Historic District Commission

MANISTEE CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Meeting of Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:00 p.m. - Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee, Michigan AGENDA I Call to Order II Roll Call III Approval of Agenda At this time the Historic District Commission can take action to approve the August 1, 2013 Agenda. IV Approval of Minutes At this time Historic District Commission can take action to approve the July 11, 2013 meeting Minutes. V New Business Review of District Members of the Historic District Commission will tour the District. VI Old Business VII Public Comments and Communications concerning Items not on the Agenda At this time the Chair will ask if there are any public comments. VIII Correspondence At this time the Chair will ask if any correspondence has been received to be read into the record. IX Reports Main Street/DDA Director Museum Curator Museum Director 1  Planning & Zoning X Members Discussion At this time the Chair will ask members of the Historic District Commission if they have any items they want to discuss. XI Worksession XII Adjournment 2  HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Council Chambers, City Hall 70 Maple Street Manistee, MI 49660 MEETING MINUTES July 11, 2013 A Meeting of the Manistee City Historic District Commission was held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee, Michigan. Meeting was called to order at 3:12 p.m. by Chair Kracht. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Dave Carlson, Teena Kracht, John Perschbacher, Mary Russell Members Absent: Maria DeRee, T. Eftaxiadis, Jeremy Loveless, Others: Jon Rose (Community Development), Mark Fedder (Manistee County Historical Museum), Steve Harold (Manistee County Historical Museum), and Denise Blakeslee (Planning & Zoning) APPROVAL OF AGENDA: MOTION by John Perschbacher, seconded by Mary Russell that the Agenda be approved as prepared. With a voice vote this motion approved unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION by John Perschbacher, seconded by Mary Russell that the Minutes of the June 6, 2013 Meeting be approved as printed. With a voice vote this motion approved unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: Steve Harold – had to leave the meeting early and spoke to the Commission about the new Historic City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes July 11, 2013 Page 1 District on Mackinaw Island, the demolition of Historic Buildings on the island, the request to install amenities that are not appropriate, and that they have hired an attorney who will be attending each meeting. This is a very controversial issue and he will continue to update the Commission as time moves forward. Mr. Harold left the meeting. Projects and Changes Denise Blakeslee – Informed Commissioners that Jon Rose will be retiring as of July 31, 2013. Staff gave a report at the July 9th Council Worksession for the Certified Local Government Program. It will be on the July 16th Council Agenda for action. She took photos of Mike Cnudde’s building and they discussed the status of the permit. Discussed the need to do a walkthrough of the district and close out permits and take photos of the Building. Weather permitting and if the agenda is not too full it will be scheduled for the August meeting. She will contact Mr. Matthews to see if a site visit can be scheduled late summer early fall to go through his building. OLD BUSINESS None PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None CORRESPONDENCE Members of the Commission were given a copy of an email from Travis Alden (attached) STAFF REPORTS Mark Fedder, Museum Director - Approved the following permits: Briny Inn, 50 Filer Street – Paint Colors issued permit #PHDC13-014 Ed Reed, 365 River Street – change in paint colors previously issued permit #PHDC-12-019 Quarterstone Holdings LLC, 75 Oak Street – Awning issued permit #PHDC13-015 Quarterstone Holdings LLC, 75 Oak Street – Routine Repair & Maintenance (Light fixtures & Door) issued permit #PHDC13-016 Quarterstone Holdings LLC, 75 Oak Street – Paint Colors issued permit #PHDC13-017 JSA Maple Street LLC, 81 Maple Street – Routine Repair & Maintenance (Repoint Brick & Terra Cotta) issued permit #PHDC13-018 City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes July 11, 2013 Page 2 Manistee Historical Society, 425 River Street – Routine Repair & Maintenance and Paint colors (replace portion of rotted wood on lower left framing of west window – paint to match existing color) issued permit #PHDC13-019 Joe Mathewson, 339 River Street – Routine Repair & Maintenance (replace framing around second story windows with oak frame to match oak woodwork on first floor – varnish to match) issued Permit #PHDC13-020- Mark Fedder received a call from Mr. Mathewson said he will not proceed with this project – PERMIT CLOSED Joe Mathewson, 339 River Street – Paint colors (minor trim DMS Sherman – Regatta Blue – highlight both ends of imprints on Cornice) issued permit #PHDC13-021 Mr. Fedder spoke with Jim Matthews and he has asked about replacing bricks that are missing on the wall and for a boarded up section of the building, he was told he needs to come back to the Commission for approval. Also the Commission discussed if the siding needed to be painted as specified in the permit, they said they did not feel it would be required, but will wait for the site visit. Jon Rose entered the meeting. Jon Rose, Community Development Director – thanked the Commission and said that he has enjoyed working with them over the years. MEMBERS DISCUSSION Dave Carlson – spoke of the need to inform realtors about the HDC. The Next meeting of the Historic District Commission will be on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION by Mary Russell, seconded by John Perschbacher that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed unanimously. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:52 P.M. MANISTEE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION __________________________________________ Denise J. Blakeslee, Recording Secretary City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes July 11, 2013 Page 3 City of Manistee Historic District Commission Meeting Minutes July 11, 2013 Page 4