02.04.93A G E N D A
HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
Meeting February 4, 1993
City Hall
City Commission Conference Room
300 N. Park Avenue
Sanford, Florida
4:30 P.M.
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Excused /Unexcused Absences
III. Approval of Minutes -
January 7, 1993
January 19, 1993
IV. Discussion Regarding Historic Brick Streets
Jay Marder
V. Update on Mainstreet Program -
Hal Welch & Chris Cranias
VI. Update on Duany Project -
Laura Straehla
VII. Discussion Regarding Budget
VIII. - Discussion on Proposed Goals - Education
IX. Report on Appropriate Sign Lettering Styles
Jerry Mills & Kay Bartholomew
X. Discussion Regarding the Montazuma Hotel
Vincent Corino & Joseph Ingria
XI. Other Business
a) Code Enforcement - All members are
encouraged to turn in potential code
violations in writing to Penny Turner at
the close of the meeting.
b) Edited Historic Downtown Walking Tour
Brochure
c) Edited Applications for Certificate of
Appropriateness
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M I N U T E S
HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING
February 4, 1993
4:30 P.M.
City Commission Conference Room
City Hall, Sanford, Florida
Members Present:
Kay Bartholomew
Altermese Bentley
Cal Conklin
Jerry Mills
Laura Straehla
Kevin Stubbs
Hal Welch
011ie Williams
Members Absent:
Monte Olinger, Chairman
Chris Cranias
Elizabeth Simons
Others in Attendance:
Jay Marder, City Liaison
Penny Turner, Secretary
The.meeting was called to order by Cal Conklin, in the absence of
the chairman and the vice chairman, at 4:40 P.M.
Jerry Mills moved to approve the Minutes of January 7, 1993, with
the correction to the spelling of Magnolia Promenade on page 2.
Seconded by Kevin Stubbs and carried by unanimous vote.
Jerry Mills moved to approve the Minutes of January 19, 1993.
Seconded by Kevin Stubbs and carried by unanimous vote.
Mr. Mills asked what the City Commission's response was to the
Board's recommendation to contribute $300 to Peter Schreyer and his
students, of Creadle School of Arts, for printing a brochure
indexing the documentary photography project on Sanford. Mr.
Marder explained that the request needed only staff approval.
Vincent Corino and Joseph Ingria, owners of the building at 300
South Magnolia Avenue, were present and described to the Board
their plans on restoring the building. The name will be changed
back to the Wilton House. The first thing they plan to do is
landscape the property, by using heather, crepe myrtles, and
annuals. The next thing is to sand blast the outside of the
building and replace the rotten wood. They are trying to decide
whether to leave the building as it is or remove the second story
and add a porch. Mr. Corino informed the board of their plans to
purchase two city blocks and turn the area into a retirement
village. They are starting this with the hotel..
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Mr. Mills explained to Mr. Corino and Mr. Ingria that the Board is
primarily concerned with the retention of historic material on the
exterior of the building, to protect the facade. Mr. Conklin
recommended that they obtain the required regulations. It was
recommended that Mr. Corino's architect review the Secretary of
Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for
Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. These are the national
guidelines that the Board follow when reviewing an Application for
Certificate of Appropriateness to change the exterior of a historic
building. A stipulation in these guidelines is that you should
never sandblast wood or brick, the reasoning is that it tears up
the surface of the wood and allows it to deteriorate further. It
was suggested that Mr. Corino and Mr. Ingria consult the State
Historic Preservation Officer regarding the requirements to be
eligible for investment tax credit before doing any work.
Discussion was held regarding the Historic Brick Streets. Mr.
Marder explained to the board that the City has not recently paved
over brick streets and does not plan to pave over brick streets..
Mr. Welch expressed his concern regarding destroying the surface of
the bricks by milling a road that has a brick street under it.
Mr. Mills made a motion to forward a suggestion to the City
Commission that any streets that have asphalt over brick not be
milled or even repaved unless it has something to do with the
safety and welfare of the public. He further moved that no streets
be paved over that are brick now, and no streets that have pavement
over brick be milled or resurfaced at this point in time until
further study is completed. Seconded by Laura Straehla and carried
by unanimous vote.
