--- ## author: Pat Krings;Renee Eyrich date: D:20260618085926-05'00' --- There may be a quorum of the Belle Plaine City Council present at the meeting. 218 North Meridian St., P.O. Box 129, Belle Plaine, MN 56011 Phone 952-873-5553 fax 952-873-5509 www.belleplainemn.com ## BELLE PLAINE DESIGN COMMITTEE ## NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND AGENDA ## CITY HALL, 218 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET ## PLEASE USE THE NORTH ENTRANCE ## MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026 ## 5:00 P.M. ## 1. CALL TO ORDER. 1.1. Roll Call. ## 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ## 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.1. Regular Session Minutes of March 2, 2026 ## 4. BUSINESS ## 4.1. Façade Update 115 Main Street East (Nick Schmidt) ## 5. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS 5.1. Commissioner Comments. 5.2. Upcoming Meetings. ## 1. Next Regular Meeting: As Needed ## 6. ADJOURNMENT ## BELLE PLAINE DESIGN COMMITTEE ## REGULAR MEETING ## MARCH 2, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER. 1.1. Roll Call. The Belle Plaine Design Committee conducted a Regular Meeting on Monday, March 2, 2026 at City Hall, 218 North Meridian Street, Belle Plaine, MN. Chair Krant called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM with Commissioners Brian Romness, Hope Lawler and Cara Cox. Incoming Commissioner Genise Aretz was also present. Also present was Community Development Director Smith Strack and Council Liaison Hartmann. ## OATH OF OFFICE ## Genise Aretz Community Development Director Smith Strack administered the Oath of Office to Genise Aretz. ## 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Vice Chair Romness called for nominations for Chair. MOTION by Commissioner Lawler, second by Commissioner Romness, to nominate Rick Krant as chair. No other nominations were taken. ALL VOTED AYE. MOTION CARRIED. Chair Krant called for nominations for Vice-Chair. MOTION by Commissioner Lawler, second by Commissioner Cox, to nominate Brian Romness as Vice Chair. No other nominations were taken. ALL VOTED AYE. MOTION CARRIED. Chair Krant called for nominations for Secretary. MOTION by Commissioner Lawler, second by Commissioner Romenss, to nominate Cara Cox as Secretary. No other nominations were taken. ALL VOTED AYE. MOTION CARRIED. ## 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. MOTION by Commissioner Romness, second by Commissioner Lawler, to approve the Agenda as presented. ALL VOTED AYE. MOTION CARRIED. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 4.1. Regular Session Minutes of December 1, 2025. MOTION by Commissioner Romness, second by Commissioner Aretz, to approve the Regular Session Minutes of December 1, 2025 as presented. ALL VOTED AYE. MOTION CARRIED. ## 5. BUSINESS. 5.1. Design Committee Duties. Community Development Director Smith Strack reviewed the Design Committee Roles and Responsibilities with a brief slideshow. Subjects covered included: Organization, Responsibilities, Design Manual/Zoning Ordinances, Open Meeting Law, Data Practices Law, Conflict of Interest, and Decorum Policy. ## 6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS. 6.1. Commissioner Comments. ## Belle Plaine Design Committee Agenda ## Regular Session March 2, 2026 UNAPPROVED Page 2 of 2 No comments were made. 6.2. Upcoming Meetings. ## 1. Next Regular Meeting: As Needed The commission was reminded of the next coming meeting as needed. ## 7. ADJOURNMENT. MOTION by Commissioner Lawler, second by Commissioner Aretz, to adjourn the meeting at 5:15 PM. ## ALL VOTED AYE. MOTION CARRIED. ## Respectfully Submitted, ## Renee Eyrich ## Recording Secretary ## MEMORANDUM ## Design Committee ## DATE: June 22, 2026 ## FROM: ## Cynthia Smith Strack, Community Development Director ## AGENDA ITEM: ## Update Façade – 115 Main Street East (Nick Schmidt) ## BACKGROUND: Nick Schmidt owns property at 115 Main Street East. Schmidt proposes: Step One, Adding board & batten LP trim board over the stucco on the lower half of the building and then painting it “Iron Ore”. Schmidt would also like to add low profile cedar boxes below the windows, and wood bead board tongue and groove on the ceiling of the awning (stained to match the flower boxes) and new fascia to the awning. Step Two (later this summer), having the brick cleaned and tuckpointed and new black framed windows to the 2 nd story, and new roofing material on the awning. The 2016 Design Manual contains design guidelines for awnings in the Downtown. Applicable guidelines are attached along with the downtown color palette. Standards from the Design Manual are attached. In summary: 1. Exterior colors should complement adjacent buildings’ colors, use primarily earth tones, and the color of the brick or other natural building materials should dictate the color family choice. 1. Building materials are to be long lasting with details that maintain downtown character. Traditional materials include brick, stone, and stucco. Architectural details of cornices, brickwork, transom, display windows are to be maintained/restored. ## ACTION: Review of the proposed awnings and exterior color palette is requested. ## SIGNATURE: Primary color: Iron ore 46 ## Community Vision for Commercial Development ## Color±7KHYDULHGEXWFRPSOLPHQWDU\XVHRIFRORULVHQFRXUDJHG ƒThe color of buildings should complement the adjacent buildings’ colors ƒ7KHFRORURIEULFNRURWKHUQDWXUDOEXLOGLQJPDWHULDOVVKRXOGGLFWDWHWKHFRORU ## IDPLO\FKRLFH ƒBuildings should use primarily earth tones with light and bright colors used ## RQO\DVPLQRUDFFHQWV ƒ7KHDFFHQWFRORUVVKRXOGFRPSOHPHQWWKHSULPDU\FRORU ## Materials and Details - Rehabilitation or redevelopment projects should be constructed to be long lasting and use materials and detailing that maintains the ## GLVWLQFWFKDUDFWHUDQGKDUPRQ\RIWKHGRZQWRZQ ƒ7UDGLWLRQDOPDWHULDOVLQFOXGLQJEULFNVWRQHLQFOXGLQJFDVWVWRQHDQGVWXFFR ## VKRXOGEHXVHGDVWKHSULPDU\EXLOGLQJPDWHULDOV ƒ7LOHVWRQHJODVVEORFNFRSSHUÀDVKLQJPHWDODQGZRRGVKRXOGEH ## FRQVLGHUHGIRUDFFHQWPDWHULDOV ƒBuilding renovation and alterations should restore architectural details of ## FRUQLFHVEULFNZRUNWUDQVRPGLVSOD\ZLQGRZVDQGEXONKHDGV ƒ,Q¿OOFRQVWUXFWLRQVKRXOGUHÀHFWVRPHRIWKHGHWDLOLQJRIVXUURXQGLQJEXLOGLQJV ## LQZLQGRZVKDSHFRUQLFHOLQHVDQGEULFNZRUN ## Downtown District Guidelines Figure 35. Color and accent Example, Main Street Iowa 20 Year Report, 2005.