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          OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDMARK
COMMISSION. TODAY IS MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 
          [Landmark Commission on July 21, 2025.]
AND THE TIME IS 4:00. WE'LL START THE MEETING OFF WITH ATTENDANCE. 
          COMMISSIONER ALLEN. PRESENT. VICE CHAIRPERSON BOURGEOIS. 
          HERE. CHAIRPERSON CLICK. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER FITZ. 
          PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LANGDALE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER THIERRY. 
          PRESENT. ABSENT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CHASTAIN,
COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER STETZEL-THOMPSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHARON LEWIS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH OUR
CASE TODAY? NO. OKAY. THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING. DID ANYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THEM? ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT NEED TO BE MADE? NO. 
          OKAY. WE'LL ADOPT THEM AS PRESENTED. AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY NON-AGENDA ITEMS? NO. OKAY. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS CASE 25LC-029. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS AT 2012 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD,
29TH STREET. 
          THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE,
INCLUDING REMOVING A COVERED BALCONY. THERE WERE FOUR PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING DEMOLISHING AN EXISTING ELEVATED COVERED BALCONY DUE TO STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH
THE FRAMING UNDERNEATH. 
          ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THE BALCONY IS ORIGINAL TO THE HOUSE,
AND THE ORIGINAL INSURANCE BOARD RECORD NOTES THAT THE STRUCTURE IS 44 FOOT WIDE, WHICH CONFORMS TO THE APPROXIMATE WIDTH OF THE STRUCTURE WITH BALCONY. 
          THE APPLICANT ALSO INDICATES THE INTENT TO REBUILD THE BALCONY AS IT IS,
AT A FUTURE DATE AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          THE APPLICANT ESTIMATES SIX MONTHS ARE REQUIRED. 
          THE APPLICANT ALSO NOTES THAT STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS INDICATE THAT TIMBER FRAMING IS
PREFERABLE TO REPRODUCING THE EXACT SAME STRUCTURAL SYSTEM AS THE ORIGINAL. 
          THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR CHANGES TO EXTERIOR APPEARANCE. 
          NOTE THAT THE BALCONY WAS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED NOT TOO LONG AGO,
AS PART OF THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT, TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON UNDERNEATH. 
          PLEASE NOTE THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE STAFF REPORT. 
          STAFF REQUEST GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES,
NORMALLY DEMOLISHING A HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF A STRUCTURE AND REBUILDING IT AS IS WOULD, IS ACCEPTABLE AND CAN BE APPROVED BY STAFF. 
          IN THIS CASE, THE PROJECT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE AND SO STAFF DETERMINE THE
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REVIEW IS ADVISABLE. 
          IN THIS CASE, I NOTE THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS 1A AND 2,
AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS NECESSITATE THE SECOND CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IS REQUIRED IF RECONSTRUCTION WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE TO THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE OF THE
RECONSTRUCTED BALCONY. 
          THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE. I DO NOT BELIEVE,
BUT THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT 100% CERTAIN WHAT WILL HAPPEN UNTIL THEY GET INTO IT. SO LET'S JUST SEE IT TO BE DETERMINED. 
          SO THE COA WOULD BE ONLY FOR TEMPORARY DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BALCONY. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE AND TWO AND STANDARD
CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH SIX. 
          IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. 
          HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THIS IS ONE OF OUR GALVESTON LANDMARKS. 
          THIS IS THE CAPTAIN PAUL STANLEY HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PART OF THAT ENCLOSED BALCONY
HAS BEEN ALREADY REMOVED SO THEY CAN DO A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH,
THE SOUTH AND THE WEST. 
          AND THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PHOTOS IN THE APPLICANT SUBMITTAL THAT SHOW SOME OF THE
DAMAGE AND THE FINDINGS OF THE ENGINEER. 
          THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NOW SEEING NONE,
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25LC-029. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO. OKAY. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WELL, WAIT. 
          I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE. NOBODY HERE. 
          OKAY. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I'LL SECOND IT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. NO. 
          OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION PASSES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD
TO NEXT WEEK? NOT NEXT WEEK. NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA, WHICH IS AUGUST 4TH. 
          I GUESS NO. OKAY, TIME IS 4:05 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          ALL RIGHT. IS THAT A.
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