Thank you.

the agenda for Tuesday December 2nd that meeting is noticed for 930 closed

session and 130 regular session and consent starts on page 4 and continues

on pages 5 6 7 and 8 and section 3 we have clean energy project revenue bonds

the acceptance of the comprehensive annual investment fee report and actions

related to North San Pedro Park and Bassett Park projects section for

amendment to our gaming control municipal code section six the semi-annual

report from climate smart San Jose clean energy pilot program options and San

Jose Clean Energy customer bill credits.

We have two items on land use consent which will be heard immediately after regular consent

and one item on land use item 10.2.

Do we have any public comment on the agenda?

We do not.

All right.

Back to the committee.

Do we have a motion?

Move approval with the add sheet.

All right.

Great.

That's a vote.

I don't see any other hands.

okay motion carries 5-0 thank you so much and we're on to our consent calendar today we have

three items on consent public comment no public comment public comment all right back to the

committee for consent move approval all right let's vote

alright consent patch is 5-0

and it looks like our district 3

council member has just arrived just in time

to do a brief introduction of

the memo item C1

historic preservation ordinance reform

so if you'd like to just come down to the box

and briefly let us know

give us an overview and then we'll have a discussion.

Sounds good. Hello colleagues. It's my first time at RULES, so good to be here.

Here with a memo that touches on a broad set of recommendations on improving our city's

approach to historic preservation. This has been something that's been of interest to a lot of folks

in District 3, just with everything that we've seen with business closures in Japantown.

But I want to be clear that I think this is an issue that really affects the entire district

and other districts in the city as well, not just Japantown.

So there's a number of different recommendations in the memo that I'm happy to walk through.

First is that we've heard a lot from residents who may not even realize that their property

is on the historic resources inventory.

They may not have a good understanding of the city's historic preservation ordinance

and what that entails.

So this one is just focused on outreach and education,

improving that for owners of historic properties on the resource inventory.

And I think this will also help when these properties go up for sale, since if the owners

are aware that the properties are on the inventory, it can then be disclosed and there can be

more transparency throughout the process.

The second recommendation is focused on exploring an amnesty program for previously unpermitted

construction on properties in the inventory.

I want to be clear that this is specifically an amnesty program for any construction that

is not posing any active health or safety standards, but maybe, you know, cosmetic things.

So this is something that was raised by a number of members of the Japantown community in particular.

And in our conversations, many people pointed to the distrust in government that occurred after incarceration during World War II.

And that in the years following the war, there were many properties in Japantown that may have had unpermitted construction or renovation work.

And that now as those properties are being looked to pass on to future generations or be sold or be subject to future investment and renovation,

that that kind of legacy on unpermitted work can pose challenges on all of those fronts.

But this is another thing that anecdotally I've seen be a problem far outside of Japantown.

I live in a historic home in a historic landmark district,