Historic District Commission — Fayetteville, AR
Date: 2026-06-11
Time: 17:30

113 W. Mountain St
 Fayetteville, AR 72701

 Historic District Commission Agenda
 City Hall Meeting Room 101/ Virtual Meeting Via Zoom
 Thursday, June 11, 2026
 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 June 11, 2026




Zoom Information

 Webinar ID: 840 2719 5015
 Registration Link: https://fayetteville-
 ar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f7HGmAuqT-ipZ__Xsp5EzQ

Call to Order

Roll Call

Minutes
 Approval of the May 14, 2026 Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes.


Unfinished Business

 Downtown Plan Update

 Proposed Oak Grove Amendment (ADM-2026-0021) Update

 Proposed Fayetteville Black Historic District (ADM-2026-0022) Update

 Proposed South Fayetteville Historic District (ADM-2026-0023) Update

New Business

 Election of Officers

Announcements

Adjournment




City of Fayetteville, Arkansas Page 2

113 W. Mountain St
 Fayetteville, AR 72701

 Historic District Commission Agenda
 City Hall Meeting Room 101/ Virtual Meeting Via Zoom
 Thursday, June 11, 2026
 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 June 11, 2026




Zoom Information

 Webinar ID: 840 2719 5015
 Registration Link: https://fayetteville-
 ar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f7HGmAuqT-ipZ__Xsp5EzQ

Call to Order

Roll Call

Minutes
 Approval of the May 14, 2026 Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes.


Unfinished Business

 Downtown Plan Update

 Proposed Oak Grove Amendment (ADM-2026-0021) Update

 Proposed Fayetteville Black Historic District (ADM-2026-0022) Update

 Proposed South Fayetteville Historic District (ADM-2026-0023) Update

New Business

 Election of Officers

Announcements

Adjournment




City of Fayetteville, Arkansas Page 2
 BYLAWS
 CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
 Adopted June 12, 2025

ARTICLE I. MEMBERS AND TERMS

A. The members and terms of service of the Fayetteville Historic District Commission
 (HDC) shall be as stipulated by ordinance. Any member who is absent for three (3)
 consecutive regular meetings, except in case of illness or extraordinary circumstances,
 shall tender her/his resignation.

B. In order to meet the requirements of the Certified Local Government (CLG) Program,
 Fayetteville must establish an adequate and qualified historic preservation review
 commission by appropriate state or local legislation. HDC members must all demonstrate
 interest, competence, or knowledge in historic preservation.

ARTICLE II. OFFICERS

A. At its annual meeting in June, the HDC shall elect a chair and a vice-chair who shall hold
 office for one year. At the June meeting, the chair or vice-chair from the previous year
 shall preside over elections for chair and vice-chair. Neither the chair nor vice-chair shall
 serve as an officer for more than two consecutive terms.

B. The chair is a voting member and shall preside at all meetings and public hearings of the
 HDC and shall decide all points of order or procedure. All certificates of appropriateness,
 etc., requiring the signature of the HDC shall be signed by the chair or vice-chair when
 authorized by the Commission. These officers or either of them shall sign all other
 documents on behalf of the Commission.

C. The vice-chair shall assume the duties of the chair in the chair’s absence.

D. In the event of the absence or disability of both the chair and vice-chair at any meeting,
 the oldest appointive member in point of service shall act as chair during such meeting.

E. The planning staff of the City of Fayetteville shall be responsible for the minutes of every
 meeting, shall notify of regular meetings of the HDC at least two (2) days in advance of
 the meetings, shall give all notice of special meetings, and shall carry on routine
 correspondence and maintain the files of the Commission. All notices of public hearings
 and similar notices requiring the legal publication shall be signed by a member of the
 planning staff of the City of Fayetteville.

F. Should any unusual circumstance prevent the election of officers at the regular annual
 meeting, officers shall serve until their successors are elected.


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ARTICLE III. MEETINGS

A. All meetings of the HDC shall be public and no meeting can be held without full
 compliance of the Freedom of Information Act.

B. The regular annual meeting of the HDC shall be held at the June meeting each year, at
 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month or on such other day of the month as may
 be fixed by vote of the Commission.

C. The regular meetings of the Commission shall be held at 5:30 p.m. on the second
 Thursday of every month or on such other day of the month as may be fixed by vote of
 the Commission.

D. Special meetings may be called by the chair at any time and shall be called at the request
 of any three (3) members of the Commission. At least four (4) days notice of special
 meetings shall be given each member, if possible, but under extraordinary circumstances
 special meetings may be called by telephone and without other notice.

