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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-10-11 HPC Minutes MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD BEAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 1. CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Acting Chairperson Currie. 2. ROLL CALL Lucille Aurelius, Commissioner Peter Boulay, Chairperson Robert Creager, Commissioner Richard Currie, Acting Chairperson Leonard Hughes, Commissioner Brenda Rudberg, Commissioner Absent Absent Present Present Present Present Staff Present: David Fisher, Building Official Ginny Gaynor, Natural Resource Coordinator 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Hughes moved to approve the aqenda as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Rudberg. Ayes - All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Hughes moved to approve the Auqust 9. 2012. HPC minutes as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Creager. Ayes - All The motion passed. 5. CHAIR OPENING STATEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS None. 6. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. October 11, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 1 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Fish Creek Master Plan - i. Natural Resource Coordinator, Ginny Gaynor gave a presentation on the Fish Creek Master Plan and answered questions of the commission. Ms. Gaynor introduced David Mather to address the commission. ii. National Register Archeologist with MN Historical Society, David Mather addressed the commission regarding the fish creek master plan. iii. Maplewood Area Historical Society Chair, Bob Jensen addressed the commission regarding fish creek and also shared information regarding different grants and programs to apply for regarding the fish creek property. Commissioner Creager moved to approve the Fish Creek Master Plan with the revised lanquaqe as presented bv staff. Seconded by Commissioner Rudberg. Ayes - All The motion passed. b. Gladstone Savanna 2012 Historical Investigation i. Natural Resource Coordinator, Ginny Gaynor discussed the Gladstone Savanna 2012 historic investigation and then introduced Bob Jensen and David Mather to speak on the subject matter as well. ii. Maplewood Area Historical Society Chair, Bob Jensen addressed the commission and shared his knowledge of the Gladstone Savanna and the history of the land and buildings. iii. National Register Archeologist with MN Historical Society, David Mather addressed the commission regarding the Gladstone Savanna and the historical investigation and the materials used in keeping the archeological significance and integrity of the site when you having a building listed in for the national registrar of historic places. c. Historic Site Survey - Discussion Only i. Staff Liaison, Dave Fisher, talked about the Tubman building. The Tubman foundation received federal dollars so they had to hire a historic architect to go through the property to make sure it's historically eligible. In a future HPC meeting staff will try to get someone from the Tubman foundation to address the commission. Staff also discussed the mausoleum property at the Forest Lawn Cemetery site and there may be a future presenter to hold a walking tour for the commission to enjoy and ask questions during the tour weather permitting next spring. Commission Rudberg discussed Legacy Grants and CLG Grants and the HPC commission decided they want to move forward with applying for grants. Acting Chairperson Currie moved to have staff put the grant application process on the agenda for November. October 11, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 2 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Tubman & the Old Priory Building - Discussion Only i. Staff Liaison, Dave Fisher had previously discussed the Tubman building and then discussed how the Bruentrup farm building received grants to be moved to its current location in 1998. 9. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a. Frost Ave Bridge Signage i. Commissioner Creager briefly discussed the signage on the Frost Avenue Bridge ii. Maplewood Area Historical Society representative, Bob Jensen addressed the commission regarding the history of the Frost Avenue Bridge signage and several other items. Acting Chairperson Currie moved to rescind the oriqinal motion from a previous HPC meetinq to have a contest for the siqnaqe for the Frost Avenue Bridqe. Also that the heritaqe preservation commission should work with staff and Janice Quick. and others to aqree on proper siqnaqe for the Frost Avenue Bridqe. Seconded by Commissioner Creager. Ayes - All The motion passed. b. The 32nd Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference Staff Liaison, Dave Fisher talked about the 32,d statewide historic preservation conference that Commissioner Lucille Aurelius, Robert Creager and Brenda Rudberg attended along with staff. The commission members stated that they learned a lot, the things they enjoyed about the conference and were appreciative for the opportunity to attend. c. Economic Development City Council Workshop September 24th Commissioner Rudberg gave a brief report on the joint board and commission workshop with the city council that she attended on September 24, 2012. She discussed the workshop and the Gladstone area, the Gladstone house and redevelopment in that area. Feedback or input regarding the Gladstone area should be given to the Maplewood Planner, Mike Martin. Perhaps a survey should be done for the redevelopment of the city. Commissioner Rudberg moved to approve that the Heritaqe Preservation Commission supports the redevelopment of the Gladstone area as the hiqhest prioritv and that part of the return would be the educational benefits and the historic ties that miqht add some vibrancv to the area. Seconded by Acting Chairperson Currie. Ayes - All The motion passed. 10. MAPLEWOOD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Acting Chairperson Currie introduced Bob Jensen to discuss the Maplewood Historical Society meeting. October 11, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 3 Maplewood Area Historical Society representative, Bob Jensen gave an update on the history of the house located on 1865 Arcade Street, Maplewood. The MAHS will be in touch with the woman who owns the house for the history of the house. He also discussed a mid level legacy amendment grant for $50,525 for a dairy exhibit that the MAHS was awarded. The MAHS has been working on the first dairy exhibit at the Bruentrup Farm for over 4 months. A lot of work was done to get the grant for the dairy exhibit. The grant money will allow them to finish the interior of the milk house, put in suitable signage, a multi- media message, and interactive displays for children and adults so they can learn by doing and a 3 to 5 minute film on dairy films as well as a video kiosk. Other upcoming events for the MAHS are the Halloween Hoedown which is October, 19, 2012 at the Maplewood Community Center from 6 pm to 9 pm the cost is $5 for adults and $3 for kids under 12. There will also be the last history talk of the season on November 13, 2012, with Dave Ledo at the Ramsey County Library on South lawn Drive. 11. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Election of Chair and Vice Chair This commission decided to table this item again. Staff mentioned a newsletter in the packet that he receives from the State and he will try to get a DVD to share with the commission and the public. 12. ADJOURNMENT Acting Chairperson Currie adjourned the meeting at 9:23 p.m. October 11, 2012 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 4