HomeMy WebLinkAboutJULY 10, 2017 Historic • • n Commission
MINUTES
The Jeffersonville Building Commission met for a regular meeting at 6 p.m.on Monday,July 10,2017,in the Build-
ing Commission conference room on the second floor of City Hall.
ROLL CALL
President Jan Paddocks called the meeting to order with roll call.Members present,besides Paddocks,included:
Jill Schimpff,Lisa Green,Johnna Anderson,Ed Siewert,Melanie Yates and Maggie Moore.Advisor Laura Renwick was also
present.
AGENDA
Paddocks asked the Commission members to review the agenda for the July 10 meeting.After a brief review,Pad-
docks asked for a motion regarding the agenda as presented.Member MY motion.LG second.
MINUTES
Paddocks asked members to review the minutes from the June 12 meeting.After a brief review,it was noted that
member Johnna Anderson was listed twice in the roll call. Advisor Laura Renwick also noted the minutes said the former
Masonic Temple on Spring Street was officially listed for sale on May 2.Renwick said the correct date the property was listed
for sale was February 21.
Member Lisa Green made a motion to accept the minutes with the aforementioned adjustments.Jill Schimpff sec-
onded the motion.The minutes were approved with adjustments.
CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS:
•SUZANNE JULIUS AND JOE LEE,OF 527-531 SPRING STREET,were on hand to request approval for replacing
windows on the upper level of the building.
Joe Lee told the Commission a lot of the wood is rotten on the sills and frames of the existing windows and they had
plans to replace them with vinyl clad windows.He told the Commission when he appeared before the board at the time he pur-
chased the building,he advised that he would probably have to come back in 20 years and ask to replace them.
"We want to do the exact same style that's there now,Lee said."Just in vinyl clad"
Suzanne Julius said there would be one minor adjustment to the window style.
"The only difference is at the top(in the rounded,arc),there will be a vinyl piece(like a sash or extra frame instead of one
big piece'
Renwick asked if it was a possibility to do the window in one piece with the arched top as it is now-instead of adding an
extra sash.
Joe Lee said they hadn't considered that possibility.
"Just doing it as it is now,with the rounded top,is going to cost double ..."Lee said.
Member Jill Schimpff asked about the color of the vinyl clad windows.
"It would be clay colored ... (tan);'Julius said."We already have clay/tan on the back of the building so it will match'
Laura Renwick said she would prefer the replacement windows be the same as the existing windows.
"But if the price is going to be so much greater... And the difference in style visually is so minimal... I would be OK
with that'
Member Jill Schimpff made a motion to approve the C of A for Suzanne Julius and Joe Lee to replace the windows at 527-
31 Spring Street with the allowance of the curved window piece being two separate pieces instead of one like the original window
because of the considerable price difference.
Member Lisa Green seconded the motion.
The C of A for 527-31 Spring Street was unanimously approved.
OTHER BUSINESS:
•Laura Renwick told the Commission she had talked with the Rose Hill Neighborhood Association earlier in the day and
that they were to meet the following day with neighbors get a better idea of how residents there feel about expanding the Historic
District to include them.She said she would update Commission members on Rose Hill's decision at the August HPC meeting.
•Laura Renwick told the Commission that realtor Lincoln Crum was planning to be at the August meeting to update the
Commission on the former Masonic building on Spring Street.
"He said they haven't completed the appraisal ... and that Chris Nolan is`intrigued'by the boutique hotel idea and is hav-
ing Wayne Estopinal run some numbers.
He had mentioned there was interest from some other investors,but he didn't mention that in his last email,so I don't
know if that's still on the table.'
With no other business to consider,member Jill Schimpff made a motion to adjourn the meeting.The motion was sec-
onded by member Lisa Green.
Paddocks,President,Jeffersonville Historic Preservation Commission DATE