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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06142019 Historic Preservation Minutes City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 14,2019 Volume 3,Page 177 CALL TO ORDER The June 14, 2019 regular meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission was called to order at 7:30 p.m.by Chair Wolfgang Kurtz. OPENING CEREMONY Cheryl Seese led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Wolfgang Kurtz presiding Cheryl Seese Michelle Cobble Tanguy Libbrecht Cara Maxwel Iris Darling Sue Ward comprising a quorum of the Commission; and Scott Meszaros, City Manager Valarie Kingsland, Library Museum Director GeNeil Flaherty, Executive Liaison Excused—Maxwell Absent—None Vacant—None CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING—None APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA Motion (Ward/Seese) Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda Motion Passed Unanimous There were no consent agenda items. SPECIAL ORDERS,PRESENTATIONS, AND REPORTS City Administration Report — Valarie Kingsland said she and Darling met with Jane Ayers,the State's grant administrator. Chair Report—None City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 14, 2019 Volume 3, Page 178 Friends of the Jesse Lee Home—None Resurrection Bay Historical Society — Sue Ward said the Resurrection Bay Historical Society had three displays they were updating. Iditarod Trail Blazers—None Alaska Nellie Materials—None Mapping Project— Historical Properties—None Rockwell Kent Centennial—Sue Ward said she would be forming a committee with Doug Capra to work on the Rockwell Kent display at the Seward Library& Museum. UNFINISHED BUSINESS—None NEW BUSINESS Other New Business Review and approve the CLG grant and report. Motion (Darling/) Approve the CLG grant changes discussed in the work session and authorize Libbrecht to get the CLG grant ready to submit to the State. Motion Withdrawn Motion (Seese/Ward) Approve the 2018 annual CLG grant report as written. Motion Withdrawn Motion (Darling/Cobble) Approve the CLG grant application with changes as discussed in the worksessionand authorize Libbrecht to submit this application. In response to Seese, Executive Liaison GeNeil Flaherty said the resolution to council to approve the CLG grant application would be on the June 24, 2019 City Council agenda. The grant application would be included as backup for the resolution. Motion Passed Unanimous City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 14,2019 Volume 3,Page 179 Elect a Chair and Vice Chair. Motion (Libbrecht/Darling) Postpone election of chair and vice chair to September 12,2019 meeting. Executive Liaison GeNeil Flaherty said she would send out a job description for the positions of Chair and Vice Chair to all commission members. Motion Passed Unanimous Set next work session and meeting to review and approve minutes. Motion (Darling/Cobble) Schedule a date for the next work session and meeting to review and approve minutes for September 12,2019. Flaherty said some HP meeting minutes were missing from Legislative History from 2015 to 2019 and research needed to be done to either find or recompile these minutes. In response to Flaherty, Cobble said this was not a commission issue and it was an administrative issue. Ward volunteered to compose the HP meeting minutes going forward. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS CLG information. Historic Preservation Commission Priorities. Historic Preservation Commission 2019 Calendar. City Council Calendar. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS Darling thanked everyone for being a great commission and thanked Kingsland for giving Jane Ayers and her cousin a tour of Seward. Seese thanked Darling for helping her with the annual report,Libbrecht for working on the CLG grant,Ward for volunteering to compose meeting minutes,and Kurtz and Flaherty's patience. Ward appreciated Kurtz's support with Resurrection Bay Historical Society and Rockwell Kent. She said she was happy to compose the meeting minutes for the commission. City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 14, 2019 Volume 3, Page 180 Cobble thanked Ward for taking on the task of composing meeting minutes and Libbrecht for his work on the CLG grant. She thanked everyone for their hard work and wished everyone a nice summer. Libbrecht said he appreciated everyone's nice comments but the commission was all a part of working on the CLG grant. He thanked Flaherty and Kingsland for their support. Kurtz thanked Flaherty for maintaining an even composure during the transition period. He thanked his fellow commissioners and Kingsland for their efforts. CITIZENS COMMENTS—None COMMISSION AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' Flaherty thanked the commission for their understanding and their help with the minutes.She said she looked forward to doing a better job helping them in the future. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:22 p.m. Jessica Stallard Wolfgang Kurtz Deputy City Clerk Chair (City Seal) The city clerk was not present for this meeting;the minutes were drafted from the audio recording. ♦ oG �9rS , • • • • SEAL t • • ••-- • 4 .• • • •• e Or tigrF OF A\-p':°°ss° •a°,In. .......