HomeMy WebLinkAboutBHPCMinutes_2008_02_21Brookings Historic Preservation Commission
Thursday, February 21, 2008
(amended/approved)
A meeting of the Brookings Historic Preservation Commission was held on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at
4:00 p.m. in City Hall. Members present: Jerry McCollough, Alice Pittman, Pat Powers, Dennis Willert, and
Mary Bibby. Joanita Kant was absent. Shari Thornes, City Clerk, was also present.
Chairperson McCollough called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Adoption of agenda. A motion was made by Bibby, seconded by Pittman, to approve the agenda. All
present voted yes; motion carried.
Approval of minutes. A motion was made by Pittman, seconded by Bibby, to approve the January 10,
2008 minutes. All present voted yes; motion carried.
Schedule next monthly meeting. Thursday, March 20th at 4:00 p.m.
Discussion of Brookings Commercial District Boundaries and possible expansion.
Thornes submitted the following report to the Commission regarding the request.
Request Specifics. The 1890 former Sawnee Hotel is located on the southwest corner of Third Avenue and
Fourth Street directly north of City Hall. The current building owners and potential developers of the site
are interested nominating the former Sawnee Hotel on the National Register of Historic Places as an
individual listing or as an amendment to the current Brookings Historic Commercial District. They want the
building listed in order to take advantage of the Federal Tax Credit program and to help the city apply
for HOPE VI funding.
History on the Building: “The hotel was built in 1890. Through the years the name changed from Jordan
Hotel to Leon Hotel to Dudley Hotel to Sawnee Hotel. It operated as a hotel until 1973 and since then has
housed various businesses.
Bill Alexander was the last hotel operator from 1937 to 1973. The original structure, according to Bill
Alexander, in a Special Brookings Register Bicentennial Edition on Thurs., Dec. 18, 1975, was a wooden
structure, 36 feet wide and 72 feet long. (Following are some additional quotes from that story)
Alexander said that in 1918 it started to take on much of its present shape. A banquet room and kitchen
were installed (Kate I think this was on the north end of the structure where the current offices are located).
The banquet room used to be one of the premier meeting places in Brookings. The Kiwanis Club and the
Rotary Club used to hold all of their meetings in this room. The Kiwanis Club originated in this room.
In 1921, when W.H. Dudley still owned the hotel, the outside of the original site was covered with bricks to
give it its present look. Around the same time a warehouse was placed in the back of the building. (Kate, I
think this is the west "L" of the building)
The warehouse has quite a history in itself. This building was once the site of a radio station. Forrest Frie,
former mayor of Brookings, remembers long ago when he used to play piano and sing for the station in
the hotel.
Another use of the warehouse was to hold the items of salesmen in town. Eric Green, formerly a hardware
salesman in Brookings, said "salesmen used to fill up the hotel. There used to be grocery salesmen, meat
salesmen, hardware salesmen - some used to bring ten or twelve trunks of items to show."
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Bill Alexander also remembers much about the salesmen long ago. "The man on the road is the person that
makes the hotel go," he said. "Unless the salesmen were satisfied with changes they wouldn't be done."
When changes were to be made to the hotel, he added, the salesmen would say "what are you doing to
my place?"
According to Alexander, the big entertainment was when the salesmen met in the lobby to tell of their
conquests of the day. "The poor clerk at the desk had a hard time, he said, "because the frustrations of the
day ended up on her. All they did it for was attention," he said, "but it took a while to learn that."
When the Alexanders came in 1937 they found much of the hotel in bad shape. According to Bill
Alexander, one of the ceilings seemed to be sagging so they decided to check into it. When they looked
inside the ceiling they found that in some places the ceiling was held up by "orange crates" instead of
rafters. "It was really amazing that it held together," he said.
In 1949 a small fire in the heating system alerted Alexander to the need for a new system. He hired a
man to dig underneath the banquet room for over 350 feet to put in the system. The man, for 50 cents a
day, scooped all of the dirt into a wheelbarrow and took it to the outside where he scooped it into a truck.
