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Regular Meeting
September 12, 2019
City Council Chambers 7:30 p.m.
SEWARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, September 12,2019 at 7:30 p.m.
City Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR
PUBLIC HEARING
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
6. SPECIAL REPORTS
A. 2019 CLG Grant Status (Kurtz)
B. Liaison Report on Resurrection Bay Historical Society&Rockwell Kent Centennial (Ward)...Pg. 2
C. Rockwell Kent Centennial (Capra)
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS—None
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Establish or confirm calendar and process for election of Chair&Vice Chair.........................Pg. 6
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Schedule tour through the Brown and Hawkins buildings (Darling)
B. Move to expand Seward's downtown historic district(Kurtz)
C. Appoint committee for the adoption of a historic overlay for the historic district(Darling)
D. Revise and approve Second Biannual Report to Council(Kurtz)
E. Schedule next Jesse Lee Home Work session,with formal invitation to Council and RBHS.....Pg. 12
F. Adjust HPC Schedule, set October and November HPC meeting(s)
G. Establish revisions to HPC City Website landing page, request Administration assistance
(Seese).........................................................................................................................................Pg. 3
10. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS (No Action Required) -None
11. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS
12. COMMISSION COMMENTS
13. CITIZENS' COMMENTS
14. COMMISSION AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS
15. ADJOURNMENT
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From: Sue
To: Jessica Foale
Subject: Report for HPC Commission meeting,September 12,2019
Date: Friday,August 30, 2019 2:38:39 PM
As HPC liaison to the groups listed below, I make the following report to the Commission:
Resurrection Bay Historic Society
The Resurrection Bay Historic Society had no official meetings scheduled during the summer.
Several displays at the museum were finalized in early summer by Linda LaSota and her
committee after the departure of the curator. Many RBHS volunteers contributed their time to
keeping the museum open on Sundays.
On August 28, the Resurrection Bay Historic Society celebrated Seward Founder's Day from
3pm to 6pm at the Seward Museum A slide show was put together and ran continuously
during that time. The slide show consisted of some of the earliest photographs of Seward as
well as many of the individuals who were instrumental in the founding of Seward. A cake was
served as well as coffee and punch. The Museum was open and free. Sue McClure entertained
our guests by playing period appropriate tunes on the lovely pump organ located in the
museum itself. I was responsible for signing folks in and I can attest to the fact that many were
visitors as well as Seward folks. The visitors loved the slide show and were pleased they had
attended.
Rockwell Kent Centennial
Doug Capra and I had planned to meet in mid July to begin discussion and forward planning
for a window display next summer at the library/museum, celebrating the centennial of
"Wilderness", Rockwell Kent's book about his time on Fox Island. Unfortunately as I was in
the process of moving as well as having guests, the meeting did not occur. I will contact Doug
Capra and set up a meeting before the next HPC meeting.
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9/12/19 SHPC Work Session & Regular Meeting Packet
ROBERT RULES of ORDER 1ST
Open discussion about the Jesse Lee Home status. Discuss having a Joint Work Session with
the City Council, Resurrection Bay Historical Society, Friends of the Jesse Lee Home, and
the Public. Discuss our Board's suggestion that Council have a Town Hall for the Community
of Seward at the Rae Building to voice their ideas for the Jesse Lee Home.
A copy for each Board Member of the CLG Grant as its final version was submitted. I did not receive one.
Copy of 3/13/19 Suggested Agenda Items Form
For planning Biannual Report to Council
See Calendars(2)
At the May 13, 2018 Regular Meeting the Board Voted to finish a schedule from September of 2018
through December 2019.This was to correct a Calendar from 9/18 through 8/18 as it was scheduled.
The reason was to get back on track in January of 2020 to an Annual Schedule as far as things such as
SHPC's Biannual Report to Council.
Talk about scheduling additional Work Sessions in October and December-they are not obligated to be
attended by staff.
