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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.08.00Historic Preservation Board Meeting Notice Date: June 8, 2000 Location Sanford City Hall City Commission Chambers 300 North Park Avenue Sanford, Florida 32771 Time: 5:00 P.M. AGENDA L Call to Order IL Roll Call - excused and un- excused absences III. Approval of Minutes - April 13, 2000 May 11, 2000 IV. Applications for Certificates of Appropriateness - Commercial A. 217 Park Avenue (Big Brothers Food Market Texaco) - previously tabled Install signs V. Applications for Certificates of Appropriateness - Residential A. 701 Myrtle Avenue Detached Garage, fence, paint house, porch spindles, add dormer to roof. Shed plans will be available at meeting. B. 1317 Park Avenue Fence, Storage Building, Add Shutters, Paint House. VL Discussion regarding Code Enforcement (Charles Rowe) VII. Discussion regarding Historic Preservation Board Budget VIII. Other Business IX. Adjournment ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC If a person decides to appeal a decision made with respect to any matter considered at the above meeting or hearing, he /she may need a verbatim record of the proceedings, including the testimony and evidence, which record is not provided by the City of Sanford (FS 286.0105). Persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact the Personnel Office ADA Coordinator at 407 - 330 -5626, no later than 48 hours in advance of the meeting. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 8, 2000 5:00 P.M. CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS, CITY HALL SANFORD, FLORIDA MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Kuhn Barbara Farrell Fred Rogers Claudia Webber Scott Singeisen Julia Goeb Walt Padgett MEMBERS ABSENT: Barbara Knowles Don Moore - excused Bart Rush Eline Ransom - excused OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Stevenson, Staff Liaison Marion Anderson, Recording Secretary Mr. Singeisen called the meeting to order at 5:10 P.M. Ms. Goeb moved to approve the Minutes of April 13, 2000. Seconded by Mr. Rogers. All in favor. Motion carried. Ms. Webber moved to approve the Minutes of May 11, 2000. Seconded by Ms. Farrell. All in favor. Motion carried. Discussion regarding Code Enforcement. Charles Rowe was present. He stated that there have been changes to Code Enforcement Staff. There are now two code enforcement officers. Within the last three weeks, there were at least 100 complaints phoned into the City. These were first on the agenda. There will also be at least one condemnation per week, at the end of ayear, there will be 52 houses either demolished or renovated. He stated that they have also worked hard on some of the private property clean -ups, i.e. Ridgewood demolition and the Ice House. There have been approximately 30 inoperable vehicles towed. Mr. Rowe reported that Code Enforcement is focusing on the area bounded by French Avenue to the west and 25 r '' Street to the South. Regarding the list that this Board transmitted to him, some of the items have been worked through. They have either gone to Code Enforcement, been repaired, or otherwise been disposed of Some of them are being tracked through the Code Enforcement process, but they haven't gotten to the Board yet. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 8, 2000 PAGF, 7. Mr. Kuhn asked what is going on with the Florida Power building with the board -ups, why is no one doing anything. Mr. Rowe stated that he and the City Manager contacted Kevin Grace with the County. Mr. Grace stated that they would get on it right away and take care of it. Because it is a boarded -up building, that in and of itself is not a code violation. Other than it not looking good, we don't have a code violation. Mr. Rowe will do a follow -up. Ms. Goeb reported that the fence around the retention pond at MacDonald's is falling down, which is an eyesore and a safety hazard. Mr. Kuhn asked how long will the trailer remain at Tucker's Feed Store. Mr. Rowe stated that a letter had been sent telling the occupants that they could not live there and instructed them to get site plan approval. The trailer was licensed and operable, so the City couldn't put the 20 -day tag on it. The City gave them 60 days to take care of whatever they needed to do. The Tuckers told us that this was a temporary situation, for some construction type activity. The 60 days are just about up, which would put it into regular code enforcement. Mr. Rowe suggested a joint meeting with the Historic Preservation Board and the City Commission. He stated that if it would do nothing else, there would be a meeting of the minds, certainly the Board's position would be known. Mr. Padgett stated that if this is done, we need to be very specific about concerns and what we want to deal with. Mr. Singeisen stated that he agrees and suggested finalizing all of this at next month's meeting. This will give each Board member time to finalize their personal opinions. Mr. Rowe offered his assistance. Certificates of Appropriateness - Commercial/Residential: 217 Park Avenue - due to lack of representation, was left on the table. 701 Myrtle Avenue - due to lack of representation, Mr. Kuhn moved to table, seconded by Ms. Goeb, all in favor. 1317 Park Avenue - due to lack of representation, Mr. Padgett moved to table, seconded by Mr. Rogers, all in favor. Mr. Kuhn moved to table the Addendum Item due to lack of representation, seconded by Ms. Farrell, all in favor, motion carried. Discussion regarding Historic Preservation Board Budget. Mr. Kuhn stated that he made a suggestion last month to present Helen Stairs with some type of award. The Board decided to spend approximately $500 in recognition of Helen Stairs and The Helen Stairs Theatre restoration. Ms. Goeb moved to approve. Seconded by Mr. Kuhn. Motion carried. The Board directed Mr. Stevenson to get a price for the Walking /Driving Tour Brochures. Mr. Kuhn stated that the City Commissioner in our district, needs to fight for us. We want our scope of authority broadened so that we can dictate to people to paint their homes and maintain their buildings. Is the Commission in favor of what we are doing, or are we just spinning our wheels? Our scope of work has to be code enforcement/historic preservation. Our Commissioner has to sell it to the other Commissioners to broaden our responsibilities, if not, it is going to continue as is for the last, how many years, we have had historic preservation. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 8, 2000 PAGE 3 Ms. Webber addressed the issue of excessive absences by certain Board Members, stating that some are excused and some are not. We need people that are going to be here and take an active part on this Board and if they have obligations that are continually interfering, they need to step down and let somebody else take their place. She stated that three months ago Bart Rush told her that he was going to turn in his resignation because he did not have time to continue on this Board. To her knowledge he hasn't and he continues to have un- excused absences. Mr. Singeisen stated that he would call Mr. Rush. Ms. Webber also stated that for the number of months that she has been on this Board, she has only seen Mr. Moore about three times. She thinks that if there are interferences and he is continually requesting excused absences, he needs to take a look at whether he has time to do this. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:30 P.M.