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April 26, 2016
CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
A. ORGANIZATION:
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Vice Chair DeHaan called the Regular Meeting of the Cultural Heritage
Commission of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 4:30 p.m. in the City
Council Chamber.
2. ROLL CALL:
Commissioners Present: Mechelle Lawrence -Adams, Chair
Nathan Banda, Vice -Chair
Rhonda DeHaan
Christie Smead
Commissioners Absent: Lorie Porter
STAFF PRESENT: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director
Sergio Klotz, AICP, Assistant Development Services
Director
David Contreras, Senior Planner
B. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.
C. CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. Draft March 22, 2016 Cultural Heritage Commission Minutes — Continued to
the May 24, 2016, Cultural Heritage Meeting.
D. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
E. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None.
F. NEW BUSNESS:
1. Reorganization of the Cultural Heritage Commission: Selection of
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson (Project Manager: Sergio Klotz, Assistant
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Development Services Director). Cultural Heritage Commission made the
following selections and appointments for the upcoming 2016-2017 term:
Mechelle Lawrence -Adams was selected as Chair.
Approval of Motion
Commissioner Banda made a motion, seconded by Commissioner DeHaan,
to nominate Mechelle Lawrence -Adams. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
AYES: Commissioners Banda, DeHaan, Lawrence -Adams and Smead.
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
Nathan Banda was selected as Vice -Chair.
Chair Lawrence -Adams made a motion, seconded by Commissioner DeHaan,
to nominate Commissioner Banda. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
AYES: Chair Lawrence -Adams, Commissioners Banda, DeHaan and
Smead.
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
2. Consideration of Architectural Control 15-035: Mission Inn Hotel, review of a
Historic Depiction Program (HDP) for the proposed Mission Inn Hotel
(formerly Plaza Banderas Hotel) located at 26891 Ortega Highway (Assessor
Parcel Numbers 124-170-12,14,15,&16)(Applicant: Dan Friess, Mission
Commercial Properties, Inc.)(Project Manager: David Contreras, Senior
Planner).
David Contreras, Senior Planner made the staff presentation and responded
to questions.
Approval of Motion
Chair Lawrence -Adams made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Banda,
to move approval of the two historic depiction locations for the Inn at the
Mission San Juan Capistrano. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
AYES: Chair Lawrence -Adams, Commissioners Banda, DeHaan and
Smead.
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NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
Approval of Motion
Commissioner Lawrence -Adams made a motion, seconded by Commissioner
Smead, to move that material as proposed by the applicant with the stone
and the bronze be approved. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
AYES: Chair Lawrence -Adams, Commissioners Banda, DeHaan and
Smead.
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
Approval of Motion
Commissioner Lawrence -Adams made a motion, seconded by Commissioner
DeHaan, Cultural Heritage Commission appointed Banda and DeHaan to the
Ad-hoc Committee. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
AYES: Chair Lawrence -Adams, Commissioners Banda, DeHaan, and
Smead.
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
G. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
Commissioners discussed upcoming Preservation Week.
H. ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Chair Lawrence -Adams adjourned the meeting
at 5:16 p.m. to Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber.
Approved on May 24, 2016
Sergio Krotz, Assistant Development Services Director
Cultural Heritage Commission Secretary