When he came in 1937, said Alexander, a meal of be ef, potatoes, rolls and dessert could be bought for
50 cents. "The way of life was different then than now," he said. "Now it's the ultimate of everything in
hotels." When the Alexanders took over the hotel there were not even radios in the rooms. "The big thing
when I came was a radio in the lobby, he said.
In 1946 Alexanders changed the name from the Dudley Hotel to the Sawnee Hotel When picking out a
name they decided that they wanted a six letter work, and the name Alexander was much too long. While
looking through a dictionary, Bill Alexander's sister found the name "Saunie" which was a form of the word
Alexander. After a slight shifting of letters they finally came up with the name "Sawnee." (The rest of the
story deals with what went into the hotel after 1973.)
Kate, I also have a listing of all the businesses that were located in the Sawnee. The Cactus Grill is listed
from 1964 to 1970. It was located on the north end where the offices currently are. This would also be the
location of the original kitchen and banquet room.
Western Union was located in the building. The radio station was KGCR, which moved to Watertown in
1929. The bus depot was located there from 1959 to 1972. Earlier bus lines operated out of the hotel in
the 20s. The municipal liquor store was in the rear of the building (what was originally the warehouse) from
1955 to 1972.” (source: Doris Roden)
National Register Listing Process: The National Register is the official Federal list of districts, sites,
buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and
culture. National Register properties have significance to the prehistory or history of their community,
State, or the Nation.
A copy of the National Park Service’s “CLG PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION
PROCESS” is enclosed for Commission review.
In summary,
Individual: Anyone can fill out and submit a National Register nomination to the State
Preservation Office for review and possible action. Once completed, they present the
applications to the State Historical Society for review and possible approval. If approved, it
proceeds to the National Park Service for their review and possible approval.
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District Amendment: We don’t have any local experience with private property owners
requesting an amendment to an existing district. Other local amendment considerations were
initiated by City Staff, the Commission or State staff.
According to the State Preservation Office Staff, if the current owner wants to list a property and
we think it could contribute to the district, the State is obligated to review the request. However,
they urged that it’s important to have a systematic approach to this so that the process is thorough
and consistent in whatever decisions the Commission does make.
SHPO staff has advised Doris Roden that comments from the BHPC are needed before the state
takes any further action.
According to the process requirements, CLGs are required to file a report on any proposed nomination.
Please take time to review the process and please call me if you have questions about this. I’ll briefly
review the process again at the meeting. Make note of Section #3D which states that if the CLG and the
chief elected official feel the property shouldn’t be nominated, the State can not go forward with the
nomination until an appeal from the property owner is filed.
Brookings Commercial Historic District - 1988:
The Brookings Commercial Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 19,
1988. At that time that it was listed, 39 structures were considered contributing and 20 were considered
non-contributing to the historic integrity of the district. A section of the nomination including a map and
address listed of the District, are enclosed.
Additional information from Doris Roden: Note that the DBI’s office at 308 4th St. is the westernmost
building on 4th St. in the Brookings Historic Commercial District. The one brick building between the west
boundary of the historic district on 4th St. and the Sawnee Hotel is the Register Building, built in 1936 to
house The Brookings Register - which it did through 1970. Then it was purchased by Keith Kinner, Rod
Schaefer and Ron Fesler and developed into office space and is now called the Fourth Street Professional
Building. I can send you a photo of the building next to my office if that would help. It is a fairly
unremarkable building - but then so are some others that are included in the current historic district. I don't
know if it would be considered "contributing" or "non-contributing." The corner lot across from the Sawnee
Hotel, on the west side of the Fourth Street Professional Building, is owned by Exhaust Pros. They store U-Haul
trucks on the north end of the lot (along 4th St) and their garage is on the south side of that lot.
District Review in 1998:
SHPO staff (Michelle Saxman) evaluated the District 10 years ago; however, her report was not in-depth
and the District was last surveyed over 20 years ago. Her report has the following three
recommendations:
1. "Extension of district boundaries 300 & 400 block of 5th Street, 300 block of 4th Street, 300 block of
3rd Street, and 419 3rd Street, and Teen Challenge building (Sawnee) located on 2nd Avenue."
