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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-23-14 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 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES September 23,2014 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1. Call to order at 7:00 p.m. Commission Members Present: Members Franceschelli,Lehto,Mohlis Commission Members Absent: Members Haley,McMillen Also Present: Consultant Vogel,Planning Manager Wippler 2. Approval of agenda Motion by Mohlis,second by Lehto to approve the agenda. APIF,Motion passed. 3. Approval of the minutes a. July 22,2014 Regular Meeting Motion by Lehto,second by Mohlis to approve the July 22,2014 regular meeting minutes. APIF, Motion passed. 4. Public Hearings Nothing 5. Continued Business a. Heritage Landmark Interactive Map demonstration Planning Manager Wippler demonstrated the interactive Heritage Landmark web map for the Commission. The Dakota County Department of Geographic Information Systems developed the web map. Generally the Commission liked the way the web map was laid out however,they would like to have the survey report and designation study for each of the landmark properties added into the web map. Staff will work with Consultant Vogel to get the digitized reports to the County for inclusion into the web map. b. Arcadia Publishing proposal Commissioner Lehto had asked to have this topic placed back on the agenda for further discussion. She had received information on the process for authoring the book;however,it is a very intensive and 1 I detailed process. Commission Lehto is looking for assistance in completing the project. The Commission would like to hold a workshop on October 15,2014 to discuss this proposal and to see if this is a project that the Commission would like to take on or be a part of. Planning Manager Wippler will send out an email to the Commission to officially set the date for the workshop,which is tentatively scheduled for October 15 at 7pm. c. State Preservation Conference recap Chair Franceschelli and Commissioner Lehto attended the 2014 AASLH Annual Meeting and gave the Commission a brief overview of the conference. Both Commissioners were impressed with the conference overall. There were a number of interesting tours and sessions including the Schmidt's Brewery which has been converted it into loft apartments and recreation space. 6. New Business a. Economic Revitalization of Downtown Planning Manager Wippler mentioned that staff has been discussing with the EDA the possible development of a plan for the downtown.As of right now we are not sure what the plan will ultimately look like. The City will be applying for Redevelopment Incentive Grant money through the Dakota County CDA to cover the costs for the planning portions of the plan. It is likely that an RFP for the plan will be going out later this winter. Once the funding is in place and the process for developing the plan has begun there will likely be joint meetings between the EDA,Planning Commission and HPC. b. Heritage Tourism—tool for economic development? The main question that needs to be answered regarding heritage tourism is how we accomplish this. If we were to put an interpretation sign,where would you put it? It would be a place where there are lots of people who could stop and view it. Parks and the Regional Greenways would be good locations for those interpretation aspects. Heritage Tourism would force partnerships with other groups who want to make money off the people who are coming to town. This would also include marketing the community in a more inclusive and holistic approach.Consultant Vogel stated that a goal of the HPC over the next couple years should be to provide more service to those people who own the historic resources and one way to do that is to involve them into the economics of it. 7. Reports Nothing 8. Miscellaneous Nothing 9. Commission Roundtable Commissioner Mohlis asked for an update on the Exchange Bank building. Planning Manager Wippler stated the status of the building is the same as reported at the last meeting. Planning Manager Wippler will get an update from the Building Official and Fire Marshal and email the Commission if there is anything new to report. Planning Manager Wippler provided the Commission with an update on the house at 409 Spruce Street. The roof is complete and the owners are continuing to work on the siding. They have until the end of the month to get the house into compliance. 2 2- Commissioner Mohlis informed the Commission that he recently started an internship with the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. Planning Manager Wippler stated that the HPC's annual report is due to SHPO by the end of October. The draft report will be brought to the special meeting in October to have the Commission review it before it is sent into the State for approval. Planning Manager Wippler provided the Commission with an update on the Limited Commercial Ventures ordinance. The ordinance was approved by the City Council on September 2,2014. The Council did make one small modification to the ordinance and that was the removal of the performance standard dealing with the proposed use not creating any increase in noise,air or other pollution. The Council felt that performance standard was vague and difficult to enforce. 10. Adjourn Motion by Lehto,second by Mohlis,to adjourn at 8:12 p.m.APIF,Motion passed. Submitted by, Tony Wippppleer, lanning Manager 3 3