Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

839 Historic Preservation 07/19/18 CITY OF ESCONDIDO ACTION MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ESCONDIDO HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION July 19, 2018 The regular meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission was called to order at 3:00 by Chair Rea in Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, California. Commissioners present: Chair Rea, Vice-chair Spann, Commissioner Cowan, Commissioner Hanwit, Commissioner Purvis. Commissioners absent: Commissioner Breitenfeld, Commissioner Correll. Staff present: Adam Finestone, Principal Planner; Jay Paul, Senior Planner; Paul Bingham, Assistant Planner II; and Jasmin Perunovich, Assistant Planner I. MINUTES: Moved by Commissioner Cowan, seconded by Vice-chair Spann, to approve the minutes of the May 18, 2018 meeting. Motion carried unanimously. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: Adam Finestone, Principal Planner, provided a handout regarding an upcoming public outreach campaign to solicit input on the City's Climate Action Plan (CAP) update. ORAL COMMUNICATION: Adam Finestone, Principal Planner, requested, and expressed gratitude in- advance for patience dealing with a new audio recording system. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None CURRENT BUSINESS: Historic Preservation 07/19/18 840 H.1 CONTINUTED DESIGN REVIEW - Case No. PHG18-0013 REQUEST: Proposed renovations and new construction at the Historic Ritz Theater building and adjacent property LOCATION: Downtown Specific Plan - Historic Downtown District /301-309 East Grand Avenue Adam Finestone, Principal Planner, introduced and identified the scope of the item. Jay Paul, Senior Planner, presented the staff report using a PowerPoint presentation. Tim Cruz, applicant, Plain Joe Studios, provided a PowerPoint presentation regarding design aspects of the proposed project. ACTION: Commission provided direction to the applicant. H.2 FUTURE MINUTES FORMAT REQUEST: Receive information regarding format changes for future HPC minutes STAFF: Adam Finestone, Principal Planner STAFF RECOMMENDATION: None Adam Finestone, Principal Planner, provided information on the format of future Commission minutes and stated that audio recordings of meetings would be available on the City's website. H.3 REPORT ON MARCH 23, 2018 OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION SEMINAR REQUEST: Presentation on Historic Preservation seminar STAFF: Paul Bingham, Assistant Planner II STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Receive presentation and discuss seminar 841 Historic Preservation 07/19/18 Paul Bingham, Assistant Planner ", provided a summary of the March 23, 2018, Historic Preservation Seminar. The Commission discussed the information presented. I. ORAL COMMUNICATION: None J. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Chair Rea discussed the Explore Escondido app for smart phones and the Old Escondido walking tours. Chair Rea also informed the commission that she has resigned from the board of the Old Escondido Neighborhood Group. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:22 PM A am Finestone-;-Princlpal Planner Paul Bingham, Assistant-Planner"