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Albany historic panel presses for consistent engineering reports and notices on emergency building actions
Summary
Commissioners discussed gaps in receiving engineering assessments and emergency-action reports from the building department and agreed staff will work to improve distribution and assemble a record of past reports.
Members of the Historic Resources Commission raised concerns about incomplete notifications and missing engineering reports for emergency actions affecting historic properties, and requested clearer procedures so the commission can track emergency demolitions and stabilization work.
Commission members recited language from the city zoning code requiring the commissioner of buildings to notify the historic commission and provide a structural engineering report, a statement of work, photographs and other documentation…
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