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HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING
November 20, 2019
Special Meeting
Vice-Chair Steinwall called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Present: Vice-Chair Steinwall, Commissioners Krakowski, Larson, and Walls
Staff: City Planner Wittman
Guests: Excelsior Heritage Preservation Commissioner Tim Caron, Excelsior HPC Residential
Review Research Committee Members John Beattie and Bruce Noll, and Excelsior City
Planner Emily Becker
STAFF PRESENTATION
City Planner Wittman presented photographs depicting Stillwater home designs prior to the City’s
creation and adoption of the Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD). She additionally presented
designs of home designs after NCD review as well as outlined existing and future challenges the
Stillwater HPC is facing with NCD review.
EXCELSIOR RESIDENTIAL REVIEW BOARD’S RESEARCH COMMITTEE
City of Stillwater Heritage Preservation Commissioners outlined the challenges with the NCD review,
noting that the design guidelines are recommended but codified standards would be binding. The
City of Excelsior representatives inquired of the City’s NCD review application and relationship to the
City’s demolition review. City Planner Wittman advised of the current HPC ordinance update, design
guideline consolidation, and demolition review modifications project and its relationship to the City
Council’s moratorium on demolition review of historic resources. City of Excelsior representatives
commented on the City of Stillwater’s “massing to detail” review approach, noting good design has
been a result. City of Stillwater HPC Commissioners answered questions regarding the NCD.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Commissioner Krakowski, seconded by Commissioner Walls, to adjourn. All in favor, 4-0. The
meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Abbi Jo Wittman, City Planner