Brighton Historic Preservation Commission City Hall, 500 S. 4th Ave., 1st Floor, Council Chambers Brighton, CO 80601 Virtual Meeting Agenda Date: May 14, 2020 - 6:00 P.M. Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86584766275 Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 865 8476 6275 I. CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Sara Dawson
II. ROLL CALL Sheryl Johnson
III. SEATING OF ALTERNATES – No Alternates Sara Dawson
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Sara Dawson
BRIGHTON HISTORIC V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MARCH 12, 2020 Sara Dawson PRESERVATION COMMISSION VI. CONSENT AGENDA Sara Dawson TH 500 S. 4 Avenue Grants Subcommittee – March 5, 2020 Brighton, CO 80601
303-655-2042 [email protected] VII. PUBLIC COMMENT Public invited to be heard on matters not on the agenda (Limited to 5 minutes) Chairperson: Sara Dawson VIII. REPORTS / PRESENTATIONS
Vice–Chair: Committees: Dick Hodge Staff: Secretary/Treasurer: Staff Report from Kim Kim Bauer Catherine Johnson IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Commissioners: Jo Pinto 2020 Budget Catherine Johnson Sage Naumann Mardita Murphy X. NEW BUSINESS Brick Awards Cancelation & Celebration Ideas Kim Bauer City Council May Preservation Month Ideas Kim Bauer Representatives: CLG Online Education Scholarship Opportunities Kim Bauer Mark Humbert - Alternate XI. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Youth Commission XII. ADJOURNMENT Sara Dawson Representative: Prisylla Arteaga XIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS Kenneth Guzman th th Webinars – May 20 – Tax Credits for Historic Buildings; May 27 – Overview of rd Alternate: Section 106; June 3 – Historic Property Research – all through History Colorado – all Vacant webinars start at noon – see info sent with zoom links th Vacant Central Regional CLG Forum – Thursday, June 18 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Robert A. Clark Emergency Operation Center, 911 Miners Mesa Road, Black Hawk rd City Admin. Assistant: CLG Workshop – Applying the SOI Standards for Rehabilitation – Monday, August 3 Sheryl Johnson – 1:00 – 6:00 pm – Tabor Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville
City Staff: NEXT MEETING Kim Bauer JUNE 11, 2020 Brianne Schreck
500 S. 4th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601
MINUTES of the Brighton Historic Preservation Commission meeting for the City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado held in the Council Chambers on the 1st Floor at City Hall, 500 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado.
DATE: March 12, 2020
Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance: Chairman Sara Dawson called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. followed by the pledge of allegiance.
Roll Call/Establish Quorum: Commissioners Present: Sara Dawson, Dick Hodge, Catherine Johnson, Jo Pinto and Mark Humbert Commissioners Absent: (Excused) Sage Naumann, Kenneth Guzman (Unexcused) Staff Present: Kim Bauer, Brianne Schreck and Sheryl Johnson Others Present: Mardita Murphy and Melody Jablonski
Seating of Alternates: There were no alternates to seat.
Approval of Agenda: Motion to approve the agenda as presented by Jo. Second by Mark. Motion Carries.
Approval of Minutes for February 13, 2020: Motion to approve the minutes for February 13, 2020 as distributed and accept a correction to the January 9, 2020 minutes to correct Sage’s title. Motion by Catherine. Second by Dick. Motion Carries.
Consent Agenda: Demolition Subcommittee - Wells Denver Case No. D1912-01 – January 15, 2020 Motion to approve as submitted by Sara.
Public Comment: None
Reports / Presentations: None
Committees There were no reports from the committees.
Staff - Kim Bauer
GRANTS & SURVEYS: Kuner Row Properties Survey (previously referred to as Central Addition Subdivision Survey) – The CLG Grant application for the survey was submitted to History Colorado on January 15, 2020. The grant is for $20,000 with a $3,000 match form the City. The area includes 15 houses and will be the first phase for the Central Addition area with the focus on the western edge which includes the Kuner Row properties. On March 2nd, staff was notified that the Commission received the CLG grant. Staff is working with the Finance Department for the requests and next steps of the grant funding process. A resolution will go before City Council on the agreement of the CLG funds.
