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Home My WebLink About2018-06-06 Historic MIN ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION Meeting Minutes June 6, 2018 Community Development/Engineering Services Building – 51 Winburn Way – Siskiyou Room CALL TO ORDER: Commissioner Shostrom called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm in the Siskiyou Room at the Community Development and Engineering Offices located at 51 Winburn Way, Ashland OR 97520. Commissioners Present: Council Liaison: Whitford Rich Rosenthal Emery Staff Present: Skibby Fotini Kaufman; Planning Dept. Shostrom Swink Von Chamier Commissioners Absent: Giordano APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Whitford motioned to approve minutes for May 2, 2018. Swink seconded. Voice vote. ALL AYES. Motion passed. PUBLIC FORUM: There was no one in the audience wishing to speak. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT: Rosenthal gave council liaison report. Items discussed were:  The nationwide recruitment for a new City Administrator is underway. There will be a meet and greet scheduled later in the month to meet the final candidates. rd  The approval for City Hall Concept/Design service has been tabled until the July 3 Council meeting.  The approval of the licensing agreement for GIS software maintenance with esri for a term of three years and a cost of $75,000 was approved.  The award of a contract for engineering services with Cornforth Consultants for $97,500 to provide FERC Independent Consultant for Part 12-D Safety Inspection and Dam Safety Report.  The approval of the purchase of the licensing agreement for Office 365 software maintenance for a term of three years and a total cost of $150,412.  Adoption of the recommended allocations made by the 2018-19 Economic Development, Cultural, Tourism and Sustainability Ad Hoc Committee with $150,000 being allocated for non-tourism and $79,703 being allocated to tourism.  The first reading to amend the Transient Occupancy Tax was approved.  The second reading of an ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan Map Designation and Zoning for the properties located at 475 E. Nevada Street and the written findings of Planning Action #201- 02129 were approved. PLANNING ACTION REVIEW: There were no Planning Actions up for review. NEW ITEMS:  Historic Preservation Awards - Swink suggested potentially offering tours of the home that won a Historic Preservation Award. The owners of 872 Iowa are interested in opening their home for Historic Preservation week in 2019.  Lithia Park Master Plan – Whitford, Skibby, Shostrom and Emery volunteered to attend the next meeting for the Lithia Park Master Plan. st  Kaufman suggested July 11, 2018 for the next regular Commission meeting since the 1 Wednesday is a holiday. All Commissioners agreed that the new date would work in their schedules. COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: There were no items to discuss. DISCUSSION ITEMS: There were no items to discuss. OLD BUSINESS: There were no items to discuss. Review Board Schedule June 7th Terry, Keith, Bill June 14th Terry, Sam, Dale June 21st Terry, Piper, Bill June 28th Terry, Tom, Piper July 5th Terry, Sam, Keith Project Assignments for Planning Actions PA-2016-00847 252 B Street – Work has started Whitford PA-2016-02095 563 Rock St – Plans in review Whitford PA-2016-02114 556 B – Work has started Von Chamier PA-2017-00235 114 Granite – Permit issued Leonard PA-2017-00200 165 Water – No building permit ALL PA-2017-00969 244 Hargadine – Work almost complete Shostrom & Whitford PA-2017-01279 692 B Street - Permit issued Leonard PA-2017-01294 128 Central– No building permit Emery & Swink PA-2017-01417 228 B Street – No building permit Whitford PA-2017-01310 971(aka: 981) Siskiyou Blvd - Permit issued Shostrom PA-2017-01649 88 Dewey Street - Work has started Von Chamier PA- 2017-01605 147 Van Ness – Work has started Emery PA- 2017-02005 100 Union - Plans in review Emery PA- 2017-01256 267 Meade – Permit issued Shostrom PA-2017-02351 549 E. Main – No building permit Swink PA-2018-00156 208 Harrison – No building permit Von Chamier Preliminary Pioneer Hall Skibby ANNOUNCEMENTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: Next meeting is scheduled July 11th, 2018 at 6:00 pm There being no other items to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 6:30pm Respectfully submitted by Fotini Kaufman & Regan Trapp