TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Title
Discussion of Historic Preservation Commission and Ordinance; Parking and Public Improvements Commission - Possible Name Change and Duties; Board of Building Appeals - Number of Members and Required Qualifications (Community Development Director McIntosh).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions (by issue area):
Historic Preservation
1) Assign the duties of the Historic Preservation Commission to the Planning Commission, amend the qualifications requirements as necessary, and reduce the budget by $1,200 for the recording secretary;
2) Defer the preparation of a Historic Resources survey until the budget discussion for Fiscal Year 2018/2019 and direct staff to prepare or have prepared by a local volunteer or preservation consultant, a Historic Context Statement for the City of Manhattan Beach thereby reducing the budget from $100,000 to $20,000 for this purpose;
3) Reduce the $75,000 for historic preservation consulting to $10,000, acknowledging that the Community Development Director has the expertise required to implement the program, but that resources may be required for some specific technical expertise related to historic landmark designations and/or Mills Act implementation;
4) Direct staff to prepare necessary forms and documents for historic landmark application, certificate of appropriateness, and the Mills Act, as well as any other forms needed to implement the ordinance;
5) Direct staff to update the City's website with new historic preservation content.
6) Maintain the budget for conferences, training, advertising and printed materials so that staff and commissioners can obtain needed skills to implement the ordinance.
7) Defer the applicati...
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