By Susan Motander
The development team that has been working on a plan for the rehabilitation of Monrovia’s Historic Santa Fe Depot will present its plan at a special meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) on Monday, May 9, at 7 p.m. in the community room at the library.
Several months ago, the city council approved Daylight Limited LLC (a subsidiary of Samuelson Fetter) to do a so-called “warm shell” rehabilitation of the depot, in other words, to prepare it for use as a deli or restaurant. The city council directed the HPC to oversee the rehabilitation process and to consider approving the depot as a City Historic Landmark.
Subsequently, the HPC created a subcommittee to work with Daylight Limited regarding the rehabilitation of the Depot. This committee has met with representatives of Daylight Limited to assess the proposed scope of the rehabilitation project. According to Oliver Chi’s city manager report last week, “those discussions have been positive, collaborative, and productive. “
Daylight Limited recently submitted an application for the full HPC to consider approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness to authorize the scope of the rehabilitative work to be done at the Historic Santa Fe Depot. This special meeting is to review that application. The agenda and staff report are available online at the city’s website.
