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Home My WebLink About1994-08-30 ACHP Minutes . 1 �� Cottage Grove �a 7516 80th Street South / Cottage Grove, Minnesota 56016 612 • 458-2800 MEETING POSTPONED The regular meeting of the Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation originally scheduled for Tuesday, August 16, has been cancelled. The meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 30, 1994, at 7:00 P.M, in the conference room at City Hall. cr�t � n � nonnnT� �� .TV r.+n� �vrn MEETING NOTICE The Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation will meet on Tuesday, August 30, 1994, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. in the - Conference Room of the Cottage Grove City Hall, 7516 80th Street South. Agenda items include demolition of the Historic St. Matthew's Church, protection of Native American burial mounds at Lower Grey Cloud Island, and review of the recently completed Historic Farmstead Registration Project. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact Committee Chairperson Gary Golusky (459-1271) or City Historic Preservation Officer Robert Vogel (698-8224). CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 29 August 1994 City Hall Conference Room 7:00 P.M. Agenda I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Agenda IV. Secretary's Report A. Minutes of Regular Meeting of 17 May 1994 B. Minutes of Special Meedng of 25 July 1994 V. Unfinished Business • A. Lower Grey Cloud Island Regional Park Plan (ACHP Case #94-01) VI. New Business A. Historic Farmstead Project Final Report B. St. Matthew's Church/Cottage Grove Community Club C. Cottage Grove Participation in Certified Local Government Program VII. Other New Business VIII. Conespondence/Public Comment IX. Date of Next Meeting X. Adjournment ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota MIl�TUTES OF REGULAR MEETING 30 AUGUST 1994 CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the regular meeting of the Advisory Committee on _ Historic Preservation (ACHP) was held at the Cottage Grove City Hall, 7516 80th Street South, on the 30th day of August 1994. Associate Chairperson Sharon Sawyer called the meeting to order to 7:05 P.M. ROLL CALL The following members were present: Sharon Sawyer, Keith Kleinsasser, Gerald Filson (ex-officio), and Robert Vogel (staf�. Chairperson Golusky azrived late. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Associate Chairperson Sawyer approved the agenda as mailed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the 17 May 1994 regulaz meeting and 25 July 1994 special meering were approved as mailed. I_.(�wFR GREY CLOUD ISLAND REGIONAL PARK PLAN (ACHP Case no. 94-011 � The Committee reviewed the draft master plan prepared by Barton-Aschman Associates for the Washington County Department of Public Works Parks Section. Mr. Kleinsasser made the following motion, seconded by Ms. Sawyer: The Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation finds that the Preferred Development Concept described in the draft Grey Cloud Island Park Master Plan dated July 1994 is consistent with the historic preservation goals and policies of the City of Cottage Grove. The plan provides for the preservation, protection and use of critical archeological resources in a publicly managed conservancy area. Motion passed unanimously. CHPO Vogel informed the Committee that while the park development concept was acceptable, he had some concerns with the public activity areas proposed for areas where Native American burials are known to be present. Washington County should work with the Narive American community to assure that its park plans are sympathetic to the unique cultural resource management requirements of the burial mounds and other archeological properties. ACHP Minu�s 30 August 1994 - page 2 HISTORIC FARMSTEAD PROJECT CHPO Vogel distributed copies of the final report of the Historic Farmstead Registrarion Project. The final products include a multiple property study on historic farmsteads in Cottage Grove as well as seven draft City Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks nomination documents for individual farm properties. ST. MATTHEW S CHURCH/COMMUNTTY CL-LT� (AC_H_P Case no. 94-02) � The Committee reviewed City Attorney Clinton's communication to the Mayor and City Council dated 26 August 1994. The City Council has set a public hearing for 7 September 1994, at which time it will consider removing the church property from the City Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks. The Committee discussed the legal issues and alternatives to demolition. Mr. Golusky made the following morion, seconded by Mr. Kleinsasser: The Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommends that the St. Matthew's Church/Cottage Grove Community Club property remain on the City Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks. The preferred historic preservation treatment is move the historic church building to another location in Old Cottage Grove and construct the fire station in its current design. An alternative would be to redesign the fire station and leave the historic church intact. Motion passed unanimously. There was a consensus among the members of the Committee that demolishing or removing the historic property from the city would be inappropriate. There was discussion that at the recent City Council meeting, only letters favoring demolirion of the historic site were read into the official record Chairperson Golusky � directed CHPO Vogel to provide the Committee with copies of all correspondence received. CERTTFIED LOC�I. GOVERNMFNT PROGR�IVI The Committee discussed the ciry's participation in the federal-state-local government historic preservation partnership. Cottage Grove has been a certified local government (CLG) since 1985. The Committee directed staff to contact the State Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota Historical Society and invite their staff to attend an ACHP meeting this winter to discuss the relationship between the City and the state. ACHP Minutes 30 August 1994 - page 3 STAFF P�1�TICIPATION IN CONLMi'I'i'FE MEFTINGS CHPO Vogel reported that Councilman Rageth had expressed concern that Vogel had moved an item before the Committee at its July special meering. Vogel pointed out that by ordinance he was an ex-officio member of the ACHP and although he wasn't allowed to vote there was nothing in the ordinance or the the Committee's rules of procedure which forbade him from participating in the Committee's discussions. Chairperson Golusky stated that it was his understanding that the rules of order allowed for ex-officio members to do everything except vote on morions before the Committee. It was also noted that Vogel had made only one motion in ten years and then only after asldng the chairperson's permission to do so. CHPO Vogel stated that he would no longer move or second motions. Chairperson Golusky suggested that the Committee amend its rules of procedures at the annual meeting. 1995 BUDGET CHPO Vogel informed the Committee that the 1995 budget for historic preservation recommended by the City Administrator was unchanged from 1994. The Council will discuss the Historic Preservation Division budget on 31 August. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 P.M. Respectfully submitted, � Robert C. Vogel City Historic Preservation Officer