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MEETING OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
February 8, 2011
MEMBERS PRESENT
Cathy Bordner, Chair
Bill Case, Co -Chair
Art Langston, Secretary
Diane Light
Jenny Smith
Jim Chilcutt
Richard Moore
MEMBERS ABSENT
Ralph Bray
COUNCIL LIAISON
Carrie Carroll
STAFF
Ron Davenport, Community Development
GUEST
Liz Murphy, Friends of the Missouri State Museum
Melva Fast, Assistant City Administrator, City of Jefferson
ATTENDANCE
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CALL TO ORDER
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) met Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM in the Small
Conference Room, lower level of the John G. Christy Municipal Building, 320 East McCarty Street,
Jefferson City, MO. The meeting was called to order by Cathy Bordner, Chairman.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioners reviewed minutes from the December 14, 2010 meeting. A motion was made and
seconded to approve the minutes. The motion carried. There was no meeting in January 2010, as we
did not have a quorum.
REPORT FROM MELVA FAST ON MSP PROJECT
Melva stated that the environmental assessment of the MSP site is almost complete. Demolition
should begin in the Spring or Summer. Melva gave a report on the project. Bill Case pointed out that
the end of Chestnut Street is one of only one or two places in the US that we can determine whether
we want to go over or under the railroad, and the railroad cannot prevent this. This is the result of a
very old legal issue, dating prior to statehood for Missouri.
Cathy requested that in the future the city include the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) in the
Section 106 process early in the process. She expressed concern that the city staff make all decisions
and the commission is told after the process is in the final stages. Staff from the State Historic
Preservation Office (SHPO) have reported they mail the paperwork to the HPC, but we do not see the
paperwork. As the city's historic preservation commission, especially since Jefferson City is a certified
local government (CLG) we should be involved more and earlier. If this is a mail distribution problem
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then it needs to be corrected. If we are not given the material for another reason, that needs to be
resolved. Melva agreed.
COUNCIL ISSUES
Councilwoman Carroll stated that on Friday there will be a meeting regarding the Greening America's
Capitals initiative. She also briefly discussed the report on Old Town and the Chamber of Commerce
Transformation Project.
SPRING FORUM
We discussed plans for the upcoming Spring Forum.
CITY ISSUES
Ron Davenport stated that he had nothing new to report to the commission.
PRESERVATION MONTH
We had two applications for Landmark Awards. We discussed other potential nominees. Regarding
photographs of previous Landmark Award winners for the web site, Art stated he was waiting for
Spring weather which would showcase the buildings better.
NEW BUSINESS
Liz Murphy, with the Friends of the Missouri State Museum, was here to let us know about that
group. She was also very interested in the discussions so far. She attended Southeast Missouri State
University (SEMO) in Cape Girardeau and was enrolled in the historic preservation program at SEMO.
She stated that the book "Economics of Historic Preservation" would be a good resource for us.
Students enrolled in SEMO's historic preservation program could be interns for us. They must do 400
hours of work in the field of historic preservation, and it can be (as is often) volunteer work. For
example an intern could do a reconnaissance survey for us. Dr. Steven Hoffman is the head of the
program and we should contact him.
DEMOLITION APPLICATIONS
3409 N Ten Mile Drive: Neil Slatery spoke to us about the plans to construct a facility at this address.
There was a motion to recommend approval of the application, and a second. The motion passed.
1809 Stadium Blvd: There was a motion to recommend approval of the application, and a second. The
motion passed.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Next meeting — March 8, 2011, 6:30 pm.
We adjourned.
Submitted by,
Cathy Bordner, Chairma