Thursday, March 01, 2007

City Council Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Subcommittee

[Source: Barbara Stocklin] -- On February 22, 2007, the Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Subcommittee met and recommended City Council approval to expend up to $40,000 in available Historic Preservation Bond Funds for four (4) Exterior Rehabilitation matching grant rehabilitation projects; to execute a contract with Heritage Architecture and Planning to update the city’s historic preservation design guidelines using up to $85,000 in available Historic Preservation Bond Funds; and to apply retroactively for a matching $10,000 Certified Local Government Pass-Through Grant to fund the production and publication of the design guidelines. The Historic Preservation Office also presented a report on its recently completed Customer Service Survey to the Subcommittee. Several members of the Historic Preservation Commission and the public were present at the meeting to speak on these items.