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<br />r(/ ---'\) <br />( ); <br />~l}( <br /> <br />ITEM #6.1. - 6.4. <br /> <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />TO: MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />FROM: STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING <br />& ZONING ADMINISTRATOR <br />$1<. <br /> <br />DATE: JULY 19, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br />CREATING A HERTITAGE <br />PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />AND OVERLAY ZONING <br />DISTRICT (Case #s OA 99-6, <br />99-7, 99-8, & 99-9) <br /> <br />Back2round <br />A group of citizens interested in compiling a written history of Elk River has been <br />meeting for over a year. With advice from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) <br />and the Sherburne County Historical Society, the group has come to the conclusion that <br />creating a Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) is an appropriate first step toward <br />accomplishing this written history. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Establishing a HPC legitimizes Elk River's efforts to compile our written history and <br />makes the city eligible for grant money. Funds will be needed to write and publish Elk <br />River's History. The HPC also places the City Council in a proactive position, if and <br />when they feel it is appropriate to make a stand on a particular issue of preserving our <br />heritage. <br /> <br />Reauest <br />The four attached ordinance amendments are needed to create a HPC in Elk River and <br />have it function properly. <br /> <br />. Case # OA 99-6 establishes a HPC in Elk River. This new section of the City of Elk <br />River Code of Ordinances, Section 215, spells out the purpose, membership and <br />terms, powers and duties, and meetings and procedure of the HPC. <br /> <br />Section 215.06 in the attached ordinance amendment lists the powers and duties of <br />the HPC in order of importance, as the Council requested. The major jobs of the HPC <br />are the education of the citizens of Elk River through mechanisms like a written <br />history, soliciting money, and identifying what is significant to Elk River's history or <br />heritage so the Council has that knowledge available to them when making land use <br />decisions. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />\ \elkriver\sys\shrdoc\b&z\stever\camascup.doc <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />