Title
Establishment of Criteria for Selection and Public Process for Placing Properties on the Olympia Historic Property Inventory
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Move to recommend that staff draft for Heritage Commission review the criteria for selection and the process for involving property owners in and soliciting formal public comment on the designation of properties on the Olympia Historic Property Inventory.
Report
Issue:
The Olympia Historic Inventory currently has no published and publicly available criteria for selection and public process for designation. This discussion will begin the process of establishing them.
Presenter(s):
Michelle Sadlier, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Olympia Community Planning & Development
Background and Analysis:
At the April 23, 2014 meeting, the Heritage Commission requested that staff add a number of properties to the Olympia Historic Property Inventory (Inventory). Community Planning & Development staff have reviewed the request in conjunction with relevant Olympia Municipal Code. Staff have identified two parts of the process of property designation which are adopted into current Code for the Olympia Heritage Register but not for the Inventory:
1) Criteria for selection of properties; and
2) A process for involving property owners in and soliciting formal public comment on the designation of properties.
Because of the regulatory ramifications of being listed on the Inventory, these elements of Inventory designation should be established, published, and carried out for each property before it is added to the Inventory to ensure a transparent and consistent public process.
To begin the development process, staff recommends that the Historic Preservation Officer draft these elements of Inventory designation and present them to the full Heritage Commission or a sub-committee for review.
Olympia Municipal Code (OMC) which is relevant to this discussion includ...
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