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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
HISTORIC LANDMARKS
COMMISSION
Location: 2100 Randolph Road,
Charlotte, NC
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Present:
Mr. Richard Alsop, III/Mayor -
Survey Committee Vice-Chairman
Mr. Matthew Benson/Mayor - Design
Review Committee Vice-Chairman
Ms. Amy Hockett/City - Design Review
Committee Chairman
Ms. Yolanda Johnson/City - Projects
Committee Vice-Chairman
Ms. Yolanda Law/County - Education
Committee Vice-Chairman
Dr. Richard L. Mattson/County
Mr. Gray Newman/County
Ms. Laura Chalk Smith/City - HLC
Treasurer, Finance Committee Chairman
Mr. Michael C. Sullivan/County - HLC
Chairman
Dr. Dan L. Morrill, HLC Consulting
Director
Mr. Bryan Turner, HLC Projects
Manager
Ms. Patricia Nystrom, HLC Attorney
Mr. Stewart Gray, HLC Assistant
Consulting Director
Ms. Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording
Consultant
Absent:
Mr. Joseph B. C. Kluttz/County -
Projects Committee Chairman
Ms. Valerie Lewis/City - Education
Committee Chairman, HLC Secretary
Mr. Len Norman/County - Survey
Committee Chairman
Visitors:
Ms. Marika Kalogerakis, Pappas
Properties - Charlotte Cotton Mills
Mr. Christopher Hensley, William Lee
House
Mr. Jerry Clark, Brevard Properties,
Grace A.M.E. Zion Church
AGENDA
Item #1 - Approval of Minutes
MS JOHNSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
MS. HOCKETT THAT THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2005, BE APPROVED AS
DISTRIBUTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
Item #2 - Chairman’s Report:
Mr. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan welcomed everyone to
the meeting. He said that the monthly calendar, attendance sheets and a
current roster can be found at each seat.
Item #3 - Director’s Report:
Dr. Morrill
Staff has met with representatives
of the neighborhood adjoining the Torrence Lytle School to explain the
consequences of historic landmark designation.
Staff met with Huntersville town
officials to discuss the prospective designation of a portion of McAuley
Road and surrounding land as a historic landmark. Staff anticipates
that a joint public hearing with Huntersville to consider this issue
will occur sometime in early 2006.
Staff has received word that the
information included in the Center City Survey will be entered into the
County G.I.S. System, so that planners will learn at the outset of
planning for any development which properties in the Center City qualify
as local historic landmarks.
Congratulations to Historic
Charlotte for hosting a most impressive awards banquet at the Palmer
Fire School.
UNCC graduate students continue to
prepare draft Survey and Research Reports on prospective historic
landmarks in Davidson.
Grubb Properties will be moving
ahead with the development of an interpretive program for the St. Lloyd
Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Mr. Gray and Dr. Morrill will be attending
the Annual Historic Preservation Conference in Gastonia and Shelby
sponsored by Preservation North Carolina.
Staff continues to have discussions
with various parties involved with the sale of Grace A.M.E. Zion Church.
Staff has learned that Crescent
Resources does intend to exercise its option to purchase the former
trolley barn property from the County. Staff has contacted Crescent
Resources to ascertain how the Commission shall be involved in
determining the ultimate fate of the building.
The Commission has joint public
hearings scheduled as follows.
Town of Huntersville -- November 7th
(Torrence Lytle)
Town of Matthews -- November 28th
(Renfrow-Lemmond House, McLaughlin-Bost House, Rowland-Clay, Former
Matthews Post Office)
City of Charlotte -- December 19th
(Neel House Boundary Change, McQuay House)
Item #4 - Design Review Committee
Report: Ms. Hockett
Ms. Hockett reported that the Design
Review Committee met September 27, 2005 at 8:00 a.m. at the HLC office.
Minutes can be found on the HLC’s website - www.cmhpf.org of
www.landmarkscommission.org - and are on file at the HLC office.
