Historic District Meetings

Meeting Minutes City of League City Historic District Commission Regular Meeting, Thursday, May 16, 2024, 6:00 PM Council Chambers, 200 W. Walker Street, League City, TX 77573 1. Call to Order and Roll Call of Members David Hake, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present: David Hake, Susan Smyer, Kelly Green, Michael Hendershot (non-voting) Absent: Ric Pearson, Susan Pierce City Staff: Kris Carpenter, Planning Director; Mark Linenschmidt, Planning Manager; Ann Williams, Planner I; Joshua Gutierrez, Assistant City Attorney 2. Approval of October 19, 2023, minutes Ms. Smyer made a motion to approve the minutes. Ms. Green seconded the motion. The motion passed by a vote of 3-0-0. 3. Citizen Communication No citizens spoke. 4. Public Hearing and Action Items A. Hold a public hearing and take action on a Certificate of Appropriateness, HC-24-0008, a request to replace the windows of an existing single-family dwelling, with the address of 121 North Illinois Avenue. Ann Williams, Planner I, gave a presentation on behalf of the City of League City. Mr. Hake opened the public hearing at 6:04 p.m. Tim Leyden, applicant, addressed the Commission and described the project. A lengthy discussion ensued discussing egress constraints, cost of custom windows, and options to keep the replacement windows as close to like for like as possible with existing windows. Mr. Hake closed the public hearing at 6:33 p.m. Mr. Hake made a motion to recommended approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness HC-24-0008 with the conditions, with Jeld Wen windows as the closest like-for-like option to the existing windows on the structure, providing that the Jeld Wen windows are as close in color, pane configuration, and visual sight-line contour (SDL option) to the currently existing windows on the structure. Ms. Smyer seconded the motion. The motion passed by a vote of 3-0-0. 5. Commissioner’s Comments Mr. Hake commented that he would like to have an item on the next meeting agenda to discuss design guidelines as it pertains to windows, contributing and non-contributing structures, and possible painting guidelines within the Historic District. 6. Staff Comments Ann Williams welcomed Kelly Green, new member of the Historic District Commission, and Joshua Gutierrez, new Assistant City Attorney, as well as informed the Commission of the administrative approvals of Certificate of Appropriateness since October 2023. 7. Adjournment Mr. Hake adjourned the meeting at 6:53 p.m. _____________________________ ______________________________ Kris Carpenter David Hake Planning Director Chair, Historic District Commission Historic District Commission 2 May 16, 2024