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 Meeting Minutes Location: City Hall Commission Chambers and Zoom Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM PLEASE REFER TO THE VIDEO RECORDING FOR FULL DETAIL OF THE MEETING CALL TO ORDER Convened: 2:37 p.m. by Chair Clonts Determination of Quorum (4 of 7 needed) P – Present MEMBER Notes STAFF A – Absent Z – Zoom A Cameron Abney P Frank Beacham - City Atty P Paula Blalock P Doug Walker, City of Rome P Logan Boss A James Martin – Building Official P David Clonts Chair P Meredith Ulmer – Asst City Manager A Jake Hager P Elaina Beeman – City Commissioner P Tayesha Lytle P Brice Wood – Planning Director P Sam Moss P Julia Harris – HPC/Associate Planner P Michelle Kite – Planning Technician Public (from the sign-in sheet): Bill Jones Welcome and Introduction of Visitors Chair Clonts welcomed the public to the meeting and requested that all visitors sign in. Approval of January 2024 Agenda Boss made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Moss. The agenda was approved by common consent. Approval of Minutes from October 2023 Boss made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Moss. The minutes were approved by common consent. CITY OF ROME CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATIONS: COA821-24: 419 Broad Street Between the Rivers Historic District HPC/Associate Planner Harris presented the staff report and the application to the Commission and the public. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Bill Jones spoke in favor of the application. He provided in-depth details of the project and what changes would be made and was available to answer any questions. He noted the (2) residential loft spaces on the upper level, plans to replace the door on the left side of the lower level, to replace the windows and paint the front façade. No one was present to speak in opposition. 1 Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened it up for Commission comments. Boss made the motion to approve the request and both Blalock and Moss seconded. The motion passed 4-0. MEMBER MEMBER M – Motion F – For A – Against S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney AB David Clonts F Paula Blalock Jake Hager F Logan Boss F Tayesha Lytle F Sam Moss OLD BUSINESS: HPC/Associate Planner Harris provided an update on the number of Administrative Approvals from October (8), November (4), December (3) and current to date for January (1). NEW BUSINESS: Electing a new Chairperson and Vice Chairperson for 2024: David Clonts was nominated as Chairperson and Logan Boss was nominated as Vice Chairperson, this passed by a vote of 5-0. Determine new date for June 2024 Meeting, current date falls on Juneteenth Holiday. Tuesday, June 18th was selected as the new date for the June 2024 Meeting. ADJOURNMENT: Boss made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Blalock. The meeting adjourned at 2:58 pm by common consent. Next Public meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission: There will not be a meeting in February. The next regular monthly meeting will be Wednesday, March 20, 2023, at 2:30 pm, in the Commission Chambers in City Hall, 601 Broad Street. STAFF REPORT: https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/2907/821-24_419-Broad-Street 2