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August 12, 2021 Minutes
A meeting of the Brookings Historic Preservation Commission was held on Thursday, August 12, 2021 in
City Hall. Members attending: Jessica Garcia-Fritz, Janet Merriman, Matthew Weiss, Greg Heiberger, Jon
Stauff, Tom Thaden, Janet Gritzner, and Kyle Nelson. Also present Mike Struck, Community Development
Director.
Chairperson Garcia-Fritz called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. A motion was made by Merriman and
seconded by Heiberger to approve the agenda. All present voted aye.
A motion by Merriman, second by Gritzner to approve the July 8, 2021 minutes. All present voted aye.
11.1 Review Updates.
Struck provided an updated on recent 11.1 Reviews completed by State Historic Preservation Office
SHPO).
624 8th Street – stablize front porch and door
825 6th Avenue – replace window on south side of house and 2 basement windows
617 8th Avenue – property owner hired out of town contractor to replace roof. Work was done
without a building permit and 11.1 Review. SHPO unable to comment due to project being
complete, Garcia-Fritz asked the commission if they felt the BHPC can appeal a project that has
been completed without a 11.1 Review and/or building permit? Opportunity to raise the level of
awareness and initiate potential changes and/or fines in city ordinances. Heiberger suggested an
exponential fine system for not pulling permits. Merriman informed the BHPC this was being
worked on between the commission and city attorney in 2017, but was not finalized.
Discussion on 11.1 Review Contractor’s Guide Pertaining to Window Projects.
Merriman cleaned up the language and formatting of the contractor’s guide pertaining to window
definitions. Explained the four window criteria and what is and is not required for a review. Garcia-Fritz
thinks the document is clean and ready for presentation to SHPO at the October 14, 2021 meeting when
SHPO will be present.
Discussion on Mayor’s Awards.
Merriman discussed acknowledging property owners with a general stewardship award as over the past
two years, a common theme with 11.1 Reviews has been window repairs/replacements. Recommend
two categories; Commercial and Residential. For each category, a list of the qualifying properties would
be printed on the acknowledgement letter.
Discussison on the Excellence in Rehabilitation award. Discussion on a collective award whereby the
entire team working on the project could be acknowledged to include contractor, architect, engineer,
design professional, property owner, etc.
Discussion on the Infill Award for a project or projects which exhibit stewardship towards historic
preservation during infill development.
Merriman will write up the General Stewardship Award, Gritzner will complete the Excellence in
Rehabilitation, and Stauff will handle the Infill Award.
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General discussion occurred on the Mayor’s Awards. Stauff indicated subcommittees are typically
created to discuss awards so as to not discuss potential receipients in a public meeting. Heiberger
suggested subcommittees have the ability to strengthen the integrity of BHPC.
Subcommittee Discussion/Project Updates.
Special Projects – Gritzner updated ownership of properties in the University Districtplaque project is
moving forward. A lot of properties have become non-owner occupied. Thaden and Gritzner plan to go
door to door and leave pamphlet and insert if not home. BHPC needs to determine who is going to install
the plaques?
Public Relations – Mayor’s Awards fall within this subcommittee. Subcommittee will handle the
nominations and provide recommendations to BHPC. All members of BHPC would be involved in the
write-ups. Heiberger suggested BHPC create a schedule, i.e. have nominations ready on a specific date
each year to ensure consistency.
Public Education – Merriman provided an overview of the Facebook posts since July meeting. Increase of
14 followers on Facebook.
Future Meeting Schedule & Time
Next meeting is scheduled for September 9, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
Jessica Garcia-Fritz, Chairperson Mike Struck, Community Development Director
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