Agenda Item Wording:
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Historic Preservation Advisory Committee Reappointments - Reappoint Kim Lusk to a first two-year term, reappoint Karen Ayala to a second two-year term, and reappoint Jay Hohlbauch to a third two-year term, on the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
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Deadline for Action: 6/30/2025
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Tyler Davis, Chairperson, Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
Cristobal Carrillo, Associate Planner, (559) 713-4443, cristobal.carrillo@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Community Development Director, 713-4025 paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council accept the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC) and take the following actions:
1. Reappoint Kim Lusk to the Committee for a first full two-year term, beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. Please note on July 15, 2024, the City Council appointed Ms. Lusk to a partial term on the HPAC beginning July 15, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, to fill the remaining term of Committee member Walter Deissler who resigned from the committee.
2. Reappoint Karen Ayala to the Committee for a second two-year term beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
3. Reappoint Jay Hohlbauch to the Committee for a third two-year term beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. Please note, Mr. Hohlbauch has already served for 5 out of the maximum 6 years allowed for a committee appointment. However, the request for a two-year term is intended to maintain the 4/3 split of committee member term expirations between odd- and even-numbered years, which was re-established by adjusting one of Mr. Hohlbauch's previous terms in 2022 from 2 years to 1 year.
Summary:
The HPAC currently has six seated members out of seven available positions. The reappointments of all three members will allow the Committee to continue to pursue its mission to protec...
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