2. "Investigation should be made into the date of the J.C. Penny building located at 501 Main Avenue,
maybe eligible under a national trend of post-WWII update of buildings."
3. "312 Main Avenue, Cabana Banner is presently listed as non-contributing, possible change of status."
State Staff Recommendation:
On January 3, 2008, Kate Divis and Chris Nelson, SHPO staff, toured the Sawnee Hotel with Doris Roden
and the owners and potential developers.
Comments from Kate & Chris….“…As for the meeting with Doris Roden and Mike Gilmartin at the
Sawnee Hotel, we toured the building and took a lot of photos for evaluation. Chris is traveling
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again today, but next week he plans to meet with our staff to discuss the eligibility of the building.
Once we toured the upper floors, we realized there was more historic fabric left than it appears from
the outside--specifically, it looks like most of the original windows are intact with newer aluminum
storms covering them on the outside. We're planning to evaluate the building's eligibility and see
whether we could a) expand the existing downtown historic district to include this building, or b)
nominate it individually. We'll get in touch with you and Doris sometime next week after our staff has
had a chance to sit down and discuss it.”
Comments from Jason Haug… “Chris and Kate shared with me the information and their thoughts on
the Sawnee Hotel in Brookings. We're trying to determine which option would be the best to pursue:
try and list the building individually or possibly expand the commercial district to include this building
as a contributing structure. There are advantages and disadvantages to both options. The building has
undergone several alterations that would make it harder to make the argument for individual listing,
but it likely still retains enough integrity to contribute if added to the district. Expanding the district,
however, would include evaluating other adjacent building to determine their eligibility and getting
owner approval of those additional buildings, but it would be easier to make the case for inclusion for
the Sawnee despite the alterations. In your opinion, are there other buildings on that block across 3rd
Avenue from the Sawnee that may also be worth adding to the district?....”
Since that report is 10 years old, the State would like to see the area be resurveyed before any revisions
to the district are considered. Jason Haug, SHPO, has asked if a resurvey of the commercial district and
the surrounding buildings something the HPC would consider undertaking in their next CLG grant.
State staff have said while the Sawnee may not be the most architecturally significant building, it does
have a long history that could contribute to the commercial significance of the district. Most of the
alterations have occurred within the period of significance of the district so SHPO thinks if added; it could
be a contributing building. However, were it to try and stand alone as an individual nomination, the
integrity would be more of an issue.
The State is usually not supportive of a piecemeal approach to a district amendment and doesn’t want to
set that as a precedent approach to revising district boundaries. The boundaries should be as logical and
clearly defined as possible and should be done only after an adequate survey has been completed.
However, they noted that there is a good opportunity to rehabilitate this building and it has been
recommended as a contributing addition by previous SHPO staff that surveyed the district and could see
where it would be desirous to add it to the district now.
After a lot of thought, the State has decided that the best option may be to try and add the Sawnee to
the historic district as a contributing building. They could not find any reference in their files to this building
being specifically excluded from the district when it was originally designated; though that's not to say it
wasn't discussed. Because of the alterations, they think it would be too difficult to list it individually. This
would also mean any property owners between the Sawnee and the existing district (the Register building)
would also need to be notified and given a chance to comment or object to their addition to the district.
They would like to get comments from the BHPC before presenting this to our State Review Board. Their
next board meeting is May 1, 2008 and the deadline to notify CLGs of nominations within their
jurisdictions is February 28th. The reason they want the BHPC’s input ASAP is that they don't get into a
habit adding one building at a time to any district. SHPO would prefer that if additions are going to be
made to a district that a formal survey be conducted of surrounding buildings so any additions are done in
a logical and consistent manner.
If Brookings is supportive of the nomination but does not wish to conduct a survey, SHPO would conduct a
windshield survey to see what else could potentially contribute. If it is evident the Sawnee is the only thing
that could contribute, then it maybe okay to expand the district in this instance. However, this approach
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would only be based on visual architectural characteristics and would not be able to consider the history or
potential eligibility under Criterion A that a more in-depth re-survey could evaluate.