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2020 Vision Session Follow-Up – The Commission discussed ideas for 2020 at the last meeting. Appendix A outlines some of the key highlights and the following goals were created from the ideas for 2020. 1) Continue and expand the Oral Histories project a. Make information 2) Look at other ways to develop a more robust storytelling initiative for the Brighton City Museum and Historic Preservation team a. Tours b. Educational Partnerships c. Social Media 3) Work on a series of educational materials that cover Preservation “basics” 4) Pursue a variety of ways to grow property designation outreach Kim will start a timeline for the next meeting to start to address some of these goals.
BUDGET: Appendix B outlines a list of items for the museum for this year. The list includes cleaning supplies, collection materials, exhibit materials and dues for organizations that we want to belong to and for the accreditation process to be completed in 2022. Brianna has been working on collection pieces and backlogs. She is making sure that items are properly packaged for storage. We may gain some extra space in the vault that was shared with the Youth Commission.
OUTREACH STATISTICS: Facebook for the period of February 6 through March 4 had 344 page likes. The post reaches totaled 7,525. The total page likes was 828 which is an increase of 181 from last month. The Digital Walking Tour of the Downtown Historic District had 83 visitors from February 4 to March 5. The website pages had 83 views; the Brighton City Museum had 48 views; and the Downtown District had 45 views. The Property Designation page did not have any views. The Brighton City Museum Blog recently had the Google Analytics added and from February 26 to March 4, there were 8 views.
MUSEUM UPDATES: Exhibits – “A Reserve of Public Service: The History of Brighton’s Armory” is now on display in the hallway. This is the first exhibit to include Spanish translations. The museum staff is already focusing on their next exhibit.
Collections – There were two new items donated by Commission Hodge.
Volunteers – The DAR Group is continuing to transcribe the Cress Letters for us. Thirty-six of the letters are completed and they have spent approximately 20 hours working on this. They are currently working on 67 other letter. These letters are all multiple pages.
Visitors – The museum hours have changed and are now Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and the first Saturday of the month. The hours are 10:00 am to 4 pm. Appointments can be made for 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The museum will be closed on Wednesday’s. The museum has had 32 visitors so far this year. There have been 9 research requests this year for a total of 20 hours.
Unfinished Business: 2020 Budget We have some events coming up that will require funds. Most expenses are coming out of the operating funds. There were several expenses that were just processed that that were not reflected on this month’s report.
New Business: Interview Mardita Murphy for the Commission Mardita Murphy introduced herself to the Commission. She has been in Colorado about 2 ½ years. She works for a design company and has experience in tax credits, designations and nominations. She would be able to contribute to the educational programs that the Commission will be working on in the future. Mardita has an architectural background as well. She would be available for the Thursday meetings. She has a professional background and would come on the Commission as a professional.
Move to recommend the nomination of Mardita Murphy as a professional member to the Brighton Historic Preservation Commission upon final approval from the Brighton City Council by Catherine. Second by Jo. Motion carries.
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Additional Comments: There are some committees meeting next week. May is Historic Preservation Month. We will be having our Brick Awards luncheon again. Nominations need to be submitted for the Brick Awards. We should invite all of the Brick awardees to the luncheon.
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 6:50 p.m. by Mark. Second by Jo. Motion Carries.
Announcements: CLG Forum – Thursday, March 19th – 1:00 – 5:30 pm – Manitou Springs Heritage Center, 517 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO (Postponed) CLG Webinar – Preservation Plans – Wednesday, March 25th – 12:00 – 1:00 pm CLG Workshop - Historic Survey Smart Tool Workshop – Thursday, April 23rd – 1:00 – 4:30 pm – 281 N. College Street, Ft. Collins State of the City Address – Wednesday, April 29th – Doors open at 6:30 pm, Speech at 7:00 pm – Armory, 300 Strong Street Central Regional CLG Forum – Thursday, June 18th – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Robert A. Clark Emergency Operation Center, 911 Miners Mesa Road, Black Hawk CLG Workshop – Applying the SOI Standards for Rehabilitation – Monday, August 3rd – 1:00 – 6:00 pm – Tabor Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville
Next Meeting: April 9, 2020
Submitted by, Sheryl Johnson
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MINUTES of the Brighton Historic Preservation Grants Subcommittee for the City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado held at City Hall at 500 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado.
