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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.13.86A G E N D A Historic Preservation Commission Meeting of November 13, 1985 4 :30 P.M. City Manager's Conferenc Room I. Call to Order and Roll Call. II. Presentation by Mr. Dave Farr, Executive Director Chamber of Commerce Re: Renovation of Chamber of Commerce Building. III. First Union Bank Building, Proposal for Historic Easement, Ms. Rhea F. Law. IV. Tax Abatement and Tax Increment Financing - Mr. Bill Turnbull. V. Mr. Roy Lanier - Present Historic District Site Plan. VI. City of Sanford Streetscape Plan - Discussion by Bill Simmons. VII. Approval of Minutes. VIII. Committee Reports. IX. Varia. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING Thursday, November 13, 1986 4:30 P.M. Members in Attendance: Cal Conklin Jerry Gross Jerry Mills Ed Blacksheare Lon Howell John Puder Bill Gielow Shirley Moak Duke Adamson Members Absent Vivienne Sweeney - Emergency Absence Others in Attendance Dave Farr - Chamber of Commerce Stan Sandifur - First Union Bank Katie Pratts - First Union Bank Richard Holloway - City Staff Meeting called to order at 4 :40 P.M. Mr. Dave Farr, Executive Directo presentation as to contemplating Farr asked for suggestions as to accomplished or whether they are stated that it will be after the any renovations on the outside. r of Chamber of Commerce, made renovations at the Chamber. Mr. how these renovations might be needed at this point. Mr. Farr first of the year to start with Chairman Mills stated that the Chamber is not in our district although it is adjacent to it. The Chairman suggested that the Board members go by in their leisure, have them look around and make suggestions. Mr. Farr asked that the members give him a call before they come by because he would like to be there when they come in. Mr. Farr stated that the renovations on the inside will begin on Monday, 11/17/86. Mr. Farr stated that they are going to recarpet the big meeting room, will eventually perhaps consider dropping the ceiling and doing some different interior windows, completely redo the small conference room, and might enclose the front porch. Mr. Farr stated that he is really interested in any suggestions that the Board might make. Chairman Mills - the next item on the agenda is the First Union Bank building proposal for historic easement by Katie Pratts. Ms. Pratts stated that she represents a potential purchaser of the building and what they are proposing to do is to give to the City of Sanford a conservation easement. The intent of the conser- vation easement would be to preclude the expansion of the building in vertical fashion so that it would always be confined to a two story and six story building respectively. Mr. Stan Sandifur stated that the conservation easement is a tax benefit which has to be in place by December 31st. Mr. Standifur stated that it is a matter of a developer taking advantage of a tax loophole. Minutes Historic Preservation Board Meeting of November 13, 1986 Page 2 Mr. Duke Adamson made motion that the Board recommend that the City accept this conservation easement. 2nd by Mr. Lon Howell. Chairman Mills - there is a motion on the floor to provide a recommendation to City Council that the owner of that building be allowed to give a conservation easement to the City. All in favor. No opposed. Motion carries. Chairman Mills - the next item on the agenda is tax abatement, tax increment and tax financing by Mr. Bill Turnbull. The Chairman stated that Mr. Turnbull was in a meeting in Ocoee and Mr. Turnbull would try to make it. The next item on the agenda is Mr. Roy Lanier to present a historic district site plan. The Chairman stated that we would skip this item because of no idea who this is. The next item is the City of Sanford streetscape plan by Mr. Rick Holloway in Bill Simmons absence. Mr. Holloway stated that basically what we're doing is continuing, for a block area, from Park to Oak on 1st Street, what we have in now; the planter areas, the brickcrosswalks. we will overlay just short of 17 -92. Mr. Holloway stated that lst Street will be reconstructed all the way down to 17 -92. The bricks will be used in the planter areas. At this point Mr. Holloway made several comments concerning the sewer system on 1st Street. Stated that the work that needs to be done is now being looked into but he had no idea when the work would start. Mr. Holloway also stated that the parking spaces that are going in between Park and Oak Avenues are wider than what are in the blocks that have already been done. Mr. Holloway stated that the curbing to be done will be designed by the City but will be put in pro- fessionally. Mr. Gross - Aren't we going to make a motion on whether we accept this or not? Chairman Mills - No because I have no idea whether we need to give them a certificate of appropriateness or not. I will say that we really don't. Mr. Gross - I think we should. Mr. Gross made motion, as the plan exist right now, that we accept on particular note that the landscape plan has not been brought before the Board and when the landscape plan is final, have it brought before this Board. Seconded by Mr. Howell. No further discussion. All in favor. Motion carries. Minutes Historic Preservation Board Meeting of November 13, 1986 Page 3 Mr. Adamson made motion to accept the minutes. Mr. Adamson asked if the other green building was in limbo right now. Chairman Mills stated that he received a call from Wash on Wheels saying that they were having their annual convention in Orlando and that they would like to have a building that they could strip at no charge to the owner except for materials only. The Chairman immediately talked to the Tetenbaums telling them that that they had a problem and that the stripping needed to be a lot higher than just repainting what was there, noting that the building was not sandblasted and the Bishop Building has partial sandblasting. It would be nice if we could get the Palmetto and 1st Street facade stripped. He had not heard back from the Tetenbaums and he did not know whether Wash on Wheels proceeded with that idea or not. Chairman Mills - There is a motion on the floor to accept the minutes. Seconded by Mr. Puder. Chairman Mills stated that on page 4, lst paragraph, the Chairman did not say we would get the grant, said that both grants, City of Sanford and City of Mt. Dora, would most likely get the grants. In paragraph 7, not the University of Central Florida but the University of Florida. All in favor. No opposed. Motion Carries. Chairman Mills - The next item on the agenda is committee reports. The Chairman was not prepared and since Mr. Simmons is not here to go over things would like to pass over this item for this month. Mr. Howell stated that Sara Jacobson owns a house at 2018 Mellonville Avenue was left off the list and needs to be added on. The Chairman stated that he and Mr. Blacksheare feels that the St. James AME Church should be on the list. The Chairman asked Mr. Blacksheare if he could tell the Board a little bit about the school building that is ready for demolition next month. Mr. Howell nominated Mr. Mills for Chairman. Mr. Adamson moved that nominations be closed. Seconded by Mr. Conklin. All in favor. No opposed. Motion carries. Ms. Moak nominated Mr. Adamson for Vice Chairman. Seconded by Mr. Gross All in favor. Motion carries. Minutes Historic Preservation Board Minutes of November 13, 1986 Page 4 Mr. Adamson nominated Ms. Moak for Secretary. Seconded by Ms. Gielow. All in favor. Motion carries. Ms. Moak passed around a sample of a historic district sign. Discussion was made relative to downtown merchants paying a part for the signs. Mr. Gross was asked if he would be willing to par- ticipate in partial payment of the signs. At this point Mr. Gross stated that he was going to do some plac- ques anyway and would be willing to participate in partial payment with other stipulations. He gave a lengthy presentation as to why he did not want to put any more money into downtown, i.e., that this Board is not being backed by the City, zero help from Frank Faison, the attitude of the City, need decision makers, and before he does anything else, better cooperation. The Chairman suggested that Mr. Gross put his problems into a clear program or a clear list of grievances that he would like to see corrected and bring back to the Board next month and we will make a recommendation to the City Council. No further discussion. Meeting adjourned at 6:45 P.M.