Historic District Commission — Fayetteville, AR
Date: 2025-08-14
Time: 17:30

113 West Mountain Street
 Fayetteville, AR 72701

 Historic District Commission Agenda
 City Hall Meeting Room 101 / Virtual Meeting Via Zoom
 Thursday, August 14, 2025
 5:30 PM


 Members
 Chair Christine Myres (Exp: 06/28)
 Vice Chair Cheri Coley (Exp: 06/27)
 Meredith Mahan (Exp: 06/26)
 Jennifer Didway (Exp: 06/27)
 Tommie Flowers Davis (Exp: 06/27)
 Mark Harper (Exp: 06/27)
 Karen Rorex (Exp: 06/28)

 City Staff
 Long Range and Historic Preservation Planner Kylee Cole
Long Range Planning and Special Projects Manager Britin Bostick
Historic District Commission August 14, 2025




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Call to Order

Roll Call

Minutes
 Approval of the July 10, 2025 Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes.


Unfinished Business

 Downtown Design Overlay District Review


New Business

Other Business

Announcements

Adjournment


NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE




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Meeting of the Historic District Commission
 July 10, 2025, 5:30 PM
 City Hall Room 101 & Zoom

NOTE: The July 10, 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 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: 5:30 PM

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

 Approval of Minutes from the June 12, 2025 Meeting: Motion to accept by Commissioner
 Coley, second by Commissioner Harper. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

 Announcements:
 1. Cole provided the 2nd quarter 2025 demolition memo to the commission.

 Unfinished Business:
 1. Bylaws Amendments – Order of Business: Myres said this will give flexibility for
 following accepted city precedent. Bostick showed the public meetings webpage
 and how to navigate to upcoming meeting agendas. The new system will be used
 for the August meeting. Motion to approve as presented, Coley; second by Harper.
 Approval by voice vote. Staff provide written copy for signature at next meeting.
 2. Election of Officers: After brief discussion Harper made a motion for Myres for
 Chair and Coley for Vice-Chair; second by Didway. Approval by voice vote.
 New Business
 1. Downtown Design Overlay District – Background: Bostick provided an
 overview on the background and interest in hearing more about DDOD, especially
 considering development along historic Dickson St. The city is about to begin a
 downtown master plan project and the DDOD standards will be revisited. A history
 of the 2004 downtown masterplan was discussed, and changes to the DDOD that
 were explored by PC beginning in 2023 were reviewed (these amendments never
 took place). Bostick asked for clarification about the commissioner’s preferred
 method of reviewing code changes. Myres preferred paper copy with redlines for
 notes, and staff could live edit a digital version. Coley agreed. Harper requested
 that documents be provided before the meetings. Staff will provide materials one
 week ahead of meetings, then provide a marked up version after meetings, at the
 next meeting we would continue revisions. Myres asked that a recurring item under
 “unfinished business” be added to review DDOD, and they will dedicate around 20
 minutes each meeting.

Other Business
 1. Commissioners requested clarification on a few points in the demolition report, which
 Cole provided. Commissioners agreed it was important to continue getting photographs
 of buildings slated for demolition.
 2. Karen Rorex introduced herself to the commission and provided some information about
 her background and interest in historic preservation.

Adjourned: 6:37 PM




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