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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks
Commission
MINUTES
March 8, 2010
Location: 2100 Randolph Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:20 p. m.
Present:
Mr.
Louis Asbury, IV/County, Projects Chair
Mr.
Matthew Benson, Mayor, Design Review Com. Chair
Mr. William Hobbs, County, HLC Chair
Ms.
Yolanda Law/County, HLC Vice-Chair
Ms.
Paula Lester, County
Dr.
Richard Mattson/County, Survey Com. Chair
Mr.
Michael Rogers/City
Mr.
John Shurley /Mayor
Ms.
Keysha Walker/City, HLC Treasurer
Dr.
Dan L. Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Mr.
Stewart Gray, HLC Preservation Planner
Ms.
Patricia Nystrom, HLC Attorney
Ms.
Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Ms.
Mary Dominick, HLC Consultant
Absent:
Mr.
Frank Bragg/City
Mr.
Gray Newman/County
Dr.
Lynn Weis/City, HLC Secretary
Visitors:
Mr.
Phil Strider, Queens Terrace Apartments
Mr.
Abhi Yadav, Palmer Fire School
Ms.
Brenda Bishop, Queens Terrace Apartments
AGENDA
Item #1 – Approval of Minutes
MR.. BENSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR.
SHURLEY THAT THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2010, BE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED.
THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
MR. SHURLEY PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
MR. ASBURY THAT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2010, BE
APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
Item
#2 – Chair’s Report: Mr.
Hobbs
Ms. Law, HLC Vice Chair, presided at the
meeting because Mr. Hobbs, HLC Chair, attended by telephone. Ms. Law welcomed everyone to the
meeting. She said that attendance sheets have been distributed.
She reminded
Commissioners to check the distributed attendance data at each seat and to
tell Ms. Morrill if they have questions.
Item
#3 – Director’s Report: Dr.
Morrill
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A. Action Items.
1. Dr. George E.
Davis House, 301 Campus St., Charlotte, N.C. Johnson C. Smith
University is considering whether it wishes to restore the Dr. George E.
Davis House for office use. Staff has had engineers, contractors, and
architects meet at the house to ascertain the condition of the building and
to submit estimates for the development of a line item budget to
rehabilitate the building. The cost for this task would be a maximum
of $4000. Staff recommends that the Commission split this cost with
the University with the understanding that if the house is restored the
University will reimburse the Commission for this expense.
MR. SHURLEY PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
MS. LESTER THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF UP TO
$2000 AS A MATCH WITH JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY TO SECURE A LINE ITEM
BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE DR. GEORGE E. DAVIS HOUSE, 301
CAMPUS ST. CHARLOTTE, N.C. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
B. Information Items.
1. Grant
Application. The Grant Application to assist with
funding a National Register Nomination for the historic mill village in
Pineville has been submitted. The grant application is for $8,000.
The Town of Pineville will pay the remaining $12,000.
2. Town of
Pineville. Staff has received a request from the Town of
Pineville that the Park Avenue portion of the Pineville Mill Village be
processed for historic landmark designation. The Survey Committee will
consider this matter at its meeting on March 16th.
3. S. B. Alexander
House, Queens Terrace Apartments, Thrift Piedmont and Northern Railroad
Depot, Tuckaseegee Ford, and Hangar at Douglas International Airport. Stewart
Gray did meet with the Economic Development Committee of City Council to
explain the processing of properties for historic landmark designation.
Subsequent to the meeting Staff was instructed by the City to process
properties that have no potential property tax deferrals but to withhold
processing other properties until after the March 11th meeting of the
Economic Development Committee. Staff will be moving ahead therefore
with processing the Tuckaseegee Ford and the Hangar at Douglas International
Airport.
4. Park Road Bungalow. The owner of the house did
not accept the most recent offer that was submitted by the Commission.
The house continues to be on the market.
5. Former Charlotte Fire Station No. 2. The owner
did not accept the offer made by the Commission to purchase the property.
The effective date of the Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition is
May 12, 2010.
6. Grier-Rea House. Substantial progress has been made on
the house. A Certificate of Occupancy should be issued in April.
Thoughts need to be given to listing the property and actively marketing it.
7. Torrence Lytle School. Work continues on the
rehabilitation and stabilization plan.
8. Rozzel House and McAuley House.
Marketing of both properties continues.
9. 316 and 330 E. Main St. Pineville.
The tenants are paying their rent, and the properties continue to be
marketed.
10. White Oak Plantation. Bryan Turner is overseeing the
process for obtaining bids from landscape firms to devise a development plan
for the property.
11. American Legion Memorial Stadium.
Staff has met
during the past month with officials of Central Piedmont Community College
to discuss unauthorized changes which were made to the Parking Deck project
adjacent to the stadium. CPCC has agreed to implement the original
plan. Residents of the Elizabeth neighborhood have expressed concerns
about the Parking Deck and the traffic it will generate.
12. County Budget. Staff
continues to await word on the County Manger's recommendations regarding the
2010-2111 Budget.
Item
#4 – Design Review Committee Report:
Mr. Benson
a. Palmer Fire School, 2601 East Seventh St., Charlotte, N.C.
THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PALMER FIRE SCHOOL, 2601 E. SEVENTH
ST., CHARLOTTE, N.C. BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF
A NEW SECTION OF MUNICIPAL SEWER. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
b. Charlotte Woman's Club, 1001 E. Morehead St.,
Charlotte, N.C..
THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE CHARLOTTE WOMAN'S CLUB, 1110 EAST
MOREHEAD ST., CHARLOTTE, N.C., BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED WITH THE STIPULATION
THAT STAFF WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MATURE HEIGHT OF PLANTING MATERIAL
AND THE WATTAGE OF LANDSCAPE LIGHTING TO ASSURE NEITHER ADVERSELY IMPACTS
THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE CHARLOTTE WOMAN'S CLUB. THE COMMISSION
UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
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Item
#5 – Survey Committee Report:
Dr. Mattson
a. W.P.A. Douglas Airport Hangar, 4108 Airport Drive,
Charlotte, N.C.
This property was processed for historic
landmark designation several years ago, but the property was never brought
before City Council because Airport officials objected to designation.
Airport officials now support designation of the property.
THE SURVEY COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED
MOTION THAT THE W.P.A. DOUGLAS AIRPORT HANGAR, 4108 AIRPORT DRIVE,
CHARLOTTE, N.C., BE PROCESSED FOR LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
b. Queens Terrace Apartments, 1300 Queens
Road, Charlotte, N.C.
Residents of the property appeared and expressed reservations about moving
forward with prospective historic landmark designation at this time.
Members of the Commission stated that HLC Staff should review the bylaws of
the condominium association to clarity the status of residents not
participating in a vote about the prospective historic landmark designation
the property.
MR. SHURLEY PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
DR. MATTSON THAT THE MATTER OF PROCESSING THE QUEENS TERRACE APARTMENTS,
1300 QUEENS ROAD, CHARLOTTE, N.C., BE TABLED UNTIL THE APRIL 12TH MEETING OF
THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
Item
#6 – Projects Committee Report:
Mr. Asbury
a. Samuel Younts House, 136 Main Street, Pineville,
N.C.
Ms. Nystrom reported that the
appraisal was not finished. Consequently, the Commission took no
action on the matter of considering whether it wished to submit an offer to
purchase the property.
Item
#7 – Treasurer’s Report: Ms.
Walker
The monthly financial report was distributed
and reviewed.
Item
#8 – Old Business
No old business was presented.
Item
#9 – New Business
No new business was presented.
There was no further business and the
meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
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