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February 9, 2011
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Sign Subcommittee Meeting
Minutes
Wednesday, February 9, 2011, at 4:00 pm
Georgetown Municipal Complex
300-1 Industrial Avenue, Georgetown, Texas 78627
Members present: Ron Pergl; Susan Firth; and Dee Rapp
Members absent: none
Staff present: Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner; Elizabeth Cook, Community Development
Director; Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary
Chair Pergl called the meeting to order at 4:17 p.m.
The Historic and Architectural Review Commission Sign Subcommittee is responsible for hearing
and taking final action on sign applications, by issuing Certificates of Design Compliance based
upon the City Council adopted Downtown Design Guidelines. This is a regular scheduled meeting
of the Sign Subcommittee, for consideration and possible action on the following:
1. Review and possible approval of the minutes from the December 9, 2010 Sign Subcommittee
meeting.
Motion by Rapp to accept the minutes as presented. Second by Firth. Approved 3 – 0.
2. Discussion regarding meetings with other Downtown groups in response to action by the
Commission on January 27, 2011 directing the Sign Subcommittee to discuss possible direction
of downtown signage with said Downtown groups.
Commissioners discussed the best approach to opening the conversation with other downtown
groups in regards to “open” signs and window signs in the downtown area. They discussed
which groups should be included and the approach of stating this is an enforcement issue or
whether the group is considering options for inclusion in the revised/ amended Unified
Development Code and Design Guidelines. They decided to start with seeking input from the
other groups of the Downtown Georgetown Association (DGA) and the Main Street Advisory
Board(MSAB). The suggestion is to define signage that maintains the historic character of
downtown while meeting the signage needs of the downtown business owners.
It was decided that staff, Wyler and Cook, will draft a letter to the DGA and MSAB and bring it
back to the February 24, 2011 Sign Subcommittee meeting for approval. The Subcommittee will
meet earlier, 5:00 p.m., to discuss the letter and future process. This letter will go to those
groups with proposed meeting dates in April. Then newly appointed HARC members will
have an opportunity to participate. Staff estimates this could be a six month process.
3. Adjournment. Pergl adjourned the meeting at 5:36 p.m.
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The Subcommittee may forward these items to the next meeting of the Historic and Architectural
Review Commission for its consideration. That meeting is scheduled for February 24, 2011.
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Approved, Ron Pergl, Chair Attest, Susan Firth