[Landmark Commission on March 3, 2025.]
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WE'LL START THE MEETING OFF WITH ATTENDANCE.CONFLICT OF INTEREST. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF THE CASES TODAY? NO. OKAY. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING? AND DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED? OKAY. WE WILL ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY NON-AGENDA ITEMS? NO. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE THREE CASES FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS.
WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE. CASE 25 LC-006-1219.
THERE WERE SIX PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
WILL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE ALLEY. NOT EASILY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
SOME OF THE PROJECT IS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND EXHIBIT A BASICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A HARDY LAP SIDING FROM GRADE TO ROOF, HARDY TRIM, SOFFITS AND FASCIA ONE OVER ONE VINYL CLAD WINDOWS WITH HARDIE TRIM.
PLEASE NOTE THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
SO STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
PROS WORK CONFORMS TO THE ELEMENTS PRESCRIBED IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS REGARDING MATERIALS, SIZE, PLACEMENT, AND MASSING IN COMPARISON TO THE HISTORIC MAIN STRUCTURE. SO, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL RECOMMENDATION PER OUR DESIGN STANDARDS.
AND OF COURSE, ALL HARDY SIDING BE SMOOTH AND WITHOUT PATTERNS.
OTHERWISE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. SO HERE WE HAVE THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE FOR REFERENCE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OH, GO BACK ONE, KARINA. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICANT'S PROVIDE IS PROPOSING THE LAP SIDING ALL THE WAY DOWN WHERE A STAFF WOULD PREFER PER THE DESIGN STANDARDS, TO SEE BOARD AND BATTEN BELOW FIRST HABITABLE FLOOR.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU.
DANIEL, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25-LC-006.
IS THE APPLICANT OR PROPERTY OWNER HERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND PRESENT YOUR PROJECT TO US? I DON'T KNOW IF. WE COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN, PLEASE.
YEAH, MY CONTRACTOR IS DOING THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED WITH HIM ALL THE WAY ON IT.
MY WIFE LESLIE, SHE'S WORKED ALL THE WAY WITH HIM ON IT.
SO, EVERYTHING HAS MET OUR APPROVAL, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THIS PERMIT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT AND GET THE FENCE BACK UP BACK THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP WALKING OUR DOG THREE TIMES A DAY.
AND SHE CAN GET BACK IN THAT BACKYARD, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A DAY THEN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
OKAY. GO AHEAD, MR. PERRY. I HAVE ONE ODDBALL QUESTION.
HAS YOUR PROPERTY BEEN RECENTLY PAINTED, AND WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATE COLOR? I SEEN ONE THAT HAD A DIFFERENT COLOR ON THIS.
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OURS. THE SECOND ONE. THE FIRST ONE IS, IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE ONE.BUT I REMEMBER SEEING THAT ONE THERE. THAT WAS LIKE 15 YEARS AGO.
THE SHUTTERS WEREN'T UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF OUR SHUTTERS BACK UP.
AND. AND MY WIFE MADE A POINT. YOU SEE THAT WINDOW? YOU TOOK THAT PICTURE ON THE DAY OUR WINDOW GOT BLOWN OUT BY THAT NORTHER.
THAT'S THE MOST RECENT PICTURE. IT'S TOO BAD.
THE WINDOW IS GONE. BUT IT WAS THAT WEIRD DAY.
STAFF CAN AFFIRM THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY COLD THE DAY THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
YES. OH, MAN. I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE WE WERE. AND YOU? OUR GRANDDAUGHTER SLEEPS IN THAT ROOM. AND THROUGH SOME MIRACLE, THAT GLASS WENT OUT AND STOOD IN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROJECT? PROJECT ON THIS CASE? OKAY, NOW WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
I MOTION TO APPROVE CASE 25 LC-006 WITH STAFF.
STAFF CONDITIONS. SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? IT'S EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO CASE 25-LC-007.
OKAY. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO A PREVIOUS APPROVAL, WHICH WAS 23-012. PUBLIC NOTICES SENT WERE EIGHT ZERO RETURNED.
BACKGROUND. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022, THE LANDMARK COMMISSION APPROVED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF A ROOFTOP ADDITION UNDER CASE 22-LC-33.
THOSE REVISIONS WERE CHANGES TO ROOFING MATERIAL FROM GALVALUME, EMBOSSED METAL SHINGLE TO METAL STANDING SEAM, AND A CHANGE IN THE WINDOW MATERIAL FROM WOOD TO VINYL.
