[Historic Review Commission on August 22, 2024.]
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AT THIS TIME. WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THE WYLIE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING FOR AUGUST 22ND, 2024. TIME IS 6 P.M. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEM? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW THERE'S NO ONE FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. A CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 25TH, 2020 FOR HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES? DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES? COMMENTS? OKAY THERE ARE NO CHANGES OR COMMENTS. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. OKAY GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES SIX ONE, WE HAVE ONE ABSENT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THE REGULAR AGENDA. SORRY. ITEM ONE. CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A REQUEST TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 301 NORTH BALLARD WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT. JASON THANK YOU. MA'AM, I'M GOING TO MAKE MY PART REALLY, REALLY BRIEF, THIS IS THE BROWN HOUSE. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF WYLIE, MR. BRANT STOWERS, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, HE'S THE OFFICIAL APPLICANT FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE. SO BECAUSE HE'S FORGOTTEN MORE ABOUT IT THAN I KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BRANT. AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. IT'S BRANT STOWERS, 2916 BUTTONBUSH DRIVE, ROYSE CITY, TEXAS. TOOK ME A WHILE TO REMEMBER MY ADDRESS. I HADN'T HAD TO SAY THAT OR WORK ADDRESS HERE, NO. SO THE APPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AS MR. HASKINS SAID, IS THE BROWN HOUSE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THE BROWN HOUSE IS, IS BASICALLY JUST ADDRESS THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, IT'S REALLY STARTED OUT REALLY JUST BEING A REPAINTING IT, BUT THEN WE RAN INTO ONCE WE HAD CONTRACTORS COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE SOME SOME WOOD, SOME SIDING, A COUPLE OF PLACES LIKE THAT THAT HAVE TO BE REPAIRED, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE REPAIRED IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS THERE CURRENTLY? WE'VE THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE SELECTED FOR THIS HAS ALREADY WORKED WITH THE MILL COMPANY THAT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THE SIDING EXACTLY WHAT IS THERE, SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME PARTS OF IT THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED. BUT REALLY, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST RESTORING IT TO WHAT IT IS NOW. SAME COLORS, SAME EVERYTHING. YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO WINDOWS THAT, WE ACTUALLY THE GLASS CAME OUT OF THE FRAME. LUCKILY, THE GLASS DIDN'T BREAK, BUT THOSE FRAMES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REBUILT, AND THEN REALLY, FROM THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE REDOING SOME CAULKING AND SOME SEALING THAT'S AROUND THE WINDOWS AND ALL OF THAT. SO, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THERE IS SOME ON THE PORCH. THERE'S SOME PARTS OF THE PORCH THAT HAVE TO BE REDONE. THE CEILING ABOVE THE PORCH, THOSE PIECES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REDONE AS WELL, BUT AGAIN, ALL SAME MATERIAL, SAME PAINT, ALL OF THAT. SO EVEN THE FRAMES FOR THE WINDOWS, THEY HAVE TO BE REBUILT. ARE WE REBUILDING WOOD FRAMES? SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THEM WON'T HAVE TO BE, BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. OKAY, BUT WHAT IS REPLACE IS STILL GOING TO BE SAME MATERIAL, SAME. I MEAN, WOOD NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO METAL OR ALUMINUM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE STILL PUTTING IN WOOD FRAME WINDOWS. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. IT'S GOING TO BE WOOD. I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S REALLY NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, BUT I LOOKED AT THE COLORS THAT ARE IN HERE, AND ONLY ONE OF THEM IS ON THE HISTORIC PALETTE. OBVIOUSLY, I ASSUME THERE'S A REASON THAT THESE COLORS WERE INITIALLY PICKED. DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY WERE INITIALLY PICKED? YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. THESE ARE THE COLORS THAT ARE ON THE BUILDING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, AND YOU SAID THERE WAS ONLY THE ONE. YEAH ONLY ONE OF THEM IS. LET ME SEE WHICH IS THE GALLERY. GREEN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S ON THE. WELL, AT LEAST SHERWIN-WILLIAMS. I THINK THEY'RE ALL SHERWIN-WILLIAMS. YEAH. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF INITIALLY YOU KNEW WHY THEY WERE CHOSEN. I WISH I HAD THAT ANSWER, BUT I DO NOT. DO WE EVEN KNOW HOW OLD OR ORIGINAL THE COLORS ON THE HOUSE
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ARE? NOT QUITE SURE IF I HAVE THAT ONE EITHER. SO THEY'RE JUST EXISTING COLORS, SO WE'RE THEY'RE THE EXISTING COLORS THAT ARE EXISTING. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN BACK HERE IN WILEY, WHICH HAS BEEN 2016, I DON'T THINK THAT THE BUILDING HAS BEEN PAINTED.NOW, I KNOW THAT WE ADDED THE RAMP AND WE MATCHED THE COLORS TO THE HOUSE WITH THE RAMP, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE COLORS AND OF COURSE, WE TOOK OVER THE BUILDING IN 2015. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WERE COLORS THAT WERE PRIOR TO THAT. WELL, AND ALSO JASON, THE ORDINANCE STATING THAT IT HAS TO BE ON A COLOR PALETTE WAS JUST RECENT, THAT IT WAS LIKE THAT, AM I CORRECT OR THAT WASN'T PART OF THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCES BEFORE WE STARTED AMENDING ALL OF THEM? DO YOU DO YOU REMEMBER FOR SURE? IN OTHER WORDS, BACK WHEN THAT HOUSE WAS PAINTED, THERE WAS PROBABLY NO ORDINANCE THAT SAID THE COLOR HAD TO BE A PART OF A HISTORIC PALETTE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT BACK THEN. THAT PART OF THE QUESTION I CAN GUARANTEE. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. OKAY ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WORK. I SEE THAT IT'S SCHEDULED FOR AT LEAST START DATE AND END DATE OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WILL THE FACILITY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THAT TIME, OR IS IT GOING TO BE CLOSED DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE? IT'LL STILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND I'M ACTUALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO, TALK ABOUT THOSE DATES A LITTLE BIT. SO AND I MUST HAVE MISSED THIS ON THE APPLICATION, BUT WE DID HAVE OCTOBER ONE AS START OF CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN COMPLETING IN NOVEMBER. WE'RE LOOKING AT A 60 DAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS STARTED UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. AFTER JANUARY 1ST, THE ONLY REASON WHY IS WE DO PARKS AND RECREATION DOES DO A LOT OF EVENTS. YOU KNOW, FOR THE HOLIDAYS, FOR BOO ON BALLARD AND CHRISTMAS COMING UP. AND WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IMPACT ANY OF THOSE EVENTS. SO WE'VE DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, UPON APPROVAL, WE'LL PROBABLY START CONSTRUCTION AFTER JANUARY 1ST ON THAT. BUT IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT ANYBODY COMING INTO THE FACILITY. NONE OF THIS IS ANY ISSUES OF SAFETY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S BASICALLY JUST COSMETIC STUFF THAT WE'RE IT'S ALL COSMETIC. YES, MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. NO MORE QUESTIONS. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. RECOMMEND SECOND THE MOTION. NO. NO. A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. I RECOMMEND A MOTION. OH, I MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. I SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE ON A SECOND FROM. ONE SECOND. YEAH. NOT A PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSED. SIX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING, BRANT.
THERE WILL BE A MEETING NEXT MONTH, WE DO HAVE ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA. ON THE AGENDA? YES, MA'AM. OKAY ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. CAST YOUR VOTE. I'M NOT GOING TO LET Y'ALL HAVE ALL THE FUN OF MAKING MOTIONS. I WANT TO MAKE ONE MYSELF.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.