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Cultural
Heritage Committee Action Update
October 23, 2006 Monday
5:30p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Committee Members Sandy Baer, Dan Carpenter, Robert Pavlik, Lynne
Landwehr, Tom Wheeler, Vice Chair Barbara Breska and Chairperson
Chuck Crotser
Committee Members Breska and Landwehr were absent.
STAFF:
Mary Phillips, Planning Intern, Pam Ricci, Senior Planner, and Jeff
Hook, Senior Planner
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There were no public comments on items not on the agenda.
MINUTES:
Minutes of September 25, 2006
regular meeting. Approve or amend.
The minutes of September 25, 2006
were approved on a 5-0 vote.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
Update on Advisory Body Recruitment. (Audrey Hooper, City Clerk).
City Clerk Audrey Hooper noted that four CHC member’s terms were
expiring in March 2007 and that the Clerk’s office was beginning its
advisory body recruitment program earlier than usual to find citizens
interested in serving. She encouraged committee members to
“re-enlist” and continue serving on the Committee or to encourage
interested colleagues and friends to apply.
PUBLIC HEARING
ITEMS:
1. 460
Broad Street.
MOD ARC MI 228-05; Modification to previously approved request to
deconstruct, rebuild and restore a contributing historic property
regarding building setback and conditions of approval; R-1 zone; Roger
Zanetti, applicant.
Jeff Hook presented the staff report and Jim Newell, applicant’s
representative, explained the request. He noted that the applicant
had taken the new garage through the City’s plancheck process and that
there was no concern expressed about architectural compatibility with
the house at that time. The applicant didn’t feel it was fair to
require changes to the garage now, after the garage was approved and
built.
After a brief discussion, Committee members agreed that the
architectural differences between garage and house were not likely to
be highly visible to the public and that it would not be appropriate
to require changes now when the City failed to require them during the
garage’s initial review. On a motion by Committee member Baer,
seconded by Dan Carpenter, the Committee voted 5-0 to determine that
the applicant’s requested modifications to the project are consistent
with the CHC’s original action to support the project, and to refer
the project to the Community Development Director with direction to
modify the conditions of project approval and building setback, as
requested by the applicant.
2. 1880
Santa Barbara Avenue.
ARC 180-03; Review of a proposal to structurally reinforce and
rehabilitate the fire-damaged historic Railroad Square building;
C-R-S-H zone; Depot Square, LP, applicant.
Pam Ricci presented the staff report and asked the
Committee to provide conceptual direction on the applicant’s revised
plans to preserve and seismically strengthen the historic Channel
Commercial Building. Carol Florence, Oasis Associates, introduced the
applicant’s development and design team: Hamish Marshall, project
developer, Robert Chattel, architectural historian, Jim Duenow,
attorney, and Bill Wallace, structural engineer.
Victoria Wood, a neighbor of the project and former CHC
member, spoke in support of the proposed rehabilitation plan. Chris
Felatevski, National Trust for Historic Preservation, said she was
there at Robert Chattel’s request and offered to assist with National
Register nominations if the applicant chose to use Rehabilitation Tax
Credits.
After a lengthy discussion of the applicant’s proposed
rehabilitation strategy, the Committee took two actions: 1) on a
motion by Chairperson Crotser, seconded by Committee member Baer,
Committee members voted 5-0 to support a rehabilitation strategy that
favored internal bracing with minimal or no visible changes on the
building’s exterior and minimal use of shotcrete on interior walls,
and 2) regarding the more recent wood-clad building additions, on a
motion by Committee member Pavlk, seconded by Committee member Baer,
the Committee asked the applicant to investigate the history of the
additions and that if proposed, changes to or replacement of the
additions should be consistent with the Railroad District Plan and
“open up” views to the sides of the historic brick building. The
motion carried, 5-0.
3.
DISCUSSION ITEM:
Goal Setting and the Budget Process:
Identify CHC goals and programs for 2007 - 2009.
After a brief discussion, and on a motion by Chairperson Crotser,
seconded by Committee member Wheeler, the Committee voted 5-0 to
identify the following CHC program goals for 2007 – 2009, with goal
one being the highest priority, and to forward these to the City
Council with a request for resources to complete the work during the
2007 – 2009 budget:
CHC WORKPROGRAM FOR 2007 – 2009
1)
Historic Preservation Ordinance:
Prepare a Historic Preservation Ordinance, pursuant to the
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:
Provide adequate funding for updating and maintaining the Historic
Resource Inventory of Master List and Contributing properties,
including potential annexation areas and threatened structures.
3)
Historic Plaque Program:
Provide funding to evaluate, improve and expand the existing Historic
Plaque Program.
4)
Southern Pacific Freight Warehouse:
Provide funding to complete the rehabilitation of the historic
Southern Pacific Freight Warehouse within the two-year budget cycle.
COMMUNICATIONS:
a. Agenda Forecast – staff
Staff noted that an evaluation of the Mills Act Program
would be on the CHC’s November meeting.
b. Committee
ADJOURN
to the next regular meeting on
Monday, November 27, 2006,
at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Hearing Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis
Obispo. |
