HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-15-08_Appointments to the Bozeman Historic Preservation Advisory Board
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Appointments to the Bozeman Historic Preservation Advisory Board MEETING DATE: December 15, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint two members to the Bozeman Historic Preservation
Advisory Board. BACKGROUND: There are currently three vacancies on the Bozeman Historic Preservation
Advisory Board. There are two applicants seeking appointment to fill the neighborhood
representative openings. The Board has recommended that the applicants be appointed.
The Bozeman Historic Preservation Advisory Board is created under Chapter 2.80 of the Bozeman Municipal Code. This chapter is designed as a measure to establish a local historic
preservation program designed to promote the preservation of historic and prehistoric sites,
structures, objects, buildings, and historic districts by addressing historic preservation issues at
the local level and integrating them into local, state, and federal planning and decision-making processes. The historic preservation program will include the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic resources within the city (Ordinance No. 1180, Section 2, 1985).
The Bozeman Historic Preservation Advisory Board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
City Commission, City-County Planning Board, Zoning Commission, and other staff members or boards seeking advice on historic preservation issues (Ordinance No. 1454, Section 2, 1998; Ordinance No. 1180, Section 3, 1985).
Members are appointed to staggered two-year terms. It is to be comprised of up to fifteen
members: (1) Three or four professional members with professional expertise in the disciplines of history,
planning, archaeology, architecture, architecture history, historic archaeology, or other history
preservation-related disciplines, such as cultural geography or cultural anthropology, provided,
however, that at least one member shall be an architect holding Montana or NCARB registration; (2) Two to four members from historic districts; (3) One member from the Main Street commercial district, who "shall operate a business or own
property in the neighborhood described as Main Street";
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(4) Four to six at-large representatives.
Residence within the City shall not be a prerequisite for professional members or at-large
representatives. This board is considered advisory, although it is generally responsible for overseeing the operation of the Historic Preservation Office.
Karen Walsh
New Applicants:
Lora Dalton ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
___________________________________ ___________________________________ Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Attachments: Recommendation Letter from the Historic Preservation Board and Applications
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