The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) met on July 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, 101 North Court Street, and online via Channel 99. The meeting included a public hearing, approval of minutes, a report on administrative approvals, and decisions on three applications. All items were approved unanimously.
Good evening and welcome to the July 10th, 2025. Excuse me, Frederick City Historic Preservation Commission hearing and workshop. 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 City Council and the Secretary of the 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 is the HPC administrative assistant, Tansi Creighton, and then Commissioners Ed McMahon, Paul Fitzgerald, myself, Commissioner Robert Van Rennes, and Commissioner Ann Hart. And then on my right, the audience's left, we have historic preservation planners Sarah Hoffeditz and Daniel excuse me, Daniel Lecky, and Manager of Historic Preservation Christina Martinkowski and Assistant City Attorney Iris Anon. Any applicants or anyone else wishing to be heard before the commission this evening, please rise and be sworn in. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the response is 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. I do. All right, please be seated. 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. 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 the 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? All right, seeing none. Let's move on to any announcements this evening. We have one announcement. The applicant is requesting to be heard last on the agenda. Um the commission will vote on this matter under HPC business. All right, thank you. Moving on to approval of minutes. Um, the minutes from the June 26, 2025 hearing and workshop. Commissioners, any changes to these, any uh points of concern or any anything needed to be discussed. All right. Hearing none, um, can I get a motion to accept the minutes? Yes, sir. I move that we accept the June 26, 2025, both hearing and workshop minutes second. All right. All in favor, please raise your hand. And that passes unanimously. Thank you. Moving on to HPC business, um, administrative approval report. Yes, I would like to enter the entire administrative approval rule. Uh report into the record and note that 37 projects were reviewed uh and processed by staff uh last month. Thank you. All right, thank you very much. And the other item under business move to change the order of uh cases to be heard. Moving um HPC 25-164 and 25-165 to the end of the agenda for the for the evening. Uh commissioners, any discussion on that? Just to be clear, that was you made a motion, is that correct? Well, I'm asking for a motion to do that. Then yes, sir. I will make that motion. Thank you. All right. Any further discussion.