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File #: ID 23-113    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/9/2023 In control: Historic Preservation Commission
On agenda: 6/26/2023 Final action:
Title: HEARING TO CONSIDER THE HISTORIC RESOURCE AMENDMENT REMOVING GULLIVER'S SHIP FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF STORYLAND PARK ON THE HISTORIC INVENTORY FORM (DPR 523A), PURSUANT TO FMC SECTION 12-1614, LOCATED AT PARCEL 45002008T (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 890 W BELMONT AVE.)
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Fresno Storyland Primary Record (DPR) Form 523A, 2. Exhibit B - Gulliver’s Ship photo, 3. Exhibit C - Proposed New Ship Renderings, 4. Exhibit D - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 5. Exhibit E - Secretary of Interior’s Standards, 6. Exhibit F - Storyland Map
REPORT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION



June 26, 2023


FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department


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HEARING TO CONSIDER THE HISTORIC RESOURCE AMENDMENT REMOVING GULLIVER'S SHIP FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF STORYLAND PARK ON THE HISTORIC INVENTORY FORM (DPR 523A), PURSUANT TO FMC SECTION 12-1614, LOCATED AT PARCEL 45002008T (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 890 W BELMONT AVE.)

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Storyland was evaluated as a potential contributor to the Roeding Park Historic District in 2008 by Page & Turnbull and found not to be a contributor.

Susan Anderson, on behalf of Storyland, has requested to remove and reconstruct the artifact within Storyland known as Gulliver's Ship, which is listed on the 2008 survey.

Pursuant to Section 12-1614 of the Fresno Municipal Code, the Historic Preservation Commission may amend or rescind any designation of an Historic Resource in the same manner and procedure as was followed in the original designation. This action shall result from new information, the discovery of earlier misinformation, or change of original circumstances, conditions or factors which justified the designation.

BACKGROUND

Storyland was evaluated as a potential contributor to the Roeding Park Historic District in 2008 by Page & Turnbull and found not to be a contributor.

Susan Anderson, on behalf of Storyland, has requested to remove and reconstruct the artifact within Storyland known as Gulliver's Ship which is listed on the 2008 survey.

Pursuant to Section 12-1614 of the Fresno Municipal Code, the Historic Preservation Commission may amend or rescind any designation of an Historic Resource in the same manner and procedure as was followed in the original designation. This action shall result from new information, the discovery of earlier misinformation, or change of original circumstances, conditions or factors which justified the designation.

ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
If the Commission finds that t...

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