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AT THE APPOINTED[1. Opening of Meeting with Roll Call]
HOUR? AND WE'RE A FEW MINUTES LATE, UH, STARTING TONIGHT DUE TO ACQUIRING SOME INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS MEETING.SO, UM, LET US, UH, CALL, UH, THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL HAVE A LOCAL.
WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:38 PM.
RUTH COX, FREZZA TRIPPIER HERE, JAMES BISBEE, ABSENT.
OH, SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE ARRIVING PERHAPS HALF AN HOUR LATE.
YES, SHE, SHE SAID THAT TO ME AND SAID THAT TOO.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CASE.
WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT, SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S REQUIRED FOR FORUM.
[3. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)]
UH, CALL FOR THE READING OF THE SPANS OF THE MINUTE.DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES? HAVE A SECOND.
AND UM, WE HAVE SOME MINUTES THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE.
IS THAT RIGHT, SIR? THAT'S CORRECT.
MINUTES FOR APRIL THE 21ST, MAY THE 19TH AND JULY THE 21ST.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UM, CORRECTION TO THESE MINUTES? EITHER APRIL, MAY OR JULY, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LITTLE TYPING THINGS THAT I CAN GIVE THEM THE STAFF, OR WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM, BUT NOTHING WAS, IT AFFECTS THE CONTENT OF THE MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO MAT, THEY CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
I SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
LET ME GIVE AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR TASK.
HERE THEY STORE PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS A PUBLIC COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF LEHMAN'S BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
CAN WE, UH, DO ITEM NUMBER THREE, FIRST ITEM NUMBER THREE, OR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation (Brake, Klotz)]
SORRY.ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? WHEN THEY SEE JONES,
ARE YOU OKAY?
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THAT THEN.
THERE'S NO WHOLE BUSINESS THERE.
ARE THERE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE ONLY HAVE ONE GENERAL PUBLIC OUT THERE.
ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU? NO COMMENTS.
[7A. 416-418 Broad St. – extension of CoA for infill construction of 8 new townhouse units in 2 new, 3-story buildings; parking and internal garages to be located and accessed from the rear of the buildings.]
ON FOUR 16 TO FOUR 18 BROAD STREET.WOULD YOU LIKE TO UPDATE US ON THAT? CORRECT.
SO, UM, AND I'M GONNA FAST FORWARD TO THE ACTUAL APPLICATION DOCUMENTS.
UM, SO BACK IN APPARENTLY, UH, AUGUST OF 2019, THE APPLICANT,
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UH, ISH, UM, APPLIED FOR A COA AND IN A MONTH OR SO AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT, I GUESS SEPTEMBER OF 2019, UH, THEY RECEIVED THEIR COA.THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, THEY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED AN EXTENSION, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO NOW, UH, FOR A SECOND EXTENSION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO, UM, GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE HPC BOARD.
THE PRIOR APPROVAL WAS NOT REQUIRED THAT THE HPC, UH, PROVIDED THAT.
UH, AND SO THAT WAS DONE BY STAFF.
AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES OF ANY CON TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE HPC.
WE HAVE THOSE, THERE ARE NO CHANGES.
SO WE NEED A MOTION BEING MADE BY A MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO, UM, HAVE AN EXTENSION FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
SO IT WON'T BE A YEAR FROM TODAY.
IT WILL BE A YEAR FROM THE DATE THAT IT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE, WHICH WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER 25TH.
DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY.
DOES THE MOTION HAVE TO SAY A PARTICULAR THING ABOUT THE DATES OF THAT? THE DATES IN IT? YES MA'AM.
SO WHEN IS THE DATE THAT IT'S GOING TO EXPIRE? SO IT'D BE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2022 TWO SEPTEMBER 20, UM, 2022.
SO IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THAT WITH THOSE DATES IN IT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WEEKS THEN, UM, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR FOUR 16 TO 14 BROAD STREET AND CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
UH, FROM SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER 25TH, 20, 20.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AND YOUR PO'S NONE HEARING NONE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS HBC ADMINISTRATORS REPORT ON A COA IS ISSUED HERE'S SOME MAJORS AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THEM.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAJORS? THERE'S THREE OF THEM.
ANYBODY, ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE JOHN BOWS, SEEING NONE? ARE THERE ANY MINORS THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HEARING THAT, UM, B AS A REPORT ON THE COA EXTENSIONS ISSUED SINCE THE PRIOR REGULAR MEETING AND THERE'S NONE OF THOSE, ARE THERE OTHER ITEMS
[8C. Other Items and Updates]
OR UPDATES THAT WE NEED TO GO OVER? UH, NO.NO, NOT THERE HEARING NONE SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE KNOW AWARE OF THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA AT THE MOMENT? I HAVE.
UM, SO, UH, AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS YOU'VE ASKED ME TO CONTACT OR AT LEAST INVESTIGATE AND THEN CONTACT THE OWNERS OF THE, UH, NEW BRICK RETAINING WALL AT SIX, 13 BROAD STREET.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE NOW ON YOUR SCREENS, UH, THE IMAGE THAT WAS, UH, ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW FROM 2019 AND IT SHOWS THE CONFIGURATION OF THAT WALL IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED RECONSTRUCTED.
