2017 12-14 Meeting Packet
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Mayor’s Conference
Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 5:30 PM
City Council Chambers, City Hall
33 E. Broadway, Meridian, Idaho
1. Roll-call Attendance:
Blaine Johnston, President Jacy Jones
Dawn Cronk Ella Kramer
Josh Evarts, Vice President Edward Landis
Councilman Anne Little Roberts, Ex-Officio
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Approval of the November 9, 2017 Meeting Minutes
4. Approval of the Monthly Financial Statement
5. Historical Society and History Center Update by Lila Hill
6. New Business
a. Chair and Vice Chair Elections in January
b. Public Workshop on Building Improvements Review
c. Year in Review Discussion
7. Old Business
a. 2017 Annual Report for City Council
b. Contract for Photography Services for Historic Buildings
c. Walking Tour Coins
d. Oral History Efforts
e. Future Student Essay Competitions
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION MEETING
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f. Current Applications
g. Meeting with Basque Museum
h. City Comprehensive Plan Review - Action Items
i. Logo/ Branding Development
j. National Registry
8. Reports
a. Children’s Museum Update
9. Next Meeting: January 25, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.
10. Adjourn
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Mayor’s Conference
Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 5:30 PM
City Council Chambers, City Hall
33 E. Broadway, Meridian, Idaho
1. Roll-call Attendance: 5:33 PM
o Blaine Johnston, President Via phone Jacy Jones
x Dawn Cronk o Ella Kramer
x Josh Evarts, Vice President x Edward Landis
x Councilman Anne Little Roberts, Ex-Officio
Others in attendance: Robbie Robinson, Historical Society Representative; Bill
Nary, City Attorney; Hillary Bodnar, Commissions and Committees Specialist
2. Adoption of the Agenda
Motion by D. Cronk; second by E. Landis to adopt the agenda – all ayes – motion
carried.
3. Approval of the October 12, 2017 Meeting Minutes
Motion by E. Landis; second by D. Cronk to approve the minutes – all ayes –
motion carried.
4. Approval of the Monthly Financial Statement
Motion by E. Landis; second by D. Cronk to approve the end of [fiscal] year
financial statement – all ayes – motion carried.
5. Historical Society and History Center Update by Lila Hill
L. Hill provided a written report for the commission, attached in the meeting
packet.
a. Bookshelf Needed
J. Evarts will get together with L. Hill to see what dimensions they need for
a bookshelf. He has a bookshelf that he could donate to the History
Center if it meets the volunteer’s needs.
6. New Business
a. National Alliance of Preservation Commissions 2020 Conference
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION MEETING AMENDED
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Motion by J. Jones; second by D. Cronk to send a letter of support from
HPC to support a bid to bring FORUM to Boise – all ayes – motion carried.
b. 2017 Annual Report for City Council
H. Bodnar asked for input for the 2017 City Council Update. J. Evarts
asked for the 2016 report to be sent out to the commissioners.
7. Old Business
a. Meeting Time Change Effective January 2018 – Regular Meetings will
be the Fourth Thursday of the Month at 4:30 PM
Included on the agenda as a reminder for the commission and public.
b. Photos of Historic Buildings Impacted by Projects
B. Nary provided an update to the commission on his follow up with
Planning.
c. Oral History Efforts
D. Cronk is leading the effort to reach out to Ruth Wilkins and her niece,
Karen, to arrange an interview.
d. Future Student Essay Competitions Committee
Competition will be open for February and March. Commissioners will start
outreach to high school career centers in January. J. Evarts asked if the
competition could also be made available to college students. J. Jones will
discuss with the committee, but she doesn’t see why not!
e. Public Workshop on Building Improvements Overview
Jamee Fiore from the State Historic Preservation Office will present, then
J. Evarts will present.
8. Reports
a. Children’s Museum Update
The Station had some bylaws updated, including adding some board
members, and their big focus right now is on fundraising.
b. Community Enhancement Grant Application Results
H. Bodnar reported that HPC was not awarded a Community
Enhancement Grant.
9. Next Meeting: December 14, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
H. Bodnar was asked to include an agenda item on December’s agenda to
approve a not-to-exceed amount for a photographer’s contract.
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10. Adjourn
Motion by D. Cronk; second by E. Landis to adjourn – all ayes –motion carried.
