Title
Application for Public Monument Public Hearing Date
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution setting the public hearing for January 8, 2018 for the application for the installation of public monument.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, Engineering and Property Management
Gina Shell, Engineering and Property Management
Explanation
* The City has received an application for the installation of a public monument in the form of a plaque to be installed in the lobby of Old City Hall.
* City Code requires that a public hearing occur prior to City Council action on the installation of a public monument.
* The local Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of American Colonists has submitted an application proposing to recreate and install a replica of a plaque that was originally presented to the City and displayed in Old City Hall in 1937. The original plaque, which commemorated the chartering of the City of Charlotte in 1768, cannot be located, but was likely misplaced during past renovations to Old City Hall.
* The etched bronze plaque will measure 23 inches high, 16 inches wide, and 1/4 inch thick.
* The Daughters of American Colonists would like to install this replica plaque to coincide with Charlotte's 250th anniversary.
* Standards for review and acceptance of a monument are documented in City Code as follows:
* The monument shall have historic, aesthetic or special character or interest to the general public and not be limited in interest to a special group or persons. The Council shall consider the local and general significance and prominence of the things to be memorialized.
* The monument's location shall be compatible with its surroundings and its establishment shall not have a negative impact on environmental integrity. Council shall avoid undue concentrations of monuments.
* The monument must be of enduring quality and character and materials used in creating and establishing each monument shall reflect such quality and character.
* The c...
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