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RESOLUTION NO. 10040 (2008 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
ACCEPTING THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES REPORT
REGARDING REMAINING CHARACTER- DEFINING FEATURES OF
THE SAUER BAKERY (848 MONTEREY) AND THE BLACKSTONE
HOTEL (984 & 986 CHORRO & 840, 842 & 844 MONTEREY)
AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE CHINATOWN PROJECT
APPLICATION # 69 -05; 861 PALM STREET AND ADJACENT PARCELS
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2007, the City Council certified the Final Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the Chinatown Project through Resolution No, 9946 (2007 Series) after
extensive review by City staff and other agencies and with the comments of the Planning
Commission, Architectural Review Commission, Cultural Heritage Committee regarding proposed
impacts and mitigation measures discussed in the EIR and the specific comments of the concerned
public; and
WHEREAS, with certification of the Final EIR, the Council amended mitigation
measures in the Cultural Resources Section of the EIR to require that a detailed rehabilitation
feasibility analysis (historic structures report) be conducted of the Blackstone Hotel and the
Sauer Bakery buildings and the feasibility of reusing specific significant remaining historical
building elements in the new project; and
WHEREAS, the applicant hired Carey & Co., Inc. of San Francisco to prepare a Historic
Structures Report (HSR) to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating remaining character- defining
features of the two buildings in the proposed mixed -use project; and
WHEREAS, the City hired its own consultant, Galvin Preservation Associates (GPA),
to prepare a peer review of the Carey HSR to maintain objectivity and to assure that the study
was complete and consistent with City Council direction; and
WHEREAS, the Cultural Heritage Committee (CHC) reviewed the HSR and peer review
at a public hearing held on October 27, 2008, and provided specific recommendations to the City
Council regarding acceptance of the HSR; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a hearing on November 18, 2008 to consider the
recommendations of the CHC regarding the HSR and notices of said public hearing were made
at the time and in the manner required by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all evidence, the testimony of the
applicant, the technical reports, and the evaluation and recommendations by staff, presented at
said hearing; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
as follows:
SECTION 1. Action. The City Council hereby accepts the Historic Structures Report
prepared by the applicant's consultant as complete based on the following findings, and subject
to the following conditions:
Findings
The applicant has responded to the direction of the City Council and commissioned a
Historic Analysis Report for the Blackstone Hotel and the Sauer Bakery buildings by Carey
& Co. Inc., which provides a development history and evaluation of the two buildings
including the historical background, chronology of development and use, and description of
remaining character - defining features.
2. The CHC has reviewed and considered the content and recommendations of the Carey &
Co., Inc. report along with the peer review completed by Galvin Preservation Associates and
finds that the two reports adequately address the issues regarding the remaining character -
defining features that the Council requested further information and analysis on through
amended mitigation measures in the Final EIR per City Council Resolution No. 9946 (2007
Series).
Conditions
That the pre -1913 "Swiss Italian" fagade of the Blackstone Hotel building not be
incorporated into new construction.
2. The Blackstone Hotel's c. 1926 facade need not be incorporated into new construction.
3. The Ah Louis bricks in the Blackstone Hotel building shall be salvaged as part of the
deconstruction project and reused within the project as shown on revised plans to the review
and approval of the Architectural Review Commission and City Council, and with the
recommendations and review of the Cultural Heritage Committee.
4. That the fagade of the Sauer Bakery need not be rehabilitated, restored, or incorporated
into new construction.
5. That the Sauer Bakery oven is historically significant but that a plan to relocate the oven
would expose it to a substantial risk of damage. The oven shall be preserved in place to
preserve its historic material and shall be fully accessible to the viewing public.
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Upon motion of Council Member Settle, seconded by Vice Mayor Brown, and on the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Carter and Settle, Vice Mayor Brown and Mayor
Romero
NOES: Council Member Mulholland
ABSENT: None
The foregoing resolution was adopted this 18`h day of November 2008.
Mayor David F. Romero
ATTEST:
Audrey Ho r
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JohkLthanP owell
City Attorney