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this building after providing the Commission with a 1958 picture of the building with no comments. He stated that he wrote a letter to the owner to offer to purchase the property from him. The motion to recuse Paul Denny was made by Barbara Wilson and seconded by Becki Norment. After Mr. Denny's departure, the discussion was opened concerning the property. Becki Norment asked for clarification fi.om the Chairman as to what the Commission's responsibility should be. Chairman Starrett said that we could declare that the house had historical significance and that a 180 day time fi.ame would be placed on the house. Barbara Wilson indicated that she would like to see a time fi'ame because even flit could not be rehabilitated, it may have historical salvageable items. She then moved that house was historically significant. The motion was seconded by Becki Norment and after a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. Before beginning the last structure, The Chairman asked for a motion to allow Paul Denny to retum. The motion was made by Becki Norment and seconded by Barbara Wilson. Building M. 249 3rd St. SW ~ The building was not deemed historically significant and could not be rehabilitated. The motion was made by Claudia Hunt and seconded by Paul Denny. After a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. Item 5: Discussion and possible action on: A. Making revisions to the Commission's rules regarding Certificates of Appropriateness. There were concerns among the members of the Commission as to how many times should an applicant appear before the Commission and if they ask for a request to be tabled, how many times should it appear on the agenda before being dismissed. There was also a discussion about requiring a time for the completion of a project. Steve Medven of Buildings and Standards stated that Planning and Zoning automatically rejects a permit if the homeowner does not appear a second time after being on the agenda. Several solutions were proposed by Commission members. One was to use the P&Z's rule that a missed second appearance triggers a rejection and requires reapplication. The Chairman felt that we should make every effort to assist homeowners. There was some question as to whether the Commission could, by rule do this or would this action require a change in the ordinance by the City Council. After further discussion, it was decided to have Lisa Wright, Community Development Director ask for a ruling from the City Attorney's office. A motion was made by Barbara Wilson to have Lisa Wright ask the City Attorney for a ruling. It was seconded by Becki Norment The motion passed unanimously. Claudia Hunt then suggested using P&Z's rules to trigger declination and re-application of certificate. A motion was then offered by Barbara Wilson that failure of the applicant to appear on a requested Certificate of Appropriateness, the Certificate would be tabled until the following Commission meeting. If the petitioner did not appear, the Certificate would be denied.. The motion was seconded by Becki Norment. The motion passed unanimously. At this point, Becki Norment asked the Chairman, if questions that she had received fi.om a homeowner would be appropriate at this time. After assurances fi.om that this was the place in the agenda to do so, she stated that a homeowner had called to say that she was told that she would need a Certificate of Appropriateness to plant