HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
November 28, 2023, 7:00 PM

Hybrid Meeting
(This is for historical purposes as meetings are permanent retention documents and this will mark this period in our collective history)

Chair Rick Fieldhouse called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

 

ROLL CALL
Members Present:  Rick Fieldhouse, Chair

Bob Woodruff
 Joy Hughes

 

Members Absent:  Deb Buerkle

Charles Watson

Student Commissioner-VACANT

City Council

Representative: Robyn Wheatley

     

Staff Present:    Clay Downing; Interim Community Development Director (ICDD)

     Rachel Thomas; City Recorder (CR)

     Will Worthey; City Manager

     Fé Bates; Admin Assistant

 

There was not enough Commission Member present to have a quorum. Because of the there were no decisions made, just information shared to the commission member present.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR: Approval of the May 23, 2023 Meeting Minutes.

 

MOTION was not able to be made due to not having a quorum.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Written Comment from a representative from Historic Preservation Commissioner Britta Mansfield requesting a meeting between the Cities Historic Preservation Commission and the Newberg Area Historical Society to see how they could both work together. This request was read outload to the commissioners by ICDD Downing.

 

STAFF PRESENTATION “REFRESHER FOR THE PURPOSE, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF THE NEWBERG HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION” AND REVIEW OF 5-YEAR WORK PLAN (COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT)

ICCD Downing conducted a presentation that reviewed with the Commissions Purpose, Power, Duties and the 5-year work plan with the Commission. Commissioners discussed the 5-year work program. There were no decision made to change the items on the 5-Year work program was made due to lack of quorum.

 

STAFF PRESENTATION “HISTORIC NEWBERG” (CITY RECORDER)

CR Thomas conducted an informational presentation of the History of the City of Newberg.

 

NEXT MEETING:

Next meeting is February 27, 2024, at 7:00 pm

 

 

ADJOURNMENT:

 

Chair Fieldhouse - adjourned the meeting at 8:30pm.

 

APPROVED BY THE NEWBERG HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISISON, this 23rd day February 2024.

 

 

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Historic Commission Chair       Recording Secretary