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Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Elk River City Hall September 20,2012 Commissioner Fox suggested creating Facebook and Twitter accounts for the water tower. Ms.King 110 suggested having twitter be "tweets from the tower" and use the information gathered from the SCSU students as the tweets. It was also suggested that there be short videos of stories from the tower that could be shown on the cable channel,YouTube or Facebook Vice Chair Mortensen volunteered to research setting up a 501c3 for Friends of the Water Tower as the commission agreed that the city shouldn't collect the funds for the water tower. Each Commissioner also agreed to send information to be posted on Facebook and twitter. Staff emphasized the importance of making sure the City Council and Utility commission are informed of the HPC's plans and that a good plan be developed and presented to both prior to soliciting for funds. 4.3) HPC Review of Downtown Building permits The HPC agreed that the areas shaded on the map provided by staff be the areas triggered by the Building Department for review by HPC staff and/or HPC. 4.4) Planning Commission Items There were no items for discussion. 4.5) Bailey Point& Houlton Property Staff informed the HPC that the Bailey Point property would be owned by the City by the end of the month. SCSU students are researching information to be put on trail markers and a kiosk about the history of the site. 4.6) SCSU Project Update • Staff met with 3 classes from SCSU who will be conducting work for the HPC. Some students will be doing research on Bailey Point for interpretive signage and a kiosk,some will be doing stories on the water tower and others will be looking at the significance of the downtown. 4.6) 32nd Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference update Commissioner Mortensen,Rachel King and Rebecca Haug attended the conference in Fergus Falls on September 13-14,2012. The three discussed some of the information learned from the conference such as ways to market the historic aspects of your community and financing options available. 4.7) Cancel October 18,2012 HPC meeting MOTION TO CANCEL THE OCTOBER 18,2012 HPC MEETING WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FOX AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VANPA11EN. ALL IN FAVOR MOTION CARRIED. 5) Other Salk Middle School Update Staff informed the HPC that a history teacher,Ron Hustvedt contacted Ms.Haug about a possible partnership with the HPC and his students along with his History Club. Also,they will be having a "History Day" in March and are looking for judges. 6)Adjournment The next meeting is scheduled to be held on November 15,2012 at 6:00 p.m.in the Uppertown Conference Room at City Hall.Items for the agenda include Water Tower update and fundraising ideas,Planning Commission items,Bailey Point and Houlton property Update,Promotional • Materials and the SCSU&Salk Middle School Project Updates.