Heritage Commission Approves Certificate for 25th Street Property
The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for 105 25th Street East during its July 29 meeting, the sole action item on a brief agenda focused primarily on administrative matters.
Commission Chair Marais Bjornberg led the meeting with eight of nine commissioners present. The certificate application was placed on the consent agenda without opposition from commissioners or the public, allowing for approval without discussion.
Historic Preservation Team Supervisor Andrea Burke announced that commissioners interested in attending the Preserve Minnesota Conference from September 10-12 must respond by July 31 to receive scholarship funding for registration fees and lodging through a CLG pass-through grant. Burke said the city has received grant funding to cover these costs for interested commissioners.
Burke also reported the completion of the Minneapolis African American Historic and Cultural Context Study, stating the Minnesota Historical Society has officially closed out the grant for the project. The study will be presented as a discussion item at the commission's next meeting on August 12.
Additionally, Burke promoted the National Alliance of Preservation Commission short course scheduled for August 20-21, noting that commissioners can receive a reduced rate through the city's NAPC membership, though they must register and pay individually.
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- Minneapolis HPC meeting highlights successful completion of the African American Historic and Cultural Context Study.
- City provides scholarship funding for members to attend the state historic preservation conference in September.
- Concerns regarding city budget constraints as commissioners are encouraged to pay out-of-pocket for upcoming professional development courses.
Approve the proposed agenda
Moved by Mastin · Seconded by Her
Approve minutes from July 12th meeting
Moved by Wallace · Seconded by Thomas
Approve staff findings and recommendations for 105 25th Street East
Moved by Rodriguez · Seconded by Mastin
For the Minneapolis African American Historic and Cultural Context Study, we have heard from the Minnesota Historical Society and our grant is officially complete and closed out.
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[0:17] AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER THE
[0:20] JULY 29th REGULAR MEETING OF
[0:21] THE MINNEAPOLIS HERITAGE
[0:22] PRESERVATION COMMISSION. FOR
[0:23] THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARAIS
[0:27] BJORNBERG AND I SERVE AS CHAIR
[0:28] OF THE COMMISSION. JUST A
[0:30] REMINDER TO SILENCE YOUR CELL
[0:31] PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC
[0:32] DEVICES AND TO SPEAK CLEARLY
[0:33] INTO THE MICROPHONE WHEN
[0:34] SPEAKING AT THE DAIS OR GIVEN
[0:36] TESTIMONY. WOULD THE CLERK
[0:36] PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SO WE MAY
[0:38] VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A
[0:40] QUORUM?
[0:42] >> COMMISSIONERS ALEXANDER?
[0:45] >> PRESENT.
[0:46] >> BOOTE.
[0:47] >> PRESENT.
[0:48] >> HER.
[0:49] >> PRESENT.
[0:49] >> KARATO IS ABSENT. MELLBLOM
[0:52] IS ABSENT. RODRIGUEZ.
[0:55] >> PRESENT.
[0:56] >> THOMAS.
[0:57] >> PRESENT.
[0:57] >> WALLACE.
[0:59] >> PRESENT.
[1:00] >> VICE CHAIR MASTIN.
[1:03] >> PRESENT.
[1:04] >> VICE CHAIR BJORNBERG.
[1:05] >> THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS
[1:06] PRESENT.
[1:06] >> THREAT THE RECORD REFLECT
[1:07] THAT WE DO HAVE QUORUM AND
[1:10] COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM PROVIDED
[1:13] NOTICE THAT THEY ARE ABSENT AND
[1:15] THEIR ABSENCE IS EXCUSED. OUR
[1:16] FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO
[1:17] ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THIS
[1:19] EVENING. WE WILL WORK BY THE
[1:21] AGENDA AVAILABLE BY THE CLERK.
[1:22] I WILL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND
[1:23] SORT OUT WHICH ITEMS WILL BE
[1:24] WITHDRAWN, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE
[1:25] CONTINUED, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE
[1:27] DISCUSSED, AND WHICH ITEMS WILL
[1:28] BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO
[1:30] BE AS APPROVED TO BE APPROVED AS
[1:33] RECOMMENDED BY STAFF WITHOUT
[1:34] FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO THE JAND
[1:39] IS ITEM NUMBER 4, 105 25TH
[1:45] STREET EAST, WARD 10. THIS
[1:47] APPLICATION IS FOR A CERTIFICATE
[1:48] OF APPROPRIATENESS, AND ITEM
[1:49] NUMBER 4 WILL BE ON CONSENT
[1:51] UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK IN
[1:53] OPPOSITION TO OR MODIFY THE
[1:55] STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO THE
[2:01] PROPOSED AGENDA IS THE CONSENT
[2:02] AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 4,
[2:04] 105 TWOBTH STREET EAST -- 25TH
[2:06] STREET EAST, WARD 10. IS THERE
[2:07] ANY OPPOSITION FROM
[2:08] COMMISSIONERS TO THE STAFF
[2:10] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ITEM?
[2:16] IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC
[2:17] THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN
[2:18] OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM?
[2:20] HEARING NO OPPOSITION TO PLACING
[2:22] THIS ITEM ON CONSENT, WE WILL
[2:24] APPROVE THIS CONCEPT ITEM IN ONE
[2:25] MOTION AT THE START OF THE
[2:27] MEETING. COMMISSIONERS, MAY I
[2:28] HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
[2:29] PROPOSED AGENDA?
[2:36] >> MASTIN SO MOVES.
[2:38] >> HERR SECONDS.
[2:39] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HERR.
[2:40] ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR
[2:42] SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:46] ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE AGENDA IS
[2:50] APPROVED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF
[2:52] BUSINESS WILL BE TO APPROVE THE
[2:53] MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 12th
[2:56] MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO
[2:57] APPROVE THOSE MINUTES?
[3:00] >> COMMISSIONER WALLACE SO
[3:01] MOVES.
[3:01] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[3:03] WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND?
[3:05] >> THOMAS SECONDS.
[3:06] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[3:07] THOMAS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING
[3:10] NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[3:14] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY
[3:18] ABSTENTIONS? BJORNBERG
[3:20] ABSTAINS. THE MINUTES ARE
[3:21] APPROVED. BEFORE I OPEN TO
[3:28] HEARING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, LET
[3:29] ME SUMMARIZE THE PROCESS FOR
[3:30] CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[3:32] FIRST, WE WILL ACT ON THE
[3:33] CONSENT AGENDA WE JUST SET.
[3:35] ONCE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
[3:37] ARE APPROVED, THE COMMISSION IS
[3:39] DONE WITH THOSE ITEMS AND
[3:41] APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT PLANNING
[3:42] STAFF TOMORROW ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
[3:44] I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC
[3:46] HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
[3:48] ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 4, 150 --
[3:55] 105.
[3:55] [LAUGHTER]
[3:58] TWENTY-FIFTH STREET EAST, WARD
[3:59] 10. AGAIN, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS
[4:03] OPPOSE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
[4:04] FOR THIS ITEM? ARE THERE ANY
[4:09] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OPPOSE
[4:10] THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR
[4:11] THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL
[4:14] NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
[4:18] THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAY I
[4:19] HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF
[4:21] FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
[4:22] THIS ITEM?
[4:26] >> RODRIGUEZ SO MOVES.
[4:27] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[4:29] RODRIGUEZ. IS THERE A SECOND?
[4:32] >> MASTIN SECONDS.
[4:32] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[4:35] MASTIN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE
[4:51] LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
[4:54] COMMISSIONER KARATO IS NOW HERE.