Meeting ended at 6:00 PM
(AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS)
APPROVED
__________________________________________ _____|_____|_____
BLAINE JOHNSTON – PRESIDENT DATE APPROVED
ATTEST:_____________________________________
C. JAY COLES, CITY CLERK
CITY of MERIDIAN
FY2018 (10/1/2017 thru 9/30/2018)
Budget for Historic Preservation & Historical Society As of: 11/30/2017
Acct#AGENCY / VENDOR
Effective
Date DESCRIPTION
FY2018
BUDGET
EXPENDITUR
ES
Available
Budget
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for misc 300.00
Historical Society budget for misc expenses 300.00 - 300.00
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Consulting 5,000.00
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Training 2,500.00
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Supplies 400.04
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Memberships 325.00
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Printing/Promotional 1,500.00
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Continuing Education Program 1,000.00
BUDGET 10/1/2017 Budget for Historical District Branding 5,000.00
53801 OFFICE DEPOT, INC. 10/26/2017 Post Cards for HPC - Qty 2 Boxes 16.88
Historic Preservation 15,725.04 16.88 15,708.16
TOTALS 16,025.04 16.88 16,008.16
12/11/2017 1 of 1 Historic Preservation reports (2)
1
HPC report – Dec. 2017
We do not plan to be open during the holidays. Robbie will leave on Saturday for
another cruise to warmer climate. Our phone message gives a phone number to reach
us –
We made enough at the bazaar to cover the cost of 5 new copies of “Before the Times.”
We only have 1 copy left at present. We sold all the local LDS history books but one
copy to a descendant whose family was in the book. Christmas gifts?
We provided the American Legion information for their celebration next July of th e
centennial for the local post. They will be hosting the state American Legion convention
at that time. Our extraction files carried information that apparently was not known by
the person searching. The Legion paid one year’s dues and gave a generous donation.
We also had a nice donation from descendants of an early business owner that we were
able to assist with information.
We issued an invitation to the City Council members to tour our facilities, to see what
we have and hopefully explain our volunteer efforts. This will occur after the first of the
year. C.J., city clerk, says he’s going to attend as well. They appeared to be pleased to
be invited.
Old Town property owners will soon begin to be able to have their property’s ownership
chain by block & lot descriptions. Eventually, we hope to have early subdivisions
available in the same format.
Tentative plans are being made to have a genealogy group probably about once a
month on Friday morning. We have several basic books with accepted early
documentation beginning to gather on our donation shelves. Other books will be coming
to the office after the first of the year. Some re-arrangement in the office will be needed.
We’ll be beginning with historical society members & see how it is goes. Additional shelf
space will probably be needed for this – We have a lot of information in our files about
early families in the Meridian area. We do not intend to ever have a “genealogy” library,
but have basic source material closer than the state archives in East Boise.
MERIDIAN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
2017 ANNUAL REPORT
Historic Preservation Commissioners
Blaine Johnston, President
Jacy Jones
Dawn Cronk
Josh Evarts, Vice President
Ella Kramer
Edward Landis
Commission ► Our HPC was very fortunate to have retained all of our commissioners in
2017, our members are a vibrant and diverse group and bring a lot of passion to this
commission. Our commissioners took advantage of multiple learning opportunities to
continue our development as a group including sending multiple commissioners to the
Idaho Heritage Conference and commissioners serving as volunteers for Preservation
Idaho events. We’ve established a good relationship with Pete L’Orange and Jamee Fiore
with the State Historic Preservation Office and we’ve had them come meet with HPC (or
committees) a number of times throughout the year. On top of this, we passed our Certified
Local Government evaluation from the State Historic Preservation Office; so, we are in good
standing for another four years. Commission decided to change their meeting date/time to
the fourth Thursday of the month at 4:30 PM
Engaging Local Students ► This year, Ella Kramer, our youth commissioner, brought a
new concept to our group: an essay competition for local high schools. We piloted
implementation of this program at Meridian High School, the oldest high school in Meridian.
Commissioners conducted a lunch and learn in Mrs. Hogan’s class and asked students to
compete in a research and essay competition. While we didn’t have much turn out for the
competition, we will continue to finesse this program to get local students more involved
with historic preservation.
Awards ► HPC nominated ‘The Vault’ for an Orchid Award, which was awarded to Josh
and Lori Evarts for contribution to Historic Preservation in April by Preservation Idaho. The
Meridian Historical Society nominated Tere and Howard Foley’s building at 815 N Main
Street (Mountain States Telephone Co. building) for a County Treasure Award. The Ada
County Historic Preservation Commission awarded this recognition to Tere and Howard in
November.
