HPC Meeting — 2018-02-28
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Vick Cox, Eric Gilliland, Margaret Telford, Chuck Voelker, Ted Ware, Jason Parker (Commissioner Alternate) Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Matthew Boyle (City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
HL18-01 — 221 Austin Street
Work: Historic Landmark Overlay on a vacant College Heights Addition lot (once owned by Pleasant Franklin Sanders, 1909-1946) to precede construction of a new period style house. Type: designation Staff rec: approval Discussion: Staff recommended approval 'to record the history of the property and to allow the Historic Preservation Commission to have input in the future development of the property,' with proposed Design Guidelines attached. Neither the owners nor applicant chose to speak; adjacent owner Wanda Howard's written concerns were read into the record. Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Chuck Voelker Conditions: Approved with the conditions as presented (proposed Design Guidelines for the property)
CA18-05 — 300 West College Street ⭐College St
Work: Construct a new 478 sq ft one-story period style addition with attached one-car garage on the east side of the relocated 1999 Forbes House. Type: addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: approval with conditions Discussion: Staff noted the attached garage counts as living space, bringing the house to 2,683 sq ft, 'within the maximum allowed' 3,400 sq ft. Extended brackets and exposed rafter tails were discussed; Telford asked about fencing (complete), and owner Tina Moore said 'she agreed as presented.' Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Margaret Telford Conditions: Building permit obtained from the Building Department; All exterior materials and finishes, doors and door hardware, and exterior light fixtures staff approved under separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness
Staff-approved CAs (15)
CA18-07 321 Turner Road; CA18-09 424 Ball Street; CA18-10 611 South Main Street, Suite #400; CA18-11 312 Ruth Street; CA18-12 814 South Main Street; CA18-13 314 West College Street; CA18-14 309 South Main Street; CA18-15 330 South Church Street; CA18-16 901 Sunset Street; CA18-17 220 East Franklin Street; CA18-18 216 West Wall Street; CA18-19 430 South Main Street; CA18-20 804 East Worth Street; CA18-21 528 South Dooley Street; CA18-22 626 East Wall Street
Other business: Minutes of the January 24, 2018 meeting approved 7-0.
Wanda Martin Reese-Howard, 75, of 614 Estill Street submitted written citizen comments opposing multi-story new construction next door (cases HL18-01/CA18-06), citing loss of privacy and drainage: 'I am in a swamp when it rains.'
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2018-02-28
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2018-02-28.