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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-10-14 MinutesMINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION A regular meeting of the Fayetteville Historic District Commission was held on October 14, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 326 in the City Administration Building at 113 W. Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. ACTION TAKEN Walton Arts Center Expansion None (Presentation item) National Preservation and Arkansas Heritage Month, 2011 None (Discussion item) Historic District Commission October 14, 2010 Page 2 MEMBERS PRESENT Cheri Coley Annie Dowling Cindy Kalke Mikel Lolley MEMBERS ABSENT Mark Alt Ethel Goodstein-Murphree Jonathan Storey STAFF PRESENT STAFF ABSENT Dara Sanders, Current Planner 2 Historic District Commission October 14, 2010 Page 3 CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Lolley at 5:35 p.m. I. Minutes Commissioner Dowling made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 12th meeting. Commissioner Storey seconded the motion. Upon role call the motion passed with a vote of 4-0-0. II. Announcements Dara Sanders announced that the National Preservation Conference is scheduled for the week of October 25`h and that Commissioners who have not registered to attend may still do so and be reimbursed for travel and training related costs. III. New Business Walton Arts Center Expansion Proposal Karen Minkle, Strategic Planning and Internal Consulting Director, presented a summary of Fayetteville's response to the Request For Proposals for the Walton Arts Center located at the corner of West Dickson Street and West Avenue. She discussed the various development scenarios in the proposal and stated that the proposal was intended to demonstrate that an expansion of the existing facility is feasible. Commissioners discussed the specific buildings shown to be removed by the concept plan in the four different scenarios and requested to be involved in the design and development process should the proposal be accepted. IV. Old Business National Preservation and Arkansas Heritage Month, 2011 Commissioner Lolley discussed the background of the Commission's project for National Preservation and Arkansas Heritage Month in May of 2011. He explained that staff provided a list of cities for the Commission to research for local historic preservation award programs on which to model a future preservation award program in Fayetteville, and he suggested that the Commissioners divide the cities. Commissioner Kalke requested a reminder email from staff. The cities were divided as follows: Commissioner Kalke- Ames, IA; Champaign, IL; Chapel Hill, NC; Chattanooga, TN Commissioner Coley - Columbia, MO; Denton, TX; Iowa City, IA; Lawrence, KS Commissioner Lolley - Lynchburg, VA; Rockbill, MD; Urbana, IL; Baltimore, MD 3 Historic District Commission October 14, 2010 Page 4 Commissioner Dowling - Berkley, CA; Little Rock, AR; Madison, WI; Palo Alto, CA MEETING ADJOURNED: 6:15 P.M. 11