Historic District Commission

MANISTEE CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Meeting of Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:00 p.m. - Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee, Michigan AGENDA I Call to Order II Roll Call III Approval of Agenda At this time the Historic District Commission can take action to approve the October 1, 2015 Agenda. IV Approval of Minutes At this time Historic District Commission can take action to approve the September 3, 2015 meeting Minutes. V New Business Schedule Meeting Dates 2016 The Manistee City Historic District Commission generally holds their regular business meetings on the first Thursday of each month. These meetings are held in Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee Michigan at 3:00 pm. Staff has prepared a list of meeting dates for 2016 for the Commissioners consideration. At this time the Historic District Commission could take action to schedule their meeting dates for 2016. VI Old Business Permit Review At this time the Commission may take action to close out any outstanding permits. VII Public Comments and Communications concerning Items not on the Agenda At this time the Chair will ask if there are any public comments. VIII Correspondence At this time the Chair will ask if any correspondence has been received to be read into the record. 1 IX Reports Main Street/DDA Director Museum Curator Museum Director Planning & Zoning Administrator X Members Discussion At this time the Chair will ask members of the Historic District Commission if they have any items they want to discuss. XI Worksession XII Adjournment 2  MEMORANDUM 231.398.2805 City of Manistee Planning & Zoning Administrator Fax 231.723-1546 dblakeslee@manisteemi.gov www.manisteemi.gov TO: Historic District Commissioners FROM: Denise Blakeslee, Planning & Zoning DATE: September 23, 2015 RE: Historic District Commission Meeting October 1, 2015 Commissioners, the next Historic District Commission meeting will be on Thursday, October 1, 2015. We have the following item on the agenda: Schedule Meeting Dates 2016 - The Manistee City Historic District Commission generally holds their regular business meetings on the first Thursday of each month. These meetings are held in Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee Michigan at 3:00 pm. Staff has prepared a list of meeting dates for 2016 for the Commissioners consideration. If you are unable to attend the meeting please call me at 398-2805, see you next Thursday!  HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Council Chambers, City Hall 70 Maple Street Manistee, MI 49660 MEETING MINUTES September 3, 2015 A Meeting of the Manistee City Historic District Commission was held on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee, Michigan. Meeting was called to order at 3:17 p.m. by Chair Kracht. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Dave Carlson, Teena Kracht, Mary Russell, and Lee Trucks Members Absent: Aaron Bennett (excused), T. Eftaxiadis (excused), and John Perschbacher (excused) Others: Brandon Ball (Chair DDA), Patrick Kay (DDA Director), Mark Fedder (Museum Director) Steve Harold (Museum Curator) and Denise Blakeslee (Planning & Zoning Administrator) APPROVAL OF AGENDA: MOTION by Mary Russell, seconded by Lee Trucks that the Agenda be approved as prepared. With a voice vote this motion passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION by Dave Carlson, seconded by Mary Trucks that the Minutes of the August 6, 2015 Meeting be approved as prepared. With a voice vote this motion passed unanimously. MOTION by Dave Carlson, seconded by Lee Trucks that the Minutes of the August 14, 2015 Emergency Meeting be approved as prepared. With a voice vote this motion passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: None City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 1 OLD BUSINESS 344 River Street An emergency meeting of the Historic District Commission was held on August 14, 2015 regarding the building at 344 River Street. The motion for approval required the Chair to send a letter to each member of the DDA regarding the situation. Commissioners reviewed the letter drafted by Chair Kracht. MOTION by Lee Trucks, seconded by Mary Russell that the letter prepared by Chair Kracht be sent (attached). With a roll call vote motion passed 4 to 0. Yes: Carlson, Trucks, Russell, Kracht No: None PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Patrick Kay, DDA Director - spoke to the commission about meeting with the applicant and that there was a misunderstanding in the process. He assumed that approval was received from the Commission had been granted. He gave copies of their guidelines to the Commissioners. Brandon Ball, DDA Chair – spoke about meeting with Mark Fedder and discussing the issue. He plans for the DDA to make changes to their procedures, including adding the application for a Certificate of Appropriates to the application. Commissioner Trucks asked who approved the applications. Mr. Ball said the Design Committee Reviews the requests and makes recommendations to their Board. The Board makes final approvals. Discussion followed about the need that contractors working on all projects (not just projects with façade grants) be educated about the process. A checklist could be developed that take the applicants through the process that as part of the application may be beneficial. Staff offered to help with the checklist. CORRESPONDENCE Commissioners received a copy of the Understanding Tourism for Michigan Communities Workshop being held on September 17th. STAFF REPORTS Patrick Kay DDA/Main Street Director – the DDA has moved their office to 294 River Street; owner of 346/348 River Street has express interest in making application for a Façade Grant. City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 2 Mark Fedder, Museum Director – Issued the following permits: City of Manistee, 70 Maple Street – Routine Repair and Maintenance and Paint Colors – Issued Permit PHDC2015-011 Famous Flynn’s, 344 River Street – Projecting Sign – Issued Permit PHDC2015-013 Kit Holmes & Cynthia Millonzi, 346/348 River Street – Window Signage – Issued Permit PHDC2015-014 Denise Blakeslee, Planning & Zoning Administrator – spoke to the Commission about Ed Kriskywicz’s building at 387 River Street. She met with Ed, the City Engineer and DPW Director to look at a situation he has with his building. He wants to replace the wooden deck with a concrete patio. This will require that the “pit” located below the deck be filled and engineered for drainage. He currently is experiencing flooding and structural damage to his building because of water. She showed pictures of the area. Since the project does not change the visible exterior of the building consensus from the Commission that the request does not require approval from the Commission. Steve Harold, Museum Curator – spoke to the Commission about window wraps used at the Traverse City Mall; Mackinac Island is looking a developing a fine policy for projects that are started/completed without approval from their Historic District Commission. He spoke of previous discussion when the Historic Overlay Committee was operating to have a policy in place to fine projects without permits between $200 and $500. MEMBERS DISCUSSION Chair Kracht expressed her appreciation to the members for rearranging their schedules to attend the emergency meeting and thanked them for their service. The Next meeting of the Historic District Commission will be on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION by Lee Trucks, seconded by Mary Russell that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed unanimously. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:42 P.M. MANISTEE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION __________________________________________ Denise J. Blakeslee, Recording Secretary City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 3 City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 4 City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 5 City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 6 City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes September 3, 2015 Page 7 Memorandum Denise Blakeslee TO: Historic District Commissioners Planning & Zoning Administrator FROM: Denise Blakeslee 70 Maple Street Manistee, MI 49660 Planning & Zoning Administrator 231.398.2805 dblakeslee@manisteemi.gov DATE: September 23, 2015 www.manisteemi.gov RE: 2016 Meeting Dates Commissioners, staff has drafted a schedule for 2016 Meeting Dates as follows: January 7, 2016 February 4, 2016 March 3, 2016 April 7, 2016 May 5, 2016 June 2, 2016 July 7, 2016 August 4, 2016 September 1, 2016 October 6, 2016 November 3, 2016 December 1, 2016 There are no conflicts with legal holidays this year and we will finalize the dates at the October Meeting.