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MEMORANDUM TO: Housing & Redevelopment Authority Mayor & City Council FROM: DATE: Stephen Rohlf, Building and Zoning Adrninisfrafor July 29, 2002 SUBJECT: Downtown Revitalization Project - Consider Acceptance of Historic Contexts Study Item 7.1. Attachment · Historic Contexts Study and Phase II Inventory (Doxvntown Elk River) Background The Historic Contexts Study and Phase II Inventory results were presented to the HRA and City Council on May 28, 2002 by Carole Zellie of Landscape Research. At its June 24, 2002 meeting the HRA requested clarification on the recommendations contained in these documents. Ms. Zellie has made additional revisions per the Housing and Redevelopment Authority's (HRA) request. Analysis The purpose of completing the Historic Contexts Study was to provide a framework with which to evaluate the historic, architectural, and landscape sigr~fic~nce of inventoried properties. To satisfy potential federal requirements, a Phase II Inventory was also done on the properties being considered in the Downtown RevitaLization Project. The Phase II Inventory determined National Kegister eligibility of downtown properties and suggested a dizection for future local designations. It is not a local historic dis~ict study. Ms. Zellie found that none of the downtown properties appear to be eligible for the National Register. With this finding, any of the buildings in the downtown study area 'may be razed. The next question is whether or not the properties involved have local historic significance. When determining the direction and scope of a project in the downtown area, the HRA and City Council will have to consider numerous issues. One of these issues is the local historic sigrfificance of the properties affected by the project. It is the charge, of the city's Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) to review and make recommendations regarding local