TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: GEN 17-029, Resolution 2017-R-07 Nomination and Inclusion of Warm Mineral Springs Spa and Cyclorama Structures to the City of North Port Local Register of Historic Sites and Structures
Recommended Action
Approve Resolution 2017-R-07, Nomination and Inclusion of Warm Mineral Springs Spa and Cyclorama Structures to the City of North Port Local Register of Historic Sites and Structures
Background Information
According to Section 58-5 of the Unified Land Development Code, the City Commission (based on a recommendation by the City Manager or designee) can consider the approval of specific sites and structures within the City for inclusion on a Local Register of Historic Sites and Structures. As part of the City's assessment of the Warm Mineral Springs site, two reports were prepared by DMK Associates, dated May 20, 2016 (Historic and Architectural Evaluation Report), presented to City Commission at its workshop on July 29, 2016; and September 30, 2016 (Structural Assessment), presented to the City Commission at its October 21, 2016 workshop. The reports concluded that all three buildings on the Warm Mineral Springs are eligible for inclusion onto the National Register of Historic Places, based on their historic value related to the architect Jack West of the Sarasota School of Architecture and the utilization of the facilities as part of the Quadricentennial celebration in the early 1960s. On October 7, 2016, Marion Almy from Archaeological Consultants, the consultant working with DMK Associates as part of its team, received a letter from the Florida Department of State's State Historic Preservation Office stating that the Warm Mineral Springs structures would be potentially eligible for listing on the National Register. At the workshop, Commission recommended Staff look at the steps required for historic property designation in order to enable Comm...
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