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ORO VALLEY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
STUDY SESSION
February 4, 2013
HOPI CONFERENCE ROOM
11000 N LA CANADA DRIVE
CALL TO ORDER AT OR AFTER 5:00 P.M.
Chair Guyer called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Ellen Guyer, Chair
Dean Strandskov, Vice Chair
Ed Hannon, Commissioner
Marilyn Lane, Commissioner
ALSO PRESENT: Kristy Diaz-Trahan, Parks & Recreation Director
Lynanne Dellerman, Recreation Manager
Brendan Burns, Town Council Member
1. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION TRAINING REGARDING
THE PROCESS OF HOW A NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUBMITTED ON
A HISTORIC REGISTRY - DISCUSSION
Guest speaker Ralph Comey, Architect, discussed the process involved in establishing
neighborhoods on the historic registry. He reviewed the following:
- Properties 45 years or older are considered historic.
The State Historic Preservation Office must agree with the nomination.
- Suffolk Hills has been discussed and may be approved on the historic registry.
- He is documenting Jostler houses in the Catalina Foothills.
- He completed historic houses Virginia Heights which are expected to be approved.
- Nominations ultimately go to the National Registry of Historic Places.
Archeological sites may also be nominated.
When listed, the property receives special recognition that may increase property
value and offers a property tax write-off.
A historic property may lose its designation if remodeled.
- Nominating a neighborhood is a detailed process dealing with various criteria:
a) relationship of property to the neighborhood.
b) Distinctive persons living in the neighborhood.
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c) Architecture.
- Submittals must include the following:
- Map of contributors and non-contributors.
- Physical description.
- History description.
A consultant would assist to get properties reviewed for designation.
- 50% of houses in the neighborhood must be historic before the neighborhood qualifies
as historic.
- Distinctive properties can be historically significant without having distinctive
architecture.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Lane and seconded by Commissioner
Hannon to adjourn the meeting at 5:50 p.m.
MOTION carried, 4-0
Prepared by:
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Danielle Tanner
Senior Office Specialist
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of
the regular session of the Historic Preservation Commission of Oro Valley, Arizona held
on the 4th day of February 2013. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and
held and that a quorum was present.
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