Historic District Meeting Minutes 07-09-2015City of Van Buren, Arkansas
Municipal Annex
111 North 12"' Street • Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION MINUTES
July 9, 2015
The Van Buren Historic District Commission held its monthly meeting on Thursday, July 9,
2015 at 5:30 P.M. in the City Council Room of the Municipal Complex.
Members Present — Chairman Vickie Davis, Vice Chairman Lisa Willis, Derald Porter, Cathy
Gifford, Paul Gibson and Lonnie London, TOTMA.
Others Present — Planning Assistant Julie Copple, AHPP CLG Coordinator Catherine Barrier,
Fairview Cemetery Liaison Randy Smith, Kaye Moore and Mindy London.
Historic District Commission Chairman Vickie Davis called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M.
The first action by the commission was to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. A
motion was made by Cathy Gifford to correct her last name, and to accept minutes. The motion
was approved unanimously.
Chairman Vickie Davis welcomed guests Catherine Barrier and Randy Smith.
The next item on the agenda was the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) Fairview Cemetery
Mausoleum for Randy and Kaye Moore. Chairman Vickie Davis asked Randy Smith to speak to
the commission about Fairview and the mausoleum for the Moore's'. Mr. Smith stated the
mausoleum is beautiful and fits the Fairview Cemetery historic guidelines. The commission was
satisfied that Mr. Smith approved mausoleum. A motion to accept mausoleum was made by Paul
Gibson and seconded by Cathy Gifford. The motion was approved unanimously.
The next item on the agenda was Catherine Barrier, CLG Coordinator, Arkansas Historic
Preservation Program. Ms. Barrier stated that training will start to be on-site since it is easier for
one to travel to training instead of groups. She asked the commission to start thinking of subjects
for training needs for your HDC. Ms. Barrier was asked about some ideas for CLG grant money.
Some of the ideas: Geocache, interns and GIS storybook maps. Large projects can ask for
money in phases. Fagade grants are through Main Street Program. There is some training
coming up in September for Destination Downtown in Little Rock. Main Street website has
more information about training in September. Dollars and Sense at the end of October is
another training opportunity.
Geocache update. Vice Chairman Lisa Willis stated she is working on getting different
architectural pictures, specialty brick on abstract buildings for the brochure. Vice Chairman
Willis will be working on updating and changing the brochure for the next phase in the
geocache.
A motion was made by Paul Gibson and seconded by Cathy Gifford to adjourn. The motion was
approved unanimously.
Vickie Davis, Chairman
Joseph Hurst, Planning Director