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Minutes 07-08-13 MINUTES OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013, AT 6:30 P, IN CITY HALL CHAMBERS 100 E. BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA PRESENT: Dr. Ginger Pedersen, Chair Warren Adams, Historic Resource Roger Cope, Vice Chair Preservation Planner Michele Dion Linda Stabile Jason Shaffer Barbara Ready, Alternate Absent: Paul Gionfriddo Eric Salomonsson Robert Weiss Harvey Rosenblum, Alternate 1. Pledge of Allegiance Chair Pedersen called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and declared a quorum was present. Vice Chair Cope led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 2. Agenda Approval There were no changes to the agenda. Motion Vice Chair Cope moved to approve the agenda. Ms. Dion seconded the motion that unanimously passed. 3. Approval of Minutes Mr. Adams requested the following changes be made: ➢ On page 1, Item 1 "Chair Pedersen Pedersen called the. . ➢ On page 3, under the CLG Grant Application, it reads "the City was ranked few third out of all the applications. Meeting Minutes Historic Resources Preservation Board Boynton Beach, FL July 8, 2013 Motion Ms. Dion moved to approve the minutes as amended and Vice Chair Cope seconded the motion that unanimously passed. 4. Communications and Announcements Mr. Adams announced Messers. Salomonsson and Weiss contacted him and indicated they could not attend the meeting. He also acknowledged new member Jason Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer briefly introduced himself. He is a ninth grade high school teacher at North Broward Preparatory School. He teaches human geography with a focus on city and urban planning. He is also a close friend of Mr. Salomonsson. 5. Old Business: A. Historic Preservation Program Update The Old High School was proposed for redevelopment and was reviewed and recommended for approval by the Planning and Development Board on May 14, 2013. It was presented to the City Commission on June 18, 2013; however, the rezoning application was denied which meant the proposed use was not allowed under the existing zoning. Mr. Adam's item was not heard and he was not contacted, so he was waiting to hear what the next step was. B. Site Designation The Schoolhouse Children's Museum designation was also delayed. The Old High School proposal required re- platting of the land around the Museum. Until Mr. Adams learned what would occur with the Old High School, he could not move forward with the designation of the Museum because the designation runs with the land and not the building. C. Galaxy Scrub Archeological investigation This project was completed. Global Positioning System locations for the test pits were finished and they now have an aerial map of the site with the pit locations reflected. Mr. Adams received a report from the archeologist, so the plan was to move to the next project at Girl Scout Park as soon as possible. D. Conrad Pickel Exhibit and Lecture The exhibit and lecture was proposed for next year. Mr. Adams would be traveling to Vero Beach to see the stained -glass exhibits that were proposed to be displayed in Boynton Beach. Mr. Pickel lived and worked in Boynton Beach. He designed stain 2 Meeting Minutes Historic Resources Preservation Board Boynton Beach, FL July 8, 2013 glass windows for hundreds of churches throughout the country, and the Guinness Book of World Records recognized him as the creator of the largest stained -glass window in the world. Mr. Pickel's work would be celebrated. His son, who still runs the stained -glass business, would be present next year for Preservation Month. E. CLG Small Matching Grant 2013 — 2014 Mr. Adams explained they submitted an application for 2013 — 2014 for the creation of Downtown and Cemetery Heritage Trails including trail signs with QR Codes, an on -line interactive map and educational brochures. They requested $28,000 and were awarded $18,250. They also have $2,000 from the CRA to help create the Downtown Heritage Trail. As a result of less funding, the creation of the Cemetery Heritage Trail would be deferred. The number of signs for the Downtown Heritage Trail would be reduced, and they would reduce the number of layers on the map. Mr. Adams started work on the project and would walk the Trail with Dr. Pedersen, Janet DeVries and Susan Swiatosz to decide the best location for the signs and the historic sites that would be shown on the signs. Mr. Adams also submitted a CLG Small Matching Grant application for 2014 — 2015. That application requested $27,200 for the creation of the Boynton Beach Cultural Resources Smart Phone Application. There would 30 sites from the Downtown Heritage Trail, and another 20 sites added to create the City -wide smart phone application. This would allow the Board to include the cemeteries and City archeological sites. The plan was to have information on the sites, historic photographs, and a video of the sites. The 10 most significant sites would have audio in at least two languages. If funding permitted, they would have audio in three languages. Mr. Adams commented the applications are reviewed in August. The ITS Department agreed to do the work for the $27,200 and committed to maintaining the application and adding to it in the future at no charge. They also wanted to start integrating the blueways, greenways, and bike trails so they would have an integrated historic site smart phone application. The State seemed to like the idea and it was hoped the application would be ranked highly. The Florida Public Archeology Network, Janet DeVries, the City Archivist, and the Boynton Woman's Club agreed to donate their time, effectively creating a match of $5,300. It showed the project had the backing of these organizations. 6. New Business: A. Election of Chair and Vice Chair Mr. Adams explained the positions have a one -year term. The incumbents can sit for two consecutive years. 3 Meeting Minutes Historic Resources Preservation Board Boynton Beach, FL July 8, 2013 Chair Pedersen opened the floor for nominations. Ms. Stabile nominated Vice Chair Cope as Chair and commented Chair Pedersen did a great job, but it was good to have change. It was also believed there was a Vice Chair to Chair progression. Ms. Dion seconded the nomination. Vice Chair Cope accepted the nomination, but wanted all to know he was not a Boynton Beach resident. A vote was taken and unanimously passed. Dr. Pedersen nominated Ms. Stabile who declined the nomination. Dr. Pedersen nominated Ms. Dion as Vice Chair. Ms. Dion accepted the nomination. Chair Cope seconded the nomination that unanimously passed. 7. Other None. 8. Comments by members None. 9. Public comments None. 10. Announce date of next meeting — August 12, 2013 None. 11. Adjournment There being nothing further to come before the Board, Chair Cope properly adjourned the meeting at 6:45 p.m. 01Lq M Catherine Cherry Minutes Specialist 079193 4