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6. DISCUSSION ON PLAQUES TO BE PLACED AT HISTORIC SITES. Action: Chairperson Del Monico said that she would like to recommend that they form a committee of two to three members, to investigate appropriate sites and wording of plaques for the designated sites and to present their findings at the next scheduled Board meeting. Joe Masters and Tuna Duluc volunteered to be on the committee. Chairperson Del Monico said that the committee's purview would be to present a design; material; research wording; a format for public places vs. private places; significance and appropriateness of plaques; take photos for placements. Hassida Gabor asked about lighting for the plaques. Richard Schulman will take the pictures. • Commissioner Goodman asked what the restrictions would be once a site has been designated, can it be renovated, and Chairperson Del Monico said it is set forth in Ordinance No. 2004-197. She said when someone goes to the City to get a permit, if it is a historically designated spot it is red-tagged in the system, therefore, they are presented with an additional set of paperwork for compliance which requires them to come in front!of this Board and get a Certificate of Appropriateness, and that anything can be repaired and certain modifications can be made, the law does allow for renovation, restoration, certain modifications that honor the historic significance. Acting City Attorney Wright reminded the members that a notice of their meetings/tour would have to be given to the City Clerk for placement'in the newspaper. 7. NEW BUSINESS: Action: • Historic Standards Booklet. Chairperson Del Monico noted that. at the July 26, 2004 meeting, it was requested that members get a copy of the Secretary of the Interior Historic Standards Booklet which answers all those types of questions on renovations, modifications, etc. City Clerk Hines said she would get them. • Future Site Criteria: Chairperson Del Monico said that the discussion tonight will give everyone something to think about for the next meeting to come forward with their ideas for future sites. Hassida Gabor suggested the Rascal House Sign, and Chairperson Del Monico noted that they had determined that the Sign, along with the carriage and the horse, are more in the purview of a museum and City historian properties than they are Historic Preservation Board properties. Ms. Gabor noted in the last minutes that this was brought up. Chairperson Del Monico said that she thinks the;Board needs an Legal Opinion that tells us if items that are signs, memorabilia from Ithe front of hotels like pelicans, camels, horses and carriages, if that is under the purview of this Board. Richard Schulman said that this is getting us away from our Mission Statement, and Chairperson Del Monico agreed. She said that this comes up at every meeting, are we going to collect memorabilia and designate it as historic, or are we going to focus on structures that are in the City and have historic significance, and she believed that we had come to the conclusion that the memorabilia was more under the Historic Trust. She said if we stick with our Mission Statement that that the Board would only consider structures of historic significance. She said that the Board had determined that they would support the Historic Trust in any way that they could to secure these items and find a place for them, but it is not in the Board's Mission Statement or purview to consider them as historic sites to be designated by this Board. Phillip Chernoff suggested the Lagoon Restaurant because it was built by Al Capone. Joe Masters noted that we do have a lot of artifacts and are hoping that one day there will be a room in City Hall for them. Chairperson Del Monico said that Richard Schulman is a Summary Minutes 2005-0606 HPB Mtg Page 4 of 5