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October 24, 2012
Regular Meeting
City Council Chambers Beginning at 7:30 pm
Seward Historic Preservation Commission
Regular Meeting
October 24, 2012 7: 30 p. m. City Council Chambers
Linda Lasota
Chair 1. Call to Order
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John French 2. Opening Ceremony
Vice Chair A. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Roll Call
Catherine Richardson
Commissioner
Term Expires 05/13 4. Special Reports
A. City Administration Report
Doug Capra B. Other Reports, Announcements & Presentations
Commissioner 1. Friends of the Jesse Lee Home Update by
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Richardson
Sarah Fink 2. Commission Project updates by Lasota
Commissioner
Term Expires 05/14 5. Citizens' Comments on Agenda Items Not Scheduled for
Public Hearing and Other Items Not Included on the
Vacant given the i have Agenda. [Those who ave s ned in will be first
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opportunity to speak. Time is limited to 2 minutes per
Vacant speaker and 30 minutes total time for this agenda item]
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6. Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda. [Approval of
Consent Agenda passes all routine items indicated by asterisk
Jim Hunt ( *). Consent Agenda items are not considered separately
City Manager unless a Commissioner so requests. In the event of such a
Patricia Linville request, the item is returned to the Regular Agenda.]
Library /Museum Director
7. Public Hearings [Limit comments to 5 minutes. Those who
Tember Eliason have signed in will be given the first opportunity to speak] -
• Library /Museum Staff None
Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda
October 24, 2012
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8. Unfinished Business
None
9. New Business
A. FY2013 CLG Grant Application . Page 3
B. Adopt Plan to Revise Seward Historic Preservation Plan Page 4
* C. August 22, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes .Page 5
10. Informational Items and Reports
None
11. Commission Comments
12. Citizens' Comments [Limit to 5 minutes per individual — Each individual has one
opportunity to speak]
13. Commissions and Administration Response to Citizens' Comments
14. Adjournment
Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda
October 24, 2012
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Historic Preservation
Agenda Statement j oF SF�
Meeting Date: October 24, 2012 y'
To: Historic Preservation Commission
From: Library /Museum Director, Patricia Linville
• Library /Museum Staff, Tember Eliason
Agenda Item: FY2013 CLG
BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION:
The Alaska Office of History and Archaeology is accepting applications for the 2013
Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant program. The final FY2013 CLG application
must be received by Friday, October 26' 2012. The application will need to identify a
project, write a grant proposal, and acquire a resolution of support by the Commission
and City Council to properly submit a grant application.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Discuss and decide feasibility of participating in the FY2013 CLG grant cycle.
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Historic Preservation
Agenda Statement e,of s
Meeting Date: October 24, 2012
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To: Historic Preservation Commission
From: Library /Museum Director, Patricia Linville
Library /Museum Staff, Tember Eliason
Agenda Item: Adopt Plan to Revise Seward Historic Preservation Plan
BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION:
"A Plan for Historic Preservation in Seward, Alaska" was created in 1996. The City has
recommended that the Commission review the plan and update as it sees fit. On February
15 2012 a HPC Work Session was held to discuss the possible revision ideas. At this
Work Session, Commissioners were asked to review the Historic Preservation Plan on
their own time for the upcoming works sessions and meetings. On October, 24 2012 a
work session will be held to discuss the possibility of adopting a plan to revise the
Seward Historic Preservation Plan.
The Historic Preservation Plan may be accessed at http : //history.cityofseward.net.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff recommends that the Commission discuss possible avenues of adopting a plan for
the Historic Preservation Plan.
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City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes
August 22, 2012 Volume 2, Page a 01
Call to Order
The August 22, 2012 special meeting of the Seward Historic Preservation Commission was
called to order at 6:29 p.m. by Chair Linda Lasota.
• Opening Ceremony
• Commissioner French led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call
There were present: Chair Linda Lasota presiding, and
John French
Catherine Richardson Sarah Fink
Absent Commissioners were Doug Capra (excused).
Comprising a quorum of the Commission, and
Patricia Linville and Tember Eliason, Library /Museum staff
Special Reports
None.
City Administration Report
Linville reported that there will be a City Council Work Session scheduled for August 27,
2012 from 6:00 pm -7:00 pm prior to the regular meeting. They will be discussing sending a
delegation to Obihiro, Japan this fall.
Linville also reported that there are three City Council terms expiring and available in the
next municipal election on October 2, 2012. The incumbents all have filed for re- election. They
are Vice Mayor Jean Bardarson, Councilmember Rissie Casagranda and Marianna Kiel. Tim
McDonald and Kenneth Blatchford have also applied as well.
The Primary election will be held Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Depending on your party
affiliation, choices for candidates for State and Federal offices will be chosen for the General
election in November. There will also be a Ballot Measure No. 1 which is a Bill Increasing the
Maximum Residential Property Tax Exemption. Sample ballots will be available at the City
Clerk's office to vote early.
