GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
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TODAY IS OCTOBER 16TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 4:00.WE'LL START OUT WITH ATTENDANCE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY? I DO. 23 PA 008.
WHICH ONE IS THAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE THAT'S DEFERRED.
OH, WITH ROSEWOOD CEMETERY. YEAH, THAT'S A ROSEWOOD CEMETERY.
ALL RIGHT THEN. SO WHEN THAT COMES UP YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO OKAY.
OKAY. AND I WOULD ASK FOR ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIRPERSON.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE CONNIE PATTERSON FOR CHAIRPERSON.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? DOES MS. PATTERSON ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? I AM FLATTERED TO TAKE THE NOMINATION AGAIN.
THEN THE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.
AND NOW WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONNIE PATTERSON.
THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS, WITH ONE ABSTENTION OF CONNIE PATTERSON.
SINCE YOU'VE BEEN REELECTED TO THE CHAIR, THEN YOU CAN RUN THE PORTION FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
AND NOW WE'LL TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR.
I WOULD NOMINATE SARAH FOR VICE CHAIR.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SARAH? FOR VICE CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? NO OTHER VICE CHAIR NOMINEES? NO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? SEE WE'RE AT IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS CASE? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CASE WHICH YOU'D LIKE ME TO TAKE IT OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PUT IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA? NO. ALL RIGHT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
CASE 23 LC 2045 WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
OKAY. NEW BUSINESS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THEY'D LIKE TO DEFER THIS CASE TO THE NEXT LANDMARK MEETING.
FOR THE FOR 23PA-008, WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR DUTIES AS A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE? OH, IF THE RECORD COULD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER BOURGEOIS HAS DECLARED A CONFLICT AND HAS LEFT THE DAIS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
23PA-008 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. SARAH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR OUR COMMISSIONER TO GET SEATED AGAIN.
AND COMMISSIONER BOURGEOIS HAS REJOINED THE DAIS.
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THEY WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THIS TO A LATER DATE.OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT DEFERRAL? I THINK THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THERE MAY BE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS.
YOU'LL BE CALLED TO THE PODIUM IN A MINUTE.
OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS DEFERMENT? NO. OKAY.
I GUESS THE STAFF SAID WE WOULD DEFER.
YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SIGN IN AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE THE PROPERTY OWNER? NO, I'M JUST THE ENGINEER.
OKAY, I SEE BUYER AND THEN PROPERTY OWNER.
OH, OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST THE ONE THAT FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK, I GUESS.
SO BASICALLY, I GOT A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS OR THINGS THEY SAW ON THE DRAWINGS THAT DIDN'T MEET THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
I GUESS THE LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS JUST DROVE AROUND AND TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF ALL THE HOUSES SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY AND WENT AROUND THE DISTRICT AND TOOK PICTURES OF OR AND HAVE PICTURES OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SECOND LEVEL ROOF WITH A, A SECOND LEVEL BALCONY WITH A ROOF OVER IT, OR, YOU KNOW, ADJACENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE TWO STORIES AND, I DON'T KNOW, I TRIED TO GO INTO THE CITY AND TALK, I GUESS, WITH CATHERINE, AND SHE'S BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS, SO I DIDN'T I WASN'T ABLE TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
AND SO I GUESS I NEED TO DO THAT FIRST BEFORE I COME TO ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, BUT I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE DEFERRED IT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO COME DISCUSS THE THE HOUSE.
OH, OKAY. RESPONDING BY EMAIL IF YOU'LL JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL, MAYBE WITH YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GATHERED, AND THEN WE CAN SET UP A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE, THE CONCERNS. OKAY.
SO AND AND SO IF LIKE IF I GET ALL THESE THINGS KNOCKED OUT, THEN WE CAN DO IT NEXT MEETING.
SO, DO I HAVE TO TURN IT BACK IN PRETTY QUICKLY THEN? LIKE. BUT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AFTER THE MEETING.
ALL RIGHTY. WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAD THEN.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT? NO. OKAY, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION, AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DEFERMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 6TH.
A MOTION TO DEFER TILL NOVEMBER 6TH.
CAN I GET A SECOND? SHARON HAS MADE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
OKAY, LET ME GET MY GLASSES ON.
OKAY. NEXT CASE IS 23LC-046 3106 MARKET AVENUE D.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A DESIGNATION AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK.
IN THIS CASE, ONCE AGAIN, 3106.
MARKET. THERE WERE SIX PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, AND NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
THIS IS ABOUT. THIS IS REGARDING THE MILLER COMMERCIAL BUILDING RESTAURANT.
PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE SURROUNDING OLD CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE FIRST WORKED AS A WAITER AT THE HOTEL GALVEZ BEFORE OPENING HIS OWN SOFT DRINK STAND, AND THEN LATER MILLER'S GRILL AT 2112 MARKET WITH PARTNERS. HE MOVED TO HOUSTON BRIEFLY TO OPEN THE MAYFLOWER CONFECTIONERY COMPANY, BUT THEN RETURNED TO GALVESTON IN 1935.
BY 1940 WAS OPERATING HIS RESTAURANT AND HOTEL SUPPLY COMPANY HERE IN GALVESTON.
SO, ALL THE PROPERTY EXCEPT LOT TEN WHERE HE BUILT HIS COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
NOW, THE FIRST TENANTS WERE RECORDED AS THE 31ST STREET BEAUTY PARLOR AND 31ST STREET BAR.
THE 1952 CITY DIRECTORY LISTS SOME ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.
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ALL THE VARIOUS BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN THIS BUILDING OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.THE MILLER BUILDING QUICKLY BECAME A HUB FOR RETAIL SERVICES AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY.
OLD CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND FACTORY DISTRICTS ALONG HARBOR SIDE.
OF COURSE, STAR STATE ENGINE HOUSE NUMBER THREE, THE CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIREFIGHTERS HOME, WAS JUST DOWN THE STREET, AS WELL AS THREE BLACK INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS.
PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST AT THEIR OCTOBER 17TH MEETING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH STANDARD CONDITION ONE AND THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
SO, THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOOKING KIND OF GENERALLY NORTHEAST.
HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST, TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.
OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF MRS. JACKSON IS HERE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER OR A REPRESENTATIVE? NO. OKAY.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERTY? NO. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO.
ON FROM US TO PLANNING AND CITY COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADVANCE THIS REQUEST? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADVANCE THE REQUEST FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 23LC-046.
DISCUSSION? NO? ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE NEXT LANDMARK MEETING FOR DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANYTHING, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION FOR NEXT MONTH FOR NEXT MEETING? NO. OKAY.
ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I CLOSE? NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.