HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-18-1998HASTINGS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES OF MEETING OF AUGUST 18, 1998
1. Roll. Commissioners Simacek, Smith, Sovik-Siemens, Schnirring and Goderstad present. Mr.
Smith opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
2. Minutes of the meeting of July 21, 1998: Mr. Goderstad moved and Mr. Schnirring seconded
approval of minutes as printed; motion carried.
3. Hardship appeal process. Mr. Grossman presented and summarized a number of sample hardship
ordinances provided by the National Trust.
Mr. Schnirring moved and Ms. Sovik-Siemens seconded direction to staffto write a draft
hardship ordinance based on the Portland, OR example, to include a financial assistance provision to
be funded by CDBG, and to include an appeals board of two commissioners and three council
members. Motion carried, 5-0.
4. ItPC Budget for 1999. Mr. Grossman presented a draft budget for the ItPC, Pioneer Room and
Arts Committee. Mr. Goderstad moved and Mr. Simacek seconded recommendation of the budget
as presented to City Council; motion carried, 5-0.
The Finance Department will set up the I-IPC, Pioneer Room and Art Committee budgets
separately.
Printing and Publications: $5,400 grant match for printing a history of Hastings written by
Dick Darsow. This could be put under either I-IPC or Pioneer Room.
Conferences and Schools: $1,200 for four members to attend the annual state conference and
for the staff to attend one national conference.
Printing: $1,000 for information handouts and preservation promotion relating to design
guidelines.
Expert & Professional: $1,000 to hire engineers, architects or estimators to give HPC
independent judgement and cost figures on proposed alternations that do not meet guidelines.
Computer equipment: $1,500 for one third of a new computer and sol, ware for stalE.
Historical Publications: this is a revolving fund financed by sales of Handbooks, containing
approximately $3,500, and meant for new preservation publications.
5. Shoreland ordinance amendment Community Development Director Woznaik presented a
recommendation to Council establishing an overlay district in downtown Hastings in which the
Shorelands regulations would not be applied.
Mr. Goderstad moved and Mr. Simacek seconded a recommendation to City Council to adopt
the Shoreland ordinance overlay on the grounds that it would prevent construction and reconstruction
compatible with the Downtown Historic District; Motion carried, 5-0.
6. Adjournment. Ms. Sovik-Siemens moved and Mr. Simacek seconded adjournment; motion
carried.