05/11/2011 MINUTESMINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PARIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011
12:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
1. The Historic Preservation Commission meeting was called to order by Paul Denney,
Vice - Chairman at 12:01 p.m.
A. The following members were present:
Douglas Cox
Ben Vaughan
Paul Denney, Vice - Chairman
Matt Coyle
Susan Scholz, Secretary
B. The following members were absent:
Arvin Starrett, Chairman
Jerry Raper
C. Also present were Jeanna Scott, Historic Preservation Officer; Cheri Bedford,
Main Street Manager; Zachary Branch, Ex- Officio; and Rhonda Rogers, Council
Member.
2. Approval of minutes from previous minutes. (April 13, 2011)
Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Matt Coyle to approve the minutes with
corrections for the April 13, 2011 meeting. Motion carried 6 -0.
7. Report and update from Deanna Scott, Historic Preservation Officer:
A. Certificate of Appropriateness — Ms. Scott reported there has been twelve
Certificate of Appropriateness's issued year to date, two of which were routine
maintenance; all others were approved by the commission.
B. Fagade Grants — Ms. Scott reported one facade grant for $1,000 dollars has been
awarded. There is $4,000.00 dollars still available in grant funds.
C. Sign Workshop — Ms. Scott handed out notebooks to commissioners for the Sign
Workshop that is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 6:OOpm to 8:00 pm.
D. HPC budget line item — Ms. Scott reported currently there is $20,000 left in the
Historic Preservation line item.
3. Report, discussion and possible action on approving a design, for the building plaques to
be placed on the historic buildings located in the downtown district.
Ragan Stone and the 5th grade Socrates Class presented their design for the proposed
building plaques for five of the downtown historic buildings. The plaques will be eight
inches by ten inches, and of bronze construction. Motion was made by Susan Scholz,
seconded by Douglas Cox to approve the bronze building plaques as presented. Motion
carried 5 -0.
4. Report, discussion and possible action on making a donation to the Socrates Class for the
bronze plaques to be placed on historic buildings in the downtown district.
Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Douglas Cox to donate $200.00 per
plaque for a total of five plaques. Motion carried 5 -0.
5. Report and update from Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager, regarding ongoing events
and projects.
Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager, made report to the commissioners. Monday night
at the City Council meeting the Mayor made a proclamation that May is Preservation
Month for the City of Paris. In conjunction with preservation month we have planned a
project for May 21St on the Plaza from 10:00 to 12:00 pm. that will involve kids from the
area schools along with Main Street having a table showing ongoing projects. Movies in
the park is scheduled to begin June 2, Farmers Market will have a grand opening on May
28th. Fanners Market has really gotten busy; we have done a lot of work cleaning up the
area. Ms. Bedford stated we have made some banners to be displayed at the market.
Finally, the PDA has expressed a desire to have sod planted on the Plaza, with the new
landscaping we would like to move forward and address the patchy areas. The sod bid
we received was 7,000 and 7,100, PDA will use the money raised on concessions which
is projected to be around $2,000, and in conjunction with Main Street fund raising we
have an additional $1,500, bringing the total funds raised to $3,500. Currently they need
3,500 to go toward the grass; Ms. Bedford is requesting HPC to make a donation.
6 Report, discussion and possible action on making a donation to Main Street for grass
installation at Culbertson Fountain.
Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager stated that they will be using Zoysia grass; it is
disease resistant, handles heavy traffic, covers really well and does not require a lot of
water. Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Matt Coyle to donate $3,500.00
to the purchase of the grass. Motion carried 5 -0.
— 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 structures 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 buildings or structures can be rehabilitated and
designated on the National Register of Historic Places, as a recorded Texas Historic
Landmark, or as historic property as designated by the City Council of the City of Paris:
A. 33112 1/1 Street N.E.
B. 515 East Neagle
C. 436 West Orange
D. 2596 West Houston
E. 60513`' Street N. W
F. 82713"' Street N. W.
G. 1308 West Campbell
H. 805 Graham Street
L 735 Grove
J. 2215 Bella Vista
K 830 East Washington
L. 1810 West Austin
M. 2621 East Price
Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Ben Vaughan to send all structures to
the Building and Standards Commission for demolition since they cannot be rehabilitated
nor do they have significant historical value. Motion carried 5 -0.
9. Future agenda items. There were none.
10. Meeting adjourned at 12:29 p.m.
APPROVED THIS 23 "d DAY OF MAY, 2011.
Paul Denney, Vice - Chairman