HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-14-19 HPAB MinutesHistoric Preservation Advisory Board
December 14th, 2019 | 9:00 am
Madison Room - 121 N. Rouse Ave., Bozeman MT
A. 01:40:37 PM (00:00:40) Call meeting to order and Roll Call
(Minutes Disclaimer—Time Stamps on Minutes are not accurate time of the actual
meeting time, but time when audio recordings were loaded into AV Capture.)
Present Were:
• Jennifer Dunn, Chair
• Samantha Fox
• Chelsea Holling
• Eric Karshner
• Crystal Alegria
• Jeanne Carter
• Phillipe Gonzales (Staff Liaison)
B. 01:41:01 PM (00:01:04) Changes to the Agenda - None
C. 01:41:08 PM (00:01:11) Minutes Approval – None
D. 01:41:13 PM (00:01:16) Disclosure of Ex Parte Communication - None
E. 01:41:20 PM (00:01:23) Public Comment - None
F. Action Items
1. 01:41:29 PM (00:01:32) Board Process and History (Discussion)
Staff Historical Preservation Specialist Phil Gonzales represented a general refresher on
Historical Preservation, city code and guidelines for historical preservation and the
Historic Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD). The National Park Service
directs national standards for historical preservation and State Historic Preservation
Office (SHPO) directs the Montana historical preservation efforts. Local codes are the
actual enforcement of the historical preservation efforts.
Bozeman had its first inventory of historic properties in 1983-1984 and then created its
historic preservation ordinance in 1985. The city then created historic districts and
created a list of its historic properties. In 1991, Bozeman established the NCOD process
along with the creation of two additional historic districts. Mr. Gonzales described the
difference between zoning districts and overlay districts.
02:01:57 PM (00:22:00) Mr. Gonzales continued with the Bozeman historic preservation
guidelines and the Bozeman Community Plan.
02:04:43 PM (00:24:46) Mr. Gonzales went over the elements that are reviewed when a
project requires a Historic Neighborhood Certificate of Appropriateness (NCOA). A NCOA is
required when building changes to the exterior of a building are done in the Historic
Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD). Mr. Gonzales also explained required
public noticing for the addition of a dwelling unit on a parcel and requested deviations of the
city code.
2. 02:23:14 PM (00:43:17) NCOD - (Discussion)
a. Staff priorities for 2020
Mr. Gonzales handed out a 2020 work plan. Priorities included a NCOD review,
move forward with the HPAB board increased roll in reviewing demolitions,
including training with the City’s legal department on how to review the
demolition requests. Priorities also including updating the inventory and
working with the Downtown Partnership to complete the survey for all B-3
properties.
The city received a grant to scan historic negatives and the project is complete.
Mr. Gonzales is now in the process of attaching the images and adding the
scanned images into the Historic Architecture Inventory map.
Mr. Gonzales talked about a potential to look at a new Preservation Plan for the
city. He also discussed that roll that the HPAB would need to take on the new
plan.
b. 02:53:54 PM (01:13:57) Board Involvement
City is in the process of changing the process where the whole community,
including Citizen Advisory Boards, can recommend changes to the City Code.
The project is call UDC Community Platform.
03:01:04 PM (01:21:07) Members requested a break before the next topic
(Disclaimer—Time stamp changed as a merge of two recording tapes in AV Capture was
required for this meeting.)
01:50:45 PM (01:33:40) Meeting reconvened and Mr. Gonzales started the discussion
on demolition ordnances in regards to NCOD. In the NCOD, a building cannot be
demolished without plans to rebuild on the same parcel. Public notice is
required for demolishing. Mr. Gonzales described the process of presenting
demolition requests to the board.
Demolishing a structure requires consideration of the following criteria items.
Does the property have historic significance? Structure has no viable economic
life remaining for the structure. Does the subsequent development comply with
the standards found in Sec. 38.340.050 (general standards in the NCOD)? Does
the subsequent development include new buildings, including the building
permits for subsequent buildings and does not leave a vacant lot after
demolition?
02:29:20 PM (02:12:16) Discussion continued on the Unified Code on NCOD and the
Board’s role in participation in the reviews of demolitions in the NCOD.
3. 02:43:21 PM (02:26:17) Awards (Discussion)
a. 02:43:26 PM (02:26:22) Review Categories
Mr. Gonzales handed out copies of the award application and a list of COAs for
the past year. Board members discussed the list of COAs.
b. 03:02:16 PM (02:45:11) Theme
Board members discussed a possible theme for the upcoming Awards. Board
members also discussed individual projects from the past year. Awards
ceremony is tentatively scheduled for May 2, 2020 with a deadline of March 10,
2020 for the applications. The application will be available online.
4. 03:38:43 PM (03:21:38) Willson Update (Discussion)
A project update concerning the findings of the Story Apartments, the Jack Bartlett House,
Blackmore Apartments, and the Gallatin County Courthouse was presented.
G. 03:49:48 PM (03:32:43) FYI/Discussion
Jeanne Carter, the Historic District representative, is stepping down from the board
effective December 31, 2019. Steps need to begin to fill this Historic District representative
position on the board. Jennifer Dunn wishes to step down as Chair of the board, so a new
Chair and Co-chair need to be chosen at the next meeting.
H. 03:55:20 PM (03:38:15) Adjournment
For more information, please contact Phillipe González at pgonzalez@bozeman.net or 406-582-2940.
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