1995 11 16 HPC Minutes
MINUTES
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION - CITY OF LA QUlNTA
A regular meeting held at the La Quinta City Hall
78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, California
November 16, 1995
I. CALL TO ORDER
A. The meeting was called to order at 3:07 P.M. by Chairman Ned Millis
II. ROLL CALL
A. Chairman Millis requested the roll call. Present: Commission Members
Henderson, Puente, Wright, and Chairman Millis. Advisor Lauren Weiss-Bricker
was absent.
B. Staff Present: Planning Manager Christine di Iorio and Office Assistant Carolyn
Walker.
III. PUBLIC COMMENT - None
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Chairman Millis asked if there were any corrections to the Minutes of July 25,
1995. There being no corrections, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners
Henderson/Puente to approve the Minutes as presented. Unanimously approved.
Chairman Millis asked if there were any corrections to the Minutes of October 19,
1995. There being no corrections, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners
Henderson/Wright to approve the minutes as submitted. Unanimously approved.
V. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Desert Sands Unified School District Site Archaeological Reoort.
1.
Planning Manager Christine di Iorio presented the information contained in
the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department.
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2. Commissioner Henderson asked staff to elaborate on why the report was
done under a time constraint. Staff explained the reason for the time
constraint was to meet the School District's construction requirements.
Discussion followed regarding the record search.
3. There being no further discussion, it was moved and seconded by
Commissioners Wright/Puente to approve the report as submitted.
Unanimously approved.
B. Context Statement
I. Planning Manager Christine di Iorio presented the information contained in
the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department.
2. Commissioner Wright stated he felt the list was complete.
3. Commissioner Henderson asked about the list of construction dates for
houses in the Cove. Staff stated the City had a GIS program installed and
during the instruction process, they discovered they could print a list of all
the properties built between 1935 to 1949 in the Cove.
4. Chairman Millis inquired about the capabilities of the GIS program.
Discussion followed regarding the areas of research this would open up.
VI OTHER
A. Staff discussed the seminars that had been attended and stated they had received
information on how to prepare the grant for the Historic Survey.
I.
Commissioner Henderson asked staff to clarifY how many jurisdictions have
the Certified Local Government (CLG) certification. Staff stated the
information contained in the letter to Mr. Levy of the Coachella Valley Water
District, was correct. There currently are only 34 recognized in the State with
13 additional being processed.
2.
Chairman Millis asked staff to keep the Commission informed on the
different conferences/seminars that are available to them for their edification.
Staff stated that in addition, speakers could be invited to address the
Commission. Commissioner Henderson stated this would be a good idea and
other cities should be invited as well. Staff would look into the possibilities.
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VII. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Chairman Millis and Commissioner
Wright to adjourn this meeting of the Historical Preservation Commission at 3:26 P.M., to a regular
meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission on December 21,1995. Unanimously approved.
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