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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MEETING OF: HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
DATE OF MEETING: September 9, 2019
TIME OF MEETING: 5:30 PM
PLACE OF MEETING: City Council Chamber
CALL TO ORDER:
Commission Chair Majer called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Commissioners Laurie Boone, Anne Estes, Pearl Ly, Chad Majer, Robert Prosser
Absent: none
Staff Present: Suzanne Smithson, Deputy Library Director
Kyle Lancaster, Parks and Recreation Director
Tim Selke, Parks Superintendent
Sarah Dana, Senior Librarian
Dianna Galindo, Sr. Office Specialist
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The minutes of the meeting held on July 8, 2019 were approved (3/0/2/0)
PUBLIC COMMENT:
None
HERITAGE TREE REPORT:
ITEM #3
Parks and Recreation Director Kyle Lancaster and Parks Superintendent Tim Selke updated the
Commissioners on the Heritage Tree report as part of Carlsbad Community Forest Management Plan. By
proper motion and vote the commissioners received the plan and recommended its adoption by City
Council. (5/0).
ENCINA POWER PLAl\l T -Sl\llOl<ESTACI{:
Th e commission hearcl from 4 community res idents w ho shared their thoughts on t he historic
significa nce of the Encin a Powe1· Plant smokestack.
Gl enn Bernard spoke in opposition to leaving the smokestack up. An open space and natural
environment are what he wou ld like to see in that area.
• Bil l Bow man approves of leve ling the smo kestack and had id eas as to what co uld be clon e wit h
that area and fee ls the people of Carlsbad sho uld decid e.
• Jim Strickland stated that the smokestack is a historic part of Carlsbad and would like to see it
st ay.
Lela Pan ag ides co mpa1·ecl the smokestack as a landmark like the Eiffel Towe1·, Big Ben and the
Space f\leedl e. Ms. Panagides stated that t he power plant ha s brought in much revenue to
Carlsbad and is a visible symbol of the City of Carlsba d.
By proper motion and vote t he co mmission move d to take no action on this item. (5/0).
PROPERTi ES OF CONCERN :
Sr. Librarian Sa rah Dana shared a draft of a sp rea dsheet of historical properties the Carlsbad History
staff are updating. Th e multi-pa ge spreadsheet in cludes properties that have been di sc ussed or
considered historically significant in the reco1·ds of the Historic Preservation Commission, City Council,
city staff, city consultants, marked w ith a plaque, or incluclecl in the Historic Cor/sbocl: A Se/f-Guiclec/ Tour
brochure.
IVl s. Dana also noted that Roth ancl Associates were hired by the City in 1990 to complete a survey of
sites with potential histori c significa nce in Carlsbad . The re sulting 5-volume report is now housed in the
Genealogy & Carlsbad History section at the Georgina Co le Library. This survey was adopted by City
Council as the Historic Resources Inventory in 1991. In 1993, City Council "delet ed" the Inventory and
stipulated in clusion on any historic listing be voluntary. The Historic Resources Inventory has been
retained in the Library's Ca1·lsbacl Hi story Collection as a valuable reference so urce fo1· histo ric
information about the properties included in the survey.
MEETIN G SCHED ULE:
By proper motion and vote the commission moved to change the meeting t imes to 6 p.m. for al l future
meetings. {4/1).
CARLSBAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY UPDATE:
Commissioners Boone and Majer updated the co mmission that the annual meeting of the Carlsbad
Historical Society will be held at a private res id ence in late October
COMMI SSION LIAISON ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Commission Liaison Smithson informed the commissioners that we now have an Ex-Officio meeting
representative from the planning commission, Alicia Lafferty.
Liaison Smithson shared the date of November 7, 2019 for the Boards and Commissions dinner and let
them know they should receive their invitations soon.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:
Commissioner Estes asked if there is consideration for the Historic Preservation Commission meetings to
be recorded or broadcast. Commission Liaison Smithson replied that the city currently does not have the
funding or staff to support that
Commissioner Majer would like to revisit the process on making the State Street area a historic district.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting was adjourned at 6:59 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by,
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