September 19, 2022 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Commissioner Downs Krostenko: We can get rid of`al�but what I didn't want um was for it to say we're only going to advocate for the preservation of buildings that are either already protected or in districts, because there was a suggestion when I started writing this that that's what it should say and I didn't want to tie our hands and say for instance that would mean our top 10 list that we eventually have, we wouldn't have given ourselves permission to even have. Or to advocate for Adam Toering: So, I'm showing this for Don more than anything. This is the current mission statement. Identify architecturally or historically significant buildings, structures, sites, and objects. Promote their protection and preservation to enhance both human and economic welfare. And accommodate development and redevelopment in the city and county. Commissioner Andrews: Another thing that came to mind um, the other items that are bulleted in terms of this includes working as a group to: and then those three bullets underneath. That can probably be, I would view that as not being part of our mission, those are just key activities that we hold ourselves accountable to do. Um, so maybe just sticking with the mission statement to be just the first bullet only. Commissioner Hertel: But I like the strategizing methods for public awareness and proactive preservation advocacy. So, I think advocacy on our part, that is the top ten. That is coming up with what we are going to focus on. So, I feel that's important. Maybe that shouldn't be a bullet point. Maybe that should stand on its own. Commissioner Downs Krostenko: I was just really offended by the original draft which said that we had to accommodate, what did it say,'accommodate redevelopmentlor whatever. Accommodate development, so that's like accommodate development means always accommodate development, and I don't have any reason why we shouldn't accommodate development, but not always accommodate. Like that says if it's development then Historic Preservation doesn't really get to vote anymore it's only when it doesn't involve development that we get to vote on it or have some kind of influence,or activate our voice,and I just didn't want that in there. I was like mmrrrp that is definitely not a pro historic preservation stance to take. Not that we're against development but not that we should be expected to accommodate it. Unable to hear sound or who is speaking is not talking into the microphone Commissioner Hertel: and then that last point. I don't know if that necessarily needs to be a part of our mission statement, our priorities are preservation of all historic buildings spaces and resources within the geographic area under our mandate, to advocate for homeowners and structures, to be proactive in preservation and in Sound cut out again Adam Toering: Hey Kate, when you are doing minutes for this section if you could like verbatim at least this portion whether it's included in the minutes. Just make sure we got it. Thank you Commissioner Andrews: Other comments or feedback on what you're looking at now. Adam Toering: Something that Ross and I were discussing earlier, um, and Ross summarized this really well, but mission statement, values, beliefs, like there's a hierarchy there of uh in branding, in marketing and this is our mission statement. It should be concise and short. Um, like, we can talk about beliefs; we can talk about values, that are like those are core things that we'll be using when we go about doing our business, but the mission statement should be distilled succinctly, like it is a this is what we do um Commissioner Hertel: It's your elevator pitch. Adam Toering: It's the elevator 1000% and ... Commissioner Hertel: -- 30 seconds... Page 16