Friday, January 10, 2014

CITY COUNCIL: ‘Carmel decides to consider other options’ for Flanders Mansion Property

ABSTRACT: The City Council “decided it wanted to step back and look at more options rather than selling the home — a prospect that has triggered lawsuits and years of controversy — or leasing it to someone who would do a full-fledged historical restoration,” according to reporting in The Monterey County Herald. “One would be the possibility of a caretaker-style lease. Another would be to simply hang on to the mansion, do basic maintenance and treat it as another park building, Beach said.” ”The council also said it wanted to have a specialist analyze the historical significance of the building.” EXCERPT HIGHLIGHTS and the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form and photos document for the “Outlands in the Eighty Acres” (Flanders Mansion) are embedded; Flanders Mansion property was placed on the National Register of Historic Places under “local” significance in 1989.
 
Carmel's Flanders Mansion won't be on November ballot
Carmel decides to consider other options for building
By LARRY PARSONS Herald Staff Writer, 01/08/2014

EXCERPT HIGHLIGHTS:

The council, on a 4-1 vote Tuesday, decided against rushing to put a measure on the November ballot to ask voters whether the city should sell the vacant, city-owned mansion in the Mission Trails Nature Preserve.

The action came after a yearlong, unsuccessful effort to lease the 90-year-old Tudor Revival home to a party that would restore it and keep it as a single-family home.

But the council decided it wanted to step back and look at more options rather than selling the home — a prospect that has triggered lawsuits and years of controversy — or leasing it to someone who would do a full-fledged historical restoration.

The council said it wanted to look at three other issues in regard to the Flanders Mansion, which the city bought in 1973.

One would be the possibility of a caretaker-style lease. Another would be to simply hang on to the mansion, do basic maintenance and treat it as another park building, Beach said.
The council also said it wanted to have a specialist analyze the historical significance of the building.


Exhibit A_National Register of Historic Places Register Form Outlands
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
OUTLANDS IN THE EIGHTY ACRES; FLANDERS PAUL MANSION
February 21, 1989

Outlands (Flanders Mansion) Photos
OUTLANDS IN THE EIGHTY ACRES (Flanders Mansion) Historic Photos

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