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02/08/2012 MINUTESMINUTES REGULAR MEETING CITY OF PARIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 12:00 O'CLOCK P.M. The Historic Preservation Commission meeting was called to order by Arvin Starrett, Chairman at 12:01 p.m. A. The following members were present: Arvin Starrett, Chairman Paul Denney, Vice - Chairman Douglas Cox Ben Vaughan Nancy Anderson Britin Bostick David Stewart B. The following members were absent: None C. Also present Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager; and Jeanna Scott, Historic Preservation Officer; and Matt Frierson, Council Member. 2. Approval of minutes from previous meetings. (December 14, 2011; January 11, 2012) Motion was made by Ben Vaughan, seconded by Nancy Anderson to approve the meeting minutes for December 14, 2011; and January 11, 2012. Motion was made by Ben Vaughan, seconded by Douglas Cox to recuse Nancy Anderson from items 3A and 3B. Motion carried 6 -0. 3. Consideration of and action on the following Certificate of Appropriateness: A. 128 Clarksville Street — Beverly Roberts, business owner presented the petition. Ms. Roberts stated she will be moving her business from Lamar to Clarksville. She wants to use the same size and style sign that was previously approved by the commission. Motion was made by Ben Vaughan, seconded by Britin Bostick to approve the COA. Motion carried 6 -0. B. 132 Clarksville Street — Aurora Mims — Beverly Roberts presented the petition for Aurora Mims. Ms. Roberts stated Ms. Mims will be moving her sign to the window directly east of her current location. The sign will be the same as was previously approved by the commission. Motion was made by Britin Bostick, seconded by Ben Vaughan to approve the COA. Motion carried 6 -0. Motion was made by Ben Vaughan, seconded by Paul Denney to bring Nancy Anderson back to the meeting. Motion carried 6 -0. C. 134 North Main Street — Jamey Scott, business owner presented the petition. Ms. Scott stated she will be placing a small vinyl sign on the door. Motion was made by Britin Bostick, seconded by Nancy Anderson to approve the COA. Motion carried 7 -0. D. 926 South Church Street — James McCleskey, home owner presented the petition. Mr. McCleskey stated he wants to replace the existing roof with a 30 year shingle. The 30 year shingle does not come in the white color that he currently has on his roof, therefore he is requesting a color change. Ben Vaughan asked is this an architectural raised shingle compared to the existing roof which is a three tab shingle. Mr. McCleskey stated yes this is a raised architectural shingle. Motion was made by Paul Denney, seconded by Ben Vaughan to approve the COA. Motion carried 7 -0. 4. Discussion of and possible action on modifying the Design Guidelines to permit a flora polymer paint coated aluminum clad wood window as an option for window replacement in the Historic District. Paul Denney lead discussion stating this is driven by the possibility of replacing the store front windows on the City Hall building. Most of the windows face a west sun load and keeping the new age paint which lacks lead will be a real problem. Mr. Denney further stated he has invited two companies that can make a presentation regarding window replacement. He contacted the Marvin window company and the Weather Shield Company. Because of the issues with the vinyl clad window deteriorating after continued direct sun exposure, we should consider allowing the aluminum clad wood window as an option. Chairman Starrett asked if Mr. Denney had been contracted by the City of Paris to do the work on City Hall and if so, will this come back to the commission for approval. Mr. Denney stated yes he would be bringing this item back at some point. Chairman Starrett further stated since we do not have any photos to review shouldn't we wait to approve the window. Mr. Denney asked do we want to invite several window companies to make a presentation to the commission prior to approval. The Commissioners determined this item will need to come back at the March meeting and include a presentation from several window companies prior to approving a window design. No action taken. 5. Discussion of and possible action on approving a standard shop built all wood painted window as presented by Glen Wark of Glen Wark Construction for the Historic District. Glen Wark stated that he will be replacing the majority of the windows at the building located directly behind the CVS Pharmacy. Paul Denney had requested that Mr. Wark bring in a sample of the window for possible commission review and approval as a standard historic wood window to be used in the Historic District. Mr. Wark went over the wood window design for the commission. Chairman Starrett stated that all window replacements will have to come to the commission for approval. Motion was made Paul Denney, seconded by David Stewart to approve the window design. Motion carried 7 -0. 6. Report from Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager. Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager made report to the commission. Ms. Bedford stated that every quarter she submits a report to the Main Street division of THC tracking the progress of Main Street. The total investment in the downtown area last quarter was $680,000.00 creating 38 jobs. Ms. Bedford further reviewed the report for the commissioners going over each individual category. She also invited the HPC board to come to a design meeting that will be held February 15; and on March 19 there will be a training opportunity for the commissioners as well as the Main Street Board. The training will qualify for the required CLG training for commissioners and HPO's. 7. Report from Jeanna Scott, Historic Preservation Officer: A. Certificate of Appropriateness Ms. Scott reported to the commission that 52 COA's where issued, 6 of which were repair and maintenance. B. Facade Grant Ms. Scott reported that the commission has approved only one grant this budget year and currently has $4,000.00 available. C. CLG Report from THC Ms. Scott reviewed the report with commissioners, discussing the areas of improvement recommended by THC. THC recommended an updated survey be completed as soon as possible utilizing CLG grant monies in the process. -- CONSENT AGENDA— [Items appearing on this consent agenda may be approved by a single vote of the Commission, with such approval applicable to all items appearing on said agenda. If any Commission member desires to discuss and consider separately any item appearing on the consent agenda, that Commission member may do so by requesting that the item be removed from the consent agenda and considered as a separate item.] 8. Discussion of and possible action regarding the following structure considered by code inspectors to be in violation of Article III of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, entitled "Substandard and Dangerous Buildings and Structures, " to determine whether such building or structure currently located within the city's historic district has special historic significance and should be protected from demolition and recommended for rehabilitation and repair being located at: A. 260 South Main Street B. 33 East Plaza C 301 Bonham Street D. 347 Bonham Street E. 365 Bonham Street E 344 Grand Avenue G. 310 Grand Avenue H. 231 Grand Avenue L 107 Grand Avenue J. City of Paris, Block 2, Lot 2, Old Belk 's Building K 1341St Street S. W. L. 2681St Street S W. M. 37 Clarksville Street Commissioners discussed the power of the commission to act on these structures. There needs to be determination by either council or by ordinance to empower the commission to act on historic properties. Therefore the commissioners agreed to take no action on the items listed. 9. Meeting adjourned at 1 :00 p.m. APPROVED THIS 27th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2012.