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� MEETING NOTICE
Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, April 26, 1995
7: 00 P.M.
Cottage Grove City Hall
Agenda items include: National Historic Preservation Week events,
selection of Preservationist of the Year Award recipient, Certified Local
Government grants awarded, Lower Grey Cloud Island archeology, field
trips, CHPO first quarter report.
Agenda and meeting packets will be mailed in about one week.
For more information, call Robert Vogel (698-8224) or Gary Golusky
(459-1271).
AGENDA
Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation
Wednesday, April 26, 1995
7: 00 P.M.
- Cottage Grove City Hall
7516 80th Street South
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Minutes of January 25 1995 Regular Meeting
IV. Approval of Agenda
V. Unfinished Business
A. Update on City Register Nominations
B. Joint Meeting with Other Historic Preservation Commissions
VI. New Business
A. National Historic Preservation Week (May 14-20)
B. Preservationist of the Year Selection
C. CHPO 1 st Quarter Report
D. Grey Cloud Lime Kiln Update
E. Michaud Site Development Plans
F. HPC Workshop in St. Cloud (Apri128-29)
� G. Certified Local Government Grants-in-Aid FY 1995
H. State Historic Preservation Plan
VII. Other New Business
VIII. Council Action
IX. Set Date of Next Meeting
X. � Adjournment
For more information contact Historic Preservation Officer Robert Vogel
(698-8224) or ACHP Chaiiperson Gary Golusky (459-1271).
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
26 APRIL 1995
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the first quarter regular meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Historic Preservation (ACHP) was held at the Cottage Grove City Hall,
7516 80th Street South, on the 26th day of April 1995.
Chairperson Golusky called the meeting to order at 7:05 P.M.
ROLL CALL
The following members were present: Kip Sundgaard, Sharon Sawyer, Gary Golusky
(chair) and Gerry Filson (ex-officio). A1 Einberger arrived late.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Chairperson Golusky approved the agenda as mailed.
MINUTES
The minutes of the 25 January 1995 regular meedng were approved as mailed.
� CITY REGISTER NOMINATIONS
CHPO Vogel updated the Committee on the status of the Woodward House and Roberts
House City Register nominations. The Roberts registration documents are being reviewed
and will probably be forwarded to the City Council in May. The Woodward nomination
has been withheld pending the City's approval of the Peaceful Grove Methodist Church site
plan.
HPC MEETINGS
The Committee discussed the upcoming 1995 HPC/CLG Workshop sponsored by the
Minnesota Historical Society. CHPO Vogel will represent the City at the workshop in St.
Cloud on 29 April.
The Committee also discussed the possibility of ineeting with other heritage preservation
commissions. Staff was directed to contact the HPCs in Eden Prairie and Newport with
regard to possible joint meetings.
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PRESERVATION WEEK
National Historic Preservation Week is 14-20 May. Staff reported that a proclamation has
been prepared and that the annual Local History Field Day for local high school students is
being coordinated through Mr. Kleinsasser.
CHPO Vogel distributed infonnation on Minnesota Archaeology Week, 29 April-7 May
1995, and encouraged ACHP members to participate in Twin Cities azea activities.
PRESERVATIOIVIST OF THE YEAR
The Committee reviewed nominees for the Preservationist of the Year Award given by the
City during Historic Preservation Week. Chairperson Golusky and CHPO Vogel
recommended that the Wolf family be given the award in recognition of their efforts to
save the historic St Matthew's Church. The motion received unanimous consent.
Staff was directed to notify Mr. Al Wolf and Ms. Heidi Wolf of the award and have an
appropriate plaque prepared.
STAFF UPDATE
CHPO Vogel reported on the activities of the Historic Preservation Division during the
period January-April 1995.
� Beginning in May, ACHP members will receive monthly written reports summarizing
staff work.
GREY CLOUD LIME KILN
The Committee discussed the Minnesota Historical Society's recent interest in the historic
property owned by Mr. Otto Schmaltz. Staff reported that to the best of his knowledge, the
Society had not accepted Mr. Schmaltz' offer to donate the historic lime kiln.
MIGHAUD MOUND GROUP
CHPO Vogel reported that a developer is planning to develop the 80 acre Michaud estate
on Lower Grey Cloud Island. While the proposed residential development is in Grey
Cloud Island Township, access to the development is through Cottage Grove. A major
Native American archeological site, the Michaud Mound Group, occupies part of the
Michaud property in Cottage Grove. This site is protected as a cemetery under state law.
Committee members expressed concern that the proposed residential development could
impact the burial mound site. CHPO Vogel stated that he had informed the City
Administrator and Community Development Director of the possible threat to cultural
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resources. Chairperson Golusky directed staff to monitor the situation and work with city
and township officials to protect the archeological site.
CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS
CHPO Vogel reported that the City had been awarded two federal grants under the
Certified Local Govemment (CLG) program. One grant was for analysis of archeological
materials excavated from the Grey Cloud Townsite by the Minnesota Archaeological
Society and the University of Minnesota in the early 1980s; the other was to revise, update
and reprint the Cottage Grove Comprehensive Cultural Resource Management Plan,
originally prepared in 1986. Work on both projects will begin in October 1995 and will be
completed before July 1996.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN
The Committee briefly discussed the draft state historic preservation plan distributed by the
Minnesota Historical Society. Staff was directed to p�pare a formal statement
commenting on the draft plan, to be submitted to the Society in May.
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH VIDEO
Chairperson Golusky reported that a 30 minute video documentary on moving the historic
St Matthew's Church had been produced under the auspices of the ACHP and the South
Washington County Cable Commission and was being shown on Government Access
� Channel 12. Committee members complimented Mr. Golusky on his efforts to produce
the video.
NEXT MEETING
The next regular meeting of the ACHP will be on Tuesday 18 July 1995 at 7:00 P.M.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert C. Vogel
City Historic Preservation Officer