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[Landmark Commission on December 1, 2025.]
WE WILL START THE MEETING OFF WITH ATTENDANCE.COMMISSIONER ALLEN. PRESENT. VICE CHAIRPERSON BOURGEOIS.
PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CHASTAIN. PRESENT. CHAIRPERSON CLICK.
PRESENT. COMMISSIONER FITZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LANGDALE.
PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SMITH AND STETZEL-THOMPSON ARE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER THIERRY. PRESENT. EX OFFICIO COUNCIL MEMBER SHARON LOUIS.
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF OUR CASES TODAY? NO? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES. DID EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON THE 17TH? SEE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE? NO? OKAY. WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE AS PRESENTED. PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS? MOVING RIGHT ALONG. NEW BUSINESS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE CASE 25LC-050 (201) 20TH STREET. THANK YOU.
THERE ARE 15 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IN ORDER TO MODIFY THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REBUILD THE EXISTING CANOPY AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER ELEVATION THAN EXISTING, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A HANDRAIL TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SPACE ALONG THE ALLEY.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING TO MODIFY DOOR OPENINGS TO BLOCK IN AN EXISTING PERSON DOOR, AND MODIFY AN EXISTING GARAGE DOOR OPENING. THERE ARE MORE DETAILS PROVIDED IN THE EXHIBIT A OF THE STAFF REPORT.
PLEASE NOTE THE DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH MAY BE APPROPRIATE. STAFF FINDS THE CANOPY REQUEST TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS. THE SANBORN MAPS INDICATE THAT THE BUILDING HAS HAD A CANOPY ALMOST SINCE IT WAS BUILT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO USE METAL BEAMS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE CANOPY, BUT WILL USE THE EXISTING COLUMNS, RAISING THEM APPROXIMATELY 14IN HIGH IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE AS A WALKOUT SURFACE WITH THE EXISTING WINDOWS.
THE CANOPY WOULD BASICALLY ALIGN CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXISTING SECOND STORY WINDOWS.
EXCUSE ME. AND THIS CONFIGURATION IS COMMON THROUGHOUT THE STRAND MECHANIC DISTRICT.
GIVEN THAT THE SECOND STORY WINDOWS AND THE DETAILING OF THE PROMINENT ON THE BUILDING IS EITHER GOING TO BE ABOVE OR BELOW THE HANDRAIL FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S WHERE THE EXISTING DETAILS WOULD OCCUR.
STAFF DOES NOTE THAT A LICENSE TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IS REQUIRED FOR THE CANOPY STRUCTURE, AND IS INCLUDED AS A CONDITION FOR APPROVAL OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE REAR FACADE ALONG THE ALLEY, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF PEDESTRIAN DOOR AND MODIFYING EXISTING GARAGE DOOR, THESE IN LOCATION C LESS VISIBLE SECONDARY WALL. PRESERVATION IS PREFERRED, BUT ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY EXISTS.
IN ADDITION TO BEING ALONG THE ALLEY WHERE THEY'RE NOT EASILY VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN STREET, THE DOORS IN QUESTION ARE ACTUALLY INSET A LITTLE BIT FROM THE ALLEY, SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH NOT VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN STREET AT ALL.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE REQUEST BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH THREE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS FOUR THROUGH EIGHT. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. SO HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND YOU'LL NOTE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE ADJACENT BUILDING AND HOW THE EXISTING BALCONY THERE IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN HEIGHT THAN WHAT THE PROPOSAL OR WHAT THE EXISTING ONE IS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN SHOWING WHERE THE REBUILT RAISED BALCONY CANOPY WOULD BE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE ELEVATION VIEWS FROM THE ARCHITECT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND MORE DRAWINGS, AND AN OBLIQUE DRAWING FROM THE ARCHITECT, AND NOTE ON THE UPPER, IT KIND OF SHOWS WHERE THAT THOSE DOORS IN QUESTION ARE INSET FROM THE ALLEY.
THEY'RE OFFSET BY PROBABLY 20FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE ALLEY.
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 25LC-050.
Y'ALL GET TO FIGHT OVER WHO WANTS TO TALK FIRST?
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IF YOU COULD SIGN IN, PLEASE. OF COURSE. I'M BRAX EASTERWOOD AND I'M THE ARCHITECT ON THIS PROJECT.I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THIS PROJECT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
IT SAT VACANT FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL THE CORDRAY'S RECENTLY BOUGHT IT, AND THEN TO REPURPOSE IT INTO APARTMENTS AND RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR SPACE. ESSENTIALLY THE FACADES WILL STAY THE SAME.
AS DANIEL MENTIONED, WE'LL BE RAISING THE BALCONY.
ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW, IT IS ON A PRETTY GOOD SLANT.¿, SO IT'S REALLY NOT THAT USABLE.
AND SO CANTING IT UP WILL TAKE CARE OF MOST OF THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE, AND THEN ADDING A SIMPLE RAIL THAT WILL MATCH THE BUILDINGS NEXT DOOR AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STRAND.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD MAKE A CHANGE TO IS I THINK THE STAFF REPORT SAID THAT WE WERE MAKING THE GARAGE DOORS SMALLER ON THE BACK, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT THE SAME WIDTH AND CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
THAT ALLEY SIDE IS PRETTY ROUGH. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO? OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROJECT? I MOVE APPROVAL IN THE ITEM OF 25LC-050. I'LL SECOND.
OOPS, SORRY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES.
OUR NEXT CASE IS 25LC-049 (3427 SEALY). THIS IS A REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK.
30 NOTICES WERE SENT, 0 RETURNED. THE ANALYSIS.
BUILT IN 1874, THE TWO STORY FRAME BUILDING CONSISTED OF.
LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON. JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SIX ROOMS, AND WAS UTILIZED AS A CORNER STORE IN DWELLING.
THE BUILDING HAS BEEN MODIFIED FROM ITS ORIGINAL APPEARANCE WITH REMODELING ACTIVITY IN 1924, 1950, 1963, AND 1966. DOCTOR ELEGY ALPHONSE ETTER PURCHASED THE BUILDING IN MARCH OF 1920, AND IS LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1920S ALTERATIONS TO THE BUILDING.
MR. ETTER WAS A PHYSICIAN WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL NAACP CHAPTER.
EXCUSE ME. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD TRIP ME UP.
SINCE 1999, THE BUILDING HAS HOUSED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
THE EXTERIOR FEATURES DEPICTIONS OF FAMOUS AND PROMINENT GALVESTONIANS PAINTED BY ARTIST E.
HERRON, SUCH AS NORRIS WRIGHT CUNEY, BARRY WHITE, DOUG.
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. THE PROPERTY IS NOT AN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES FOR NEW GALVESTON LANDMARKS. OTHER REVIEWS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST AT THE DECEMBER 2ND MEETING, AND CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING REQUESTS FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION, AND THAT WILL BE HEARD AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 22ND, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ITS FACADE ALONG 35TH STREET.
THIS IS THE FACADE ALONG SEALY, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE PAINTED PORTRAITS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU.
DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO? OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25LC-049.
IS ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT? NO? OKAY. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 25LC-049, AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION.
OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOPE. NO? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING,
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WHICH IS DECEMBER 15TH? NO? OKAY. TIME IS 4:08.THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. HEY GOOD JOB, GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.