Local Resources Advisory Board

4/8/2024 - Minutes I. Call to Order Members Present: Doug Johnson, Matt Shoen, Britta Tonn, Sue O’Brien, Brian Steinmetz City Staff Present: Eric Vorwald Call to Order by: Eric Vorwald Meeting Start Time: 5:05 PM Minutes Recorded by: Eric Vorwald As the inaugural meeting of the Local Resources Advisory Board, Eric called the meeting to order and asked each member to provide a brief introduction. Eric provided a general overview of the Board and indicated he would run the meeting until a chair was identified. II. Changes to the Agenda None III. Public Comment None IV. Election of Officers Eric highlighted the roles of the three officer positions including the chair, vice-chair, and secretary. Eric asked for any volunteers or a motion to nominate a chair. Matt volunteered to be chair and a motion was made by Britta that was seconded by Sue to nominate Matt as the chair. All were in favor. With the chair identified, Matt asked for nominations for the vice-chair. Brian made a motion that was seconded by Matt to nominate Britta as the vice-chair. All were in favor. Finally, Matt asked for nominations for secretary. Brian made a motion that was seconded by Britta to nominate Sue as the secretary. All were in favor. V. Review of Rules of Procedure Eric provided an overview of the rules of procedure and walked the Board through each section. He stated that these rules were modeled off the rules of procedure for the Development Review Board as the two entities have similar functionality. Highlights of this review included membership, conflicts of interest, meeting operations, and media relations. One item that Eric requested discussion on was related to setting a regular time and day for meetings. After discussions, Brian made a motion that was seconded by Matt to have regular meetings of the Local Resources Advisory Board occur on the second Wednesday of each month beginning at 5:30pm. All were in favor. Eric indicated that he would add this information to the rules. With no other changes requested, Sue made a motion that was seconded by Brian to adopt the rules of procedure including the addition of the meeting day and time. All were in favor. VI. Review of Section 4.4 – Local Historic, Cultural, Architectural, and Archeological Resources  5:30pm. All were in favor. Eric indicated that he would add this information to the rules. With no other changes requested, Sue made a motion that was seconded by Brian to adopt the rules of procedure including the addition of the meeting day and time. All were in favor. VI. Review of Section 4.4 – Local Historic, Cultural, Architectural, and Archeological Resources Eric introduced Section 4.4 of the Unified Land Use and Development Regulations. He provided an overview of the regulations and their applicability noting that only certain projects on certain properties would be subject to the regulations. He walked through the text and provided more details on the role of the Board, including the information that would be presented at meetings. The Board had a general discussion on the types of projects that might be subject to the regulations. Eric highlighted additional standards included in the regulations related to adding or removing properties from the local register of historic, cultural, architectural, and archeological resources. Eric also reviewed additional responsibilities of the Board including support on amending the regulations. Britta discussed the City pursuing Certified Local Government (CLG) status and the fact that this would open up possible grant funding to conduct resource review and evaluation. She also indicated that creating the local board was a needed first step to pursing CLG status. She also provided information on a report that she had prepared for the City regarding properties along the gateways, including information on requirements for CLG status and what the City could do to achieve this. Eric agreed to send the report to the Board for their information. VII. City Updates Eric indicated that this would be an area for relevant matters not on the agenda and related to City business would be discussed. The Board asked about several properties that were recently demolished and what might be built in their place. Eric noted that no development projects had been submitted for the lots, therefore he could not provide information on future developments. VIII. Other Business Eric stated that the next meeting of the Board would occur on May 8 th and that he would send out information the week prior. IX. Adjourn Motion by: Doug Second: Sue Meeting End Time: 6:32 PM