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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-29-14 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 apromisingfuture HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMNIISSION 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 19th City Council meeting to present the award. 1 • 5. Continued Business a. Limited Commercial Ventures at Historic Properties ordinance Chairperson Franceschelli had a question on 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 Pt. Judging would start August l st and run through the first week of September. c. May 27*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 • 0 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, • / es", (4—).?;_(2,) Tony Wippler,Planning Manager • • • • 3