City of Seward Website, Seward Historic Preservation Commission page:
Remove Cara Maxwell
Add Patrick Lewis
Remove GeNeil Flaherty as the contact for questions at the bottom of the page.
Questions? Contact GeNeil Flaherty, Executive Liaison, at email: gflaherty@cityofseward.net
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ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER
CLASSIFICATION OF MOTIONS
Motiolls. also referred to as "questions` . are proposals made before the mect-
ing for consideration and action of the members. Roberts Rules of Order clas-
sifies motions as follows:
Privilcged Motions - The highest ranking motion: one that is
not directly related to any other motion being considered but
takes precedence o\-cr it and all other motions. (i.e. - 1110tio"
to a4iotim)
Incidental Motions - a motion that is prompted by or arises
from another motion.
Subsidian. or secondan- motions - a motion applied to an-
other motion currently being considered as a nicajis of dis-
posing of the other motion.
Maiii or principal motion - any 111otiori to ititroduce business
at a meeting.
PRIVILEGED MOTIONS
I , To fix titne of next meeting
2. To Adjourn
.3. Question of Privilege
4. To call for Orders of the Day
2. INCIDENTAL MOTIONS
1. Rise to a point of Order
2. Appeal
3. To Suspend the Rules
4, To create special orders
5. To Withdraw or Renew a Motion
6. Voting - Division - Motion to Ballot
7. Objection to Consideration
Council Rules of Procedure Adopted March 14,1994 As Amended Through June 13,2016
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The motions below are fisted in carder of precedence.A motion can be introduced If it
is higher on the chart than the pending motion.
§ You Want: You Say: Interrupt? 2nd? Debate? Amend? Vote?
§21 Close meeting I move to adjourn No Yes No No Majority
§Q Take break I move mrec:es5 for:.. No Yes No Yes Majority
§19 Register I rise to a question of
complaint privilege Yes No No No None
§18 Make follow I call for the orders of
agenda the day Yes No No No None
§17 Lay aside I move to lay the
temporarily question on the table No Yes No No Majority
§16 Close debate I move the previous
question No Yes No No 2/3
§15 Limit or extend I move that debate be No Yes No Yes 2I3
debate limited to...
§14 Postpone to a I moue to postpone the Na Yes Yes Yes Majority
certain time motion to..,
§13 Refer to I move to refer the
committee motion to... No Yes Yes Yes Majority
§12 Modify wording of I move to amend the
motion motion by,.. No Yes Yes Yes Majority
§11 Kill main motion I move that the motion
be postponed No Yes Yes No Majority
indefinitely
§10 Bring business I move that
before assembly [or"to"]... No Yes Yes Yes Majority
(a main motion)
Incidental Motions-no order of precedence.Arise Incidentally and are decided
Immediately.
§ You Want: You Say; Interrupt? 2nd? Debate? Amend? Vote?
§23 Enforce rules Point of Order Yes No No No None
§24 Submit matter to 1 appeal from the
assembly decision of the chair Yes Yes Varies No Majority
§25 Suspend rules I move to suspend the rules No Yes No No 2/3
§25 Avoid main motion I object to the
altogether consideration of the Yes No No No 213
question
§27 Divide motion I move to divide the question No Yes No Yes Majority
§29 Demand a rising Division vote Yes No N6 No None
§33 Parliamentary law Parliamentary Inquiry question Yes No No No done
§33 Request for Request for Information information Yes No No No None
Motions That Bring a Question Again Before the Assembly- no order of precedence.
Introduce only when nothing else is pending,
§ You Want. You Say: Interrupt? 2nd? Debate? Amend? Vote?
§34 Take matter I move to take Majority
No Yes No No Ma
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§35 Cancel I move to rescind.,, No Yes Yes Yes 2/3 or Majority
Council R previous action with notice e 13,2016
537 Reconsider I move to motion reconsider.. No Yes Varies No Majority
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SEWARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
The suggested agenda items are in draft form and are flexible.
