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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO
[Landmark Commission on September 16, 2024.]
THE REGULAR SCHEDULE OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, AND THE TIME IS FOUR OÇLOCK.
COULD WE HAVE ATTENDANCE, PLEASE?
>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WILL BE ABSENT TODAY.
>> COMMISSIONER STETZ THOMPSON.
>> COMMISSIONER CHASTAIN WILL ALSO BE ABSENT AND EX OFFICIO COUNCILMEMBER SHARON LEWIS.
>> I LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO OUR NEW EX OFFICIO, COUNCIL MEMBER, SHARON LEWIS.
>> WELCOME. DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE CASES THAT WE ARE HEARING TODAY? NO. MOVING ON.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? DO WE SEE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? ANY CHANGES? NO. SEEING NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, KATHERINE?
>> NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED.
>> WE'RE MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
>> THIS IS AT 2,400 MECHANIC AT THE CLARK AND COURTS BUILDING.
THIS IS A COA FOR REMOVAL OF EXISTING ELEVATOR SHAFT, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN.
THERE WERE 30 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO DEMOLISH THAT EXTERIOR ELEVATOR SHAFT.
IT'S LOCATED APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING'S WEST FACADE.
IS VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANTS SUBMITTAL, IT MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING AS THE APPLICANT IN THE CASE OF BRICKWORK BEHIND THE ELEVATOR REMAINS IN PLACE.
PLEASE NOTE THE APPLICABLE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE STAFF REPORT.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONFORMS TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
A SANDBORN MASK FROM 1912 SHOW THE ELEVATOR, BUT THE ORIGINAL BRICK REMAINS BEHIND IT, SUGGESTING THAT THE ELEVATOR MAY HAVE BEEN A LATER ADDITION OR AT LEAST AN INSIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL FEATURE.
THE APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE INCLUDES RECONDITIONING AND REPOINTING THE BRICK, WHICH WILL BE EXPOSED AFTER THE SHAFT IS REMOVED, AND REMOVAL OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFT WILL NOT DETRACT FROM THE HISTORIC APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING AS IT IS VERY MUCH A SECONDARY OR EVEN TERTIARY FEATURE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CASE, 24 LC-026 WITH SPECIFIC ADDITIONS 1, AND SAND CONDITIONS 1 THROUGH 6 ON THE STAFF REPORT. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
HERE WE HAVE THE VICINITY MAP, AND OF COURSE, A PHOTO FROM THE STREET ADJACENT SHOWING THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE WE HAVE THE 1912 SANBORNS OVERLAID ON THE GIS AERIAL MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE ELEVATOR, AND THEN 1947, SHOWING THAT SAME GENERAL LOCATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU JUST BARELY SEE THE ELEVATOR SHAFT IN QUESTION, AND WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT.
>> THANKS, DANIEL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NONE. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF A REPRESENTATIVE OR APPLICANT IS AN AVERY DUKE PRESENT OR DAVID WATSON.
YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN, SIR.
>> DAVID WATSON. I'M THE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT.
IF YOU SAW THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PHOTOS FROM INSIDE THE SHAFT, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE GEARS THAT USED TO BE ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP HAVE FALLEN DOWN THROUGH THE SHAFT AND CRUSHED EVERYTHING IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
IT'S THE STRUCTURE IS JUST IT'S GONE, AND WE'D RATHER TAKE IT DOWN SAFELY THAN HAVE A STORM OR CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE, AND WE'RE GOING TO RESTORE THE BRICK BEHIND IT SO THAT IT MATCHES THE WALL THAT WE RESTORED, I THINK THREE YEARS AGO, WE DID ALL RE POINTING.
IF THE SIGN NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT, WHERE IT'S MISSING, WHERE IS MISSING FROM CLARK AND MA IS MISSING FROM MANUFACTURING, WE'LL TWEAK THAT BACK TOO.
THIS IS AN ADDITION, THE ORIGINAL ELEVATOR SET IN THE FAR NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING INSIDE.
THIS WAS A SERVICE ELEVATOR THAT SERVED THE PRINT SHOP THAT WAS BUILT IN THE TWO STORY SECTION LATER ON.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WATSON? NO. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF OUR PRETTIEST BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN, AND THEY'VE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB WITH THAT PROPERTY.
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ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GO WALK BY AND SEE IT.>> OUR NEXT UNDERTAKING IS RESTORING THE PARKING GARAGE.
