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Preservation committee weighs advisory role, design guidelines and commercial surveys
Summary
After staff said the committee can no longer be required to perform binding design review, members discussed focusing on voluntary advisory reviews, drafting nonbinding design guidelines for staff, supporting commercial surveys and preservation planning, and a likely quarterly meeting schedule.
Committee members discussed several near‑term options after staff announced the statutory change: retain an optional advisory role, develop nonbinding design guidelines for use by city staff, assist with commercial surveys if training and funding permit, and maintain a quarterly meeting schedule with the option to convene special meetings.
Jack, a committee member, and others emphasized the value of the committee’s local expertise…
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