HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-07-08; Historic Preservation Commission; Resolution 2024-0004RESOLUTION NO. 2024-004
A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF
A UNIFORM INTERPRATIVE PLAQUE PROGRAM FOR HISTORIC LOCATIONS
AND HERITAGE TREES.
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission recognizes the need to establish a uniform
and consistent approach for nominating and selecting candidate sites to receive a plaque to
commemorate or honor historic resources in the city; and
WHEREAS, developing a plaque program for historic locations is included in the 2023-2024 and
2024-2025 Historic Preservation Commission Work Plans; and
WHEREAS, the program shall be known as the "Historic Preservation Commission Interpretive
Plaque Program;" and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission adopted its first set of recommendations for
the Plaque Program on March 11, 2024. The Historic Preservation Commission desires to amend its
recommendations to include heritage trees; and
WHEREAS, the action to recommend adoption of the plaque program to the City Council was
evaluated for environmental processing in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act,
(CEQA, Public Resources Code section 21000 et. seq.), and its implementing regulations (the CEQA
Guidelines, Article 14 of the California Code of Regulations section 15000 et. seq.). The action does not
constitute a "project" within the meaning of CEQA in accordance with Public Resources Code section
21065 or CEQA Guidelines section 15378. The project, therefore, is not subject to CEQA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Historic Preservation Commission of the City of
Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. The Historic Preservation Commission recommends City Council approval of the
guidelines and criteria set forth in the Historic Preservation Commission Interpretive
Plaque Program (Attachment 1}.
3. The Historic Preservation Commission requests that the City Council consider allocating
financial resources in future years to support the program.
4. Under the revised Plaque Program, individual sites (including heritage trees) would be
eligible to receive a bronze plaque to identify and celebrate the fact that the property is