Historic District Commission Meeting

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION MINUTES OF October 1, 2018 The Historic District Commission of the City of Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, met for the Regular Meeting on October 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. Notice and Agenda of the meeting were posted at 201 West Gray Building-A, the Norman Municipal Building and at www.Normanok.gov twenty-four hours prior to the beginning of the meeting. Co-Chair Cameron Brewer called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. Item No. 1, being: Roll Call. MEMBERS PRESENT: Cameron Brewer Anna Eddings Jim Gasaway Russell Kaplan Glen Roberson Emily Wilkins MEMBERS ABSENT: Greg Heiser STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Anaïs Starr, Planner II Merry Ann Evans, Permit Technician II GUESTS: Brent Swift Quentin Bomgardner Cithera Hinels Kerlune Deriscar-Hinds Lee Hall Rick Hall Item No. 2, being: Approval of the Agenda. Motion by Anna Eddings for approval of the Agenda; Second by Jim Gasaway. All approve. Item No. 3, being: Approval of Minutes from the September 10, 2018 Regular Meeting. Motion by Russell Kaplan for approval of the minutes; Second by Glen Roberson. All approve. Item No. 4, being: Consideration of the Certificate of Appropriateness amendment request to modify the design of the approved carport for the property at 717 W. Boyd Street. Staff report was given by Anais Starr. Brent Swift, 717 W. Boyd Street, was the application representative. Discussion was had about the overhead door for the carport design of the property at 717 W. Boyd Street. Historic District Commission October 1, 2018 Page 2 of 3 Representative of the applicant, Brent Swift expressed concerns the wood panel may be too heavy for this type application. Board Member Cameron Brewer discussed how the context of the design seems appropriate but the problem lies with future applications where the context will not carry over. Motion by Russell Kaplan to accept the application based on the location of the carport; no second. Cameron Brewer asked for alternative motion. Anna Eddings proposed an alternative Motion to deny based on guideline 2.3.7. Anais Starr intervened and asked if the applicant was giving the option to withdraw or change his case. After coming to the conclusion that more discussion was needed, Anna Eddings withdrew her alternative motion. After discussion, Owner Quentin Bomgardner amended his request to a flat panel metal door with a veneer surface for the access doors. A final motion was made by Glen Robertson to accept the amendment to a flat panel metal door with a wood veneer surface of the applicant and approve the amended application; Emily Wilkins seconded the motion. A vote was taken and all members present approved. Item No. 5, being: Staff report on active Certificate of Appropriateness since July 2, 2018 and consideration of six month extension requests. • 549 S Lahoma Ave. – The City is awaiting the ruling of the Court of Civil Appeals judges as to the removal of historic windows. • 710 S Lahoma Ave. – Project is almost complete in the process of replacing the siding on the front of the house. There is an issue with the siding and city staff is waiting to hear from the property owner. • 540 S Lahoma Ave. – Installation of a garage and addition. Work has not begun. • 321 E. Apache St. –Installation of the wood decking over porch and window work. Work has not begun. There were no extension requests. Item No. 6, being: Staff report on projects approved by Administrative Bypass since July 2, 2018. 515 Shawnee widening driveway to align the edge of the driveway. Item No. 7, being: Progress report of the Historic District Guideline Update Subcommittee. Discussed the guidelines with the committee and split the Guidelines into sections for Committee to review and to markup. Re-issued the RFP with the October 18th deadline. If no proposals come back in this 2nd round, then City might a state-wide C.A.M.P. Item No. 8 being: Staff report on FY2018-19 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant funded projects. The 2018-2019 CLG Contract consists of these items: Historic District Commission October 1, 2018 Page 3 of 3 • Updating Guidelines • Membership Dues for NAPC • OK Historic Preservation Conference Item No. 9, being: Announcements. C.A.M.P. will be offered in March. Date and location to be determined David John and Erinn Gavaghan have resigned Anna Eddings term expires this month but she will continue until another member is found to replace her. Jim Gasaway is also at the end of his term but has also said he would stay until someone else is found. Anais is working on filling all four openings for the Historic District Commission. Item No. 10, being: Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:18 p.m. Passed and approved this ___________ day of _______________________ 2018. _______________________________________ Cameron Brewer, Co-Chair