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HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
February 12, 1990
This meeting of the Miami. Shores Village Historic Preservation Board was
held at the Miami Shores Village Hall on Monday, February 12, 1990. This was
a change from the regularly scheduled meeting o,f'Monday, February 19, 1990.
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P;M. by Chairman Gaggstatter with the
following members present,
Hank D. Gaggstatter, Jr,
Pedro Acosta
Margarita Courtney
Marty Kern
Margo Newton
1. MINUTES - January 15, 1990
(The minutes of
by Mr, Acosta,
2. CERTIFICATE OF
Frank Hegedus
940 N. E. 95th
the meeting of January 15, 1990 were approved by a motion made
seconded by Mrs. Courtney, and passed unanimously.
APPROPRIATENESS
Street
Mr. Gaggstatter indicated this is the same house where a Cerificate of
Appropriateness was recently approved to change the french. doors. He commented
he went by to take a look and noticed an excellent job was done on the
doors. This request is for a circular driveway and he observed that there
are no trees in the way, the job can be done without disturbing any trees,
which was a concern for Members.
Following brief discussion, Ms. Newton moved
Appropriateness for the circular driveway in
removed. Motion was seconded by Marty Kern,
Mr. Hegedus was not present at the meeting.
3. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Jay Young
287 N. E. 96th St
to. approve the Certificate of
front provided no trees are
and passed unanimously.
Mr. Young was present to answer any questions Members might have.
Mr. Young is requesting installation of central air conditioning at his home,
and the one unit in question is proposed for the roof over the kitchen. He
explained there is a parapet there. and the condenser will not show.
Mr. Young answered Ms. Newton"s questions regarding the size of the unit and
the stand, also be explained where .the other condensers will be placed.
There will be no interior duet work. Also he talked with Mr. LuBien who
raised no objections, stating it is all within the code, he has no problem
with the request being approved,
Ms. Newton moved to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for central
air conditioning with one condenser going on the kitchen roof, Mr. Acosta
seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
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4. DISCUSSION - AWARDING OF CERTIFICATE FOR NATIONAL REGISTER
Therewas a great deal of discussion on how, and where and when the
Certificates from. the National Register would Be presented to homeowners.
Margo Newton, Margarita Courtney, and Marty Kern were appointed to iron
out the. details. Following much discussion, it was decided that the
Certificate will be awarded at the March 20th Council meeting by the Mayor
who is a former member of this Board. (also Ms. Stofik a former Chairman
is now a Councilwoman,, A certified letter will be sent to all homeowners,
notifying them of the award, and an invitation to a reception which will be
held on the Friday following (March 23). The reception will be held at a
historic home. in Miami Shores and the invitation list is expected to include
all recipi ents of the Certificate from the National Register (Approx 24),
Council Members and their spouse, Historic Preservation Board Members and
their spouse, and those who live in homes it is hoped might be designated.
It was further noted that Historic Preservation has a budget included with
Building & Zoning and these monies will pay for the reception.
4. OLD BUSINESS - NEW BUSINESS
Ms. Newton suggested with a former Member of Historic Preservation Board
now Mayor and Marty Stofik, Councilwoman a former Chairwoman, this new
Council will be more sympathic to preservation. There was much discussion
on the subject of recommending nomination of homes as historic sites with-
out owner consent or signed covenant. Ms. Newton suggested sending a
certified letter to the owner of historic property advising them of the
recommendation to Council and get it on the record. It was decided to use
the National Register list as a guide, and start with 260 N. E. 96th St.,
and 107 N. E. 96th St.
Marty Kern did the write up and included a picture of 273 N. E. 98th St.
for the next issue of the Village News which is expected will be out very soon.
The next home to be spotlighted for the Village News will be 287 N. E. 96th St,
Jay Young's home. The write up and pictures will be provided by Margarita
Courtney.
Mr. Gaggstatter mentioned the Renuart House owned by Mr. Koppen who has
indicated he is following through as interest has been shown in designation.
Mrs. Courtney will contact Jo Werne of the Miami Herald regarding an article
on Miami Shores and Historic Preservation in the Home and Design section of
the paper. Members agreed there is much to write about. It was also mentioned
that Ms. Werne might be invited to the reception. Mrs. Courtney indicated
articles of this nature would be a nice boost to the Miami Shores image.
Pedro Acosta indicated a desire to get into the trunk to do some cataloging.
He also will write an article on the history of Miami Shores for the Village
News. It was suggested he might be interested in a reading list, one book
especially mentioned was "Biscayne Country" by Thelma Peters.
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• There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting
adjourned at 8:30.
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Approved