>> GET A LITTLE HEAD START, ARE WE? [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MR. WATSON.
IS ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT? NO. IS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE 24 LC-026 PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
>> SECONDED. DISCUSSION. I FEEL STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS ONLY BECAUSE THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY HAVE DONE SUCH A MAGNIFICENT JOB, EVEN TO THE EXTENT WHERE THEY WOULD BRING IN ONE OF GALVESTON'S PREMIER ARCHITECTS TO ASSURE US THAT THIS THING IS GOING TO BE DONE BEAUTIFULLY.
I THINK IT WILL DO NOTHING BUT ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT. THAT'S RIGHT.
MOVING ON, WE ARE LOOKING AT CASE 24 LC-027 3601 BERNARD D GAVEZ AVENUE P.
>> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF ROOFING MATERIAL.
ONE WAS RETURNED TO THAT ONE IN FAVOR.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO REPLACE WOOD SHAKE ROOF WITH SYNTHETIC WOOD SHINGLES.
PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A OF YOUR STAFF REPORT FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED ROOFING MATERIAL.
PLEASE NOTE THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
CONFORMANCE. STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUEST CONFORMS TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
THE ROOF IS CURRENTLY WOOD SHINGLES.
THE WOOD SHINGLE ROOF HAS BEEN REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES MOST RECENTLY IN 2016.
THE USE OF SYNTHETIC ROOFING MATERIAL WILL PROVIDE BETTER LONGEVITY, I WILL ALSO PROVIDE BETTER PROTECTION FOR THE HOUSE FROM WIND RAIN AND FIRE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
SPECIFIC CONDITION ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL CONFORM TO THE DESIGN MATERIALS AND PLACEMENT SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A OF THE STAFF REPORT.
AND ITEMS 2 THROUGH 6 OR STANDARD. YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES.
THIS IS OF COURSE THE WILLIAMS HOME.
I THINK WE HAVE JUST A SNIPPET ON THE NEXT SLIDE OF THE PROPOSED ROOFING MATERIAL.
THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, KATHERINE.
I WOULD ASSUME THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD GO UNDER STAFF APPROVAL.
>> BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE IN MATERIAL IF IT WAS WOOD SHAKE TO WOOD SHAKE? YES. STAFF CAN APPROVE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING AN ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL, IT HAS TO COME TO LANDMARK.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF THE PROPERTY OWNERS LAUREN ANDERSON OR ROBERT FLANAGAN ARE PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU STEP UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN, PLEASE.
>> ROBERT FLANAGAN. NICE TO MEET YOU.
WELL, I GUESS YOU ALL HEARD WE'RE HOPING TO REPLACE THE WOOD SHAKE THAT'S THERE WITH A SYNTHETIC WOOD SHAKE.
WE HAD SOME HURRICANE DAMAGE AND FOUND SEVERAL SPOTS OF THE ROOFING SYSTEM HAD FAILED.
WE WANT TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ROOF, UPDATE THE WHOLE ROOF, I GUESS AND THAT WOULD GIVE US BETTER WIND RATING, BETTER FIRE RATING, EASIER MAINTENANCE. THAT'S THE PLAN.
>> YOU ALL HAVE DONE JUST A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH THIS PROPERTY.
>> YOU'VE HAD IT WITH ABOUT THREE YEARS.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NO. THANK YOU, MR. FLANAGAN.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CASE? SAYING NONE.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING, GET BACK TO THIS COMMISSION TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CASE 24 LC-027, SHARON?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 24 LC-027 FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? JANE SECONDS DISCUSSION.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CHANGE IN MATERIAL, BUT MY THOUGHT IS, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE AND IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE OBVIOUS, THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF HISTORIC MATERIALS TO REPLACE THE PORCHES AND ELEMENTS OF THESE STRUCTURES WITH.
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WHEN WE CAN FIND A SUITABLE LONGER LASTING MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CLIMATE, THAT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THIS, AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S MY THOUGHT.ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS A LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
THIS IS CASE 24 LC-025 FOR A REQUEST FOR A LANDMARK DESIGNATION, WE WILL OF COURSE BE RECOMMENDING THAT TO COUNSEL.
>> THANK YOU. THIS DESIGNATION REQUEST IS AT 4404 AVENUE.
THERE ARE 27 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT.
