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Approved Date: October 9, 2018
Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Heritage Preservation Commission
Edina City Hall
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
I. Call To Order
Chair Birdman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call was Chair Birdman and members, Schilling, Nymo, Mondry, and Student
Members Maheshwari and Venell. Staff Liaison, Emily Bodeker and Preservation Consultant Vogel
were also in attendance.
There was not a quorum at the meeting, no formal action was taken.
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
No Quorum
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
No Quorum
V. Community Comment: None
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Country Club District Re-survey
The member of the Commission in attendance discussed the Country Club District Re-survey.
Staff Liaison Bodeker informed the group that based on the feedback she received, the top three
topics were:
1. Develop a more complete and fully documented biography of developer Samuel S.
Thorpe and his company, Thorpe Bros.
2. While approximately 500 of the restrictive covenants executed between 1924 and
1944 were recorded by the county assessor, very little (in fact almost nothing) is
known about how the process actually worked. For example, did Sam Thorpe
personally approve all building plans prior to his death in 1934? How did the district
homeowner association function? Are there any written records?
3. Besides Mr. Thorpe, who were the principal members of the Country Club design
team during 1922-24 and what were their roles in the project?
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Due to the lack of Commissioners in attendance the group did not decide who would work on
each topic and decided to discuss the matter at a future meeting.
B. Comprehensive Plan Update
The group discussed the need to identify overlap with other chapters of the Comprehensive Plan.
Feedback on the Heritage Preservation Chapter needs to be sent back to Liaison Bodeker by
September 19th.
C. 2019 Work Plan
Members in attendance recognized that generally there wasn’t any changes in the proposed work
plan. They were in agreeance with the initiatives as shown.
VII. Chair And Member Comments:
None.
VIII. Staff Comments:
Staff Liaison Bodeker informed the group that she will no longer be sending out PDF’s of the
packet. The Commissioners should login to Novus Boardview to view the packets.
She asked the group if they would like to participate in the Open Streets event. Commissioner
Schilling and Commissioner Mondry volunteered to attend. Commissioner Schilling noted she will
lead a Heritage Tour at 1:30.
IX. Adjournment
The meeting ended at 7:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Emily Bodeker