Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2017 01 09

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes December 19, 2016 Page 5of6 Discussion/Direction: Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant Applications for CLG grants for 2017 are due on January 16, 2017. Staff is interested in using the CLG grant to implement some of the action items in the adopted Preservation Master Plan. Based on the interests of the Certified Local Government, Staff recommends an application for the following: Research and document Louisville's history/Establish guidelines for relocating historic structures The City of Louisville is working with PaleoWest to develop three historic context reports as outlined in the Preservation Master Plan. The research has led to a wealth of information on relocated historic structures. The City would like to create an interactive map of relocated buildings and then use this to inform the development of guidelines for relocating historic structures. Provide orientation and training materials for HPC The 2017 National Preservation Conference will be in Chicago November 14-17, 2016. Staff is looking for direction on how many commissioners would be interested in attending the National Preservation Conference. https://pastforwardconference.org/pastforward2017/ Staff is looking for direction on whether to apply for a CLG grant for all of these items or some of these items. The grant application is available on the History Colorado website: http://www.historycolorado.org/oahp/grant-application. Stewart says in the past, we looked at locations such as the Jefferson Place intensive level survey. There has been talk of doing intensive level survey downtown. Would that fit in here? Trice says that is the next step after the historic contexts are written. They will make recommendations on survey and it will put us in a better position to get a grant. Do we want to prioritize? Cyndi Thomas says the first is most interesting because it is a piece of Louisville's history. Stewart says CLG grants are typically $20,000-$21,000, so perhaps there is only $15,000 for the first item and then $5,000 for the next. Haley says the first priority is Research and document Louisville's history/Establish guidelines for relocating historic structures. Committee Reports: Public Outreach Fahey and Haley came up with ideas for public outreach such as the Louisville realtor blog. We thought six or seven different articles might be good outreach. We discussed a specific mail -out to Little Italy and French Town to point out history and neighborhoods. We want to make sure there are brochures for the museum and library. We want to focus on the ballot issue and do more with the Camera and Hometown newspapers such as ribbon -cutting. Trice says the City entered into a contract with a company called Bang The Table from Australia. They do a program called Engagement HQ which is a software, online platform similar to the Envision Louisville activity with Mine Mixer. Community members can participate in discussions. Of particular interest to us and while working on the Historic Context is the ability for people to upload photos and stories to contribute to the research that PaleoWest is doing. It is an ability to ask questions. Haley asks when this will start. Trice says Staff had their first training with them today. In the next few weeks, we hope to go live mid-January. Currently, it is only Planning and City Manager's offices working on it, but could be open to other Boards and Commissions. It is a way to have online community platform.