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Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Elk River City Hall September 17, 2020 Membership- The HPC shall consist of seven commissioners. FsFive of which shall be residents of the City of Elk River with the remaining Commissioners with the option of representing areas outside of the city. Motion carried 5-0. Mr. Carlton suggested one of the commissioners reach out to the Sherburne History Center to see if anyone was interested in applying to the commission. 5.4 HPC Initiatives and Updates Commissioner Maurer discussed how ERMU is firming up details of the public celebration of the water tower restoration and asked if there was more information regarding the details and price of an informational kiosk. Mr. Carlton indicated the council budget did include funds to hire a consultant to engage in creating plans for a kiosk in 2021 for the water tower site. ERMU has funds set aside for a kiosk but was not sure the amount. He explained how much detail could go into the plans including landscaping and kiosk construction. He noted other cities may have kiosks if the commission wanted to seek those ideas and provide as part of the discussion at the next HPC meeting on November 19. Chair Lindberg asked about the historical impact about the downtown redevelopment plans and if the commission should become involved to provide input. Councilmember Wagner stated in her opinion if the HPC wanted to put together a formal statement to provide during the work session, they could but she did not feel the council was close to making final decisions on this proposed redevelopment. She explained there has been no public input yet and there is no signed contract to proceed with any redevelopment. Commissioner Griffiths asked for guidance on how he could be authorized to do metal detecting on the Houlton property to try and find things to substantiate a battle that took place. He stated he emailed the Friends of the Mississippi and the Sandy Lake Band of Ojibwe for help. The commission discussed options for determining if archeological digging could take place. 6. Adjournment There being no further business, Chair Lindberg adjourned the meeting of the Elk River Heritage Preservation Commission at 6:35 p.m.