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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Shannon Larrabee <
To:Pease, Andy
Cc:E-mail Council Website; Eva Ulz
Subject:Re: Outline of Arguments in Favor of an Updated Historic Resources Survey
I 100% support this document and hope you show it to the council ASAP
Shannon Larrabee
Shannon@greatbeer.us
805-878-2400 cell
San Luis Obispo, CA
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On May 31, 2021, at 4:56 PM, Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org> wrote:
For distribution to council, re: June 1, 2021 item 6a Financial Plan.
Eva –
Thanks for the follow up on the CHC priority for updating the city’s Historic Resources Survey.
I’m copying to council and staff.
I’ll also share your earlier remarks about process:
Eva: I think there is good reason to consider a staged approach to updating the survey, as
Shannon \[Larrabee\] has wisely championed in our recent CHC meetings. And there is no reason
that we couldn't incorporate a considerable volunteer component to both save some money
AND raise public awareness/involvement with the city's historic preservation programs. But I
feel pretty strongly that we ultimately need to hire a knowledgeable consultant to plan and
oversee the project. We've heard case studies about consultant/volunteer collaborations to
conduct surveys using some pretty cool digital app technology in other cities at past California
Preservation Program conferences. I believe Sacramento recently completed theirs.
Andy
Andy Pease
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Council Member
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From: Eva Ulz <
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 1:04 PM
To: Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org>; Shannon Larrabee <
Subject: Outline of Arguments in Favor of an Updated Historic Resources Survey
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Hey there,
I've attached a PDF with my thought outline on why we need to update the survey sooner rather than
later and how it will benefit the City. Let me know if you have trouble opening the file.
I think there is both a duty to update under Certified Local Government requirements, plus it will save
the City a lot of time, money, legal risk, and general heartache in the long run.
What I don't have immediate info available on is what it might cost and what a project might look like
that uses a consultant for planning/reporting the survey and volunteers to carry it out on the ground.
I'm sure we could easily get some quotes from consulting firms, or perhaps even better, Brian (or I'm
happy to do it if Michael and Brian feels it's appropriate) could reach out to his counterpart in one of the
cities that presented on a similar project at the 2019 California Preservation Conference. I'm sure we
could get a list of the cities/consultants that ran that workshop pretty easily.
Again, thank you both for looking into this and advocating for it! Whatever it costs, I think it would be a
great investment and quickly realize returns for the City in streamlining the development and permitting
processes.
Happy Memorial Day,
Eva
<Eva's Arguments in Favor of Updating Historic Resources Survey.pdf>
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