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February 24, 2011
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Meeting
Minutes
Thursday, February 24. 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
City Council and Courts Building 101 E. 7th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626
Members Present: Susan Firth; J.C. Johnson; Greg Herriott; Ron Pergl; and Dee Rapp
Members Absent: Will Moore, Chair and Larry Moseley
Staff Present: Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner; Elizabeth Cook, Community
Development Director; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary
Regular Session - To begin no earlier than 6:00 p.m.
Dee Rapp, Vice Chair called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
The Historic and Architectural Review Commission, appointed by the Mayor and the City Council,
is responsible for hearing and taking final action on applications, by issuing Certificates of Design
Compliance based upon the City Council adopted Downtown Design Guidelines and Unified
Development Code.
Consent Agenda:
The Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that the Commission may act
on with one single vote. A Commissioner or any member of the public may request that any
item from the Consent Agenda be pulled in order that the Commission discuss and act upon it
individually as part of the Regular Agenda. The Historic and Architectural Review
Commission's approval of an item on the Consent Agenda will be consistent with the staff
recommendation described in the report, unless otherwise noted.
1. Review and possible approval of the minutes from the January 27, 2011 Regular HARC
meeting.
Motion by Johnson to approve. Second by Pergl. Approved 5 – 0.
2. Public hearing and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance for new signage at
City of Georgetown, Block 40, Lot 2 (s/pt), also known as All Things Kids, located at 703 S.
Main Street. (CDC-2011-002)
3. Public hearing and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance for new signage at
City of Georgetown, Block 10, Lots 6 & 7 (s/pt), also known as Brunner Law Firm and the
Law Offices of Kathryn Figueredo Fowler, located at 207 S. Austin Avenue. (CDC-2011-003)
Pergl, Chair of the Sign Subcommittee reported that both items, 2 and 3, were approved by
the Sign Subcommittee and did not need further action.
Regular Agenda:
4. Public hearing and possible action on an amendment to an approved Certificate of Design
Compliance for an addition to a non-historic structure at City of Georgetown, Block 39, Lots 1
– 4 (pts), also known as Galaxy Cupcakes, located at 107 E. 7th Street. (CDC-2011-001)
Wyler presented the staff report. The applicant returns to HARC to request a thirteen-foot
extension to the original addition to allow for a small office within. The addition, shown in
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the details below, will be added to the north side of the already approved expansion. The
height, width, design and materials will be consistent with CDC-2010-004 approval. The
only noticeable difference will be the extension of the east wall further north from the roll -up
doors. The structure will look similar from the north side. The view from 7th Street will
remain the same. Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Design Compliance
amendment as proposed by the applicant.
The Commissioners did not have any specific questions for the applicant, Tom Nichols, with
the exception of Firth who questioned the style of the roof and verified the details. It was
also commented that drawings of the details that were provided were too minute to be
legible. In the future, it was requested that plans of buildings with specific details should be
larger and legible.
Motion by Pergl to accept the application and approve the amended CDC. Second by
Herriott. Approved 5 – 0.
5. Follow-up from the Sign Subcommittee on a letter addressing meeting with Downtown
groups to discuss and receive input on Downtown window sign regulations preceding the
finalization of updates to the Downtown Design Guidelines.
The letter was presented to the commissioners and Wyler reviewed the small proposed
language corrections that the Sign Subcommittee requested. There was a discussion of the
proposed timeline. The letters will probably be sent in late March with proposed meetings
to be held in April.
6. Discussion on recent Unified Development Code (UDC) updates as they relate to HARC.
Elizabeth Cook presented the recent changes of the UDC including an overview of
residential additions and infill within the Old Town Overlay District and the changes to the
requirements for issuing a CDC for demolition or relocation in the Old Town Overlay
District. Specific details will be provided at a later time with specific application that relate
to the changes.
7. Staff comments and reminder that the next regular HARC meeting will take place on March
24, 2011. Staff also reminded the group that the next Sign Subcommittee will be held on
March 9, 2011. There will only be Firth and Rapp
Pergl stated he spoke for Moseley also in thanking everyone for the opportunity to serve on
the Commission and that he had enjoyed his time there. He said he appreciates everyone’s
hard work.
Johnson stated he was impressed with how technical that the process has become and he has
enjoyed almost every minute of serving and he will miss everyone, wishes everyone good
luck and good skill.
Rapp stated the commissioners had all enjoyed working with Johnson, Pergl and Moseley
and that all would be missed. (This was the last meeting of their appointments.)
8. Adjournment. Rapp adjourned the meeting at 6:46 p.m.
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Approved, Will Moore, Chair Attest, Susan Firth, Secretary