ONE RETURNED AND THAT ONE IN FAVOR.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DESIGNATION OF ABOVE REFERENCE ADDRESS AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK WE CONG AT THE LEWIS AND KATHERINE FOX HOUSE.
COMPLETED IN 1936, THIS HOUSE IN THE LATIN COLONIAL STYLE, WAS THE HOME OF LOUIS FOX JUNIOR AND WIFE KATHERINE DOLSON.
IT WAS BUILT BY MORE AND LOYD, A HOUSTON ARCHITECT FIRM, WHICH ALSO WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN RIVER OAKS.
EXHIBIT A INCLUDES A EXTENSIVE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.
LOUIS FOX JUNIOR WAS A LIFEELONG GALVESTONIAN, AS WAS HIS WIFE, KATHERINE DOLSON.
THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1927 AT ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL.
KATHERINE WAS ALSO ONE OF 12 CHILDREN OF ADOLPH DOLSON, WHOSE GRANDFATHER, HER GRANDFATHER WAS NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANT BENJAMIN DOLSON, FOUNDER OF A STEVEDORING COMPANY HERE IN GALVESTON.
AT THE TIME THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, LOUIS WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BANKERS SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION, AND HE AND KATHERINE WERE BOTH HEAVILY INVOLVED IN VARIOUS OTHER BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS, AS MANY GALVESTONIANS WERE AND ARE.
THE HOUSE STANDS IN THE DENVER RESERVE AREAS PRIMARILY DEVELOPED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
THAT WAS FURTHER REPLAYED INTO THE ZEN AND CHESBOR SUBDIVISION 1926, AND BOTH ATTORNEY WILLIAM JIN AND EDMAR CHESBOR WELL KNOWN GALVESTONIS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
ARCHITECTS HARVIN MOORE AND HERMAN LLOYD ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF A RECORD, BOTH RICE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.
THIS HOUSE IS, OF COURSE, A LATIN COLONIAL STYLE THAT WAS POPULARIZED BY JOHN STOBB.
HAVE A FEW OTHER STOBB HOUSES LOOK VERY SIMILAR HERE IN GALVESTON AND MOST LIKELY THEY GOT THEIR INSPIRATION FOR THIS HOUSE FROM THEIR WORK IN RIVER OAKS AS WELL.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, IS ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES FOR NEW LANDMARKS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST AT THE SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING.
OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL HAS A FINAL DECISION.
THEY WILL CONSIDER THIS ON OCTOBER 24TH MEETING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH STANDARD CONDITION 1, AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN COURSE OF CENTI MAP NEXT SIDE, PLEASE.
AND THE PROPERTIES TO THE, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF MR. TIMMONS IS PRESENT.
WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE STEP FOUR AND STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN, PLEASE?
>> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY.
>> WE MOVED IN APPROXIMATELY 2.5 YEARS AGO AND STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD QUITE THE HISTORY AND HAVE ACTUALLY MET SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAD THEIR GRANDPARENTS BUILT THE HOUSE, AND WE'RE JUST INTERESTED IN DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF IT AND BECOME GOOD STEWARDS.
>> BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TIMMONS? NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? NO. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADVANCE THIS ONTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TOMORROW FOR A LOCAL LANDMARK.
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE 24 LC-025 PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND. SHARON. DISCUSSION. ANOTHER ONE IS PROTECTED. ALL IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. TIMMONS.
THIS IS ADJACENT TO 302 21ST STREET.
>> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A LICENSE TO USE.
PUBLIC NOTICES, 12%, ZERO RETURNED.
NO OBJECTIONS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LICENSE TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO
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RETAIN CONSTRUCTION FENCING AND SCAFFOLDING ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING.THE TEMPORARY LICENSE TO USE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT HAS EXPIRED.
DUE TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK, THE LANDMARK COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING THIS REQUEST.
PLANNING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THEIR REQUEST AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2024.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION, STAFF RECOMMENDS CASE 24 LC-23.
REQUEST FOR A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING A LICENSE TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH THREE, AND STANDARD CONDITIONS FOUR THROUGH NINE.
IT'S THE MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE SCAFFOLDING AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING IS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE PROPERTY BUILDING, IT TAKES UP ALL OF THE PROPERTY.
THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST AND SOUTH AND THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF'S REPORT.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF MISS DAKOTA CORVILL IS HERE, THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
NO. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THAT GENTLEMEN WANTED TO SPEAK IT.
>> SIR, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CASE? MR. OLSON? YOU CAN COME FORWARD.
>> I'M VERY AWARE THAT THERE'S A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT HERE.
HOPING THAT YOU'RE EQUALLY AWARE THAT I HAVE A 35 YEAR PERIOD OF CONSTERNATION AND CONFUSION AND DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
I WILL NOT AGREE TO RENEW OR TO ISSUE A NEW USE PERMIT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS DEL OLSON, O-L-S-O-N. MY WIFE, DIANE DUFFY AND I ARE FROM DALLASTON.
WE LIVE IN SEVERAL PLACES NOW.
I FEEL THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY AN UNNECESSARY MEETING.
I HAD THE SITUATION BEEN HANDLED OUT OF FORMAL MEETINGS LIKE THIS IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER, WHICH I DON'T FEEL IT HAS BEEN BY EITHER PARTY.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE WE OWN THREE BUILDINGS ON THE STRAND IN THE 2,000 BLOCK, BORDERING 21ST IN SPAN.
OUT OF THE BACK OF OUR BUILDINGS, WE LOOK UPON THOSE ARE REAL NICE PICTURES YOU SAW INCIDENTALLY, DRIVE BY THERE ON YOUR WAY HOME.
WE SEE THE BACK OF WHAT WE CALL THE MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING, WHICH I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHICH ONE THAT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT HAS BEEN FOR 35 YEARS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
IT'S NEVER BEEN GOOD. IT'S NEVER BEEN CLEANED UP.
IT'S DIRTY, FILTHY, DILAPIDATED. IT'S AN EYESORE.
WE HAVE TENANTS WHO HAVE SHOPS ON THE STRAND AND ON 21ST STREET IN OUR THREE BUILDINGS.
THEY NEARLY DAILY HAVE INQUIRIES BY PEOPLE, JUST CASUAL INQUIRIES, NOT SOPHISTICATED THINGS.
WHY IS THAT BUILDING SITTING OVER THERE? IT'S ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM US? SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM VERY AFFLUENT PLACES WHERE THINGS ARE BASICALLY KEPT BY PROFESSIONALS AND MAINTAINED IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WE DO HERE A LOT OF TIMES.
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE TENANTS TO EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXPLAIN.
THEN THEY ASK ME AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
I ASK THE CITY AND THE CITY CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING THEM AS WELL AS OUR OWN BENEFITS.
THAT BUILDING TO MY RESEARCH, AT ONE POINT, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO RIGHT NOW WAS LAST OCCUPIED IN ABOUT THE MID PART OF 1989.
THERE WAS A BARBER ON THE 21ST STREET SIDE.
WHEN HE MOVED OUT, IT WAS A TOTAL VACANT BUILDING.
IT WAS 99% VACANT BEFORE HE LEFT.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, IT HAS BEEN A TOTAL DISASTER.
THERE HAVE BEEN HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE INSANELY.
NOW, THIS HAS MITIGATED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I WILL ADMIT TO THAT. BUT WE LIVE WITH IT.
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>> LET ME JUST INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A SECOND.
I KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND I CAN SEE AND FEEL YOUR PASSION.
BUT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING ARE THINGS THAT LANDMARK CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE OR OUR JURISDICTION.
>> YOU WANT TO DISCUSS OF THE ISSUES OF THE PROPERTY? [BACKGROUND]
>> I TEACH WOULD BE GOOD. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
>> NO, WE WISH EVERYBODY IN GALVESTON THAT LIVED HERE IS AS PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESERVATION AS YOU ARE.
AND YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH NICER THE CITY WOULD BE? I HAVE NOTHING BUT ADMIRATION FOR YOUR PASSION.
>> IS THE LAST QUESTION [BACKGROUND]
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS CASE? NO. I'M GOING TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS CASE?
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE 24 LC-023 PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? JANE. DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING AT THIS BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS SPENT A FORTUNE IN SCAFFOLDING.
SOMEBODY'S DOING SOMETHING UP THERE, AND BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS NOTHING.
I THINK THAT WE ADVANCE THIS LICENSE TO USE AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF PROSPERITY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH FOR THE NEXT MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, 1ST OF OCTOBER.
NOBODY HAS ANYTHING TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
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