UM, YOU ALSO NOTICE PERHAPS IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER AND LET ME ZOOM IN ON THAT EVEN MORE, UH, THERE WAS VERY HEAVY, UM, UH, DAMAGE FOR THE WALL THERE.
UH, AND, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, BIGGER FEATURES OF THIS IS THAT IT, UM, UH, THE WALL
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WAS NOT THE SAME HEIGHT ALL THE WAY ALONG THERE, BUT ACTUALLY RISES UP SHORTLY AFTER THE CORNER AND THEN CONTINUES ALONG TO THE RIGHT.AND THEY HAD, UH, PREVIOUS OWNERS HAD ADDED, UH, SOME CONCRETE TO THE TOP OF THE WALL, UH, PROBABLY TO, UH, TRY TO STAVE OFF SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS HAPPENING TO THE WALL.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT IT WAS NO LONGER EITHER NECESSARY OR IT'S BEEN BROKEN OFF.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO A DIAGONAL THAT GOES ACROSS HERE.
THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER DIAGONAL CRACK, UM, THROUGH THE WALL STRUCTURE.
AND WE'LL SEE THAT ALSO THAT'S GOOD DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ANOTHER CRACK TO THE RIGHT OF THE, UM, TREE TRUNK HERE.
UH, AND THEN THE ONE, THE DIAGONAL ONE I WAS REFERRING TO IS OVER HERE, UH, RIGHT HERE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS IMAGE NOW.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THESE ARE STRUCTURAL, UM, FAILURES.
UM, NOW I HAVE ONE MORE IMAGE ALSO FROM 2019 BEFORE THEY DID ANY RECONSTRUCTION.
AND THIS ONE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT, SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE TOO CLOSE, UM, ON THIS ONE.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO MANEUVER WITH THIS PROGRAM, BUT NOW, MAYBE HERE, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE, UM, OKAY.
CAN'T JUST MOVE IT UP JUST A TINY LITTLE BIT AND IT GOES INTO CHUNKS.
SO IT CAN THEN BEGIN TO SEE HERE NOW LOOKING AT THIS ANGLE THAT THE WALL WAS EVEN TIPPING OUT AT THE TOP.
UM, SO ALL THOSE STRUCTURAL FAILURES AND THE TIPPING OUT THE FACT THAT IT IS A RETAINING WALL, UH, AND SO THERE IS FOUR OR FIVE FEET OF SOIL BEHIND THE WALL.
UM, ALL OF THAT HAS KIND OF CAUSED THE WALL TO BE IN VERY BAD STATE.
AND WHILE THE APPLICATION DID SAY TO REPAIR AND RE RE POINT THE WALL, UM, THE REPAIR HAS RESULTED IN BASICALLY A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL.
UH, SO, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY ALTERNATIVES AT THIS POINT, UH, FOR US AND WAS NOT REALLY ANY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE APPLICANT EITHER AT THE TIME, BUT TO DO A RECONSTRUCTION LIKE THEY DID.
UM, THEY IN FACT, UM, REBUILT IT WITH, UH, EVEN STRONGER STRUCTURE THIS TIME AROUND, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, I SAW THEM BUILDING, UH, SOME CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS BEHIND OR FIRST, UH, BASICALLY REMOVING THE WALL, UH, CLEAN, SAVING ALL THE BRICKS, CLEANING ALL THE MORTAR OFF ALL THE BRICKS AND THEN, UH, CONSTRUCTING A CONCRETE MASONRY WALL, UH, WHERE THIS WALL IS OR SLIGHTLY BEHIND IT, AND THEN RECONSTRUCTING A BRICK WALL AS A FACING ON THE, UH, CONCRETE BLOCK WALL.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE STRUCK THE WALL IS NOW PROBABLY STRONGER THAN IT WAS BEFORE AND STILL REUSED ALL THE SAME BRICKS.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE WHERE WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU STILL WANT ME TO CONTACT THEM OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS, UM, I DON'T TAKE ISSUE WITH THE WORK THAT WAS DONE OR HOW IT WAS DONE, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BEFORE IT WAS DONE.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WILL ELIMINATE ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS GOING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, IF OTHER DEVIATIONS BECOME EVIDENT OR, OR NECESSARY.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION, PARTICULARLY SINCE THEY INTEND ON DOING A LOT OF THINGS AT THIS HOUSE, YOU REMEMBER, THEY BROUGHT THAT BIG PLAN FOR ALL THE PLANS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT LIGHT POSTS UP AND GAMES AND STUFF.
SO PERHAPS IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST REMIND THEM AS MY FATHER SUGGESTS THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO DEVIATE IN SOME WAY OR HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR TO GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW AND NEED TO BRING BACK TO THE HBC.
CAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK THEY'RE GOING TO DO AT THAT HOUSE.
AND I THINK IT ALSO GOES WITHOUT SAYING, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.
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I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE.ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? OKAY.
SO NO OTHER ITEMS THAT SIT FOR THAT.
NO OTHER COOK COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AT THIS TIME THAT I SEE OR HERE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.