I just said I could use that extra time today.

Sounds like a good it's probably nobody's job.

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

Calling the uh meeting of the uh historic sorry historic preservation committee meeting in or to order and everyone is present.

Do I need to do a roll call?

No.

Okay, everyone is present, no absences.

And is it Fernando Rovere is here from the city to speak, I assume.

Yes.

And Spencer Um Organbright is here as well from the city.

Um right now is um open to pup uh consent or oh we'll open the consent agenda.

Um if any member of the public or commission would like to discuss a consent item, please do so.

Does anyone want to let's uh also remind the public how to participate?

Yes.

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Thank you for participating in your city government.

Thank you.

And the first item and only item on the consent agenda is approval of the minutes.

Are there any comments on the minutes or any corrections needed?

Um good.

I'll move that we um did sorry, we need to we need to check if there's any member of the public.

Yes, there are there are no attendees online with their hands raised.

Did you have a comment or other?

Okay, I move that we uh accept the minutes of December twelfth.

Okay, all in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay.

Um the next item is a public appearance.

If anyone would like to speak on any subject not on the agenda.

Um I don't see anyone, anyone online.

There are no attendees online with their hands raised.

Okay.

Um so the first public appearance item is to receive the report on the certified local government annual report or twenty twenty-three, twenty-four annual report.

Um, I'm gonna share my screen.

My name is Fernando Roveri, principal planner for the city of Monterey.

And today I'd like to discuss uh the certified local government annual report from October 2023 to September 2024.

I've prepared a presentation for you.

The CLG program is a preservation partnership between local, state, and federal governments focused on promoting historic preservation at the local level.

With each local community working through a certain certification process to become recognized as a CLG.

And the City of Monterey went through the certification process to become recognized by the state office of historic preservation.

And so we have fulfilled all of the requirements for that.

And so we have shown to the state office of historic preservation our commitment to historic preservation.

How do you become a certified local government?

There are requirements that the more important ones.

So one requirement is to maintain a historic preservation commission, which we do, and that is all of you.

We do that by implementing procedures for reviewing alterations to historic resources, requests for demolition of potentially historic resources, etc.

We also maintain a system to survey inventory historic resources, and those are listed in our historic preservation ordinance.

So for example, procedures for surveying a resource to procedures for adding versus removing a resource from a survey list, and procedures for adding historic zoning, historic overlay zoning to properties to further protect them.

And the city also facilitates public participation in local preservation by hosting these HPC meetings, which are open to the public, and by offering the MILSACT program, where home a homeowner enters into a contract with the city of Monterey to maintain a historic resource in exchange for property tax savings.

What are the benefits of being a CLG?

The state gives at least 10% of their federal historic preservation funding to CLGs as subgrants to fund surveys, national register nominations, training, etc.

The we also would receive technical assistance from the state historic preservation office staff.

Also, studies show that historic districts maintain higher property values, less population decline, more walkability, and greater sense of community.

And here on the right side, I'm showing our two National Historic Landmark districts.

So I wanted to mention some highlights from our CLG report for the reporting period.