City of Northfield - File #: 23-1060

• File #: 23-1060
• Version: 1
• Type: Information/Discussion Item
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/6/2023
• In control: Heritage Preservation Commission
• On agenda: 4/5/2023
• Title: Staff Updates.

Meeting Date:                     April 5, 2023

To:                                           Members of the Heritage Preservation Commission

From:                                          Revee Needham, Assistant City Planner

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Staff Updates.

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Action Requested:

Hear updates from staff.

Summary Report:

1.                     The joint work session for April 20^th has been cancelled for now. Stay tuned for more information to come.

2.                     Next month, the HPC and other commissions will receive updates on the renovations for Bridge Square.

3.                     Staff are working with a class at Carleton College to do a historic preservation StoryMap.

4.                     The City is working with Barr Engineering on a Feasibility Report to explore options for the Ames Mill Dam. More information will be presented in the coming months.

5.                     All properties within the Historic District are eligible to apply for funding through the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s Main Street Grant program. More information is available at: <https://www.northfieldmn.gov/1562/Main-Street-Grant>

6.                     The EDA’s Riverfront Enhancement Grant application will reopen on April 1^st. Some properties in the Historic District are eligible to apply. More information is available at: <https://www.northfieldmn.gov/753/EDA-Grants-Loans>

7.                     Upcoming educational opportunities available:

•                     NAPC Local Preservation Strategies Webinar on April 6^th. Register online at: <https://www.napcommissions.org/webinar-series>

•                     Rethos and SHPO will be hosting a webinar to discuss design considerations when planning a project on a second floor of a traditional main street commercial building on April 11^th. Register online at: <https://secure.rethos.org/np/clients/rethos/eventRegistration.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1&event=2962>

•                     Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting will be on April 19. Learn more at: <https://mnsah.org/events/annual-meeting-2023>

•                     How Planning and Preservation Can Work Together to Create Great Places Webinar on April 26^th. Register online at: <https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816782999603/WN_1KoV0l4gRwSs7pyhkqhaSg>

•                     Rethos Buildings on Main Conference is April 27-28 in Winona. Register online at: <https://www.rethos.org/buildings-on-main-street>

•                     Rice County Historical Society is hosting a Defeat of Jesse James Day Bus Tour on April 27. More information at: <https://rchistory.org/rice-county-historical-society-news/defeat-of-jesse-james-bus-tour/>

•                     Preservation - An Effective Planning Tool webinar on May 19^th. Register online at: <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-rOSGRJ8QBuqSNOD3vCi8w>

•                     More information on Rethos trainings available at: <https://www.rethos.org/event>

•                     Additional webinars/information available through the Minnesota Historical Society at: <https://www.mnhs.org/preservation/localhistory/conferences>

8.                     Development project updates:

•                     The City Council will hold the first reading of the zoning map amendment for the proposed Northfield Transit Hub property on April 4^th.

•                     The City Council will be adopting the Board and Commission Rules of Business on April 4^th.

•                     The City Council will be selecting a consultant for the Comp Plan on April 4^th.

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