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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Chairperson Ryland Erdman called the Historic Preservation Commission to order on February 9, 2026 at 5:08 pm in City Hall in Garden Level Room 58. Members present were Ryland Erdman, Melissa Kneeland, John Sobota, Joshua Kohnke, Carl Rudenborg, Sylvia Gengenbach, and Tim Dotseth Also present were David Schofield, Dave Kowieski, Christopher Johnson, Rebecca Schoenborn, Wade Lambrigtsen, and Tammy Simon. Approval of Minutes: Motion to approve the minutes of the January 12, 2026 meeting by Kohnke; Kneeland 2nd; motion carried unanimously on a voice vote. Public Comments: none. New Business: a) Introduction to Murals in Menomonie Project (Various Locations) – discussion only (no action). The members of the commission discussed the upcoming Murals in Menomonie event which will host the Walldogs mural painting organization. Lambrigtsen indicated Murals in Menomonie will be a one- time event held in June 2026, creating 14 murals with 150+ artists coming to paint public artwork around our city. Simon indicated that Murals in Menomonie will be setting up an endowment fund to be created for the maintaining the murals into the future. Some of the murals will be painted inside the Historic District and thus will need approval from this body. Murals in Menomonie will come back later with a Certificate of Appropriateness (CoA) application at a later meeting for the buildings inside the district. An overview was given on the location and content of the murals. Discussion was had on whether the murals would all be painted on brick or if they are to be painted to panels attached to the brick, Lambrigtsen indicated that the majority would be on panels, but two would be on brick only one on raw brick. Question was raised over if the murals should have a color palate designated for them, under current mural rules passed by the commission there is no restriction on colors, and it may be in the commissions best interest to leave artists a freer hand in the creation of the art. It was also mentioned that the artists will most likely be mixing paints creating unique colors on their own that will not follow any palates. Lambrigtsen commented that with these artists will be using Nova Colors paints, and will be done tastefully as shown in the example books presented from prior events that Wall Dogs have held around the country. Question was raised on the materials that the panels will be made out of, and if it will be flammable Lambrigtsen commented that they would be made of aluminum sheets. Discussion was had over if mock-ups of the murals in the historic district would be nice to have for the next meeting, and if color is not available if the written idea of what the colors are to be could be provided instead. Question was raised on the endowment fund and what it would cover, just the paint, or the brickwork and panels as well. Kohnke noted that Nova paints also look to be very breathable for the brick and shouldn’t create further damage to the brickwork. Simon commented that the fund will be setup for the murals only, not the building they are placed upon. Question was raised on what prep work will be done for brickwork painting. Lambrigtsen commented that the brick will need to be cleaned, re-primed, and painted before the mural can be projected and painted. Question was raised over the previously approved mural guidelines and if there are things in there to consider when we get to the CoA for this event. A copy of the guidelines will be included in the packet for the next meeting. b) Approved Color Palettes – discussion and possible action. Schofield presented the history of approved color palates that were passed by the HPC between 1999 and today. Presenting concern over the enforceability of those colors previously approved, noting the maintenance of those palates was lacking in the past. Proposing that the approved color palates should be ones that the city has hard copies of at city hall, in the form of either palates with color names, hex codes, and or the like available to be used as the standard for enforcement. Recommending the new approved list should be based on the palates currently approved and located within city hall, those being – Benjamin Moore Historic Color Palette, Pittsburgh Paints Historic Color Palette, and Mautz Historic Colors of America Color Palette. These approved colors would only be for the paint to be applied to a building exterior, not the colors of signs, murals, or other pieces of art. Erdman noted that signs are more temporary and are closely associated to a business’s branding. Discussion was had that those should be excluded from this motion. It was recommended that sign paints be discussed at the next meeting as a separate color palette list, with Lambrigtsen to provide physical color palettes for use in signs at the next meeting. Motion was made to approve the Benjamin Moore Historic Color Palette, Pittsburgh Paints Historic Color Palette, and Mautz Historic Colors of America Color Palette for use in the historic district for building exteriors and rescinding all previous color palette approvals made by the Historic Preservation Commission by Dotseth, Kneeland 2nd; motion carried unanimously on a voice vote. The next regular scheduled Historic Preservation Commission meeting will be held on Monday March 9, 2026 at 5:00pm at City Hall, Room 58. Gengenbach made a motion to adjourn; Kneeland 2nd; motion carried unanimously on a voice vote; meeting adjourned, at 6:10pm. Chris Johnson, Deputy City Clerk