Date: April 20, 2017
To: Members of the Northfield Planning Commission
From: Scott Tempel, City Planner
Title
Consideration of Revised Boundary for the Northfield Historic District
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Action Requested:
The Planning Commission is asked to review the Heritage Preservation Commission's (HPC) recommendation for Heritage Preservation Site Designation involving a change to the boundary of the Northfield Historic District. Staff recommends approval of a motion to support the addition of four properties to the Northfield Historic District and amend the boundary of the district to reflect the changes on the attached map to improve accuracy.
Summary Report:
In February of 2015, the HPC applied for grant funds from the State Historic Society to update the survey of the Northfield Historic District. The grant request was to update survey information for all buildings in the Historic District and to evaluate the buildings in the adjacent commercial area to see if others could be included in the district or if an additional district could be created.
A $12,000 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant was awarded by the Historic Society with the initial application. An $8,000 grant was requested from the Minnesota Historical & Cultural Heritage grant program (commonly known as Legacy Grants) as the required match for the CLG grant, but the funds were not obtained. At the December 8, 2015 City Council meeting, the councilmembers agreed to allow the $8,000 required match to be taken from the Planning Division consultant line item in the 2016 Community Development budget to allow the project to move forward.
An RFP for consultant services was issued on January 6, 2016, to consultants listed on the MHS list. It was also published in the Minnesota History Local News E-Newsletter. With a subcommittee recommendation, the HPC awarded the contract to Landscape Research at its February meeting. A contract was signed and the survey work began in March 2016.
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