REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 24, 2015
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: KARANA HATTERSLEY-DRAYTON, M.A. Historic Preservation Project Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the South Van Ness Industrial District Historic Survey (Council District 3)
1. RESOLUTION - Adopting the South Van Ness Industrial District Historic Survey
2. Authorize the Director of the Development and Resource Management Department to forward the survey to the California Office of Historic Preservation pursuant to FMC 12-1606(7) and the terms of the approved Certified Local Government grant agreement
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RECOMMENDATION
The Development and Resource Management Department (DARM) recommends that the Council adopt the completed South Van Ness Industrial District Historic Survey and direct department staff to forward it to the State Office of Historic Preservation along with the final request for payment of the Certified Local Government (CLG) matching grant.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 11, 2014 City Council adopted Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating a $40,000 matching grant from the California Office of Historic Preservation for the South Van Ness Industrial District Historic Survey. DARM staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for consultants meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications in Architectural History to prepare the parcel-by-parcel historic survey. The project area included 228 properties of which 187 were fully evaluated on State of California survey forms. The draft and final surveys were reviewed and accepted by the City's Historic Preservation Commission at publicly noticed meetings held on July 27, 2015 and August 24, 2015. The survey is forwarded to the City Council for adoption as required by FMC 12-1606(7).
BACKGROUND
In its 2014 final report...
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