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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-29-15 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 29,2015 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM#169 1. Call to order at 7:00 p.m. Commission Members Present: Members Franceschelli,Lehto,McMillen,Mohlis Commission Members Absent: Member Haley Also Present: Planning Manager Wippler,Consultant Vogel 2. Approval of agenda Motion by McMillen,second by Lehto to approve the agenda. APIF,Motion passed. 3. Approval of Minutes a. July 28,2015 Regular Meeting Motion by McMillen,second by Mohlis to approve the July 28,2015 Regular Meeting minutes as presented. Vote: 3-0-1(Franceschelli abstain) 4. Public Hearings Nothing 5. Continued Business a. Interpretation Plan Update Consultant Vogel provided the Commission a memorandum that outlined what some of the potential discussion items for the upcoming joint meeting with the Park and Recreation Commission should be. The main reason for having the joint meeting is to discuss utilizing the City's parks and open space for heritage interpretation. The Commission should start to talk about what the message is actually going to be,regardless of what the outcome of the joint meeting is. Need to look at traffic counts,where people are coming from. This would be useful information to integrate into the plan itself. The Commission was comfortable with the points of discussion as outlined by Consultant Vogel 1 b. HPC/PRAC Joint Meeting The meeting with the Park and Recreation Commission has been scheduled for October 141 at 6:00 pm at City Hall in Conference Room 170. c. Update on Downtown Redevelopment Plan Planning Manager Wippler gave the Commission an update regarding the plan. Hoisington Koegler Group has been selected as the firm to complete the plan. A 12 person task force consisting of downtown business owners,representatives of various City Commissions,and a student representative has been appointed by the City Council to oversee the development of the plan. The task force will have its initial meeting on October 7"'. Additional information will be made available to the Commission as the plan progresses. d. Recap of 2015 Annual Statewide Preservation Conference Commission member Lehto provided the Commission with an update regarding her attendance at the State Conference that was held in Little Falls. e. Exchange Bank Update Commission member Mohlis inquired about the status of the Exchange Bank building. Planning Manager Wippler stated that the prospective church that has been working with the owners of the building to potentially occupy the building had just reached out to the City to provide an update. The deal is still in the works. They are now looking to potentially buy the building outright versus doing a contract for deed. f. Farmers'Market • Commission member Mohlis inquired how the Farmers'Market went this year. Consultant Vogel attended one date this year,he did not attend the second date due to weather. The Commission stills feels it is valuable to have a presence at the Market and that the HPC should continue to pursue it however,one time throughout the season is probably adequate. 6. New Business a. Schedule fall inspection visit of Middle Creek Cemetery It was the consensus of the Commission to do the visit in coordination with the April 2016 special meeting. b. Review updated Heritage Preservation Commission Historic Landmarks Webmap Planning Manager Wippler introduced the new Heritage Landmark Webmap to the Commission. Staff has been working with the Dakota County Office of GIS over the last year to develop the interactive webmap. The webmap is searchable to find all of the historic landmarks within Farmington and provides information on the properties including the landmark report and photograph of each property. Staff wanted to get the Commission's input on the webmap prior to making it active on the City's website. The Commission liked the webmap and had no additional suggestions or changes for the webmap. Motion by Franceschelli,second by McMillen to make the Heritage Landmark Webmap active on the City's website. APTF,Motion passed. 2 7. Reports&Plans Nothing • 8. Miscellaneous Nothing 9. Commission Roundtable Consultant Vogel mentioned that the HPC may want to think about commemorating the history of the railway in our community in 2016. 10. Adjourn Motion by McMillen,second by Lehto,to adjourn at 7:47 p.m.APIF,Motion passed. Submitted by, Tony Wippler,Planning Manager • 3