HPC Meeting — 2018-08-22
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Vick Cox (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Eric Gilliland, Jason Parker, Margaret Telford, Chuck Voelker, Paula Wilbanks (Commissioner Alternate) Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Paula Newman (Managing Director of Administration & Op), Matthew Boyle (City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA18-74 — 314 East Franklin Street
Work: Continued from July 25: demolish the 1940 Yancey-Stark House; demolish the additions and restore the original 20x20 ft Stark radio outbuilding on a new foundation in place; construct a new one-story house replicating the original (25 ft setback, #105 wood siding); construct a new garage/shop west of the outbuilding. Type: demolition, new_construction, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: approval with conditions (revised from July's denial after an August 17 preservation-plan meeting) Discussion: Building Official Scott Williams had classified both structures as 'dangerous buildings' under Chapter 7, though he stressed the Building Department 'does not specify whether a building be demolished or repaired'; preservation architect Gary Skotnicki found the house 'could provide a useful shell,' but a negotiated preservation plan kept only the radio building. Citizens split - Stanfield, Jensen and the Ratliffs urged the Commission to 'stand their ground' and that 'replicas do not respect the ordinance,' while Deborah Fiffick supported demolition and Rose Paxton said 'she never wanted an old house.' Anderson applauded 'the efforts of all coming from far apart with staff recommending from denial to approval,' and the motion carried only 4-3. Outcome: approved with conditions (4-3) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Jason Parker Dissent: Vick Cox, Eric Gilliland, Margaret Telford Conditions: Demolish additions at each end and restore the original radio outbuilding in its original location on a new foundation (contributing structure to the Original Town National Register Historic District); New house to replicate the exterior appearance of the original, with 25 ft front setback and #105 wood siding to match; New garage and shop constructed west of the original radio outbuilding; All exterior materials including roofing, siding and trim, doors, windows, and light fixtures staff approved under separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness; Building permit obtained from the Building Department
Staff-approved CAs (11)
CA18-61 840 East Wall Street; CA18-79 907 East Texas Street; CA18-80 846 East Worth Street; CA18-81 430 South Main Street; CA18-82 604 East Northwest Highway, Suite #101; CA18-83 736 East Wall Street; CA18-86 629 West College Street; CA18-87 129 South Main Street, Suite #110; CA18-88 412 East Franklin Street; CA18-89 424 South Main Street; CA18-90 426 South Main Street
Other business: Oath of Office administered to reappointed Commissioners Anderson and Parker. City Attorney Matthew Boyle briefed the Commission on public hearing procedure and protocol under Appendix G - opening/closing or continuing hearings, deliberation being 'for the Commission only,' and keeping the process 'tight and clear.' Citizen R. Dale Hall asked for 'more consideration and respect for the history and the people who had lived in each and every home, before tearing down any more homes.' July 25 minutes approved 7-0.
The Yancey-Stark House demolition was approved on the year's closest vote, 4-3, after staff reversed from denial to conditional approval under a compromise preservation plan saving only the Stark radio outbuilding; Cox, Gilliland and Telford dissented.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2018-08-22
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2018-08-22.