After a public hearing, during which no one spoke, the board decided to change the wording in the ordinance and will discuss it again.
"We will get people on the historic preservation board that have an interest in historic preservation," Mancos Town Administrator Andrea Phillips said.
In the past, the preservation board was part of the planning and zoning committee. Under the new district, the board would consider anything 30 years or older as historic.
"There could be some significant structures built in the '80s," Phillips said.
Phillips said the board wouldn't manage paint colors and work on buildings.
"The main issue is to catalogue buildings before they are gone," Phillips said.
The town board also discussed steps to take toward managing parks without chemicals.
The subject was brought up last fall, and a group of community members worked on a plan to phase out chemicals in the town parks.
Travis Custer told the board that going organic could be done.
"This is not something out of the scope of feasibility for a town of this size," he said, adding that a focus on soil health was needed.
"And we need to remember that it won't happen overnight," he said.
The board directed Custer to continue his work and town staff to get bids on how much it would cost to manage parks organically.
"The kids wont' notice if there are more dandelions," Trustee Todd Kearns said.
Custer said he consulted with Durango, who just began working toward an organic management option and with Boulder, which has been organically managing its parks for 15 years. Lyn Patrick also weighed in, citing a concern about pediatric health.
The board tabled the discussion on marijuana law changes and set the Mancos Cleanup dates for May 2 and 3.
