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CITY OF PALM DESERT
BUILDING & SAFETY DEPARTMENT
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Rachelle Klassen, City Clerk
From: Mary Cla*,- m'istrative Secretary
Date: July 19, 2006
Subject: Submission of Approved Minutes for the Historic Preservation
Committee Meeting May 22, 2006
Attached is a copy of May 22, 2006 minutes of the Historic Preservation Committee
approved by the Committee on June 26, 2006. Please include on the next City Council
agenda.
Thank you
Attachment
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Minutes MAY 22, 2006
■ Item 8. Status of project to copy photos in City building lobby
areas — Kent Routh will call Don Graybill and check with him.
■ Item 9 & 10. Status of hiring consultant and Mills Act. — Contract
goes to Council May 25, 2006 recommending approval to hire LSA
Associates, Inc. for ordinance and mills act program.
■ Item 11. Why preservation pays document/booklet -- Will follow
the consultant's work on Mills Act.
■ Item 12. Memberships in National Trust for Historic Preservation
and California Preservation Foundation — Payment processed
April 14, 2006 and Committee members should receive their
subscription soon.
■ Item 13. Status of City map mounted on foam board for reference
by the Committee. — In progress
■ Item 14. Status on program for recognition of historic remodeling
— Kent Routh — July 31, 2006 regular meeting.
2. Committee Member Jan Holmlund indicated that Richard Twedt, Public
Arts Manager and Committee Member Jim West, who were very
involved in the City's art and architecture book needs to receive special
recognition from the City Council. Amir Hamidzadeh, Director of
Building and Safety, indicated he would check into the recognition.
B. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT -- None
C. INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS
Methodology to Move Issues Through the City — Committee Member Jan
Holmlund requested that the Historic Preservation Committee be provided
a copy of the approval routing checklists used by the City. In addition, she
recommended that Gale Broeker be the liaison between the Committee
and Ali to work on researching routing requests. After discussion it was
determined that this would be an item for the June 16, 2006 Workshop
meeting.
2. Development Overlay — Committee Member Jan Holmlund said that this
item was drawn to the Historic Preservation Committee's attention as the
result of an item on the May 11, 2006 City Council agenda; therefore, the
Committee would like to make a recommendation for any future
development overlay items.
Motion: Committee Member Jan Holmlund moved to recommend that a
letter be prepared to the City Manager suggesting a formal development
overlay procedure, in cooperation with all affected Departments, in the
City of Palm Desert as follows:
1. All requests for overlay action to the City Council will be issued as a
single agenda item.
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2. No requests for overlay action to the City Council will be attached to a
single project.
3. All requests for overlay action to the City Council will be noticed to the
Historic Preservation Committee upon receipt.
This motion was seconded by Committee Member Bonnie Bowie and
received unanimous approval 5-0.
Committee Member Gale Broeker commented that this procedure will avoid
the perception of preferential treatment on a particular project, as was
recently discussed in the City's ethics class.
V. OLD BUSINESS
A. College of the Desert Campus Changes Update -- Committee Member Kim
Housken and Chair Kent Routh attended the May COD meeting, and the
main topic of discussion was the location of the Library. Most people wanted
to see it back in the center of campus. The next meeting is June 20, 2006,
1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
B. Consultant Update -- Amir Hamidzadeh, Director of Building and Safety, said
that the contract for LSA Associates, Inc. is on the May 25, 2006 City Council
agenda. Mr. Hamidzadeh will check with the consultant to see if they are
available to meet with the Historic Preservation Committee at the June 16,
2006 Workshop meeting.
C. Showing of "Desert Utopia" in Palm Desert Update — Chair Kent Routh said
that Committee Member Jim West said that the film would not be shown this
summer in the Desert because it is on tour in New York. When it is shown, it
might be better if shown to a larger group. Chair Kent Routh indicated he
would look into the availability of a larger venue and associated costs.
VI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Joint Meeting with Indian Wells Historical Foundation -- This item was
discussed at the Committee's May 19, 2006 Workshop meeting to consider
the concept of networking through the formation of a formal liaison with the
Palm Desert Art in Public Places Commission, the Historical Society, Rancho
Mirage Historic Committee, and the Indian Wells Historic Preservation
Foundation. It was also suggested that the networking concept be extended
to include a Committee Member from the Palm Desert Historic Preservation
Committee attending the Rancho Mirage Historic Committee meetings.
Motion: Committee Member Bonnie Bowie moved that a formal letter of
invitation be extended to the Indian Wells Historic Preservation Foundation,
the Rancho Mirage Historic Committee, and the Historical Society of Palm
Desert to attend the regularly scheduled meetings of the City of Palm Desert
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Historic Preservation Committee. This motion was seconded by Committee
Member Jan Holmlund. It received unanimous approval 5-0.
VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
X. CONFIRM NEXT MEETING DATE AND ADJOURN
The Historic Preservation Committee scheduled a Special Meeting on Monday,
June 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
The Historic Preservation Committee's next workshop is Friday, June 16, 2006,
10:00 a.m., Council Chambers Conference Room
The Historic Preservation Committee's next regular meeting is Monday, June 26,
2006, 10:00 a.m., Administrative Conference Room.
Chair Kent Routh adjourned the meeting at 12:20 p.m.
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Historic Preservation Outstanding Items
1. Decision on site marker design to submit to city council
2. Visit by committee member to view and gather information from the
Santa Barbara architectural archives
3. Decision on the schedule to submit 'top ten' to city council (submission
order, number of submissions at one time, public discussion, documents,
category recommendation)
4. Decision on further submissions to city council
5. Promotion plan for new City Art and Architecture Book and Map
6. COD campus expansion plan committee formal input
7. Status of Palm Desert Lodge photo/video/measurement city archive
8. Status of 'project' to copy historic photos in the city building lobby areas
9. Status on the hiring of a 'consultant' for the purpose of preparing an
updated ordinance proposal
10.Status / Schedule for the adoption of the Mills Act by the city council
11.Status on creating a'Why preservation PAYS document/booklet'
12.Status on committee member memberships in the National Trust for
Historic Preservation and California Preservation Foundation
13.Status on City Map mounted on foam board for meeting use
14.Status on program for recognition of 'historic remodeling'
15.Additional update info for the site list
Jim West
5/17/06