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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
August 28,2012
6:00 P.M.
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM#169
1. Call to order at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Members Franceschelli,McMillen,Dooley,Haley,Consultant Robert Vogel,Assistant City
Planner Wippler.
Absent: Reiman
2. Approval of agenda
Motion by Dooley,second by McMillen to approve the agenda. Motion passed with a vote of 4-0.
3. Approval of the minutes from June 26,2012.
Motion by McMillen,second by Dooley to approve the minutes from June 26,2012. Motion passed
with a vote of 3-0-1 (Haley abstained).
4. Public Hearings-None
5. New Business
a. Introduction of New Commissioner—Michael Haley
Chair Franceschelli introduced Michael Haley as the newest HPC commissioner.This happened
prior to the approval of the agenda.
b. Preserve Minnesota—32"d Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference—Fergus Falls
(September 13-14)
Assistant Planner Wippler reiterated the need to have one of the commission members attend the
conference to retain our CLO status. Chair Franceschelli stated that he is available to go and will
work with staff to get the application into the SHPO for attendance. If it turns out that no one
can go to the conference Robert can arrange to get our training requirements met through his
assistance.
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6. Continued Business
a. Role of Preservation in Revitalizing the Downtown Area
A sketch of the old Dubbers Building adjacent to City Hall was provided to the Commission that
shows a renovated building. The property owner,Mr.Paul Otten,had reached out to consultant
Vogel to discuss what options he may have to do facade improvements to the building and make
the renovation fit in with the Downtown. Consultant Vogel would like to get the Commissions
support on the sketch before sending it to Mr. Otten. In general,the consensus of the
Commission was of support to send the sketch to Mr.Otten as it focuses on revitalization.
The Commission then discussed the possibility of taking an inventory or making a punch list of
downtown properties or buildings that really need assistance or are in need of renovation. The
Commission would like to take a tour of the Downtown at its next meeting in October to start to
develop this punch list. Commissioner Dooley will begin to make a list prior to the October
meeting so that we can focus on specific properties or buildings during the tour.
b. Update—Legacy Grant Application for Heritage Resource Interpretation Plan
SHPO has provided a response to our submitted application and they requested additional
information regarding the budget and whether or not the Interpretation Plan would fall within the
normal job description of staff. At this time we will wait for another cycle of funding and will
try to work with SHPO to resolve their concerns.
c. Preservation Workshop @ Farmers' Market—June 28th and August 23`I recap
The workshops were well received and the interactions that happened seemed to be with people
who own historic properties and had serious questions regarding heritage preservation. This is a
good reach out program. Site visits by the architects were made to several properties in the
downtown area.
7. Reports
None
8. Miscellaneous
9. Adjourn
Motion by Dooley,second by McMillen,to adjourn at 6:55 p.m.APIF,Motion passed.
Submitted by,
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Tony Wippler, istant City Planner
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