May 21, 2018
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Development and Resource Management Dept.
Secretary, Historic Preservation Commission
BY: LAURA VAN ONNA
Historic Preservation Specialist
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE DESIGNATION OF THE HERNDON SUBSTATION CONTROL BUILDING LOCATED AT 7430 N WEBER AVENUE TO FRESNO'S LOCAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AND ADOPTION OF FINDINGS NECESSARY TO SUPORT RECOMMENDATION PURSUANT TO FMC 12-1609 AND FRESNO GENERAL PLAN POLICY FOR DEMOLITION REVIEW HCR-2-g.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission find that the Herndon Substation Control Building (1931) located at 7430 N Weber Avenue be found eligible for listing in the Local Register of Historic Resources, as meeting the applicable criteria for buildings more than fifty years old in FMC 12-1607(a)(1). If the Commission concurs with the staff recommendation, the property will be forwarded to the Fresno City Council for designation pursuant to FMC 12-1609 and General Plan Policy HCR-2-g. As required by the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance, notice of this hearing considering designation of the property was published in The Fresno Bee on May 10, 2018.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff received a demolition permit application from the owner of the Herndon Substation Control Building located at 7430 N Weber Avenue on April 17, 2018. Pursuant to the City's General Plan Policy HCR-2-g, historic preservation staff reviewed the demolition permit for the potential that the building might be eligible for listing in the Local Register of Historic Resources. According to records on file, in the past there have been 50-75 demolitions permits reviewed by staff each year, of which one or two may have been reviewed in the field and documented. On rare occasions, the property is evaluated on State survey forms and presented to the Commission for review.
An owner representative presented Staff with the "Historical Resource Evalua...
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