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1999 02 18 HPC Minutes MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING A regular meeting held at the La Quinta City Hall Session Room 78-495 Calle Tarnpico, La Quinta, CA FEBRUARY ]8, 1999 This meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission was called to order by Acting Chairman, Robert Wright at 3 :34 p.m. who led the flag salute and asked for the roll call. 1. CALL TO ORDER A. Pledge of Allegiance. B. Roll Call: Present: Commissioners Irwin, Mitchell, Vossler, and Acting Chairman Wright. Absent: It was moved and seconded by Commissioners WrightIVossler to excuse Commissioner Puente. Unanimously approved. Staff Present: Community Deve]opment Director Jerry Herman, Planning Manager Christine di Iorio, Principal P]armer Stan Sawa, and Secretary Carolyn Walker. II. PUBLIC COMMENT: None III. CONFIRMATION OF THE AGENDA: A. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Vossler/Irwin to add Election of Officers to the Agenda. Unanimously approved. B. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Irwin/V oss]er to add Staffing to the Agenda. Unanimously approved. IV. ELECTION OF OFFICERS A. Acting Chairman Wright opened the nominations for Chairman. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners IrwinIVossler to nominate Robert Wright as Chairman. There being no further nominations, nominations were closed and Robert Wright was unanimously elected as Chairman. B. Chairman Wright opened the nominations for Vice Chairman. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Irwin/Wright to nominate Maria Puente as Vice Chairman. There being no further nominations, nominations were closed and Marie Puente was unanimously elected as Vice Chairman. n ,,... nAl Vlo,nupr"'l_IILQQ urnrl -]- Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 18,1999 IV. CONSENT CALENDAR: A. Commissioner Irwin had a question regarding exclusion of an item in the January 20th minutes regarding a letter the Commission requested be written to Dr. Bruce Love commending him on his archaeological reports received at that meeting. Staff directed the minutes be changed as follows: 1. Page 2, Item #7 add the sentence: "Commissioners directed staff to draft and send a letter of commendation to Bruce Love complimenting him on the quality of his reports." There being no further corrections, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Irwin/Wright to approve the Minutes of January 20, 1999, as amended. Unanimously approved. V. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Sf_fling: 1. Commissioner Irwin questioned the change in staffing. Her concern was that staff changes were made because of the Commission's action at the last Council meeting. 2. Community Development Director Jerry Herman explained that in order to allow all staff members to broaden their experience in different aspects of planning, Mr. Sawa would be replacing Leslie Mouriquand as staff person for the Commission. 3. Commissioner Irwin stated she thought the City would want the most qualified personnel to serve as staff for the Commission. 4. Community Development Director Jerry Herman reiterated that staff assignments are made to benefit the Department and increase the experience of each of the planners. It is the decision of this Department that other planners need to gain experience. The Commission is comprised of professional and nonprofessional members of the community who have historical and archaeological expertise. Discussion followed regarding how staffing assignments were made. 5. Commissioners requested this decision be re-evaluated. Community Development Director Jerry Herman indicated he would re-evaluate the decision regarding staffing. P:\CAROL YNlHPC2-18-99.wpd -2- Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 18, 1999 B. ~:r~rrt ~~<;:;~haeOlogical Monitoring for the Fxtension of Avenlle 48, between fi so r t and Adams Street AAG - James Brock and Brenda D Smith 1. Principal Planner Stan Sawa presented the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development Department. 2. Commissioner Mitchell corrected the last sentence of the first paragraph that states the monitoring mitigated the impacts of these resources. The sentence should read that it was as a result of the monitoring the artifacts were mapped and recovered. Recovery is what mitigates these, not the monitoring. 3. There being no further comments, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners lrwin/Mitchell to adopt Minute Motion 99-008 approving the report as corrected. Unanimously approved. C. Annual r:ertified Local Government R'1'ort for 1998 1. Planning Manager Christine di Iorio presented the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development Department. She then asked for comments from the Commissioners before finalization ofthis draft. 2. Commissioner Irwin asked if the application she submitted to the City Council, to serve on the Commission, would be adequate. Staff replied in the affirmative. 3. Commissioner Mitchell had some comments on the installation of new air conditioning systems for the Casitas, within the La Quinta Hotel Resort, and whether that would affect their eligibility for the National Register. 4. Planning Manager di Iorio replied that the Casitas are potentially eligible for listing on the National Register. She then gave him a brief summary ofthe steps that had been taken to assure retention of the historic integrity of these buildings even though they were being modernized. 5. There being no further comments, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Irwin/Wright to approve Minute Motion 99-009 accepting the report as submitted. Unanimously approved. VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL A. Planning Manager Christine di Iorio went over the various items submitted to the Commission which included tours available through the National Trust, some articles from the Society for American Archaeology, and an article regarding Jay von Werlhof and his recent contribution to archaeology. P:\CAROL YNlHPC2-18-99.wpd -3- Historic Preservation Commission MU1Utes February 18, 1999 VII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS: A. Chairman Wright then introduced the new Commissioners Judy Vossler and Mike Mitchell and welcomed them to the Commission. B. Commissioner Irwin talked about the video "The Story of La Quinta" and its reference to Missions in the area. She felt contributions for the video came from Mr. Wilke and other historians when they put together the information for the video. Commissioner Irwin offered to contact Fred Rice to see where the information might have been obtained. C. Chairman Wright thanked Community Development Director Jerry Herman and Principal Planner Stan Sawa for attending the meeting. D. Chairman Wright also relayed a news story about the "Stonehenge of Florida". E. Commissioner Irwin informed the Commissioners about tours that were to be conducted in La Quinta. She had contacted Ms. Louise Neeley to do a tour of Point Happy Ranch as Ms. Neeley was born and raised there and would be able to give a more accurate historic perspective on Point Happy Ranch. After general discussion, it was decided the tour of Point Happy Ranch would be conducted on March 29th at 3:30 p.m. with Commissioner Irwin coordinating with Ms. Louise Neeley and staff obtaining approval from the property owner. F. Commissioners discussed visiting some un-surveyed sites to gain a perspective on surface observation work that is done for the Phase I archaeological study. Discussion of possible sites followed with the possibility of the Commissioners visiting the property at the northwest comer of Washington Street and Highway Ill, given the property owner's approval, or a City-owned park site. VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Voss1er/Irwin to adjourn this meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission to the next scheduled meeting of the Historical Preservation Commission on March 18, 1999. This meeting of the Historical Preservation Commission was adjourned at 4:15 p.m. February 18,1999. Unanimously approved. Submitted by: ~ Secretary tJd/wv P:\CAROL YNlHPC2-18-99.wpd -4-