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From: Doug D'Anna
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2026 11:38 AM
To: City Council (San Mateo); Clerk
Subject: Glazenwood Homeowners Speak: 83% Support Historic District Status Attachments: Glazenwood_Petition_Final_v7.pdf
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
Glazenwood has been recognized as a historic district in San Mateo's General Plan for over thirty years. Today, its residents are asking the Council to make that recognition official.
Through direct outreach, 83% of homeowners — 30 of 36 households — within the established district boundaries have signed a petition affirming their support for historic designation. In many households, multiple family members
signed, reflecting not just broad agreement but genuine, household-level conviction.
A copy of the petition is attached for the public record, with personal contact information redacted to protect resident privacy. The full unredacted petition, including signatory telephone numbers and email addresses, will be made available to Council at the April 20th meeting.
This is not passive support.
As demonstrated at the January 28th Council meeting and the February 2nd community gathering with the Mayor and Council representative Lisa Diaz-Nash, Glazenwood residents are engaged, organized, and invested in this process. Many plan to attend the April 20th meeting at 7:00 PM to speak in person.
These are neighbors who bought their homes here because of Glazenwood's historic character, who have renovated in keeping with its architectural legacy, and who have invested — financially and personally — in the neighborhood's continuity.
Glazenwood's historic significance is not a new claim.
The neighborhood was identified in the City's 1989 Historic Building Survey and has been recognized as a historic district in two successive General Plans — the 2010 and 2024 General Plans. The City's own planning staff has acknowledged that Glazenwood meets historic eligibility criteria, confirming this is not a contested factual question — only a procedural one.
2 This long-standing recognition reflects decades of consistent City practice and policy.
The current designation process is therefore not a new designation, but a formal restoration of what has already been acknowledged through multiple Council- adopted documents. We respectfully ask that this history be given full weight in your deliberations.
The community has more than satisfied consent standard — by every measure, including the opposition's own.
The public record before the Council includes a statement from an opponent of this designation — one who does not reside in Glazenwood and holds no stake in the neighborhood — setting a clear threshold for consent.
That opponent stated publicly: 'I would gladly support Council making Glazenwood historic with the 60% documented written consent of the affected property owners, as the upcoming Historic Ordinance Update specifies,' and further advised: 'Build community and cohesion, and make people put their support in writing.'" The Glazenwood community has done precisely that.
Eighty-three percent of affected homeowners have provided affirmative, written, documented consent — substantially exceeding the threshold the opposition itself defined as sufficient. The community was organized. The neighbors were engaged. The signatures were collected. The standard has been met.
There is no remaining procedural objection that has not been answered by the residents of Glazenwood themselves.
The record is complete. The residents have met every standard. We ask the Council to reaffirm our historic district on April 20th:
Respectfully submitted,
Doug D'Anna Glazenwood Homeowner
Attachments:
Exhibit A — Glazenwood Homeowner Petition Package, including:
Redacted petition (for public record; unredacted version available April 20th) Household support summary
Participant roster by street
3 Signed resident petitions
Historical background on Glazenwood's architectural legacy and designation history Public Comment Letter to City Council dated April 5, 2026, cited herein.
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
Glazenwood has been recognized as a historic district in San Mateo's General Plan for over thirty years. Today, its residents are asking the Council to make that recognition official.
Through direct outreach, 83% of homeowners — 30 of 36 households — within the established district boundaries have signed a petition affirming their support for historic designation. In many households, multiple family members signed, reflecting not just broad agreement but genuine, household-level conviction.
A copy of the petition is attached for the public record, with personal contact information redacted to protect resident privacy. The full unredacted petition, including signatory telephone numbers and email addresses, will be made available to Council at the April 20th meeting.
This is not passive support.
As demonstrated at the January 28th Council meeting and the February 2nd community gathering with the Mayor and Council representative Lisa Diaz-Nash, Glazenwood residents are engaged, organized, and invested in this process.
Many plan to attend the April 20th meeting at 7:00 PM to speak in person.
These are neighbors who bought their homes here because of Glazenwood's historic character, who have renovated in keeping with its architectural legacy, and who have invested
— financially and personally — in the neighborhood's continuity.
Glazenwood's historic significance is not a new claim.
The neighborhood was identified in the City's 1989 Historic Building Survey and has been recognized as a historic district in two successive General Plans — the 2010 and 2024 General Plans. The City's own planning staff has acknowledged that Glazenwood meets historic eligibility criteria, confirming this is not a contested factual question — only a procedural one.