Date: 3/5/2020
Call to Order: 3:58 pm
Roll Call/Establish Quorum: Committee Members Present: Sara Dawson Staff Present: Kimberly Bauer Other Present: None
Agenda: Updates from Kim Bauer - CLG Application for Kuners Row
New Business: ***Please note this meeting took place via phone call due to the City being closed down because of COVID-19***
Sara and Kim began by talking about the recent (March 2) notification that the BHPC was awarded the CLG grant from History Colorado for the January round of awards. Ms. Bauer noted that she spoke with History Colorado Preservation Planner Erica Duvic regarding the amount that the BHPC was awarded. We were given more than originally requested since the reviewing group wanted to make sure that we were able to get the grant completed. The BHPC was awarded $20,475.
Sara and Kim then talked about some of the items that are required by History Colorado, including the self-risk assessment which is due April 15. It is taking some coordination with the Finance Department to get some of the city’s overall numbers including overall full time employees, or the total amount of monies that the city has received overall in the last year.
Kim will be working on the Scope of Work in order to send it out as part of the RFP. Kim noted she will send Sara the draft copy and the final copy that will go out to potential bidders. Kim noted that she will be sending out the draft to Sara and the Finance department by the end of the week.
Sara mentioned that a good number to get if we can would be 5 replies. She mentioned having only 3 would have a high, medium, and low number and getting a few more helps with putting the amounts into context and helps to analyze the bidders and their proposed prices.
Both Kim and Sara then discussed how we should decide who to send the RFPs out to. Kim mentioned she is planning to look at the list of contractors as provided by the SHPOs office and then send it out to all those on the list that indicate this do this type of research project. Sara added that it would be a good idea look back at previous grant RFPs to see if there is anyone that has bid before but is not on the list Kim plans to use. This will help add to the number of people who the BHPC has reached out to for the RFP process.
Adjournment: 4:24 pm
Next Meeting: TBD
STAFF REPORT
Monthly report on staff activity related to and involving Historic Preservation items.
Date Prepared: 5/7/2020
Date Presented: 5/14/2020
Prepared By: Kimberly Bauer, Historic Preservation Planner
Location: Virtual on Zoom Meeting 5/14/2020
STAFF REPORT
GRANTS & SURVEYS: Kuners Row Properties Survey Grant
Staff is working with the State’s office on necessary next steps. The agreement will go before council for resolution for the agreement. The following work has been completed:
The Self-Risk Assessment, with most of the information provided coming from the Finance Department And Request for Quote (RFQ) was written and confirmed with the Finance Department to go out. Staff received five (5) replies by the deadline of 4/24/2020: o Autobee and Autobee o Cultural Resource Historians o History Matters o Pinyon Environmental o Rausche Historic Preservation Reviews of the proposals should be complete before the end of the month of May. The State’s office will also be supplying an IGA to be completed between their office and us. This has not been received by them by the Historic Preservation Office, yet.
PERMITS: BP-20-00827 : Demolition-Res – 13713 WCR 6 o Demolition of Farmhouse o Approved per case approval from D1912-01 BP-20-00847 : Demolition-Res – 13713 WCR 6 o Demolition of Pole Barn o Approved per case approval from D1912-01 BP-19-00647 - 301 S MAIN ST o Change order for some interior work o Approved with no COA required, noting: “After speaking with the applicant, Historic Preservation Staff has confirmed that no COA will be needed as all the windows will either remain or be replaced
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in direct correspondence with an already approved COA for this project. If any new exterior changes are to be made, a COA would be required at that time.”
BUDGET: See Appendix A for a list of items brainstormed for the 2020 operations budget that has been highlighted to showcase what are some of the most important items to start acquiring when we begin coming back into the office. Most of the items are Museum related but some Brick Award costs may come into play as well.
OUTREACH STATISTICS: March 2020:
Facebook (for the period between March 4 and March 31):
o Page Views: 125
o Post Reach: 2,700
o Total Pages Likes: 837
Museum Visitors YTD: 57 (affected by COVID closure beginning Monday, March 16)
Digital Walking Tour of Downtown Historic District:
o From the time period of March 2 – April 1: 45 visitors
Growing History: Brighton City Museum blog:
o Overview from March 4 – April 1
. Users: 29 (+262.5% in month-to-month comparison)
. Sessions: 49 (+390.0% in month-to-month comparison)
Website pages:
o Historic Preservation main page: 103
o Brighton City Museum: 42
o Property Designation: 8
o Downtown District: 19 April 2020:
Facebook (for the period between April 4 and May 1):
o Page Views: 100
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o Post Reach: 1,345
o Total Pages Likes: 872
Digital Walking Tour of Downtown Historic District:
o From the time period of April 4 and May 1: 66 visitors
Growing History: Brighton City Museum blog:
o Overview from April 4 and May 1:
. Users: 27
. Sessions: 41
. Positive numbers not seen on the surface: Session Duration was up to an average of 4m 10s (up 269.2%) and the Bounce Rate went down to 39.02% (down 14.1%).
