HPC Meeting — 2015-07-22
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman (arrived late)), R. Lee Derr (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson (Commissioner (arrived late)), Vick Cox, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware, Chuck Voelker (Alternate) Liaisons: C. Shane Wilbanks (City Council Liaison), Monica Nance (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
HL15-05 — 209 Austin Street
Work: Historic Landmark overlay for the condemned 1912 McKibben Folk Victorian house (Dora McKibben, schoolteacher; later Crowley and Rios families), College Heights Addition. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve Discussion: Cooper said he had purchased the condemned house, whose failed foundation left the rear door height at 'only five feet six inches.' Outcome: approved (6-0 (Gilliam and Anderson arrived late)) — moved Margaret Telford, second Chuck Voelker
CA15-54 — 209 Austin Street
Work: Demolish the condemned 1912 McKibben house and construct a new Folk Victorian-style house with detached garage reflecting the original's period. Type: demolition, new_construction, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions (fish-scale siding limited to the Austin Street front gable; HL15-05 approved; materials via separate CAs; permit) Discussion: Cooper said he 'worked hard to bring the roof lines down to look one-story,' targeting 2,200-2,800 sf one-story homes; Derr had the entry sidelights removed in favor of the transom and required black-and-white photographs of all elevations before demolition. Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Ashley Anderson Conditions: Entry sidelights removed, with focus on the transom above the door; Black-and-white photographs of all elevations of the existing house before demolition; Fish-scale siding limited to the Austin Street front gable (staff condition); Historic Landmark Application HL15-05 approved for the property; Exterior materials staff-approved under separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness; building permit obtained
Staff-approved CAs (10)
CA15-47 807 East Texas Street; CA15-48 412 East Franklin Street; CA15-50 616 South Main Street; CA15-51 309 South Main Street; CA15-52 312-314 South Main Street; CA15-53 401 South Main Street; CA15-55 426 South Main Street; CA15-56 401 South Main Street; CA15-57 854 East Wall Street; CA15-58 421 Smith Street
Other business: Work session on staff-approved CAs held after the hearings; June minutes approved (motion text misdates the meeting as June 17).
Demolition-plus-replica approach for a condemned contributing house, again paired with a landmark overlay.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2015-07-22
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2015-07-22.