City of Santa Clara
Meeting Minutes
Downtown Community Task Force
Draft
6:00 PM Virtual Meeting10/21/2021
Pursuant to the provisions of California Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, issued on March 17, 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the City of Santa Clara has implemented the following method for the public to participate remotely:
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CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The DCTF Vice Chair, Dan Ondrasek, called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Dan Ondrasek, Rob Mayer, Debra von Huene, Ana Vargas-Smith , Mathew Reed, Butch Coyne, and Chan Thai
Present 7 -
Adam Thompson, and Atisha VarshneyAbsent 2 -
A motion was made by Member Coyne, seconded by member Thai, to excuse Chair Thompson and Member Varshney from the
meeting.
Aye: 7 - Ondrasek, Mayer, von Huene, Vargas-Smith, Reed, Coyne, and Thai
Absent: 2 - Thompson, and Varshney
CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made by Member von Huene and seconded by
Member Coyne to approve the consent calendar. Member Mayer recused himself from item 1.C
10/21/2021Downtown Community Task Force Meeting Minutes
Aye: Ondrasek, Mayer, von Huene, Vargas-Smith, Reed, Coyne, and Thai7 - Excused: Thompson, and Varshney2 -
1.A 21-1400 Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) Meeting Minutes of the March 18, 2021 Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve the DCTF Meeting Minutes of the March 18, 2021 Meeting
1.B 21-1401 Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) Meeting Minutes of the March 31, 2021 Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve the DCTF Meeting Minutes of the March 31, 2021 Meeting
1.C 21-1463 Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) Meeting Minutes of the April 15, 2021 Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve the DCTF Meeting Minutes of the April 15, 2021 Meeting
GENERAL BUSINESS
2. Discussion on Community Workshop Feedback
The consultant provided an overview of the feedback from the October 12, 2021 community workshop and the DCTF discussed the feedback.
3. Discussion on the Plan's Approach to Historic Buildings The consultant provided a presentation on the preliminary historic conservation strategy from the Precise Plan and the DCTF provided feedback.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
The following speakers provided comments:
- Ed: Organic design, or built at once, how do we keep continuity and lead people to activity areas.
- Jonathon Evans: Adaptive reuse of buildings will need accommodation from parking requirements.
- Skip: Could there be one large parking garage instead of two garages.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Member Coyne, and seconded by Member von Huene to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m..
The next regular scheduled meeting is Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 6 p.m.
Aye: Ondrasek, Mayer, von Huene, Vargas-Smith, Reed, Coyne, and Thai7 - Excused: Thompson, and Varshney2 -
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