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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-23-1993 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1993 1. Roll Commissioners Coutu, Simacek, Goderstad, and Smith present, Thorsen and Fuchs absent; Staff: Grossman. 2. Minutes of the meeting of May 10, 1993. Mr. Smith moved and Mr. Goderstad seconded approval as printed; motion carried. 3. Selection of consultant for phase two of the preservation plan, the survey. Two proposals were received, Tellus Environmental and Landscape Research. Copies were distributed for review one week before the meeting. The commissioners discussed the proposals. The differences between the two were as follows. Landscape noted first and Tellus second, the images: photographs compared to digitalized video; the report: written compared to computerized data base; the method: personal survey and recording in field compared to video team field recording. Commissioners agreed that the Landscape method was preferable, but that a data base would also be valuable. Having just completed the context study, Landscape Research would be more familiar with Hastings. Mr. Goderstad moved and Mr. Smith seconded that the Council be asked to enter into a contract with Landscape Research. Motion carried. 4. Review of current preservation/rehabilitation/remodeling projects. a. Masonic Block. Mr. Schoen has started the third floor apartments as he proposed and had approved last year. The windows are double hung as recommended by the HPC. b. Strauss House. The owner has inquired through a contractor about removing the stucco and rebuilding the porch. None of the commissioners knew of early photos that would indicate what the building looked like prior to its present appearance. c. Mairs House. Mr. & Mrs. Coutu will be starting the rehab this fall and winter. The plans are unchanged since they were approved in May. They will keep the HPC informed as they progress. 5. Collection, preservation and access to historic materials in city hall. The commissioners discussed what type of material should be accepted, as there is a limit to the storage. Maintaining the collection will be a volunteer effort. A donor record and donor release form will be adopted. There must be a definite Hastings provenance to the material: descriptive or illustrative or produced in Hastings. Simple ownership by a Hastings resident, without adding to the record of Hastings is not enough in itself. Art, photographs and manuscripts will be priority collections because they are descriptive but not bulky. The HPC will need help with a cataloging system. 6. Adjournment Mr. Goderstad moved and Mr. Smith seconded adjournment.