SCH Number,Lead Agency Name,Lead Agency Title,Lead Agency Acronym,Document Title,Document Type,Received,Posted,Document Description,Document Portal URL,Project Title,Contact Full Name,Contact Authority,Contact Job Title,Contact Email Address,Contact Address 1,Contact Address 2,Contact City,Contact State,Contact Zip Code,Contact Phone Number,Location Coordinates,Cities,Counties,County Clerks,Location Cross Streets,Location Zip Code,Location Total Acres,Location Parcel Number,Location State Highways,Location Waterways,Location Airports,NOC Has Non Late Comment,NOC State Review Start Date,NOC State Review End Date,NOC Development Type,NOC Local Action,NOC Project Issues,NOC Local Review Start Date,NOC Local Review End Date,NOE Exempt Status,NOE Exempt Citation,NOE Reasons for Exemption,NOD Agency,NOD Approved By Lead Agency,NOD Approved Date,NOD Significant Environmental Impact,NOD Environmental Impact Report Prepared,NOD Negative Declaration Prepared,NOD Other Document Type,NOD Mitigation Measures,NOD Mitigation Reporting Or Monitoring Plan,NOD Statement Of Overriding Considerations Adopted,NOD Findings Made Pursuant,NOD Final EIR Available Location 2022020192,"Palm Springs, City of",City of Palm Springs,,Certificate of Appropriateness Allowing Removal of Frank Bogert Statue,NOE,2/28/2022,2/28/2022,"Appeal of a Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Historic Site Preservation Board for alterations to a Class 1 (Landmark) historic site. The alterations comprise the removal of a statue from the front lawn of the Palm Springs City Hall (Class 1 historic site number HSPB #33D). The appeal, filed on behalf of the Friends of Mayor Frank Bogert, was rejected by the City Council and the issuance of the Certificate of Appropriateness by the Historic Site Preservation Board was affirmed.",https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2022020192/2,Certificate of Appropriateness Allowing Removal of Frank Bogert Statue ,David Newell,City of Palm Springs,Assistant Planning Director,david.newell@palmspringsca.gov,3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way,,Palm Springs,CA,92262,7603238245,33°49'24.4"N 116°30'41.9"W,Palm Springs,Riverside,Riverside,"Tahquitz Canyon Way, El Cielo Rd, Civic Dr",92262,,502-150-005,,,,,,,,,,,,Categorical Exemption,CEQA Guidelines Section 15331,"The project qualifies as a Categorical Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15331 as follows: Under section 15331, also known as class 31, projects that are for the ""maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties"" (""the Standards"") are exempt from CEQA. The proposed removal of the statue would restore the City Hall site to conditions consistent with its period of historic significance and this restoration is consistent with the Standards for restoration. The Standards, beginning on page 118, state that restoration can include removal of features that were introduced onto a site from outside the period of significance. As outlined in the report, the period of significance for City Hall was 1956 - 1965. The statue was installed in 1990, well outside the period of significance. Page 121 of the Standards further states that in restoring a site, it is recommended that ""work is included to remove ... existing features that do not represent the restoration period."" (emphasis added.) (Restoration period in this context is understood to mean the period of historic significance.) The Bogert statue was installed around 1990 and thus is not from the period of significance and removal is consistent with the Standards. The Standards also denote on page 153 that retaining and preserving features that are important from the period of significance is recommended and that ""retaining non-restoration period (i.e. period of significance) landscape features is not recommended."" (emphasis added.) Thus, in considering the findings for a Certificate of Appropriateness, removal of the statue is consistent with the Standards because it will contribute to restoring the City Hall site closer to the original appearance as seen in the vintage photos taken during the period of significance. As stated in the report, the statue is not recognized as a historic character-defining feature of the City Hall site and does not meet the definition of a historic resource as outlined in the City's Historic Preservation ordinance (PSMC 8.05.020), thus its removal is consistent with the Standards. As such, removal is exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines section 15331. ",,,,,,,,,,,,