uReport

City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #173138

City Performance:

Other: Can the city conduct a review of the historic preservation board? There is little to no predictability, and I'm confused what purposes the city has for the group. Who do they represent? They don't seem to favor property owners or take cost into consideration but they also don't seem to favor the public by thinking what would the public want to save. And they don't favor the neighbors (and shouldn't because it shouldn't be just about making folks rich enough to own historic homes richer) as they don't listen to them either? Who do they listen to? And what are they saving for who? There should definitely be protection, I'd just like to know better what their goals are. I don't know if the group functions as intended.

Assigned to
Conor Herterich

History

7/27/2020 09:19:12 Closed by Conor Herterich

Responded through comment.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=173138 Closed by Conor Herterich Responded through comment.

7/24/2020 10:35:19 Conor Herterich commented on this case.

Transparency, Consistency, and Predictability can only be accomplished when a Commission bases their decisions on written criteria, like that found in Title 8 and the local district design guidelines. I have been trying to work with Commissioners on defensible decision making since I started in my role as staff liaison to the HPC. I take governmental regulation of private property extraordinarily seriously and am unhappy with how flippant the Commission tends to be on such serious matters. I sympathize with the author of this UReport and would add that this is a matter that is not in my control as the Mayor appoints the people who serve on the HPC.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=173138 Conor Herterich commented on this case. Transparency, Consistency, and Predictability can only be accomplished when a Commission bases their decisions on written criteria, like that found in Title 8 and the local district design guidelines. I have been trying to work with Commissioners on defensible decision making since I started in my role as staff liaison to the HPC. I take governmental regulation of private property extraordinarily seriously and am unhappy with how flippant the Commission tends to be on such serious matters. I sympathize with the author of this UReport and would add that this is a matter that is not in my control as the Mayor appoints the people who serve on the HPC.

7/24/2020 08:16:43 Anonymous assigned this case to Conor Herterich

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=173138 Celeste Wolfinger assigned this case to Conor Herterich You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/23/2020 18:20:49 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=173138 Anonymous assigned this case to Celeste Wolfinger You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/23/2020 18:20:49 Opened by Anonymous

817 W 7th ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47404
Latitude39.168476104736
Longitude-86.54296875
Neighborhood AssociationNear West Side
TownshipBloomington

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