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Results from the Aug
10th public meeting:
Vote on whether the homeowners in each Houston Heights Historic
Districts would be allowed to vote on the new amendments:
East - 49 to 31 =
62% in favor
West - 38 to 25 = 61% in favor
South - 65 to 40 = 62% in favor
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8/25/10
Re:
Proposed Amendments to City's Historic
Preservation Ordinance —Possible Unlawful
Redrawing of Historic Districts' Boundaries.
Dear Mr.
Feldman:
My wife
and I are property owners residing in the
Heights East Historic District and we wish to
emphasize that the City of Houston must follow
the letter of the existing law in pursuing the
proposed amendments to the City's Historic
Preservation Ordinance.
Namely, on the City of Houston's website there
is a posting of "Questions and Answers from
Public Meetings (current as of August 13, 2010)
— Historic Preservation Ordinance Amendments
Questions and Answers" relating to the proposed
amendments.' The answer to the second question
regarding what happens if the planned resurvey
process fails to garner sufficient support from
the property owners within an historic district
contains the statement that
"a
determination may be made that there is
sufficient support for a smaller contiguous
group of property which would then become the
district. "
This statement begs the question: a
determination made by whom?
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8/12/10
Property Owner AGAINST Proposed Historic
District Changes |
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8/9/10 Dear Neighbors ,
When the
petition for Historic Preservation first surfaced in
2006? 2007?, Ms. Beale came to our home a total of 4
times asking for our signatures. At first they were
polite conversations with questions and answers. We
repeatedly declined to sign the petition for a
number of reasons. more
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Here are
the problems with the Rutgers study: 1) It is
out-of-date. It covers the time period between
1973-1987; before the Berlin wall came down. It
covered the time period when the urban areas were in
decline. When families moved to the burb’s for
better schools, to get away from crime, so their
children could play in their yards and people could
take evening walks. The establishment of urban
historic districts during this time period brought
stability to chaos.
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8/6/10 Property
Values on the 1600 Block of Columbia
I own a vacant lot in the 1600 block of Columbia. Even
though I bought the lot 4 years ago and did not support
the creation of the Historic East Heights neighborhood,
the property is subject to the Historic Preservation
Ordinance.
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Events
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City Public
Meetings for Historic District Ordinance Changes
click here to read
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September 20
Review by the Development and Regulatory Affairs Council
Committee regarding the Historic Preservation Ordinance
amendments
September 23
6:30 pm
Public
hearing at the George R. Brown Convention Center by the
Houston Planning Commission
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MEMORANDUM
(read more)
August 18, 2010
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To:
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Mayor
Annise Parker
Houston City Council Members
Marlene Gafrick, Director, Planning &
DevelopmentDavid Feldman, City Attorney
Via City
Secretary for distribution to addressees and
to the public |
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From:
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Oliver Pennington
City Council Member District G |
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Re:
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Historic Preservation Ordinance Amendments,
July 19 Public Comment Draft |
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Why Realtors Are
Speaking Out on Historic Preservation A
few days ago I spoke at a Houston Planning Commission
meeting. When I returned to my seat, a woman behind me
hissed “Are you a Realtor?” more
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