AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Receive a Staff presentation, hold discussion, and consider approval of My Historic SMTX, the City's historic resources survey.
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Meeting date: August 20, 2019
Department: Planning and Development Services
Amount & Source of Funding
Funds Required: N/A
Account Number: N/A
Funds Available: N/A
Account Name: N/A
Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: Council approved a contract with Hicks & Company, Inc. the historic resources survey for an estimated amount of $39,500.00 on August 7, 2018.
City Council Strategic Initiative: N/A
Comprehensive Plan Element (s):
? Economic Development
? Environment & Resource Protection
? Land Use
? Neighborhoods & Housing - Protected Neighborhoods in order to maintain high quality of life and stable property values.
? Parks, Public Spaces & Facilities
? Transportation
? Not Applicable
Master Plan: N/A
Background Information:
My Historic SMTX, the City's Historic Resources Survey, was officially kicked off in November 2018. Based upon the size of the survey area and the number of historic-age resources present, the project was divided into two phases; 2,080 properties were surveyed in the field. The survey boundary includes all seven of the existing historic districts and:
* Areas with high level of development pressure;
* Areas previously surveyed but have not been included in a historic district or designated as a landmark; and
* Areas platted prior to 1975 or have building(s) on them built prior to 1975.
Funded in part through a 2018 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant from the Texas Historical Commission (THC), the purpose of the survey is:
* To evaluate and update to the three existing historic surveys (the last was conducted in 1997)
* Identification, documentation, and prioritization of new resources that had not been surveyed, and
* Development of a survey report with valuable recommendations to assist the city with future designations, to review and assess future planning initiat...
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