Heritage Preservation - 12/19/2022APPROVED MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 2022 7:00 P.M.
8080 MITCHELL RD
HPC COMMISSION MEMBERS: Rod Fisher (Chair); Paul Thorp (Vice-
Chair); George Maxwell; Steve
Schumacher; Robert Bowes; Andrew
Scipioni; Andy Ludowese
STUDENT MEMBERS: Avik Garg, Sophie Lunda, Mary Margaret
Mellen, Ilhaam Mohamed, Jash Parekh,
Suweda Said, Siri Tanget
COMMISSION STAFF: Beth Novak-Krebs, Staff Liaison
Kristin Harley, Recording Secretary
I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Chair Fisher called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Absent were student members
Mohamed, Parekh, and Said. Mike Rogers joined the meeting.
II. READING OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT
Fisher read the land acknowledgement statement.
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Schumacher moved, seconded by Bowes to approve the agenda. Motion
carried 6-0.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOTION: Bowes moved, seconded by Schumacher to approve the minutes of the
November 21, 2022, minutes. Motion carried 6-0.
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS OR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR
SMITH COFFEE WITHIN THE SMITH, DOUGLAS, MORE HOUSE
(ALEX SCHUSTER)
Novak-Krebs introduced Schuster, the owner of the Smith Coffee House. Schuster
displayed a PowerPoint and detailed his plans for the remodeling. The “café side”