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Home My WebLink About1995-03-28 Historic District Board Summary~ ~ ~ HISTQRIC DISTRICT BUARD March 28, 1995 - 6:00 p. m. ***AGENDA~** Kenai Council Chambers Chair porothy Gray 1. CALL TQ QRDER 2. APPROVAL aF AGENDA 3. APPRCJVAL QF MINUTES Februa ry 28, 1995 4. PERSONS PRESE NT SCHEDULED TQ BE HEARD a. Ken Jordan - Slide presentation Alan Boraas - Slide presentation 5. HISTpRIC B~ARD REVIEW 6. NEW BUSINESS a. FY'95 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Pro ram . „ , g 1) ~dent~f~cat~on of the types of properties to be surve ed 2 . Y } an est~mate af the number of properties to be surve ed 3 ~ ~ y } a plan for how you w~ll contact and work w~th ro ert ,, . , p p y owners, and 4~ a descr~pt~on af the f~nal pro~ect. 7. ~LD BUSINESS 8. REP~RTS 9. INFaRMATIQN 1~. BC~ARD QUESTIQNS AND GOMMENTS 11. ADJOURNMENT PLEASE CQNTACT L~RETTA AT 283-7933 IF YQU AR E UNABLE TQ ATTEND S~3 WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUaRUM HISTQRIG DISTRICT BnARD March 28, 1995 - 6:00 p.m. ***MINUTES*** Kenai Council Chambers Chair porothy Gray 1. GALL TQ ORDER Members present: Roger Meeks, Ethel Clausen, James Malanaphy, Diane Rathman, Darothy Gray, Wanda Carlson Members absent: Alan Boraas, Kim Booth Also present: Jack La Shot, City Engineer, and Loretta Harvey, Administrative Assistant 2. APPR4VAL QF AGENDA Chairperson Gray noted that Alan Boraas would not be at the meeting, so his slide presentation will be postponed to the next meeting. Also under ~Id Business a section could be added regarding incentives. Chairperson Gray said she also had a letter from Diane Rathman she wanted to read to the Board. There were no objections. Agenda approved as amended. 3. APPROVAL ~F MINUTES February 28, 1995 Roger Meeks noted a change on the agenda on page 2. paragraph 3., the Federal Land Auction date was 1954 ~not 1955~. Page 3. paragraph 3., in regards to the old public library building, it housed many of the firsts for Kenai, such as the first courtroom, city hall council chambers, public health nurse station, and fire department with ambulance, and later was used as overflow for the school and housed many churches until they could build their own buildings. There were no other additions/changes to the minutes. Minutes approved as am ended . Historic District Baard March 28, 1995 Page 1 ~4. PERSQNS PRESENT SCHEDULED T~ BE HEARD ~ ~},. a. Ken Jordan - Slide presentatian Ken Jordan ave a brief slide presentation of the FAA site when he lived there. 9 5. HISTpRIC B~ARD REVIEW 6. NEW BUSINESS a. FY'95 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program ir erson Gra noted that the cit had been awarded a grant amount of $7,10~.00 Cha p y Y to surve the Kenai townsite historic district. This was considerably less then the y • ' h 1 004 re uested. There were several ~tems the SHPO needed to clar~fy before t e $ 5, q , . rant would be issued. She asked the Board to d~scuss the ~tems, so the grant can g , be completed and forwarded to the SHPO off~ce. 1 identification of the types of properties to be surveyed ) Lo structures lo with siding, churches, residences, early government buildings, 9 ~ 9 . . mmercial canneries, brick, tra plank covered w~th sh~ngles, frame structures, and co , p sites, designated within the Townsite Historic Zone. 2 an estimate of the number of properties ta be surveyed ) All ro erties identified in grant document, approximately 30-50 buildings. pp 3 a lan for how ou will contact and work with property owners, and ~ p Y A I tter will be sent to ro ert owners within the zone, describing the brief scope of e p p Y the surve askin ermission to include the property in the survey and permission to Y, g p enter the ro ert . T'he letter would address possible concerns, and give the p p Y . . consultant's or Plannin Staff's number if the public has questions. Advert~se ~n local 9 newspapers, Peninsula Clarion and The Dispatch. 4} a description of the final project. A m of all buildin s to scale, ictures of all identified buildings, with a brief history of ap g p each . Historic District Board March 28, 1995 Page 2 ~ . b. Letter from Diane Rathman . ~. Darothy Gray read a letter she had received from Diane Rathman ~attached} stating that she and her husband were relocating to Anchorage May 1st, so she would be resigning from the Board. Ghairperson Gray reluctantly moved to accept the resignation from Diane Rathman. Rose Ann Murphy seconded. Resignation accepted by unanimous vote. 7. (JLD BUSINESS a. Incentives James Malanaphy explained that these should be incentive programs for the public to help offset the traditional expenditures they might entail by having their property designated historic. Also, some incentives should be in place to stimulate investment in the area, and to offset econom ic loss to property owners so they can't resort to the taking laws. Chairperson Gray felt this item should be added to the Preservation Plan list. James Malanaphy said he had compared the Presenration Plan Outline the Board had drafted to the brochure the SHP4 had provided on preparing a plan. There were some sections of the plan where it was noted that the Board was going to draft: G&0 Mission Statement section, and procedures for nominating future historic sites and development recommendation s and an agenda for future action. He asked if these would be addressed after other sections of the Presenration Plan were addressed? Chairperson Gray said some of these are already done and have been made part of the ~rdinance. Chairperson Gray asked that the Presenration Plan be put on the next agenda. She reminded the Board that April was the deadline for them to submit their portion of the plan which had been assigned at an earlier meeting. 8. REPURTS Chairperson Gray requested the work session which had been scheduled for April 12th, be postponed. The meeting with Planning and Zoning Commission was to discuss plans for an Interpretive Site on the Daubenspeck property. Gray and Boraas have a college class that night and it would be impossible for them to attend. The Board agreed (with P&Z concurrence~ to reschedule the meeting to May 1~Oth, priar the P&Z meetinge Historic District Board March 28, 1995 Page 3 ~9. INFC~RMATIDN 10. BtJARD QUESTI~JNS AND COMMENTS Roger Meeks said he would be unable to attend the meeting in April. Diane Rathman said she had enjoyed her time on the Board. 11. ADJ~URNMENT Chairperson Gray asked that the next agenda discuss the Survey Grant and also reminded Board members to bring preservation plan items. She asked that the letter regarding additional grant information be included in the next packet. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:25 p.m. Respectfully subm itted, ~~~ Loretta . , Administrative Assistant l Historic District Board March 28, 1995 Page 4