This long-standing recognition reflects decades of consistent City practice and policy.
The current designation process is therefore not a new designation, but a formal restoration of what has already been acknowledged through multiple Council-adopted documents. We respectfully ask that this history be given full weight in your deliberations.
The community has more than satisfied the consent standard — by every measure, including the opposition's own.
The public record before the Council includes a statement from an opponent of this designation — one who does not reside in Glazenwood and holds no stake in the neighborhood — setting a clear threshold for consent.
That opponent stated publicly: ‘I would gladly support Council making Glazenwood historic with the 60% documented written consent of the affected property owners, as the upcoming Historic Ordinance Update specifies,’ and further advised: ‘Build community and cohesion, and make people put their support in writing.’
The Glazenwood community has done precisely that.
Eighty-three percent of affected homeowners have provided affirmative, written, documented consent — substantially exceeding the threshold the opposition itself defined as sufficient. The community was organized. The neighbors were engaged. The signatures were collected. The standard has been met.
There is no remaining procedural objection that has not been answered by the residents of Glazenwood themselves.
The record is complete. The residents have met every standard. We ask the Council to reaffirm our historic district on April 20th:
Respectfully submitted,
Doug D'Anna Glazenwood Homeowner and Organizer of the Historic District Initiative
GLAZENWOOD HISTORIC DISTRICT
Verified Owner Consent Summary — April 2026
Cover Page & Petition Summary Page 1
Overview of district support: 83% owner consent, signers by street.
Letter to Mayor and City Council Pages 2–3
Formal request by Doug D'Anna and neighborhood organizers.
Table of Contents Page 4
This page.
Participant Roster by Street Pages 5–6
Detailed list of the 30 households behind the initiative.
Signed Resident Petitions Pages 7–10
Redacted copies of official resident signatures.
Historical Background & Significance Page 11
The architectural legacy of Glazenwood (1920–Present).
Key Timeline of Designation Page 12
Chronology from 1989 survey to current 2024 General Plan listing.
District Boundaries & Character Page 13
Detailed descriptions of district streets and defining features.
Public Comment, April 5, 2026 Pages 14–15
Statement from opponent setting consent threshold of 60%; community has provided 83%.
Presented by the Glazenwood Historic District Initiative | Contact: Doug D'Anna (Organizer) Meet The People Behind the Petition: Glazenwood Homeowners by Street The 30 households represented on this petition span every street in the Glazenwood historic district — 18 on Laurel, 8 on Rosewood, 3 on Hayward, and 1 on Palm. In many households, multiple family members signed, reflecting not just broad agreement but genuine, household-level conviction. These are not abstract supporters — they are the neighbors who share driveways, tend gardens, and have built lives in a community they believe is worth preserving. Together, they represent approximately 83% of Glazenwood homeowners within the proposed district boundaries.
LAUREL
Burnham, Thomas / Zinkl, Gregory
Huang, Alayn
Saba, George / Saba, Teresa
Sampson, Brian
Lim, Michael
Savage, John
Krause, Courtney
Matsuyama, Takako
Cagler, Oktay
— Gonzales, Richard
— D’Anna, Doug
— Edholm, Kaj
— Guzman, Maria / Pate, Jamme
— Ferrari, Alisa
— Truong, Tiffany / Larchman, Patrick
— D’Amato, Caren
— Schellenberg, Marc / Schellenberg, Sam
— Bliss, Kim
ROSEWOOD
Desai, Devendra
Gillman, Carol / Gillman, Alysha / Gillman, Martin
Athens, Deborah
Ames, Joann
Labeaud, Desiree
Litwin, Brenda
Costello, Cathy
Kasten, Glenn / Kasten, Dawn
HAYWARD
Jordan, Elizabeth / Jordan, Matt
Jerving, Phillipa
Combs, Kelli
PALM
— Kedefors, Aida
A Neighborhood Worth Preserving: The History of Glazenwood Glazenwood did not simply grow up around San Mateo — it was designed and built with intention. In the early 1920s, the land where Glazenwood now stands was the site of the Peninsula Hotel, a grand resort on the former Hayward Mansion grounds in the Hayward Park neighborhood just south of Central Park.
When fire destroyed the hotel on June 25, 1920, the land was subdivided into a carefully planned residential neighborhood and given the name Glazenwood.