SUMMARY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS TO THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE ROOFTOP ADDITION TO BE AN OPEN ROOFTOP PORCH WITH NO WINDOWS IN THE OPENINGS AND ON THE SOUTH FACADE. INSTALL A STEEL RAILING INSIDE OF THE OPENINGS FOR SAFETY, AND THAT RAILING WILL BE RECESSED ABOUT EIGHT INCHES FROM THE OUTER FACADE. CONFORMANCE WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
THE FORM OF THE ROOF PROPOSITION REMAINS, AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE SPECIFIC CONDITION ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE STANDARD CONDITIONS TWO THROUGH SIX AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT ROOFTOP ADDITION HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE WEST FACADE, WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THOSE IN THOSE OPENINGS ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN PLANNED TO BE WINDOWS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU.
CATHERINE, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. NOW WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25-LC-007, THIS APPLICANT HEARING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? I'M BOB BROWN. I LIVE IN THE EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THIS IS RALPH MCMORRIS. I'M THE ARCHITECT ON THE JOB, AND RALPH IS THE OWNER.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE BEEN HERE. HOPEFULLY THE LAST.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
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I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT ANYWAY, THAT STAFF REPORT PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS THAT THOSE THREE OPENINGS TO THE LEFT OF THE DRAWING, RIGHT THERE WERE PREVIOUSLY HAD WINDOWS IN THEM, AND WE JUST REMOVED THE WINDOWS AND KEPT THE OPENINGS THE SAME SIZE, PROPORTIONS, SCALE, MATERIALS EXCEPT FOR THE WINDOWS, IN ORDER TO STILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT.AND THEN BECAUSE THE SILL ON THOSE THREE OPENINGS IS ONLY ABOUT 18IN FROM THE FLOOR ON THE INSIDE, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PROTECTION TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM FALLING OUT.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT A SMALL SECTION OF STEEL FENCING RIGHT THERE, RECESSED ON THE INSIDE OF THE OF THE SPACE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ABOUT RECESSED ABOUT EIGHT INCHES FROM THE FROM THE FACE OF THE FACADE AND ACTUALLY MATCHES THE EXISTING STEEL RAILING THAT IS JUST TO THE LEFT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR THANK YOU.
THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO. OH, MR. THIERRY? NO. NO, THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? NO.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. 25-LC-007 FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
WE HAVE CASE 25 LC-009 AT 711 14TH STREET. ALRIGHTY.
SO THIS ONE IS SOMEWHAT OF A FOLLOW UP TO A PREVIOUS CASE HEARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE THE APPLICANT HAD REQUESTED SOME CHANGES TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS IN BETWEEN. YOU MAY RECALL, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO REPLACE THE NON HISTORIC FRONT DOOR.
REPLACE AN EXISTING WINDOW WITH A NEW WALKOUT DOOR AND THEN ADDING A STAIRCASE AND PORCH.
ACCORDINGLY. THERE WERE FIVE PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, AND OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
SO, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING REPLACING A HISTORIC EXISTING NON HISTORIC FRONT DOOR.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE PHOTOS. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SCREEN DOOR.
THERE'S ANOTHER DOOR BEHIND THAT. REPLACE AN EXISTING NON HISTORIC WINDOW OPENING WITH A DOOR TO THE SIDE YARD, WHICH WOULD BE THE NORTH FACE OF THE BUILDING IN THIS CASE.
AND THEN A SMALL ONE STORY LITTLE WALK OUT PORCH ACCORDINGLY.
SO, STAFF FINDS REQUEST CONFORMS TO DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
IT'S VERY LOW TO THE GROUND. IT'S VERY SMALL PORCH.
AND THE PROPOSED FRONT DOOR, WHICH IS IN THE INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORTS IS VERY SIMPLE.
FAIRLY UNADORNED. NOT LIKELY TO BE MISTAKEN FOR A HISTORIC ORIGINAL.
AND SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE REQUEST BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
ONE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS. TWO THROUGH SIX ON THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
OF COURSE. THERE'S A SUBJECT PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE ARE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU, DANIEL.
DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25 LC-009.
MR. EASTERWOOD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TELL US ABOUT IT? YES.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION. GOOD TO SEE SOME NEW FACES HERE.
I HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO A COUPLE OF Y'ALL BEFORE.
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THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE REQUEST. LIKE DANIEL SAID, WE CAME BEFORE YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.ONCE WE REALIZED ONCE WE TORE THAT DOWN, WE REALIZED THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET OUT TO THE SIDE YARD, BACKYARD, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. BUT AND SO RATHER THAN HAVING FOLKS HAVE TO GO OUT ONTO POST OFFICE STREET AND THEN BACK INTO ANOTHER GATE, WE WANTED TO ADD THIS SIMPLE LITTLE STOOP REALLY IS WHAT IT IS.
AND IT SORT OF MIRRORS THE EXISTING IN ITS SIMPLICITY AND SCALE.
AND THEN THE SECOND REQUEST IS JUST AS DANIEL SAID, TO REPLACE THE FRONT DOOR.
