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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-19-06 HPC minutes HASTINGS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION Minutes for the Meeting of December 19, 2006 Hastings City Hall, 7:00 p.m. I. Quorum: Commissioners Goderstad, Behnke, Martin, Simacek and Hicks. Staff: Grossman. Chairman Goderstad called the meeting to order. II. Minutes of October 17, 2006. Martin moved and Simacek seconded approval, motion carried. ID. Review of building permits or design proposals 715 Vermillion Street. Anthony Price. Application for exterior sign approval. Staff presented the application. Mr. Price was not present. Mr. Price has a business on the first floor, but does not yet have City special use approval. Simacek moved and Martin seconded denial of approval on the grounds that the proposed sign did not meet guidelines and was incompatible with the historic character of the property and district, specifically because it exceeded city size limits, it was backlit plastic with flashing lights, it had moveable letters and was mounted on legs for temporary use. Motion carried, 5-0. The date, construction and city approval of fence adjacent to the house was questioned. IV. Business Field Trip to Hastings, National Preservation Conference in 2007. Martin, Goderstad and Hicks volunteered to assist if a field trip to Hastings is approved by the National Trust. Terms of Commissioners Goderstad, Simacek and Hicks. The commissioners indicated they would like to be reappointed by council for another term. CLG Grant project: Hicks moved and Martin seconded that staff request Council approval to apply for a CLG grant for individual designation study and recommendations. In 2006 the HPC reviewed all the properties surveyed in 1993 to determine which may qualify for designation but have not been considered. These would be considered by a consultant hired with the grant. V. Information and Reports 1. Vermillion Street Wall restoration still moving forward. 2. A year's activities celebrating the City's 150th anniversary have been planned by the committee. 3. The 110 E 4th Street rehabilitation is complete. 4. Notes from Conference on infIlI and redevelopment presented by staff VI. Adjourn. Martin moved and Behnke seconded adjournment; motion carried.