MEETING SUGGESTED AGENDA ITEMS
SCHEDULE
January 16 0 Review, discuss and approve annual Priority List and resolution
Review, discuss, approve and plan first Biannual Report to Council
0 Review, revise, set deadline, and approve notice to solicit HP Award
nominations
February 28 « Direct staff to produce Seward's Day proclamation (last Monday in March)
0 Discuss and plan for Historic Preservation Month in May
March 14 0 Review and discuss Historic Preservation Awards
Review, discuss and approve National Historic Preservation Month
Proclamation
April 11 0 Review, revise and update online Seward Historic Preservation infonnation
a Plan for Hoben Park beautification
Review and approve HP Award resolution (proclamation in June)
May 9 * Review and revise Founder's Day proclamation (August 28)
0 Begin discussing potential CLG Grant opportunities
0 Update Local Historic Plants and Trees inventory
0 Update Seward Inventory of Historic Sites inventory
September 12 + Review,discuss, approve and plan second Biannual Report to Council
0 Discuss potential CLG Grant opportunities
November 14 0 Discuss and revise annual Priority List for approval in January
0 Discuss the Annual City Report for approval in January
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Seward's Day— Last Monday in March
National Historic Preservation Month—May
Founder's Day—August 28
Updated 03.13.19 GF Approved 02.28.19 by SHPC
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REGULAR MEETING SUGGESTED AGENDA ITEMS
September 18 0 Approve minutes
Review, discuss, approve and plan second Biannual Report to Council
Update Local Historic Plants and Trees inventory
Update Seward Inventory of Historic Sites inventory
Discuss potential CLG Grant opportunities
Schedule meetings/work sessions
November 20 0 Approve minutes
Discuss and revise annual Priority List for approval in January
Discuss the Annual City Report for approval in January
Schedule meetings/work sessions
Seward's Day—Last Monday in March
National Historic Preservation Month—May
Founder's Day—August 28
Updated 11.2.16 VK
Approved 11.9.16 by SHPC
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SECTION I- GENERAL PROVISIONS
RULE 1. COUNCIL MEETINGS-LOCATION
All regular meetings of the City Council are held in the Council Chambers in the Seward City Hail or at
such other place as may be determined by the City Council upon consideration of the reasonable
accommodation of the public as specified in[SCC§2.10.030 A. L]
RULE 2. COUNCIL MEETINGS-TIME
The regular meetings of the City Council are held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m.
As specified in SCC § 2.10.031, all regular and special meetings of the Council must adjourn no later
than 11:00 p.m. The Council may not adjourn prior to 11:00 p.m. unless all presentations and comments
by members of the general public have been heard. By a vote of council, the time for conclusion of
legislative business and adjournment maybe extended to 12:00 a.m. [SCC§2.10.031J
RULE 3. COUNCIL MEETINGS- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
All meetings of the City Council and its boards and commissions are open to the public, except as
provided for in SCC § 2.10.030 B (Executive Sessions.) The public must be given a reasonable
opportunity to be heard at all regular and special meetings in accordance with SCC § 2.10.030 A.
RULE 4. ORGANIZATION OF COUNCIL
The City Council must meet and organize not later than 30 days after each regular city election. At this
organizational meeting, the Council elects one of its members to act as Vice Mayor in the absence of the
mayor. In addition, the Mayor may appoint the council liaison to the Planning Commission and the
council representative to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Economic Development District. [See Rule 29(c)
and SCC§2.10.020]
RULE S. PRESIDING OFFICER (0(_AP
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The Mayor presides at all meetings of the Council and is recognted as the head of the City for all
ceremonial purposes. The Mayor has no regular administrative or executive duties. In case of the
Mayor's absence or temporary disability, the Vice Mayor acts as Mayor during the continuance of the
absence. In case of the absence or temporary disability of the Mayor and the Vice-Mayor, an Acting
Mayor selected by members of the Council acts as Mayor during the continuance of the absences or
disabilities. The Mayor or Vice-Mayor is referred to as "Presiding Officer" from time to time in these
Rules of Procedure. [SCC§2.10.020 and§2.10-025]
RULE 6. QUORUM
At all meetings of the Council, four Council Members who are present and eligible to vote constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any number less than a quorum may
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Council Rules of Procedure Adopted March 14,1994
As Amended Through June 13,2016
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Article 4. -Historic Preservation Commission
2.30.410.-Established.