City Staff Recommendation:
Thornes said she doesn’t recommend adding one building at a time to the District. An amendment should
only be done after a complete review and analysis of the area is completed which would be accomplished
by a re-survey of the district boundaries by a professional. A complete re-survey of the District was not
on the schedule for this year.
As for cost, a citywide survey runs anywhere from $35,000 to $50,000. Obviously a district only survey
would be less, but it would be a substantial cost. We’d have to contact some of the approved
architectural historians on the State’s list for an estimate. You can expect a re-survey to take at least 4 to
6 months, not counting the wait for funding and the RFP process. Funding would be released until June
2008 at the soonest. Another factor to consider is the pending streetscape project this summer. If they're
going to be setting up temporary covered sidewalks, have lots of heavy machinery, and other obstructions
downtown, it may be difficult to get good photographs.
SHPO is supportive of us conducting an extensive citywide survey. The only time the city was surveyed was
in 1985 and 1986 to qualify for the CLG program. Specific areas were also reviewed for District
nominations, but a comprehensive, neighborhood by neighborhood review has not been done. SHPO
understands that this project may not be in the plans for this grant cycle. Note that the State is extremely
supportive of Brookings’ education/training/outreach projects. Not many other commissions send as many
people to trainings as we do and they’re encouraging you to continue this practice.
Thornes recommended the BHPC consider planning for either a city-wide survey or a phased neighborhood
approach (downtown, Central, University, etc.) in the near future, but not in reaction to this request. Note
that a citywide survey would take 12-15 months to complete.
Discussion Items for Commission on February 21st:
1. Is a resurvey of the commercial district and the surrounding buildings something the HPC would consider
undertaking in their next CLG grant? This is something we would strongly encourage as it has been many
years since any type of survey was done in Brookings.
2. What are the commission’s thoughts on the Sawnee Hotel and potentially expanding the district to
include it? Our office does feel it would be eligible as a contributing structure within an expanded district.
3. What other areas surrounding the district should be included in any resurvey and evaluated to
determine if the district should be expanded in those areas as well?
It was clarified that if both the commission and the chief elected local official recommend that the property
not be nominated, the SHPO may not nominate the property unless an appeal is filed in accordance with
Section 101(c)(2) of the Act and 36 CFR 60. If either or both the commission and the local chief elected
official recommend that the property is eligible for nomination, the SHPO will present the nomination to the
State Review Board in accordance with the procedures in 36 CFR 60, and 36 CFR 61.
Commission discussion: There was considerable discussion about being reluctant to vote on a district
expansion without having data from an updated survey and enough time to review the materials. In
general, the group felt rushed. The Commission agreed that they do not want to engage in a full-blown
study at this time, but would certainly consider it as a future project.
ACTION: A motion was made by Bibby, seconded by Powers, to support the proposed nomination of the
Shawnee Hotel (pending additional information) and the potential amendment to the Brookings Historic
Commercial District and they asked SHPO to proceed with a windshield survey of the District to identify
other potential changes. Discussion: Those in support of the motion were only in favor of proceeding with
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the nomination did so with the understanding that the Commission and City would have one more opportunity
to review the nomination and provide comment during the State Board of Trustees May board meeting
review. They didn’t want to kill a potentially great downtown development project purely due to a timing
issue and voted to move forward to keep it moving, but would want to review additional documentation on the
building in the final nomination. Their position may change. Another factor is that the city is currently
evaluating its space needs and one of the options on the table is to acquire and remove the structure to
expand either City Hall or a Joint Law Enforcement Center. On the motion; Bibby, Powers and Pittman
voted yes and Willert and McCollough voted no; motion carried.
Accredited Workshop for Realtors. Pat Powers suggested more efforts be made in areas of public
education and suggested the BHPC sponsor a workshop on preservation issues for local realtors that would
be accredited through the SD Real Estate Commission.
