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Home My WebLink About2019-01-02 Historic MIN ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION Meeting Minutes January 2, 2019 Community Development/Engineering Services Building – 51 Winburn Way – Siskiyou Room CALL TO ORDER: called the meeting to order at 6:02pm in the Siskiyou Room at the Community Development and Engineering Offices located at 51 Winburn Way, Ashland OR 97520. Commissioners Present: Council Liaison: Shostrom Rich Rosenthal Whitford Von Chamier Staff Present: Skibby Fotini Kaufman; Planning Dept. Hovenkamp Regan Trapp; Secretary Swink Commissioners Absent: Babin Giordano Emery APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Hovenkamp motioned to approve minutes for December 5, 2018. Whitford seconded. Voice vote. ALL AYES. Motion passed. PUBLIC FORUM: There was no one in the audience wishing to speak. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT: Rosenthal gave the Council Liaison report. Items discussed were: th  Graham and Akins will start their appointments to City Council on the 13.  Goal setting meeting is scheduled for Monday January 7, 2019.  Transportation network ordinance (Uber and Lyft) will be discussed at the meeting on January 15, 2019. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Presentation by Michael Black of APRD – Japanese Gardens  Michael Black of APRD discussed the history and progression of the plan for the Japanese Gardens. Mr. Black spoke about the need for accessibility, sustainability, and sensitivity to the Japanese culture in the design of the garden. He discussed, with the new design, a feeling of being immersed in the garden with more connectivity and access from other areas of the park. Two of the Douglas Fir trees, large in diameter, planted by Boy Scout troop 1, will be removed to accommodate the bamboo garden area. Preservation of trees was of the utmost importance to Parks, but after weighing the risk and benefits to keeping the trees, it was felt the trees posed too much of a risk to the garden as they would likely dominate anything that was planted in the vicinity. The loss of the trees’ canopies will allow more light for the bamboo garden’s growth as well. A walk through with the artist is planned for January 14, 2019. The Artist will act as general contractor and plans to be on site for the duration of the project.  Jeff Mangin, Board Member for the Parks Foundation, described the evolution of the design and the design’s intention to reflect various pieces of traditional Japanese Gardens – bamboo garden, koi pond, sand and stone garden, moss garden and water features. Commission concerns – Commission discussed the pathway’s relationship to the wall surrounding the Japanese Garden and whether the wall would appear monolithic and intruding to pedestrians walking alongside it. Mr. Black and Mr. Mangin both felt that the wall is a typical feature of Japanese Gardens and the contrast of the wall with the openness of the rest of the park will hopefully draw pedestrian attention. Shostrom also asked about the sidewalk being re-poured on the Winburn side to accommodate for the steepness of the wall. Mr. Black stated that the plan is to re-pour where the original path is. NEW ITEMS:  Review board schedule  Project assignments for planning actions thth  Historic Preservation Week - May 19 – 25 2019. The banner over Main Street has been reserved for these dates. COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:  Story Map Discussion – Kaufman will send the Commission examples of different types of story maps to consolidate prior Historic Commission Projects in a user-friendly format for the public. A number system was discussed for the walking tour of the Historic Markers Project. OLD BUSINESS: There were no items to discuss. Review Board Schedule January 3rd Terry, Keith, Beverly th January 10 Terry, Bill, Beverly th January 17 Terry, Ellen, Dale th January 24 Terry, Ellen, Sam st January 31 Terry, Tom, Piper th February 7 Terry, Keith, Bill Project Assignments for Planning Actions PA-2016-00847 252 B Street – Close to complete Whitford PA-2016-02095 563 Rock St – Work has started Whitford PA-2017-00235 114 Granite – Work has started Shostrom PA-2017-00200 165 Water – Extension to PA submitted ALL PA-2017-01294 128 Central– Work has started Emery & Swink PA-2017-01417 228 B Street – No building permit Whitford PA-2017-01310 971 Siskiyou Blvd - Work has started Shostrom PA- 2017-02005 533 Fairview(aka 100 Union) Work has started Emery PA- 2017-01256 267 Meade/302 Harrison – Work has started Shostrom PA-2017-02351/ 00026 549 E. Main – Plans in review Swink & Emery PA-2018-00156 208 Harrison – Permit issued Von Chamier PA-2018-00531 426 B Street – Permit issued Von Chamier PA-T1-2018-00015 70 N. Third Street – Permit issued Swink PA-T1-2018-00023 75 Lithia Way Von Chamier & Babin PA-T1-2018-00029 130 Bush Street Hovenkamp & Whitford PA-T1-2018-00033 160 Helman Shostrom ANNOUNCEMENTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: Next meeting is scheduled February 6, 2019 at 6:00pm There being no other items to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 7:59pm Respectfully submitted by Regan Trapp