Agenda Item Wording:
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Review and accept the 2021 Annual Report from the City of Visalia Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
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Deadline for Action: 6/20/2022
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Walter Deissler, Chairperson, Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
Cristobal Carrillo, Associate Planner, (559) 713-4443, cristobal.carrillo@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Community Development Director, (559) 713-4025 paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends the City Council review and accept the annual report from the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC). The annual report provides the City Council with a detailed overview of all activities conducted and projects reviewed by the HPAC during the 2021 calendar year. The report also provides responses to directives initiated by the City Council Sub-Committee on Committees/Commissions.
Background:
As one of the oldest cities in the Central Valley, Visalia hosts an impressive collection of historic sites and structures. Numerous structures with distinctive architectural styles are present in Visalia, concentrated in the city's historic core. The Historic Preservation Ordinance, adopted in 1979 and updated in 2001, established the HPAC to act as a steward for historic preservation causes. The Committee is primarily responsible for periodically updating the Local Register of Historic Structures, nominating properties to Local, State, and Federal Historic Registers, and reviewing building/planning actions related to historically designated structures within the Historic District and/or on the Local Register. Review of building and planning actions is the most frequent task undertaken by the Committee, consisting of review of exterior alterations to historically designated structures, and review of zoning actions on sites within the Historic District (ex. Change of Zones, Conditional Use Permits, Variances, and Planned Unit Develo...
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