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sept.5, 1979
f,he Caldwell Cornlsslon on Elstorlc Preservatton net
llednestlay Sept. 5 at the Clty EaIl . Chalrraa PauI Evang presldeal .
81r nenbere. one councll nenber and 1 guest were present. Mlnutes
of the Jlrne neetlng were reacl and approved. I?re secretary reported
on the attendance at the July neetlng wlth property owners--held at
the Ilbrary." lhe poor attendance by propelty orners was noted. and
a dlscusslon on how to get people lnterested and Invo1ved. was held.
Jennlfel AttebEry, of the State Elstorlc Preservatlon
offlce announced. she ls ln the process of forolng a ibungalow
dlstrlctn ln an area on C1eveland and Dearborn. She salal the Presley
Eorn house on lJth & Clevelanil 1s for sale and would be a good
posslble nomlnatlon to the Natl . Beglster.
the controver8y reg-.ardtng change ln zonlng ln the 1200
block on qleveland was dlscussed. wlth Councll representatlve llarllyn
Bauuan explalnlng sone of the zonlng problens. She w111 glve us
a copy of the Zonlng Connlaslon regulatlons for the flles.
Chalrnan Evans read fron 2 letterg fron Merl t{ells, Bolse-
State IIlstorlc Preserwatlon offlcer. Ihe letters were aent to llay or
Pas1ey ln early August. Ttre letters pertalned. to the nonlnatlon to
the Natl onal Hlstorlc Reglster of a dorntorm hlstorlc dlstr1ct. Sald.
dtstrlct to lnclude rThe CaIdweII Elstorlc Dlstrlct lncludes 4 b1ocks
aLong tsln Street and. Arthur Street wlth buildlngs houslng buslness,
prlvete and. publlc offlces.r 3? bulldlngs are lncluded. f?re letter
noted that hcarlngs w11"1 be held If requests ln wrltlng are recelved
rlthln 30 tlays. T?re Chairnan had talked wlth Pasley and Presenatlon
offlcals ln tho lest couple of days In regard.to the tlElng. Meetlng
ad J ourr ed .
llenbers presents Evans, SulLlvan.
f?rurston, Dorsey, ou"r"i, EnsLey. - Lorene rtrureton, secretary
Councll person Baunan
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21.2 Eagleson Road.
Bolse, Id.aho 8370,
Septenber 6, L979o
l,ler1e W. WelLs
Stare Historic Preservation Officer
Idaho State lllstoricaL SocietY
6fO North Julla Davls Drive
Boise, Id,aho 83702
Dear Mr. Wells:
In response to yor:r lette" of Augu't ?th Thich vas po'tnarkea August l\th, ve {reve
the fotlowing cor@ents. i I I
It ls or.rr understa,nding that the letter ve received did not h8,ve the end'orseeent of the
Ce1d',re1l iiistoric Cornnisslon, and ia fact vas'sent vithout their knowledge ! I{he:' a city
has established a Historic Commission, aai. especierliy one recogltizing the importa:rce of
. savlng some of its heritage, the State Histo:.'icaI Soliety shouid' rork vittrllarA tl.rougb
thet Cor.:ji:ri s s ion and. not as a separete errtity'
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We und.c:.stond, thc Ca1dvell Hj.storlc Cor,missl.on is ir, nevly formed group of cit'izot;s: into.rst"e in !a.v1ng some of th.e city's histor:lc bu1ldlngs.' we rtere in att errd'i'Ilc e :t! - .-"
the only neeting in celdvell in vhlch the property ovners involved in the Eistoxic Dj'strlct
ve:.e i:-rvited.. Though the slld,e progran p"usent.d. by !tr. Hart va6 very lnteresting, it
^.Dresented onlv the Historical Socteites vievs on the effects such a deslgnatlon vould
!ir."u on fufiiE restrictions, use6 , and values as related to oux property.
At the tiiie of the neeting 1t was obvioug to us that the cornrnlssion vaB aot fuLly
organizecl into a functionil grorrp vith a re11 for:aulateti plan of action. . Eho'ugh they
had contacted. the o.wners ot i? pieces of property only 5 ovners attende6 the neetlng.
..., lJe are sure ti-,a:- it was obvlous to'the Co:nraission tbat considerabLe publtc rela'Eto[E
:':*i rk stt]jl needed to be done to lnvol've these people iu thelr endeavor '
unfort'.us.te1y the Preservatlon Coalition flghting to save the Ee"stman Build'1n8 ln Boise
haa d,ams.ged. the preservatloni.st cause. The Illstorice1 Soclety cetr no longer sey that a' ',Natlonei Regtst-er 1lsting ttoes not affect the rights of propert y orJnership or re6trict
vhat ar ovner may do vith a reglstered slte.r' It is obvlous that once a bulldlntl has
been declered, e Historlc Place, lt then seentngly becoBeE the property of anyone deslrouB
of saving it, regardlee8 of the planE of the o\rner.
Therefore, we riLl resiBt having our propelty placed in e Hletoric District untiL the
Caldwel"] I{istoric Coulilission carc teI1 us thelr p}ans for restorlng aoYntovn C81d'tre11
snd the part our buildings vil-L have in such a restoration. It rust be I pLaro that
vi11 invoL.ve !@re theu Jist creatlng a Htstoric Dlstrict for the sake of saving o16
bui].dings .
At that tiEe, ve vilL conslder vhat to do vith our property' HopefulLy the Caldr'rel1
Historic comission a,nd all the pIloperty orrners invoLved. can xlork and plan toSether to
roake Caldve1-l tbe v-1tal, lntereeiing, and historic center that is hoped for.
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RobertB kopertlea ' Celdvel1t ldeho
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