Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Planning Department

TO:	David Corliss Debbie Van Saun
FROM:	Lynne Braddock Zollner
CC:	Sheila Stogsdill
Date:	July 13, 2006
RE:	July 18, 2006 Agenda Item

Please include the following item on the City Commission agenda for consideration at the July 18^th meeting:

Landmark Nomination of 820 New Jersey Street, to the Lawrence Register of Historic Places

At their meeting on May 18, 2006, the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission (HRC) passed Resolution 2006-01 recommending designation of 820 New Jersey Street, as a Landmark on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places.

Project Status. Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Lawrence requires the City Commission to consider the application of a landmark nomination at a public hearing. The public hearing may be during a regularly scheduled meeting. The City Commission may approve an ordinance designating a nominated structure as a landmark in accordance with the findings of the HRC. The City Commission may also authorize submittal of an application to nominate the proposed landmark for listing on the State or National Registers of Historic Places.

If the City Commission denies the nomination, subsequent nomination attempts shall not occur within three years, or without a change of ownership of the property, whichever occurs first.

Action Request. Planning staff requests the City Commission hold a public hearing and direct staff to draft an ordinance for landmark designation for 820 New Jersey Street, if appropriate.