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01-27-1998 Regular Meeting (2)• MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MINUTES A regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Historic Preservation Board was held at Village Hall on Tuesday, January 27, 1998. The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Chairman Bittner with the following members present and absent: Present: Warren Bittner, Chairman Elaine Franck, Member Kimberly Logan -Hynes, Member Jaime Camacho, Member Absent: Maria Temkin, Vice Chairperson Inez Hegedus -Garcia, Member William Tenney, Member AGENDA ITEMS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 29, 1997 • Ms. Logan -Hynes moved to approve the minutes as presented. The motion was seconded by Ms. Franck, and passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ON REGULAR AGENDA 1. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 29 N.E. 9IST STREET APPLICANTS: JIM PRUETT & STEPHEN SCHMID New Construction: Request to install gates and concrete walls connecting house to garage. Mr. Schmid appeared on behalf of the property owners and explained the application. He also showed the Board blueprints of the proposed wall and gates for the .West side of the property facing the alley. Upon questioning by Mr. Camacho, the applicant agreed to place some sort of cap on the top of the wall to prevent dirt from accumulating the staining the wall when it rained. After some discussion, Ms. Logan - Hynes moved to approve the application as per the plans on file. The motion was seconded by Ms. Franck and passed unanimously. • Historic Preservation Board Regular Meeting January 27, 1998 Page 2 2. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 361 N.E. 97th STREET APPLICANTS: IAN BALLINGER & KEN SMITH New Construction: Request to install awning over front entry way. Mr. Ballinger, appearing on behalf of the property owners, withdrew this application and indicated he would resubmit it at a later date. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ON SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA The Board was requested to hear the following items submitted for consideration after publication of the regular agenda. Ms. Franck so moved, seconded by Ms. Logan - Hynes, and said motion passed unanimously. 2A. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 361 N.E. 97th STREET APPLICANTS: IAN BALLINGER & KEN SMITH Maintenance or Repair: Approval of colors for exterior walls and trim. Mr. Ballinger appeared on behalf of the property owners. He submitted the color • choices he wished to paint both the exterior walls and the exterior trim, i.e., PH -53 for the exterior walls, and PO 109 for the exterior trim. Ms. Franck moved to approve the application, which was seconded by Ms. Logan -Hynes. The motion passed unanimously. 2B. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 9823 N.E. 4th AVENUE ROAD APPLICANTS: MIAMI SHORES COMMUNITY CHURCH Maintenance or Repair: Selection of Roof Tile for Pumphouse and Addition. Ms. Marge Macer appeared on behalf of the Church. She showed the Board a sample of the roof tile selected by the architect, a hand -made clay tile, which the Church intended to use on the addition to the pumphouse only. Ms. Macer explained that the tower roof was not to be re -roofed at this time. Mr. Camacho moved to approve the hand -made clay tile selected, seconded by Ms. Franck. The motion passed unanimously. Ms. Macer also sought the recommendation of the Board to use the same tile on the East Elevation overhang to replace the historic Cuban tile that was painted over. She indicated that the paint could not be removed from the tile without damaging the underlayments. The Board advised Ms. Mercer that since the underlayments needed to be changed in the event of re -tiling anyway, the Cuban tile should be removed, cleaned, and replaced after new underlayments were installed on the overhang. Ms. Macer agreed that • the Chuch would so advise its architect. ti Historic Preservation Board Regular Meeting January 27, 1998 Page 3 2C. REQUEST FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION 90 N.E. 106TH STREET APPLICANT: PATRICK DUFFY/SHIELA MCDONALD Mr. Bill Hawkins, the accountant for Ms. McDonald, appeared on behalf of Ms. McDonald. Mr. Hawkins was advised that the paperwork requesting historic designation, plus a photo of the property was required before the Board would consider designation of the property. Ms. Franck moved to defer the item until the proper paper work could be submitted, which would also give the Board members time to drive by the house. The motion was seconded by Ms. Logan -Hynes and passed unanimously. Mr. Bryan Thomas, who was present in the audience, then requested that the Board consider an application for his house. Ms. Franck moved to add Mr. Thomas' item to the agenda, Mr. Logan -Hynes seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. 2D. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 136 N.E. 101' STREET APPLICANT: BRYON THOMAS Maintenance or Repair: (1) Re -roof Garage; (2) Block -up Garage Window Facing Alley; (3) Retile countertops of BBQ attached to Garage. (1). Mr. Thomas presented the Board with a structural engineer's opinion that the garage roof would not hold barrel tile. He then indicated that the garage was presently covered with asphalt tile that had worn out. He requested permission to replace the worn out asphalt tile with new asphalt tile. Ms. Franck moved to approve the asphalt tile. The motion was seconded by Ms. Logan -Hynes and passed unanimously. (2). Mr. Thomas then discussed the tile work on the BBQ attached to the garage and showed the Board samples. Ms. Logan -Hynes moved to approve the re -tiling -of the BBQ, Ms. Franck seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (3). Mr. Thomas then explained that, for security purposes, he wished to block - up the original window of the South facade of the garage facing the alley. After thoughtful discussion, explaining the various security alternatives to Mr. Thomas, Mr. Camacho moved to deny the application to block -up the window. The motion was seconded by Ms. Logan -Hynes and passed unanimously. Ms. Frank then moved to grant a certificate of appropriateness for the installation of security bars on either the interior or exterior of the garage window -facing the alley, or to cover the window from the interior of the garage. The motion was seconded by Ms. Logan -Hynes, and passed unanimously. • • Historic Preservation Board Regular Meeting January 27, 1998 Page 4 PUBLIC MEETING ITEMS: 3. CONTENT OF HISTORIC LANDMARK PLAQUE 83 N.E. 100TH STREET Because the owner of the house, Board member Ms. Hegedus -Garcia, was not present, Ms. Logan -Hynes moved to defer this item until the next meeting. Ms. Franck seconded the motion was passed unanimously. