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Home My WebLink About2009-02-12 MinutesMINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION A regular meeting of the Fayetteville Historic District Commission was held on February 12, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 111 in the City Administration Building at 113 W. Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. ACTION TAKEN White Hangar Signage Approved Applicability of the Dickson Street Approved Historic District Design Guidelines Sponsorship of the 2010 Arkansas Approved Preservation Conference Endorsement of the State Historic Approved Preservation Tax Credit Endangered Places Nominations Approved Historic District Commission February 12, 2009 Page 2 MEMBERS PRESENT Leslie Belden Cheri Coley Ethel Goodstein-Murphree Cindy Kalke Mikel Lolley Karon Reese STAFF PRESENT Karen Minkel, Long Range Planning Kristina Jones, Long Range Planning MEMBERS ABSENT Vince Chadick STAFF ABSENT 2 Historic District Commission February 12, 2009 Page 3 CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chair Leslie Belden at 5:33 p.m. I. Announcements 1. Karen Minkel, Interim Director of Long Range Planning, reminded the Commission of the upcoming State Historic Preservation conference taking place in Eureka Springs May 14 — 16. 2. Ms. Minkel announced that there would be a presentation of the University Preservation Plan, Friday, February 13 at Carnell Hall. 3. Ms. Minkel also reminded the Commission of the property owners meeting regarding the Dickson Street Historic District on March 2 at 5:30 at the UARK Bowl. 4. Ms. Minkel informed the Commission of an upcoming Preserve America Meeting in room 111 in City Hall from 3:30 — 5:30. Stakeholders would have the opportunity to brainstorm and discuss projects that could be eligible for grant money. 5. Ms. Minkel thanked the Commission for their feedback regarding Historic District Commission meeting times and let them know that the possibility of a monthly lunch-time meeting, in lieu of a 5:30 meeting, might be up for discussion in July. H. Approval of the Minutes MOTION to approve the minutes of January 8, 2009 meeting: Cheri Coley SECOND: Cindy Kalke VOTE: The vote was unanimous to approve the minutes from the January 8, 2009 meeting, 6-0-0. III. Old Business White Hangar Signage Motion: Commissioner Goodstein-Murphree made a motion to approve the proposal for signage that will become the .......... Commissioner ???? seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 6-0-0. Dickson Street Historic District Design Guidelines Applicability Discussion Karen Minkel presented a staff report conveying staff's position regarding Applicability and containing the following information: The Historic District Commission discussed the applicability of the Dickson Street Historic District Design Guidelines on January 8, 2009. One of the main determinations that the Commission chose to table was how and if Historic District Commission February 12, 2009 Page 4 the design standards should apply to non-contributing buildings or those buildings that have not been designated historically significant by the National Register standards. Minkel went on to list a variety of ways other cities had chosen to address the issue, ranging from all buildings, contributing and non, falling under the same design guidelines and being judged equally, to non-contributing buildings being judged by a separate standard. She then went over the Guidelines for non-contributing buildings and made a recommendation that the Commission approve the sixth option that she had listed which stated that non-contributing buildings would be reviewed by a separate standard, with an additional provision that states that if Planning staff determines a non-contributing building is not eligible to become a contributing building through restoration work, the work may be approved administratively. Motion: Commissioner Coley made a motion to approve the White Hangar Design Guidelines with the addition of the Introduction and Glossary. Commissioner Kalke seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 6-0-0. Dickson Street Property Owner Update Karen Minkel presented a staff report that addressed staff's position regarding the Dickson Street Historic District Design Guideines, including the following information: The Historic District Commission adopted a draft of design guidelines for the proposed Dickson Street Historic District on April 10, 2008. Since that time, Commissioners have met with property owners who own structures within the boundary, including a property owner who expressed concern about the demolition section that contained an allusion to eminent domain. Demolition is currently addressed in the Certified Local Government ordinance adopted by City Council on September 16, 2008 and no longer needs to be included in the Dickson Street Historic District design guidelines. Minkel also explained that staff recommends only applying these guidelines to the contributing buildings identified by the National Register of Historic Places rather than all the structures within the district for two reasons: 1) The National Register designation provides a defensible position on the historical significance of those structures and 2) Additions to any structure within the area that increase the habitable space by more than 50% will have to meet the Architectural Design standards in place for the Downtown, assuaging concerns about the scale and compatibility of new development. Motion: Commissioner Reese made a motion to ........ Commissioner Kalke seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 6-0-0. 11 Historic District Commission February 12, 2009 Page S Arkansas Preservation Conference Motion: Commissioner Reese made a motion to ........ Commissioner Coley seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 5-0-1 with Commissioner Goodstein-Murphree recusing. Endorsement of the State Preservation Alliance for Tax Credit Motion: Commissioner Reese made a motion to ........ Commissioner Goodstein-Murphree seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 6-0-0. Endangered Places Nominations Motion: Commissioner Coley made a motion to ........ Commissioner Lolley seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 6-0-0. MEETING ADJOURNED: 7:04 P.M.