AN ORDINANCE relating to Historic Districts; adding a new Chapter 25.30 to the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC); creating the Sand Point Naval Air Station Landmark District; specifying the district’s boundaries; adopting criteria for designating the district; establishing a procedure for preserving significant physical elements within the district; establishing the Sand Point Naval Air Station Landmark District Application Review Committee; providing for administration and enforcement of this Ordinance; and amending Section 22.900C.010 and Table C-1 for Section 22.900C.010 of the SMC to provide for the collection of fees for interpretation of Historic District regulations by the Department of Neighborhoods.
The Report of the Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee Agenda Item 35 Council Bill 118438 Relating to historic districts. Adding a new chapter to 5.30 to the Seattle Municipal Code, creating the Sandpoint Naval Air Station Landmark District, specifying the District's boundaries. Abutting criteria for designating the district. Establishing a procedure for preserving significant physical elements within the District. Establishing the Sandpoint Naval Air Station Landmark District Application Review Committee. Providing for administration and enforcement of this ordinance and amending Sections two 2.900 C .1010. And Table C, dash one for section 2.900 C .010 of the Seattle Municipal Code to provide for the collection of fees for interpretation of historic district regulations regulations by the Department of Neighborhoods. The committee recommends a council bill pass as amended. Thank you, Councilmember Bagshaw. Thank you, and thank you for reading that so nicely. This bill designates an area within Magnuson Park as the Sandpoint Naval Air Station Landmark District, and it adopts a procedure for preserving various physical elements within the park. And I specifically want to say thank you to Lynne Ferguson. You mentioned our two met to people mentioned earlier today during public testimony, Randy Williams and Jordan Bader. The great work that Lyn Ferguson in particular has done. And I do want to personally recognize her and others. The Sandpoint Naval Air Station Landmark District recognizes the importance of this historic Sandpoint Naval Air Station, and it was designated as a national historic district in 2010 and designated a local historic district by our Landmarks Board in 2011. And by us adopting this newest landmark district, we are taking the final step in creating the district. And I do again want to recognize so many people who are involved in this, including Councilmember Gordon. Thank you for coming to the committee and talking about it and the number of people from the Friends of Sandpoint, Magnuson Park historic district that have done so much work. And we encourage passage of this legislation which was unanimously recommended out of our committee. Thank you. Questions or comments? Councilmember Rasmussen. Thank you. This was one of the first issues I worked on when I became a legislative assistant. Many decades. Ago now. And the designation of. The district is really historic. It's been sought after by the neighbors in the community for many, many years. The neighborhood is really active, the particularly the various neighborhood of out of the east and strongly advocated for the historic preservation of the Sandpoint Naval Base. And what is remarkable today is that the community supports this. Designation and all the incentives and. Controls. Particularly given its contentious and. At times very. Protracted controversies that have arisen between the city and the neighborhood. Rusty Williams It was great to see him here appropriately mentioned. Lynne Ferguson But also I do think we have to remember. The work that former City Councilmember Jeannette Williams did. It was one of the key. Issues that she worked on during her time on the city council, preserving. The Sandpoint Naval Air Base, the magnificent park. And then her neighbor, who often isn't mentioned, but she was really an active partner with Jeannette on this. Was was Dorothy McCormick who McCormick who. Became an assistant to former Mayor. Royer. So it's my hope that this designation will spur restoration. And renovation and re-use of some of the other buildings on the. Site, including the fire station Building 18, which is in very poor condition right now. Thank you. Councilmember Gordon I just want to say that I'm certainly appreciative of all the work, all the hard work that's gone into this has taken many years to get this far. And we certainly do need to thank Lynne Ferguson, folks in her committee. We need to think a lot of the neighbors around the area and I might say that just as a little historical footnote, it was the first place that my father was stationed at when I came to the city and which brought me here. So it means a great deal to me personally as well. And I want to thank everyone who worked so hard on it. It's really great to see it finally coming to fruition. Thank you. Please call the roll on the passage of the bill. Harrell I look at it. Right. O'Brien Hi, Okamoto. Rasmussen All right. So want back show? Hi, Gordon. Hi. Now, President Burgess. Nine in favor, nine opposed. Bill passes and the chair will sign it. Please read item 36. Agenda Item 36 Council Bill 118468. Relating to the Landmark Preservation Board amending section 25.12.270 of the Seattle Municipal Code to change the qualifications for members of the board and making technical corrections. The committee recommends a council bill pass.