REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 21, 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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HEARING to consider adoption of a resolution to designate the Huntington Boulevard Historic District to the Local Register of Historic Resources (Council District 5)
1. ***RESOLUTION - Designating the Huntington Boulevard Historic District to the Local Register of
Historic Resources
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff and the City of Fresno's Historic Preservation Commission recommend that the City Council adopt the attached resolution to approve the Formal Application for a Huntington Boulevard Historic District. The request for a District was initiated by the Huntington Boulevard Homeowners in 2008. Pursuant to FMC12-1613(b) the Council shall adopt, modify or reject the designation and shall make "findings as to which properties shall be considered contributors or non-contributors to the District."
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2008 property owners along E. Huntington Boulevard approached City staff about the potential to be designated a Local Historic District on Fresno's Local Register of Historic Resources. The Huntington Boulevard Homeowners Association appointed a committee to meet with the neighbors to solicit support. On January 26, 2009, the Initial Application for a Historic District was presented to and reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission at a formal noticed hearing. The Commission received testimony from the public and on a vote of 4-0 found that Huntington Boulevard met the threshold for historic district status, and asked that Staff work with the residents to prepare a Formal Application, pursuant to Section 12-1610(c) of the Historic Preservation Ordinance.
Over the past six years staff and the Huntington Boulevard committee in tandem and...
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