Historic Preservation Commission

MADISON HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Meeting – May 10, 2016 Attending: Co-Chairman John Solu; Members, Karen Jeisi, Chris Kellogg, David Luber and Carmine Toto; Council Liaison Patrick Rowe; Recording Secretary Laurie Hagerich; Absent: Co-Chairman Janet Foster; Members John Forte, Mary Ellen Lenahan and William VanRyzin. The meeting was called to order as an open public meeting at 7:30 p.m. in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. The April 12, 2016, minutes were considered and by unanimous consent the minutes were approved as written. For Action: 41 Prospect Street application: New landscaping is proposed for this home, which is adjacent to the Historic District and on the MHPC Inventory of Historic Sites. The plans were reviewed and MHPC had no comment or objections. 42 Main Street sign application: Signage for a new business, Ann Pelino Integrative Fitness, on the 2d floor at 42 Main Street was reviewed. The existing lettering on the door will be replaced with the same size letters. Pictures of new blade and sandwich signs were also reviewed. MHPC would recommend that the door, blade and sandwich signs all have matching color schemes. FDU Credit Union sign application: Pictures were shown of proposed sign for FDU Credit Union, a new business in the Boyce Building on Main Street in the Downtown Historic District. The small 18 x 12 sign will face the parking lot on Cook Avenue in the rear of the building. MHPC has no objection to the color or design of the sign. 80 Main Street sign application: Photographs were reviewed of proposed signage for a new business, Joseph Smith Financial Planner, at 80 Main Street, adjacent to the Downtown Historic District. MHPC had no comment since the property is not in the Historic District. Old Business: MPHC Annual Report: The MHPC Annual Report was circulated and approved by commission members. It has been forwarded for posting on the Borough’s website. There was brief discussion of the Borough’s Historic Preservation Symposium on April 27 and efforts by the developer Alan Andreas to save the home at 173 Ridgedale Avenue. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Laurie Hagerich, Recording Secretary