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Historic Preservation Commission outlines process changes, site visits, and possible landmarking
Summary
The commission reviewed staff recommendations to codify Section 106 routing, create a case-management checklist, and require chair/secretary signatures on official correspondence; commissioners also discussed updating surveys, conducting site visits, and potential landmarking of the civic center.
Staff presented a 'study session Section 106 process review' handout recommending procedural changes: clarify the routing of consulting-party invitations, adopt a case-number tracking method, create written checklists for staff, and make official HPC correspondence require the chair's and secretary's signatures to avoid unilateral staff transmittals.
Commissioners supported many of the recommendations and stressed the need for updated cultural-resource surveys and more frequent public meetings or site visits to enable informed comment within Section 106 windows. Several commissioners also suggested pursuing landmarking avenues for the civic center and emphasized using CLG grant funding for survey updates and staff support.
