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Cultural
Heritage Committee Action Update
September 22, 2008 Monday 5:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Committee Members Barbara Breska, Chuck Crotser, Katy Davis, Lynne
Landwehr, Dean Miller, Vice Chair John Fowler, and Chairperson Elise
Wheeler
Committee Members Landwehr and Davis were absent.
STAFF:
Jeff Hook, Senior Planner
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There was no public comment.
MINUTES:
Minutes of August 25, 2008,
regular meeting. The minutes were approved as amended.
PUBLIC HEARING
ITEMS:
1. 785
Buchon Street.
CHCMA 107-08; Request for Mills Act Contract for historic Marshall
House; R-2-H zone; Jennifer Blomfield, applicant.
(Brian Leveille)
Jeff Hook
presented the staff report and recommended the Committee forward a
recommendation to the City Council to approve the applicant’s
request. David Booker and Jennifer Blomfield responded to the staff
report and agreed with staff-recommended minor changes to “Exhibit
A” of the draft contract. There was no public comment.
On a motion by Committee Member Breska, seconded by Committee Member
Miller, the Committee voted 5:0 to forward a recommendation to the
City Council to approve the applicant’s request to be part of the
Mills Act Historic Preservation program and to endorse the draft
Mills Act Contract with minor revisions.
2. 2963
S. Higuera Street.
ARC 103-07; Continued review of a new two-story, approximately 3,500
square feet, commercial building (veterinary office); C-S zone; Dean
and Linda Powers, applicants. (Phil
Dunsmore)
Jeff Hook presented the staff report recommending the Committee
determine that the existing building does not meet the criteria for
listing as a Contributing property or Master List Historic Resource,
and that signature elements of South Higuera Street building façade
be included in the new construction, with a recommendation to the
Architectural Review Commission for conditional approval. Applicant
Dean Powers and project architect Brian Starr responded to the staff
report.
Jerry Moore, San Luis Obispo resident, acknowledged that the
building was cute, but that it was no longer representative of the
historic context of State Highway 2, southern City gateway.
Most committee members agreed that the building did not meet
eligibility criteria for historic listing and, consequently,
original building elements like arched windows and entry portico did
not need to be incorporated into the new building. Committee
members encouraged the applicant to reuse the roof tiles, to the
extent feasible. After lengthy discussion, on a motion by Committee
Member Fowler, seconded by Committee Member Crotser, the Committee
voted 4:1 (Wheeler) to forward a recommendation to approve the
project as submitted, and that, prior to demolition, the building be
photo-documented consistent with City policies.
DISCUSSION ITEM:
3. Goal
Setting & the Budget Process.
Identify the Cultural Heritage Committee Goals & Programs as part of
the City’s 2009-2011 Financial Plan & Budget. (Jeff
Hook)
Jeff Hook presented the staff report describing the goal-setting and
budget process. Committee members reviewed the status of 2007-2009
CHC goals and identified additional community priorities for
cultural resource preservation and education. On a motion by
Committee Member Crotser, seconded by Committee Member Miller, the
Committee voted 5:0 to identify the following CHC program goals for
2009-2011, with goal 1 being the highest priority, and to forward
these to the City Council with a request for resources to complete
the work during the 2009-2011 budget cycle:
1) Historic
Preservation Ordinance:
Prepare a Historic Preservation Ordinance, pursuant to General Plan
Conservation and Open Space Element Program 3.30.10, and provide
funding for the preparation of a historic character assessment of
City historic districts.
2) Historic
Resource Inventory:
Retain a historic survey coordinator, using private contributions in
whole or part, to lead a community-staffed historic survey to update
and maintain the Citywide Historic Resource Inventory of Master List
and Contributing properties, including potentially-historic
neighborhoods cited in the Lovell Historic Survey Report, annexation
areas, and threatened structures.
3) Historic
Adobes:
Stabilize initially and, as funding allows, rehabilitate the
City-owned historic adobes: Rodriguez, Butron, and La Loma Adobes.
4) Southern
Pacific Freight Warehouse:
Provide funding to complete the rehabilitation of the historic
Southern Pacific Freight Warehouse within the two-year budget cycle
to allow public use as a transit facility and Railroad Museum.
5) Historic
Plaque Program:
Provide funding to continue the Historic Plaque Program at current
levels.
6) Public
Education Tours:
Sponsor or co-sponsor an annual historic buildings fund-raiser tour
with local non-profit organizations and use proceeds for historic
education outreach to local schools.
7) Historic
Downtown Light Standards:
Continue the replacement of “modern” street light standards with
historic street lights to improve Downtown safety and aesthetics.
COMMUNICATIONS:
a. Agenda
Forecast – Staff
Staff gave an agenda forecast for the October CHC
meeting and reminded Committee members they were invited to the
California Council for the Promotion of History reception at the
Dallidet Adobe on Thursday evening, October 23rd, 6:00 to
8:00 p.m.
b. Committee
Committee members agreed that Committee Member
Crotser would represent the CHC at the Mayor’s Quarterly luncheon
meeting on October 9th.
ADJOURNMENT.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. |
