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� 3'�9 2 � Nita Spangler, 970 Edgewood, referred to her letter of April 13, and suggested representatives of the Plannzn9 Department or other City departments meet with the National Trust for Historic Preservation which would be willing to assist with preparing an Historic Landmarks Element. Ms. Spangler suggested that there is no need for haste in ' connection with the non-mandated Element and that sueh a procedure � would avoid unnecessary expense � ' MOTION: Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, to continue the public hearing on the proposed Historic Lana,narks Element to the General Plan to May 24, 1976. ` Attention was called to the report of Apr�l 30 of the City Manager 1 and to the attached memorandum of April 19 from Chief Building Official Gyselbrecht regarding the proposed Element and the concerns of Mr. Gyselbrecht that if adopted, the Element may be construed and interpreted as having the force and effect of circumventing the City's Building, Housing and Unsafe Buildings ordinances and codes. Mr. Fales stated that the concerns of Mr. Gyselbrecht are easily under- standable but that the Element would be adopted only as a po7icy statement expressing'proposals and ideas in recognition of the fact that'anything contained therein must be reconciled with laws at both the State and local level �nvolving building safety. , Mr. Fales stated for�the record that the Building Offic�al 9s �usti- fiably concerned that owners of old buildings will attempt to use the sub�ect Element in order to avoid requirements of Building, Housing and Unsafe Buildings ordinances and codes, observing that there is a very limited number of older buildings tn the City which might qualify as be�ng historic. Discussion continued concernin9 the desirability of adopting the � sub�ect Element when implementation is unknown; whether code re� quirements would be compromised, the desirability of having wide comnunity consideration of the proposed Element, and whether or not' codes were compromised in cities where historic buildings have been preserved.,' CHANGE OF MOTION� At the suggestion of Mr Fales that the Downtown . Action Committee not be able to present the�r comments by ' May 24, Councilman Norris, with the consent of his second, changed the mot�on to continuin9 the public hearing until June 7, 1976. The motion as changed carried unanimously by voice vote' ' (MINUTE ORDER N0. 76-137) (The Council r`ecessed from 8 50 to 9 O1 p m.) Market Absorption Stud_v for the Redwood Peninsula Port�on of GID No. 1-64 City Manager Fales referred to the sub�ect Study submitted to the Board of Directors of Equalization for GID No. 1-64. Councilman Norris stated for the record that the sub�ect Study is � nothing but documentation of existing facts previously supplied to Cou'ncil or available in the public library and that the Study fails to meet the scope of work specified in the contract with Marshall and Steveris Incorporated (See Resolution No. 7468 adopted August 11, 1.475 ) . -3- Reg.Mtg. 5/17/76 � �