tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post4973099528996921289..comments2024-03-28T07:54:47.319-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Assault on Historic PreservationCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-38492796115028500092012-06-13T08:35:26.830-04:002012-06-13T08:35:26.830-04:00Hudson soon to be renamed 'Gallowayville' ...Hudson soon to be renamed 'Gallowayville' - now that hes taken the keys to the city and has the combination to the safe.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-10582532864298337672012-06-12T23:38:22.766-04:002012-06-12T23:38:22.766-04:00The GalVan shills are not whittling away at Histor...The GalVan shills are not whittling away at Historic Preservation Laws,<br />they are taking a chainsaw to them.Prison Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059050028975347899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-70295124370130403932012-06-12T19:40:55.338-04:002012-06-12T19:40:55.338-04:00The historic preservation statute requires notific...The historic preservation statute requires notifications, public hearings and a vote by the common council. This differs from when neighborhoods are nominated as a district to the National Register. In that instance, once a determination of eligibility is made by SHPO, the property owners in the proposed district vote whether or not to approve the designation. If a majority are opposed, no dice. <br /><br />Similarly, anyone qualified under 36 CFR Part 61 may nominate a privately owned property to the National Register. Once the SHPO makes a determination of eligibilty, the property owner makes the final decision to accept or reject the honor. And that's what being on the National Register is for the most part--an honor. Little protection is afforded by this status alone. Protection comes on the local level, when municipalities create local historic districts/landmarks.<br /><br />§ 169-4. Designation of landmarks or historic districts. <br /><br />C. Notice of a proposed designation shall be sent by certified mail to the owner(s) of the property(ies) proposed for designation, provided that property owners are 10 or fewer in number, describing the property and announcing a public hearing by the Commission to consider the designation. Where the proposed designation involves more than 10 property owners, notice may instead be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation at least 14 days prior to the date of the public hearing, and a notice by post card shall be sent to each individual property owner so designated at least 14 days prior to the date of the public hearing. Once the Commission has issued notice of a proposed designation, no building permits shall be issued by the Building Inspector until the Commission has made its decision. An aggrieved owner may make application, first to the Commission, and then to the Common Council, for a building permit based upon a proof of lack of historical significance or proof of compliance with the certificate of appropriateness standards.<br /><br />[Amended 10-18-2005 by L.L. No. 7-2005; 8-15-2006 by L.L. No. 11-2006]<br /><br />D. The Commission shall determine if the application is complete and then shall hold a public hearing prior to designation of any landmark or historic district. The Commission, owners, and any interested parties may present testimony or documentary evidence at the hearing, which will become part of a record regarding the historic, architectural, or cultural importance of the proposed landmark or historic district. The record may also contain reports by consultants, public comments, or other evidence offered outside of the hearing. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Commission shall make a recommendation as to designation of any landmark or historic district within 30 days. This recommendation shall be forwarded to the Common Council, which shall vote on the historic designation within 75 days. The historic designation shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Common Council. The determination shall be made based on the same proof before the Historic Preservation Commission.Ward Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077951464866486246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-31631149897715179262012-06-12T11:46:53.920-04:002012-06-12T11:46:53.920-04:00sad but truesad but trueVincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-37274881614758901792012-06-12T10:52:27.404-04:002012-06-12T10:52:27.404-04:00Last Sunday two thousand miles from Hudson five pe...Last Sunday two thousand miles from Hudson five people in an arts workshop began an impromtu discussion about the historic charm of Hudson, its wonderful small galleries, shops and restaurants. We surprised one another with our mutual ties to Hudson. One of the five in the workshop had just returned from Hudson, another will go in September, two others were there over the last year. One workshop attendee had bought a building on Warren Street eight years ago and opened a gallery on the ground floor. The gallery owner sold and left due to what he called "tangled inbred politics" coupled with a "dicey economy." All five of us felt the steep property and school taxes were so out of sight that we could not consider purchasing either a permanent or second residence there. All five of us live in a city of 62,000 where historic preservation is a form of worship and draws people from all over the world. If those who care deeply about historic preservation in Hudson let Galvan shills whittle away at preservation guidelines then Hudson will lose its heart and just be another quaint overtaxed little town in the Hudson Valley.Kate Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529347526143127406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-6946088405150153792012-06-12T09:41:44.324-04:002012-06-12T09:41:44.324-04:00'Scalera, Galvan--it's all the same.''Scalera, Galvan--it's all the same.'unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-28156305416561081172012-06-12T08:29:53.674-04:002012-06-12T08:29:53.674-04:00The idea of historic preservation is fine. How it&...The idea of historic preservation is fine. How it's implemented can be problematical. A martinet HPC chair in Kinderhook would insult petitioners, make them stand to address him while he sat, had conflicts of interest ( in my view), and refused to entertain reasonable alternative suggestions on house improvement. <br /><br />The result was that the Village Trustees came within a whisker of abolishing the HPC. Looling at it from a distance, the proposal to designate Robinson Street in Hudson a historic district without talking to anyone who lived there seemed tone deaf to put it gently. Moves like that can do lots of long term damage to these bodies.<br /><br />-- Jock SpivySamuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548850334066788444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-42055850278121269842012-06-12T07:54:54.358-04:002012-06-12T07:54:54.358-04:00Thanks, Carole. It is beyond me, with so much blig...Thanks, Carole. It is beyond me, with so much blight and so much open space to worry about in Hudson, why some people choose to focus on the dwindling number of jewels we have and try to tarnish them. Mr. Pierro and Mr. Donohue should be using their considerable political powers to improve Hudson -- start a housing rehab program, get grants to improve poor neighborhoods, get a Youth Center where the youth are, encourage Galloway to do what he does best (housing for the poor), fix the assessment mess, which is killing our middle and working class -- and let historic preservations do what they have so ably done these last 20 years: revive this town by saving its unique and rich architectural heritage. I urge people who care about Hudson to recommit yourselves to historic preservation and community revitalization. We can do both! <br /><br />--peter meyerPeter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-22281365500163007682012-06-12T06:10:00.668-04:002012-06-12T06:10:00.668-04:00"People are getting discouraged and not wanti..."People are getting discouraged and not wanting to come to Hudson." <br /><br />He had "people in tears" in his office complaining.<br /><br />The real elephant in the room is not HPC but the property and school taxes. That is what is sending people away with tears in their eyes, literally, if anyone really wants to pay attention.<br /><br />For the umpteenth time I've overheard shock and disgust from potential real estate shoppers looking at the taxes on the Hudson properties in Real Estate windows on Warren.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.com