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Harlingen moves forward on historic preservation ordinance after workshop and public review
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The Harlingen City Commission advanced a historic preservation ordinance on first reading after a workshop explaining a $40,000 Texas Historical Commission grant to fund a historic resources survey and discussion of incentives, review processes and guardrails; the ordinance passed subject to scrivener corrections and staff edits.
City commissioners advanced a new historic preservation ordinance on first reading Tuesday after a workshop that detailed how Harlingen would identify and protect buildings deemed historically significant.
Francisco Martinez, a city grant coordinator, told commissioners the Texas Historical Commission awarded the city $40,000 through the Texas Preservation Trust Fund "to conduct a historic resources survey," a study he said would help the city identify and properly protect properties. Martinez outlined three survey levels—windshield, reconnaissance and intensive—saying an intensive survey can recommend properties eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Supporters said the ordinance…
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