HDC Minutes March 2018City of Van Buren, Arkansas
Municipal Annex
111 North 12 Street • Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION MINUTES
March 82 2018
The Van Buren Historic. District Commission held its monthly meeting on Thursday,
March 8, 2017 at 5:30 P.M. in the City Council Room of the Municipal Complex.
Members Present: Chairman Vickie Davis, Vice Chairman Derald Porter, Mark
Shaffer and Justin Goins. Others Present: David Martin, Building Inspector, City of
Van Buren and Pat Biggerstaff.
The first item on the agenda was to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Minutes were tabled for approval until next meeting.
The next item on the agenda was for the Veteran's Park Design, Pat Biggerstaff Mr.
Biggerstaff explained the design plans to the commission and gave an update on the
construction completion of the park.
Next item on the agenda was for the update on training with Bob Yapp and some
local statewide training. There will be CAMP Training on the 7"' of May, in Hot
Springs, Arkansas. Please let Julie Copple know if you are planning on attending.
Also, NAPC, in Des Moines, Iowa, training for commissioners is on July 18-22, 2018.
Bob Yapp Training: Justin Goins said ABC is very interested in sponsoring the
training. Chairman Davis suggested Justin submit a letter to Julie Copple for the grant
by March 15. Possibly a letter from TOTMA would help too. Chairman Davis stated
a date has not been set with Mr. Yapp until we know about the funding.
The next q was for Vold business. Meeting ended at 6:10pm.
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Vickie Davis , Chairman Josep Hurst, Planning Director