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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-07-12 HPC Minutes MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD BEAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012 1. CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Acting Chairperson Currie. 2. ROLL CALL Caleb Anderson, Commissioner Lucille Aurelius, Commissioner Peter Boulay, Chairperson Robert Creager, Commissioner Richard Currie, Commissioner Leonard Hughes, Commissioner Brenda Rudberg, Commissioner Absent Absent Absent Present Present Present Present Staff Present: David Fisher, Building Official 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Creager moved to approve the aqenda as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Rudberg. Ayes - All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Acting Chairperson Currie moved to approve the Mav 10. 2012. HPC minutes as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Hughes. Ayes - All The motion passed. The commission indicated they would prefer more detailed information would be included in the minutes. Staff stated the direction from the city council is that the minutes for all boards and commission is action minutes. For more detailed information regarding the meeting the DVD's are online for viewing. 5. CHAIR OPENING STATEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS None. July 12, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 1 6. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Keller Clubhouse Update i. Staff gave a brief discussion for the Keller Clubhouse and then introduced the speakers to the commission. ii. Kevin Finley, Ramsey County Parks & Recreation gave a presentation on the project and addressed and answered questions of the commission. iii. Dave Carlson, Architect, Partners & Sirny addressed and answered questions of the commission. The commission had concerns about the historic loss of this property once it comes down and requested that as much of the building that could be saved should be reused with the new construction of the new buildings on the property. Overall the commission liked the project and wished them well during the removal and new construction of the project. Acting Chairperson Currie moved to approve the Keller Clubhouse proiect. Seconded by Commissioner Creager. Ayes - Acting Chairperson Currie, Commissioner's Creager & Hughes Nav - Commissioner Rudberg The motion passed. The commission took a 10 minute recess at 8:05 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. b. Gladstone Savanna Update i. Staff gave an update on the Gladstone Savanna. ii. Bob Jenson, Maplewood Historical Society reported on the update and addressed the commission regarding the Gladstone Savanna. Acting Chairperson Currie moved to recommend that the Gladstone Savanna be put on the Maplewood Historic Preservation List. There was a lack of a second. Commissioner Rudberg stated that in March 2012 the commission started a master list of items to be on the historical list and the list was not finalized yet. The commission gave staff direction to do some research on the discussion and bring the list back to the commission to complete. Commissioner Hughes recommended doing an updated historical site survey. That may be beneficial in approaching the property owners to see if they want to have it on the historical list or not. July 12, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 2 8. NEW BUSINESS Staff indicated some of the new development going on in Maplewood such as a 2-story Park and Ride parking ramp, DSW shoe building, Pizza Ranch, demolishing the BP gas station to build an office complex, MnDot building a pole building up for the employees, 3M is doing several projects, LaMettry's Collision is building a new building, and demolishing the Keller Golf Course buildings in October to build the new buildings. Staff stated that Commissioner Anderson is working with Century College for the Frost Avenue Bridge Sign Contest. 9. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS None. 10. MAPLEWOOD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY a. Bob Jenson, Vice President of the Maplewood Historical Society gave an update on the Maplewood Historical Society. At the June meeting the President of the Historical Society, Bob Overby resigned because he is moving to Iowa. As the Vice Chair, Bob stated he will move into the role as President and the new Vice President will be Sandy Dicky. There will be some repairs at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm over the summer. They are working on signage and a bench for Look Out Park with Jim Taylor from the Park and Recreation Department. There is a meeting August 8, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm, 2170 County Road D. 11. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Election of Chair and Vice Chair The election of Chair and Vice Chair was tabled until the next HPC meeting due to lack of commission members present. 12. ADJOURNMENT Acting Chairperson Currie adjourned the meeting at 9:02 p.m. July 12, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 3