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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-26-2023 HPC Minutes CITY OF YAKIMA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Council Chambers, City Hall Date: April 26, 2023 Time: 5:30 p.m. nd 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. "µ³³¯¹¹¯µ´Ɏ,«³¨«¸¹Ɏ "²§¿ºµ´Ɏ!»¹¹«¿ɎɎ)µ«Ɏ,§´´ɎɎ#§½´Ɏ*¯´­Ɏ 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. th 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. "µ³³¯¹¹¯µ´Ɏ,«³¨«¸¹Ɏ "²§¿ºµ´Ɏ!»¹¹«¿ɎɎ)µ«Ɏ,§´´ɎɎ#§½´Ɏ*¯´­Ɏ