E. After proper notice has been provided to the public, Historic District Commissioners are
 authorized to assemble, gather, meet, and conduct open public meetings (including
 speaking, voting and approving Certificates of Appropriateness applications as well as
 making recommendations) through appropriate electronic means which ensure the
 public’s right to attend by being able to listen to the proceedings and discussions.

F. A quorum shall consist of four (4) members. No formal business may be conducted
 without a quorum and no vote shall be cast by proxy. No action may be taken on any item
 on which, excluding those members who abstain, there are fewer than four members
 voting. Any member who abstains should inform the Chair of his or her intention prior to
 commencement of discussion of the item. At that time, prior to commencement of
 discussion of the item, the abstaining member(s) shall withdraw from the HDC meeting
 and shall not speak of the respective item until a vote has been cast by the remaining
 members of the Commission. Following a vote concerning the matter, the abstaining
 member(s) may return to his seat.

G. 1. It shall require four (4) positive votes to carry the following items:

 a. Amendments of the HDC Bylaws.

 2. A majority vote of those members present shall be needed for adoption of any
 other motions.

 An abstention shall not be construed as a vote either for or against the item under
 consideration, and the abstaining member shall be treated as if absent for the
 purpose of determining the number comprising a majority on the vote on that

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 item. For example, if six members are present and a vote is three “ayes,” two
 “nays,” and one abstention, the motion passes.


H. Public hearings shall be conducted formally, and the chair shall make all rulings and
 determinations regarding the admissibility of evidence; the scope of the inquiry; the order
 in which evidence, objections and arguments shall be heard; and other like matters,
 except that when in doubt, s/he may refer to staff, the city attorney, or to any member
 with knowledge of the problem. Any member shall be privileged to make inquiries
 personally and to call for a vote on any ruling of the chair with which s/he does not agree,
 whereupon the vote shall determine the effective ruling. It shall be the purpose of the
 chair to expedite all hearings, confining them to the presentation of only essential matters
 in the interest of saving time, but entertaining the presentation of sufficient matter to do
 substantial justice to all concerned. Presentation by an applicant on an item of
 consideration shall be confined to information pertinent to the application, and shall be
 limited to a period of time not to exceed ten (10) minutes. A speaking time limit of no
 more than three (3) minutes per citizen or five (5) minutes per neighborhood group shall
 be enforced by the chair, and all comments should be directed to information pertinent to
 the application, as determined by the chair. Extension of said speaking time for any
 person or group shall only be permitted by the chair upon petition. Official action shall be
 taken only in regular or special session of the HDC.

I. A rehearing shall be called for only if there was a factual error, omission or oversight in
 the first consideration or at the request of the City Council. A request for a rehearing
 must be made in writing and must state the factual error, omission or oversight asserted
 as the basis for a rehearing. A request for a rehearing must be filed with the Planning
 Administrator within thirty (30) days from the date of final action on the matter by the
 HDC.

J. During HDC meetings, HDC members shall preserve order and decorum and shall
 neither by conversation or otherwise delay or interrupt the proceedings. All members of
 the HDC shall accord the utmost courtesy to each other, to city employees and to
 members of the public appearing before the HDC.

 Members shall speak on discussion items by turns and shall limit their discussion and
 comments to the item being discussed or the items listed on the meeting agenda, although
 announcements and future agenda item requests may be made. The chair may call
 Commissioners to order and may call discussion on an item to a close in order to call a
 vote.

K. Commissioners may choose to postpone or table agenda items to a future meeting. When
 an agenda item requires a vote, the chair may request a motion or may make the motion.
 Commissioners may make a motion during discussion of an item. Motions must receive a
 second or they fail, and another motion may be made should the first motion fail.

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L. For agenda items that do not have a public hearing the chair may receive comments or
 questions from members of the public at their discretion.

ARTICLE IV. RECORDS

The Planning Staff of the City of Fayetteville shall maintain a file of studies, plans, reports and
recommendations made by the HDC in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities.

ARTICLE V. AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be amended or repealed by not less than four (4) affirmative votes. Any
proposed amendment shall first be presented in writing at a regular meeting and placed on the
agenda of a subsequent regular meeting for action unless ten (10) days written notice of the
proposal has been given to all Commissioners, in which case action may be taken at any regular
or called meeting; or amendment may be made by unanimous vote without notice.

Revised and adopted by the HDC of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the 12th day of June,
2025.

