Agenda Item Wording:
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Committee Annual Update - Review and accept the 2024/2025 Annual Report from the City of Visalia Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
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Deadline for Action: 10/20/2025
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, Planning and Community Preservation 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. The annual report provides the City Council with a detailed overview of all activities conducted and projects reviewed by the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee between July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025.
Summary:
The HPAC Annual Report provides an overview of the activities conducted by the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee during the 2024/2025 fiscal year. Activities summarized include project reviews, project consultations, long range projects, and public outreach.
Discussion:
Project Reviews
Between July 2024 to June 2025, the HPAC held a total of 19 public meetings, with a total of 47 members of the public attending, averaging 2.5 people per meeting. Over that span of time, a total of 22 exterior alteration requests were reviewed, with 91% of projects (20) approved outright or with modifications. Two projects received denials, listed in Attachment No. 1 as HPAC No. 2025-04 (918 West Main Street) and HPAC No. 2025-05 (410 North Court Street). The item at 918 West Main Street was related to a request to conduct exterior alterations to a dental office. This item was denied due to incompatibility of the proposal (placement of stacked/rustic stone veneer on a craftsman bungalow containing undamaged wood siding and river rock) with the architectural elements of the building...
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