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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Date: Sept. 1, 2020 Time: 3:00 pm Location: City Hall Conference Rm. #3
Members Present: Richard Berg (Chair), Craig Britton (Vice-chair; arrived 3:30) George Randels, Kathleen Knoblock, Walter Galitzki and Michael
D’Alessandro. City Council member/HPC liaison Monica Mickhager (arrived at 3:08)
Members Absent: Kathleen Croston (excused) Staff Present: Senior Planner John McDonagh
Topic Motions/Recommendation/Action
Approval of Minutes Minutes for the July 7, 2020 Regular meeting and the July 21 Special Meeting were
amended and approved (6-0). The word “downtown” was removed from each set of
minutes when referring to mural discussions.
Approval of the Agenda The Sept 1, 2020 meeting Agenda was approved unanimously (6-0).
Correspondence/Attachments: Washington Trust report on 2020 Main Street impact (sent via email).
Appearance of Fairness: None.
Public Comment (for any non-Agenda items) No public comment was offered for any non-Agenda item.
Other Business
A.Review of draft Statement of Principals RE: HPC reviewed a draft Statement of Principals prepared by member G. Randels
New murals and the Black Lives Matters concerning new mural requests, their relationship to the Black Lives Matter (BLM)
(BLM) movement and as a formal HPC communication to City Council. After hearing
suggested edits from other members and noting the condensed time frame available
to share it with Council, HPC voted (6-0 in favor) to task G. Randels with making
additional edits per members consensus with Chair R. Berg providing final review and
approval before forwarding onto Council.
New Business
A.HPC20-017, Main Street Wayfinding Signage Nathan Barnett, on behalf of Olympic Steam, Main Street and the Jeff. Co. Hist. Society
up to 14 Wayfinding
presented on behalf of the co-applicants. The proposal is to repurpose
signs in support of a new walking tour highlighting
Merchant Information Signage (MIS)
Port Townsend’s “Hidden History.” General locations for the repurposed signs with a
matrix of potential subjects and two (2) sample panels were part of the application.
Topic Motions/Recommendation/Action
in concept with details on specific
Staff’s recommendation was to approve the project
locations, sign layout and installation methods to be handled through applicant
coordination with DSD staff.HPC recommended approval per staff’s recommendation
(6-0).
Other Business
A. Reinitiate review of Draft Window Guidelines. Due to meeting length on the other Agenda items, HPC members briefly reviewed the
last set of draft Guidelines dating from June, 2017. In general, members expressed
support for them & asked that they be brought back for a more complete review.
Member C. Britton offered to provide minor edits to staff outside of the meeting which
would be shared with other members during the next available review.
Announcements: None.
Next Scheduled Meeting: October 6, 2020
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.