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Home My WebLink About1995-01-24 Historic District Board Summaryj HISTORIC DISTRICT B~ARD ~ January 24, 1995 - 6:00 .m. p ***AGENDA*** Kenai Council Chambers Chair porothy Gray 1. CALL TQ ORDER Election of Officers 2. APPR~VA L QF AGENDA 3. APPR~VAL OF MINUTES Decem ber 15, 1994 4. PERS~NS PRESENT SCHEDULEQ T4 BE HEARD 5. HIST4RIC BC?ARD REVIEW fi. NEIN BUSINESS a. Recreating the Village of Shituk } , b. Alaska Her~tage Development Conference - May 4-6, 1995 c. Goals & ~bjectives 1995 d. Preservation Needs Assessment Survey 7. ~LD BUSINESS a. Archeological Survey/lnventory-Mission Street Improvement Project 8. REPnRTS a. CLG Status 9. BQARD QUESTIaNS AND C~MMENTS 10. INFnRMAT14N ITEMS 1. Letter from Janet Clemens regarding: 3350-1 City of Kenai ~CLG) 2. 36 CFR Part 800: Protection of Historic Properties 3. Alaska Historic Preservation Act 4. Code of Federal Regulations 5. Fact Sheet: Working with Section 146 ~ 11. ADJ~URNMENT ~ -.. . ~~ ~ HISTQRIC DISTRICT BOARD ~ ~ January 24, 1995 - 6:00 p.m. ***MINUTES*** ~ Kenai Councii Chambers Chairperson Dorothy Gray ~ ~ ~ 1. CALL TO aRDER Members present: Alan Boraas, James Arness, Ethel Clausen, Wanda Carlson, Diane Rathman, Dorothy Gray, Roger Meeks, Rose Ann Murphy Members absent: ~ne Vacancy Also present: Councilman Duane Bannock, Bob Peters, Loretta Hanrey, Election of Officers: Chairperson MUTIaN AND VOTE: Roger Meeks MaVED to keep Dorothy Gray as Chairperson. Alan Boraas SEC~NDED. Motion passed by UNANIM4US CUNSENTa Vice-Chairperson MQTIQN AND VUTE: Roger Meeks N~MINATED Rose Ann Murphy. Alan Boraas SEC~NDED. Wanda Carlson Mt~VED nominations be closed. Rose Ann Murphy elected Vice- Chairperson. 2. APPR~VAL 4F AGENDA Chairperson Gray asked for an addition to the agenda under New Business: e. Fort Kenay Metal Roof. ~ Wanda Carlson moved for approval of agenda as amended. Roger Meeks seconded. Agenda approved as presented. 3. APPR~VAL ~F MINUTES December 15, 1994 Rose Ann Murphy noted she had attended the meeting and that Ethel Clausen had not attended. Minutes approved as amended. 4. PERS~NS PRESENT SCHEDULED T4 BE HEARD 5. HISTQRIC B~ARD REVIEW ~ Historic District Board January 24,1995 ~ Page 1 ~ ~ ~ e ~~ 6. NEW BUSIN ESS 1 a, Recreating the Village of Shk'ituk't Chairperson Gray noted the Board had discussed taking a pro-active stance toward preservation. This would include earlier history of Kenai, such as the original native village, which was Iocated on what is now near the old FAA site and the Kenai Packers area. Gray felt this would be an excellent site for an interpretive site. Alan Boraas noted the village name Shk'ituk't, meant "where we slide down". Boraas said there are some early photographs of the village and bodies have been excavated during construction projects, before such sites were protected. Roger Meeks reported that Ken Jordan had lived in this area in one of the FAA houses. Jordan had found numerous arrowheads and other evidence of the village. Diane Rathman agreed this would be a good spot for an interpretative site and that the National Endowment was looking for sites to develop into interpretative sites. There may be funding available to help develop such a site. Roger Meeks felt this property should be rezoned to Townsite Historic as this would protect the area until it can be utilized by the city. Jim Arness thought the property was given to the city ~by Daubenspeck} and designated far recreational purposes. M~TI~N AND VQTE: Roger Meeks MQVED the city rezone the Daubenspeck property to TSH zone and look into the possibility of developing an interpretative site there, because this is the site af the original native village of Shk'ituk't. Rose Ann Murphy SEC~NDED. DISCUSSION: Dorothy Gray felt it would be good ta get the Kenaitze Tribe involved in development of an interpretative site. A.lan Boraas said he could begin drafting some signs that would give a history of the early village. V~TE: Chairperson Gray asked who was in favor of the motion. There were none opposed. M~TI~N PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Historic District Board January 24,1995 Page 2 aao ~ ~~, b. Alaska Heritage Developme nt Conference - May 4-6, 1995 ~ Chairperson Gray noted the memo in the packet regarding the conference. Loretta Hanrey had requested the City send her to this conference