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DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE OffiCES CITY PLANNI NG CTY OF Los ANGELES S. GAIL GOLDBERG. AIC? OFFICE Of HISTORIC RESOURCES CALIFORNIA 200 N. SPRING STREET, ROOM620 DIRECTOR Los ANGELES, CA 90012-4801 (213) 978-1271 (213)978-1200 VINCENT ? BERTONI, Ale? DEPUTY DIRECTOR CULTURAL HERITAGE (213}978-1272 COMMISSION JOHN M. DUGAN, Alep DEPUTY DIR(CTOR RICHARD BARRON (213) 978-1274 PRESIDENT ROELLA H. !.OUIE EVA YUAN-MCDANIEL VICH'RfSIOf.NT DEPUTY DIRECTOR {213}978-1273 GLEN C. DAKE ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MIA M. LEHRER MAYOR fAX: (213)978-1275 oz SCOTT INFORMATION (213) 978·1270 FEl Y C. P1NGOL COMMISSION fXECUTIVE ASSISTANT wwwplanntng.lactrv.org {213} 978-1294 Date AUG 0 4 2009 Los Angeles City Council Room 395, City Hall 200 North Spring Street Los Angeles, Califomia 90012 ATTENTION: Barbara Greaves, Legislative Assistant Planning and Land Use Management Committee CASE NUMBER: CHC-2009-1908-CR Columbia Savings Building 5220 Wilshire Boulevard At the Cultural Heritage Commission meeting of July 16, 2009. the Commission moved to approve a resolution providing GENERAL COMMENTS to the California State Office of Historic Preservation regarding listing of 5220 Wilshire Boulevard to the California Register of Historical Resources. This resolution is subject to final adoption by the City Council and concurrence by the Mayor's Office. The California State Office of Historic Preservation allows for 90 days to receive comments from a city regarding a proposed listing of a property to the California Register. The above Cultural Heritage Commission action was taken by the following vote: Moved: Commissioner Barron Seconded: Commissioner Louie Ayes: Commissioner Lehrer, Dake Nays: Commissioner Scott Vote: 4-1 Fel C. Pi 01,Commission Executive Assistant Cultural Heritage Commission Ifcp Attachment: Staff Report with Findings c: Councilmember Tom LaBonge, CD 4 BRE Properties, Inc. Los Angeles Conservancy 1 "ANSMITTAL TO CITY COUNI..,L. Case No. Planning Staff Name(s) and Contact No. C.D. No. ~HC-2009-1908-CR Edgar Garcia (213) 978-1189 4 Related Case No(s). Last Day to Appeal None Location of Project (Include project titles, if any.) COLUMBIA SAVINGS BUILDING 5220 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD Applicant(s) and Representative(s) Name(s) and Contact Information, if available. Los Angeles Conservancy 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 826 Los Angeles, CA 94105 Appellant(s) and Representative(s) Name(s) and Contact Information, including phone numbers, if available. Not Applicable Final Project Description (Description is for consideration by Committee/Council, and for use on agendas and official public notices. If a General Plan Amendment andlor Zone Change case, include the prior land use designation and zone. as well as the proposed land use designation and zone change (i.e. "from Very Low Density Residential land use designation to Low Density land use designation and concurrent zone change from RA·1·K to (T)(Q)R1·1-K). In addition, for all cases appealed in the Council, please include in the description only those items which are appealable to Council.) Adoption of resolution providing GENERAL COMMENTS to the California State Office of Historic Preservation regarding Listing of 5220 Wilshire Boulevard to the California Register of Historic Resources. Items Appealable to Council Fiscal Impact Statement Env. No.: Commission Vote: "If determination states administrative costs are recovered through fees, indicate 'Yes." Not Applicable 4-1 Yes In addition to thls transmittal sheet, City Clerk needs. (1) One original & two copies of the Commission, Zoning Administrator or Director of Planning Determination (2) Staff recommendation report (3) Appeal, if applicable: (4) Environmental document used to approve the project, lf applicable; (5) Public hearing notice; (6) Commission determination mailing labels (7) Condo projects only: 2 copies of Commission Determination mailing labels (includes project's tenants) and 500 foot radius mailing list AUG {) 4 2009 Fe~~ommission Executive Assistant Cultural !