Thornes contacted Jason Haug from SHPO and he said his staff would be happy to provide a realtor
training session. It is something they’ve have discussed before so Brookings would be a good test case for
them to develop something that could be offered in other parts of the state later. He asked if the BHPC
would be willing to maybe contact some additional realtors to get an idea of what kinds of topics related
to historic properties they would be interested in learning about. Some things that may be applicable to
realtors might be: National Register of Historic Places, financial incentives for historic properties,
laws/regulations related to historic properties, insurance for historic properties, benefits of hist. properties
(ie property values), and maybe where to find additional information on historic properties. Any other
ideas would be welcome. From their end, they’ll start discussing this with the SD Real Estate Commission
and see what would have to be done for the training to be accredited.
Thornes commented that it’s been a long time since the BHPC sponsored a workshop for realtors. The last
one was a Historic Property Marketing Seminar” on March 18, 1999 for all the members of the East
Central Board of Realtors.
Thornes recommend proceeding with the project for a fall workshop.
ACTION: A motion was made by Powers, seconded by Bibby, to proceed with planning a fall workshop.
All present voted yes; motion carried.
Central Residential Historic District—National Register District
Proposed County Courthouse Addition. On January 29th the Brookings City Council held a joint
meeting with the Brookings County Commission. One of the topics discussed was the possibility of
building space sharing collaboration of the 1921 building. However, the County has already voted
to move forward with building a new structure on the courthouse grounds. The City is asking them to
delay their plans in order to study this issue.
The City Council took action on February 12th to direct the City Manager to explore the possibility of a
joint collaboration with the County on all avenues and to draft a letter to the County Commission to
that regard requesting that they work diligently with the City in this matter and the City Manager is to
proceed in the shortest time frame possible.
The County sponsored a public meeting on Tuesday, February 19th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Swiftel Center
(County room) to gather input from the public on their building plans.
A copy of the BHPC’s position statement was provided to the County Commission.
The members agreed to attend the County Commission meetings on a rotating basis to keep up on this
issue and to provide comments.
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Speaking on the radio was suggested. A letter to the editor was also recommended.
ACTION: A motion was made by Powers, seconded by Bibby, to authorize a letter to the editor and
speaking to local media outlets and other groups as appropriate. All present voted yes; motion
carried.
Community Cultural Center (Carnegie Library) - NO REPORT
Commercial District –National Register District
Streetscape Project - On February 12th the City Council approved the resolution of necessity on the
street, water and sewer assessment for this project. The Council voted to waive the usual 10% interest
on the unpaid balance. Note that that action on the assessment is referable. The project will go out
to bids later this month with action to award the bids scheduled for March 25th. Construction is
scheduled to begin in April with an October completion date.
Doors Open Workshop – suggested topics (April 26th event). In January the Commission approved co-
sponsoring the annual Doors Open Brookings event again this year on April 26th. However, the
workshop topic was not identified.
The group discussed a variety of topic ideas including paint colors, roofing, façade restoration, HP 101,
green building, energy audits, historic plantings, installing flexible ductwork in historic plaster.
ACTION: A motion was made by Powers, seconded by Willert, to pursue a workshop on energy efficiency
– installing modern amenities in historic home. All present voted yes; motion carried.
Annual Goal Setting (tabled item). The Commission members reviewed last year’s goals and provided
updates for inclusion in the annual report.
New proposal on animated signs. On January 24th the City Manager hosted a meeting regarding the
sign proposal. This was per the request of the BHPC from your January meeting. The requested purpose
of the meeting was to clarify the language, terms and statutory authority of the proposed sign ordinance
prior to the February 5, 2008 Planning Commission meeting with a subcommittee report to the Planning
Commission summarizing the discussion and proposed agreement between all parties as desired end
result. The following individuals will be participating in the subcommittee discussion: Greg Fargen,
Planning Commission Chair; Mike Cameron, Planning Commission Vice Chair; Jackie Lanning, City Engineer;
Dan Hanson, Planning & Zoning Administrator; Jerry McCollough, Historic Preservation Commission Chair;
Alice Pittman, Historic Preservation Commission Vice Chair; Shari Thornes, Brookings City Clerk; Doris
Roden, DBI Program Manager; Dick Peterson; and Jeff Weldon, City Manager
As a result of that discussion, a revised ordinance was prepared by city staff and submitted to the BHPC
and DBI for review and comment. It was noted that the City Manager had requested the Commission to
consider an amendment that would eliminate the 150’ reference in the document.
