TITLE
Recommendation to accept a Historic Preservation Grant from the California Department of State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation (OHP), in the amount of $40,000;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents with OHP relating to the Grant awarded to the Department of Development Services, for professional planning services to prepare a focused historic context statement on suburbanization, race and housing;
Increase appropriations in the Grants Fund Group in the Development Services Department (DV) by $40,000, offset by grant revenue; and
Increase appropriations in the Grants Fund Group in the Development Services Department (DV) by $60,000, offset by revenue previously received. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The California Department of State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) recently awarded the City of Long Beach (City), a Historic Preservation Grant (Grant), in the amount of $40,000, to prepare a focused historic context statement on suburbanization, race and housing in the City’s post-war period. A historic context statement provides a broad overview of a City’s history and serves as the starting point for landmarking and other historic preservation efforts. The City’s current historic context statement lacks sufficient detail regarding the postwar period and particularly in the dynamics of new housing construction vis-à-vis redlining, racial covenants and demographic change in the City. The Grant will fund essential work for the City’s historic preservation program and improve future decision-making through accurate, up-to-date and complete research information. The work program includes extensive public engagement as part of the one-year effort. Preparation of this focused context statement is part of a larger effort to broaden the City’s historic preservation efforts to equitably cover topics and geographies of relevance to all Long Beach residents.
To complete the study, the City will contract with a qua...
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