Agenda Item # 5
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
04/13/2010
Agenda Report # 490
TO: Mayor and Council
SUBJECT: BHAR Updated Design Guidelines
INITIATED BY: Planning Department
Recommendation: Approval is requested for the acceptance of the Updated Design
Guidelines as approved by the Board of Historic and Architectural Review.
Background: The Planning Department staff, with the assistance of the
Preservation Planner at the Lower Chattahoochee RDC, applied for and received
State Historic Preservation Grant Funds. The purpose of the application was to
update the City?s Design Guidelines by including the five (5) districts added
in 2001. Information characterizing these districts was not included in the
2000 document. Through a public-private partnership, Historic Columbus
Foundation, Inc., and MidTown, Inc., provided the necessary cash matching
funds. The City?s grant application was awarded the full requested amount of
$10,000.
Analysis: The last update of the Design Guidelines was completed in August,
2000 and a year after, in 2001, five (5) additional districts located in the
Wynnton historic area were added to the list of protected resources in the
City. Information specific to these districts, however, was not included in the
2000 document. The current guidelines are general in nature and professional
preservation staff has been able to interpret them for the new districts. A
committee comprised of citizens and city staff chose MACTEC Engineering as the
consultant for the project. Work began in early Spring 2009 and concluded on
March 15, 2010, when the BHAR adopted the updated design guidelines.
Financial Considerations: None
Legal Considerations: None
Recommendations/ Actions: Approval is requested for the acceptance of the
Updated Design Guidelines that has been adopted by the Board of Historic and
Architectural Review so the Board may rule on cases located in Columbus?
historic districts along with historically designated properties in a
consistent and fair manner.
A RESOLUTION
No. ______
A RESOLUTION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF UPDATED HISTORIC DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT HAS
BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
WHEREAS, the Planning Department staff applied for, and was awarded, grant
funds to update the Design Guidelines for the City?s historic districts; and,
WHEREAS, through a public-private partnership, MACTEC was the consultant hired
to update the Design Guidelines; and,
WHEREAS, the March 10, 2010 Final Draft of the Design Guidelines were approved
and adopted by the Board of Historic and Architectural Review on March 15, 2010.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
That the City Manager is hereby authorized to accept the Updated Design
Guidelines that has been adopted by the Board of Historic and Architectural
Review so the Board may rule on cases located in Columbus? historic districts
along with historically designated properties in a consistent and fair manner.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held the
______ day of __________, 2010, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative
vote of ______ members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting __________.
Councilor Anthony voting __________.
Councilor Baker voting __________.
Councilor Barnes voting __________.
Councilor Davis voting __________.
Councilor Henderson voting __________.
Councilor Hunter voting __________.
Councilor McDaniel voting __________.
Councilor Turner Pugh voting __________.
Councilor Woodson voting __________.
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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Jim Wetherington, Mayor
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