Design Review & Preservation Board, Middletown

Chair Brian Kronenberger Middletown Vice-Chair Members Secretary Nicholas Fazzino (’21) Bruce Plumley Thom Christina Wasch Maria Pattavina (’23) Madsen Holzberg Marilyn Mills Design Review & Members Richard Pelletier Jammie Middleton Catherine (’23) Marcus Lee Johnson (’23) Vacant Fazzino (’21) Godburn Vacant (’21) Wendy Smith Preservation Board Alternates Staff Kellin Atherton (’23) Shanay James O’Connell (’21) Fulton (’23) AICP, Director of Land Use Marek Kozikowski, Ex- Officio Mayor Ben Florsheim REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024 6:00 P.M. LOCATION: COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL In attendance: Bruce Plumley, Marilyn Mills, Christina Wasch, Jammie Middleton, Wendy Smith, and Lee Godburn. Staff: Marek Kozikowski, Director. 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm. 2. Public Comment for Items on the Agenda None. 3. Old Business None. 4. New Business 4.1. Proposed 20-unit hotel and restaurant as an adaptive historic preservation of two historic buildings located at 11 and 15 South Main Street in the MXC zone. Applicant/Agent: 11 SOMA, LLC & 15 SOMA, LLC/Brill Hospitality Group, Inc. SE2024-7 Attorney Rich Carella, representing the Brill Hospitality Group, introduced the application. Peter Brill, the developer, 67 Fresh Pond Road, North Port, New York began the presentation. He explained that when he visited Middletown last year he had to stay at a hotel that was not in Middletown since the Inn was completely booked. They are proposing an eighteen unit hotel at 11 South Main Street and a small bistro restaurant with two suite hotel rooms on the second floor at 15 South Main Street. Mr. Brill spoke about his affection for historic architecture and so has a great dedication to historical preservation. A discussion ensued regarding adding a new 3rd story to (#11), adding dormers to the 2nd floor of (#15), street trees, lighting, fencing, building facades, and the proposed barn door entrance to the bistro. Motion to remove the dormers from (#15) Made by Wasch, No second. Motion discarded. Motion to keep the dormers in the proposal with the two sets of two windows. Made by Godburn; seconded by Middleton Motion Failed 2-5. (For: Godburn. Middletown. Against: Plumley, Smith, Mills, Wasch. If you require special accommodations for any meeting, please call the ADA Coordinator at (860) 638-4540, (voice) or (860) 638-4812 (TDD/TTY), or the Town Clerk’s Office at (860) 638-4910 at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled meeting. Page 1 of 2 Motion to approve the design in concept subject to the applicant returning with architectural elevations of all sides of the building, including final materials and colors, details on the picture window, details on the lighting, and an arborist recommendation on the removal of the spruce tree. Made by: Plumley; seconded by Wasch Unanimously approved. 5. Minutes 5.1.Minutes of the November 8, 2023 meeting Motion to approve the minutes Made by Middletown; seconded by Smith Unanimously approved. 5.2. Minutes of the April 10, 2024 meeting No Action. 6. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda None. 7. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 6:56 pm. Respectively submitted, Marek Kozikowski, AICP Director of Land Use If you require special accommodations for any meeting, please call the ADA Coordinator at (860) 638-4540, (voice) or (860) 638-4812 (TDD/TTY), or the Town Clerk’s Office at (860) 638-4910 at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled meeting. Page 2 of 2