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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.

[Landmark Commission on December 18, 2023. ]

[00:00:04]

TODAY IS DECEMBER 19TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 4:00.

WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER ALBERSTADT IS ABSENT.

COMMISSIONER BAKER IS ABSENT.

COMMISSIONER BOURGEOIS PRESENT.

VICE CHAIRPERSON CLICK PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER FITZ PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER FLINT-BUDDE PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

PRESENT. CHAIRPERSON PATTERSON PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER STETZEL-THOMPSON PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS.

PRESENT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE CASE WE ARE HEARING TODAY? SEEING NONE, WE ARE MOVING ON.

CATHERINE DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED.

OKAY, WE ARE MOVING ON WITH THAT.

SO EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY MINUTES THIS ROUND.

WE'LL HAVE A DOUBLE SET OF MINUTES IN JANUARY FOR YOU.

OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE OKAY.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO NEW BUSINESS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UH, THIS IS CASE 23LC-055 1915 AVENUE M IS A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE, A DESIGNATION AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK.

WE ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT, SO AS STATED, THIS IS 1915 AVENUE M UH, 31 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, AND NONE OF THOSE ARE RETURNED.

THIS IS, OF COURSE, A GALVESTON LANDMARK REQUEST.

UH, THIS IS THE WALTER GRESHAM TENANT COTTAGE.

UH, OF COURSE, THIS IS A PROMINENT ATTORNEY, WALTER GRESHAM BUILT THIS ONE STORY, FIVE BAY CENTER HALL COLLEGE IS A TENANT PROPERTY.

UH, REPLACED A HOUSE LOST IN THE 1885 FIRE.

AND, OF COURSE, THE GRESHAM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE WALTER GRESHAM WHO MOVED TO GALVESTON IN 1866.

UH, BECAME A ATTORNEY.

UH, WAS ALSO A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, STATE LEGISLATOR, US CONGRESS PERSON, DIRECTOR OF THE GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE RAILWAY, AND CHAIRED THE DEEPWATER COMMITTEE.

AND, OF COURSE, HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE, UH, DESIGNED BY NICHOLAS CLAYTON, IS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS THE BISHOP'S PALACE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE.

UH, GRESHAM UTILIZED THE COLLEGE'S RENTAL PROPERTY 1895, WHEN HE SOLD IT TO CARPENTER JOHN FAUNTLEROY.

AND LATER THAT WAS TRANSFERRED TO, UH, UH, A GENTLEMAN FROM HUNGARY WHO HAD A BOOK SHOP HERE IN GALVESTON AND IMPORTED, UH, MEDICAL TEXTS AND SCIENTIFIC WORKS.

UH, WHILE THE GRESHAM COLLEGE WAS A SPAN AT LEAST TWICE, UH, IN ITS HISTORY, THE HOUSE RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEGRITY.

UH, THE GALVESTON ARCHITECTURAL GUIDEBOOK NOTES THAT, UH, CLAYTON DESIGNED SOME TENANT HOUSES FOR GRESHAM AT VARIOUS TIMES.

UH, THIS POSSIBLY MAY BE ONE, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF FOR SURE.

UH, PROPERTIES IN THE LOST BAYOU HISTORIC DISTRICT IS AN ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND NEW LANDMARKS.

PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST AT THE DECEMBER 19TH MEETING, AND CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION AT THE JANUARY 25TH, 2024 MEETING.

UH STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE STANDARD CONDITION IN THE STAFF REPORT.

WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS, SO WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST, TO THE WEST.

AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.

SEEING NONE. I WOULD OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

BUT I WON'T SEE ANYBODY IN OUR PUBLIC.

BY CHANCE IS THERE ANYBODY WITH US ONLINE CATHERINE? NO THERE'S NOT. OKAY, WELL, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR RECOMMENDATION.

SHARON. MOTION ON CASE 23LC-055 TO RECOMMEND LANDMARK AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK GALVESTON LANDMARK.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND.

DISCUSSION? NO.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? IT IS UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS GO ADVANCE TO CITY COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE IT GET ITS LANDMARK.

ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION ITEMS, I THINK WE'VE, UM.

UH. COMMISSIONER BAKER IS NOT HERE SO WE WILL POSTPONE THE 2015 SURVEY DISCUSSION TO THE NEXT MEETING.

THE OTHER DISCUSSION ITEM IS JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE GHF LECTURES THEIR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY LECTURES ARE OUT AND I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT IT, SO JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING.

I THINK NANCY'S, UM, SAID SHE'D LIKE TO GO AND WE'LL BUY THE TICKETS.

THE ONE ON JANUARY 10TH I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ONE.

OKAY. UH CATHERINE.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING ME WHEN MY MIND GOES BLANK.

DOESN'T REBOOT FAST ENOUGH.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO PUT ON FOR THE DISCUSSION ITEM FOR NEXT TIME? NO SEEING NONE.

ALL RIGHT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT WORK 4:04.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.