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Agenda
Historic Preservation Committee
Regular Meeting
3:00 PM, Tuesday, January 6, 2026
City Council Chambers, 540 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
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1. Roll Call: Craig Britton (Chair), Walter Galitzki (Vice Chair), Kathleen Knoblock,
Monica Mader, Michael D’Alessandro, and Zhenya Lavy. Monica MickHager
(Council Liaison)
2. Election of Chair/ Vice Chair
3. Approval of Minutes: December 2, 2025
4. Correspondence/Attachments: (None)
5. Public Comment (3-minute time limit)
6. Old Business (None)
7. New Business:
a. HPC Code and Process Enhancement (Lindsey Sehmel-ETHOS PNW)
Attachment: Letter from Mayor Faber
8. Other Business (None)
9. Upcoming Meeting(s):
a.Next Regular Meeting is – February 3, 2026
10.Adjournment
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December 12, 2025
To: City of Port Townsend Historic Preservation Commission Chair
From: Mayor David Faber
CC: City Council, City Staff Liaisons, City Manager John Mauro
RE: 2026 Workplan, Budget, and Advisory Board/Commission Priorities
Dear City of Port Townsend Historic Preservation Commission Chair:
6 Strategic Workplan and for helping us deliver
on a very successful 2025
achievements and we are grateful for your hard work and service. With the recent passage of the 2026
budget, we are now in the position to set our sights on 2026 to align and prioritize our work together.
We continue to evolve our process to make it clearer and more efficient for us all. For this coming year,
instead of requesting and approving Advisory Board workplans, I am requesting advice from your
Advisory Board/Commission on specific policy actions the City Council is expected to take next year.
Date Milestone
April-May Mayor sends request to Advisory Board/Commission chairs for input
into City strategic workplan retreat in July.
July-August Mayor sends draft strategic workplan to Advisory Board chairs after
strategic workplan concludes.
September-October Advisory Body Staff and City Council liaisons align budget and workplan
and identify prioritized policy recommendations to City Council to
request from Advisory Boards.
November- Mayor sends letter to Advisory Boards with a request for policy
recommendations on prioritized City workplan topics after the budget
is adopted.
The adopted 2026 City budget and strategic workplan can be found at
https://cityofpt.us/finance/page/city-budget.
My Request to You
The following matters are expected to come before City Council next year. Given your technical
expertise and advisory role, City Councilmembers and Iwould appreciate your board providing advice
and recommendationsto assist City Council in making policy decisions. In some cases, and where
identified, staff would appreciate advice and recommendations from you on items they will be working
on. Note that their capacity is significantly limited by heavy workloads, so are motivated to stay focused
on top workplan priorities.
1.Recommendations for change to historic review codes to identify process improvements that
assist with reducing staff support needs and streamlining permitting for applicants.
2.Recommendations for revampedapplication forms(recommendation to staff).
3.Completion ofwebpage content (recommendation to staff) and external facing engagement.
As chair, and with your staff liaison, you will want to structure and time board meetings to work through
these items and to line up with Council policymaking. Keep in mind that other requests from the City
Council may emerge during the year.
Meanwhile, we look forward to rolling out the new Advisory Board handbook in early 2026 and
appreciate your suggestions and advice as we continue to refine that new resource. I also appreciate
your help in recruiting new board and commission members, as some boards have existing vacancies.
Finally, thank you again for our important work together. As always, my Council colleagues and I
appreciate your dedication, service, and care for our community. We look forward to working with you
in 2026to deliver more value to our community and enhance civil civic engagement and dialogue as we
Sincerely,
David J. Faber, Mayor