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CITY OF MAPLEWOOD HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Thursday, July 11, 2024
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City Council Chambers, Maplewood City Hall
A. ROLL CALL
B. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. April 11, 2024
D. NEW BUSINESS
1. Strategic Planning
• Commissioner Bios
• Establish Maplewood Timeline
• Poor Farm Barn as a Heritage Site
2. Appointment of Ramsey County Historical Society Rep
3. SHPO Review
4. Poor Farm Barn Signage
5. New member recruitment
6. Meeting schedule
7. Demo application(s) 1310 Frost Avenue —Funeral Home
E. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Mapping Potentially Historic Structures Update
2. PreserveMN 2024 Red Wing, September 18-20
F. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
Maplewood Area Historical Society
G. ADJOURNMENT
RULES OF CIVILITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY
Following are rules of civility the City of Maplewood expects of everyone appearing at Commission Meetings - elected
officials, staff and citizens. It is hoped that by following these simple rules, everyone's opinions can be heard and
understood in a reasonable manner. We appreciate the fact that when appearing at Commission meetings, it is
understood that everyone will follow these principles:
• Speak only for yourself, not for other Commission members or citizens - unless specifically tasked by your
colleagues to speak for the group or for citizens in the form of a petition.
• Show respect during comments and/or discussions, listen actively and do not interrupt or talk amongst each
other.
• Be respectful of the process, keeping order and decorum. Do not be critical of Commission members, staff or
others in public.
• Be respectful of each other's time keeping remarks brief, to the point and non -repetitive.
2023 Proposed goals and tactics:
1. Use Context Study and SHPO data to identify and inventory potentially historic
locations in Maplewood:
Outcomes
Tactics
Timeline
Create
• Find ways to connect properties with 60 Stories,
interactive
historical context study, other city material.
• Ensure partners and schools are aware of the
map for web
resource.
• Use data as a base to identify a 2023 historic
preservation property.
2. Oral history of recent community members:
Outcomes
Tactics
Timeline
At least three
•
Work with MAHS on grant to fund oral history project
oral histories
•
Work with expert to craft questions/script
recorded
•
Conduct interviews
Items to
be aware of:
•
Hmong are refugees (not immigrants)
•
Need to build connections with individuals and family
•
Interview intergenerational (first generation though
today)
•
Honor the stories (need a depth of interview)
3. Work with Purple Line Station Planners for LS&M Rail Road
Team members:
Outcomes
Tactics
Timeline
Signage along
• Coordinate with Metro Transit, Public Works, and
BRT
Community Development during station planning process.
• Identify aspects of city heritage to commemorate (e.g. LS&
M Line, County Rd. D bridge)
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Moving the Heritage Preservation Commission to quarterly meetings
The Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) is an advisory body to council. Its members serve
to ensure Maplewood is tracking and working to preserve potentially historic structures,
parcels, items and culture. In March of 2012, Maplewood was designated as a Certified Local
Government through the U.S. Department of the Interior, as recommended by the State Office
of Historic Preservation. This designation grants the city broader authority to make local
designations.
All HPC work is advisory, City Council takes all formal action regarding preservation efforts.
While the HPC serves a noble purpose, Maplewood's overall building stock tends to lack
architectural and historic significance, relative to many of the communities that have Certified
Local Government status. The HPC and its staff liaison have been working from the Maplewood
Historic Context Study, which was conducted in 2014 to identify potentially historic structures
and parcels. In looking through the list trying to identify potential sites for more formal historic
designation, it's become apparent that few such structures are left in the city. Most of the stock
in the city that could be deemed historic has fallen into disrepair or has been significantly
altered to render it no longer historically significant.
STATED AT SEPTEMBER 2023 MEETING BUT NOT IN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT:
In the spring of 2023, at a council planning retreat, it was stated, that Maplewood staff
focus on core city services that sustainably provide for:
• Health
• Safety
• Overall quality of life
For these reasons, staff is recommending to the City Manager resetting HPC meetings from
monthly to quarterly. This would ensure all meeting have a purposeful agenda. It would also
give staff and commissioners time to fulfill the State Historic Preservation Office's requirements
to maintain Maplewood's Certified Local Government Status. If and when a pressing HPC
matter arises, a special meeting can be called.
The move would also save the city nearly $1,800 in meeting fees and allow the staff liaison to
spend time on other core communications functions.
ADDENDUM FOR 7/11/24 MEETING:
After discussing these issues with new City Manager Sable, it was decided to continue with
quarterly meetings.
Alternatives to work between meetings:
o 2 commissioners and staff working groups on a single issue
o Individual calls to staff liaison
o One-way group text from liaison to full commission, with commissioners
responding individually to liaison
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