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CITY OF SANTA MONICA – CITY PLANNING DIVISION DESIGNATION APPLICATION X Landmark Structure of Merit Applications must be submitted by appointment at the City Planning public counter, Room 111 at City Hall, located at 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401. To schedule an appointment or if you have any questions completing this application please call City Planning at (310) 458-8341. PROJECT ADDRESS: 3223 Donald Douglas Loop - Santa Monica Airport NOTES TO APPLICANT Land Use Element District: N/A Zoning District: N/A Please complete all Assessor Parcel: 4272 - 026 - 902 Lot Size: applicable sections of this application APPLICANT and submit all required materials. Name: Chattel,Inc., LA 99s Incomplete applications will not Address: 13417 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, California Zip: 91423 be accepted for Phone: 818-788-7954 Fax: filing. Email: [email protected] Landmarks Commission meets on the second CONTACT PERSON (if different) (Note: All correspondence will be sent to the applicant) Monday of each month. Name: Chattel Inc., Robert Chattel, President; Olivia White, Associate (see attached) The applicant, Address: 13417 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, California Zip: 91423 representative, or legal owner familiar Phone: 818-788-7954 Fax: with the project must [email protected]; [email protected] be present at the Email: Landmarks Relation to Applicant: Commission meeting. PROPERTY OWNER A decision on designation is Name: City of Santa Monica rendered at the hearing. All Address: 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California Zip: 90401 decisions by the Landmarks Phone: 310-458-8411 Fax: Commission are subject to a 10-day Subject improvement is generally known as: appeal period. An GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL official appeal form and fee schedule is Compass Rose available at the City Planning Division Existing use(s) of site: Airport Public Counter. Appealed projects Rent control status: N/A will be scheduled for a hearing before the Status: X Occupied Unoccupied City Council. Recognized in the Santa Monica Historic Resources Inventory: X Yes No Condition: Excellent X Good Fair Deteriorated Ruins Unexposed Threats: None Private Development Vandalism Public Works Project Zoning X Other: pavement removal This part to be completed by City staff Received By: Amount Paid: $ Date Submitted: Check No.: City Planning Division (310) 458-8341 Planning and Community Development Department www.smgov.net 09/18 ~ Please Note ~ NOTES TO APPLICANT The following property and historical information identified below For more information must be provided in order for your application to be determined on designation procedures, refer to complete by the City Planning Division. SMMC Section 9.56. You may provide information on additional sheets of paper. PROPERTY INFORMATION Description of site or structure, note any major alterations & dates of alterations: See attached. Statement of architectural significance: N/A OUNDINFORMATION BACKGR Statement of historic importance: See attached. Page 2 Person(s) of historic importance: N/A Local State National Statement of other significance: N/A Documents and publications that relate directly to proposed improvement (bibliography): See attached BACKGROUNDINFORMATION FOR STRUCTURES ONLY: Date of construction: Original loc ation circa 1947, current Factual X Estimated location 1988 Source: Aerial photographs Architect/Designer/Engineer: Wilma Fritschey Contractor/ Other builder: Ninety-Nines International Association of Women Pilots Architectural Style: Historic Use of Structure(s): Air marking/Navigational Aid Present Use of Structure(s): Air marking/Navigational Aid Is/Are structure(s) on original site: X Yes No Unknown Is/Are structure(s) threatened with destruction: X Yes No Unknown If yes, state reason: Pavement Removal Page 3 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS – all items must be provided X Completed Application. Payment of Fee, if applicable. X Payment of Fee is WAIVED for Non-Profit Organizations. Documentation demonstrating Tax-Exempt Status must be included with this application and at the time of filing to be eligible for a Landmark/Structure of Merit Designation Application fee waiver. Staff will confirm non-profit organization status prior to deeming this application complete. X Eight (8) sets of labeled Color Photographs of the building elevations or improvement on 8½" x 11" paper (Color photocopies are acceptable). X Any information you feel would be of assistance in reviewing the application, such as original plans, old photos, or other historical information. For structures only: if applicant is requesting approval of modifications, please submit all materials requested for a Certificate of Appropriateness Application. I