Historic Preservation Board — Portland, ME
Date: 2026-03-04
Time: 17:00

MEMBERS
Historic Preservation Board Brad Miller, Chair
 Valerie Paquin-Gould, Vice Chair
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM Hilary Bassett
Room 24 (Basement Level of City Hall) William DeSerres
and Zoom Michael Hutchins
 Kristina Sottery
 Rob Whitten



The Historic Preservation Board invites the public to attend the meeting in person or Zoom pursuant to the
Remote Meeting Policy adopted by the Historic Preservation Board. Prior to the meeting, please check the
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end of the day on the Friday before the Historic Preservation Board meeting. Please note that the placement of
each item on the agenda is subject to change. Please check the Agenda Center prior to the meeting for the item
start time.

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PUBLIC COMMENT INFORMATION:
To submit written public comment on an agenda item, email hp@portlandmaine.gov. Submissions must be
received by 12:00 pm the day before the Historic Preservation Board meeting to guarantee their inclusion in
the agenda packet. All submissions must include the commenter's name and legal address. To help ensure your
comment is submitted for the correct item, please include the name of the agenda item (see below).


AGENDA:

1. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM
2. REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 2, 2026
 i. Unfinished Business
 Remand to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law for Certificate of Appropriateness for
 HPBR-002814-2024, New Construction at 42 Atlantic Street: Bassett, DeSerres, Hutchins,
 Paquin-Gould, Sottery, and Whitten present. Miller absent.

3. REPORTS OF DECISIONS AT THE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 2, 2026
 i. Unfinished Business
 Remand to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law for Certificate of Appropriateness for
 New Construction; 42 Atlantic Street; LB Atlantic LLC., Applicant. Plan Number: HPBR-
 002814-2024. No public comment was taken on this item. The Board voted 4 in favor
 (Hutchins opposed, DeSerres abstained, Miller recused) to issue findings of act to supplement
 its conditional approval of HPBR-002814-2024 from May 29, 2024.

4. COMMUNICATION AND REPORTS
 i. None

5. PUBLIC HEARING
 i. Review of New Construction and Sitework; 142 Free Street; Portland Museum of Art,
 Application. Plan Number: HP-00038-2025

 ii. Preliminary Revie of Proposed Updates to the CITY OF PORTLAND HISTORIC
 RESOURCES DESIGN MANUAL, City of Portland, Applicant. The Historic Preservation
 Board will hold a hybrid workshop to review draft updates to the City of Portland Historic
 Resources Design Manual. The current Historic Resources Design Manual can be found
 here: https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/907cf22a-61e9-4ba7-9e62-f9d47b6ec0cd

6. WORKSHOP
 i. None

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