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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Meeting of November 10, 1999 — 7:00 p.m.
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I. Call to Order — Chairperson Elaine Leppert called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.
II. Roll Call —
Members Present: Jan Boles, Tom Ensley, Elaine Carpenter, Chris Nye, Elaine Leppert,
and Rick Wells
Members Absent: Steve Maughn
Staff: Linda James
Guest: Anita Shore
III. Approve Agenda — It was noted that Ray Wolfe, who was scheduled to discuss the Cleveland
Boulevard Project was not present. Item A, Report on the Boulevard Project, was removed from
the Agenda and the revised meeting agenda was approved by consensus of the members.
N. Old Business —
A. Anita Shore, who is a member of the Chamber's Beautification Committee, told members
that the Committee is working on a new project that would encourage business owners to
upgrade their store fronts. There is another sign ready to be placed at a Caldwell entry
but the Committee has not decided where it will be placed; they are looking for
suggestions. The advertising benches that are located in various places in Caldwell
provide funds to the Committee. Eighty percent of the monies that come from rental of
these benches go to the Committee. The Committee could possibly assist in funding the
Cleveland Boulevard project; there is approximately $9000 in the fund at this time. They
also might be able to assist with signage for those buildings that are on the National
Register. Mrs. Shore will check with the Committee and get their input. Chairperson
Elaine Leppert will look into the cost of plaques for the buildings and will also find out if
there is any Register criteria as to what the sign needs to look like and the information
that will be placed on it.
B. Report on Downtown Grant - Linda James reported that the grant application would be
hand delivered to the Department of Commerce on November 19. There has been some
difficulty in getting downtown business owners to express their respective intents to
participate in the revitalization project. This is the first time a grant application for
downtown revitalization will be submitted and at least the City is one step closer than it
ever has been.
C. Discussion on Historic Areas and Preservation /Comprehensive Plan — Linda James
presented members with copies of two revised Area of Significance maps and noted that
this was all she could find in the file. She also noted that she did not lrnow what the maps
were intended to imply. Members discussed the intent to have two layers for review of
any hearing proposals that might impact areas of significance. The first layer would be
for those projects that might cause a significant impact; the Commission would review
those projects and offer a response. 'I'he second layer would be for those projects that
would probably not cause any impact and the Commission would merely be notified of
the hearing(s). It was determined that a subcommittee of the Commission would be
appropnate to work with Linda James on the Comprehensive Plan component related to
Historic Preservation. Tom Ensley and Elaine Carpenter were appointed to serve as the
subcommittee members and will be working with her. Chris Nye will work on trying to
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find wntten comments that had been prepared by Bill Gigray at one time that related to
the Area of Historic Significance component in the Comprehensive Plan.
V. New Business —
A. Discussion on Membership — Anita Shore was encourage to submit a letter to Mayor
Nancolas expressing her interest in serving as a Commission member. Jan Boles will
research the By-Laws regarding membership and determine the number of inembers that
can serve, term limits, etc.
B. Members discussed items to be placed on their December 8, 1999 agenda and agreed that
the following should be included: Cleveland Boulevard Project — Ray Wolfe;
Comprehensive Plan progress; and a report on National Register signage. The meeting
will be held in the Library on December 8, following a 6:30 "soup supper" get together at
Elaine Carpenter's home.
C. Other — No other business was brought before the Commission.
VI. Adjournment — Chairman Leppert adjourned the meeting at approximately 8:15 p.m.
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