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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-01-12; Historic Preservation Commission; MinutesI • n \ MEETING OF: DATE OF MEETING: TIME OF MEETING: PLACE OF MEETING: CALL TO ORDER: MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION January 12, 1998 5:30 PM City Council Conference Room Chairman Gordon Bizieff called the meeting to order at 5:33 PM. ROLL CALL: Present: Also Present: Commissioners Bizieff, Chrfstiansen, Jo~es, Muth, and Trejo Geoff Armour Ramona Finnila Bailey Noble Ramona Finnila began the meeting by showing a draft of the Leo Carrillo Ranch Master Plan. She said it will be available for the Commissioners to borrow after tomorrow afternoon. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the meeting held September 8, 1997 were unanimously approved as presented. Chairman Bizieff expressed appreciation for the way they were prepared. ACCEPTANCE OF CARRILLO RANCH PRESENTATION: Assistant Library Director Geoff Armour explained that at the time of the presentation we were not told we needed to formally accept it, so we have been asked to do it after the fact. Chairman Bizieff thought the presentation and project were well put together. He opened discussion for comments, of which there were none, and the presentation was formally accepted. TOOTSIE K RANCH SIGNi Bebe Grosse is willing to give the City the sign and cooperate in any way. Geoff Armour told her we must do preparatory work before installing it. Ramona Finnila said we need to find out what exactly needs to be done in the way of painting, etc. Chairman Bizieff wants the sign to be as consistent with the original look as possible. He raised a question about whether it should only be clearcoated and not painted. Mr. Armour saw it and said it needs rust work done, so some painting may be in order. He is unsure whether the Grosses are willing to help Historic Preservation Commission January 12, 1998 with the cost of rehabilitation or not. He then described the appearance of the sign. Ms. Finnila suggested someone take a photo of it to bring to the next meeting. Regarding where to place it, Mr. Armour said it should be easily viewed by the public. The original idea was to put it in the Rotary Park, but that may not be the best place for it. He now thinks it should be Magee Park. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HERITAGE TREES: Chairman Bizieff discussed the background materials that Mr. Armour put in the agenda packet, one of which was an article he included because of the similarity of the current situation to the occurrence with the original ordinance. Mr. Armour raised again the possibility of including the Heritage Trees with Don Rideout's Habitat Management Plan as a better option than the Commission dealing independently and separately with each tree. Chairman Bizieff suggested forming a subcommittee to meet with Don Rideout to spearhead this and find out how it will work. He then asked for interested volunteers from the Commission and received responses from Commissioners Christiansen and Muth and from Mr. Armour, who will coordinate the meeting with Don Rideout. • HOSP GROVE PLAQUE CEREMONY: Chairman Bizieff said that Mr. Armour has told him we have the plaque for Hosp Grove. Mr. Armour then interjected that the plaque has actually been installed now, to which everyone reacted with delight. It is on a boulder immediately to the left of the little bridge, and Mr. Armour thinks it looks "perfect." He has set a date with the City Council for a photo opportunity and a brief dedication ceremony, which will be January 20 at 11 :00. PLANS TO CREATE DATABASE FOR HISTORIC PHOTOS: Chairman Bizieff mentioned that this had been briefly discussed at the last meeting. Mr. Armour distributed brochures created by Media Services on the Historic Photo Resources. • Media Services received approval in this year's budget to digitize the photos into the City network for use in presentations. Mr. Armour said that Marge Howard Jones and Ann L'Heureux have done a great job over the years on organizing the collection. When it is operational he will set up a demonstration in the City Council Chambers. In the meantime, he will update the Commission on any progress. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS: Mr. Armour showed a booklet to the Commission entitled Beckett's Walk Through Carlsbad History, written for the third-grade level by Susan Gutierrez and Ann L'Heureux. There will be a book signing in the library atrium on January 29 at 3:00 PM. The school district has purchased 250 copies, and the libr.ary has purchased 36. The books are $7.00 each. Ms. Finnila said she will show the book to the City Council at tomorrow's meeting. Mr. Armour said the Historical Society meets Wednesday afternoons, and he will show it to them at their next meeting. He will also get some newspaper coverage. Chuck Walden is still in South America, so there is no new information on the safe and stove rehabilitation. 2 ( Historic Preservation Commission January 12, 1998 Regarding the 3rd grade art contest, Susan Pynes would like someone from the Commission to take an active role in helping to coordinate the event. Commissioner Trejo volunteered. The old brochure about Carlsbad is completely out of date. Adding to Commissioner Muth's plan to revise it, Mr. Armour suggested that the new one be created as a guide for a walking tour of about 20 of the historical sites. All those present seemed to like the idea. Mr. Armour will mention this to the Historical Society tomorrow afternoon, and Susan Gutierrez is also interested in helping with the brochure. Commissioner Muth commented on the real need for the revision. Mr. Armour and Commissioner Muth volunteered to work on it. PUBLIC COMMENT: Bailey Noble spoke with Father Moquin yesterday regarding completion of the rose garden at St. Michael's Episcopal Church. He discussed the construction which would follow completion of the rose garden and a possible location for the plaque, which has already been created. Mr. Noble will call the church tomorrow to get more information. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: Mr. Armour suggested that the Historic Preservation Commission not meet in February since the regular time falls on a City holiday. He also proposed that the Commission change its regular meeting schedule to every other month instead of every month. Ms. Finnila suggested meeting on the regular monthly schedule until May because of the art contest, but Mr. Armour pointed out that most of the work on the art contest happens entirely outside of the meetings anyway. Since there were no further objections, an agreement was made to adopt the new bimonthly schedule. Special meetings will be called as needed. The next meeting will be on the second Monday in March. ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion, the meeting of January 12 was adjourned at 6:14 PM. Respectfully submitted, ~~~ R"ebecca DiGangi Administrative Secretary 3