Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Signed Minutes - August 17, 2020

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Commissioner Stalheim made a motion to table the July 20, 2020 minutes until next month. Seconded by Commissioner Andrews. Six in favor, none opposed. Vote: 6 — 0. Motion table the July 20, 2020 minutes passes. B. STAFF REPORTS i. Administrative Approvals 1. 1112 East Wayne Street —Commissioner Andrews celebrated the restoration of the windows at this property by H.G. Christman. 2. Commissioner Downs-Krostenko asked about the number of administrative approvals (12). C. COMMITTEE REPORTS i. Disposition of Historic Preservation Assets 1. N/A ii. Standards Update 1. Kurt Garner is under contract, who has been working on the specific guidelines for each district. Indiana Landmarks will present at the September meeting regarding the model guidelines. The next stage will be public engagement, which will be modeled on the Planning Team's work during COVID to execute remote engagement. Staff hopes to have this in place by March of 2021, when projects begin to be executed. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. WPA River Walk Commissioner Andrews asked about the Howard Park / WPA River Walk improvements. Specialist Toering stated that there was no Federal monies being used on those projects, so there would be no review of those projects by the HPC office. The work is being done may not be to our expressed liking, but staff is happy that it is being done because there were definite areas where the wall and sidewalk had failed. The biggest change to the area is the addition of the bicycle path along Northside Boulevard. There are three WPA stairs in that section from the edge of Howard Park to Joe Kernan Park and the Notre Dame Boathouse, the two stairwells on the outside will remain, the stairwell in the center will remain as well but there will be a fence installed at the top of the stairs, because the pathway along the river in that area has been removed. The pathway along the river way will not be reinstalled, but there will be new river overlooks that are being installed. Specialist Toering has asked them to install a gate instead of a fence at the top of the stairway, instead. This area floods regularly. The WPA features are not locally protected but are part of a National Register District. Commissioner Andrews expressed frustration that the riverwalk in South Bend now has a gap in it, as opposed to Mishawaka which has a continuous path. Specialist Toering expressed that the Cooper Street Bridge / Highway bridge repairs resulted in damage to the WPA wall, approximately across the street from The Armory / Iron Hands Winery. B. Navarre Cabin Appeal Commissioner Downs-Krostenko asked when the Navarre Cabin appeal would occur. Legal Counsel Kennedy explained more about the appeal process.