[4:56] OKAY. SEEING NONE,, ALL IN
[4:59] FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSESSED
[5:02] SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT
[5:08] ITEM IS APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
[5:09] BY STAFF ON THE AGENDA, AND
[5:10] APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT PLANNING
[5:11] STAFF ABOUT NEXT STEPS. DO
[5:14] STAFF HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[5:21] >> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR
[5:23] BJORNBERG. MY NAME IS ANDREA
[5:24] BURKE, AND I'M THE SUPERVISOR
[5:26] FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
[5:28] TEAM AND CPED. I HAVE THREE
[5:30] ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR THIS
[5:31] EVENING, ONE IF YOU ARE
[5:33] INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE
[5:34] PRESERVE MINNESOTA CONFERENCE
[5:36] PUT ON BY THE STATE HISTORIC
[5:38] PRESERVATION OFFICE FROM
[5:39] SEPTEMBER 10th THROUGH
[5:40] SEPTEMBER 12th, AND WOULD LIKE
[5:41] TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR
[5:43] YOUR REGISTRATION FEE AND
[5:45] LODGING, WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED
[5:47] A CLG PASS THROUGH GRANT FOR,
[5:49] PLEASE LET US KNOW BY THIS
[5:51] THURSDAY, JULY 31st, IF YOU'RE
[5:52] NOT SURE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT,
[5:56] PLEASE TALK TO ERIN KAY AND WE
[5:58] CAN DISCUSS OPTIONS. I KNOW IN
[6:05] SOME CASES PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
[6:11] SPONSOR THE FEES BUT I WANTED TO
[6:12] LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE THAT
[6:14] SCHOLARSHIP VA AVAILABLE AND
[6:15] CAN PROVIDE SOME COSTS TO
[6:18] ATTEND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
[6:20] NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE
[6:21] MINNEAPOLIS AFRICAN AMERICAN
[6:22] HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
[6:24] STUDY, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
[6:26] MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND
[6:28] OUR GRANT IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE
[6:29] AND CLOSED OUT. AND WE'LL BE
[6:33] BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO YOU AS
[6:34] A DISCUSSION ITEM AT THE NEXT
[6:36] HPC MEETING, SO. AND THEN ALSO
[6:38] JUST A FINAL PLUG, I KNOW I HAVE
[6:40] EMAILED YOU, BUT THE NATIONAL
[6:41] ALLIANCE OF PRESERVATION
[6:44] COMMISSION SHORT COURSE, WHICH
[6:46] IS TWO DAYS, THERE'S A LITTLE
[6:47] BIT MORE INFORMATION ON EACH OF
[6:48] THE SESSIONS THAT ARE BEING
[6:50] GIVEN. I WILL BE GIVING ONE OF
[6:53] THEM. I WILL BE GIVING THE
[6:54] FIRST ON LOCAL ORDINANCES. I'M
[6:55] PARTICIPATING WITH A PANEL ON
[6:56] THAT ONE. BUT THAT IS
[6:59] AUGUST 20th AND 21st. THERE
[7:00] IS A REDUCED RATE FOR
[7:03] COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE PART OF AN
[7:05] NAPC MEMBERSHIP, WHICH WE ARE,
[7:09] BUT JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A
[7:11] LOOK AT THAT MESSAGE, AND IF YOU
[7:12] ARE INTERESTED IN GOING, I KNOW
[7:14] SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT
[7:14] TO ME, I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE
[7:17] DISCOUNT CODE TO REGISTER ON
[7:17] YOUR OWN. I KNOW THE CITY
[7:19] CAN'T, WE WON'T, WE CAN'T COVER
[7:21] THAT COST, BUT IT IS A REDUCED
[7:24] RATE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED ON
[7:26] YOUR OWN. THAT CONCLUDES MY
[7:29] UPDATES. THANKS.
[7:30] >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
[7:32] COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE
[7:36] ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WITH
[7:37] THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL
[7:38] ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS
[7:41] MEETING. THERE BEING NO OTHER
[7:42] BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS
[7:43] MEETING, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION,
[7:44] I WILL DECLARE THE MEETING
[7:45] ADJOURNED. THE NEXT REGULAR
[7:47] MEETING OF THE HBC IS
[7:49] AUGUST 12th. THANK YOU.
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Approval of agenda
Approval of July 12th meeting minutes
Certificate of Appropriateness for 105 25th Street East
Staff announcements regarding conferences and historic studies
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