Historic Preservation Commission

MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION TOWN OF BUENA VISTA, COLORADO July 7, 2022 3:00 PM In-person Meeting was held at the Buena Vista Airport with alternate zoom link availability for the public to also attend virtually. I. CALL TO ORDER John O’Brien called the meeting to order at 3:03 pm. II. ROLL CALL Vic Kuklin, John O’Brien, Jo Reese, Nancy Locke, Suzy Kelly, Mary Therese Anstey and Katy Welter attended in person. Melanie Roth attended via zoom. Joseph Teipel Planning Director attended in person. III. AGENDA ADOPTION Suzy moved to approve the agenda and Katy seconded. The motion carried unanimously. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – June 2, 2022 Katy noted that the minutes did not include Mary Therese’s name in the Roll Call. Mary Therese moved and Suzy seconded a motion to approve the minutes as amended. The motion carried unanimously. V. PUBLIC COMMENT Tom and Elaine Brown attended as public citizens interested in preservation. Tom is a member of the Planning Commission, but is only attending as an interested citizen. Vic Kuklin read aloud a letter from Chaffee County addressed to BV Heritage, regarding the stabilization of the railroad tunnels. The tunnels have found to be eligible for the national register, and that the plans to restore the tunnels would adversely affect the tunnels. Thus, the BLM will initiate a memorandum of agreement pertaining to the maintenance of the tunnels. BV Heritage and other interested parties are invited to participate as consulting parties in this memorandum of agreement process. Vic will share the letter with the HPC. VI. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Architectural Design Guidelines – Review Checklist discussion, mock building review, chapter 19 revisions This Agenda may be Amended Posted at Buena Vista Town Hall and www.buenavistaco.gov  John, Joseph, and Dan met to review the ADG review procedure. Joseph will develop code changes for consideration by HPC and the Board of Trustees. There was some question about whether the ADG’s should defer to the Secretary of Interior Standards. Mary Therese shared that the SOI Standards were originally intended for federally funded projects; they are broad, but they are regulatory now. The HPC agreed that the ADG’s were a subset of the SOI Standards, and should be characterized as such, consistent with the Chapter 19 of the BV Municipal Code. B. Historic Inventory Grant There will be a public meeting around the historic inventory, which may or may not be combined with a public meeting around ADG’s. John will coordinate a date. C. State CLG representative visit in August Lindsey Flewelling will be here at the August meeting. Mary Therese will check with her. D. Updates from related organizations and general discussion Jo and Nancy will be attending the San Luis Valley CPI conference. Suzy shared that BV Heritage courthouse elevator is working; but they also will need to install a sump pump, at significant expense. Katy shared that the McGinnis Gym project is proceeding. VII. STAFF UPDATES VIII.NEXT MEETING. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, August 4 at 3 pm at the BV Community Center. IX. ADJOURNMENT John adjourned the meeting at 4:52 pm. Respectfully Submitted John O’Brien Chair This Agenda may be Amended Posted at Buena Vista Town Hall and www.buenavistaco.gov