HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-06-14 MinutesMINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
A special meeting of the Fayetteville Historic District Commission was held on June 14,
2012 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 326 in the City Administration Building at 113 W. Mountain
Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
ACTION TAKEN
Minutes from April 19, 2012 Approved
Determination of Eligibility for City Administration Building
Approved
Election of HDC Chair
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mark Alt
Cheri Coley
Gary Coover
Ethel Goodstein-Murphree
Catherine Wallack
STAFF PRESENT
Andrew Garner, Senior Planner
Approved
MEMBERS ABSENT
Mikel Lolley
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Coover at 5:35
p.m.
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Minutes from April 19, 2012
Motion•
Commissioner Coley made a motion to approve. Commissioner Alt seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 4-0-1, with Commisionner
Goodstein-Murphree abstaining as she was not present at the meeting.
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Old Business:
Determination of Eligibility for the City Administration Building
Andrew Garner, Senior Planner, gave the staff report discussing the background for this
item.
Commissioner Coover discussed that he felt it would be valuable to at least send an
application to the state for determination.
Commissioner Goodstein-Murphree discussed that she felt it should be staff's
responsibility to put together the application. She discussed that we know very little about
the architecture of the building and other challenges with placing this building on the
National Register.
Commissioner Alt discussed that in previous commission discussions on this issues it
was generally agreed that it would be difficult to get this on the National Register without
some historical event or person being associated with this building because there had
been so many renovations.
Commissioner Coover stated that he still thought it would be a good idea to at least send
the application to the state to get their determination.
Commissioner Wallack agreed with Commissioner Coover.
Motion:
Commissioner Alt made a motion to submit an application to the state for an initial
evaluation of the City Administration building to be placed on the National Register.
Commissioner Wallack seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 4-1-0, with Commissioner Goodstein-
Murphree opposed.
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Election of HDC Chair
Motion:
Commissioner Alt made a motion to elect Gary Coover chair for 2012. Commissioner
Wallack seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 5-0-0.
Announcements
Andrew Garner, Senior Planner, presented Commissioner Goodstein/Murphree a
certificate of appreciation for her years of service on the commission. This is her last
meeting.
Commissioner Goodstein-Murphree accepted the award and discussed that we need
more staff resources to help guide the commission in the future.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:00 PM.
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