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS: 4. PLANNING DISCUSSION MIAMI SHORES HOME & GARDEN TOUR The Board deferred discussion to the next meeting. 5. DISCUSSION - STATUS OF PUEBLO FELIX BENCHES The Board discussed with Ms. Macer of the Community Church that it was working on lobbying the council concerning the future of the benches and that if it was unsuccessful, the benches would be returned to the Church. 6. DISCUSSION - STATUS OF PUBLICATION OF UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT The Board deferred discussion to the next meeting. 7. DISCUSSION - STATUS OF THEMATIC GROUP II NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS The Board deferred discussion to the next meeting. 8. DISCUSSION - STATUS OF DESIGNATION DRIVE The Board deferred discussion to the next meeting. ADJOURNMENT Ms. Logan -Hynes moved to adjourn the meetin 8:45 p.m., seconded by Mr. Camacho, and passed unanimously. Historic Preservation Board Regular Meeting December 29, 1997 Page 2 2. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 339 N.E. 96th STREET APPLICANTS: ROBERT & LISA ISRAEL Restoration: Request for modification of previous Board approval of wood casement windows as per original architectural plains on file with white aluminum single -hung windows on the North, East and West elevations. Ms. Israel spoke on behalf of herself and her husband who was not present. Ms. Israel explained that she was having difficulty finding manufacturers of wood casement windows at a price she felt was affordable. She further explained that some of her existing jalousie windows were broken and needed to be replaced. She indicated that she had ordered white aluminum single -hung windows which she wanted to install in the North, East and West elevations of the home. She explained that the company had done the windows at some point for the Freedom Tower. Ms. Israel showed the Board an illustration from a brochure as to what the windows would Iook like. The Board agreed to consider the application in sections, considering the four (4) windows on the second floor of the North elevation first. The Board undertook extensive discussion concerning the number of lites per window, the placement of the mullions, the proposed metal material, and the color of the material. Thereafter, Mr. Tenney moved to approve the four windows under consideration, but the motion failed for lack of a second. Further discussion and questioning of the applicant occurred, during which the Board suggested various alternatives. However, Ms. Israel indicated that her position concerning the style and material of the windows was inflexible. After requesting another motion from the Board without success, Mr. Bittner moved to deny the windows under consideration, for the reasons stated during the discussions and because the proposed windows would be inconsistent with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. The motion was seconded by Ms. Hegedus -Garcia, and passed unanimously. Ms. Israel withdrew the remaining aspects of the application and indicated that she intended to appeal the decision of the Board. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS 3. STATUS OF PUEBLO FELIX BENCHES Mr. Bittner advised that the status of the benches had not changed since the last meeting. The Board agreed that contact with the members of the Village Council was called for. Mr. Bittner agreed to supply each member of the Board with historical • background for the members' use in contacting the members of the Council. It was decided to wait until after the holidays to begin. The following Board members agreed to Historic Preservation Board Regular Meeting December 29, 1997 Page 2 2. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 339 N.E. 96th STREET APPLICANTS: ROBERT & LISA ISRAEL Restoration: Request for modification of previous Board approval of wood casement windows as per original architectural plains on file with white aluminum single -hung windows on the North, East and West elevations. Ms. Israel spoke on behalf of herself and her husband who was not present. Ms. Israel explained that she was having difficulty finding manufacturers of wood casement windows at a price she felt was affordable. She further explained that some of her existing jalousie windows were broken and needed to be replaced. She indicated that she had ordered white aluminum single -hung windows which she wanted to install in the North, East and West elevations of the home. She explained that the company had done the windows at some point for the Freedom Tower. Ms. Israel showed the Board an illustration from a brochure as to what the windows would Iook like. The Board agreed to consider the application in sections, considering the four (4) windows on the second floor of the North elevation first. The Board undertook extensive discussion concerning the number of lites per window, the placement of the mullions, the proposed metal material, and the color of the material. Thereafter, Mr. Tenney moved to approve the four windows under consideration, but the motion failed for lack of a second. Further discussion and questioning of the applicant occurred, during which the Board suggested various alternatives. However, Ms. Israel indicated that her position concerning the style and material of the windows was inflexible. After requesting another motion from the Board without success, Mr. Bittner moved to deny the windows under consideration, for the reasons stated during the discussions and because the proposed windows would be inconsistent with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. The motion was seconded by Ms. Hegedus -Garcia, and passed unanimously. Ms. Israel withdrew the remaining aspects of the application and indicated that she intended to appeal the decision of the Board. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS 3. STATUS OF PUEBLO FELIX BENCHES Mr. Bittner advised that the status of the benches had not changed since the last meeting. The Board agreed that contact with the members of the Village Council was called for. Mr. Bittner agreed to supply each member of the Board with historical • background for the members' use in contacting the members of the Council. It was decided to wait until after the holidays to begin. The following Board members agreed to • " f1? toric Preservation Board Regular Meeting December 29, 1997 Page 3 contact the following Council members: (1) Mr. Tenney - Mike Boyle; (2) Ms. Temkin - Mary Ross Agosta; (3) Jaime Camacho - Cesar Sastre; (4) Ms. Temkin - Steve Loffredo; (5) Mr. Bittner - Louis Imburgia ADJOURNMENT Mr. Bittner adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m • • arren Bittner, Chairman