Good evening.

I'd like to call order the Thursday, December 14th, 2023 session of the City of Frederick Historic Preservation Commission.

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 Alderman and the Secretary of 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.

Introductions this evening.

On my left, the audience's right, we have the HPC's able administrative assistant Shannon Piles, uh, Commissioner Blair Wilson, myself, Commissioner Robert Van Rennes, Commissioner Paul Fitzgerald, Commissioner Ann Hart, and over to my far right, the audience's far left is Assistant City Attorney Michael Frye.

Well, anyone who has business before the commission this evening, please rise and be sworn in.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the responses given and statements made in this hearing 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.

I do.

It is the purpose of the Historic Preservation Commission to safeguard the historic and historical and cultural heritage of the City of Frederick by preserving sites, structures, or districts that reflect the 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.

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 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 statements of eligibility?

With that, I will ask if the city staff has any announcements this evening.

This is Christina Martin Kosky and I have no announcements.

All right.

Moving on.

Approval of minutes.

The uh minutes from the November 9th, 2023 hearing and workshop and the November 21st, 2023 special hearing.

Commissioners, any concerns about those meeting, about those minutes or request for changes to those minutes.

All right.

Seeing none.

Do I have a move to accept those minutes?

Yes, sir.

I move to accept both the November 9th hearing and workshop minutes as well as the special hearing minutes from November 21st.

I'll second that.

All right.

Any further discussion.

Seeing none, all in favor, please raise your hand.

All right, that passes unanimously.

Thank you.

Any consent items this evening.

I see none on the agenda.

So moving on.

Any continuances.

Looks like none.

Oh.

Administrative report.

Oh, I'm sorry.

HPC business.

I thank you.

I looked right past that.

The administrative approval report.

Ms.

Martin Koskey.

Yes, this is Christina Martin Koske, and I want to enter the entire administrative approval report and just note that there were 20 applications approved administratively by staff.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

All right.

And then moving on to our first case for this evening.

HPC 23-1125, 103 West 3rd Street.

Ms.

Martin Koskey.

Yes, this is Christina Martin Koske again, and I do want to enter the entire staff report into the record.