Important note! The State of Alaska Division of Elections has moved the polling location
for City of Seward voters and Lowell Point voters this year. Instead of voting at City Hall (for
Seward precinct voters) and at the Bear Creek Fire Hall (Lowell Point precinct voters), the NEW
location for both precincts will be the KM Rae Building, located at 125 3rd Avenue. For
Bear Creek Precinct voters, the polling location remains at the Bear Creek Fire Hall.
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Linville went on to report that there will be a Founder's Day event on Tuesday, August
28, 2012. The Resurrection Bay Historical Society is hosting their annual Open House at the
Museum from 1:00 pm -5:00 pm. There will be refreshments and door prizes. This will be the
last open house and one of the last days the museum will be in the current location. Which means
the event will be nostalgic for many.
Linville then reported that the library museum is hosting a community discussion on
August 28, 2012 from 6:15 pm -9:00 pm entitled "Why Seward? Why we came and why we
stay." This discussion is intended to lay the foundation for future discussions about the
sustainability of our community and other important issues that may be identified and mainly
intended to get community members together in a neutral setting to talk about any issues or ideas
of concern or interest.
Linville indicated that the Incorporation Centennial Committee is working on a possible
event in October or November as a retrospective of what has been accomplished by the
community since the 2003 centennial. They are focused on the fact that, with the completion of
the library museum, all of the Centennial projects will have been finished. They also plan to
coordinate with Amy Carney and Lee Poleske on a 100 year fact sheet or photo montage that will
be available for viewing at the Seward Arts and Music Festival in late September.
Linville said the Historic Preservation FY2012 Travel Grant was accepted and
appropriated by Council on August 13, 2012. At a previous Historic Preservation meeting it was
decided that Commissioners Lasota and Richardson will attend the Spokane Conference in
November. Plans are being made for registration and travel.
Linville reported that Doug Gasek, Architectural Historian from DNR will be coming to
Seward to conduct a review of our CLG. He is interested in the current ordinance, commission
members, training, designation, review process and future goals. He will be here on Thursday,
September 6, 2012. We would like to meet with the Commission at lunch on this day around
noon.
Linville said that that the library museum staff have been asked to present a proposal for
the 2013 Joint Annual Conference of the Alaska Historical Society and Museums Alaska. The
proposal is due September 10, 2012. This will be dependent on a commitment from the
Resurrection Bay Historical Society which will be discussed this Thursday, August 24, 2012.
Lastly, Linville welcomed the new member Sarah Fink to the Historic Preservation
Commission and passed out pictures of Hoben Park and the Iditarod Centennial Monument to all
Commissioners.
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Other Reports, Announcements & Presentations
None.
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Friends of the Jesse Lee Home Update
Laura Hensley, the outreach coordinator for the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home and the Balto
School reported that the recent opening of their office located on 302 Washington Street in Seward
and presented a PowerPoint presentation about the plans for the future Balto School Program and the
current Jesse Lee Home site and building preservation. Hensley answered questions concerning the
preservation, funding and future expectations of the Balto School from the commission.
Website Updates & Historical Site Inventory
Lasota commented to the new Commissioner Fink that she would get list of properties with
photos to be up to date with the Commission.
CLG FY2011 Cemetery Survey Grant
Amy Carney reported that the American Legion, Masonic, and the Oddfellows Cemetery
survey photographs were uploaded online on the current RBHS website and that approximately 700
out of 1,000 individuals in the Woodlawn Cemetery were uploaded on the website as well on the
website address rbhs.pastperfect - online.com.
Citizens' Comments on Any Subject, Except Those Items Scheduled For Public Hearing
None
Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda
Motion (Lasota/French) Approve the Agenda and Consent Agenda
Motion Passed Unanimous Consent
* The following items were approved under the Consent Agenda: Meeting Minutes for the May 16,
2012 Meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission.
Public Hearing
None
Unfinished Business
None
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New Business
A. May 16, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes
These minutes were unanimously approved under the Consent Agenda.
Informational Items
None
Commission Comments
The Historic Preservation Commission and Staff welcomed new member Sarah Fink to the
Commission and Fink in reply thanked the commission for their welcome.
Citizens' Comments
Mayor David Seaward thanked the Commission, Administration and Chair and commented
about the importance of Seward's History and also about the focus on community needs which is
year round employment and also promoting Seward. Mayor Seaward indicated that there is a great
opportunity, specifically Japanese tourism in the winter and asked if there was a way to possibly
encourage tourism by promoting pioneers such as Wada and those involved with the Iditarod and
historical background to possibly be displayed at the Seward Community Library/Museum to further
Japanese tourism in the winter. After commenting, Mayor Seaward then thanked the commission.
Commissions and Administration Response to Citizens' Comments
Commissioner Lasota thanked Mayor Seaward for his valuable input.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m.
Tember Eliason Linda Lasota, Chair
Library/Museum Staff
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