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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHIST PRESV CMTE - 01/28/08 � � ���"� CITY OF PALM DESERT � � - BUILDING & SAFETY DEPARTMENT • INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Rachelle Klassen� City Clerk .�c.t From: Suzanne Cicchini, A m�ative Secretary Date: March 27, 2008 Subject: Submission of Approved Revised Minutes for the Historic Preservation Committee Meeting on January 29, 2008 Attached is a copy of January 29, 2008 Minutes of the Historic Preservation Committee approved as revised by the Committee on March 25, 2008. Please include on the next City Council agenda. Thank you CITY CUUNCIL ACT14N: Attachment APPROV�D DENIED RECBIVED � �� e, OTHER /MS$TING DATE --Q,S' AYEs: " - e n 1N+�$S: N on P AE�ENT• A�3STAIN• VERIFIED BY• � K �C Original on�Fil� with City Clerk's t�f�ice G:\BIdgSRy\Suzanne CicchinilWord FileslHistoric Preservation CommitteelMemo-Ciry Clerk-Minutes.doc CITY OF PALM DESERT i--�--� � � HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Minutes January 29, 2008 Administrative Conference Room I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Kim Housken called the meeting of the Historic Preservation Committee to order at 10:01 a.m. II. ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Gale Broeker Vera Handley— in at 10:26 a.m. Kim Housken Jan Holmlund Bob Pitchford Kent Routh Don Graybill, Alternate Also Present: Russell Grance, Director of Building and Safety Suzanne Cicchini, Recording Secretary K Kaufmann, the Desert Sun Newspaper , Note: Chair Kim Housken announced that with committee concurrence, the introduction of Russell Grance, Director of Building and Safety would commence ahead on the agenda. Please see Agenda Item VII A. for information regarding this item. III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None IV. CONSENT CALENDAR A. MINUTES — OF THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 30, 2007. Committee Member Jan Holmlund moved to approve the minutes as written. Committee Member Kent Routh seconded the motion. It passed 6-0. V. NEW BUSINESS None HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE JANUARY 29, 2008 YI. OLD BUSINESS A. REVfEW OF CULTURAL RESOURCE ORDINANCE Discussion commenced with Chair Kim Housken and Committee Members Jan Holmlund and Gale Broeker expressing their concerns about changes to the final ordinance. Their concerns stem from the elimination of the Administrative CeRificate of Appropriateness, and that two different certificates had been combined into one program; use of the word "Committee" rather than "Commission or Board", Definitions and requiring written property owner's consent to survey or designate historic properties. Russell Grance stated that the ordinance document is the result of the work of LSA Associates, input from Committee Members, and City of Palm Desert Building and Safety and Planning Department staff. The City Attorney has reviewed it and considers it ready to move forward to The City Council. The biggest changes are to the roles of The Administrator and Committee under the duties section. The Administrator is yet to be determined. Committee Member Jan Holmlund noted that their responsibility is to historic preservation; if the ordinance doesn't fill that responsibility there isn't any reason to have a commission. Committee Chair Kim Housken and Committee Member Jan Holmlund indicated that they could not move to accept this document. Chair Kim Housken asked Director of Building and Safety Russell Grance about what his recommendation would be. He indicated that they should vote on whether to accept the document or not. Chair Kim Housken motioned to send The Cultural Resource Ordinance document back to Staff and have them work with Ordinance Subcommittee developing an ordinance that would best serve the residents of our city. Jan Holmlund seconded that with the addenda that it be forwarded to their consultant and the State Historic Preservation Officer for comment. Chair Kim Housken noted that she (Kim Housken) had already done that. Committee Member Jan Holmlund then noted that she needed to amend her amendment. The amendment to the motion is that any future copies be forwarded to the consultant, Riverside County Historic Preservation Officer and the State Historic Preservation Officer for comment. The amended motion passed 7-0. Vlf. REPORTS AND REMARKS A. INTRODUCTION OF RUSSELL GRANCE, NEW DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND SAFETY. Chair Kim Housken introduced Russell Grance, the new Historic Preservation Committee liaison and new Director of Building and Safety. He has been at the City of Palm Desert since November, 2007, and involved G:�BIdgSftylSuzanne CicchinlWord FileslHistoric Preservation CommitteeWlinutes012908.doc. 2 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE JANUARY 29, 2008 with Building and Safety for 25 years at several jurisdictions in California and Colorado. � B. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS Committee Member Jan Holmlund mentioned copies of materials she has including information about The Cliff May House, an article about the Historical Society in the November, 2007 issue of The Desert Woman and The City of Rancho Mirage Historic Preservation Meeting. There was no meeting for December and January. She will submit her typed report for November at a later date. She also provided information regarding a tour she attended of historic homes in Rancho Mirage. She's also working on a Beginning Design List. She inquired about beginning surveys of homes of Walter White homes. Director of Building and Safety Russell Grance cautioned them about moving forward with the surveys until this document had been codified. Committee Member Jan Holmlund emphasized that it was very important that the City of Palm Desert find the proper person to conduct the surveys. However, since the current ordinance does mention inventories, the committee could proceed with them if they were comfortable doing that. Committee Member Kent Routh noted that they have waited so long for the approval of the ordinance, it's been changed and they have not had a meeting since the end of October, these have been blocks to the very existence of this committee. Committee Member Gale Broeker announced the California Preservation Foundation Workshops being held February 12-13, 2008 in Davis, California. Chair Kim Housken noted that the Agenda did not confirm their next meeting date. Director of Building and Safety noted that it would remain to be announced pending staff availability. VI11. ADJOURNMENT With Committee Concurrence, the meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m. � �«�� Suzanne Cicchini, Recording Secretary G:�BIdgSfty�,Suzanne CicchinlWord FilesWistoric Preservation CommitteeWlinutes012908.doc. 3