Historic Landmark Commission Wednesday, September 20, 2023 06:00 PM Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers

Bastrop Historic Landmark Commission meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability.  If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary at (512) 332-8800 or write 1311 Chestnut Street, 78602, or by calling through a T.D.D. (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) to Relay Texas at 1-800-735-2989 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

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1.CALL TO ORDER

  1. 1A.Introduction of new board member.

2.CITIZEN COMMENTS

At this time, three (3) minute comments will be taken from the audience on any topic. Anyone in attendance wishing to address the Board/Commission must complete a citizen comment form and give the completed form to the Board/Commission Secretary prior to the start of the Board/Commission meeting. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, the Board/Commission cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time.  Instead, the Board/Commission is limited to making a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. Issues may be referred to City Manager for research and possible future action.

It is not the intention of the City of Bastrop to provide a public forum for the embarrassment or demeaning of any individual or group.  Neither is it the intention of the Board/Commission to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty and/or integrity of the Board/Commission, as a body, or any member or members of the Board/Commission individually or collectively, or members of the City’s staff.  Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Board/Commission and/or any person in the Board/Commission’s presence will not be tolerated.

3.ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

  1. 3A.Consider action to approve meeting minutes from the August 23, 2023, Historic Landmark Commission Regular Meeting

    Alondra Macias, Development Services Technician

  2. 3B.Consider action on a Certificate of Appropriateness for a sign, with the condition that the letter size meet the B³ Code requirements,on a commercial building within the Bastrop Commercial National Register of Historic District, located at 909 Main Street, being .05 acres out of Building Block 4, West of Water Street within the City Limits of Bastrop.

    Presented by: Kennedy Higgins, Planner, Development Services Department

  3. 3C.Consider action on a Certificate of Appropriateness for the exterior alterations to the rear of a commercial building, with the condition that the fire lane encroachment is settled before work is to begin, within the Bastrop Commercial National Register of Historic District, located at 922 Main Street, being .07 acres out of Building Block 9, West of Water Street within the City Limits of Bastrop.

    Presented by: Kennedy Higgins, Planner, Development Services Department

4.UPDATES

  1. 4A.Items or topics requested by Historic Landmark Commission for future agendas.

  2. 4B.Picture of the Board for the Board and Commission Banquet. 

  3. 4C.Attendance is required for new and existing members. It will be held in the Council Chambers on September 25, at 6:00 PM

5.ADJOURNMENT

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting as posted in accordance with the regulations of the Texas Open Meetings Act on the bulletin board located at the entrance to the City of Bastrop City Hall, a place of convenient and readily accessible to the general public, as well as to the City’s website, www.cityofbastrop.org  and said Notice was posted on the following date and time:  Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened.

 /s/Kennedy Higgins                       
Kennedy Higgins, Planner