* Community Services Commission Member

Duties

• The HPAC shall act solely in an advisory capacity to the City Council, through the Planning Commission, Staff and other City Commissions in matters affecting the preservation of Cultural and Archaeological Resources. The HPAC shall not exercise any independent final decision-making authority or expend City funds. Actions of the HPAC shall not be considered actions of the City and shall not be represented as such;
• Recommend to the City Council, through the Planning Commission, the designation of Cultural Resources, including individual properties, Archaeological Districts and Historic Preservation Districts;
• Maintain the Register of Cultural Resources within the CIty, including all pertinent information for each designation;
• Review and comment on land use, redevelopment, municipal improvement and other planning matters and programs undertaken by the City, as they relate to Cultural Resources of the community when so directed by the Planning Director or City Council;
• Make recommendations to the City Council, through the Planning Commission, on the use of various Federal, State, local or private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote Cultural Resource preservation in the City;
• Review applications for Certificates of Appropriateness related to demolition permits for any Designated Cultural Resource within the City and make recommendations to the City Council, through the Planning Commission, including considerations of economic hardship. (See "Demolition/Relocation Permit," Section 16.26.100);
• Review and Make recommendations on applications for Development Plan Approval in compliance with the Development Code when so requested by the Planning Director. In general, the following projects shall be submitted to the HPAC for their review and recommendation:
  • Any exterior Alteration or addition to and Improvement that requires a building permit and that is a Designated Cultural Resource or Contributing Resource; and
  • The new construction of a non-residential structure over 5,000 square feet within a Historic Preservation District. (Modifications and approvals to the Town Square Project are exempt from this review.)
• Make recommendations to the City Council, through the Planning Commission, for recognition of owners of Cultural Resources who have rehabilitated their property in an exemplary manner; and
• Undertake any other action or activity directed by the City Council to fulfill the objectives of cultural resource preservation in the City.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 54972, a Local Appointments list shall be prepared including regular and ongoing commissions whose members serve at the pleasure of the Murrieta City Council. Preceding is an open list of local appointive offices containing the incumbent appointees dates of appointment; dates terms expire, and the terms which will expire during the next calendar year. To be eligible for appointment to a commission, a person must: 1) be a full time resident of the City; and 2) not be an employee of the City .