2026-10-14 - Historic Preservation Commission

Summary

Built from the City's posted agenda and legal action summary, both read; no minutes are posted and agenda packets were not read.

• Minutes of July 15 approved 6-0.
• Presentation and feedback on the draft Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan by the consultants (Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan).
• Approved 6-0: an HPC subcommittee for the Homeowners Exterior Rehabilitation Assistance Program (Homeowners Exterior Rehabilitation Assistance Program).
• Feedback approved 6-0 on a State Historic Preservation Office proposal to reclassify a property on S Butte Ave as contributing in the Borden Homes Historic District.
• Adoption of the commission's rules of procedure was postponed.
• The September 9 meeting was canceled for lack of a quorum; its agenda items (July 15 minutes, the rehabilitation subcommittee, the Historic Core Plan workshop) came back on this agenda.

Sources

• Agenda: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=2037&doctype=1
• Legal action summary: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/Historic_Preservation_Commission_Meeting_2037_Summary_10_14_2026_6_00_00_PM.pdf?documentType=3&meetingId=2037
• City website: https://www.tempe.gov (calendar of all board, committee and commission meetings: https://www.tempe.gov/government/city-clerk-s-office/boards-and-commissions/calendar-of-all-board-committee-and-commission-meetings)
• Agendas and minutes portal: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/AgendaOnline
• Town: Tempe