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April 9, 2009
A meeting of the Brookings Historic Preservation Commission was held on Thursday, April 9,
2009 at 4:00 p.m. in City Hall. Members present: Pam Merchant, Jerry McCollough, Janet
Gritzner, Dennis Willert, Mary Bibby and Joanita Kant. Pat Powers and Shari Thornes, City Clerk,
were absent.
Chairperson Willert called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Adoption of agenda. A motion was made by Bibby, seconded by Merchant, to approve the
agenda. All present voted yes; motion carried.
Designate a Recorder. Staff was out of town. Merchant volunteered to be the recorder.
Schedule next monthly meeting. Thursday, May 7th at 4:00 p.m.
Action on Mayor’s Awards for Historic Preservation. No nominations were received at City
Hall. Nominees discussed:
1) Doris Roden – Individual
2) House on NW Corner of Medary & 3rd Street.
3) Sonnies – Interior Restoration
4) Country Peddler – Exterior Façade (window)
5) Cook’s Kitchen – Interior
6) Rude’s Furniture – Exterior Façade (signage)
ACTION: A motion was made by Merchant, seconded by McCollough to select Doris Roden for
her individual work in preservation. All present voted yes; motion carried.
ACTION: A motion was made by McCollough, seconded by Merchant, to end nominations and
make awards listed above. An amendment was made by Bibby, seconded by Gritzner,
subject to city staff review. On the amendment, all present voted yes. On the main motion
as amended, all present voted yes; motion carried.
Projects to watch for next year: St. Paul’s Rectory, Roden Home at 727 Main Avenue, Bob
Pengra/
“Preservationist” Newsletter. TABLED
Potential Topics:
1) Mayor’s Awards Winners
2) Computer modeling project – NO – will not be funded this year
3) Porch / Walking Tour – Jerry
4) PLT experience – Dennis
5) Preserve Brookings – maybe guest piece from this group?
6) DBI – something from John Seward?
Tentative Deadlines:
April 13th Schedule with Register
April 13th Order paper
April 20th Email articles to Shari
April 23rd Shari emails articles to printer
April 27th Proof to review
April 27th Submit changes to printer
May 1st Deliver to Register
May 5th Insert in newspaper
Press Release. Gritzner updated the group.
Radio Program. Recommend using talking points from the press release for the program
interviews and then other local preservation issues. Merchant and Willert will work on this
project.
Updates:
• 2009 Preservation Leadership Training – Deadwood. Janet’s application was submitted by
the deadline and now we’re waiting!
• National Register Listing. Update on status of preliminary documentation for listing 202 5th
Street on the National Register.
• Pending 11.1 Review – 614 7th Avenue. The attached notification was sent to the State
last week. A letter from SHPO was received and distributed which stated that no further
action was required on the part of the city.
• Pending 11.1 Review – 506 3rd Street. The owner has not provided a letter from the
mover as requested by the state. Recommend subcommittee contact owner to obtain
document and schedule official BHPC comment at the May meeting in order to complete
this project.
• South Dakota Historic Preservation Commissions Roundtable Meeting. Merchant
expressed interest in attending. Note that the City now requires City Manager approval for
all in-state travel including for volunteers, so there would be some paperwork involved.
Note that staff is unable to attend and this isn’t a budgeted event, so probably can’t fund
more than one person. ACTION: A motion was made by McCollough, seconded by
Willert, to request approval from the City Manager for in-state travel for Pam Merchant to
attend the Historic Preservation Commission Roundtable Meeting in Deadwood, SD on
May 1st. All present voted yes; motion carried.
• Grant Application. The City will not be providing funding for the computer modeling
project, so staff is preparing the grant application and grant amendment requests according
to Commission directive “plan b.”
Meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
Submitted by Pam Merchant