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MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
MINUTES
A regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Historic Preservation Board was
held at Village Hall on Monday, April 5, 1999. The meeting was called to order at 7:30
p.m. by Chairman Bittner with the following members present and absent:
Present:
Warren Bittner, Chairman
Jaime Camacho, Member
Inez Hegedus -Garcia, Member
William Tenney, Member
Carolyne Cadwallader, Member
Absent:
Maria Temkin, Vice Chairperson
John Bachay, Member
AGENDA ITEMS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 15,1999:
Ms. Cadwallader moved to approve the minutes as presented. The motion was
seconded by Ms. Hegedus -Garcia and passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
Because one of the Public Hearing Items was an application concerning Mr.
Bittner's property, and because of Ms. Temkin's absence, the Board sought to appoint a
Vice-chairman pro tempore. Mr. Tenney volunteered and was unanimously elected by
motion made by Ms. Cadwallader, and seconded by Ms. Hegedus -Garcia
1. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
136 N.E. 101' Street
APPLICANT: Bryon Thomas
Maintenance or Repair: Re -roof with hand made clay tile; copper eve
metals.
The applicant was present along with his roofing contractor, Daniel Arguelles.
They explained that the present white cement tile will be replaced with hand made clay
tile of Colombian origin. They also represented that the eve metals will be replaced with
copper. Ms. Hegedus- Garcia moved to approved the application, which was seconded
by Mr. Tenney. The motion passed unanimously.
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2. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
136 N.E. 101' Street
APPLICANT: Bryon Thomas
Restoration: Restore front screed porch; remove jalousie window and
replace with copper screening; repair any rotted wood with hard Cypress.
Mr. Thomas explained that he wished to follow Mr. Bittner's lead by restoring the
screened porch on the front of his home. He explained that at an undetermined time the
screens were removed and replaced with ugly jalousie windows inappropriately enclosing
the porch. He showed the Board pictures showing the Pecky Cypress decorative elements
surrounding the porch openings, which he planed to retain and repair, where necessary.
He represented that he would use copper screening. Ms. Hegedus -Garcia moved to
approved the application, which was seconded by Ms. Cadwallader. The motion passed
unanimously.
3. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
287 N.E. 96th Street
APPLICANT: Warren Bittner
Restoration: Re -roof and restore Historic Cuban Tile on main house and
servants' quarters/garage; copper eave metals; copper gutters.
Mr. Bittner handed the gavel to Mr. Tenney. A Form 8B, Memorandum of
Voting Conflict, is attached to, and incorporated into, these minutes. Mr. Bittner
explained that this home was re -roofed following Hurricane Andrew with hand -made clay
tile of Central American origin, and that he desired to replace the tile with Historic Cuban
Tile, which was documented to have been originally used on this roof. For the protection
of the wood casement windows and doors, this was the best time to install a gutter
system, which would be copper. The roofing contractor, Daniel Arguelles, indicated that
he would use modified bitumen for underlayments, and copper eave metals. Ms.
Hegedus -Garcia moved to approved the application, which was seconded by Ms.
Cadwallader. The motion passed unanimously with Mr. Bittner abstaining.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS:
4. DISCUSSION - DADE HERITAGE DAYS - WALKING TOUR (5/8/99)
The Board discussed fmal preparations for the walking tour. Ms. Temkin was in
charge of refreshments and would set up the tables in the courtyard of 287 NE 96th Street.
Mr. Tenney indicated that he would help with the brochure, but could not attend because
of a prior commitment. Ms. Hegedus -Garcia volunteered to do a sketch of each home to
include in the brochure. Mr. Camacho volunteered to do the layout for the brochure. Ms.
Cadwallader indicated she would assist in selling tickets at the Shores Theater. Ms.
Hegedus -Garcia indicated she would contact Ms. Reiley, the owner of 52 NE 98th Street,
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which was on the tour route, to determine if she would allow the home to be included.
This would made six homes.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by Mr. Bittner at 8:45
arren Bittner, Chairman