>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 20TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING OF THE MINNEAPOLIS HERJ PRESERVATION. I'M MARE. JUST -- I'M MARAIS BJORNBERG.
SPEAK CLEARLY IN THE MICROPHONE WHEN SPEAKING AT THE DAIS OR GIVING TESTIMONY. WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE SO THAT WE MAY VERIFY PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
(ROLL CALL.) >> THERE ARE 7 MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE DO HAVE QUORUM AND THAT COMMISSIONERS ALEXANDER, BOOTY AND WALLACE PROVIDED PROPER NOTICE AND THEIR ABSENCE IS EXCUSED. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. WE WILL WORK FROM THE AGENDAS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE BY THE CLERK. I WILL GO THROUGH AND SORT OUT WHICH ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND WHICH ITEMS WILL BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION. ITEM NO. 4 IS 622 THROUGH
624, NINTH STREET SOUTH, WARD 6. THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A SISTER OF APPROPRIATENESS, AND WILL BE ON CONSENT UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK IN ON THAT DECISION TO OR MODIFY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM NO. 5 IS 628, EIGHTH AVENUE SOUTHEAST. WARD 3. THIS APPLICATION IS A NOMINATION FOR DESIGNATION AS A LOCAL LANDMARK AND ITEM NO. 5 WILL BE DISCUSSED. SO THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS
THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH WILL INCLUDE ITEM NO. 4, 622-624, NINTH STREET SOUTH, WARD 6. IS THERE ANY ON THAT DECISION FROM COMMISSIONERS TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ITEM?
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES-TO SPEAK IN ON THAT DECISION TO THIS ITEM? HEARING NO OPPOSITION TO PLACING THIS ITEM ON CONSENT, WE WILL APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEM IN ONE MOTION AT THE START OF THE MEETING.
THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION, PUBLIC COMMENT AND COMMISSION DISCUSSION IN ACTION. ITEM NO. 5, 628, EIGHTH AVENUE SOUTHEAST, WARD 3. COMMISSIONERS MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED
AGENDA? >> MASTIN SO MOVES. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MASTIN. IS THERE A SECOND. >> KARATO SECONDS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KARATO. ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY
ABSTENTIONS? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 6TH, 2025 MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES?
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROCHE RODRIGUEZ. IS THERE A SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER MASTIN SECONDS. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MASTIN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY
ABSTENTIONS INCLUDING ANY COMMISSIONERS. >> MELLBLOM BE A STAINS. >> THANK YOU, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. BEFORE I OPEN THE HEARING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, LET ME SUMMARIZE THE PROCESS FOR CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST, WE WILL ACT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WE JUST SET.
ONCE THE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED, THE COMMISSION IS DONE WITH THAT ITEM AND APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT THE PLANNING STAFF TOMORROW ABOUT NEXT STEPS. AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVED, WE'LL TAKE THE REMAINING AGENDA ITEM AND PLANNING STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS
REPORT AND COMMISSIONERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF. THEN I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND COMMISSIONERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT. AFTER THAT WE WILL INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NO. 4, 622-624, NINTH STREET SOUTHWARD 6. AGAIN, DO COMMISSIONERS OPPOSE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM? ARE THERE MEMBERS OF
PUBLIC WHO OPPOSE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ITEM? >> THOMAS MOVES. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
THOMAS. IS THERE A SECOND. >> KARATO SECONDS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KARATO. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT ITEM IS APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF
ON THE AGENDA AND APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT PLANNING STAFF ABOUT NEXT STEPS. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NO. 5, 623, EIGHTH AVENUE SOUTHEAST, WARD 3. THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A NOMINATION
FOR DESIGNATION OF A LOCAL LANDMARK AND THE STAFF REPORT IS PRESENTED BY ERIN QUE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BJORNBERG AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ERIN QUE AND I'M THE SENIOR CITY PLANNER AND PART OF CPED. I'M HERE TODAY FOR PRESENT A NOMINATION FOR THE
LEAN HOUSE LOCATED 623-625 IN THE MARCY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS NOMINATION WAS SUBMITTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, PAUL WHITE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM MEGAN ROGERS AT LARKIN HOFFMAN. PAUL WHITE IS INTERESTED AS OPERATING THE PROPERTY AS A
BOUTIQUE BREAKFAST AND SEEKS FOR LANDMARK FOR THIS PROPOSED USE. HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY'S LOCATION. I'LL NOTE IT'S TWO BLOCKS OF THE LOCALLY DESIGNATED SOUTHEAST OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. HERE IS THE EAST OR FRONT ELEVATION WHICH FACES EIGHTH
AVENUE SOUTHEAST. NEWSPAPER RECORDS INDICATE THE HOUSE IS BUILT IN 1881 FOR JAMES S. LANE. NO ARCHITECT OR BUILDER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. ORIGINALLY THE LOT TOOK UP ABOUT HALF OF THE BLOCK AND WAS LATER SUBDIVIDED. IT ALSO HAD A CARRIAGE HOUSE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED.
