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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes December 17, 2018 Page 10 of 18 The next steps after this meeting are for staff and the subcommittee to draft a resolution with the City Attorney and for staff to bring the final resolution back to HPC for approval, followed by first and second readings in Council. Fahey asked to hear from commissioners Dickinson and Cyndi Thomas, since they had gone through the HPF process. Haley suggested that the Commission go through the discussions questions in sequence. Discussion Question la What are the maximum grant amounts for HSAs? Haley explained some of the subcommittee findings on the HSA. She stated that the architects were approved so the City knew they were trustworthy and that staff and the Commission would need to be more active about making sure the HSAs were up to par. Chuck Thomas added that the $5,000 amount was a compromise based on the ranges of the amounts in the architects' survey staff conducted. Cyndi Thomas stated that she thought $5,000 was reasonable. Dickinson agreed. Ulm stated that the higher grant amounts would create more rigorous assessments to catch more of the structural issues ahead of time. Dickinson noted that his assessment missed that his house was missing a foundation. He thought the increase would help address those kinds of issues. Zuccaro clarified that staff was recommending bumping up the commercial assessment amount as well based on the survey responses and to align with the State Historic Preservation Program. Chuck Thomas stated that the subcommittee had not discussed that amount, but he did not have any objection to it. Haley asked if anyone had any objections to the $10,000 amount for commercial assessments. None voiced. Discussion Question lb What are the maximum grant amounts for flexible/focused grants? Haley and Chuck Thomas stated that as a subcommittee they could not figure out a reason for the distinction.