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Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 2.B
Meeting Date: September 14, 2022
From: Charles McClendon, City Manager
Title: Review of Draft Historic Preservation Ordinance RECOMMENDATION:
This item is presented for information, discussion and direction only.
BACKGROUND:
The Historic Preservation Committee met on September 21, 2021 and during that meeting the draft historic preservation ordinance was introduced and a discussion was led by Chairperson John Rivera, who prepared the original draft. The Committee members agreed to further review the draft, submit any suggested revisions to staff and come to the next meeting prepared to further discuss the draft ordinance. Staff reviewed the comments submitted and conducted a review of the ordinance, revised the draft to incorporate suggestions made by committee members and by staff.
The Committee met again on October 26 and further reviewed the draft ordinance. It was suggested the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians should also review and comment on the draft. The City Manager and Committee Member Charlotte Hunter-Copper met with officials from the THPO on November 2, 2021. They suggested some language similar to what the Tribe provided for the Palm Springs ordinance and that has been incorporated into the draft as well.
On November 30, 2021, the Committee met and voted to forward the draft ordinance to the City Council with a recommendation for approval. Subsequently the ordinance as approved by the Committee was forwarded to the Tribal Historic Preservation Office for final review and for consideration by the Tribal Council. Later in the spring, further comments were received back from the Tribe and have been incorporated in the draft ordinance, which has now been reviewed and formatted by the Cathedral City Attorney’s office.
The Historic Preservation Committee met again on August 23, 2022 to review the final revisions made to the ordinance as a result of the ACBCI review. The committee voted unanimously to forward the ordinance to Council with a recommendation for approval.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose for today’s agenda item is to afford the Council the opportunity to review,
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discuss and provide any feedback on the draft ordinance prior to it being placed on a Council agenda for first reading, which will likely occur on September 28 unless substantial revisions are requested by Council.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No direct costs. Staff time will be required in the future to review and evaluate projects under the ordinance and manage the Historic Preservation Committee review process.
ATTACHMENTS:
Cathedral City Historic Preservation Ordinance-w Final ACBCI edits (8-1-2022)