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City moves to abate Jose Garcia Brewer Adobe; plan calls for removal and storage of two walls and owner lien
Summary
Inspectors found temporary coverings inadequate at the Jose Garcia Brewer Adobe. Code enforcement has opened an administrative abatement; staff said the city will contract for temporary protection and remove two walls required by the project’s conditions of approval, with costs billed to the property and a lien to be placed.
City staff told the Historic Preservation Commission on Dec. 23 that a site inspection of the Jose Garcia Brewer Adobe found the temporary tarp inadequate and that code enforcement has begun an administrative abatement process.
Staff said they visited the property on Dec. 16 and again the morning of the meeting with an engineer, Eric Franklin, and noted a hole in the tarp that left the adobe exposed. Staff provided code enforcement with a scope of work and contractor contacts so the city can obtain bids for temporary protection and for removal and storage of two walls that the commission’s conditions of…
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