(a) An historic preservation commission is hereby created, consisting of seven residents of the City of
Seward or surrounding areas, who shall be appointed by the council. If there is more than one
applicant for the position,the council shall appoint by ballot voting.Applicants must receive at least
four votes in order to be appointed. No officer or employee of the city may be appointed a member
of the commission.
(b) To the extent available in the community, three commission members shall be professionals, as
defined in Appendix A of 36CFR 61, from the disciplines of history, architecture or architectural
history and archaeology. If the commissioners are not professionals in the disciplines of history,
architecture or architectural history, and archaeology, then consultants in these disciplines will be
appointed as consultants to the historic preservation commission.Consultant appointments shall be
approved by the historic preservation commission and must be qualified under the standards defined
in Appendix A of 36 CPR 61.
(c) A chairman of the commission shall be selected annually by the appointed members.
(Ord.94-04;Ord. 2000-13,§ 3, 2000)
2.30.415.-Terms of office;filling vacancies.
(a) Members of the historic preservation commission shall be appointed for a term of three years,
provided that the terms of initial appointments shall be staggered so that as nearly as possible a pro
rata number of members shall be appointed for each year.
(b) The city council, may appoint any qualified person to fill a vacancy of any member of the board
provided that the appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the vacancy.
(c) Following a member's absence from three consecutive regular meetings of the commission, the
remaining commission members shall decide whether the commission member should be retained
or whether to request council appointment of a new member.
(Ord.94-04; Ord.2000-13,§3,2000)
2.30.420. - Meetings and quorum.
(a) The commission will meet at least twice each year at a time and place to be designated by the
commission.
(b) Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,except
that,in the absence of a quorum,any number less than a quorum may adjourn the meeting to a later
date. The affirmative votes of at least a majority of those commission members present shall be
required for any action.
(c) All meetings and records of the commission shall be open to the public. The commission shall keep
minutes of proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question and shall keep records
of any actions,all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the city clerk and shall be a public
record.
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(Ord. 94-04)
2.30.425.- Powers and duties.
(a) It shall be the responsibility of the historic preservation commission to:
(1) Develop a local historic plan that will include provisions for identification, protection and
interpretation of the area's significant resources.Such a plan is to be compatible with the Alaska
Historic Preservation Plan and to produce information compatible with and for the Alaska
Heritage Resources Survey.
(2) Survey and inventory community historic architectural and archaeological resources within the
community.
(3) Review and comment to the state historic preservation officer on all proposed National Register
nominations for properties within the community area.
(4) Act in an advisory role to other officials and departments of local government regarding the
identification and protection of local historic and archaeological resources.
(5) Work toward the continuing education of citizens regarding local historic preservation and
community history.
(6) Support the enforcement of the Alaska Historic Preservation Act,AS 41.35.
(7) Review local projects and recommendations about the effect on properties identified in the
local historic preservation inventory.
(b) The commission shall have no authority to expend or commit city funds without first obtaining
approval by and any necessary appropriations from the city council.
(Ord. 94-04)
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Jesse Lee Home
Wikipedia
BASIC HISTORY
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to 1926,the Methodist Church operated children's homes in Nome and Unalaska.The facility at
Unalaska, established in 1889 and also functioning as a boarding school,was called the Jesse Lee Home.