Mr. Welch updated the Board on the Mainstreet Program. Mr. Neil
Fritz was hired as Interim Program Coordinator. The Welcome Center
should be opening by the end of January. The Welcome Center's
telephone number is (407) 322 -5600.
Mrs. Straehla updated the Board on the Andres Duany project.
Michael Goud will be taking over the implementation of this
project. Mrs. Straehla, Mr. Marder and Mr. Gou met February 3rd
to go over the project. They discussed the problem' regarding
multi - family housing and came up with a couple of ideas on how to
solve the problem. They will discuss the options on how to handle
the problems with the Sanford Historic Trust Committee. She
explained that almost everything else has been worked out. The
issue regarding ownership of the plan once it is adopted by City
Ordinance will need to be handled. Another issue that will need to
be handled is to change the name of the plan from Old Sanford to
Historic Sanford.
Mrs. Straehla reported that the Sanford Historic Trust received a
call from Mary Collins, who works for the magazine Living in
Orlando She is offering the Trust a good deal on an one third
page ad. The Orlando Chamber of Commerce uses Living in Orlando in
their relocation guide. It is a 35,000 publication, annual
magazine and for only $500 the Trust will use one of the Attack Ads
on an one third page ad.
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Discussion was held regarding the current budget for the Historic
Preservation Board. Mrs. Turner reported that the board currently
has $6,876 in the budget. She explained that $6,500 of the funds
have been allocated for the Georgetown /Goldsboro Community Survey
Contract with Brenda Elliott and $300 have been allocated for Peter
Schreyer and his students for the brochure indexing the documentary
photography project on Sanford. Mr. Marder explained that Ms.
Elliott had been previously paid $1,900 of the funds for the survey
out of the 1991/92 fiscal year budget. The Board requested that
the secretary prepare a break out of the amounts of the Board's
budget for the last five years.
Kevin Stubbs moved to table the discussion on proposed goals
regarding educating the public on historic preservation until the
March 4, 1993 meeting. Seconded by Kay Bartholomew and carried by
unanimous vote.
Mr. Mills and Ms. Bartholomew reported on the list of sign
lettering styles. Mr.. Mills recommended. that the members review
the list of 44 to 46 letter styles and cancel out ones that are
absolutely inappropriate. Once the Board reached a consensus on
the appropriate styles, these will be the styles the Board uses as
a guide. The guide will be preceded with a statement that states:
This is a guide only, subject to approval of the Board for other.
styles.
Discussion was held regarding the Magnolia Mall change of name to
Magnolia Square. Mrs. Bartholomew explained that the Downtown
Merchants Association had voted to change the name to Magnolia
Square.
Kay Bartholomew moved to recommend that the City Commission change
the name of the Magnolia Mall to Magnolia Square. Seconded by
Jerry Mills and carried by unanimous vote.
Discussion was held regarding reprinting the Historic Downtown
Walking Tour Brochure. Mr. Mills submitted corrections, changes,
and /or insertions. At the January 7th meeting the Board decided to
postpone the reprinting of the brochure for a couple of months
pending possibility of changes in the Historic Downtown
Mrs. Bartholomew introduced Warren Wolfe, an artist that has moved
in town. Mr. Wolfe is interested in the Whalers Salon at 112 South
Palmetto Avenue.
Mr. Mills reported on the building at 113 South Palmetto Avenue.
Barbara Ferrell, owner of the building, lives in Coconut Grove.
She is also an artist. She is planning on moving to Sanford and
making the second floor of the building her residence and leasing
the downstairs. He explained she has retained the firm, Burke,
Bales and Mills Associates, Inc. to do as built drawings. Ms.
Ferrell is doing a video tape to send to This Old House in hopes
that they may be interested in something that is unique for their
show. Mr. Mills stated he had suggested to her that if they
accepted and are willing to put some funds into it maybe she would
consider putting the third floor back on the building.
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Mr. Mills announced that the firm, Burke, Bales and Mills
Associates, Inc. is considering moving to Sanford. He is in the
process of locating potential places for the firm.
As there was no further business before the Board, the meeting was
adjourned at 5:50 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted by: Penny Turner