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There were some discussion on tax credits, and Commissioner Alarid suggested Tax Increment Financing as an incentive, where the money can go to street scape or to the buyer for restoration. But the important part is the building gets rehabilitated He asked the commission to review his proposals and ask the City Council to instruct the City Manager and City Attorney foreclosures on the property and put out an RFP, then the City would take bids for adaptive reuse. Commissioner Alarid said if someone is saying the city cannot foreclose on the property they are not being truthful or accurate. Commissioner Dux made the point that the City would want to approach this very cautiously so as not to accept a potential liability that they might not he able to sell or afford to demolish. ,Several points on his resolution are recommended as a potential process, and does the commission want to recommend this solely based on the Belford or other properties as well? What are the benefits to the city? What is the process of TIF financing, and what they should be asking the city council is to look at the elements of the proposal not only in regard to the Belford, but any properties. Commissioner Alarid stated the same process would work on all properties. Commissioner Hider said the idea sounds good in theory, but he is not a tax attorney, and would not be comfortable making any decision. There was some more discussion on the Belford, but Commissioner Alarid stated that if'the proposal was worked out there would beat least one bid. Commissioner Dux asked Commissioner Alarid to send it to him the wording of his resolution in an electronic format. Commissioner Dux asked for a motion, Commissioner Alarid made the motion to give his resolution to the City Council, and ask them to take a look at this process and see if this is something they want to pursue. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Steely. Commissioner Vandiver stated that nothing has been done anyhow on the property so it couldn t hurt. Commissioner Alarid said it can be saved if'we do something. Motion carried Discussion on substitute materials and the design standards for window replacement: Commissioner Dux had researched several window options and discussed with the commission and asked at the September meeting that clarification be put on the agenda. He proposed a clarification to the design standards to include a statement that the use of aluminum clad wooden windows are allowed only if they are powder coated and not anodize. Also fiberglass clad wooden windows, and fiberglass windows, will also be added as a substitute material and clarified in the design standards based on current research. All this should be added as an addendum to avoid confusion in the future. These specific types of window materials will be acceptable provided the design characteristics match the original configuration of the original historic window, such as divided light, and size; Commissioner Dux made the motion to clarify and add these materials to the Design Standards, second by Glee Emmite. Commissioner Hider asked about vinyl windows, and Commissioner Dux stated that vinyl windows will not be an acceptable substitute material. Motion carried 7 — 0 Clarification on the procedure if work commencing in the district without a certificate of appropriateness: Commissioner Dux explained if any commissioner sees something or realizes work is being done that isn't in accordance to the HPC design standards, or being done without a building permit, please report it to the building department, or HPO. Commissioner Steely