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Brighton Historic Preservation Commission Historic City Hall, 22 S. 4th Ave., 3rd Floor, Heritage Room Brighton, CO 80601 Agenda Date: October 11, 2013 6:00 p.m. BRIGHTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 500 S. 4TH Avenue Brighton, CO 80601 [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] Chairperson: Kevin Dunham Vice –Chair: Joseph Burt Treasurer/Secretary: Allison Lockwood Commissioners: Danielle Henninger Patricia Reither Albin Wagner City Council Representatives: Rex Bell Wayne Scott – Alternate Emeritus Youth Commission Representative: Austin Bargmann Alternate: Ken Mitchell Lynette Marrs City Admin. Assistant: Sheryl Johnson City Staff: Jason Bradford Manuel Esquibel Mark Heidt I. CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Kevin Dunham II. ROLL CALL Sheryl Johnson III. SEATING OF ALTERNATES Kevin Dunham IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Kevin Dunham V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 Kevin Dunham VI. PUBLIC COMMENT Public invited to be heard on matters not on the agenda (Limited to 5 minutes) VII. REPORTS / PRESENTATIONS Southgate Development Developer Staff: Bromley / Hishinuma Farm Update Mark Heidt Ordinance Review Mark Heidt 2014 Event Sheryl Johnson Committees: Event Wrap-Up Danielle Henninger Grants Albin Wagner VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Old Senior Center Kevin Dunham Interns Update Albin Wagner 2013 Finances Allison Lockwood IX. NEW BUSINESS X. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS XI. ADJOURNMENT XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS Winter Fest / Festival of Lights – December 14, 2013 Saving Places Conference - TBD NEXT MEETING November 14, 2013 ---PAGE BREAK--- 1 MINUTES of the Brighton Historic Preservation Commission meeting for the City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado held in the Heritage Training Room at City Hall at 22 South 4th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Brighton, Colorado. DATE: September 12, 2013 Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance: Vice-Chair Joseph Burt called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Roll Call/Establish Quorum: Commissioners Present: Rex Bell, Joseph Burt, Danielle Henninger, Allison Lockwood, Lynette Marrs, Ken Mitchell (6:25 – 7:07 pm) Patricia Reither and Albin Wagner Commissioners Absent: (Excused) Kevin Dunham (Unexcused) Staff Present: Mark Heidt, Sheryl Johnson & Gary Wardle Others Present: Stacia Steele Seating of Alternate: Motion to seat the Alternates by Allison. Second by Pat. Motion Carries Approval of Agenda: Approved as written Approval of Minutes for July 11, 2013: Minutes of July 11, 2013 were approved as written. Public Comment: Stacia Steele – Northern Front Range Museums Northern Front Range Museums is a network of area museums from Laramie and Cheyenne, WY to Castle Rock, CO. Stacia is a resident of Brighton and works at the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys. A group of museum professionals meet 8 times per year. They are looking for a place to meet for about 40 to 100 persons. They would like to meet at the Armory and would like to have a letter of support from the Commission to meet there. The meetings are on the third Monday, every other month for a luncheon. The museums take turns hosting and organizing. The current dues for the Association are $25 per year. The Commission was very interested. Motion to draft a letter of support for holding a future meeting at the Armory by Pat. Second by Albin. Motion carried. Reports / Presentations: Staff: Old Senior Center – Gary Wardle The building was the old water treatment plant and then housed City offices. Now that the building is empty, what do we do with it? There are maintenance issues that have to be dealt with and needs about $600,000 worth of work done to it which can be done over the next 5 to 10 years. City Council would like to hear recommendations from the Historic Preservation Commission with regards to the building. There are several groups that are interested in the building. Then there is the question if it can be declared historic. It is a historic building in the sense that it was built in 1919. Several questions come to mind that include: Can we afford it? Can we preserve it? Should we maintain ownership? Should we sell it with stipulations? It would need to be made handicap accessible. Of course, our true mission is to preserve it. It could be locally designated but would not qualify for a National designation. It is uncertain if it could be a State designation either. The old part of the building may qualify for designation but the addition would not. It is also possible that the old part could qualify without have to remove the addition. The building could possibly qualify for a grant. The Commission with review some of the options and discuss again before going before City Council with a recommendation of potential uses and why it should be preserved. It would cost $300,000 to remove the new addition that