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Council declines to merge Planning and Historic Preservation commissions after extended public comment
Summary
Council considered ordinance 11-16-B to consolidate the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission into one seven-member body but, after staff explanation and lengthy public testimony defending the historic commission's role, the motion to combine the commissions failed on first reading.
Council members debated a staff proposal to repeal the separate Historic Preservation Commission and fold its duties into a consolidated Planning and Historic Preservation Commission.
Staff said the proposal was driven by chronic vacancies and overlapping responsibilities: the municipal code currently provides for a seven-member planning commission and a seven-member historic preservation commission (14 total seats), but both bodies have been difficult to fully staff. The proposed ordinance (11-16-B) would have left most historic-preservation…
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