HPC Meeting — 2015-09-23
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Vick Cox, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware, Chuck Voelker (Alternate) Liaisons: Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA15-74 — 313 East Franklin Street
Work: Addition and renovation of a contributing Original Town house: new second floor with stairway/attic over the original L-shaped house, new front porch and entrance, first-floor addition, covered terrace/breezeway and detached two-car garage (3,220 sf climate-controlled). Type: addition, garage_outbuilding, porch Staff rec: Deny -- 'The proposed addition appears to tower over the existing house and those around it' Discussion: Staff cited Design Guidelines 3.5.2 ('Avoid new buildings that tower over existing buildings') and noted no landmark application was filed; Cox urged 'do not entomb the original structure' and Maykus, pressed by Telford on landmarking, said he was 'scared of the process.' McCallum asked that the original structure remain 'very apparent.' Outcome: continued (7-0 (continued to the October 28 meeting with the discussed changes)) — moved Ted Ware, second Margaret Telford
CA15-75 — 301 East Texas Street
Work: Demolish deteriorated east classroom buildings and the Box Center (former Burrus Grocers) on Jenkins Street; construct new classroom building, new glass entrance feature and new parking areas; remove old Post Office loading dock. Type: demolition, new_construction, hardscape Staff rec: Approve with conditions (entrance feature redesigned from period-appropriate Township precedents; exterior materials via separate CAs) Discussion: Coates said the entrance would be 'a glowing jewel box at night, to entice people in,' but Telford countered the building 'looks more like a high school'; Derr asked the church to keep the Post Office building, its loading dock and the c.1958 sanctuary -- 'if we lose this history now, we will never get it back.' Derr's stricter motion (landmark plus full dock retention) failed 3-4 before Anderson's compromise motion passed. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-1 (prior motion by Derr failed 3-4: ayes Derr, Anderson, Ware; nays Gilliam, Cox, Shope, Telford)) — moved Ashley Anderson Dissent: R. Lee Derr Conditions: Application for Historic Landmark designation approved for the property; Glass entry feature redesigned to reflect the unique history of Grapevine's Main Street architecture; One-third of the Post Office dock to remain on the building as built
Staff-approved CAs (10)
CA15-69 626 Ball Street; CA15-70 300 Turner Road; CA15-71 909 South Main Street; CA15-72 913 South Main Street; CA15-73 846 East Worth Street; CA15-76 808 East Wall Street; CA15-77 627 South Church Street; CA15-78 603 South Main Street, Suite #304; CA15-79 705 East Texas Street; CA15-80 705 East Texas Street
Other business: August 26 minutes approved. Church members Clydene Johnson and Billie Hurst Ebersole and Pastor Ross spoke on First Baptist's history since 1869 ('when the town was known as Dunnville').
Planning & Zoning liaison now listed as Monica Hotelling (previously recorded as Monica Nance). First failed motion of the year on the First Baptist case.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2015-09-23
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2015-09-23.