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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHPC Minutes 20090616 HASTINGS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION Minutes of the Meeting of June 16, 2009 Held at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall I. Quorum : Goderstad, Dahl, Martin, Sovik-Siemens, and Simacek present. Staff: Grossman and Fortney; Chairman Goderstad called the meeting to order. II. Minutes A.May 19, 2009. A motion by Martin for approval was made and seconded by Simacek; motion carried. III. Review of building permits or design proposals st A.707 1 St E new roof on house (staff approved) B.313 Ramsey St – new fence Fortney presented the staff report. The applicant proposes to install a 6’ tall cedar privacy fence behind the building on 2 sides of the paved parking area. Commissioner Sovik-Siemens said the fence is not visible from the street or the beginning of the alley. A motion by Simacek to approve the proposed fence, seconded by Sovik-Siemens; motion carried. IV. Business A.Interview a prospective commissioner- Sara Wittgenstein Commissioners asked Wittgenstein about her interest and knowledge of historic preservation. A motion by Sovik-Siemens to recommend that the Mayor approve Wittgenstein to serve on the HPC, seconded by Martin; motion carried. B.Comment on the programmatic agreement from MnDOT Grossman presented the staff report. The City has been given the Programmatic Agreement to review, comment on, and sign. This document is an agreement between The Federal Highway Administration and the State Historic Preservation Office. The agreement is a contract for the handling of the negative impacts that were identified in the recent Environmental Assessment. The HPC has the ability to be a signatory of the agreement and there may be an opportunity to request modifications to it. Some opportunities to make requests or modifications to the agreement would focus on additional mitigations under the stipulation sections. These may include: The City receiving a copy of the data recovery report from the excavation of the St. John’s Hotel and Saloon as mitigation of its destruction would require, the listing of area buildings on the National Register, rehabilitation of another national register eligible bridge that may otherwise not be repaired, seek clarification on if damage and what kind of damage caused to buildings from bridge construction would be repaired, the installation of interpretive kiosks in the area that provide information about past river crossings and the historic districts, etc. A motion by Martin to notify MNDOT that the HPC would like to be signatories on the Programmatic Agreement, seconded by Sovik-Siemens; motion carried. V.Information and Reports A.Relocation of the bridge monument and lattice towers. Grossmann said that the monument just east of the bridge will have to be relocated because of area improvements during reconstruction. There may be a location just to the west of the current location for it. MNDOT is not planning on replacing the east tower with a monopole tower like the one they will be replacing to the west. The City may replace it after the bridge is removed, but the cost is high. There is a possibility that the tower could be replaced by MNDOT as a mitigation of demolishing the bridge. B.Mississippi Belle sign Staff left 2 messages explaining that a permit and HPC approval is necessary for the sign they placed on the front of their building. Staff will continue to pursue an application for the sign. C.New sign downtown Goderstad said a new sign was installed on the front of the Scandinavian Marketplace building. Fortney said he would follow-up on it. D.Vinyl fences Martin said staff should not have recommended approval of the vinyl picket fence last month because the Guidelines specify that wood picket fences are required. Fortney agreed that he should have recommended denial or approval with the condition that the picket fence be wood. V. Adjourn. Motion by Martin, second by Simacek to adjourn; motion carried. – 8:09 P.M.