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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
October 25,2011
6:00 P.M.
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM#169
1. Call to order at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Members Franceschelli,Preece,Dooley,McMillen,Consultant Robert Vogel,Assistant City Planner
Wippler.
Absent: None
Also Present: Kim and James Dralle
2. Approval of agenda
Motion by Preece,second by Dooley to approve the agenda. APIF,Motion passed.
3. Approval of the minutes from August 23,2011.
Motion by Preece,second by Dooley to approve the minutes from August 23,2011. APIF,Motion passed.
4. Public Hearings-None
5. New Business
a. Cadwell House—Kim and James Dralle(413 Spruce Street)
Kim and James Dralle came before the commission to express concern over the condition of the Cadwell
House located at 409 Spruce Street. They are neighbors of this property and are upset that the exterior
work on this house is taking so long. The owners of the house have been working on it for close to
eighteen years and it seems to be getting worse. Consultant Vogel stated that there is little if anything that
this commission can do to improve the condition of the structure. The fact that the work is taking a long
time does not diminish the structures historic integrity.
Discussion occurred regarding the possibility of taking the picture of the Cadwell house off of the
Landmarks brochure when the time comes to print additional brochures. It was the consensus of the
committee to have the picture removed from the brochure.
Discussion was held concerning maintenance codes. The City currently does not have such a code. This
topic has been discussed with previous City Council's and it was determined to be too costly to
implement. The neighbors can certainly petition this City Council to gauge what their reaction to such an
ordinance would be.
6. Continued Business
a. Role of Preservation in Revitalizing the Downtown Area
Trying to figure out the vision for downtown is key. Couple things that the HPC could do is the HPC
should imprint their vision on the downtown and move forward with the branding/street sign ideas.
Additionally,the HPC could focus on especially areas of the City specifically the Third and Oak Street
area. The HPC will likely have to take the lead on the revitalization effort for the downtown.
Consultant Vogel will have renderings made up for proposed street signs and will bring them to a future
HPC meeting. There may be the opportunity to utilize Legacy money to buy the signs.Get a package put
together of what the HPC is proposing and then bring it to Council to see if they are willing to move
forward with the idea of signage in the downtown.
b. Update—Legacy Grant Application for Heritage Resource Interpretation Plan
State staff mentioned there are two possibilities for the interpretation plan funding. The HPC could apply
for a state grant that could be submitted in either December or January or utilize federal funding. If we
were to go with the federal funding the project wouldn't be able to start until late 2012. Consultant Vogel
should apply for both the state grant and federal money.
c. September 1s`Preservation Workshop @ Farmers' Market recap
Consultant Vogel and his team of preservation professionals were present at the Farmers'Market on
September l a for the second installment of Historic Preservation Night. It was a nice turn out with some
good questions asked by property owners.
December 3th is the Dakota Valley Art show as part of the Dazzle Day festival. This could be another
opportunity to have an HPC display hosted by Consultant Vogel and his team. Commissioner Preece will
forward the specific information onto consultant Vogel.
d. State Preservation Conference recap
Commissioner Dooley recently attended the State Preservation Conference in Faribault and brought back
information to be disseminated to the other commissioners. Commissioner Dooley thought the
conference was extremely beneficial and particularly liked the idea of Main Street Program. Assistant
Planner Wippler will make copies of all the information and get it to the other commission members.
7. Reports
a. 2011 Annual Report
Consultant Vogel stated the yearly report is ready to be submitted to the State and distributed the
document around for the Commission to review. An annual report should be put together for the Council.
Our reporting for this year is complete.
8. Miscellaneous
a. Jackie Dooley
Commissioner Dooley mentioned that her basement is wet and has been since this spring. It is ground
water getting into her basement. Commissioner Dooley was interested in knowing if this is a new or
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common issue or if it can be expected to get worse. The Commission was not sure exactly what would be
causing this to happen. It could have been caused by the Walnut Reconstruction project last year.
b. Assistant Planner Wippler mentioned that at this time there is no meeting scheduled for December. The
next scheduled meeting would be February 28,2012. The Commission was fine with not holding a
meeting in December.
9. Adjourn
Motion by McMillen,second by Dooley,to adjourn at 7:30 p.m.APIF,Motion passed.
Submitted by,
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Tony Wippler,A sistant City Planner