urgent : important news regarding kona / sam's seafood - General Tiki

N nichols Member Joined: Jul 03, 2003 Posts: 44	N nichols Posted posted on Mon, Feb 9, 2009 11:16 AM Wow, didn't know the situation was so dire. I'm not here as often as most of you, but I am very interested in Sam's. Though it is outside of the LA Conservancy's service area, I would like to offer assistance. The preservation angle here is to apply for the California Register: http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21238 Anybody can do this, it offers the same protection as local designation and there is no fee to apply. However, the State Historical Resources Commission, while very interested in Mid Century resources, holds nominations up to a very high standard. Is it the first? the last? the best? I mean, you really have to write a book about the place and back it up with documentation. I'll walk someone through it and mentor them, but I can't take it on by myself. It would certainly be the first tiki establishment to be listed in California. ALSO, please know that outside of possible tax benefits for the owner of the land, the practical benefits of the nomination would be that the property would have to be evaluated under CEQA http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/ if a development were proposed. It would have no affect on the lessee or whatever business is operating inside.

Wow, didn't know the situation was so dire. I'm not here as often as most of you, but I am very interested in Sam's. Though it is outside of the LA Conservancy's service area, I would like to offer assistance. The preservation angle here is to apply for the California Register: http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21238

Anybody can do this, it offers the same protection as local designation and there is no fee to apply. However, the State Historical Resources Commission, while very interested in Mid Century resources, holds nominations up to a very high standard. Is it the first? the last? the best? I mean, you really have to write a book about the place and back it up with documentation.

I'll walk someone through it and mentor them, but I can't take it on by myself. It would certainly be the first tiki establishment to be listed in California.

ALSO, please know that outside of possible tax benefits for the owner of the land, the practical benefits of the nomination would be that the property would have to be evaluated under CEQA http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/ if a development were proposed. It would have no affect on the lessee or whatever business is operating inside.

Post #433311 by nichols on Mon, Feb 9, 2009 11:16 AM