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CALDWELL HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES
Meeting of September 11, 2019 @ 6:33 P.M.
Caldwell Public Library — Idaho Room
1010 Dearborn, Caldwell, Idaho
I. Call to order. Chairperson King called the meeting to order at approximately 6:31
p.m.
II. Roll Call
Members Present. Jacob King, Randy Lyons, Nicole Bradshaw, Megan Dixon and
Steve Maughan.
Members Absent. None.
Others Present. April Cabello, Planning Technician; and Pete L'Orange, Historic
Preservation Planner/CLG Coordinator.
Others Absent. Rob Hopper, City Council Liaison; Jerome Mapp, Planning, Zoning
Director; and Jarom Wagoner, Senior Planner.
III. Approval of Minutes. August 28, 2019 continued to the next meeting
IV. Certificate of Appropriateness Interviews. None.
V. Audience Participation. None
VI. Actions Since Last Meeting.
Chairman King reviewed the issued Certificates of Appropriateness.
Discussion Item: CA-19-09. Chairman King Commission Level C of A issued
for CA-19-09 located at 1523 Dearborn Street for a 6ft solid cedar fence next to
the house with an arched gate, 6ft solid cedar fence along the rear property line
and a 4ft solid cedar fence along the sidewalk.
VII. Old Business.
Discussion Item: Reminder: April C. reminded the commission of the upcoming
CHPC report to City Council on October 21, 2019.
Action Item: Steunenberg Facebook page - continue to the next meeting
Action Item: News Letter— continue to the next meeting
Action Item: Adding a new commission member— continue to the next meeting
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VIII. New Business.
Action Item: SHPO Training: Public Meeting / Public Hearing training on
new construction.
Pete L'Orange, Historic Preservation Planner/CLG Coordinator gave a
PowerPoint presentation on appropriate infill construction in historic districts and
discussed the following:
• The district is the resource, not its individual parts.
• Use new construction to reinforce historic significance.
• New construction to complement/ support the district.
• Compatible yet distinct.
• Exterior design and patterning reflects district characteristics.
Pete L'Orange reviewed and discussed a case study, several situations in the
Caldwell Steunenberg historic district and discussed cut sheet/ installation
sheets for siding and all products.
Commissioner Bradshaw confirmed with Pete that the point of reference should
not necessarily be what had been, but that it should be evaluating what is
around it in the historic district, especially contributing today. Pete L'Orange
responded that unless the applicant can document with photographs or plans
that they are taking the home back to a very specific design at a very specific
period, date, then it is okay to rely on that.
Chairman King asked about criteria for infill versus a rebuild. Pete L'Orange
stated that there are many similarities. When the original building is gone,
anything built in its place is considered infill. If someone is doing a true
reconstruction, it is a very specific type of construction, same period materials,
same mortar mix, same design, no modern material replacement is allowed. It is
not okay to use the words reconstruction, restore or restoration; to use those
words they must follow strictly Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation Guidelines. Commissioner Dixon confirmed for a rebuild the
commission is not required to make the home look like a certain period of time.
Pete responded it should fall within the period of significance for the district.
Chairman King asked about contributing versus non-contributing, and how far
do they require non-contributing structures to match contributing structures, or if
one wanted a non-contributing structure going toward what contributing
structures look like. Pete L'Orange responded that if the non-contributing can
prove it looked like a contributing structure then that is fine. Avoid speculative
history.
IX. Commission & Staff Reports.
Staff Report:
April C. reminded the commission of their report to City Council on October
21, 2019.
April C. reported that the September 25, 2019 meeting canceled.
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Commission Report:
The commission asked staff to contact legal counsel about how to add a
requirement to code for when a property transfers from homeowner A to
homeowner B to have the wording on the tax roll and deed "Steunenberg
Historic District within this lot and block in this subdivision".
The commission asked staff to find out the appeal process and the
recommendation of a special use application.
X. Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:38 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by April Cabello,
MINUTES APPROVED AND SIGNED BELOW BY CHAIRPERSON KING ON THE DATE
NOTED BELOW.
Chaff rson King Date
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