CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

Department:	Planning and Development Services		Commission Meeting Date:  April 17, 2018
Staff Contact:	Lynne Braddock Zollner, Historic Resources Administrator
Recommendations/Options/Action Requested:
Conduct a public hearing, consider a recommendation from the Historic Resources Commission, and adopt the Ordinance 9437 on first reading to designate 1655 Mississippi Street as a Landmark on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places (L-17-00123).
Executive Summary:		The HRC determined that 1655 Mississippi Street meets the criteria identified in City Code Section 22-403 for landmark designation. The HRC adopted Resolution 2017-09 recommending designation for the property. Chapter 22 requires the City Commission to consider the application of a landmark at public hearing.  At the City Commission public hearing on February 6, 2018, the City Commission asked staff to provide additional information to the commission and to property owners within the proposed environs of the property on the landmark nomination. Staff mailed additional information to property owners on March 15-16, 2018. (See attached letter.) The commission asked staff to provide information on the amount of time an environs review for a building permit was compared to a non-environs building permit. Only a small sample size was available due to the number of permits, but the average time for an environs review was twice as long as a typical building permit review. See attached memo for more information about this item. The commission asked staff to verify the chart that was included in the packet information.  This chart reflects the written communication received by the HRC up to the time of the last public hearing by the HRC.  Staff has reviewed all of the written correspondence and the written correspondence chart is attached. The commission asked staff to provide the form letter sent to the HRC by property owners.  That letter is attached.
Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor		Safe, Healthy, and Welcoming Neighborhoods
Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source):		The fiscal impact to the City is $_0_ net _0_. This item was not in any budget or CIP.  There is currently no financial impact to the city associated with listing structures in the Lawrence Register of Historic Places.
Attachments:		Staff Memo Letter to Property Owners within 250’ of 1655 Mississippi Street Sample Letter from Resident Chart for Local Environs Review Register Properties with Environs Map Communications Spreadsheet Correspondence Received After 2/6/18 City Commission Meeting

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