Commission narrows resource-inventory work, assigns street‑level checks with Oct. 15 deadline

The Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday moved to a streamlined process for updating the city—s historic resource inventory, assigning commissioners to conduct street‑level checks of previously listed addresses and setting an Oct. 15 deadline to return completed forms.

Commissioners said the work is intended to reconcile the existing inventory with buildings that remain in the city and to flag properties that need deeper historical research. The commission will use a simplified survey form rather than the more detailed inventory template saved by staff to make the field work accessible to volunteers and non‑historians.

Why it matters: an updated inventory will be the basis for future grant work and for deciding which properties the commission wants to nominate for state or national recognition. Commissioners said a pared‑down field check will…