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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-27-14 City of Farmington Mission Statement 430 Third Street Through teamwork and cooperation, Farmington,MN 55024 the City of Farmington provides quality services that preserve our proud past and foster a promising future. AGENDA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING May 27,2014 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1. Call to order 2. Approval of agenda 3. Approval of minutes • a. March 25,2014 Regular Meeting b. April29,2014 Special Meeting 4. Public Hearings • None 5. New Business a. "Basic Training"in Historic Preservation 6. Continued Business a. Limited Commercial Ventures at Historic Properties draft ordinance update 7. Reports&Plans None 8. Miscellaneous None 9. Commission Roundtable 10. Adjourn City of Farmington Mission Statement 430 Third Street Through teamwork and cooperation, Farmington,MN 55024 the City of Farmington provides quality services that preserve our proud past and foster a promising future HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES March 25,2014 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM#169 1. Call to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Members McMillen,Haley,Lehto,Mohlis,Consultant Vogel,Planning Manager Wippler. Absent Member Franceschelli 2. Approval of agenda Motion by Haley,second by Mohlis to approve the agenda. APIF,Motion passed. 3. Approval of the minutes a. January 28,2014 Motion by Mohlis,second by Lehto to approve the January 28,2014 regular meeting minutes. Vote:3- 0-1(Haley abstain),Motion passed. 4. Public Hearings-None 5. New Business a. Schedule a date for a training session and determine a topic Consultant Vogel stated that the training session could deal with the broad topic of Community Development (Comprehensive Planning,Overlay-Zoning,etc.)and how historic preservation works within the City Hall service. The Commission would like to hold this training session at their regular meeting on May 276 if possible. The Commission would like to have a joint meeting with some of the other boards/commissions. Consultant Vogel and staff will present the information. 6. Continued Business a. Limited Commercial Ventures at Historic Properties ordinance Planning Manager Wippler provided the Commission with three separate ordinances that are all tied to the Limited Commercial Ventures idea. The Commission went through the ordinances including the - requirements and definitions. This type of use would be a conditional use that would be approved by the 1 Planning Commission after recommendation by the HPC. The Commission was comfortable with the uses that were identified in the ordinance. The only modification that was requested to the ordinance was to also include verbiage under B2 of the ordinance to include properties that have been determined eligible as a Heritage Landmark. The ordinance with the new wording will be brought back to the HPC in April for a final reading and to get a motion to forward the draft to the Planning Commission for a public hearing. b. Beautification Award • The Commission reviewed the entry form and information sheet. The idea would be to have this in a form that is ready for the first Farmers'Market that Consultant Vogel will be at in June. The Commission should also consider who they would envision as judges for the award. Motion by Lehto to approve the entry form and entry sheet for the Farmington Heritage Preservation Commission Beautification Award second by Mohlis to approve the entry form and entry sheet for the Beautification Award. APII',Motion passed. c. Exchange Bank Status Not much news to report on the status of the building damage. The Commission would like staff to give the Council an update on the building and to advise the Council that this is a potential historical preservation disaster in the making. d. 2014 Goals and Objectives—approved list • Planning Manager Wippler provided the updated goals and objectives to the Commission. This was for information purposes only. 7. Reports a. Heritage Resource Interpretation Plan-update Consultant Vogel wanted the Commission to think about the potential for tourism and why people come here and what would you show them about Farmington and how we would go about accomplishing that.The new thing is to not do the interpretation at the historic sites but at where the people are located. The Commission will revisit this topic Iater this year. 8. Miscellaneous a. 2014 Art Fair and Business Expo—June 20th---21St b. History of Dew Days exhibit—Commissioner Mohlis A and B were combined for discussion. Commissioner Mohlis was interested in whether the Commission would be receptive to having a booth during Dew Days. There is currently not enough money in the HPC budget to pay the exhibition fee for this year. This may be something that the Commission may look at for next year. There may be an opportunity to tie it into the interpretation plan.The Commission will revisit the HPC's presence at Dew Days in the fall and lay out a plan on how to accomplish that. Commissioner Mohlis discussed his proposed exhibit on the history of Dew Days and inquired if the HPC and City would be willing partners listed on the exhibit,whatever form it may take. This exhibit will not be ready for this year;it is only in the planning stages. Commissioner Mohlis will be completing the research for the 2 exhibit this year. The HPC believes this is worthwhile project and is willing to assist in whatever capacity that they can in completing the exhibit. c. April 29th special meeting Planning Manager Wippler reminded the Commission that there will be a special meeting on April 29th at 7 pm to nail down the nomination for the Heritage Preservation Award,make a selection for the award,and to get the Mayoral proclamation setup and ready for the Council meeting in May. 9. Commission Roundtable a. Consultant Vogel stated that the Heritage Preservation month poster will likely not happen this year as he does not have the right staff in place to accommodate the work. b. Commissioner Lehto mentioned that she