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ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
May 7,2014
Community Development/Engineering Services Building 51 Winburn Way Siskiyou Room
6:03p.m. –SISKIYOU ROOM in the Community
REGULAR MEETING -CALL TO ORDER:
Development/Engineering Services Building, located at 51 Winburn Way
Allison Renwick,TerrySkibby, Sam Whitford, Victoria Law, Tom
Historic Commissioners Present:
Giordono
Dale Shostrom, Keith Swink, Kerry Kencairn
Commission Members Absent:
: Mike Morris
Council Liaison
Staff Liaison: Amy Gunter, Clerk: Regan Trapp
Staff Present:
:Ms.Law was left off the meeting minutes from April 2014. Ms. Trapp corrected
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
the minutes. Mr. Skibby motioned that minutes be approved and Mr. Whitfordseconded.
There was no one in the audience
PUBLIC FORUM:
:Mr.Morrisgaveanupdate onthecity council meetingregarding plastic
COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT
bags, Normal Ave, guns, andwater issues. The roof on the informationkiosk also came up as a topic.The
cost to re-roof is high and the City Council isasking the DowntownPlaza Beautification Commission to take
part or get rid of it. The constructionof the kiosk was discussed anddifferent ways to make it look better.
The commissiondiscussed posting historical items on the kiosk or ways to post on the history of the Plaza.
The kiosk was placed there because the City received a federal grant for historic preservation to redo the
fountain. They used the kiosk as an educational component and it was a grant requirement that it stay.
The Commission agreed to come up with suggestions and email them to the PlazaBeautification
Committee. It was discussed whom to email the suggestions to. Ms. Gunter will talk to Ms. Seltzer,liason
tothePlaza Beautification Commission,and find out whotheHistoric Commission should contact with their
suggestions.
There were no planning actions scheduled to be discussed.
PUBLIC HEARING:
There was no old business to discuss.
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW ITEMS
Staff willtry to include past winners as
Historic Preservation Presentation month activities review:
A.
ahandout at the awards if time allows. Mr. Skibbyis taking pictures of the winner’s properties to
include in the blurbs and will get them to Ms. Trapp and Ms. Gunter as soon as possible. Mr. Skibby
will email the owners of 90 Fifth to see if they can clean uptheir property so he can get a better picture
for the award.All activities are scheduled to run on time and everything is booked. Ms. Gunter
reported that the city hasa new cemetery sexton and he will make sure that everything runs smoothly
for the mausoleum tours. Mr. Shostromand the Mayor will run the ceremony and hand outthe
awards. Mr. Skibbywill give the introductionand take pictures throughout the ceremony and get a big
group photo at the end. Ms. Gunterhas not ordered the digital photo frame but will make something
presentable to have at the ceremony.Mr. Skibby suggested having a slide show andMs Gunter
stated she will look into this.
Ms. Gunter still has to do a write up on Atkinson’s Bridge
Historic preservation weekwrite-ups:
B.
and Ender’s Shelter.Ms. Law will do write up for 134 Terraceand turn it inas soon as possible.
Ms. Law suggested that Ms. Renwick accompany her to do the site visit.
Review Board Schedule
C.
June 5thKeith, Dale
May 8thAllison, Dale
May 15thTerry, Tom
May 22ndSam, Victoria
May 29thTerry, Allison
There were no new project assignments
Project Assignments for Planning Actions:
D.
There were no discussions items on the agenda.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Mr. Skibby askedMs. Lawabout the railroad museum. Ms.
COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA
Lawsaidthat theyhad to close due to funding. They are going through the artifacts and sending some to
a historic preservation place (not yet determined) and all other artifacts will go back the Southern Oregon
Historical Society.Ms. Gunterasked about viewing artifacts in the lobby during historic preservation
week. Ms. Lawagreed that it was a good idea. Ms. Gunterwill talk to Mr.Molnar to see if the Citycan
set up an exhibit in the CommunityDevelopment lobbyduring historic preservation week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:
Next meeting is scheduled for June 4, 2014, 6:00 pm.
There being no other items to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 6:49pm.
Respectfully submitted by Regan Trapp