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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06192013 Historic Preservation Minutes City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 19, 2013 Volume 2, Page 223 Call to Order The June 19, 2013 regular meeting of the Seward Historic Preservation Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Linda Lasota. Opening Ceremony The Pledge of Alliance was performed; led by Commissioner DeMarco. Roll Call There were present: Chair Linda Lasota presiding, and John French Sarah Fink Catherine Richardson Frank DeMarco Comprising a quorum of the Commission, and Patricia Linville, Library/Museum staff Special Reports A. City Administration Report New hire at the library museum, Kate Ruliman from Kenai recently graduated from University of Arizona is the new library museum collections coordinator. It was pretty much baptism by fire as Kate was introduced to the State Museum and the Resurrection Bay Historical Society on her third day on the job. RBHS invited Scott Carrlee, State Museum Curator and Outreach,to visit and advise on the museum setup and operation thus far. We were congratulated on the space,the exhibits and the fact that we had accomplished what he had only heard about a few years ago. Scott gave us all very great info and advice on how to go forward with management and operations. We will be working on becoming accredited through the American Alliance of Museums. This will be a long process but will guide us as we seek to bring the museum operations within the standards and guidelines of the AAM. Railroad expansion plan: In my notes from our last meeting I was asked/or offered to find out about historically significant properties adjacent to the proposed railroad expansion project. After a very short and not very deep internet search I found that the Seward projects are funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA) funds. According an Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 2009 memo ARRC funds are subject to the Section 106. Therefore this body should be receiving a request for comment on the proposed plans before funds are made available. I called the Railroad today for info but they were already closed. I will follow up and get more information to you. City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 19, 2013 Volume 2, Page 224 Also from our last meeting you may remember Mr. Bob Riesner discussing his research and future articles about Russian-American activities in this area for the Log. Mr. Riesner dropped off copies of the research he spoke about. They are available to anyone who wishes to look through them. Please return to either Tim or myself We have received a thumb drive from the JLH folks that contains their architects presentation and the 35% concept design schematic photos. If you are interested I can copy the info to a thumb drive for your use. B. Commissioner French's Report on Friends of the Jesse Lee Home community meeting and the ADOT Railroad master plan meeting. French expressed a sense of overall satisfaction with the building design aspects presented in the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home community meeting. He believes there is a roof line alteration that may come into conflict with the building's National Historic Registry status. His recommendation was that Historic Preservation Commission members review the 35%design plan provided digitally on a thumb-drive and that they decide if a work session needed to be held about any aspects of the design.. On the subject of the ADOT Railroad state-wide master plan meeting, French informed the Commission that none of the master plan covered the Seward area specifically. He was able to talk with Donna Glenz about the Seward master plan. It has received Flood Service Board review. From the Seward master plan it would appear that there will be some 106 issues. His recommendation is that Commissioners review the Railroad's Seward master plan and decide soon if a work session should be held on it. C. Other Reports,Announcements and Presentations • Commission Chair Lasota reported that she had made contact with Jeff Mow and Sharon Kim of the National Park Service and invited them to speak for 10 minutes about the proposed multi-modal trail at the July 17th Historic Preservation Meeting. French iterated that the part of the trail from the Seward Highway to the shoreline is the most poorly defined and of the most interest to the Commission. Friends of the Jesse Lee Home Update None Citizens' Comments on Any Subject, Except Those Items Scheduled For Public Hearing None Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 19, 2013 Volume 2, Page 225 Motion(French/Richardson) Approve the Agenda Motion Passed Unanimous Consent * The following items were approved under the Consent Agenda:Meeting Minutes for the May 29, 2013 Regular Meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission. Public Hearing None Unfinished Business A. Historic Preservation Award Nominations Discussion was put forth in which it was decided to back away from last month's decision to nominate the Community of Seward. Other group nominations were discussed and decided against as being too exclusionary. The agreed upon solution was to keep the nomination period open for one more month and to advertise the extended nomination period to the community. If at the end of that period there are still no nominations, there will be no Historic Preservation Award for the year of 2013. New Business A. Discuss implementation of the Historic Preservation Plan Revision. Fink proposed that Linville should initiate contact with Foraker regarding what was prerequisite to the process. French re-iterated a desire to inquire into other facilitation organizations with more historic preservation experience. Richardson suggested a work session in the first week of September to"get ducks in a row."Linville indicated that the pre- planning would be included in the Foraker consultation process. Linville volunteered to contact Foraker herself to find out what the commission was expected to bring to the table and to inquire about recommendations for other facilitation organizations with more historic preservation experience. French named Nuka Research and Planning Group as a possible alternative to Foraker. Linville agreed to contact that company. Richardson summated that Linville bring the recommendations from Foraker and Nuka RPG to the August 21,2013 work session(instead of a regular meeting.)Richardson went on to propose another work session on September 4 or 17, 2013. X B. Approve May 29, 2013 Regular Meeting Minutes Informational Items None City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 19, 2013 Volume 2, Page 226 Commission Comments Commission Chair Lasota expressed curiosity about State Historic Preservation Office's internet presence as a possible resource into other Historic Preservation Plans in AK. Linville mentioned that the communities'own websites might be a better option,(esp.Sitka.) Citizens' Comments None Commissions and Administration Response to Citizens' Comments None The meetin as a jo t 7:25 p.m. 4,0,_ k_e, L,,Da_ Jackie . 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