Cultural Heritage Committee
AGENDA

Monday, November 18, 2024 at 5:30 P.m. - 6:30 P.m.

CDD Conference Room 1, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE
NEW LOCATION: CONFERENCE ROOM #1, 919 PALM STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO

The Cultural Heritage Committee holds in-person meetings. Zoom participation will not be supported at this time. Attendees of City Council or Advisory Body meetings are eligible to receive one hour of complimentary parking; restrictions apply, visit Parking for Public Meetings for more details.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:

Public Comment prior to the meeting (must be received 3 hours in advance of the meeting):

Mail - Delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Address letters to the City Clerk's Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401.

Email - Submit Public Comments via email to . In the body of your email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number (if applicable). Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting.

Voicemail - Call [phone] and leave a voicemail. Please state and spell your name, the agenda item number you are calling about, and leave your comment. Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting.

*All correspondence will be archived and distributed to members, however, submissions received after the deadline may not be processed until the following day.

 

Public Comment during the meeting:

Meetings are held in-person. To provide public comment during the meeting, you must be present at the meeting location.

Electronic Visual Aid Presentation. To conform with the City's Network Access and Use Policy, Chapter 1.3.8 of the Council Policies & Procedures Manual, members of the public who desire to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentation must provide display-ready material to the City Clerk by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Contact the City Clerk's Office at or [phone].

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

Chair Crotser will call the Special Meeting of the Cultural Heritage Committee to order on November 18, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Development Department's Conference Room #1, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo

2.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

The public is encouraged to submit comments on any subject within the jurisdiction of the Cultural Heritage Committee that does not appear on this agenda. Although the Committee will not take action on items presented during the Public Comment Period, the Chair may direct staff to place an item on a future agenda for discussion.

3.

CONSENT

Matters appearing on the Consent Calendar are expected to be non-controversial and will be acted upon at one time. A member of the public may request the Cultural Heritage Committee to pull an item for discussion. The public may comment on any and all items on the Consent Agenda within the three-minute time limit.

3.a

CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES - OCTOBER 28, 2024 CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE MINUTES

• Recommendation:

  To approve the Cultural Heritage Committee Minutes of October 28, 2024.

4.

PUBLIC HEARING

Note: The action of the Cultural Heritage Committee is a recommendation to the Community Development Director, another advisory body, or to City Council and, therefore, is not final and cannot be appealed.

4.a

1405 GARDEN STREET (ARCH-0568-2024) REVIEW OF A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE OLD TOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT

• Recommendation:

  Provide a recommendation to the Community Development Director as to the consistency of the proposed project with the Historic Preservation Ordinance and applicable historic preservation policies, standards, and guidelines

5.

COMMENT AND DISCUSSION

5.a

CHONG’S HOME MADE CANDIES SIGN AND HISTORIC CHINATOWN INTERPRETIVE PANELS

Staff will provide an update on Phase II of the Chong's Home Made Candies sign and historic Chinatown interpretive panels project for Committee discussion and to receive any feedback and recommendations.

5.b

APPOINTMENT OF A SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW UPDATES TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT

• Recommendation:

  Appoint a subcommittee of no more than three CHC members to review draft updates to the Historic Preservation Ordinance and Historic Context Statement Update Project.

5.c

STAFF UPDATES AND AGENDA FORECAST

Receive a brief update from Principal Planner Brian Leveille.

6.

ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular Meeting of the Cultural Heritage Committee is scheduled for January 27, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. The Regular Meeting of December 23, 2024 will be cancelled due to the Christmas Holiday.

 

LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES are available -- see the Clerk

The City of San Luis Obispo wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City Clerk’s Office at [phone] at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf [phone].

Agenda related writings or documents provided to the Cultural Heritage Committee are available for public inspection on the City’s website: https://www.slocity.org/government/mayor-and-city-council/agendas-and-minutes. Meeting video recordings can be found on the City’s website: http://opengov.slocity.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=60971&dbid=0&repo=CityClerk