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. June 14, 2012 Page 2 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. 2 June 14, 2012 Page 3 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. 3 June 14, 2012 Page 4 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. 11