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~eetlng minutes of October 9, L99~
In attendance: Bill Poss, Les Holst, glenn Rappaport, Jake
Vickery, Roger Moyer, Don Erdman
Les moved to approved the HPC minutes of September 25, 1991, as
presented. The motion was seconded, and approved unanimously.
No public comments.
Staff comments: On Thursday, October 24, during Energy Awareness
Week which is from October 21-25, staff will be conducting a tour
of "recycled" adaptive use buildings at noon, meet on the 2nd floor
of City Hall. Everyone is invited to come.
No old or new business.
Guest: Jody McCabe, Executive Director of the Aspen Historical
Society was invited to discuss AHS activities and goals with the
HPC.
She stated that the Historical Society has been in existence for
28 years, owns 16,000 artifacts, 12,000 photographs, 401 videos
and films, and 238 oral history tapes. She reported that $93,000
has been spent so far on the Holden-Marolt Museum project. 30,000
visitors tour Ashcroft each summer, and 6,000-7,000 tour the
Wheeler-Stallard House each year. The Ashcroft Townsite is
targeted for the AHS's program of heritage tourism, and an
interpretive brochure written in Spanish, French, German, and
Japanese will be produced. Many press/media tours are managed by
the Society.
The Society's goals are:
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Completion of the Holden-Marolt Museum by spring, 1993
Signed lease for the ski history museum soon
(negotiations are underway)
The restoration of the Wheeler-Stallard House from the
1888-1905 period
Development of an adult Aspen history program through CMC
and Larry Frederick
Enhanced heritage education through school outreach with
artifacts (Jody brought an antique iron as an example)
The Society has increased their public relations efforts, and feel
they are generating a great deal more interest in history
throughout the community. They ask the HPC to help them ("hold
their hand") when their projects come through the city. She sited
an example of the recent society's request for carriage house
addition to accommodate bathrooms. The HPC members noted a few
inaccuracies in Jody's report of the process, and stated they felt
they had gone out of their way to insure a smooth process and
helpful review.
Roger Moyer asked if there was anyone on the Society's Board of
Directors who would be interested in sitting on the HPC. Jody
mentioned perhaps Geri Vagneur would be willing.
Jody closed by saying that advocacy and lobbying where clearly not
an aspect of the Society's Board policy.
Communications: The HPC discussed the need for greater
coordination and communication between the three preservation
groups in the city: the HPC, Aspen Historic Trust and Historical
society. The suggestion was made to have each of the three
chairmen (Bill Poss, Les Holst and Rick Newton, respectively) meet
at least once a month to discuss issues and long-range goals.
~? Queen st.: Project Monitor Glenn Rappaport reported that two
additional windows were going in that were not previously approved,
and felt they met the development review standards. A motion was
made and passed to approve the revision. Roxanne will contact the
applicant to get a complete revised application for the file.
Worksession: Bill Poss asked the Committee when they were willing
to schedule a worksession to set up a future work program, focusing
on technical training and education for the Committee. One session
was set (for October 22, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.) to study the Development
Review Standards and meeting process; a second session was
scheduled to review the Guidelines and discuss Nore Winter's
training role with the HPC next year.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
(note: minutes prepared by Roxanne Eflin for Kathy Strickland,
clerk.)
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