~~~g~ Commission· . DATE: DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES CITY PLANNING CITY OF ANGEL~B Los S. GAIL GOlDBERG, A1CP OFFICE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES CALIFORNIA 200 N. SPRING STREH, ROOM 620 DIRECTOR Los ANGELES, CA 90012-4801 (213) 978·1271 (213)978-1200 VINCENT P. BERTONI, AICP DEPUTY DIRECTOR CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION {2131978-1272 RICHARD BARRON JOHN M. DUGAN, AICP PRESIDENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROELlA H. LOUIE (213) 978·1274 VICE·PRESIDENT EVA YUAN-MCDANIEL GLEN C. DAKE oswrv DIRECTOR MIA M. LEHRER (213)978·1273 OZ SCOTT ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MAYOR FAX:(213) 978·1275 FEl Y C. PINGOl lNFORMA nON COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (213) 978-1294 (213) 978-1270 www.pJannlng.lacity.org Date AU GO 4 2009 BRE Properties, Inc. 525 Market Street, 4th Floor Los Angeles, CA 94105 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED CASE NUMBER: CHC-2009-1908-CR Columbia Savings Building 5220 Wilshire Boulevard As you will note from the attached copy of our communication to the Los Angeles City Council, the Cultural Heritage Commission has moved to approve a resolution providing GENERAL COMMENTS to the California State Office of Historic Preservation regarding listing of 5220 Wilshire Boulevard to the California Register of Historical Resources. This resolution is subject to final adoption by the City Council and concurrence by the Mayor's Office. In due course, our transmittal will be given a council file number and will be referred to the Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee for review and recommendation. If you are interested in attending the Council Committee meeting, you should call Barbara Greaves at (213) 978-1068 for information as to the time and place of the Committee and City Council meetings regarding this matter. Please give Ms. Greaves at least one week from the date of this letter to schedule this item on the Committee Agenda before you call her. ( Fe . Pi 01,Commission Executive Assistant Cultural Heritage Commission !fcp Attachment: CHC Letter to Council and Staff Report with Findings C: Notification List Los Angeles Conservancy Los Angeles Department of City Planning RECOMMENDATION REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CASE NO.: CHC-2009-190B-CR HEARING DATE: July 16, 2009 Location: 5220 Wilshire Boulevard TIME: 10:00 AM Council District: 4 PLACE: City Hall, Room 1010 Community Plan Area: Wilshire 200 N. Spring Street Area Planning Commission: Central Los Angeles, CA Neighborhood Council: GreaterWilshire 90012 REQUEST: Comments to State of California Office of Historic Preservation on proposed listing of Columbia Savings Building to the California Register of Historical Resources APPLICANT: Los Angeles Conservancy 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 826 Los Angeles, CA 90014 OWNER: BRE Properties, Inc. 525 Market Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 RECOMMENDATION That the Cultural Heritage Commission: Adopt the proposed resolution. S. GAIL GOLDBERG, AICP Director of Planning Kim Bernstein, Manager, AICP Office of Historic Resources Prepared by: Attachments: A) Resolution 5220 Wilshire Blvd. CHC-2009-1908-CR Page 2 of4 FINDINGS See Resolution in Attachment A. INTRODUCTION In 2007, the State Office of Historic Preservation and the National Park Service approved the City of Los Angeles' application to become a "Certified Local Government" (CLG) for historic preservation under the National Historic Preservation Act. This action provided official recognition to the City of Los Angeles for its new comprehensive historic preservation program with the establishment of the Office of Historic Resources. CLG status gives the City of Los Angeles formal authority to comment on nominations of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects to the National Register of Historic Places and California Register of Historical Resources. Both National Register and California Register nominations are ultimately reviewed by the State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) and presented for approval before the State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC). With input from the Rules and Government Committee and the City Council, the Office of Historic Resources developed a procedure to provide comments from the City of Los Angeles to the SHRC while conforming to the City's Intergovernmental Relations process. Approved in December 2008, this process calls for preparation of a proposed resolution (Support/Opposition/General Comments), for approval by the Cultural Heritage Commission, City Council, and concurrence by the Mayor. CA REGISTER CRITERIA Criterion 1: Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. Criterion 2: Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history. Criterion 3: Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. Criterion 4: Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation. DISCUSSION The written nomination contends that the Columbia Savings Building meets Criteria 1 and 3 for the California Register of Historical Resources "for its association with the transformation of American bank design following World War II in response to dramatic changes in the banking industry" and as "an outstanding example of postwar American bank architecture in Los Angeles." In the years following World War II, bank design began
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