Good evening.

Welcome to the April 25th, 2024 hearing of the Frederick Historic Preservation Commission.

I call this hearing to order.

Before we get too far, if anyone wants a written copy of the agenda over on the side table, there's a copy if you want to follow along.

The uh technical or let me start with well, the technical qualifications of the commission and 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 board of aldermen 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.

Starting with introductions, um, my name is Paul Fitzstall serving here tonight with fellow commissioners Blair Wilson and Ann Hart, representing the City of Frederick Historic Preservation Planners Christina Martinkowski and Sarah Hoffadz, Assistant City Attorney Michael Fry, and a brand new inaugural meeting, uh administrative assistant Tansi Creighton.

Welcome.

All applicants and authorized authorized agents and members of the public who wish to speak tonight must be sworn in.

If you would please stand as you are able.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

I'd also like to commend Commissioner Wilson's uh service to this commission.

And uh I think she's uh made valuable contributions and appreciate her uh involvement.

Moving on to approval of the minutes, um I would like to start with the hearing minutes for March 28th.

I do have an amendment to those minutes just for the hearing portion.

Um I move to amend the minutes for March 28, 2024 under Section 7, item 6, KPC 24-055.

Uh that the applicant name be changed to Will Randall and agent name changed to Brian Bradfield.

I believe there was a just a clerical error in the names of the applicant and the agent on that particular item.

Do you have a second on the amendment?

I will second the amendment.

Okay, all in favor of the amendment, please raise your hand.

All right.

The amendment carries are there any other amendments or revisions to the hearing minutes.

Um I move to um approve the uh March 28, 2024 historic preservation committee.

Hearing minutes as amended.

Can we include the workshop minutes?

With that.

Yeah, the hearing minutes as amended plus the workshop minutes for March 28th.

Thank you, sir.

I will second.

All in favor, raise your hand.

Okay.

Motion carries three to zero.

And Sarah, I will move to approve the hearing and workshop minutes for April 11th, 2024.

I'll second.

Okay, you have motion to approve the April 11th.

Workshop hearing minutes.

All in favor, raise your hand.

Motion carries three to zero.

Moving on to HPC business.

HBC 24-2080 DR request for demolition.

1051 and 1055 Rockies Spring Roads.

Ms.

Mark Koske.

Or Mr.

Hafidz.

Thank you.

I want to enter the full memo into the record.

A request of demolition review has been submitted per section 423 of the land management code for two dwellings and a garage at 151 and 1055 Rocky Springs Road.

The prefabricated shed at the rear of the brick dwelling is not being reviewed.

Planning staff have determined that the structures are in whole or in part 50 years or older.

Based on this evaluation, the Historic Preservation Commission is charged with the determining if if the property is potentially eligible for individual historic designation.

A property is eligible for designation for a historic preservation overlay if it is at least 50 years, retains historic integrity, and meets at least one of the following criteria listed in your memo.

Of the three existing structures, the oldest is a two-story dwell situated between the garage and the brick dwelling.

It features the typical shape and elevations of an American four square, a post a popular post-vote Victorian form that could be applied with various architectural styles.

Plans of the building could not be located for the building.

Newspaper reports indicate that an earlier frame dwelling on the property was destroyed by fire in 1914, and the current structure was rebuilt approximately the same year by Harry and Maddie Kemp.