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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-02-18 HPC Minutes MAPLEWOOD HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL February 18, 2010 - 7:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order - 7:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present: Chair Ron Cockriel, Vice-Chair Richard Currie, Commissioners Lu Aurelius, Pete Boulay, AI Galbraith, Liaison Dave Fisher, Recorder Lois Behm Absent: Caleb Anderson, Robert Creager 3. Approval of Agenda Richard added Ramsey County Information to Commissioner Presentations Ron added Historical Society Update to Commissioner Presentations Richard moved to approve the Aaenda as amended. AI seconded. Aves - All. 4. Approval of Minutes Pete moved to approve the Januarv 21. 2010 minutes as presented. Richard seconded. Aves - All. 5. Chair Opening Statements/Presentations - None 6. Visitor Presentations - None 7. Old Business a. HPC 2009 Proposed Annual Report Dave commented on the staff report summarizing the status of the 2009 Proposed Goals and creating the draft Annual Report. He stated he believes the Commmission did quite a lot last year, and wants the members to review the report and see if he overlooked anything. Lois noted that the list of activities should include not only the Historical Society's Spring Tea but also their Holiday Tea. Richard moved to approve the draft Annual Report as amended. Pete seconded. Aves - All b. H PC 2010 Proposed Goals Dave reported he had assembled the list of goals from what was mentioned at the January meeting and asked if there were any others the Commissioners wanted to add. He also said one of the goals mentioned was getting a link set up from the City web site to the Maplewood, and Minnesota historical societies. He went ahead and had that done and said that, ifthere are other public entities that should be included, let him know and he will have them added. Ron asked Lu if the Ramsey County Historical Society has a web site. She responded that they have a research center on the lower level of the Landmark Center which they are expanding and have a web site which is available for research. Richard said the web address is www.rchs.com Lu added that their e-mail isinfo@rchs.com Richard suggested that Item 1 should be "Continue a historical survey. . ." rather than "Complete a historical survey. . ." because it needs to be an ongoing project. Pete said #9 should be changed to "books and articles" as there are very few books available. Ron suggested making it "books, articles and other media" to include filmed material as well. Ron referred to the discussion during the January meeting about photographic records of sites and/or structures which have been demolished or destroyed and asked if there was any further information about accomplishing that. Dave responded that he has discussed that with the department and they now have that as a policy whereby, when an owner or contractor comes in for a demo permit, the applicant has to take a picture of it and submit it as part of the application before the permit will be approved. An electronic file would be preferred but if a photo is brought in it can be scanned and retained that way. That became #10 on the goals list. Pete suggested copies of those files could be retrieved on an annual basis and preserved with the Historical Society. Ron reviewed the balance of the list of goals for possible additional changes and suggested the first goal to be addressed might be the "Maplewood Award" and get it set up. Discussion followed about the process and it was agreed to have that on the March meeting agenda. The goal of bringing speakers to meetings was discussed and all members are to work on identifying and inviting them. Goal #11 will be to continue working with the Maplewood Area Historical Society to attain mutual goals. Richard moved approval of the 2010 aoals as discussed and present them to the Citv Council. Lu seconded the motion. Aves - All. 8. New Business - None 9. Commission Presentations a. Ramsev Countv Information Richard announced that the Ramsey County Historical Society will be presenting Leaend of the Black Baseball Leaaue on Thursday, February 25th. Go to www.rchs.com for additional information. AI asked ifthere was anything new regarding Keller Golf Course. Ron responded that as far as he or staff knew, there is nothing new at this time. Pete said that, regarding the books referred to in #9, he is working on making sure all the relative books are available at the Library. One of them is "Maplewood Oral History Project" created by Mounds Park Academy in 1984, as well as others about Roseville, Little Canada and North St. Paul, "Heritage Trees of Maplewood" by Joe Quick in 1999, (Ron added there is also a video about the heritage trees that was made for the City's 50th anniversary), "Woodstoves to Astronauts" by a longtime Maplewood teacher, "Lost City of Gladstone" by Pete Boulay, "Ramsey County's Forgotten Cemetery" and numerous magazine, newspaper and government publication articles. There were also several newsletters published by various neighborhood or community clubs which no longer exist, and many of those old newsletters can still be found. b. Historical Societv Update The Quilting Bee will be March 20th - Google 'Maplewood Area Historical Society' for the web site to get more information. 10. Staff Presentations a. Update about Local Government Certification Status & Amendment to the HPC Ordinance - Citv Council Workshop March 8. 2009 Dave announced the Proposed Amended Ordinance and status of the Certified Local Government plan will be discussed at the City Council Workshop on March 22, insteaad of the previously planned March 8. All Commissioners are invited to be there. Ron asked if the report will be available to the Commissioners at the next meeting. Dave responded that it should be. 11. Adjournment - 7:59 p.m.