HPC Meeting — 2015-12-16
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson (Commissioner (arrived late)), Vick Cox, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware, Chuck Voelker (Alternate) Liaisons: Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Matthew Boyle (City Attorney, City of Grapevine), Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Paula Newman (Managing Director of Operations), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
HL15-10 — 421 Washington Street
Work: Historic Landmark overlay for a 1,128 sf minimal traditional house built 1960 by Hugh Lee and Lula Faye Simmons Higgins, later the Melvin and Clarice McGrue family home, North Side Addition. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve Discussion: Neighbor Stephanie Tamel of 416 Brewer Street supported preservation but wanted assurance any renovations, 'to include electrical work, would be permitted properly.' Outcome: approved (7-0 (Anderson arrived late)) — moved Margaret Telford, second R. Lee Derr
Staff-approved CAs (1)
CA15-101 651 South Main Street
Other business: Public hearing adjourned at 6:20 p.m.; Commission moved to the City Manager's Conference Room for a legal briefing workshop by City Attorney Matthew Boyle on roles, responsibilities and procedures for historic landmarking, appropriateness, conservation and demolitions (adjourned 7:30 p.m.). November 18 minutes approved.
Tenth landmark overlay of 2015 closed the year; year-end legal training followed the contentious fall cases.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2015-12-16
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2015-12-16.