Historic Walking Tour ►We received a grant to support the combination and printing to
combine our two walking tour brochures. Now we have one consolidated brochure that
covers all of our properties. Any remaining separate brochures have been shared with Pine
Street School or local elementary schools. Our Historic Walking Tour app launched this
Spring! The MDBA agreed to support a portion of the ongoing cost for the app and they now
host an additional map on the app to highlight downtown businesses.
- Purchased and printed updated signage for ‘If this property could talk’ campaign
- Launched the Historic Walking Tour app through a partnership between the City
and the MDBA:
- Increased visibility for the commission through print and TV interviews coverage
- Developed coin incentive for completed scorecards associated with the app
- Historic Preservation Month: Scavenger Hunt and ‘If This Property Could Talk’
encouraged other tours available throughout the City
- Cancelled the 2017 Meridian History Course for educators due to not meeting the
minimum number of attendees. Want to open this up to the public for 2018,
include in activity guide, small charge to verify attendance and help cover some
of the cost of either payment for the instructors and/or catered lunch
- Working with Historical Society on planning/methods to increase their
membership
- Dawn and MLD staff has also been working on starting an oral history collection
through Story Corps. This will build a collection for Meridian while being
something that can be added to by other community members. Interviews that
we are a part of can be tagged with ‘Meridian Historic Preservation Commission’
and ‘Meridian Library’ etc. Interviews can also be tagged with ‘Meridian, Idaho’
etc. so that these are easily searchable.
- Jamee Fioree and Josh Evarts hosted another public workshop to talk about
rehabilitating old buildings
Historical Society ► The Meridian Historical Society continues to be an asset for HPC and
a number of City Departments. Their records and time have supported staff in the Clerk’s
Office, Planning Department, Public Works, and more. Commissioners have been
brainstorming with the society members on how to increase their membership to make sure
that the History Center is open as often as possible and to teach more people about what
the volunteers have curated over the last few decades.
- 2018 goals
o Determine HPC logo
o Add an irrigation component to the walking tour app by working with high
school National Honor Society students with help from the Idaho State
Historic Preservation Office
o Planning for the theme of this year’s preservation month (May) to be
“Storytellers” which can bring together a lot of HPC programming goals
under one umbrella.
o Work with Planning Dept. to coordinate taking photos of structures listed
on the historic sites inventory that will be impacted by development
o Invigorate Strategic Plan Review and Comparison to Comp Plan
HPC continued its partnership with West Ada School District (and Compass Charter)
and MDC to support third grade field trips downtown. While HPC doesn’t contribute much
man-power or significant funding, we supported supplies for the volunteers who lead the
tours at City Hall
We have felt a lot of support from both City departments and outside organizations
this year. We are grateful to all of those who work with us and share our vision to preserve
our history. It is with support from the City, informal community groups and individuals, an d
formal organizations that help us reach a broader audience, promote our history, and
advocate preserving our legacy as a community.
Thank you for your support of the Historic Preservation Commission!
HISTORY
C O M P E T I T I O N
M E R I D I A N H I S T O R I C A L
P R E S E R V A T I O N C O M M I S S I O N
PRIZE:
Elementary School (Grades K-5)
Annual Family Pass to the Boise Zoo
HPC@MERIDIANCITY.ORG
DUE: MARCH 31, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
MERIDIANCITY.ORG/HPC
OR EMAIL
MEDIUM:
Including but not limited to:
Multi-Media
Digital Media
Research
Paper/Essay
Painting
Sculpture
Diorama
COME PICK UP A HARD COPY AT THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE IN City Hall
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HISTORY
C O M P E T I T I O N
M E R I D I A N H I S T O R I C A L
P R E S E R V A T I O N C O M M I S S I O N
PRIZE:
High School (Grades 9-12)
$500
HPC@MERIDIANCITY.ORG
DUE: MARCH 31, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
MERIDIANCITY.ORG/HPC
OR EMAIL
MEDIUM:
Including but not limited to:
Multi-Media
Digital Media
Research
Paper/Essay
Painting
Sculpture
Diorama
COME PICK UP A HARD COPY AT THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE IN City Hall
CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION?
HPC LOGO
HISTORY
C O M P E T I T I O N
M E R I D I A N H I S T O R I C A L
P R E S E R V A T I O N C O M M I S S I O N
PRIZE:
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
$200
HPC@MERIDIANCITY.ORG
DUE: MARCH 31, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
MERIDIANCITY.ORG/HPC
OR EMAIL
MEDIUM:
Including but not limited to:
Multi-Media
Digital Media
Research
Paper/Essay
Painting
Sculpture
Diorama
COME PICK UP A HARD COPY AT THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE IN City Hall
CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION?
