Historic Preservation Commission

ROME HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Rome-Floyd County Planning Department P.O. Box 1433 ● Rome, Georgia 30162-1433 ● 706-236-5025 Rome-Floyd Historic Preservation Commission Agenda Location: City Hall Sam King Room and Zoom Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Time: 2:30 PM CALL TO ORDER Convened: 2:34 p.m. by Chair Clonts Determination of Quorum (4 of 7 needed) P – Present MEMBER Notes STAFF A – Absent Z – Zoom P Paula Blalock P Frank Beacham or John Hawkins - City Atty P David Clonts Chair P Brittany Griffin – Senior Planner, HP Planning P Beth Dunay James Martin – Bldg Official A Chris Davidson P Art Newell – Dir Planning Dept A Jake Hager P Elaina Beeman – City Commissioner A Mandy Maloney P Meredith Ulmer – Asst City Mgr P Brandie Townsend V. Chair P Brice Wood – Asst Dir. – Planning Dept P Doug Walker – City of Rome Communication Public (from sign-in sheet): Ira Levy Welcome and Introduction of Visitors Chair Clonts welcomed the public to the meeting and requested that all visitors sign in. Approval of July 2022 Agenda Blalock made a motion to approve which was seconded by Dunay and approved by common consent. Approval of Minutes from June 2022 meeting. Misspelling of Brandie’ s name will be corrected. Townsend made a motion to approve with correction, which was seconded by Dunay and approved by common consent. CITY OF ROME CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATIONS: • COA804-22 9 Berckman Ln Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Associate Planner Brittany Griffin presented the facts and the application to the Commission and the public. In Favor: Cathy Strickland, spoke on behalf of her daughter in for the project. Against: No one was present to speak in opposition. Associate Planner Griffin provided the staff report and the staff recommendation. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened it up for Commission comments. Dunay made a motion to approve with condition that metal roof has a matte finish, which was seconded by Blalock. The motion passed 4-0. MEMBER MEMBER M – Motion F – For A – Against S – Second AB – Abstained S Paula Blalock Jake Hager F David Clonts Mandy Maloney M Beth Dunay F Brandie Townsend Chris Davidson 1  • COA805-22 307,309,311 Broad St Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Associate Planner Brittany Griffin presented the facts and the application to the Commission and the public. In Favor: Ira Levy spoke on behalf of the project. Ira brought handouts for the board to review. Dunay motioned to accept the handouts for review and it was seconded by Townsend. Against: No one was present to speak in opposition. Associate Planner Griffin provided the staff report and the staff recommendation of approval on the condition that any changes to the stair design, or exterior elevations come back to the HPC floor approval. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened it up for Commission comments. Clonts made a motion to approve as submitted as long as all engineering requirements are met, which was seconded by Blalock. The motion passed 4-0. MEMBER MEMBER M – Motion F – For A – Against S – Second AB – Abstained S Paula Blalock Jake Hager M David Clonts Mandy Maloney F Beth Dunay F Brandie Townsend Chris Davidson • COA806-22 100 W 2nd Ave Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Associate Planner Brittany Griffin presented the facts and the application to the Commission and the public. In Favor: Ira Levy spoke on behalf of the project. Against: No one was present to speak in opposition. Associate Planner Griffin provided the staff report and the staff recommendation of approval on condition that any changes come back to the HPC for approval. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened it up for Commission comments. Dunay made a motion to approve as, which was seconded by Townsend. The motion passed 4-0. This now moves on to review by the River Corridor Committee. MEMBER MEMBER M – Motion F – For A – Against S – Second AB – Abstained F Paula Blalock Jake Hager F David Clonts Mandy Maloney M Beth Dunay S Brandie Townsend Chris Davidson Final Comments on City Project: Milner Building: Dunay requested that they use wheat based paint if possible. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 3:35 pm. Next Public meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission: The next regular monthly meeting will be Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 2:30pm, in the Sam King Room located in City Hall, at 601 Broad Street. 2