The City of Frederick Historic Preservation Commission met virtually on March 24, 2022, at 6:00 PM, with a workshop session beginning at 7:30 PM. This was the commission's last virtual meeting due to the ongoing health emergency; future meetings will be in person at City Hall. The commission handled five demolition reviews, a fence denial, several rehabilitation requests, and one workshop item. All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Note: The agenda lists commissioners as Van Rens, Fitzgerald, Hart, and Saller, but the transcript identifies commissioners as Bailey, Alby, Burns, and Hart. This summary uses the names as spoken in the transcript.
March 24th, 2022 meeting of the City of Frederick Historic Preservation Commission. I just want to make a quick announcement that we will be having a meeting in person next time, which is April 14th. That meeting of the HPC will be at City Hall. Again, that meeting will be in person. So that means that tonight's meeting will be the last meeting we have conducted virtually due to the ongoing health emergency. Members of the commission, staff, and applicants will all be attending the meeting remotely. The complete proceedings will be televised on Channel 99 and on the city's website. Public comment will be accepted on each agenda item. Those wishing to make public comment will be asked to call 301 600 1213 during the staff presentation of the item they would like to make comment on. Your call will be answered in the order that it was received and will be transferred to the live feed of the meeting accordingly. Each person wishing to make public comment must state their name and general address, and then they will be sworn in by the chair before providing testimony. For applicants, please join the meeting while the case immediately before your item is being discussed. When we call your presentation after the staff report, please announce your name as well as those members of your team present this evening. At that time, I will read the oath, and each member of the team should state their name and signify I do thereafter. All members of the team not speaking should mute their microphones. After your item has been voted on, we ask that you promptly leave the meeting. The technical qualifications of the commission and staff are in file with the City of Frederick and are hereby made a part of each and every case this evening. The City and Frederick Historic Preservation Commission uses the guidelines adopted by the Mayor and Borda Alderman and the Secretary of Deterior Standards for Rehabilitation published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. These guidelines and standards are hereby made a part of each and every case and are applied as appropriate. All cases were duly advertised in the Frederick News Post in accordance with Section 301 of the land management code. It is the purpose of the historic preservation commission to safeguard the historical and cultural heritage of the City of Frederick by preserving sites, structures, or districts that reflect elements of cultural, social, economic, political, archaeological, and architectural history to stabilize and improve property values of such sites, structures or districts, to foster civic beauty, to strengthen the local economy, and to promote the preservation and appreciation of such sites, structures, and districts for the education and welfare of the residents of the city of Frederick. I will now take a roll call of commissioners. Commissioner Burns present. Commissioner Hart, present. And Commissioner Stoller. This is Commissioner Alby and I was not present on March 10th. But we have applications tonight. So I'm prepared to vote this evening. Thank you, Commissioner Alby. And this is Commissioner Bailey. And I also was not present at last meeting. Anyone else? Okay. Also in supporting us this evening. Go ahead. Yes, hi. This is Hanza Mamun. We are from 36th South North Market Street. South Market Street, Frederick, Maryland, and we wanted to talk about our CBD and tobacco shop. We have signs here for the HPT noted. And our case number is 22137. This is Lisa Morazic Murphy. That item is on the agenda. It's item number 13. So the case will be called when we get to that point, and then it'll be your your opportunity to present. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you.