Location: 2100 Randolph Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.
Present:
Mr. Louis Asbury, IV/County, Projects Chair
Mr. Matthew Benson, Mayor, Design Review Com. Chair
Mr. Frank Bragg/City
Mr. Bill Hobbs/County, HLC Chair
Ms. Yolanda Law/County, HLC Vice-Chair
Ms. Paula Lester, County
Mr. Gray Newman/County
Mr. Michael Rogers/City
Ms. Keysha Walker/City, HLC Treasurer
Dr. Lynn Weis/City, HLC Secretary
Dr. Dan L. Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Mr. Stewart Gray, HLC Preservation Planner
Mr. Bryan Turner, HLC Projects Manager
Ms. Patricia Nystrom, HLC Attorney
Ms. Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Ms. Mary Dominick, HLC Consultant
Absent:
Dr. Richard Mattson/County, Survey Com. Chair
Mr. John Shurley/Mayor
Visitors:
Mr. Phil Van Strider (Queens Terrace Apartments)
AGENDA
Item #1 – Approval of Minutes
MR. BRAGG PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BENSON THAT THE MINUTES FOR
DECEMBER 14, 2009, BE APPROVED AS
DISTRIBUTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
Item #2 – Chairman’s Report: Mr. Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Mr. Hobbs reminded Commissioners to check the distributed attendance data
at each seat. Attendance runs from January 1st to December 31st of each
calendar year.
Item #3 – Director's Report: Dr. Morrill
Dr. Morrill reported that::
1. A letter has been
written to the City regarding the prospective relocation of the American
Doughboy Statue,
2.
Torrence Lytle School. Staff continues to work with the Consultant to
devise a stabilization plan for the Torrence Lytle School.
3. S. B. Alexander
House. Staff will meet with the
Planning and Economic Development Committee of the Council this month to discuss the prospective designation of this property.
4. Town of
Pineville. Staff continues to work with the Town of Pineville to secure consultants to perform a
National Register nomination for the commercial core of Pineville.
5. Grier-Rea House. Stewart Gray and Bryan Turner will
meet with County officials to work out the details of obtaining permits to allow H. C. Rummage to begin renovation work on the
interior of the Grier-Rea House.
6. Rozzel
House. Staff has secured estimates for the upfit of the interior
of the house. The Projects Committee will discuss this issue at its
next meeting. Also, the contractor is moving ahead with the demolition
of the tenant house.
7. McAuley House. H. C. Rummage
has completed the additional upfit of the McAuley House. There
continues to be some interest from prospective buyers.
8. Fire Station
No. 2. Staff did meet with City officials to review the status of
the property. There has been no substantive change of the situation
since the last meeting. The Projects Committee will be considering
what action it might recommend to the Commission. The demolition of
the building will become legally possible in May.
9. Walker Grocery Store. Staff continues to
monitor the situation.
10. Pineville Buildings. 314 Main St.--The
Commission is not actively pursuing purchase of the building.
316 Main St.--
Pat Nystrom has paid the outstanding property taxes and is working to secure
reimbursement from the owner.
11. Prospective Purchase of the Samuel Younts House (136
Main St., Pineville, N.C.) The Projects Committee will
consider this matter at its next meeting.
12. Queens Terrace Apartments. Staff will be
meeting on January 12th with the owners to discuss the consequences of
historic landmark designation.
Mr. Strider, owner of a condominium in the subject property, addressed
his concerns about the prospective historic landmark designation of the
Queens Terrace Apartments, now the Queens Towers Condominiums, and asked
that the Commission delay the processing of the property. Mr. Hobbs
thanked Mr. Strider for his input.
13. Letters to Archives and History. Staff is
sending the reports on the McCoy Farm, the Caldwell Station School, and the
Queens Terrace Apartments to Raleigh and asking for official comment
letters.
14.
Davidson School and Purcell House.
The public hearings have been delayed because the Charlotte Mecklenburg
Schools wishes to meet with Staff to discuss the consequences of historic
landmark designation.
15. Sustare House. I will be
preparing the Survey and Research Report on the Sustare House for
presentation to the Survey Committee
16. Thrift Piedmont and Northern Depot.
Staff continues to consider preservation solutions for this property.
17. Meeting With Neighborhood Development Party of the City.
Staff met with City officials to discuss how the Commission might assist
with City efforts to revitalize historic commercial corridors.
18. Budget for 2010-2011.
The County will be meeting with Staff in the near future to consider next
year's operating budget for the HLC.
19. Suggested Priorities for 2010.
Dr. Morrill presented the following recommended priorities for the
Commission in 2010.
a. Substantial Progress on
long-standing projects. Grier Rea House. Rozzel House.
McAuley House.
b. Consideration of how best
to take advantage of new municipal sewer serving White Oak.
c. Development of a
preservation strategy for the Torrence-Lytle School.
d. Continuation of
preservation efforts in outlying towns, including marketing the buildings
the Commission owns at 316 and 330 Main St. in Pineville.
e. Increase coordination of
Commission's efforts with planning strategies of the City of Charlotte.
f. Continue public relations
program, including on-going maintenance of the website, production of
educational videos, and speaking to civic groups.
g. Continue oversight of the
Commission's revolving fund.