HPC Meeting — 2023-12-13

December 13, 2023

Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Margaret Telford (Vice-Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Jim Niewald, Eric Gilliland, Jana Garcia Absent: Theresa Meyer, Taylor Bunn, Monica Hotelling Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison) Staff: Samuel Hawk (City Attorney), Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Kayce Vanderpool (Historic Preservation Secretary)

Public hearing items#

CA23-72 — 206 South Church Street (1954 Halstead family house)#

Work: Renovate the existing 1,196 sq ft house and 492 sq ft detached garage; construct a 638 sq ft addition connecting house and garage with a second-floor room over the garage; new projecting double-gable front porch, new dormer on the garage roof, and rear covered porch. Type: addition, porch, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions (all exterior building materials, windows, doors and trim staff-approved under separate CA; building permit) Discussion: Lusty said they 'want to add to the neighborhood' and will 'keep period appropriate materials'; Garcia asked about the breezeway, which will be 'fully glassed-in, with blinds inside.' Niewald said he likes the plans, and Anderson's motion added a condition to reuse the existing materials. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Jim Niewald Conditions: Reuse the existing (siding) materials; All exterior building materials, windows, doors and trim approved by staff under a separate Certificate of Appropriateness; Building permit obtained from the Building Services Department

HL23-03 — 220 Blevins Street (2006 Ratliff House)#

Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay for the 2006 Ratliff House designed by architect David Webster George, a fellow of Frank Lloyd Wright, meeting seven of twelve designation-merit points. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve (recognize a significant structure by a master architect and retain its historic integrity and cultural history) Discussion: Klempin said George brought Wright's 'organic' philosophy so the house would 'blend in with the land... and feel like it grew up from the soil, like a native flower,' and cited the Ratliffs' civic work at Nash Farm and the Grapevine Heritage Foundation. Anderson told Ratliff 'you have done a good job in the home of honoring your late wife, Linda'; Telford called George 'a Premier Architect with the southwest style.' Outcome: approved (6-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Eric Gilliland

CA23-80 — 324 Ruth Street (1953 Wayne Goodenough House)#

Work: Revised foundation plan for CA23-45: retain pier-and-beam foundations for the existing house and new additions after the owners' engineer had proposed slab-on-grade that would have required full demolition of the Goodenough House; salvage plan for interior doors, eight wood windows, #105 siding and porch-ceiling wood. Type: other Staff rec: Approve with conditions (building permit obtained from the Building Services Department) Discussion: Barns explained they will keep the stem wall and front wall intact and reuse the current siding on the new facade; Kirchhoff said the house is 'unoccupied and uninhabitable' with trace asbestos to be safely removed. Telford noted the Black Land Prairie soil warrants pier and beam, recalling a childhood summer when her brother lost a toy car in a crack in the ground. Outcome: approved (6-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Jim Niewald

Staff-approved CAs (4)#

CA23-45B 324 Ruth Street; CA23-74 211 East Wall Street; CA23-76 113 East Texas Street; CA23-78 820 East Worth Street

Other business: Minutes of October 25, 2023 approved 6-0. Chairman Shope adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m. Next meeting announced for January 24, 2024.

📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2023-12-13

Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2023-12-13.