The original Jesse Lee Home, Unalaska, 1901
In the late 1910s and early 1920s,the Spanish flu pandemic was particularly deadly in
remote native villages, leaving more displaced children.21 The old missions were overfilled, in disrepair,
and transportation of supplies and children to these remote locations was unreliable and expensive.
Seward was selected as a new location because at that point in time, it was Alaska's largest port and
transportation point.Transportation costs would be lower due to regularly scheduled routes directly
from Seattle.
Child residents were mainly natives from the Aleutian Islands(Aleut)and Seward Peninsula (Eskimo). In
the first year after the school opened in 1926, resident Benny Benson won a competition to design the
territorial flag. His design is still in use as the state flag. Benson,who was moved from the previous
home in Unalaska,was from the village of Chi ni . He was a 13-year-old student who won the
competition out of over 700 entries. Fanny Kearns, a young Eskimo woman who was employed as a
seamstress at the JLH sewed the first Alaskan flag out of left over cloth. On July 9, 1927,the Balto
Building was dedicated and the new flag was raised for the first time at the Jesse Lee Home.The date is
still commemorated in the state as Alaska Flag Day. On July 4, 1928 another Chignik boy, Ephriam
Kalmakoff, at 14 years old won Seward's Mount Marathon Race, a mountain foot race above Seward
that stood until 1957. He remains the youngest race champion.Another Aleut student at Jesse Lee
Home, Peter Gordon Gould from Unga Island overlapped with Benny Benson when the school first
moved from Unalaska. Gould would go on to found Alaska Methodist University in Anchorage,
now Alaska Pacific University, as its first president attended in 1960.111U4
The site consisted of three main buildings connected by arcades and several smaller buildings. Original
construction included two dormitories,Jewel Guard Hall and Goode Hall.The Balto Building was added
between the two dormitories and provided dining space and a large kitchens. In addition to boy's
dormitories,Jewel Guard Hall held a shop,vocational classrooms, a darkroom, classrooms, library, and
gymnasium. Goode Hall served as the girl's dormitory and administrative offices.Additional buildings on
the property included a superintendent's house, barn, schoolhouse, residence,garage, and cold
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Jesse Lee Home
Wikipedia
BASIC HISTORY
storage.us During World War II,the residents were moved to other locations.The primary buildings were
painted camouflage and a temporary Fort Raymond Army Base occupied part of the home's property.21
The home reopened after the war but rather than attending class there,the students attended nearby
Bayview Elementary and Seward High School,and government-provided food replaced the gardens and
livestock that filled the 100+acres.The number of residents declined from its high of 120 to between 30
and 40.'
An earthquake in 1964 severely affected Seward and much of the complex. Goode Hall,the largest of
the buildings,was heavily damaged and required demolition.The church opened a new orphanage in
Anchorage and the Seward home was closed. In 1966 the property was sold to the city,then to a series
of private owners before being foreclosed upon due to unpaid utility district assessments by the City of
Seward again Ll It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.0
Restoration effort[edit]
The Friends of the Jesse Lee Home, a nonprofit organization, has been set up with the goal of restoring
the site. Once restored,the Jesse Lee Home will be used as a public statewide leadership charter high
school:L
In 2002 the Alaska State Legislature passed House Bill No. 96 "An Act relating to acquisition and
development of the Jesse Lee Home; and providing for an effective date."' s
In 2003 a Department of Natural Resources study found that the building was structurally sound.121 In
2008 the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development awarded the Alaska
Community Foundation a $1,000,000 grant to repair and stabilize the Jesse Lee Home.The Friends of
the Jesse Lee Home was named the entity responsible for the ongoing operation and maintenance of
the project: Since then the State of Alaska has appropriated a total of$8,000,000 towards developing
how the Balto School will use the building, prosecuting A&E, and renovating the portions of the Jesse
Lee Home that are still standing.