THANK YOU. ANY APPLICANTS, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? NO. OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25-LC-009 AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY.
WE WILL HAVE OUR VOTE THEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? THAT'S EVERYBODY. THE MOTION PASSES BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS CAME IN, SO WE NEED TO NOTE THAT DOWN.
WE HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING SUPPLIERS FOR OUR GALVESTON LANDMARK PLAQUES, AS OUR CURRENT INVENTORY IS LOW AND AS IN LOW, I THINK WE HAVE ONE. I THINK IT'S THAT ONE. THESE PLAQUES ARE AWARDED TO PROPERTY OWNERS UPON THE DESIGNATION OF A BUILDING AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK AND INTENDED TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE BUILDING. THE EXISTING PLAQUES ARE EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER, MADE OF RESIN, FEATURED THE CITY SEAL ALONG WITH THE WORDS GALVESTON LANDMARK.
STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED A MANUFACTURER TO PRODUCE NEW PLAQUES, WHICH WILL RETAIN THE SAME DESIGN, BUT WILL BE UPGRADED FROM RESIN TO ALUMINUM FOR IMPROVED DURABILITY TO OFFSET PRODUCTION COSTS.
SINCE THE NEW PLAQUES WILL BE MADE OF A HIGHER QUALITY MATERIAL, WE ANTICIPATE THAT SOME OWNERS OF PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED LANDMARKS MAY CHOOSE TO REPLACE THEIR RESIN PLAQUES WITH THE NEW ALUMINUM VERSION.
WE PLAN TO ORDER 100 PLAQUES GIVEN THAT THE CITY HAS AVERAGED NINE NEW DESIGNATIONS PER YEAR.
THESE ORDERS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST MORE THAN A DECADE.
OTHER REVIEWS. PLANNING COMMISSION WILL REVIEW THIS REQUEST. AT THEIR MARCH 4TH MEETING, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL HAS A FINAL DECISION AUTHORITY ON TEXT AMENDMENTS AND WILL REVIEW THIS REQUEST AT THEIR MARCH 27TH MEETING, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.
SO ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE EXISTING PLAQUE, AND THEN ON THE NEXT SCREEN WE JUST HAVE OUR FEE SCHEDULE IN WHICH WE'RE INSERTING THE NEW DESIGNATION FEE AND THEN ALSO THE REPLACEMENT FEE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25-0001.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT, BUT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT. OH.
I'M SORRY. I JUST HAVE A. COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THEN.
IF YOU AS A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE, BUT YOU HAVE THE PLASTIC ONE AND YOU WANT THE METAL ONE, THEN THAT'S WHAT THAT SECOND FEE IS FOR. SO, IF YOU LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU'RE ALREADY IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, SO WHAT WOULD BE THE SITUATION THERE? IF YOU'RE ALREADY DESIGNATED GALVESTON LANDMARK AND YOU WANT TO UPGRADE YOUR PLAQUE, THEN YOU CAN BUY THE UPGRADED PLAQUE FOR $100.
SO, YOU'RE SO. OH, YEAH, I THINK I WAS JUST THINKING THAT.
OKAY. AND SO, I WAS JUST READING IT DIFFERENTLY.
SO. OKAY, JUST SOMEBODY APPLYING FOR A LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND LET'S JUST SAY LANDMARK IS NOT INCLINED TO GIVE IT, LET'S SAY AN ICE CREAM CONE. AND NOT INCLINED TO GIVE IT.
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WOULD THEY HAVE PAID $100 APPLICATION FEE, SO TO SPEAK, FOR THAT.SO, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT? WELL, FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE OR MAKING SURE THE APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION AND THEN THE PLAQUE IS $100. I'LL WORK IT OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, FOR US IN THIS IN THIS SCHEDULE, ALL THE STUFF THAT'S TOGETHER UP IN ZONING, THOSE ARE ALL APPLICATION FEES.
SO FOR A STAFF MEMBER, IT'S CLEAR. BUT IF SOMEBODY IS NOT WORKING WITH IT, I COULD SEE HOW YOU GET CONFUSED. AND THEN THE MISCELLANEOUS THINGS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE ARE ALL PHYSICAL ITEMS THAT YOU PURCHASE.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN . I'LL TWEAK IT BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
THANKS. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25 001 AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. MAKE A MOTION ON LC 25-001.
TO BE APPROVED PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 10S.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY.
WE CAN HAVE OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? THAT'S EVERYBODY. MOTION PASSES. DOES ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS MONDAY, MARCH 17TH. THAT MEETING'S BEEN CANCELED.
OH, A LACK OF APPLICATIONS. SO, YOU GET A LITTLE BREAK.
SO THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 7TH. APRIL 7TH. OKAY.
NOTED. ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
EVERYBODY. APRIL 7TH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.