Historic District Commission — Fayetteville, AR
Date: 2025-07-10
Time: 17:30

Historic District Commission Meeting
 July 10, 2025, 5:30 pm
 City Hall Room 101

Members: Chair Christine Myres, Meredith Mahan, Mark Harper, Cheri Coley, Jennifer Didway,
Tommie Flowers Davis, and Karen Rorex

City Staff: Kylee Cole – Long Range & Preservation Planner, Britin Bostick – Long Range
Planning/Special Projects Manager

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes
  1. Minutes from the June 12, 2025 meeting

Announcements

Unfinished Business
 1. Bylaws Amendments – Order of Business
 2. Election of Officers

New Business
  1. Downtown Design Overlay District Background

Other Business

Adjourn


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pertinent data are open and available for inspection in the office of City Planning (575-8267), 125 West
Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. All interested parties are invited to review.

Meeting of the Historic District Commission
 June 12, 2025, 5:30 PM
 City Hall Room 101 & Zoom

NOTE: The June 12, 2025 Historic District Commission meeting was held in person and
online, with commissioners attending in person and online. Staff were present in person.

Members: Chair Christine Myers, Vice Chair Julie Preddy, Meredith Mahan, Mark Harper, Cheri
Coley, Jennifer Didway, and Tommie Flowers Davis

City Staff: Kylee Cole – Long Range & Preservation Planner; Britin Bostick - Long Range
Planning & Special Projects Manager

 Call to Order: 5:30 PM

 In Attendance: Chair Christine Myres, Cheri Coley, Jennifer Didway, Meredith Mahan, Mark
 Harper, Tommie Flowers Davis, Kylee Cole, Britin Bostick, and Councilmember Teresa Turk

 Approval of Minutes from the May 8, 2025 Meeting: Motion to accept by Commissioner
 Coley, second by Commissioner Didway. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

 Announcements:

 Unfinished Business:
 1. Goals & Action Items Review: Cole reviewed Commissioner’s selections: the
 overall winner was downtown guidelines, others included an interest in pursuing
 Demo ordinance. Discussion followed about the HDC’s role in the downtown
 master plan process and Bostick provided an overview of the downtown plan
 project plan. Staff will provide a history on the current downtown design overlay
 district at the next meeting.
 2. Update on Back Forty/St. John’s Historic Marker – Bostick asked the HDC to
 put Thursday, June 26th at 2:00 PM on their calendars for the unveiling of the
 newest marker. Meet on the West Ave. side near the pavilion. Myres asked if there
 was a picture or illustration on the marker. Bostick shared the revised plaque with
 the HDC. This project was done in partnership with NWA Equality. Councilmember
 Turk thanked the commission for their support with the project.

 New Business
 1. Historic District Discussion – Councilmember Teresa Turk – Turk offered a
 recent history of project proposals, and three examples of other AR city’s approach
 to design overlays. Discussion followed about what regulations may be considered
 with a focus on Dickson St.’s historic fabric. Turk encouraged the commissioners to
 continue thinking about this issue and what possible actions could be taken.
 Bostick noted that there are two paths for creating a local historic district, including
 a petition signed by property owners or using the exact NRHP boundary for City
 Council to establish. Another option is a design overlay, which downtown already
 has. The expectation currently is that buildings have more traditional building
 features. The Planning Commission has noted that this is overly detailed in some
 places, and not clear in others. The design overlay district is so large and deals
 with several building types: commercial, small homes, apartment buildings, etc.
 These standards could be revisited to improve them, and the HDC could offer to
 serve as the subcommittee for the Planning Commission and make
 recommendations about these. Bostick will follow up with background and
 information about the current DDOD, and discussed the opportunity of establishing
 a new Dickson St. specific OD.
 2. Bylaws Amendments – Order of Business – Motion by Mahan to delay to the
 next meeting, second by Coley. Passed by voice vote.

Other Business
 1. Election of Officers – Motion to delay to the next meeting by Harper, second by
 Coley. Passed by voice vote.


Adjourned: 7:28 PM




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