What emerged was something distinctive: a cohesive collection of Spanish Colonial Revival homes, built in a consistent architectural style that gave the neighborhood a unified, historic character from its earliest days.
The stucco-covered brick entry pillars at Laurel at 9th Avenue, Rosewood at 9th Avenue, and Hayward at Palm — still standing today — were built to mark the neighborhood’s identity. Neighbors have worked to restore and maintain them.
The City of San Mateo recognized Glazenwood’s significance as early as 1989, when the neighborhood was identified in the City’s official building survey. That recognition has been reaffirmed twice in the City’s General Plans — both the 2030 General Plan and the 2024 General Plan list Glazenwood as a historic district.
The current designation process is therefore not the creation of something new. It is the formal restoration of what has long been acknowledged — a neighborhood that has preserved its architectural heritage and community character across more than a century, and whose residents are committed to ensuring that legacy endures.
Glazenwood Historic District: Key Timeline
June 25, 1920 Peninsula Hotel destroyed by fire; land subdivided for residential development.
Early 1920s Glazenwood neighborhood developed as a planned community of Spanish Colonial Revival homes.
1989 City of San Mateo’s official building survey identifies Glazenwood as historically significant.
Early 1990s City designates Glazenwood as a local historic district. 2030 General Plan Glazenwood listed as a historic district in the City’s long-range planning document.
2024 General Plan Glazenwood again listed as a historic district, reaffirming its recognized status.
January 28, 2026 Glazenwood residents appear before City Council to address the historic designation question.
February 2, 2026 Community gathering with Mayor and Council representative Lisa Diaz-Nash; residents express unified support.
April 17, 2026 Petition submitted to City Council: 30 households, representing approximately 83% of district homeowners.
April 20, 2026 City Council meeting at 7:00 PM. Glazenwood residents plan to attend and speak in person. Full unredacted petition to be presented.
The Glazenwood Historic District: Boundaries and Character The Glazenwood Historic District is located in the Hayward Park neighborhood of San Mateo, California.
It is a compact, walkable residential area bounded by four streets, each contributing homes to the district’s 36-property total.
The district is entered from three directions, each marked by the neighborhood’s signature stucco-covered brick entry pillars: at Laurel Avenue at 9th Avenue, at Rosewood Drive at 9th Avenue, and at Hayward Avenue at Palm Avenue. These pillars, built in the 1920s and restored by neighbors in more recent years, define the neighborhood’s identity as clearly as any map.
Note: A map of the district is available from the City of San Mateo Planning Division and the San Mateo Heritage Society.
1 Alby Calles
From: Andrew Ryan
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2026 1:39 PM
To: City Council (San Mateo); Alex Khojikian; Zachary Dahl; Prasanna Rasiah Cc: Frank Elliott; Anna Kuhre; Kolja Schlütter
Subject: The "Glazenwood Standard" is NOT what consent looks like and endangers Baywood too
The resolution for making Glazenwood historic states the following as justification:
"WHEREAS, City Council received many testimonials and comments at the January 26, 2026 study session and the subsequent Glazenwood Neighborhood meeting on February 9, 2026 from residents of the Glazenwood neighborhood as to their preference for Glazenwood t o be formally considered a historic
district"
Clearly, "many testimonials and comments" is *not* the demonstrated 60% consent which the City Council has mandated as part of the Historic Ordinance Update.
Council, why are you rushing Glazenwood's designation and undermining your own historic ordinance by ignoring your own consent requirement?
If the residents of Glazenwood really do support this designation, then it should only take a few weeks to get the signatures.
Have Glazenwood's homeowners even been informed of their rights and upcoming responsibilities as part of the new historic ordinance that is scheduled to be passed in two weeks?
Why not take a few more weeks and do this properly with proper notification and consent from the 39 affected homeowners? Glazenwood isn't going anywhere and a historic designation is a permanent, one-way door.
I have no position on whether or not Glazenwood should or should not ultimately be a historic district, but as a resident of Baywood, I am now very worried because the "Glazenwood standard" could *easily* be applied to us in Baywood. In fact, the "Glazenwood standard" has already been met for Baywood, since there is no doubt that Council has received "many testimonials and comments" that Baywood is also historic, even though a documented majority of the homeowners oppose the historic designation.
A future City Council, or even this one, could easily declare Baywood -- or San Mateo Park, or anywhere in San Mateo -- historic without consent under the same "Glazenwood Standard". Having advocated so strongly for consent over the past 2 years, that possibility really concerns me.
Andrew Ryan