Website pages:
o Not available from PIO office at the time of writing the report. OTHER UPDATES:
A new webpage has been created on the City of Brighton website dedicated to provided information and is called “Helpful Links” o https://www.brightonco.gov/1455/Helpful-Links Staff has created a sort of “one-pager” flyer that includes many of our digital initiatives: o Links to “Growing History” blog which continues to update once a month as normal o Link to our “Help Links” page o Other links like to the State’s Website or PBS Colorado Experience o Links to our Facebook o Links to Digital Exhibit o Links to the Downtown Digital Walking Tour Have our first resident interested in Historic Designation Have recently been contacted by a PBS Colorado Experience producer on a potential upcoming episode on the Buddhist Church/Temple Working on the “ABCs of Brighton”, a Facebook campaign
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Working on a Digital Tour of some of our more historically important farms in Historic Splendid Valley, for example: o Talbot/Morimitsu Farmstead o Ehlen Farmstead o Carlson Farmstead
MUSEUM UPDATES:
Exhibits: o "A Reserve of Public Service: The History of Brighton's Armory" is now up in the hallway. Closures have obviously affected the public’s ability to view but staff is currently working on a digital exhibit of this space. o Our next physical exhibit about Historic Splendid Valley is in the works. Draft panels are done and being reviewed by staff. Labels are currently being written. A tentative opening date would be August 1, one of our Saturdays that the Museum is open. As COVID closures ease and the public begins going back into society, this date may change depending on COVID circumstances. o Museum staff has already created an online exhibit showcasing the Bicentennial Paintings (physically located in the Historic City Hall Heritage Meeting Room). This is one way we’ve continued to count Museum visitors is through the visits to this digital exhibit: https://www.artsteps.com/view/5e7a69e895652e17e50d805c o Museum staff is also working on the planning stages of a third digital exhibit that would use Albin Wagner’s Watercolor paintings of buildings around town. Collections: o No new donations during the closures. o Museum staff has studied best practices for donations when we return. This includes Ziploc bagging (if possible) and having those items “quarantine” for about 9 days before continuing the cataloging process. Visitors:
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5/14/2020 o Reminder that when the City reopening June 1st. At the writing of this report, the Colorado Safer-At-Home appeared to indicate that Museums are one space that will remain closed. Staff will continue to look into this and update you accordingly. o Hours will be: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and 1st Saturdays 10AM-4PM, 12-1 by appointment only, closed Wednesdays. o Museum Visitors Year to Date (YTD): 99 . 4/8/20 VR visitors – Paintings 21 . 4/14/20 VR visitors – Paintings 6 . 4/21/20 VR visitors – Paintings 1 . 4/29/20 VR visitors – Paintings 7 . 5/5/20 VR visitors – Paintings 7
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Appendix A
Cost per Total Expenses item Estimated Needs Costs
Cleaning Supplies Microfiber Cloths (highlighted line) $11.79 1 $11.79 Isopropryl Alcohol (highlighted line) $2.06 3 $6.18 Distilled water (highlighted line) $0.96 2 $1.92 Spray Bottle (highlighted line) $3.98 1 $3.98 Polylethene Mesh $10.98 1 $10.98 Vacuum $149.49 1 $149.49 Falcon Dust Off Air Duster (4pack) $13.98 1 $13.98