hereby certify that the information contained in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge. ____________________________________________________Robert Chattel Applicant’s Name (PRINT) _________________________________________________________05/30/2019 Applicant’s Signature Date APPLICATOIN REQUIREMENTS Page 4 ADDITIONAL CONTACT PERSONS This designation application is being filed by Chattel, Inc. and The 99s of the Los Angeles Area, Inc., (a chapter of The Ninety-Nines International Association of Women Pilots). Name: Eve Lopez, Compass Rose Chair, The 99s of the Los Angeles Area, Inc. Address: 3025 Airport Avenue #2, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Email: [email protected] PROPERTY INFORMATION Description of site or structure, note any major alterations & dates of alterations: The Compass Rose is a painting of a compass rose on concrete paving (Compass Rose) located to the north of and adjacent to Runway 3 at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport (Santa Monica Airport). The Compass Rose is circular, with a diameter of approximately 50 feet and a circumference of approximately 160 feet. In the center of the Compass Rose are two blue interlocking numeral “9”s within a white circle. Twelve triangular points surround the central circle. Four points face the cardinal directions (cardinal points). These cardinal points are 15 feet from central circle to point. Two shorter points are located between each of the cardinal points (eight shorter points total). These shorter points are eight feet from central circle to point. A Compass Rose is noted to have existed at an unknown location at the Santa Monica Airport in 1929, though no physical evidence has been discovered. A Compass Rose was painted on the northeast side of the Santa Monica Airport from circa 1947 to circa 1987 adjacent to Runways 21 and 22. The Compass Rose was relocated and first painted at its current location circa 1988. The Compass Rose is maintained by The 99s of the Los Angeles Area, Inc. (LA 99s), a chapter of The Ninety-Nines International Association of Women Pilots (Ninety-Nines), who are based at the Santa Monica Airport. It was most recently repainted in its current location in 2010. Statement of historic importance: The Compass Rose is the trademark logo of The Ninety-Nines. The Ninety-Nines were founded in November 1929 by women pilots following the first Women’s Transcontinental Air Derby (Derby) which took off from the Santa Monica Airport on August 18, 1929. The eight day long, 2,800-mile Derby was the first sanctioned air race for women in the country. The Compass Rose is emblematic of over 90 years of the history of women in aviation. While the history of aviation in Santa Monica is commemorated through sites such as the interpretive display for aviation innovator Waldo Waterman at 1550 5th Street, the Museum of Flying at 3100 Airport Avenue, the Aero Theater at 1328 Montana Avenue, and Douglas Park at 2439 Wilshire Boulevard (the earliest location of Douglas Aircraft), the history of women in aviation in Santa Monica is not documented or represented through designated Landmarks, Structures of Merit, or otherwise. The Rotating Beacon Tower built circa 1928 and moved to the Santa Monica Airport in 1952, was designated a City Landmark in 1988 in part because it represents an early aviation navigational tool. The Compass Rose is similarly an early navigational tool which continues to function as both a form of air marking and as a symbol of the traditions of women in aviation, and their important contributions. The Compass Rose is significant for representing the important and underrepresented history of women in aviation both locally and nationally. The first Compass Rose is believed to have existed at the Santa Monica Airport as early as 1929 though no physical evidence exists. Physical evidence of a Compass Rose at the original site location adjacent to runways 21 and 22 dates to circa 1947. Its present location, adjacent to runway 3, dates to circa 1988, which is sufficiently in our past to interpret and preserve. On March 26, 2019, Santa Monica City Council awarded contracts for an approved excess pavement removal Landmark Application—Compass Rose—Santa Monica Airport Page 2 project adjacent to the runways, which directly threatens demolition of both the original and current location of the Compass Rose.1 The following descriptions provide contexts by which to understand the Compass Rose as a significant historic site in Santa Monica. The Ninety-Nines International Association of Women Pilots The history of the Ninety-Nines is directly linked to the National Women’s Air Derby (Derby) of 1929 which began at the Santa Monica Airport. The first National Air Race took place in 1920 and early air races were restricted to male pilots. Mary Myers was one of the first documented women balloon aeronauts, completing