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2015
Total Revenue $288,877
Total Functional Expenses $279, 25
Net income $9,052
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $288,877100%
Program services $0
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Other revenue $0
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Total Revenue $288,877
Total Functional Expenses $279,825
Net income $9,052
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $0
Other salaries and wages $40,78614.6%
Other
Total Assets $284,693
Total Liabilities $ 36,353
Net Assets $48,340
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2014
Total Revenue $502,208
Total Functional Expenses $489,050
Net income $13,158
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $498,41299.2%
Program services $3,7960.8%
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Other revenue $0
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $0
Other salaries and wages $0
Other
Total Assets $128,823
Total Liabilities $93„681
Net Assets $35,142
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2013
Total Revenue $1,037,819
Total Functional Expenses $1,028,927
Net income $8,892
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $1,037,819100%
Program services $0
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Otherrevenue $0
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $0
Other salaries and wages $0
Other
Total Assets $441,442
Total Liabilities $402,154
Net Assets $39,288
2012
Total Revenue $31,506
Total Functional Expenses $794,324
Net income -$762,818
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $31,506100%
Program services $0
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Otherrevenue $0
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $0
Other salaries and wages $97,94912.3%
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For SHPC September 12, 2019
Total Revenue $31,506
Total Functional Expenses $794,324
Net income -$762,818
Other
Total Assets $1,990,717
Total Liabilities $149,380
Net Assets $1,841,337
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Total Revenue $2,000,770
Total Functional Expenses $295,379
Net income $1,705,391
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $2,000,770100%
Program services $0
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Otherrevenue $0
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $106,29936.0%
Other salaries and wages $0
Other
Total Assets $2,604,155
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $2,604,155
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Total Revenue
Total Functional Expenses $ 1,950
Net income -$21,950
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $0
Program services $0
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
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For SHPC September 12, 2019
Total Revenue
Total Functional Expenses $21,950
Net income $21,950
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Otherrevenue $0
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $0
Other salaries and wages $0
Other
Total Assets $898,764
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $898,764
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Total Revenue $1,000,000
Total Functional Expenses $79,286
Net income $920,714
Notable sources of revenue Percent of total revenue
Contributions $1,000,000100%
Program services $0
Investment income $0
Bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental property income $0
Net fundraising $0
Sales of assets $0
Net inventory sales $0
Other revenue $0
Notable expenses Percent of total expenses
Executive compensation $0
Professional fundraising fees $0
Other salaries and wages $0
Other
Total Assets $920,714
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $920,714
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A huge piece of Alaska history continues to decay in Seward.
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The Jesse Lee Home is a nearly century-old former children's home and the birthplace of the Alaska
state flag.The nonprofit Friends of the Jesse Lee Home had millions in grants and more than a decade to
fix it up, but they now say time is running out.
The problem, according to state officials, is that the group mismanaged state funds. Now the Jesse Lee
Home is closer than ever to being demolished and lost forever.
The Friends of the Jesse Lee Home still hold onto their hopes of restoring the property to something at
least close to its former glory, with plans to transform it into a state-owned magnet school.
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The Jesse Lee Home's cathedral is still intact
but has some graffiti on its walls. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media photo)
The enormous building is abandoned,guarded by a chain-link fence,and some say it looks like a big
haunted house. It sits on a hill above Seward, covered in weathered beige stucco.There are no window
panes, nor a fully functional roof.
But Dorene Lorenz,who chairs the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home, says it's still worth saving.
"It's a stout sturdy building, and it really is a testament to the engineering,the quality of the materials
and the quality of the guys who built it," Lorenz said during a tour on a recent rainy day.
The Jesse Lee Home was a refuge and school for hundreds of children from 1926 to 1964. Most were
Alaska Native kids displaced from tuberculosis-and flu-ravaged villages. Famously, a 13-year-old Alutiiq
boy named Benny Benson won a statewide contest to design Alaska's flag while living at the home.This
became the first place ever to fly it.
