Title
Acceptance of Conservation Easement - 800 N. 1st Ave. (Ordinance S-48131)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a perpetual conservation easement at 800 N. 1st Ave. in conjunction with Abandonment Application V190063A. The conservation easement will be recorded via separate instrument.
Report
Summary
On Dec. 18, 2019, the City Council heard the appeal to overturn the Abandonment Hearing Officer's approval of Case V190063A, the abandonment of an alleyway on a portion of the block bounded by 1st Avenue (East), 2nd Avenue (West) and McKinley (South). The City Council upheld the hearing officer's conditional approval of the original abandonment request subject to stipulations and added six additional stipulations.
One of the stipulations of the conditional approval was that a perpetual conservation easement, in accordance with the requirements of the City's Historic Preservation Office, be dedicated over the portion of the site known as the "McKinley Club," located at 800 N. 1st Ave. (APN 111-40-074A). Built in 1947, the McKinley Club building was originally a small medical center constructed by Dr. H.D. Ketcherside and Dr. Joseph Bank. These doctors, along with six other physicians, opened their offices in the structure in May 1947. Designed by architect Harold Ekman, the Midcentury Modern building has stuccoed exterior walls, steel casement windows, decorative planters and window grilles, and a tiled interior courtyard with a fountain.
The applicant, True North Studio, has worked with Historic Preservation and Law Department staff to develop the language for the conservation easement. Acceptance of the easement will satisfy the stipulation of the abandonment.
Financial Impact
Acceptance of the conservation easement will have no financial impact to the City.
Location
800 N. 1st Ave.
Council District: 7
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Ginger Spencer and the Planning and Development Department.