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Historic Preservation Advisory Board at HRDC –
28 June 2012
Members Present: Jillian Bowers, Jecyn Bremer, Lora Dalton, Mark Hufstetler (Chair), Lesley Gilmore (Secretary),
Courtney Kramer (City Liaison), Jessie Nunn, Ryan Olson, and Cyndi Andrus (City Commission Liaison) - Quorum was established.
Absent: Jennifer Britton, Bruce Brown, Steven Keuch, Jared
Infanger, Angela King Keesee, Paul Reichert, and Lisa Verwys.
Guests: None.
Meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm.
Minutes from prior meeting:
Motion to approved was made by
LD and seconded by RO.
Unanimous approval. Jecyn abstained; she was not present at the meeting.
Public Comment: None.
Ex Parte Communication:
MH received another phone call from
Jerry Pape asking MH to lobby the Board about the City Commission action regarding the armory building. MH did not take him up on this request, thinking it could be a conflict of interest.
Jerry
did state that he would be willing to give a tour of the building, now that the hazardous waste and materials have been removed.
CK relayed information about an informal meeting city
staff had with the would-be owner last week.
Parking issues. The would-be owner would like to have more parking for their business.
Have scheduled an informal review.
Purchase in August;
informal submittal scheduled tentatively for February.
CK will review with planning staff as to when the Board would have a conflict of interest, in terms of touring the building.
The
Parking Commission will be reviewing the parking request.
CK met with the developer on Tuesday and had a phone conversation with Pete Brown of SHPO regarding the potential historic preservation
tax credits. It was deemed that the project would not be eligible because of the planned rooftop addition that would be visible from the right-of-way.
CK will check about scheduling
a tour of the facility.
Introduction of Invited Guests: None.
Chair’s Report
Board memberships and officers.
Jared, VP, has resigned.
Lesley, secretary, is not renewing her membership.
This is her last meeting.
It was agreed that the Board should appoint a new secretary.
The city commission had requested more detailed minutes in the past, especially since the meetings are not recorded.
Having
staff record the minutes could be perceived as a conflict of interest, since the HPO often works with applicants.
It was agreed to table this motion to the next meeting, and to potentially
rotate the position until it is filled.
MH indicated that while the Board is gaining one member, their losing four (Jared, Bruce, Lesley, and Anne).
Chairperson: MH is still interested
in serving as chair, for the time being.
RO made a motion for MH to serve as chair and for LD to serve as vice chair. Jecyn seconded. Vote: unanimous approval.
Sub-committees composition
and leadership: To be discussed at the next meeting. E&O needs to be enlarged.
Special topic sub-committees could be formed as the needs arise: awards, etc.
CA stated that it would
be helpful to know in advance if there is a meeting requirement greater than the one Board meeting per month.
Speakers and other topics update:
Neutra House: Angie has been unsuccessful
in contacting the owner of the property.
LG will help with this; as CTA rents their office from the owner.
Policy & Planning Sub-committee Report (LD)
Had two meetings this month.
Sign
ordinance progressed well. Should be able to finish it in the near future.
Addresses historically or culturally significant signs, and those that might no longer relate to the business
in the building.
P&P has looked at other municipalities for ordinance examples: Medford, OR; Tucson, AZ.
The City Commission had asked the Board to look at ways to codify how historic
signs could be exempted from the city’s sign ordinance.
P&P is coming up with an actual methodology for this.
CK sent the draft to Chris Saunders this week, who might be able to review
it w/ P&P in Aug.
Goal is to potentially take it to the city commission in September 2012.
Demolition by Neglect: Aided by support from the Northeast Neighborhood Association (NENA).
Construction Bond: P&P has forwarded helpful information to NENA; good teamwork has ensued on this potential ordinance.
LD will call CK with specific code issues in the near future.
Next
meeting: Tuesday, July 19; CTA’s office, 6:00 pm.
Topics: Demolition by neglect, bonds.
NENA will attend as well.
Education & Outreach Committee (CK)
Committee did not meet this
last month.
RO and CK met to discuss the downtown tour app.
Board to spend $2000 (over two year period)
CDB $1000
Downtown Business Association $1000
The Board is giving more money
because the prototype should apply to tours of other non-downtown areas.
The downtown tour will include history of those buildings lost in the March 2005 explosion.
It will be a cross-platform
app for both Apple and Android users.
If anyone’s interested in receiving the drafts, contact CK to be included on the email list.
Host: Will probably be the Downtown Business Association.
CK
confirmed that it is not an option for the city commission to host this app, for security reasons.
Might have QR codes and other advertising through DBA, and get the Pioneer Museum on board as well.
Total remaining Board budget has been depleted; the balance was expended for the app.
Christian Staley of Billings is preparing the app. About two weeks for development, then there will be time for review and content revisions.
Downtown app will hopefully be up and
running by October 1, 2012.
MH received a request for someone to give a tour of the northeast neighborhood.
Dale Martin? Derek Strahn? A brewmeister from the area?
Should be architecturally
oriented.
The neighborhood is having festival on August 25.
CK will forward the request to Dale and Derek.
Next E&O meeting:
In August; to be planned at the August Board meeting.
Include advertising of the app in the discussion at the August meeting.
Discuss the cemetery tour then as well.
Staff Update by CK
SAT Grant status
Still up in the air. Have spoken
with a few interested people.
Lightpole restoration idea from Paul Reichert. CK will meet with him after July 9.
Ownership is unknown – NWE?
How to apply an easement to light poles.
The
Rialto Theatre: would be a great recipient.
The Emerson: would partner with the TIP (state) grants, so Emerson wouldn’t need to come up with any of their own money.
The Lovelace Building:
their scope probably doesn’t apply. Might not be worth their investment.
The Eagles doesn’t seem to be moving forward.
CK received word that a senator from Oklahoma who misinterpreted
that Bozeman didn’t want to spend the grant money. This issue was resolved; he was corrected.
No other grants are being worked on.
COA’s – probably over 150 this year.
Will regain 1/3
of Kerri Thorpe’s time soon this year, for staff help.
RR Depot:
CK received an encouraging message from MRL who had executives tour the building and felt that it should be repaired.
SWIMBIA
would be willing to donate labor to reroof the building.
East Willson School:
School Board decided that they need to divest the building.
Would be willing to sell it for $1.
Have a range
of options for an RFP – selling it for adaptive reuse. Would be willing to see it used for low income housing. This could pair tax credits – for low income housing and historic preservation.
The
School Board has already received 2-3 phone calls of interest since the board met (and the newspaper reported on their decision).
CK advised the School Board to think about the long-term
plan for the building’s west part.
MH brought up our prior notion of crafting a design competition for this project. He’ll talk with AK and Jennifer Britton, to see what can be set
up.
Motion to adjourn at 7:45 pm – by LD, seconded by JN.
Next meeting August 23, 2012.
END OF MINUTES Secretary: Lesley
M. Gilmore