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Session 1599, Minu~ Page 3 July 26, 1993 chu~d~ does not want another level of authority to help nl~n-ide how the build- ing should look. She asked the Council to oppose designation. Mr. Esley Familtcel, 7346 BalSC~I, Historic Preservation O-,...L~-~ion member, said he was asked to c.~.,~,,~nt on the architectural and historical significance of this building and respand to the Plan O-,-,H~ion's firaing that the facade had marginal historic significance. Following a shyly by the St. Louis Coun- ty Historic Buildiax3s C~-.-H~ion, the Historic Preservation Cuumassion cc~- cl,~a that the facade is ~le of the best A~alning examples of the Art Deco style in the St. I~,i~ area. It was also found that Art Deco buildings are more endangered than those of other recognized historic styles, partly be- cause fewer were k~fi]t during the Depression when the style was popular. }~a said imp~ made in the last seven y~s by the former owner in cc~- junction with the Historic Preservation Cu~assic~'s design review process have made the bmilding even Enre val, mhle as an ardqitectul-al doctm3ent. Fa asked the Council to designate this k~ilding a landmark. Ms. Mary Henders(m Gass, 6304 Westminster Place, Historic Preservatien Com- mission chair, read a prepared statenent that reviewed the history of this designatien process, the Plan Oamdssic~ reoamendaticrs to tba City Council, said when the k~fi lding's use d3arr3ed fLum a th~eter to a church in 1987, re- Writing a corrliticrkll use permit, the Historic Preservation O~,~dssion was able to review modifications to the frc~t fa~a~ until last Segtember, when the Higher Heights ~hristian ~3Ech bought the bfi]ding and tba City Council vo~a to ~nit th~ cc~ditien. She said the Ou,.~H-~sic~ was not notified that this action was being cc~s~a~red. (Ms. Gass' time allo~x~nt ran out and the Mayor said her L~erks will be copied and a~-~cributed to Council. Ihe fol- lowing su~erizes the ~eindar of her statem~lt. ) Fs. Gass then appointed a suboamattee to explore the pcesibility of designating this building a local historic landmark, resulting in a unaD~mcus ~tion by tba Historic Ffeservatien Cu~assion to de so. She said the Plan eam~dssien's objections were based c~ rights of the p~uperty owner, and the determ~matien of histori- cal significance. She felt the Historic Preservation (h~/ssien's expertise On the matter of owner rights, she had asked attorney and O~.~..~ion member Lisa Van Ambur~ to address that issue in her July 21 letter to the City Coun- She felt a decisien should be made based en whether the property meets the criteria for an historic landmark as stated in Zoning Oode Sectien 34-111, and if the a~ignatien applicaticm is in good order. She hoped the building owners would ccee to appreciate the a~-~ignation as an hc~or and positive oct- ~he public hearing was cloeed at 8:01 p.m. Ccuncil]~me~er Wagner re~c~ that legislatien be draf~a to establish his- toric designation for the property at 7740 Olive. O Mr. Price asked that the church be notified well in advance of tb~ time the final vote on the bill takes place.