04-B Hist Pres Com Min 03-14-06
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF PARIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
CITY OF PARIS
CITY HALL. COUNCIL CHAMBERS
107 E. KAUFMAN
PARIS. TEXAS
TUESDAY. MARCH 14.2006
12:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
1. The Historic Preservation Commission meeting today is a continuation of the
meeting posted for Monday, March 13, 2006, and was called to order by
Chairman Arvin Starrett at 12:00 P.M.
The following members were present:
Arvin Starrett, Chairman
Paul Denney
Sue Lancaster
Jerry Raper
The following members were absent:
Ann Rogers, Secretary
Claudia Hunt
Barbara Wilson, Vice Chairman
Alternates: Becki Norment
Brian Wear
Also present was Lisa Wright, Historic Preservation Officer, Bethany Golden,
Main Street Coordinator/Asst. HPO, Suzy Harper, Rodney Flippen, and Bobby
Smallwood.
2. Consideration of and action on the following Certificate of Appropriateness:
A. 361 Grand Avenue. Salvation Army. Rodney Flippen, Advisory Board
Member ofthe Salvation Army, spoke regarding the project to build the
new Thrift Store. On behalf of the Army, Mr. Flippen apologized for not
being present at the meeting yesterday-it was due to
miscommunication. This project started several years ago with almost
everything being donated. One of the 8 subcontractors, Bobby
Smallwood, was introduced.
Arvin Starrett referenced the schedule of events over the past couple
of years leading to the need for this meeting. Chairman Starrett stated
that in the packets were excerpts from the minutes of those three
previous meetings. The application process started in October, 2003.
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At the September 27, 2004 meeting the COA for the construction of the
building was issued. The certificates expire in a year. The Army was
ready to start to work and a new application was received in January,
2006. A renewal certificate was issued on January 18, 2006, for the
building work to proceed. The concern of the Commission was that
some of the building plans have changed from what was originally
approved.
The original rendition was basically just a rendition showing the
Commission what the front was to look like. Rodney Flippen stated
that they were initially going to brick only the front of the building. The
Commission was concerned about the sides of the building. While he
was out on surgery leave, he came back to find that split block had
been approved, but apparently it was not presented to the Commission.
The other change was the appearance of the front to keep it from
looking like a "cracker box." Harrison, Walker and Harper helped with
the design early on, a couple of years ago. KBI became the general
contractor with no profit for doing the project-it was done at cost for
benefit of the community project. The storefront was an additional
$10,000, but they are happy with it and hope that it will enhance the
appearance of the building. Mr. Flippen was concerned about how the
facade would be affected when they went from the brick to split block.
Arvin Starrett said that it was originally approved with only the south
wall not being masonry. Chairman Starrett stated that with regard to
some of the details on the facade, if this was designed to be a brick
building, and he wondered how these details would come out using the
new materials.
Bobby Smallwood said that it is his understanding that all four of the
walls would be block, and said that the building can still look like the
picture using block. He thinks they are using 4" thick to do the recess.
Paul Denney said that on the CVS building, the wall is a load bearing
wall. There is no question that it is cheaper to build this type of wall
than a concrete block backed up with brick veneer if it's load bearing.
Mr. Denney asked why they decided to use 8" block rather than block
panel and then brick veneer. Since the Salvation Army project doesn't
have a load bearing wall situation like CVS, he said he was kind of
surprised that the other method wasn't more economical. Rodney
Flippen said that Bryan Bethea with KBI was to be present at the
meeting to answer questions, but he is on vacation, so he couldn't
answer that question.
Paul Denney said that most of the time, that block will perform well, but
sometimes the block will bleach moisture through and can cause
problems on the inside. Rodney Flippen said that they are texturing the
inside and will have insulation in the block.
Arvin Starrett said with regard to the material and its use in the CVS
building, the material it is not an approved material for use in the
historic district. The great preponderance of the CVS building at the
time that they applied for their COA, the bulk of the building did not sit
in the historic district. Their building was approved and after it was
approved, they came back to the City and asked that the remainder of
their block be placed in the district. It was at that time. There were
variances made for the construction of that building that would
typically not have been made because of the site of the building itself.
However, because of it being the Salvation Army, the Commission
wants to go out of their way to accommodate the request because
funds are limited for this community project.
Bobby Smallwood said the look of the building will be very similar to
what was presented. Paul Denney said that 4" high block will be
needed for detailing and asked if they could get 4" high for accent band
that is recessed for the detailing. Bobby Smallwood said, yes, they can
do that just for the recessed details to cast a shadow line.
Arvin Starrett asked if the signage is the same. Rodney Flippen said
that the signage is the same. He added that the rendering showed the
parking in the front, but parking will be on the west side now.
Arvin Starrett stated that he is satisfied that they are proceeding in the
spirit of the original application for the certificate.
Motion was made to approve the revised COA for the Salvation Army
building by Sue Lancaster, seconded by Paul Denney. Motion carried
4-0.
3. The meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF APRIL, 2006.
Arvin Starrett, Chairman