THE CURRENT OWNER GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH FOND MEMORIES OF THE HOUSE. HE LATER PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 2000 AND OVERSAW A RENOVATION IN THE EARLY 2000S. THE TWO OPEN PORCHES ON THE EAST ELEVATION WERE eCONSTRUCTED TO SOME EXTENT. AND I HAVE A HISTORICAL
PHOTO OF THE SAME ELEVATION FROM PENNY PETERSON HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE REPLICATION, THE EVES THE ROOF PONCH AND THE BALLAS STRAYED BUT THE ROOF WAS NOT IN KIND NOR THE
DECORATIVE GRILLWORK ALONG THE FOUNDATION. HERE'S THE NORTH ELEVATION WHICH FACES 7TH STREET SOUTHEAST. IT ALSO INCLUDED THE CUPOLA AND WORK ON THE FOUNDATION BRICK MASONRY, CHIMNEYS AND CORNICES. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SURVEYED ON
NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE INCLUDING 1972, 1974, 1980 AND 1982 WHEN A NATIONAL OF REGIS REGISTRAR NOMINATION WAS PREPARED AND ULTIMATELY REJECTED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OFFICE. IT WAS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY NETWORK AND POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL DESIGNATION AND NHRP LISTING. IT WAS SURVEYED AGAIN IN 2012 AS PART OF A SECTION 106 REVIEW AND UNDER UNDER CRITERION C FOR ITS
ARCHITECTURE. IN STAFF'S ANALYSIS OF THE PROPERTY'S HISTORY IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPERTY MEETS AT LEAST ONE OF THE 7 CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION. UNDER UNDER CRITERION 1 IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1800S. IT WAS BUILT BY A
PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY WHO HAD SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE BUSINESS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS. UNDER CRITERION 2 IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH JAMES S. LANE A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AND POLITICIAN HE MOVED WHAT WAS THEN ST. ANTHONY IN 1952 TO JOIN
TWO OLDER BROTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY. HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF LOGS AND LUMBAR SECRET IN 1962 SERVING THREE TERMS HE WAS INVOLVED IN VARIOUS LUMBER BUSINESSES AND BECAME A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER HE SERVED AS TWO TERMS OF ALDERMAN OF THE
WARD BEFORE PASSING AWAY. HE LIVED HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND 7 CHILDREN AND CONVERTED HIS HOUSE TO A MULTIFAMILY DWELLING TO ACCOMMODATE ONE OF HIS SONS AND HIS FAMILY. UNDER CRITERION 4 IT'S SHOWS POPULAR ARCHITECTURAL
STYLES IN THE LATE 19 CENTURY. IT EXHIBITS A HIGH-LEVEL OF ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL COMPARED TO OTHER HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S CLAD AND BRICK WHICH IS UNCOMMON. THIS BUILDING BUILT FOR PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AND
POLITICIAN WITH DISTINCTIVE FEATURES IT IS POSSIBLE THE PROPERTY MAY MEET CRITERION 3. IN STAFF'S OPINION IT'S NOT LIKELY THE PROPERTY HAS SIGNIFICANCE UNDER CRITERIA 5, 6 OR 7. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY BOTH TO REMOVE HISTORIC FEATURES AND RESTORE FEATURES IN STAFF'S
FINALLY THE PROPERTY STILL RETAINS SUFFICIENT INTEGRITY TO CONVEY ITS SIGNIFICANT IS A ARCHITECTURALLY DISTINCT HOUSE FOR JAMES S. LANE WHERE HE LIVED IN 1881 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1906. IF A DESIGNATION STUDY IS
UNDERTAKEN STAFF WILL FEEL NECESSARY OF THE RESTORATION WORK IN GREATER DETAIL TO ASSESS ITS INTEGRITY. THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION ADOPT STAFF FINDINGS AND APPROVE THE NOMINATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 623-625 EIGHTH AVENUE SOUTHEAST AS A LANDFALL
MARK ESTABLISH INTERIM PROTECTION AND DIRECT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED A DESIGNATION STUDY. STAFF HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO STAY FOR QUESTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE OWNERS TEAM WHO ARE HERE AND
AVAILABLE TO MAKE SOME REMARKS AS WELL AS ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. COMMISSIONERS ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG. MISS QUE, THE -- YOUR REPORT DIDN'T DESCRIBE WHY IN KIND OF IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES WE BELIEVE THIS IS HISTORIC BUT IN PAST TIMES IT WASN'T VIEW THAT
WAY AND MY ASSUMPTION IS OUR THINKING OF THINGS HAS' EVOLVED OR COULD YOU SPEAK TO IT IF THEORIES MORE THAN THAT. >> SURE, THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG AND COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM. I'M GUESSING YOU'RE
REFERRING TO WHY IN 1982 THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE DIDN'T FEEL IT MERITED NOMINATION AT THAT TIME. >> YES. >> I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS. IN PARTICULAR AT -- IN THE '80s, THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL FEATURES
THAT HAD BEEN LOST SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE PHOTO OF THE EAST ELEVATION WHERE YOU NOW SEE THE RECONSTRUCTED POMP. AT THE TIME OF THAT DRAFT NOMINATION, THERE WAS NO PORCH AND THERE WAS A VERY COMMON 1970s I BELIEVE
STRIPED AWNING OVER THE FRONT DOOR AND SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER AT THAT TIME FELT THAT MAYBE IT DIDN'T RETAIN ENOUGH INTEGRITY OR MAYBE TOO MANY CHANGES HAD OCCURRED WHICH IS WHY THEY DIDN'T FEEL IT WARRANTED LISTING IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER. I THINK YOU'RE ALSO CORRECT OUR EVALUATION OF HISTORY HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME AND AT THIS POINT THE OWNER HAS UNDERTAKEN AN AMENDMENT TO RESTORE SOME OF THOSE ORIGINAL FEATURES AND SO PERHAPS -- I WOULD SAY THE STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE HAS NOW DETERMINED IT ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER, THEY HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF OPINION AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM COMMISSIONERS?