SECTION 94-473
TABLE 5
PERMITTED SIGN CHARACTERISTICS BY ZONING DISTRICT
CHARACTERISTIC FW A ALL
R’S
RB-
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B-1 B-2 B-
2A
B-3 B-4 ALL
I’S
INS (a)
Electronic Message
display-EMD (b) N
N N P P(c) P P P P P
P (d)
Changeable Copy N N N P P P N P P P P
Illumination, Internal N N N P P (f) P P P P P P (e)
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Illumination,
External
P P N P P (f) P P P P P P (e)
Illumination, Surface
lighted (e)
N
N
N N P (f) P N P
P
N N
Neon N N N N P (f) P N P P N N
Non-Illuminated P P P P P P P P P P P
Reflective P P N N P P N P P N N
P=Permitted N=Not allowed
a) This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted in
residential districts. Such uses may include, but are not necessarily limited to churches, schools,
apartment complexes, retirement homes, funeral homes, libraries, fraternities and sororities.
b) Light intensity shall remain consistent throughout a message, movement or scene. Flashtubes or
similar devices shall not be permitted. This characteristic shall not include stationary LED
illumination. LED illumination shall be considered as internal illumination.
Portable signs with EMD capabilities shall be permitted in the A, RB-4, B-1, B-2, B-2A, B-3, B-4, B-5, I-1, I-1R and
I-2 District subject to the regulations in Section 94-470(e) and shall be permitted for any institutional use in
conjunction with special events and public services for a period not to exceed 7 consecutive days nor more than
30 cumulative days within a calendar year.
c) Signs with EMD capabilities shall be regulated as follows:
No sign with EMD capabilities, other than a portable sign, shall be permitted in the Brookings
Historic Commercial District within the Business B-1 District as depicted in the 1999 Historic
Preservation Plan or any amendments thereto on the following parcels:
• East 1/2, Fourth Railroad Addition
• W100’ of lots 1 and 2; W80’of lot 3, Block 1, Original Plat Addition
• Lots 1-14, Block 2, Original Plat Addition
• Lots 1-17 and lot A and the N15’ of the E93’ of lot 18, Block 3, Original Plat Addition
• E119’ of lot 1, all of lots 2-14, Block 6, Original Plat Addition
• Lots 1-13 and the W81.5’ of lot 14, Block 7, Original Plat Addition
• Lot D, Railroad Addition
• Lots 8, 9, and 10, Block 13, Second Addition
• S5’ of lot 7, all of lots 8-14, Block 14, Second Addition
• E 1/2, Temple Block Addition
d) Signs with EMD capabilities shall be regulated as follows:
1. Only institutional uses such as churches, libraries and schools shall be allowed signs with
EMD capabilities subject to other restrictions as stated in this section.
2. No sign with EMD capabilities, other than a portable sign, shall be permitted for any
institutional use in the Central Residential Historic District and University Residential Historic
District nor for any institutional use within 150 feet of either districts boundary as depicted
in the 1999 Historic Preservation Plan or any amendments thereto.
3. No sign with EMD capabilities, other than a portable sign, shall be permitted for any
institutional use within 150 feet of an individually listed property on the National Register
of Historic Places as depicted in the 1999 Historic Preservation Plan or any amendments
thereto.
4. Institutional uses not regulated by subsections 2 and 3 above shall be limited to one sign
with a maximum size of 24 square feet.
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e) No direct light or significant glare from the sign shall be cast onto any adjacent lot that is
zoned and used for residential purposes.
f) Any lighting involving motion or the appearance of motion shall be prohibited.
There was discussion regarding the language of “EMD” verses “animated.” McCollough felt animated was
more generic and didn’t single out a specific provider/industry supplier. There was discussion what other
signs could be consider animated, such as at Pizza King, Nick’s and local churches.