THE
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE APPLICATION
FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE JAMES MORROW COFFEY
HOUSE, 3300 SHOPTON ROAD, CHARLOTTE, N. C. BE APPROVED FOR EITHER
OPTION AS PRESENTED WITH THE REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS. THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
THE
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THAT THE
APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE WILLIAM LEE
HOUSE, 6415 GAYWIND DRIVE, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE APPROVED AS
PRESENTED WITH THE STIPULATION THAT PRECISE, FINAL PLANS WILL BE
PRESENTED TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION AT ITS MEETING ON OCTOBER
10TH. MR. BENSON RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE. THE
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
THE
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE APPLICATION
FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK
MANUFACTURING COMPANY PLANT NO. 3, 2901 NORTH DAVIDSON STREET,
CHARLOTTE, N. C. BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
THE
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE APPLICATION
FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE CHARLOTTE COTTON MILLS,
508 WEST FIFTH STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. THE
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
Item #5 - Projects Committee
Report: Ms. Johnson
MS.
SMITH
PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. HOCKETT THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS
COMMISSION PAY AN ADDITIONAL $22,000 FOR PUTTING THE BATHESDA SCHOOL
BUILDING ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AND FOR A ROOF ON THE BATHESDA SCHOOL. THE
COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
MS.
SMITH
PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. ALSOP THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS
COMMISSION CONTRIBUTE UP TO $26,000 TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER RENOVATIONS TO
THE SIDNEY & ETHEL GRIER HOUSE TO MAKE THE STRUCTURE MORE MARKETABLE.
THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
Patricia
Nystrom and Dan Morrill explained that the appraisal for the N. S.
Alexander House has been received and that the appraisal for the W. B.
Newell House should be forthcoming in the near future. The Commission
agreed that staff would explore the parameters of the HLC’s acquisition
of these properties and will report their findings to the Projects
Committee at its next meeting.
MS.
HOCKETT
PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BENSON THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS
COMMISSION CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE PROSPECTIVE
PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE
MOTION.
MS.
SMITH
PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. ALSOP THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS
COMMISSION RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
In
executive session the Commission voted to pursue negotiations with Grace
A.M.E. Zion Church to purchase the property. It also decided to
pursue negotiations for the purchase the N. S. Alexander House, to
pursue negotiations to sell a portion of the property at the Sidney and
Ethel Grier House to Portrait Homes and to start Grier-Rea House sale
negotiations.
Item #6 - Survey Committee Report:
Mr. Alsop and Mr. Benson
DR. MATTSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
MS. HOCKETT THAT THE RENFROW-LEMMOND HOUSE, 344 WEST JOHN STREET, MATTHEWS,
N.C. (INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE AND THE ENTIRE TAX PARCEL UPON
WHICH THE PROPERTY SITS), BE PROCESSED FOR HISTORIC LANDMARKS
DESIGNATION. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
MR. BENSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
DR. MATTSON THAT THE JOHN ADAMS AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOLHOUSE BE PLACED ON THE
STUDY LIST OF PROSPECTIVE HISTORIC LANDMARKS. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
MS. SMITH PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
MS. JOHNSON THAT THE BUILDINGS IDENTIFIED IN THE 20TH CENTURY
REVIVAL STYLE LOG BUILDINGS SURVEY BE PLACED ON THE STUDY LIST OF
PROSPECTIVE HISTORIC LANDMARKS. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE
MOTION.
Item #7 - Education Committee
Report: Ms. Law
Ms. Law reported that the
Commission’s Bus Tour will occur on January 8, 2006 at 1:15 p.m.
The next meeting of the Education
Committee is scheduled for October 20, 2005.
Item #8 - Treasurer’s Report:
Ms. Smith
Ms. Smith presented the Treasurer’s
Report.
Item #9 - Old Business
There was no old business.
Item #10 - New Business
There was no new business.
The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
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