City Council Minutes 2015 05 26 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes May 26, 2015 Page 3 of 12 - #1: Maps and Timelines by Decade - #2: Dots on Decades to determine which periods in history the public thinks are most important. She described the maps and timelines the participants of the workshop were using. The Dots were placed on the maps by the participants to show the decades in history they deemed most important. Pre 1900 — large farmsteads to south and limited amount of building activity in the Old Town Dots 14 1900 -1909 — Building boom mostly related to mining Dots 21 1910 -1919 — little bit of activity, nearly steady Dots 10 1920 -1929 — not much construction Dots 11 1930 -1939 — Great Depression, not capital to do much building Dots 12 1940 -1949 — Wartime rationing, not much development Dots 8 1950 -1959 — Louisville did not experience post war boom, move into historic homes left by miners Dots 8 1960 -1969 — beginning of subdivision expansion Dots 9 1970 -1979 — massive subdivision additions Dots 7 1980 -1989 — expanding rapidly Dots 10 1990 -1999 - Dots 3 2000 -2010 - Dots 2 "the next decade" - Dots 3 Over time, most of Louisville's expansion has taken place outside of Old Town with implications for the future of historic preservation program and the Historic Preservation Grant program. April 8, 2015 Community Workshop Attendance: 33 citizens, active participation: - #1: Goals and Objectives Prioritization - #2: Scenarios and Preservation Strategies Activity #1 Goals and Objectives Support for: - Publicizing Benefits of Historic Preservation - Increasing Public Outreach - Advocating Alternatives to Demolitions - Identifying and Evaluating Historic Sites - Creating Technical Briefs - Updating Standards for Historic Structure Assessment Program - Expanding Partnerships with Community Organizations - Promoting Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) - Clarifying Steps in HPF Processes Activity #1 Goals and Objectives Community Suggestions: - Improving Interpretive Signage