Doris Roden reported that the DBI design committee reviewed the revisions and felt it was a good
proposal. However, there is some vagueness in the language such as interpreting the lights.
ACTION: A motion was made by Powers, seconded by Bibby, to support the proposed ordinance
revision with the following change to substitute the word “animated” for “emd” and to submit to the
Planning Commission for approval. All present voted yes; motion carried.
Update on Ordinance No. 05-08 - an Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to a
drive-in food service in the Business B-1 District. On February 12th, the City Council voted in favor (5/2)
of adopting the proposed ordinance that would allow a drive-in food service as a conditional use in the B-
1 District.
Update on Boardinghouse Issue. On February 12th the City Council voted to eliminate boardinghouse as
a conditional use in Brookings. Note that the current boardinghouses are grandfathered in.
Preservation Leadership Training Application & Registration. Preservation Leadership Training (PLT) is
an intensive one-week experience tailored to respond to the needs of state and local preservation
organizations and agencies. It emphasizes providing a participatory experience in leadership and
organizational development techniques and the most up-to-date and effective information and training in
current preservation practices, issues and action strategies.
PLT is aimed at staff and volunteer leaders of private, nonprofit preservation organizations, staff of state
and local government agencies, members or staff of commissions, and others who are in a position to
influence preservation activities in their communities. The faculty is drawn from national, state, and local
experts in preservation and organizational development, giving participants a balanced national
perspective and a network of regional and local resources for the future. Faculty members are available
following their presentations to meet informally with participants and discuss individual concerns.
The tuition for the program is $450, which includes a one-year membership in National Trust Forum.
Applicants who individually or through their sponsoring organization are members of National Trust Forum
are eligible for a discounted tuition of $350. An additional meal assessment fee is charged for group
catering. Participants are responsible for lodging costs, most meals and transportation to and from the PLT
site. Participants are required to stay at the designated group hotel, as the PLT schedule is quite intensive
and many sessions extend into the evening hours. The National Trust will make all arrangements with the
designated hotel; please do not attempt to make reservations directly. Details are provided to accepted
participants.
Dennis Willert expressed interest in attending this year’s PLT in Portland, Maine from June 21-28, 2008.
SHPO is very supportive of CLG members wishing to attend PLT conferences and this would be a grant
funded item. The application deadline is March 31st. The action needed on this item would be to
include in the 2008/2009 grant application due in March.
Proposed Commission Training Topics & Dates.
The Commission requested the training sessions be separate from the regular monthly meetings in late
afternoon and to hold them on a quarterly basis. The Commission requested training topics on the
following issues: A drive-around tour with state staff to provide them with a baseline of each district and
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an understanding of the contributing/non-contributing determinations and a tour of the Sexauer Seed
District properties.
Report on SDSU Master Plan Committee. McCollough attends these meetings on behalf of the BHPC and
reported that the committee met on Jan. 31st and there were no issues related to Historic Preservation. The
group meets every Thursday and the University has expressed a desire to stay away from the historic
neighborhoods.
Announcements. Pam Merchant will be appointed to the Commission at the February 26th meeting and
will be in attendance at the March meeting.
Calendar:
o February 19, 2008 - Brookings County Commission Open House on Building Plans
o March 4, 2008 - Planning Commission Meeting – 7 pm
o June 17-18, 2008 - Section 106 Training – Pierre
o June 21-28, 2008 Preservation Leadership Training – Portland, Maine
o July 9-11, 2008 University Week for Women (tours)
o July 10-13, 2008 National Alliance of Preservation Commissions – New Orleans
o Oct. 21-25, 2008 National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Conference, Tulsa, OK
o Oct. 13-17, 2009 National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Conf – Nashville, TN
o Oct. 26-30, 2010 National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Conf – Austin, TX
Correspondence/Communications
- The Alliance Review, Jan/Feb 08 (enclosed)
- MainStreetNews, Dec/Jan 08 (enclosed)
- Email on Section 106 Training in Pierre (enclosed)
Meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
Submitted by Shari Thornes