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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes September 16, 2019 Page 6 of 9 future for this structure. For those future items, the Commission would review the alteration criteria in Section 15.36.120, Subsection C. Parris appreciated seeing the depth of the HSA. She shared that the initial look at the rendering of the larger house was a shock, but she appreciated the time to consider the plan. She noted some features of the design that helped ease the transition and thought, overall, that it was a sensitive design. Miner's Cabins Request for Proposals (RFP) Selvoski explained that the miner's cabins were built sometime between 1930 and 1940 and were very small. There had originally been 6 of them on the property. In 2017, thanks to citizens in the neighborhood, there was a groundswell of support to preserve the cabins. The City quickly moved through the process of assessing and acquiring the cabins. They are currently in storage at the City Services building. The original phasing included relocation, stabilization, rehabilitation, a site feasibility study, building permits, site preparation, and final relocation and rehabilitation with the help of volunteers. In March 2019, Council directed staff to reopen bidding for moving and preserving the cabins. The remaining work has been structured in two phases: 1. Phase I: Cabin relocation to Miner's Field, including site preparation, Cabin structural stabilization and transportation, and Cabin placement on a foundation. 2. Phase II: Cabin rehabilitation, including preparation of design drawings for review and approval by the Historic Preservation Commission and Alteration Certificate for Historic Landmarks. Selvoski requested comments on the draft RFP. Haley asked about the role of the museum. Selvoski responded that they would take over the programming for the cabins. Dunlap asked if reworking the RFP included the cancellation of whoever had won the original proposal. Selvoski confirmed and added that the right to cancel had been in the paperwork. Dickinson stated that he was comfortable with looking for a new agreement. The original estimate was somewhere around $250,000, which blew his mind. He added that Louisville had a history of moving buildings and they should be able to move these cabins responsibly. He had hoped the cabins could be located downtown where someone could see them by accident rather than with intention, as would be the case at Miner's Field, but that the community supported the cabin project and predicted that the City would be able to find volunteers. Haley asked if it was common for companies to take on volunteers for a project like this.