[Landmark Commission on February 2, 2026.]
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WE WILL START THE MEETING OFF WITH ATTENDANCE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN? PRESENT. VICE CHAIRPERSON BOURGEOIS? PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER CHASTAIN IS ABSENT. CHAIRPERSON CLICK? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER FITZ? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LINDELL? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER STETZEL? COMMISSIONER STETZEL-THOMPSON? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER THIERRY? PRESENT. EX-OFFICIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHARON LEWIS IS ABSENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF OUR CASE, WELL, WITH OUR CASE TODAY? NO. OKAY. MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS. NO. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEW BUSINESS. WE'LL START WITH CASE 26 001A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AT 1027 POST OFFICE. THANK YOU. AS STATED, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF ROOFING MATERIAL.
THERE WERE FOUR PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. ONE RETURNED, THAT ONE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE A ERROR IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE DENIAL AS OPPOSED TO APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
SO WE TYPICALLY DEFER TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN A VERY SORT OF ABSOLUTIST WAY.
EXCUSE ME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE DESIGN STANDARDS WHICH MAY BE APPLICABLE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN STANDARD, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST DOES NOT CONFORM TO DESIGN STANDARDS STATE THAT ORIGINAL ROOFING MATERIALS SHOULD BE RETAINED WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, IT IS UNCERTAIN IF THE EXISTING ROOF IS ORIGINAL OR NOT, AND THE KEY FOR THE 1947 SANBORN MAPS METAL ROOFING IS INDICATED BY A SEPARATE SYMBOL, AN OPEN CIRCLE, WHICH DOES APPEAR ON THE 1947 SANBORN MAPS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REQUEST FOR COMPOSITION ROOFING IN FAVOR OF MODERN REPLICA METAL SHINGLES TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE, IF NOT THE MATERIALS AS WELL. HOWEVER, SHOULD LANDMARK COMMISSION DETERMINE THE REQUEST DOES CONFORM TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS, SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS 2 THROUGH 6 IN THE STAFF REPORT MAY BE APPROPRIATE.
AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. SO HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING METAL ROOF AND YOU CAN SEE EVEN FROM HERE THAT IT'S PRETTY WELL DEGRADED.
AND ALSO WE HAVE A VICINITY MAP OF ITS LOCATION ON THE BLOCK.
YOU ALSO SEE THE SISTER HOUSES DOWN THE BLOCK AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE SOME MORE PHOTOS OF THE EXISTING ROOF PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU DANIEL.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE I FULLY UNDERSTAND.
STAFF ISN'T AGAINST A NONMETAL ROOF, THEY JUST WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE THE METAL ROOF? WELL, TYPICALLY WE'VE HAD, IT'S BEEN A LONG WHILE, BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD SIMILAR REQUESTS.
SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING AGAINST THE REQUEST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION.
AND THEY HAVE COMPOSITION SHINGLES. DID WE APPROVE THOSE? IT'S HARD TO SAY. THOSE CHANGES, THE METAL ROOFS MAY HAVE BEEN LOST BEFORE THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS WERE ESTABLISHED LONG AGO.
OKAY. BUT THERE ARE SOME HOUSES, I THINK, DOWN THE STREET.
BUT THE APPLICANT COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU MUCH MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THOSE HOUSES.
OKAY. AND HE IS HERE. OKAY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ON FILE WHERE WE APPROVED COMPOSITION.
YOU THINK THESE WERE ALL LONG AGO? MOST LIKELY.
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THAT MOST LIKELY, YES. THAT'S PRETTY COMMON. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ORIGINAL ROOFING LEFT IN GALVESTON IN MOST PLACES.YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-001.
I'M LOUIS BATTAGLIA THE GENERAL PARTNER OF BATTAGLIA FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.
I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN OCTOBER, THE 31ST OF LAST YEAR.
AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN SEE IT HAD A, THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD SOME KIND OF BLUE TARP ON IT INSIDE THE SHEETROCK SHOWS OF DRIPPING DOWN INTO THE PROPERTY. HIS GUTTER SYSTEM IS PROBABLY WHAT CAUSED A LOT OF HIS ROT ON THE EDGES AND SO FORTH.
HE DIDN'T MAINTAIN THE GUTTERS AT ALL. IN FACT, HE DIDN'T MAINTAIN THE HOUSE TOO WELL.
6 OF THE PROPERTIES, AS YOU SEE IN SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS, THERE, SIX PROPERTIES ON THAT SAME SIDE BLOCK, ALL HAVE COMPOSITION ROOFS. THERE'S ONLY ONE NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS MY PROPERTY.
IF YOU MAINTAIN A GUTTER SYSTEM, YOU'LL MAINTAIN THE METAL ROOF.
OTHERWISE IT'S DIFFICULT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
BUT SIX, I SHOWED Y'ALL TOOK PICTURES OF ALL THOSE ON THAT SIDE OF THE BLOCK.
SIX OF THEM HAVE COMPOSITION ROOFS. I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT HAVE METAL ROOFS.
AND WHAT I'M PUTTING UP THERE IS A VERY COMPARABLE TO WHAT'S THE OTHER COMPOSITIONS ARE.
