NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING September 24 for St. Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

St. Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines Wards 3 & 7 

The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold a public hearing on the adoption of new Design Guidelines for the St. Anthony Falls Historic District. The public hearing will be held on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 4:30 pm in room 317 of City Hall, 350 S. 5th St., Minneapolis, MN.

Interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. All neighborhood representatives are encouraged to attend.

Design guidelines are a set of design standards that are created to protect the integrity and character of the district. The design guidelines are adopted by the Heritage Preservation Commission for historic districts to be used in reviewing applications for new construction and alterations to existing properties.

More information on the public process to develop design guidelines for the St. Anthony Falls Historic District and previous drafts of the design guidelines can be found on the project’s webpage. A copy of the final draft of the design guidelines is also available on the project’s webpage.

St. Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines project webpage: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/hpc/hpc_st_anthony_falls_historic_district_design_guidelines

The final draft of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines can be found here: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-097595.pdf

Public participation in the hearing is welcomed.  All interested parties should be present. If you have questions about the project, please contact the City staff person listed below.

If you would like to submit comments, you can make them verbally at the meeting or submit them in writing to:

Brian Schaffer, AICP, Principal City Planner
250 South 4th Street, Room 110, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-673-2670
Fax: 612-673-2526
E-mail: brian.schaffer@minneapolismn.gov