HPC Meeting — 2019-05-22
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Vick Cox (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Jason Parker, Margaret Telford, Chuck Voelker, Paula Wilbanks (Commissioner (Alternate)) Absent: Eric Gilliland 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 (Assistant City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA19-43 — 846 East Wall Street
Work: After-the-fact request to replace all original wood windows of the 1951 Norris L. Graham House with vinyl windows and the rear wood door with a metal door; work was done without a Certificate of Appropriateness or permit. Type: windows, doors Staff rec: Deny (work violates Secretary of the Interior Standards 1, 3, 4 and 6; remediate with 6-over-6 wood windows and reinstall the rear wood door) Discussion: Staff reported "the windows were installed without obtaining a Certificate of Appropriateness or a permit" and recommended removal of the vinyl windows and replacement with 6-over-6 wood windows. Outcome: denied (7-0) — moved Vick Cox, second Paula Wilbanks
CA19-31 — 426 East Texas Street
Work: Renovate the 1948 Rawls House for modern living (originally CA18-72): 1,941 sq ft addition bringing living area to 3,399 sq ft, plus a 700 sq ft detached two-car garage with attached storage requiring a variance. Type: addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions, including a variance for the 700 sq ft detached garage with storage Discussion: Vice Chairman Cox left the room and "filed an Affidavit of Conflict of Interest" as adjacent owner; his notification letter approving the project was read into the minutes. Owner Dan Bock said the extra garage square footage housed "a staircase for safer access to the storage loft." Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0, 1 abstention (Cox)) — moved Chuck Voelker, second Margaret Telford Conditions: Variance granted for 700 sq ft detached two-car garage with attached storage; No additional future square footage may be added to this property (added by motion); Exterior materials (roofing, siding, trim, doors/hardware, windows, light fixtures) staff-approved under separate CA(s); Building permit obtained
CA19-32 — 513 East Worth Street
Work: Renovate the 1913 Pam Ezell House: partial demolition of walls for a new one-story north addition (master suite, kitchen, family room) bringing living area to 2,614 sq ft, plus a new 500 sq ft detached two-car garage. Type: addition, garage_outbuilding, demolition Staff rec: Approve with conditions (SOI Standard 6 issue remediated by 1"x6" wood trim boards demarcating additions from original fabric) Discussion: Chairman Shope recused, leaving the room and filing a conflict-of-interest affidavit, with Cox presiding. Owner Joe Garcia said their "goal in the Township is to blend in, not stand out," and Cooper called it "a house to survive for many more years." Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0, 1 abstention (Shope)) — moved Margaret Telford, second Ashley Anderson Conditions: Exterior materials (roofing, siding, trim, doors/hardware, windows, light fixtures) staff-approved under separate CA(s); Building permit obtained
CA19-33 — 521 South Dooley Street
Work: Remove the one-car garage/laundry/study wing of the 1941 house; build a one-story addition (entry, kitchen, family room, master suite) totaling 3,052 sq ft living area; and build a 998 sq ft one-and-one-half-story detached two-car garage/shop 'barn' with 456 sq ft porch at the rear. Type: demolition, addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Deny as submitted (82'11" front facade twice the width of neighbors alters the streetscape; oversized garage/shop needing a variance) Discussion: Staff had recommended denial because the 82-foot facade "had not fit in the streetscape," but a revised plan submitted the same day opened the porch gable to create "separation" and reduce massing, and McCallum said the owners "have clearly met the Design Guidelines with these changes." The Tates said they had worked on the plans since October 2017 and wanted "a nice barn like a Nash Farm barn" for the garage/workshop; Telford cast the lone nay. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-1) — moved Vick Cox, second Paula Wilbanks Dissent: Margaret Telford Conditions: Conditions as presented plus revised-plan changes noted before the Commission (porch gable opened for separation; kitchen porch roof replaced with flat pergola)
HL19-01 — 619 South Church Street
Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay on the 1947 Ruby Tillery Moore House, purchased by the CVB to extend the Ted R. Ware Plaza and create the Grapevine International Outreach Museum. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve (to record the property's history and give HPC input on future development; proposed Design Guidelines presented) Discussion: Wilbanks recalled Ruby Moore, who lived in the house 74 years, as "remarkable as she took care of a lot of kids," and thanked the CVB "for saving her house." Outcome: approved (7-0) — moved Vick Cox, second Margaret Telford
Staff-approved CAs (6)
CA19-25 428 East Worth Street; CA19-26 211 West Franklin Street; CA19-34 513 East Texas Street; CA19-35 218 West College Street; CA19-36 405 South Main Street; CA19-37 129 South Main Street, Suite #160
Other business: April 24 minutes approved. Adjourned 7:29 p.m.
Busiest meeting of the year: five hearings including the year's only denial (unpermitted vinyl windows), two conflict-of-interest recusals with affidavits (Cox, Shope), the year's only split vote (CA19-33), and the first landmark overlay of the year.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2019-05-22
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2019-05-22.