IT'S CALLED AUTUMN WEATHER WOOD. WHICH KIND OF MATCHES WON A COUPLE OF THOSE BROWN ONES.
I'M PUTTING A NEW GUTTER SYSTEM ALL THE WAY AROUND IT SO IT MAINTAINS THAT.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO UPGRADE THE HOUSE. AWESOME.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
YOU JUST BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN OCTOBER OF 2025? YEAH. AWESOME. IT'S HISTORY ON THE HOUSE. I'D LIKE TO GIVE HISTORY BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER HISTORICAL THINGS.
THAT HOUSE WAS BUILT BY SCANDINAVIAN CARPENTERS.
AS YOU'LL SEE, ALL THE HOUSES ON THAT BLOCK HAVE THOSE BAY WINDOWS.
LIKE THAT WAS THEIR TRADEMARK ON JUST ABOUT EVERY HOUSE DOWN THAT BLOCK.
VERY WELL BUILT, CYPRESS WOOD. THE HOUSES CAN EASILY BE BROUGHT BACK AROUND.
THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE, THE PEOPLE DID NOT MAINTAIN IT AT ALL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO, IS BRING IT UP, AND YOU CAN I DON'T THINK I HAVE A PICTURE OF MY YELLOW HOUSE NEXT DOOR, BUT IT'S VERY WELL DONE. I THINK YOU DID HAVE ONE THERE THAT, YOU KNOW.
NO. OH, YEAH. THAT YELLOW ONE. YEAH, THAT'S PART OF IT.
YEAH. IT'S VERY WELL DONE. IT HAS A METAL ROOF.
YEAH, BUT IT'S THE ORIGINAL METAL ROOF, AND I MAINTAINED IT.
I PUT A IMMEDIATELY WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN 2005.
PUT A NICE GUTTER SYSTEM AROUND IT. IT HELD UP TO IKE REAL WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. OBVIOUSLY THIS ROOF LEAKS? THAT ONE, YEAH, YEAH. IN YOUR OPINION, HOW BAD IS THE LEAKAGE? THERE'S A LEAK IN THE PRETTY BAD IN THE LIVING ROOM.
ALL THE SHEETROCK WAS BOWED IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
THEY HAD TO PULL DOWN SOME OF THE SHEETROCK IN THERE.
OKAY. AND MY ROOFERS ARE GOING TO GO IN AND WHEN THEY TEAR THAT OFF, THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE ANY, IT MORE LOOK LIKE SHIPLAP IN THESE ROOFS THAT ARE UP THERE.
OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF THE GUTTERS, DO YOU PLAN TO USE SEAMLESS GUTTERS? YES, EXACTLY. MY GUYS ARE SEAMLESS. PERFECT. YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SIR, WOULD YOU SIGN THAT FOR? SURE.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
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COME ON, CHRISTIAN. I'LL MAKE ONE FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION.I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE 20 LC. NO. 26LC-001 WITH THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. THAT OF COURSE, I'VE LOST. THE SPECIFIC CONDITION THAT THE.
OH, THAT IT'S REPLACED WITH A COMPOSITE ROOFING MATERIAL.
OKAY. THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. OKAY, DISCUSSION.
GET RID OF ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL METAL ROOFS. SO THAT'S MY OPINION RIGHT NOW, BUT.
WELL, NO MATTER WHAT, THAT ROOF'S GOING TO GO.
YEAH. YEAH. ANY OTHER? I MEAN I GUESS FOR ME, IF SIX OF THE HOMES BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME HAVE COMPOSITION ROOFS, THEN IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY.
I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF IT.
BUT IT'S ALREADY DONE. THIS IS THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.
THAT'S A GOOD COMPOSITION. THAT WAS MY MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO.
NICE. YEAH. I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT THAT WAS METAL.
I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T THINK. I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S RUSTY, BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, OH, THAT'S METAL. YOU KNOW, I DON'T. IT DOESN'T MAKE IT THAT BIG OF A VISUAL DIFFERENCE TO ME.
I THINK IT'D BE ONE THING IF EVERY HOUSE HAD THE METAL, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT THERE'S SO MANY THAT HAVE COMPOSITION, AND THEY'RE PRETTY HOUSES.
SUPER CUTE. I MEAN, I THINK THE COMBINATION OF JUST.
ROOFING MATERIAL THAT MEETS THE CONDITIONS, WHETHER IT BE METAL OR COMPOSITE ALONG WITH THE SEAMLESS GUTTERS, IS GOING TO REALLY GIVE THE OWNER THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDO AN HISTORIC HOME THE WAY UP TO AN EXCEEDING CODE. SO I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.
OKAY, ANYONE ELSE WITH DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE WILL GO FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? OKAY. THAT'S EVERYBODY.
THE MOTION PASSES. THAT'S OUR ONLY CASE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO ADD? ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR. YES, I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILPERSON LEWIS HAS ARRIVED AT 4:12.
FEBRUARY 16TH MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HI, DONNA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING? NOPE.
OKAY. NEXT MEETING. MARCH 2ND. OKAY. THE TIME IS, THAT'S NOT RIGHT, 4:13 THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
WOW. THAT'S.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.