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Call for Essays: 2018 HISTORIC PRESERVATION STUDENT COMPETITION
OVERVIEW:
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) seeks original projects from local students. The student with the
highest overall score in each age-group category will be awarded prizes. The minimum score to be considered
eligible for an award is 85 points. All awards are intended to be used for educational purposes. The awards will
be $500 for the high school student, $200 for the middle school student, and an annual family membership to
the zoo for the elementary school student.
Submitted projects may be retained in our records and may be referenced in other program materials or
presentations. Student shall, and hereby does, expressly waive any and all right, title, or interest in t he submitted
project. Student understands that this waiver includes waivers of the exclusive rights of reproductions,
adaptation, publication, and display. We hope that the students involved gain a better understanding of
Meridian and learn something new about its history.
ELIGIBILITY:
Meridian students are invited to submit an application and original project that addresses Meridian’s legacy.
Projects could be formal essays, digital or multimedia projects, oral history, visual artwork, dioramas, or
anything in between. Projects could include biographies of well-known residents of Meridian, local architects,
an architectural study of a building on the Historic Walking Tour, a StoryCorps interview with a local resident,
etc.
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:
Students interested in the essay competition must provide the following materials and information to HPC via
mail or hand delivered in order to be considered for award
Completed, signed Application & Acknowledgements form;
Project must:
o Address Meridian’s Legacy
o Address why the topic is applicable (or relevant) to people in Meridian today
o Include a Works Cited Page in MLA form
Details and forms are available online at http://www.meridiancity.org or upon request via email.
DEADLINE:
To be considered, all materials must be received by HPC by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2018.
SELECTION PROCESS:
The selection of awards for the 2018 Historic Preservation Essay Competition will be made by HPC. HPC will
notify awardees by Friday, April 20, 2018. In evaluating eligible materials, the following factors will be
considered:
AWARDED PROJECTS:
The City of Meridian will send a letter to the awarded students. Students (or their guardians) will be asked to fill
out a W-9 form to return to the City before checks may be mailed.
QUESTIONS? Hillary Bodnar, Commissions and Committees Specialist
Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave. | Clerk’s Office, Suite 104
208-489-0399 | hpc@meridiancity.org
PROJECT CRITERIA:
2018 HISTORIC PRESERVATION STUDENT COMPETITION
APPLICATION FORM
Name: First and Last Name
Guardian’s Name: First and Last Name
Grade Level: Select Your Grade Level
School: Click here to enter text.
Project Statement: Tell us how your project addresses the topic of Meridian’s Legacy. Use
about 50 – 250 words. (Lower grade levels are expected to use fewer words and higher grade
levels are expected to use more words.)
Project Medium: Describe the medium that you are submitting your project in and
why you chose this medium. What tools did you use to create your project?
2018 HISTORIC PRESERVATION STUDENT COMPETITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FORM
If applicant is under 18, please fill out contact information for guardian that should be contacted.
Applicant: First and Last Name
Guardian: (if applicable) First and Last Name
E-mail: Click here to enter text.
Mailing Address: Street number and name, City, State, Zip Code
Phone: Click here to enter the best number to reach you. Is this a cell phone? ☐Yes ☐No
Parental Release
By allowing your/your child’s participation in the project, you consent to the City’s use of
images of you/your child and your/his/her work, as well as your/your child’s name, grade, and
school, for purposes of marketing or public information.
Application Materials Checklist
☐ Completed Application
☐ Completed, signed Acknowledgements Form
☐ Completed Project
Declaratory Statement
I certify that to the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this statement is correct
and complete. I understand that I will be disqualified from consideration of the 2018 Historic
Preservation Student Competition if I do not submit the required materials.
Signature: _______________________________ ___ Date: Click here to enter a date.
Print name: First and Last Name
*If Applicant is Under 18
Guardian Signature: __________________________________ Date: Click here to enter a date.
Guardian Print Name: First and Last Name
To submit a project for consideration, please submit this Application and Acknowledgements
form, completed and signed, and your project prior to the deadline either by in-person delivery to
33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 104, Meridian ID 83642 or by email at hpc@meridiancity.org
Thank you for your interest!
Works Cited
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City Comprehensive Plan – Historic Preservation
Action Item Year
Establish and regularly conduct, specific area surveys
Add Planners, PW, Parks, etc. to monthly agenda email distribution list
Have HPC hold joint meetings or intros with other commissions
Update GIS data Annually
Add laterals to GIS mapping
Add signage to historic resources including something at laterals
Establish a contract for photography services to document structures that will
be torn down or redeveloped