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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes April 18, 2016 Page 10 of 11 Julie Van Laanen from Historical Commission says I am your liason. I want to throw out the question, if you didn't fill those three spots, could someone from Historical Commission fill one? Can it be someone from City Council? Trice says I would have to check and is a certified local government grant through the State that is intended for HPC members. I need to check with our contract. Discussion /Direction — Historic Preservation Commission Referrals Planning Staff refers land use applications, such as Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), to the Historic Preservation Commission. The HPC's comments on these land use applications are projects reviewed the applicants, staff, Planning Commission, and City Council. It is the policy of Planning Staff to seek referral comment Commission on the following types of land use applica • The application involves a structure construtki prior to 19 • The application is within the Old Town Overlay or Downtown. • The application is directly adjacent t• • Id Town _Overlay and the Historic Preservation wntown. This does not include applications for variance •re the Board of Adjustment. There was a question earlier abou We have not talked about that befor Chuck Thomas says I can see that i Trice says if it is part of a demolition the Balfour application tonight. Cyndi Thomas clarifies that th Fahey asks if this is an attempt Chuck Thomas a t,4" 'f this is Trice is clarification, -ly p rwe inclu► •cial history on these projects. Committee Grain Elevator — asick sp There was good attendance at the meeting. Cyndi Thomas, Chuck Thomas, Pe - ewart, and I were there. Eric Hartronft, Randy Caranci, Aaron DeJong, and La en Trice were there. There was a lot of explaining such as history and bringing everyone up to date on where we are in the process. Cyndi Thomas says we should expect another grant proposal from them by the next meeting. Chuck Thomas says the sentiment that we expressed as commission members was the notion of finishing the preservation of the structure versus financing the utility of the structure for some commercial input. If we can entertain a proposal that accomplishes the preservation of the structure so that it can be made presentable in a commercial venture in the context of the larger development that they are talking about, it would be of interest to the members at that meeting. There was interest in preservation, not necessarily in funding commercialization. Fahey asks as an update, how close are they to accomplishing what we gave the original funds for and actually landmarking it? Trice says prior to the snow, it was by the end of the month. They are required to finish to stabilization prior to the closing and the final sale from the City to Louisville Mill Site LLC. I don't know if the snow impacted that process. Fahey asks if there was a deadline date set for that. he first bullet point. social history such as