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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br /> <br />MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1993 <br /> <br />1. Roll <br /> <br /> Commissioners Coutu, Simacek, Goderstad, and Smith present, Thorsen and Fuchs <br />absent; Staff: Grossman. <br /> <br />2. Minutes of the meeting of May 10, 1993. <br /> <br />Mr. Smith moved and Mr. Goderstad seconded approval as printed; motion carried. <br /> <br />3. Selection of consultant for phase two of the preservation plan, the survey. <br /> <br /> Two proposals were received, Tellus Environmental and Landscape Research. Copies <br />were distributed for review one week before the meeting. The commissioners discussed the <br />proposals. The differences between the two were as follows. Landscape noted first and Tellus <br />second, the images: photographs compared to digitalized video; the report: written compared to <br />computerized data base; the method: personal survey and recording in field compared to video <br />team field recording. Commissioners agreed that the Landscape method was preferable, but that <br />a data base would also be valuable. Having just completed the context study, Landscape <br />Research would be more familiar with Hastings. <br /> <br /> Mr. Goderstad moved and Mr. Smith seconded that the Council be asked to enter into <br />a contract with Landscape Research. Motion carried. <br /> <br />4. Review of current preservation/rehabilitation/remodeling projects. <br /> <br /> a. Masonic Block. Mr. Schoen has started the third floor apartments as he proposed and <br />had approved last year. The windows are double hung as recommended by the HPC. <br /> <br /> b. Strauss House. The owner has inquired through a contractor about removing the <br />stucco and rebuilding the porch. None of the commissioners knew of early photos that would <br />indicate what the building looked like prior to its present appearance. <br /> <br /> c. Mairs House. Mr. & Mrs. Coutu will be starting the rehab this fall and winter. The <br />plans are unchanged since they were approved in May. They will keep the HPC informed as <br />they progress. <br /> <br />5. Collection, preservation and access to historic materials in city hall. <br /> <br /> The commissioners discussed what type of material should be accepted, as there is a limit <br />to the storage. Maintaining the collection will be a volunteer effort. A donor record and donor <br />release form will be adopted. There must be a definite Hastings provenance to the material: <br />descriptive or illustrative or produced in Hastings. Simple ownership by a Hastings resident, <br /> <br /> <br />