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A motion was made to approve the Tax Exemption Application for 508 S. Church Street by Commissioner Coyle and seconded by Commissioner Long. Motion carried. Mr Steven Johnson was representing the owner of 28 W. Plaza, Ms. Monique Crook. Ms Crook, had applied for a minor certificate of appropriateness in November 2021. Mrs. Bedford explained to the commission that the owner's scope of work as presented in November was to replace siding in kind, and install a new sign, all which can be done with a minor COA. She took time to assist the property owner with the diagram of the project, including appropriate material and permitting requirements. Mr Johnson was engaged as the contractor to work for the front fagade but was unaware of the requirements of the historic district design standards when he began to do work for Ms. Crook. It was brought to the attention of Mrs. Bedford in early March 2022 that the materials Mr. Johnson had utilized on the front fagade was textured hardy board, a material that is not allowed in the design standards. She reached out Ms. Crook and Mr. Johnson to work on potential solutions. Mr. Johnson submitted an example board of two solutions, one being too sand the hardy board and remove the texture, or the other to apply a stucco type material over the texture to the exterior. Mr. Johnson explained to the commission that sanding would be the best solution. Mr. Johnson will also be replacing the wood over the display widows with hardy board siding. He has visited with the building official and commercial remodel permit will be granted subject to an approved COA. Commissioner Coyle made the motion to approve the sanding of the hardy board to remove the wood grain texture on the street level fagade, and use of hardy board above the display windows following the original design of existing facade. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Emmite. Motion carried. Ms. Knox, 655 Church is repairing and restoring the existing wooden windows on the south and east side of her home using in kind materials. She will be adding rain gutters to alleviate the rain damage to the new windows. Photographic evidence was presented that the window frames did at one time have a divided light on the top sashes of the window and Ms. Knox asked to restore them to the original configuration. A motion was made by Commissioner Vandiver to approve the windows restoration as presented, seconded by Commissioner Emmite, motion carried. Mrs. Bedford indicated that Ms Knox will be applying for a tax exemption on historic properties, and after clarification received she asked if the commission could attend a special meeting scheduled for April 19, 2022. The Commissioners all agreed they could attend. Mrs. Bedford presented the architectural drawings for a public restroom addition to the Market Square located at 400 SW 111 St. The Market Square use has grown over the past decade and the need for a public restroom has come up. This project will be completed when funding is available, however the design was presented to the commission. A motion was made by Commissioner Coyle to approve the design for the public restroom, and was seconded by Commissioner Long. Motion Carried. Commissioner reviewed the following list of properties determined by Code enforcement as substandard, and in need of demolition or repair. The commission reviews the properties for potential designation as a Recorded Texas Landmark, a Local Landmark, or listing on the National Register of Historic Places. A motion was made to send all the properties to buildings and standards by Commissioner Vandiver, seconded by Commissioner Caffey. Motion carried.