The Historic Preservation Commission of Frederick, Maryland, met on July 14, 2022, at 6:00 PM in City Hall. Commissioners Robert Van Rens (Vice Chair), Elizabeth Burns, Iva Saller, and Ann Hart were present. The meeting included a public hearing, approvals of minutes, commission business, and a workshop for several cases. Key actions included approval of a consent agenda item, approval of several rehabilitation and new construction projects, and continuation of cases involving window openings and a stoop replacement. The election of officers was tabled. The commission also provided feedback on several workshop items.
Mike. You might have to put on your mic. Time is now six o'clock. Let's begin. This is the Thursday, July 14th, 2022 meeting of the historic preservation commission of the City of Frederick. 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 guidelines adopt adapt adopted by the mayor and 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. Let's begin with introductions. And then over here on my left on the audience's right, we have uh Commissioner Elizabeth Burns, Commissioner Iva Saller, my name is Robert Van Renz. I'm the Vice Chair of the Commission and Commissioner, pardon me. Commissioner Ann Hart, and then excuse me. It is the purpose of the Historic Preservation Commission to safeguard the historical and cultural heritage of the City of Frederick by preserving site structures or districts that reflect elements of a cultural, social, economic, political, archaeological, or 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 such sites, structures, and districts for the education and welfare of the residents of the City of Frederick. In order to be eligible to vote on an application, a commissioner must have made the required site visit and attended any and all meetings at which such an application was discussed. 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. That being said, are there any commissioners with statements of eligibility? I have a statement of eligibility. That being said, um I'll ask does city staff have any announcements this evening? I do have two announcements. All right, thank you very much. Um cases, please stand and be sworn in. If so, answer I do. Thank you. Please be seated. Let's move on to the approval of minutes from the June 23rd 2022 hearing and workshop. I'd like to make a motion on the minutes. I I move that we accept the meeting minutes for both the meeting and the workshop with two admin administrative corrections on the workshop minutes. The staff attendees the alderman and the attorney were not present for that. And then for HPC 22552. Second to the last bullet. I think it was the porch with less depth and not stept. Okay. Mr. Waxer, how do we go about entering those corrections into the record? I'm sure if they're adopted with the corrections, then one of the staff can fix them if it's easy to do. If it's something much more complicated, then what we would do is we would note those those changes, have staff fix it, and then come back and adopt the minutes at the next meeting. But if it's something as simple as that, and we think that staff sort of understands the correction, then you can adopt them as amended, and then staff will correct it. Okay. Thank you. Do you wish to move to have the meeting have the minutes to to have the minutes accepted to adopt it as amended? Yes, I would make that motion to be adopted as amended to the corrections that I suggested. Thank you. Is there a second? Yes, I'll second. All right. All in favor, please raise your hand. And that's unanimous. Thank you. Moving on to HPC business.