1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION WEDNESDAY, September 21, 2022 – 5:30 PM PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER – Rooms 1401 and 1402 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive Austin, TX 78752 Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, email preservation@austintexas.gov or call Cara Bertron at (512) 974-1446. COMMISSION MEMBERS: Terri Myers, Chair Ben Heimsath, Vice Chair Anissa Castillo Witt Featherston Kevin Koch Carl Larosche Harmony Grogan Trey McWhorter Blake Tollett Beth Valenzuela Caroline Wright AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first (10) speakers who register to speak no later than noon the day before the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. DISCUSSION 1. Draft equity-based preservation plan ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call the Historic Preservation Office at 512-974-3393 for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Historic Landmark Commission, please contact Kalan Contreras, Senior Planner, at 512-974-2727; Kimberly Collins, Senior Planner, at 512-974-1801; or Amber Allen, Historic Preservation Planner II, at 512-974-3393. 2
Equity-Based Preservation Plan: Learning from Our Past to Shape a Future for Everyone DRAFT FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION REVIEW Please read This draft is offered for Historic Landmark Commission review in September 2022. It may be revised. Broad, inclusive outreach and engagement efforts will invite community review and feedback in early 2023. We appreciate your interest! Staff currently does not have capacity to accept community feedback on the draft framework, but please see below for ways that you can participate now. And stay tuned for the outreach and engagement campaign later this fall! What you can do now: • Learn more about the equity-based preservation planning process on our website! • Sign up for the project email list to get notified of feedback opportunities and events! • Tell us what’s important to you in a community priorities survey! DRAFT FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION REVIEW COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WILL BE INVITED LATER IN FALL 2022 Land acknowledgment We wish to recognize and respect Indigenous Peoples as original stewards of the land known as Austin, Texas, and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories. Recognizing the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on and a way of honoring the Indigenous Peoples who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. Land acknowledgments do not exist in the past tense or historical context. Colonialism is a current and ongoing process, and we need to be mindful that we are participating in it by living on colonized land. We acknowledge, with respect, that the land known as Texas is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Tonkawa, the Apache, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, the Lipan Apache Tribe, the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians, the Coahuitlecan, and all other tribes not explicitly stated. Additionally, we acknowledge and pay respects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas, Carrizo & Comecrudo, Choctaw, Tigua Pueblo, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Wichita, Chickasaw, Waco nations, and all the American Indian and Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories in Texas, here on Turtle Island, the ancestral name for what is now known as North America. Not all Indigenous peoples listed claim Texas as ancestral lands, as many were forcibly relocated to Texas from their ancestral homelands. It is important to understand …
