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CITY OF YAKIMA
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Council Chambers, City Hall
Date: April 26, 2023
Time: 5:30 p.m.
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Place: Council Chambers, City Hall, 129, N. 2 St.
Staff: Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager/ Historic Preservation Liaison
I. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at approximately 5:30 P.M.
II. Roll Call
Commissioners Hall, Edmondson, and King were present, with Commissioner Bussey and
Mann absent (both excused).
III. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 03/22/2023
Minutes were approved unanimously.
IV. Staff Announcements Planning Manager Calhoun announced the following:
A. Staffing in the City of Yakima Planning Division
An assistant planner has been hired to join the City of Yakima Planning Division in July.
B. General Announcement
Some historic properties have recently been sold and the property owners have been
communicating with Joseph, it is expected that the Historic Preservation Commission be
seeing request for certificate of appropriateness for those properties.
V. Audience Participation
Spencer from Northwest Vernacular presented a presentation that gave insight about the
Naches Historic Overlay.
VI. New Business
A. Naches Historic Overlay Kickoff Meeting
Reaching final steps regarding the grant from the department of archeology, historic
preservation for the Naches historic overlay, consultant, Spencer from Northwest
Vernacular prepared a presentation to kick start what will be two public meetings tied to
resentation consisted of background
information regarding overlay guidelines, what the guidelines are, such as their process
and how they fit appropriately into planning, and possible effects of what the guidelines
could be. The second public meeting is expected to be in June/July.
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B. Certificate of Appropriateness 2403 W Chestnut Solar
A certificate of appropriateness was applied for regarding a proposal to install solar
panels to the roof of a historic residence located at 2403 W Chestnut Ave. This property
is one of the contributing properties in the Barge-Chestnut historic district. Material
regarding this proposal was presented to the commission members for review and it was
decided unanimously that this proposal be passed.
VII. Old Business
A. 2023 Grant Application
A special meeting was held 04/05 to discuss and appropriately fill out the 2023 Grant
Application. The application will be finalized with appropriate signatures and turned in on
04/07.
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B. 9 S 10 Ave Removal from Local Register
Applicant of this request was not present, therefore discussion could not happen.
According to the code, discussion is not warranted, and it is the responsibility of the
commission to simply approve, and immediately remove the property from the local
register among receipt of a written request that is signed and notarized by property
owner.
VIII. Other Business
None.
IX. Adjournment
A motion to adjourn to May 24, 2023 was passed with a unanimous vote. The meeting was
adjourned at approximately 6:20 P.M.
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