Good evening, and welcome to the May eighth, twenty twenty-five Frederick City Historic Preservation Hearing, and I guess we don't actually have a workshop tonight.

So 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.

And these guidelines are made a part of each and every case.

If so, answer I do.

Thank you very much.

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 such site 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 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?

Mr.

Chairman, I have one statement.

All right, thank you for noting that.

Moving on, are there any uh any announcements this evening?

Yes, two announce two announcements.

First is if anybody parked in the parking garage tonight, uh whether you're a commission member or uh member of the public, uh please see Tansi on your way out for parking validation.

Um second, just a final reminder that on Monday, May 12th, uh the City of Frederick is hosting our sites of enslavement symposium at Visit Frederick on East Street.

Um this is um like the big final event to uh summarize our the research findings of uh historical context report into the history of slavery on the local level.

We did find some really interesting um information and and definitely want to share that information with the public.

And this is just one step of a multi-step uh effort to research, document, interpret, and educate the public on this interesting history.

Um that is it for now.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Moving on to approval of minutes.

The minutes from the April 24th, 2025 hearing and workshop.

Commissioners, any questions regarding those minutes?

Anything you'd like to see added or corrected?

Yes, sir.

I have one correction for the workshop minutes.

Item one, HPC 25-72 at 173 West All Saint Street.

First bullet, second paragraph.

The applicant clarified that there is a ramp at the side of the building, and the railing will be attached to the building along the ramp.

And with that, I will move that we approve the both the hearing and workshop minutes for April 24th, 2025.

All right.

Any anything else?

I second the motion.

All right, thank you.

All in favor, please raise your hand.

And that passes unanimously.

Thank you very much.

Moving on to HBC business, uh, administrative approval report.

Yes, I want to enter the entire administrative approval report into the record and just note that staff uh reviewed and approved 36 applications administratively in the month of April.

All right, thank you very much.

And then we have the certification of the 2024 report on historic preservation property tax credits and recommendation to the director of finance, group three.

Yes, uh a lot.

Excuse me.

Uh staff will be submitting the 2024 Historic Preservation Property Tax Credit Applications to the Historic Preservation Commission for certification and multiple groups.

The Commission previously approved nine applications at their April 10th meeting and seven applications at their April 24th meeting in accordance with Section 810 of City Code.

This third batch of applications is comprised of 11 applications and includes an investment amount of 751,000 dollars and sixty-four dollars with a recommended credit of 41,445.50 cents.

A detailed summary and photographs are attached.

Staff requests that the commission review and certify the attached recommendations.

Staff will forward the results to their uh to the director of finance the remaining applications will be submitted for certification at the next hearing on May 22nd 2025 and in that report I'll include a total summary of all the credits combined just so um the total results will be um shared.

All right thank you commissioners any questions for staff regarding the um the tax credit submissions no questions perhaps only comment it really is pleasurable to see so much work being done on so many buildings and with that I will move that we certify the third batch of the 2024 historic preservation property tracks credit applications all right and I will second that any further discussion all in favor please raise your hand right that passes unanimous since my name is on the list.

Fair enough okay that is uh three in favor with uh commissioner fitzgerald abstaining since he is recipient he wants easy for you to say recipient of one of the credits um moving on to HPC 25-145 DR request for demolition review two Monroe Avenue I'd like to enter the whole memo into the record our request for demolition review has been submitted per section 423 of the land management code for a dwelling at two Monroe Avenue planning step has determined that the structure is in whole or in part 50 years older or older based on this evaluation the Historic Preservation Commission is charged with determining if the property is potentially eligible for an individual historic designation.

A property is eligible for designation for a historic preservation overlay if it is at least 50 years retains historic integrity or meets one of the following criteria listed in the memo the dwelling at two Monroe Avenue was constructed in circa 1949 City Directory indeed record suggest that the building was constructed by William and Florence Cullen who purchased the property from William H.

Freed the Collins owned the property until their death Florence died in 1990 and the property was sold to Sean Mitchell and Larry Michael in 1992.

The structure represents mid-20th century architecture and retains a good degree of historic integrity maintaining elements of its original location design setting materials workmanship feeling and association but lacks a high level of architectural significance research has not indicated that the property holds significance for an event or culture group nor was any information found to indicate that it is associated with the lives of highlight highlight significant persons staff finds that the property is not individually eligible for designation and recommends that the commission not pursue a designation application and with that I'll take any questions commissioners any questions for staff regarding the um the demolition review application I think my only question is this is this particular one is a full demolition is that what I understand correct thank you Mr.

Chairman I'm familiar with case HBC 25-145 DR located at two Monroe Avenue I moved to not pursue a designation application for historic preservation overlay all second all right moved and seconded any further discussion all in just for the Mr.

Chairman I agree with staff's report that appears to be no high level of architectural significance on the property nor any indicated significance for historic events or cultural groups or associated with the lives of significant persons.

All in favor, please raise all in favor of not pursuing a designation for an HPO, please raise your hand.