Welcome to the June 27th, 2024, Frederick City Historic Preservation Commission hearing and workshop.

Technical qualifications of the Commission and staff are on file by 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 Alderman and the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation, published by the U.S.

Department of Interior National Park Service.

These guidelines are made a part of each and every case.

All cases are were duly advertised in the Frederick News Post in accordance with Section 301 of the land management code.

Let's begin with introductions on my left, the audience's right.

Sitting far over there is uh the HPC administrative assistant, Tansi Creighton, and then uh Commissioner Paul Fitzgerald, myself, Commissioner Robert Van Renz, Commissioner Ann Hart, and Commissioner.

Thank you, Alyssa Fortune.

I couldn't remember the last name, I'm sorry.

And excuse me, Assistant City Attorney Iris Anon.

Um with business before the historic preservation commission or wishes to speak, uh please rise and be sworn in.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the response is given?

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.

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 historical history.

Sorry, 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.

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

All right.

Yes.

Yes.

So there is one uh there is one item of business um HPC 24-35 request for demolition review that I will be recusing myself from because I have a previously existing relationship with the applicant.

So other than that, uh moving on, we have announcements this evening.

Uh yes, I excuse me.

I only have uh one announcement, and that is uh for HPC 24-475, a property at 111 East 7th Street.

The applicant requested a continuance for their case to be reviewed at the July 11th hearing agenda.

They just couldn't make tonight's meeting and uh just want to push it back to the next available, and again, that's gonna be July 11th.

Um, a vote will be needed for that.

All right, thank you.

Then uh let's see, moving on to approval of minutes.

Uh each the uh minutes from the Historic Preservation Commission hearing of June 13th, 2024 and the workshop from June 13th, 2024.

Commissioners, any questions or concerns regarding those minutes?

Anything that we need to see amended or added all right.

Seeing nothing, can I get a motion to accept?

Yes, sir.

I move that we accept the minutes from the June 13th hearing and workshop minutes.

I will second.

All right, thank you.

Any further discussion.

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

All right.

The minutes from both are accepted.

All right, moving on to uh HPC business and uh Paul, would you mind doing the next one 24-35 DR.

Uh sure, Ms.

Hofnitz?

You have a staff report.

I'd like to enter the whole memo into the record.

A request for demolition review has been submitted per section 423 of the land management code for a dwelling at 512 Pearl Street.

Planning staff have determined that the structure is in whole or in part 50 years 50 years old or older.

Based on this evaluation, the historic preservation commission is charged with determining if the property is potentially eligible for individual historic designation.

A property is eligible for designation for historic preservation overlay if it's at least 50 years and retains historic integrity and meets at least one of the following criteria outlined in the memo.

The dwelling at 512 Pearl Street was constructed circa 1955.

D records suggest that the building was constructed by George R.

Moberly and Marion R.

Moberly when the bought when they bought the property from Boris's homes or corporation in 1955.

The building remains remained under the ownership of the couple until they sold the property to William and Lenninger and Catherine Lenninger in 1980.

George and Marriam were the longest residents in the dwelling, according to newspaper reports.