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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02132020 Historic Preservation Minutes City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 13, 2020 Volume 3,Page 206 CALL TO ORDER The February 13,2020 regular meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission was called to order at 7:35 p.m.by Chair Cheryl Seese. OPENING CEREMONY Sue Ward led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Cheryl Seese presiding, and Sue Ward J Dar-ling Wolfgang KurtzBenoit Tanguy Libbrecht comprising a quorum of the Commission; and Jessica Stallard, Deputy City Clerk Excused—Darling, Benoit Absent—None Vacancy—One CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING—None APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA Motion (Ward/Libbrecht) Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda Chair Seese added Rockwell Kent to Special Orders, Reports, and Presentations. Motion Passed Unanimous These items were approved on the consent agenda: Approval of the January 9, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes. SPECIAL ORDERS,PRESENTATIONS,AND REPORTS Proclamations and Awards—None City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 13, 2020 Volume 3, Page 207 City Administration Report—None Chair Report.Cheryl Seese said John French passed away in January and he will be missed. He gave a lot to our community and he helped write the Seward Historic Preservation Plan. Jesse Lee Home—None Fort Raymond Subdivision District—None Certified Local Government(CLG)Grant—Tanguy Libbrecht reviewed the CLG grant application and thanked Valarie Kingsland,the commissioners,and the clerk for their assistance with the grant. The primary grant administrators were Naneth Ambrosiani and Valarie Kingsland. The commissioners needed to turn in all of their volunteer hours and receipts for this project to Ambrosiani and Kingsland.The priorities resolution would be sent to the State Historic Preservation Office as supporting material for the grant application. Sadly, John French needed to be removed from the grant application and Libbrecht said he missed his repertoire with French.Letters of support could continue to be sent to the State Historic Preservation Office.The estimated cost of this project was approximately$28,800.The City of Seward would assist with the maintenance of the signs.The CLG grant would be awarded at the next State Historic Preservation Office meeting. In response to Seese, Libbrecht said the CLG grant could be used through May 2021. Seward Historic Inventory List—None Historic Overlay District. Sue Ward said she would discuss this topic under "New Business". In response to Libbrecht,Ward said she wanted to know if Juneau had any building codes for their historic overlay district and how they enforced them. Rockwell Kent. Sue Ward said Doug Capra, Michelle Cobble, and Jeff Cobble were working on putting a Rockwell Kent display in Brown & Hawkins. Other Reports, Announcements and Presentations—None PUBLIC HEARINGS—None UNFINISHED BUSINESS Items Postponed from Previous Agenda Resolution 2020-001, Recommending Council Approval of the Historic Preservation Commission Priorities from February 2020 to February 2021. This resolution was postponed at the January 9, 2020 meeting and a substitute resolution was being brought forward tonight. City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 13,2020 Volume 3,Page 208 Motion (Seese/Ward) Approve Resolution 2020-001 Motion to Amend (Seese/Libbrecht) Amend Resolution 2020-001 by adopting the substitute resolution. Motion to Amend Passed Unanimous Main Motion Passed Unanimous Other New Business Direct staff to produce Seward's Day proclamation (last Monday in March). Motion (Ward/Kurtz) Direct staff to produce an updated Seward's Day proclamation for March 2020. Motion Passed Unanimous Discuss and plan for Historic Preservation Month in May. The commissioners wanted to nominate John French posthumously for the 2020 Historic Preservation Award. Other suggestions for Historic Preservation Month were opening up the 1905 Cable House to the public for a live-action history tour,and having presentations on Rockwell Kent and Alaska Nellie. Ward volunteered to coordinate with the Resurrection Bay Historical Society. Discuss the Historic Overlay District committee. Ward said she had a meeting scheduled for February 18,2020 with Community Development Director Jackie Wilde to discuss building codes for the Historic Overlay District. She was working with the Kenai Mounatin—Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area to see if a grant was available to help with the Historic Overlay District project. In response to Seese, Kurtz said the international building code was adopted through the comprehensive plan for historic properties. Discuss tracking priorities. Ward wanted the commission's priorities to align with their suggested agenda items on their meeting schedule.Libbrecht said tracking the priorities would motivate the commissioners,because they would be able to see their accomplishments. City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 13, 2020 Volume 3, Page 209 The commission added"Work on aligning the commission's priorities with the meeting schedule"to the March 12, 2020 work session. Discuss Historic Preservation training opportunities. Motion to Postpone (Ward/Seese) Postpone discussion on the Historic Preservation training opportunities to the meeting on March 12, 2020. The clerk requested that letters of interest to attend trainings be submitted for inclusion in the March 12, 2020 packet with a deadline of March 10, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. Motion to Postpone Passed Unanimous Discuss giving Resurrection Bay Historical Society (RBHS) permission to convert the First Friday Fireside chats from fall 2003 from DVD to digital. Motion (Kurtz/Libbrecht) Grant RBHS permission to convert and publish the First Friday Fireside chats as they see fit. Motion to Amend (Ward/Libbrecht) Amend motion by adding "Encourage RBHS to publish the First Friday Fireside chats and make them available to the public". Motion Withdrawn Motion to Amend Withdrawn Motion (Seese/Ward) Grant RBHS permission to convert the First Friday Fireside chats from fall 2003 from DVD to digital on the RBHS hard drive. Motion Passed Unanimous Motion (Kurtz/Ward) Encourage RBHS to make the converted videos of the 2003 Fireside chats available to the public. Motion Passed Unanimous Discuss the Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant. City of Seward,Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 13,2020 Volume 3,Page 210 Libbrecht said there was nothing more to report at this time. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS Section 106 Filings Handout. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS Libbrecht thanked the commissioners for their hard work. He missed Commissioner John French. Ward commended Libbrecht on his work on the CLG grant.She said Lee Poleske was very appreciative of the proclamation and Lifetime Achievement Award he was awarded this year. Kurtz thanked Libbrecht for his hard work on the CLG grant.He missed John French,who would be missed in a variety of ways in the community. He thanked the clerk for assisting the commission. Seese thanked the commissioners and the clerk for their hard work. She thanked Leigh Coppock for attending the meeting and reminded her that there was a vacancy on the commission. CITIZENS COMMENTS Leigh Coppock said she had a lot of ideas for the commission. COMMISSION AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS—None ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 p.m. Jessica Stallard J -_ CC` eryl Sees Deputy City Clerk Chair " 1 OF SE`;"*. (City Seal) '�C ............P . A •o SEAL l • . �, •."ti ,ice ,•• Q. . ti.TF OF ASP.•`'