was added on and this is not part of the $600,000 worth of repairs that needs to be done. The elevator will still need 500 S. 4th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601 ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 to be renovated if the building is to be used. The roof needs to be replaced and the exterior needs painting. The heating and air conditioning will need to be replaced as well. The basement is currently being used for storage of Christmas decorations for downtown and the Platte Valley Players have stuff stored there also. Bromley / Hishinuma Farm Update – Mark Heidt Due to the rain, some of the work slowed down. There is work being done on the barn and migrant house. A new roof has been put on the silo. The steps for the main house are also being fixed. A grant has been applied for the landscaping on the farm through the Home and Garden Show and we have made it through the second round. Letters of recommendation from the Commission will be needed as the grant progresses. The grant would be for $150,000 to $200,000. Committees: Grant Update – Joseph Burt / Albin Wagner The grant committee did not meet last month. Bids for the RFP for the Brighton Historic Resource Survey – Phase 1, will be sent out tomorrow. The Grant Committee will do the selection process for the contractor. The hope is to start the Phase 1 process by mid-October which will carry through to next June. Not all of the properties will be viable such as Palambo Market. A letter will be drafted for the owners of the other properties that will be part of the Phase 1 survey. A grant for archiving the historic newspapers will be worked on the beginning of next year. Events / Fall Gala “1940s Home Away From Home Dance” Update – Danielle Henninger Danielle has some of the auction items already. The value of all of the auction items needs to be known. Mark has a tub for the Coke and Pepsi bottles. A 1940s jeep has been secured to put out front of the Armory. Danielle is still looking for sandbags but may have to scrape that idea. Each of the tables will have a theme and pictures of the theme will also be placed on the tables. A photographer will be found to take pictures at the event. Additional posters can be hung in the Armory as they are in-between art shows. The silent auction will be held in the conference room upstairs. Someone will man the front table and check people in as they arrive. Joseph is creating a timeline and PowerPoint. The entertainment is the Swing Band”. Joseph will also get some CD’s with 40’s music to play in-between times and during dinner. Unfinished Business: Interns - Albin Albin stated that brochures and posters have been put up at UNC announcing the internship opportunity. Albin will contact again and see if there is any interest. Auxiliary Groups - Joseph A list with emails has been sent to the Commission of possible people to be a part of an auxiliary group. Danielle has sent information on the 1940s Gala to all of them. We will need to follow up after the event and see if there is still interest. 2013 Finances – Allison The financials were sent out with the agenda. There were no questions or comments regarding the financials. New Business: Interviews for Historic Preservation Staff Person – Joseph First and second interviews have been completed and it has been narrowed down to 2 people. The candidates are very good and a final decision should be made by next week. The person will have a dual role with being a planner and working with historic preservation. CLG Education Requirements – Joseph Each Commissioner is required to participate in an education opportunity each year. There are educational seminars, CLG Open Houses or the annual conference. It may be possible to bring someone into the meeting also. Election of Officers – Joseph The election of officers needs to occur annually. The 3 positions that need to be filled are Chair, Vice-Chair and Treasurer / Secretary. Kevin nominated Joseph for chair through email. Kevin was nominated for Vice-Chair and Allison for the Treasurer / Secretary position. Danielle would be willing to take a position in the future but felt should would like to mentor with someone first. ---PAGE BREAK--- 3 Motion to elect the slate of officers as follows: Chair – Joseph, Vice-Chair – Kevin; and Treasurer / Secretary – Allison by Albin. Second by Danielle. See vote below. Chair Joseph – 6 – 0 Vice-Chair Kevin – 7 – 0 Treasurer / Secretary Allison – 6 – 0 Additional Comments: Pat stated that the Palette and Brush Club is no more and they have donated all of their stuff to the Historic Preservation Commission. Sherry Kreutzer has a wedding dress of her Mother’s that she would like to donate. Announcements: Historic Preservation Gala – September 20, 2013 EcoFair – September 21, 2013 Winter Fest / Festival of Lights – December 14, 2013 Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 7:52 p.m. by Danielle. Second by Allison. All Commissioners in favor. Next Meeting: October 10, 2013 at 6:00 P.M. at Historic City Hall, 3rd Floor in the Heritage Room. Submitted by, Sheryl Johnson