10.    REPORT, Committee on Appointments and Briefings, recommending that the City Council GRANT the DEMOLITION of the PORCH, located at 135 COTTAGE STREET, (MAP 45/LOT 263).

10a. COMMUNICATION/DEMOLITION, New Bedford Historical Commission, to City Council, re: BUILDING DEMOLITION REVIEW: PARTIAL DEMOLITION - PORCH -135 COTTAGE STREET, (MAP 45/LOT 263) advising that “the property owner is proposing the demolition of the building’s wrap-around porch in its entirety and rebuilding a section of the porch; the Robert B. and Lucinda Hudson Gifford House (NBE.2358) was constructed in 1897, and is a contributing historic resource to the County Street National Register District; the property is historically or architecturally significant in terms of period style, method of building construction or association with a significant architect or builder either by itself or as a part of a group of buildings; the Commission has collaborated with the property owner to modify the initially proposed porch materials to mutually agreed upon high-quality materials to mitigate the adverse effect the porch demolition will have on the property and the District “in light of these findings, the New Bedford Historical Commission has determined that the structure at 135 Cottage Street is Historically Significant but is not a Preferably Preserved structure.” (Referred to the Committee on Appointments & Briefings – 11/22/2022.)