That's just one part of the rich history that the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home want to preserve.And past
Legislatures have agreed. Lawmakers have appropriated roughly$7 million in grants to restore the
building and plan a new school.
There's been an architectural study, curriculum development and some structural reinforcement work.
But after all that,there's still rainwater pouring into parts of the building and smashed asbestos tiles
strewn around.
"It's so complicated," Lorenz said. "And it's frustrating as all get-out, because if it was up to me,this
building would be done by now."
The project does seem complicated.The nonprofit needed to develop school curriculum to know how
certain rooms would be used before remodeling them, Lorenz said.She also blames Alaska's economic
downturn, lean state budgets in recent years and unfair scrutiny from Governor Bill Walker's
administration.
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Jesse Lee Home board. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)
"Unfortunately, since the Walker administration we haven't been able to access funds," Lorenz said.
"We used to go every spring and batten it back down.We did that for several years and did a really good
job of keeping the building dry. But we haven't been able to do it for years."
That part about not being able to "access funds" is something Lorenz has said in two recent TV news
stories and several times on her group's Facebook page, imploring supporters to call or write their
legislators.
Lorenz left out a key detail,though.
"Well the grants are actually terminated," Fred Parady said. Parady is deputy commissioner of the
Department of Commerce,Community and Economic Development,which had been overseeing the
grants.
Parady said the grants were terminated "for cause."
"We just had a series of reporting issues and accountability issues back and forth between us and the
Friends of Jesse Lee Home, disallowed or questionable costs that were identified,and it became clear
that the process wasn't working and we needed to terminate the grants, so we did," Parady said.
The termination letter from July of 2015 says, "it has become painfully apparent this project will not be
successful." It points to nearly$700,000 in improperly documented spending and lists expenses on
travel and a film festival, as well as alcohol, an office remodel and stereo equipment sent to a home
address.There was even a tub of bikini wax.
Lorenz has explanations for some of the spending and she said an audit later found some of the
expenses to be justified. For example,the wax was needed to develop a possible lesson on how not to
remove hair from animal fur.She also said their former executive director once ordered a margarita that
went onto a reimbursement receipt for a meal by accident.That was paid back, Lorenz said.
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But in about 15 minutes of back-and-forth about the state's broader claims —that the grants were
terminated for a variety of reasons, including a general lack of controls on spending— Lorenz did not
have a clear answer.
"I can't give you an explanation for this because no explanation was given to me on why before,for
years, everything was fine,and then all of a sudden it's not fine, and not only is it not fine today but it's
not fine in the past either," Lorenz said.
Parady admitted the scope of the grant agreements allowed for more than just construction costs, and,
to be clear, he doesn't think anybody stole money. But Parady said the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home
might have gotten off track with developing school curriculum that distracted them from the more
immediate needs of the deteriorating building.
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A contractor installed bracing in this room
at the Jesse Lee Home to prevent it from caving in on itself. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media photo)
Ultimately,the questions about how money was being spent were grave enough that the state felt it
had to act. Parady said this is rare:The department has hundreds of grantees across the state.
"There's only a handful that are really trouble, and this is one of them," Parady said. "Reports were late,
they were incomplete,they were internally contradictory,they were duplicative. It took us quite a while
to sort it out."
Meanwhile,the building itself is now at risk, and that's related to the broken asbestos tiles, as well as
asbestos-wrapped pipes and lead paint. Removing those hazardous materials is among several things
the nonprofit promised to have done by the summer of 2019.
If they do not complete that checklist, a contract with the the city of Seward expires and the city will
take ownership of the Jesse Lee Home. City officials have said they might have to tear it down.
Seward Mayor David Squires said the city simply doesn't have the resources to deal with it.The city
manager has suggested that the city would have no choice but to demolish the building.
"They would have a choice,"Squires said. "(Seward) could raise taxes up to save it."
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But is that really likely to happen?
