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Salinas board weighs flagged permits, designation limits and recognition categories
Summary
Staff demonstrated a TrackIt workflow to flag properties from Salinas historic surveys in permit review; the board clarified the HRB role is advisory for non-designated properties, requested public-facing guidance, and discussed certificate recognition criteria including the Salinas Arch.
City planning staff demonstrated how historic-resource flags are now appearing in the city’s permit-review system and outlined how those flagged permits are routed to the Historic Resources Board review process. Yesenia Segovia, assistant planner, explained she has flagged properties from the 1989 and 2017 surveys in TrackIt so they are routed to staff review; she said her comments note survey status and eligibility and that she alerts applicants about Mills Act eligibility.
Board members pressed staff on whether property owners were contacted as part of listing and whether owners are restricted by merely being on a survey. Yesenia said she…
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