will be attending a class on the History of the American Home as part of her continuing education requirement for a real estate professional. She will bring back any information to the Commission that she feels is worthwhile. c. Commission McMillen requested that starting next year that the Commission does organizational matters (election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson,and setting of yearly goals and objectives)at the regular meeting in March. d. Commissioner McMillen showed a photo of a streetcar on Third Street to the Commission. It was determined that the photo was manipulated and is not real. 10. Adjourn Motion by Haley,second by Lehto,to adjourn at 8:17 p.m.APIF,Motion passed. Submitted by, Tony Wippler,Planning Manager • 3 City of Farmington Mission Statement 430 Third Street Through teamwork and cooperation, Farmington,MN 55024 the City of Farmington provides quality services that preserve our proud past and foster apromisingfuture HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES April 29,2014 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM#169 • 1. Call to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Members Franceschelli,McMillen,Haley,Lehto,Mohlis,Consultant Vogel,Planning Manager Wippler. Absent: None 2. Approval of agenda Motion by McMillen,second by Haley to approve the agenda. APIF,Motion passed. • 3. Public Hearings-None 4. New Business a. 2014 Preservation Award Nominations and Selection Karen Ogden,owner and operator of Delectable Designs,submitted a nomination for the owners(Steven and Molly Aarons)of the building located at 431 Third Street. Staff will notify the property owners of the nomination and invite them to the City Council meeting at which the award will be presented. Motion by McMillen,second by Lehto to accept the nomination for the property located at 431 Third Street. APIF,Motion passed. b. Historic Preservation Month—May i. City Council/Mayoral Proclamation—May 5,2014 A draft of the proclamation was provided to the Commission. It will be read by the Mayor at the May 5,2014 regular City Council meeting. ii. Heritage Preservation Award presented to City Council--•May 19,2014 The award will be given to the property owners at the regular City Council meeting on May 19, 2014. Chairperson Franceschelli will be present at the May 19`r'City Council meeting to present the award. 1 • 5. Continued Business a. Limited Commercial Ventures at Historic Properties ordinance Chairperson Franceschelli had a question ori the definition,more specifically regarding professional office and what that use would include. Planning Manager Wippler stated that his interpretation of that use would be a lawyer's office or something similar in nature. Planning Manager Wippler stated that these uses would only be approved through a Conditional Use Permit process and through that process the HPC and Planning Commission would have an opportunity to determine if the proposed use is appropriate and if so placed reasonable conditions to it. Motion by Mohlis,second by Haley to forward the ordinance to the Planning Commission for review and to hold a public hearing. APIF,Motion passed. b. Beautification Award The Commission decided to include a filling/entry fee of$10 to cover the costs of the award. The Commission agreed that the entry deadline should be August 1st. Judging would start August 1.' and run through the first week of September. c. May 27th HPC Basic Training session topic Planning Manager Wippler reminded the Commission about the May 27th training session that will be held to discuss Community Development items within the community and how it works with historic preservation. Other commissions will be made aware of the training session and invited to attend. The Commission discussed holding a future training session for educational value to the general public. This could happen sometime in the fall. The Commission should discuss and give some thought to what they feel would be beneficial to the general public of Farmington. There may be an opportunity to work with Community Education to offer it as a continuing education course and to see if it could be held at the original high school. Consultant Vogel will reach out to the Community Education office to see if this would even be a possibility. 6. Reports None 7. Miscellaneous Planning Manager Wippler stated that he did apply for funds to allow two Commission members to attend the annual state conference. A response from the state has not been given on the grant request as of yet. 8. Commission Roundtable a. Commissioner McMillen mentioned that Jackie Dooley's neighbor is parking many vehicles on the rear of the property. Staff will go and take a look at it;there is nothing that this Commission can do regarding the concern. b. Commissioner McMillen asked whether a map could be done to show just the historic properties. Staff mentioned that could easily been done as we contract our GIS out to the County. It was also mentioned that a web map could be done that would ultimately be put on the city's website. The web map would include information on the properties. Planning Manager Wippler will work with Dakota County on the proposed maps and will bring them back to the Commission as they become available. 2 Consultant Vogel inquired if an age of housing stock map would be valuable. The Commission agreed that it would be interesting to see. Planning Manager Wippler will work with Dakota County on preparing an age of housing stock map. c. Commissioner Mohlis shared a draft poster for Historic Preservation Month with the Commission that he has been working on. He will continue to refine the poster and will forward it onto staff once completed to have it printed off and displayed. d. Commissioner Lehto mentioned that she will be attending a conference in St.Cloud from May 28th through the 30th and she is not sure when she will be leaving for the conference. She will keep staff posted if she cannot make the May meeting. 9. Adjourn Motion by McMillen,second by Haley,to adjourn at 7:51 p.m.APIF,Motion passed. Submitted by, • Tony Wippler,Planning Manager • • • 3