Thank you.

Calling the order the Thursday, August 11th, 2022 meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission of the City of Frederick.

Any uh property owners, registered agents, or members of the public who wish to be heard tonight, stand and be sworn in.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the responses given in statements made in this hearing before before the Historic Preservation Commission will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

If so, answer I do.

Thank you.

Please be seated.

Do we have any announcements this evening?

Okay.

Um move on to introductions.

Uhing down at my left at uh at your right, we have um our administrative assistant Shannon Pyle, and we have um Commissioner Elizabeth Burns, Commissioner Iva Saller, I'm Commissioner Robert Van Rennes, uh, Commissioner Anne Hart, and then um excuse me, uh historic preservation planners uh Lisa Mrodick Murphy and Kristen Martin Koskey.

And coming in late, um assistant to the attorney Scott Waxter and our aldermatic liaison um Donica Zomczek.

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, 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 sites, structures and districts for the education and welfare of the residents of the city of Frederick.

It is the purpose of this storic preservation excuse me, sorry.

Um, 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.

It is presumed that if a commissioner makes no statement at this time that they have done so and are prepared to vote on the agenda this evening.

That being said, are there any commissioners with states statements of eligibility?

All right.

Let's move on to the approval of minutes.

For the uh July 28th, 2022 hearing and workshop minutes.

Um I have a motion to approve the question.

I move to approve the minutes from uh the July 28th, 2022 hearing and workshop.

And I second.

Any discussion.

All right.

All in favor, please raise your hand.

And that's unanimous.

Thank you.

Uh moving on to HPC business, uh, administrative approval report.

Okay, just like to enter the administrative approval report into the record and note that we had 16 administrative approvals in the month of July.

All right, thank you.

And then HPC 22-723DR request for demolition approval over zero shearwater lane.

Yes, I would like to enter my memo to the record.

A request for demolition review has been submitted per section 423A at land management code for a log structure at zero shear water lane.

Planning staff has determined that the structure is whole or in part 50 years of age or order.

And based on this evaluation, the Historic Preservation Commission is charged with determining if the structure is potentially eligible for historic designation.

Are properties eligible for designation for a uh historic preservation overlay if it's at least 50 years and retains historic integrity and it meet and meets at least one of the following criteria that's associated with events and cultural groups that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of history.

If it's associated with the lives of people significant to the history of the city, the region, or the state.

If it yields or is likely to yield information important to prehistory or history, or it exhibits significance in design or construction by embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, representing the work of a master, possessing high artistic value or superior craftsmanship, or representing a distinguishable entity such as a historic district or complex of resources whose components may lack individual distinction.

The log structure at zero shearwater lane has been documented numerous times uh with architecture architectural and archaeological surveys as an individual resource.

The property is known as the Warman Log House identified as um F3247, and is documented by a determinant of eligibility form, which was reviewed and accepted by the Maryland Historic Trust in 2009.

The log building was constructed in the mid-19th century, possibly a slave quarters or tenant housing.

It is associated with the Warman House identified as F3198 and the historic community of Harmony Grove, F3108.

Though the original function of the site is not fully defined, it does not negate the building's importance as a good example of a mid-19th century V-notched law construction.

Based on the documented significance of the Warman Log House, staff recommends that the commission make an application to designate the property.

Thank you.

Is this something that we what do you need from us right now?

Well, um, right now it's in your court to discuss whether or not you want to make an application to designate this property.

Now, when a designation application is made, it will have a full a full evaluation on whether or not or how it meets the designation criteria.

Um at that point, the commission will be a recommending body uh for the planning commission and mayor board of Ottoman, who serves as the author the final round of review to whether or not an HPO could be potentially applied to this property.

Okay.

But right now is the first step.

Does this look you know potentially eligible for a designation that it would warrant an application to be made for further consideration?

So I guess if we need a little discussion, my opinion on this is that I think we should make an app.

I think we should work towards doing uh an application to designate the property based on its um association with events in the region when it was rural agricultural, and uh based on the type of law construction vernacular structures like this aren't often saved, and if we have an opportunity to do it with something like this, um that is a little run down, but is instill very intact.

I think we should uh work towards that.

So that would be my opinion, and I'd be prepared to make a motion if anybody else has any opinions.

If I could just interrupt, Mr.

Commissioner.