"No. I don't think anybody in the community would vote to raise their taxes to save the Jesse Lee
Home," Squires said. "I could be wrong, but I don't see that happening."
The city has no official position on what should happen to the building, Squires said.After all,they don't
own it. Not yet anyway.
But Seward also recently got the Legislature to take the remaining$1 million from the nonprofit's
locked-up grant money and set it aside for the city instead.
That's because the city does not want to get stuck with the cleanup costs,Squires said.
"The city of Seward does not have the funds to mitigate the hazards that are up there that've been
identified in the contract.So we need funds from someplace," Squires said.
The Friends of the Jesse Lee Home had their own request in to the Legislature,to unlock the money and
transfer oversight of the grant to the state's Historic Preservation Office.That failed,though,when
lawmakers passed the state capital budget,going with the city of Seward's request instead.
Lorenz, with the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home,worries this has doomed the restoration project. If the
building is lost, a physical piece of Alaska's short history and a reminder of how the state cared for
hundreds of children in need goes with it, she said.
The group still hopes to be able to raise further funding to complete the project.
Casey Grove,Alaska Public Media—Anchorage
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From: Willard Dunham
To: Brenda Ballou
Subject: Re:AAHP Historic Preservation Award Call for Nominations
Date: Monday,August 05,2019 12:48:07 PM
Attachments: IMSTP9.aif
Hi Brenda, I think Lee Poleski would be a great nominee for this award. His 30+
years as a NON PAID director of the museum surely is some sort of record. I am
sure the Res Historical Society would put the app together but it would be
nice if the city co-sponsored him for the prize.
Bev Dunham
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From: Brenda Ballou
Date:8/5/2019 11.25.42 AM
To: bbal lou&cityofseward.net ('bbal lou&cityofseward.net') ('bballou&cityofseward.net')
Subject:AAHP Historic Preservation Award Call for Nominations
From: Trish Neal [mailto:trishaneal@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2019 5:51 PM
To: Brenda Ballou
Cc: akpreservation@gmail.com; Trish Neal
Subject: AAHP Historic Preservation Award Call for Nominations
For Immediate Release
August 2, 2019
Contact: Amber Sawyer, Administrator
Phone: (907) 929-9870, E-mail: akpreservationagmail.com
Anchorage, Alaska (August 2, 2019) — The Alaska Association for
Historic Preservation (AAHP) announces the call for nominations for their
annual Historic Preservation Award that is presented during the annual
meeting of the organization. AAHP is a statewide organization.
This award honors excellence in historic preservation throughout Alaska
by recognizing a project, organization, agency, or individual exemplifying
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the highest standards in Alaska preservation. The honoree(s) will be
announced at the AAHP Annual Meeting in November 2019.
Past award winners include Bob De Armond, Bill De Armond, Bob
Mitchell, Thad Poulson, Jim Renkert, and Sherri and Darrin Hamming.
There can be more than one winner depending on the category of the
nominations.
To submit a nomination of the 2019 AAHP Historic Preservation Award,
please send a short description of deserving project, organization,
agency, or individual to AAHP by October 18, 2019. An overview of the
program's categories for nominations can be found on the organization's
website www.aahp-online.net or obtained via email at
AKPreservation@gmail.com.
Founded in 1982 as a private, nonprofit corporation, AAHP is dedicated
to the preservation of Alaska's prehistoric and historic cultural resources.
AAHP aids in historic preservation projects across Alaska, and monitors
and supports legislation to promote historic preservation, serving as a
liaison between local, statewide, and national historic preservation
groups. Additionally, AAHP publishes a quarterly newsletter and holds
educational workshops.
For more information or to obtain the program's overview and nomination
form, please contact Amber Sawyer at 907-929-9870 via email at
AKPreservation@gmail.com or visit our website www.aahp-online.net.
Nominations may be sent via email or mailed to AAHP, PO Box 102025,
Anchorage, AK 99510. Deadline is October 28, 2019.
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