The City of Frederick Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing on April 14, 2022, at 6:00 PM at City Hall. Commissioners present were Chairwoman Alby, and Commissioners Burns, DePetro, Hart, and Van Renz. Staff included Christina Martinkosky, Lisa Mroszczyk Murphy, and others. The meeting covered demolition reviews, tax credit certification, and several case hearings.
Good evening. I'd like to call to order the April 14th, 2022 hearing of the City of Frederick Historic Preservation Commission. I do want to note that listening devices are available if anyone would like one. Please see Miss Eiler. The technical qualifications of the Commission and the staff are on file with the City of Frederick and are made a part of each and every case before the Commission. The Frederick City Historic Preservation Commission uses the guidelines adopted by the mayor and the Board of Aldermen and the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, and these guidelines are made a part of each and every case. All cases were duly advertised in the Frederick News Post in accordance with Section 301 of the Land Management Code. At this time, I would like to introduce the Commissioners and City staff. To your right, we have Miss Carrie Ann Eiler, Office Manager for the city. I'll be serving as the chairperson this evening. Please stand if you are able and prepare to take the oath. If so, answer I do. Thank you very much. In the event that a commissioner is absent from any such meeting, the commissioner may satisfy the attendance requirement by reviewing the record of that meeting. At this time, I would like to ask if there are any commissioners with statements of eligibility. Commissioner DePetro, I have reviewed the minutes of the last meeting, as I was not present and listened to the recordings on all the cases and workshops. Thank you, Mr. DePetro. Any others? Commissioner Van Renz. I have uh made independent site visits and uh viewed the minutes, reviewed the uh video and the minutes of the relevant meetings to the sites discussed today. Thank you, Mr. Van Renz. Welcome back, everybody. Okay. Um, with that, uh, I would like to ask if there are any announcements this evening. Yes, this is Christina Martin Kosky. I do want to announce that HPC 22-79 uh at 410 North Market Street cannot be heard tonight, and um I'll ask that the commission continue this case to the May 12th hearing. Excellent. Thank you, Ms. Martin Koskey. Any other announcements? Okay, with that, we'll move to the approval of minutes. Um we've have the March 22nd 2022 site visit minutes at the uh 401 Linden Avenue, as well as the March 23rd 2022 site visit minutes for 401 Linden Avenue, and of course the March 24th, 2022 hearing and workshop minutes. Are there any um questions or concerns or a motion to approve the minutes? Commissioner Hart, I make a motion that we approve the minutes. And that's a motion by Commissioner Hart. Is there a second? Commissioner Burns and I second. Seconded by Commissioner Burns. Any discussion on the motion. Okay, all those in favor of approving uh the minutes marked from March 22nd and 23rd site visits and March 24th hearing and workshop minutes. Uh please say aye. Aye. Commissioner Hart, aye. I know I forgot how this works, I apologize. Mr. Van Renz. Commissioner Van Rands, aye.