TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Christopher L. Cauley, MPA, Economic & Community Development Director
Nelson Soriano, Neighborhood Engagement Manager
DATE: April 22, 2024
RE:
Title
Administrative Report - Update on Broadell Community Historic Survey
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
Districts 3 and 4
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II - Responsive City Government Supporting a Diverse and Viable Economy
2.2: Community Revitalization - Invest in community places to ensure revitalization and increase quality of life.
Goal III - City Investment in Today & Tomorrow
3.2: Manage the City's future growth and strategic land use.
Goal IV - Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
4.5: Neighborhood Vitality - Ensure a place for people to live in great neighborhoods.
Executive Summary:
The Economic and Community Development Department (ECD) has worked with community stakeholders and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to hire outside experts to survey the Broadell Community. The initial survey has been completed and the SHPO has added this historic community to their state-wide study list. The next step in the process will require an additional grant from the State to nominate the Broadell Community to the National Register of Historic Places. City staff is preparing to apply for that grant by the May 10, 2024 submission deadline.
Background:
During the community engagement portion of the Murchison Choice Planning Grant, community stakeholders requested a historic designation for the Broadell Community. In response, the City’s ECD applied for and was awarded a Certified Local Government (CLG) grant to conduct an architectural survey that consisted of the following:
1. A study area that encompasses the Broadell Community (Holly Springs) and its extraterritorial jurisdiction,
2. The identification of individual properties for consideration for placement on the National Register Study List, local historic landmarks and/or Fayetteville Historic Overlay District, and
3. Presentations at two public information meetings in the surveyed area.
On November 14, 2022 the City Council approved a 2022 federal Historic Preservation Fund grant for CLGs from the National Park Service, administered through the SHPO of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. Funds were allocated to complete an architectural survey of the Broadell neighborhood and Kraemer Desing Group (KDG) was selected. The KDG team specializes in architectural history related to African American and ethnic heritage, as well as histories related to the Civil Rights movement and the Great Migration.
KDG executed this project with the ECD, SHPO, and the Seabrook-Broadell Community Watch. The Seabrook-Broadell Community Watch was instrumental in connecting the survey team with important historical research resources and oral history participants. The project began in May 2023, and the first fieldwork trip occurred in June 2023. During fieldwork in June, the team collected photos of all the resources within the boundaries of the survey area and participated in a public engagement meeting with the Seabrook-Broadell Community Watch. In July and August, the team continued to research and work on the survey deliverables. The second fieldwork trip occurred in August. During the August trip, the survey team conducted oral history interviews with members of the Broadell community.
The survey concluded in February of 2024 when KDG presented Study List recommendations to the National Register Advisory Committee through the SHPO of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History and the study was accepted.
Issues/Analysis:
With the architectural survey of the Broadell Community completed and accepted into the State Survey List, ECD and the residents of Broadell will apply to be entered for a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. When a National Register of Historic Places nomination is prepared, all buildings, objects, structures, and sites on each property, which is approximately 520, must be categorized as contributing or noncontributing. Contributing resources are those constructed during the period of significance which substantially convey their appearance from that period. Noncontributing resources are structures that have been substantially altered.
The acceptance on the SHPO state-wide study list nor the potential placement on the National Register will create development restrictions on the properties as that will be a separate decision for City Council. ECD will work with the Development Services Department to detail the steps if City Council elects to create a Local Historic District, Historic Zoning Overlay, or produce historical signage.
Budget Impact:
The first CLG grant was a total of $40,000 with the grant covering 60% of the cost and the City’s General Fund covering the remaining 40%. Economic and Community Development (ECD) estimates that to hire KDG to prepare the nomination will cost approximately $35,000. Funding would be provided by a new grant from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) on a 60/40 split, with a city-funded match of approximately $14,000.
Options:
This Administrative Report is for information only.
Recommended Action:
This Administrative Report is for information only.
Attachments:
Broadell Project Review Memo February 2024
KDG - Final Survey Report