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ITEM ~~ 9. <br />fiver <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Economic <br />Development Authority and Heritage Preservation <br />Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Rohlf, Building 8~ Environmental Administrator <br />sjZ <br />DATE: January 10, 2005 <br />SUBJECT: Joint Meeting to Discuss the Establishment of Historic Districts <br />Background <br />There are certain areas in Elk River that do have local historic significance. The Heritage <br />Preservation Commission has been discussing the potential of encouraging the designation <br />of historic districts in these areas to restore or preserve their integrity. The logical place to <br />start is certain area of the downtown. <br />Issue <br />The HPC's would like to discuss the issue of establishing a historic district(s) in the <br />downtown to make sure their efforts don't conflict with the HRA's plans for the area. <br />Section 30-1836 titled, "HPS heritage preservation site overlay district", which explains the <br />details of creating a historic district is attached to this memo for your review. In addition, <br />the HPC would like to discuss potential financial mechanisms with the EDA that could be <br />used as incentives for restoring and rehabilitating buildings in a historic district. The HPC's <br />next step would be to talk to the Rivers Edge Downtown Business Association for their <br />support. <br />Recommendation <br />The purpose of the meeting is for prelunuiary discussion on a possible project to engage <br />downtown businesses in restoring and rehabilitating their buildings with financial incentives. <br />_..wW.~,<.~, <br />