Collections Materials Boxes, Newspaper, 22"Lx19"Wx2.5"H $10.65 43 $457.95 Boxes, Textile 19 7/8"Lx16 3/4"xWx4"H $35.00 5 $175.00 Bags, 2 Mil, 4"x6" (100bags) $3.85 2 $7.70 Bags, 2 Mil, 8"x10" (100bags) $7.35 2 $14.70 Bags, 2 Mil, 12"x15" (100bags) $13.15 2 $26.30
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Tubes, Textile Storage, 3"diameter, 6'L (10pack) (highlighted line) $214.00 3 $642.00 Roll Storage Bags, 2 Mil, 8'L (25 bags) $75.99 1 $75.99 Tissue, Acid-Free, Roll $78.20 1 $78.20 Tyvek, 50yds x 60" (highlighted line) $168.00 1 $168.00 Sleeves, L Polyester, 8 1/2"x 11" (10 pack) $9.00 10 $90.00 Sleeves, L Polyester, 9"x 12" (10 pack) $11.60 10 $116.00 Sleeves, Photo and Negative, 5" x 7" (100) $14.70 1 $14.70 Sleeves, Photo and Negative, 8"x 10" (100) $19.00 1 $19.00 Tag, Artifact ID (Tyvek), 3" x 1 1/2" (100) (highlighted line) $19.45 2 $38.90 UV Light Filters for Flourescent Bulbs (10) $71.00 2 $71.00 Batting, 40" x 30 yrds (highlighted line) $98.00 1 $98.00 Gloves, Nitrile, Small (highlighted line) $13.35 1 $13.35 Gloves, Medium (highlighted line) $13.35 2 $26.70 Hat Box, Clear Lid, 11"Wx11"Lx7"H $34.99 35 $1,224.65 Hat Box, Clear Lid, 11"Wx11"Lx7"H $42.85 1 $42.85 Glove Box $7.15 14 $100.10 Double-Sided Freestanding Art Storage $1,169.00 1 $1,169.00
Exhibit Materials Museum Wax, 2oz Jar (highlighted line) $7.50 1 $7.50 Command Strips, Small (PH202-18NA) (18pairs) (highlighted line) $6.08 4 $24.32 Command Strips, Medium (PH204-16NA) (16pairs) (highlighted line) $11.37 8 $90.96 Command Strips, Large (PH206-14NA) (14pairs) (highlighted line) $9.96 12 $119.52 3M Spray Mount Repositionable Adhesive (MMM6065) (highlighted line) $13.99 1 $14 Display Panel Feet (1pair) (highlighted line) $105.00 3 $315 Exhibit Allocated $1,500.00 1 $1,500
Total Costs $8,000.00 6939.7
Wishlist Items
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Tripod with O Light (Oral History) $29.99 1 $29.99 Donation Box $215.94 1 $215.94
Total Costs with Wishlist Items $8,000.00 7185.63
Unallocated Unallocated (no wishlist) $1,060.30 (wishlist) 814.37
**Shipping Costs have NOT been included**
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Brighton HPC Budget - 2020 Line Name Approved Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual May Total Spent / Total NOTES Item Budget January February March April Received Remaining Revenue
Account #10-00-0000-02121 Beginning Balance (as of 1/01/2020) $18,356.93 $18,356.93 $18,356.93 Fundraising Activities $0.00 $0.00 Book Sales $60.00 $60.00 $60.00 Cash Donations $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 Gala Donations (Income) $0.00 $0.00 Gala Expenses $0.00 $0.00 Total (Revenue) $0.00 $160.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $18,516.93 $18,516.93 Expenses Office Supplies Account # 10-21-4645-20000 $800
Total $800 $11.47 $66.74 $78.21 $721.79 Operating Supplies Account # 10-21-4645-21000 $8,000
Total $8,000 $50 $821.72 $283.70 $1,155.70 $6,844.30 Professional Services Account # 10-21-4645-30005 $20,000
Total $20,000 $0.00 $20,000.00 Filings and Recordings Account # 10-21-4645-55500 $150
$150 $0.00 $150.00 Dues & Subscriptions Account # 10-21-4645-56000 $800
Total $800 $0.00 $800.00 Travel, Conferences & School Account # 10-21-4645-58000 $3,000
Total $3,000 $1,080.00 $96.88 $1,176.88 $1,823.12 Program Supplies Account # 10-21-4645-69000 $2,000
Total $2,000 $0.00 $2,000.00 Miscellaneous Account # 10-21-4645-80000 $300
Total $300 $0.00 $300.00 Total(Expenses) $0.00 $1,141.75 $985.34 $283.70 $0.00 $2,410.79 $32,639.21
Total Funds Available $35,050.00 ######## $33,908.25 $32,922.91 $32,639.21 $32,639.21 $32,639.21