OKAY, THANK YOU. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS APPLICANT IS HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SARAH MANHOOD I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE PROPERTY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOLLOW THE OWNER. MY ADDRESS IS 25011 KETTLE RIVER BOULEVARD IN FOREST LAKE.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY PRESENTATION, OTHERWISE -- >> NO, I JUST -- I KIND OF WANTED TO OPEN MYSELF UP IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER, ANYTHING SIMPLE OR ANYTHING THAT ANYONE HAS. >> THANK YOU. DO COMMISSIONERS
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? >> HI, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS ABOUT THE CUPOLA. SO I UNDERSTAND THIS APPLICANT IS THE ONE THAT RECONSTRUCTED THE CUPOLA? >> YES. >> CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO
THE PROCESS -- KIND OF WHAT REFERENCES WERE USED? WAS IT BASED ON ANY IMAGES OF THE ORIGINAL OR WAS IT JUST REINVEND, RECREATED? >> IT WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON PHOTOS THAT HE FOUND. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH PHOTOS BUT AT
ONE POINT THERE WAS A CUPOLA, AND THE WALL -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS WHEN THE CUPOLA EXISTED, THE ORIGINAL ONE, IT WAS WALLED OFF IT WASN'T ACCESSIBLE. THE NEW CUPOLA IS ACCESSIBLE. THERE'S A CHILDREN'S READING NOOK IN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP SO
THAT'S -- IT'S A VERY CHARMING FEATURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE AND THE KIDS GO UP THERE AND PLAY ALL THE TIME. >> OKAY. SO A PHOTOGRAPH DOES EXIST? >>, EXCUSE ME?
>> PHOTOGRAPHS DO HYPOTHETICALLY EXIST OF THE HOUSE. >> YES, THAT'S WHERE HE GOT THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL IDEA FROM. >> UH-HUH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS APPLICATION? PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONERS. APOLOGIZE FOR MY
TARDINESS. MY NAME IS MEGAN AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT ON MOVING FORWARD THIS APPLICATION. TO COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ QUESTION. YES, THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT EXIST AND PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE INTEND TO BRING BEFORE YOU IS
PART OF OUR HISTORICAL STUDY ARE ALL THE MATERIALS PUT TOGETHER BY THE APPLICANT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS THAT ARE IN RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY AND SHOW THE RESTORATION AND THE LEVEL OF INTEGRITY THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THIS SITE. AND THEN FROM -- WE'VE
ALSO REACHED OF OUT TO THE -- TO DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH SO THAT WE CAN SHOW -- NOT ONLY THE PHASES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE LANES AND THE INTEGRAL PART THAT THEY PLAYED AS SORT OF
PART OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BUT ALSO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS HOME OVER TIME AND HOW IT'S TRANSITIONED AND HOW IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC REUSE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR PROCESS IF THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK FOR THIS APPLICATION? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE
THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS? DISCUSSION . I'LL JUST START THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE APPRECIATE
WHEN THE OWNERS ARE THE PEOPLE WISH TO UNEMPLOYMENT AND SEE THE VALUE, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. >> COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM? >> OKAY, SO I WOULD AGREE CHAIR
BJORNBERG THAT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND I'VE DRIVEN BY IT MANY TIMES AND I'M EXCITED THAT IT WILL BE PRESERVED AS A BEAUTIFUL ARTIFACT OF THE PAST. SO BEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD RECOMMEND -- OR I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE HERITAGE
PRESERVATION COMMISSION APPROVE THE NOMINATION FOR THE PROPERTY AT 623-625 EIGHTH AVENUE SOUTHEAST AS A LANDMARK. ESTABLISH INTERIM PROTECTIONS AND DIRECT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED A DESIGNATION STUDY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
MELLBLOM IS THERE A SECOND. >> MASTIN SECONDS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MASTIN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE WOULD THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
(ROLL CALL.)
>> THERE ARE 7 AYES. >> THANK YOU, THAT MOTION PASSES. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. DO STAFF HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG I'M ROB SKALECKI CITY PLANNER.
STAFF DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. I FEEL LIKE MOST OF OUR DISCUSSION GOT OUT OF THE WEEK LAST WEEK WITH THE HPC RETREAT SO THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS?
OKAY. THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS MEETING AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, YOU'LL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE HPC IS JUNE 10TH, 2025. THANK YOU.