HPC Meeting — 2020-03-25
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Vick Cox (Vice Chairman), Jason Parker, Margaret Telford, Chuck Voelker, Ashley Anderson (Commissioner (via telephone)), Eric Gilliland (Commissioner (via telephone)) Absent: Paula Wilbanks (Alternate) Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Matthew Boyle (Assistant City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary), Tara Brooks (City Secretary)
Public hearing items
HL20-01 — 306 East Northwest Highway
Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay on property with vacant 1960 metal Butler building (former automobile repair shop), to record the property's history and give the HPC input in its future redevelopment. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve Discussion: Voelker questioned the number of Designation Merits required; Klempin said Warren Dearing, automobile repair lessee, would be added to the merits. Shope added those presented were 'very notable people to the community of Grapevine.' Outcome: approved (7-0 (5 in person, 2 by telephone)) — moved Chuck Voelker, second Jason Parker
CA20-08 — 306 East Northwest Highway
Work: Demolish the existing one-story 3,800 sq ft 1960 manufactured metal building (former auto repair shop, later Mayflower Homes offices), now in disrepair, to redevelop the property in the future. Type: demolition Staff rec: Approve with conditions (contingent on HL20-01 overlay approval) Discussion: Wright called the building a safety concern with 'evidence of vagrants having taken shelter within' and said he plans to return with retail or office plans. On contamination questions from Voelker and Shope, he said environmental checks found only asbestos, which was 'properly remediated.' Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0 (5 in person, 2 by telephone)) — moved Jason Parker, second Vick Cox Conditions: Historic Overlay HL20-01 approved for the property; Permit obtained from the Building Department
CA20-13 — 600 West Wall Street
Work: Construct new 7,900 sq ft two-story brick office building for Wright Construction, with placement shifted about 34 feet west and porch corner clipped to protect a roughly 200-year-old 'Witness Tree' to the 1850 Ambrose Foster land survey; revised two-lot parking plan requires BZA variance. Type: new_construction Staff rec: Approve with conditions (revised location for the survival of the tree) Discussion: McCallum said the original compliant plan 'would have ended the tree' and praised Wright for volunteering to revise it; Wright said the Wrights respected trees 'long before trees were cool' and designed the building to resemble the Claire Watson House on College Street. An arborist gave 'a 70 percent chance for the tree's survival.' Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0 (5 in person, 2 by telephone)) — moved Jason Parker, second Margaret Telford Conditions: Variance granted for the revised parking plan by the Board of Zoning Adjustment; Permit obtained from the Building Department
Staff-approved CAs (6)
CA20-07 204 East Franklin Street; CA20-14 516 Estill Street; CA20-16 424 South Main Street; CA20-17 840 East Texas Street; CA20-18 404 West College Street; CA20-19 728 East Wall Street
Other business: February 26, 2020 minutes approved. Adjourned 6:37 p.m. (Original agenda also posted CA20-08; amended agenda posted March 24 by City Secretary Tara Brooks.)
First COVID-19 era meeting: held by telephone conference under the Governor's March 16/19, 2020 orders, with no public access to chambers, a public toll-free dial-in line, and two commissioners attending by phone. Witness Tree preservation case (CA20-13) approved.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2020-03-25
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2020-03-25.