City of Santa Clara  
Meeting Agenda  
Historical & Landmarks Commission  
Thursday, November 6, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Hybrid Meeting  
City Hall Council  
Chambers/Virtual  
1500 Warburton Avenue  
Santa Clara, CA 95050  
The City of Santa Clara is conducting the Historical and Landmarks Commission Hearing  
meeting in a hybrid manner (in-person and method for the public to participate remotely)  
o Via Zoom:  
o https://santaclaraca.zoom.us/j/97233262035 or  
o Phone: 1 (669) 900-6833  
Meeting ID: 972 3326 2035  
How to Submit Written Public Comment Before Historical and Landmarks Commission  
Meeting:  
By email to PlanningPublicComment@santaclaraca.gov by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting.  
Those emails will be forwarded to Staff and will be uploaded to the Historical and Landmarks  
Commission Agenda as supplemental meeting material. Emails received after 12:00 P.M.  
cutoff time up through the end of the meeting will form part of the meeting record. Please  
identify the Agenda Item Number in the subject line of your email.  
Note: Emails received as public comment will not be read aloud during the meeting.  
Agendas, Staff Reports and some associated documents for Historical and Landmarks  
Commission items may be viewed on the Internet at  
https://santaclara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx  
All public records relating to an open session item on this agenda, which are not exempt from  
disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, that are distributed to a majority of  
the legislative body will be available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk at  
Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 at the same time that  
the public records are distributed or made available to the legislative body.  
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
1.  
25-1546  
Historical and Landmarks Commission Meeting Minutes of  
October 2, 2025  
Recommendation:  
Approve the Historical and Landmarks Commission  
Meeting Minutes of the October 2, 2025 Meeting.  
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS  
[This item is reserved for persons to address the body on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject  
matter jurisdiction of the body. The law does not permit action on, or extended discussion of, any item not on the  
agenda except under special circumstances. The governing body, or staff, may briefly respond to statements made  
or questions posed, and appropriate body may request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting.]  
GENERAL BUSINESS  
2.  
3.  
25-1557 Recap of CPF Conference - May 2025  
25-1558 Potential Landmark Designation for Tiburcio Vásquez Gravesite  
STAFF REPORT  
COMMISSIONERS REPORT  
1. Subcommittee Reporting - 20 Minutes  
Outreach Subcommittee  
2.  
Board/Committee  
Lead/Alternate  
Santa Clara Arts and Historic Consortium  
Historic Preservation Society of Santa Clara  
Old Quad Residents Association  
Vargas-Smith / Romano  
Vargas-Smith / Leung  
Leung  
Development Review Hearing  
Romano /Vargas-Smith  
Vargas-Smith/ Leung  
Leung  
Vargas-Smith/Stocks  
Leung/Stocks  
BART/ High Speed Rail/ VTA BRT Committee  
El Camino Real Specific Plan Community Advisory Committee  
Downtown Precise Plan  
Santa Clara Station Area Task Force  
Board/Committee  
Lead/Alternate  
Santa Clara Arts and Historic Consortium  
Historic Preservation Society of Santa Clara  
Old Quad Residents Association  
Vargas-Smith / Romano  
Vargas-Smith / Leung  
Leung  
Development Review Hearing  
Romano /Vargas-Smith  
Vargas-Smith/ Leung  
Leung  
Vargas-Smith/Stocks  
Leung/Stocks  
BART/ High Speed Rail/ VTA BRT Committee  
El Camino Real Specific Plan Community Advisory Committee  
Downtown Precise Plan  
Santa Clara Station Area Task Force  
ADJOURNMENT  
The next regular scheduled meeting is Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 6 p.m.  
MEETING DISCLOSURES  
The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City  
is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other  
provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must  
be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge,  
which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in  
court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice,  
or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clara, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge  
may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.  
If  
a member of the public submits a speaker card for any agenda items, their name will appear in the Minutes. If no  
speaker card is submitted, the Minutes will reflect "Public Speaker."  
In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the City of Santa Clara  
will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or  
activities, and will ensure that all existing facilities will be made accessible to the maximum extent feasible. The City of  
Santa Clara will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for  
qualified persons with disabilities including those with speech, hearing, or vision impairments so they can participate  
equally in the City’s programs, services, and activities. The City of Santa Clara will make all reasonable modifications to  
policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs,  
services, and activities.  
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City in an appropriate alternative format. Contact the City Clerk’s Office at 1 408-615-2220 with your request for an  
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