and it would be beneficial for a Board member to attend also. ~oT~oN: Roger Meeks M~VED that Dorothy Gray attend this conference as a representative of the Kenai Historic Board. Wanda Carlson~ SECONDED. DISCUSSI~N: Jim Arness felt that the Historic District Board was not developed to ask for money from the City. Attending conferences does not always produce a return to the city. Arness said he would be voting against sending a member of the Board unless it would specifically benefit the city. Wanda Carlson felt the group could learn a lot from someone going to such a conference. She felt it would greatly benefit the city, because the historic preservation effort was fairly new, and there was still a lot to learn about it. Chairperson Gray reported she had attended a similar conference last year and felt it was beneficial. That conference did not focus on the economic impact of historic preservation and heritage tourism. Alan Boraas expressed his belief that historic developm ent should never be done with tourism in mind. He felt it might be beneficial to attend ~such a seminar, but to sift carefully through the information. Diane Rathman thought it would be very beneficial to send a representative to the Conference. Arness called for the question. V~TE: Yes - 3 No - 4 Abstain: Chairperson Gray Motion failed by majority vote. c. Goals & Objectives 1995 Chairperson Gray noted the presenration plan outline in the packet. She suggested the group ga through each item and divide up the tasks: Historic District Board January 24,1995 Page 3 aoa ~ 1. Goals and Objectives/Mission Statement - Gray thought it was important that ~ ,. the Board work together on th~s ~tem. 2. Description of the historic character of Kenai from prehistory to the present: Alan Boraas and Dorothy Gray. 3. Summary of past presenration efforts: Rose Ann Murphy, Roger Meeks 4. Sunrey of Historic Resources in Kenai: Rose Ann Murphy, Roger Meeks 5. Archaeological sunrey and study of Kenai: Alan Boraas 6. Historic building and sites already identified: Roger Meeks 7. Procedure for nomination for future historic sites: Board 8. Legal 4rdinance with maps, zoning, and design guidelines: Done. 9. Historic preservation education for the community: Diane Rathman 10. Development recom mendations: Board 11. Historic Board Membership: Done. ) 12. Statement of public sector's responsibilities toward city-awned historic resources ~such as parks, streets, public buildings, etc.}: Jim Arness 13. Agenda for future action/projects ~5 Year PIan110 Year Plan}: Group The Baard set a timeline of April to get the assigned information together. d. Preservation Needs Assessment Sunrey Loretta Harvey reported the City Manager had passed this item on to the Board for input. Roger Meeks felt a good project would be to develop the beach trail. The bridge needs to be replaced. Chairperson Gray suggested the signage might be addressed. Gray asked that the Board bring back any additional ideas to the February meeting. e. Fort Kenay Roof Replacement Historic District Board January 24,1995 Page 4 oo~ . ~ Chairperson Gray reported Fort Kenay was in need of a new roof and she wanted to get an idea whether a metai roof would be allowed on that building. The Board's consensus was, that as lang as the roof was a natural color compatible with the zone ~ it would be okay. 7. ~LD BUSINESS a. Archeological Survey/lnventory-Mission Street Improvement Project Chairperson Gray noted the correspondence which has been sent and asked Loretta Harvey to contact Russell Sacket in regards to the request for a survey. 8. R E PORTS a. CLG Status Chairperson Gray noted the City was clase to receiving this status. 9. B~ARD QUESTItJNS AND C4MMENTS 10. INF~RMATI~N ITEMS 1. Letter from Janet Clemens regarding: 335~-1 City of Kenai ~CLG} 2. 36 CFR Part 800: Protection of Historic Properties 3. Alaska Historic Preservation Act 4. Code of Federal Regulations 5. Fact Sheet: Working with Section 106 11. ADJ~URNMENT Chairperson Gray asked that the Goals and Objectives be carried forward to the next agenda. Roger Meeks said he would contact Ken Jordan to give a report about Shk'ituk't at the next meeting, which is scheduled for February 28th. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:30 p.m. Respectfully subm itted, a~ retta H rv dministrative Assistant Historic District Board January 24,1995 Page 5