.
EXCUSE ME, 1922 AND RAISED FOUR CHILDREN IN THE HOME.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INVITE CHAIR PAN TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE, UH, TO MRS. BRENDA LANG TONIGHT.
UM, WHO IS ABLE TO, UH, BE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I'D FIRST LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU, JESSE, FOR READING THIS ON MY BEHALF.
I HAVE LIVED IN THE HOME FOR ALMOST 39 YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS WANTED ONE OF THESE PLAQUES OVER THE YEARS.
I HAVE ACQUIRED OLD PHOTOS OF MY HOME AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT SIMON FOSS AND HIS FAMILY, BUT JESSE WAS ABLE TO DIG UP INFORMATION ABOUT HIM THAT EVEN I DID NOT KNOW.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND FOR THE PLAQUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND TO JESSE FOR PRESENTING THIS TO ME TONIGHT.
AND WITH THAT, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAND THIS TO CHAIR PAN.
IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION IS GOOD.
JESSE'S GONNA TAKE SOME, SOME PHOTOS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACTUALLY, UH, APPLYING AND BEING AWARDED THIS PLAQUE.
SO AS TRADITION, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS, UH, INTO THE RECORD.
UH, FIRST OFF, SO, UH, THE PLAQUE SAYS LAB, PASCAL HOUSE BUILT CIRCA 1890.
SIMON FOSS WAS A PIONEER LIVERMORE RESIDENT WHO IMMIGRATED FROM NORTHERN ITALY DURING THE EARLY 1850S.
HE WAS A FARMER, STOCK RAISER, HORSE TRAINER, AND WELL-KNOWN PARTICIPANT IN THE HORSE PARADES THAT PREDATE THE LIVERMORE RODEO.
HE SPOKE SEVERAL LANGUAGES FLUENTLY AND WORKED AS AN INTERPRETER FOR THE ALAMEDA COUNTY COURT.
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WAS THE ELDEST CHILD OF ALFONSO LAD, FOUNDER OF LADS PHIL, THE PER PER CURSOR TO LIVERMORE.SIMON AND ELLEN LIVED IN THE HOME FROM APPROXIMATELY 1890 TO 1992 AND RAISED FOUR CHILDREN TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO YOU.
AND NO
WE'RE STILL, UM, COORDINATING WITH MAINTENANCE ON THE, UM, INSTALLATION OF THE PLAQUE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HOLD ONTO IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE FEATURED, UM, AT THE JUNE 26TH HUNDRED AND 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT THE HPC TABLE.
UM, BUT WE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AND THEN COORDINATE WITH YOU WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE READY FOR INSTALLATION.
WE WERE TRYING TO HELP YOU TO SEE IF WE COULD GET, UH, UH, THE CITY TO ACTUALLY GET AN INSTALL.
WELL, THE, WE'LL BE PROUDLY WE'LL BE IN CONTACT YEAH.
THE CELEBRATION LATER THIS MONTH AND THEY'LL BE IN TOUCH.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO ALSO LET THE REST OF THE, UH, COMMISSION KNOW THAT, UM, UH, THE REASON FOR SOME OF THESE PHOTOS, UH, DURING THAT PRESENTATION IS TO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, PROMOTE THIS ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA SITES SO THAT, UH, WE CAN PROMOTE THE PLAQUE PROGRAM, UH, TO A WIDER AUDIENCE.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S A PROGRAM THAT I THINK PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE ABOUT, UH, AWARE OF, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON UPDATING THE APPLICATION AND DOING THE, UH, HANDOUTS AND SUCH.
UM, I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND PRESENTING THAT IN ALL MY YEARS OF DOING THIS, I'VE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PRESENT A PLAQUE THAT WAS AWARDED INTO THE PERSON WHO, WHO ACTUALLY APPLIED.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A REAL TREAT, SO THANK YOU.
SO, UM, 6.2, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS
[7. COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, STAFF, AND CITY HISTORIAN. ]
COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF AND CITY HISTORIAN WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, STAFF FIRST TO ASK FOR IF THEY HAVE ANY MATTERS TO INITIATE.
UM, A REMINDER ABOUT THE EVENT THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UM, SO THAT'LL BE ON JUNE 26TH, AND I'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A, A TABLE THERE.
SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, I KNOW, I THINK I GOT, UM, INTERESTED FROM CHAIR PAN AND VICE CHAIR HANNON.
SO IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AS WELL, LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN I CAN FORWARD YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO SONYA, UM, WHO WORKS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND UN UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE THAT NIGHT.
BUT, UM, I CAN COORDINATE MATERIALS.
I WAS PLANNING ON SENDING, UM, YOU WITH THE BROCHURE, THE PLAQUE, UM, FLYER, AND THEN SOME OTHER HISTORIC, UM, DOCUMENTS WE HAVE, LIKE THE RESOURCES INVENTORY, AND THEN, UM, THE PLAQUE AS WELL WILL BE THERE FOR, UM, EXAMPLE.
SO LET ME KNOW, UM, YOU CAN EITHER SHOOT ME AN EMAIL OR JUST TELL ME AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, AND THEN I CAN GET YOU CONNECTED TO SONIA.
AND TELL US THE TIMEFRAME AGAIN.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM IN THE LIVERMORE PLAZA.
SO WE GET LOTS OF FOOT TRAFFIC ON A FRIDAY NIGHT TO PRO PRO PROMOTE THAT PLAQUE PROGRAM.
SO IF EVERYBODY COULD JOIN, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.
IF YOU CAN'T, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE STAFF? THAT'S IT.
UM, THEN I'LL TURN IT BACK UP HERE TO THE DIOCESE.
ANY, UH, MATTERS TO INITIATE FROM ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TONIGHT? OH, LOOKING RIGHT, LEFT.
I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, ANYBODY SPEAKING UP.
UM, WELL THEN WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, JULY 2ND AT 7:00 PM UH, RIGHT HERE.
ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T UPDATED OUR CALENDAR OFFICIALLY YET.
SO THAT MEETING WILL LIKELY BE CANCELED AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL ACTUALLY BE IN AUGUST.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'LL WHOLE CANCELLATION IN A, IN A WEEK OR SO.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:16 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.