ATTEST:

___________________________________
Christine Myres
Chair

ADOPTED: February 22, 2007
REVISED: August 14, 2014
REVISED: October 17, 2019
REVISED: February 9, 2023
REVISED: June 13, 2024
REVISED: July 11, 2024
REVISED: June 12, 2025




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Meeting of the Historic District Commission
 May 14, 2026, 5:30 PM
 City Hall Room 101 & Zoom

NOTE: The May 14, 2026 Historic District Commission meeting was held 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, Kaci Black – Long Range Communication & Outreach
Specialist

 Call to Order: 5:30 PM

 In Attendance: Chair Christine Myres, Vice Chair Cheri Coley, Meredith Mahan, Jennifer
 Didway, Mark Harper, Karen Rorex, Kylee Cole, Britin Bostick, and Breanna McCardle.

 2026 Historic Preservation Awards: Approximately 35 guests joined the meeting to receive
 awards. Bostick opened the meeting with welcome remarks. Cole presented awards for Public
 History, Digital Preservation, and Preservation Practice. Following receipt of her award for
 Preservation Practice Mayor Molly Rawn presented awards for Historical Research,
 Significant Scholarship, Historic Research and Publication, Preservation of Historic
 Construction Methods, The WCHS Jubilee, Making History – Oak Grove, History Education,
 Historic Rehabilitation Award, Adaptive Reuse Award, Historic Restoration Award, Historic
 Restoration Award, Award for Visual Storytelling, Neighbor of the Year, and Lifetime
 Achievement in Historic Preservation in Historic Preservation to Maylon Rice.

 Approval of Minutes from the March 12, 2026 Meeting: Motion to accept by Vice Chair
 Coley, second by Commissioner Flowers Davis. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

 Unfinished Business:
 1. Downtown Design Overlay District Review: Bostick shared that Moore Iacofano
 Goltsman (MIG) has been hired as the consultant for the Downtown Plan and made
 a quick visit earlier this week. A schedule of events and engagement will be out
 shortly and staff will be providing monthly updates to the Commission.

 2. Proposed Southeast Fayetteville Local Historic District:
 Cole presented two separate reports for consideration per the April request by the
 Historic District Commission. The first was the proposed Historic Black
 Neighborhood of Southeast Fayetteville. Cole recapped the process to date including
 the submission of the petition by property owners, the request to elevated the history
 as a Black neighborhood in the establishment of the district, and Cole’s research
 process to determine what ownership and occupation information is available. She
 also shared the different building ages in the neighborhood.

 Commissioner Harper asked if there would be any reason not to forward the report at
 this meeting. Cole said she did not have a reason to delay unless the Commission
 would like more time to deliberate. Chair Myres stated she thought the report was
 ready to begin receiving comments and requested a motion from the Commission.
 Motion to forward to the Planning Commission and Arkansas Historic Preservation
 Program by Commissioner Coley, second by Commissioner Mahan. Unanimous
 approval by voice vote. Chair Myres looks forward to hearing comments from the
 Planning Commission and Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.

 The second was the historic South Fayetteville Local Historic District, which was
 included in the petition-initiated request but which Cole identified for the Commission
 at the April meeting may merit a distinct historic district. This second district would
 follow recommendations and findings from the Historic Context Statement for the
 Historic Black Community of Southeast Fayetteville and Phase 1 of the citywide
 historic survey. Cole highlighted sites such as the former Jefferson School.

 Commissioner Harper asked about design guidelines for this second district and how
 those might be similar to or different from the district the Commission just forwarded.

 Chair Myres called for a motion. Commissioner Mahan motioned to forward the
 report to the Planning Commission and Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.
 Second by Vice Chair Coley. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

 4. Oak Grove Local Historic District Amendment: Chair Myres asked Cole to recap
 the request. Cole reported that staff has received the first formal request to add the
 property at 515 N. Park Ave to the Oak Grove district. Cole showed the additional
 property and shared the history of the property and noted the process would follow
 that already established for the creation of the Oak Grove district. As a boundary
 adjustment this property would follow the same process as the creation of the
 original Oak Grove district. Cole provided some property background, including the
 sale of the property by Noah Drake to the Jones family, who built the house in 1945.
 The property is a bookend to Drake’s direct influence on the development of the
 neighborhood. Cole asked if the Commission is ready to take action to recommend.

 Chair Myres requested a motion and second to forward to AHPP and the Planning
 Commission. Motion to forward by Commissioner Mahan. Second by Vice Chair
 Coley. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

New Business:
 The Commission did not have new business.

Announcements:




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 Bostick introduced Breanna McCardle, who is interning with the Long Range Planning
 team this summer. She also recognized Kaci Black for the award presentation and
 program.

Adjourned: 6:22 PM




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