HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes HARC 01.27.2022City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission
Minutes
January 27, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.
Council and Courts Building
510 West 911' Street Georgetown, TX 78626
Members Present: Michael Walton; Karalei Nunn; Catherine Morales; Terry Asendort-Hyde
Members Absent: Lawrence Romero; Steve Johnston; Pamela Mitchell; Robert McCabe
Staff present: Mirna Garcia, Program Manager; Nat Waggoner, Assistant Director
Meeting called to order by Chair Walton at 6:05 pm.
Public Wishing to Address the Board
On a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be
found at the Board meeting. Clearly print your name, the letter of the item on which you wish to
speak, and present it to the Staff Liaison, preferably prior to the start of the meeting. You will be
called forward to speak when the Board considers that item.
On a subject not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future Board agenda by
filing a written request with the Staff Liaison no later than one week prior to the Board meeting.
The request must include the speaker's name and the specific topic to be addressed with sufficient
information to inform the board and the public. For Board Liaison contact information, please
logon to http://government.georgetown.org/category/boards-commissions/.
A. At the time of posting, no persons had signed up to address the Board.
Legislative Regular Agenda
B. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the December 9, 2021 and the
January 13, 2022 regular meetings of the Historic and Architectural Review Commission. -
Mirna Garcia, Program Manager
Motion to approve by Commissioner Hyde. Second by Commissioner Morales. Approved 4-
0.
C. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for
a new fence, railing or wall that is inconsistent with the overlay district's characteristics and
applicable guidelines at the property located at 1307 S. Myrtle Street, bearing the legal
description 0.13-acre in the Clement Stubblefield Survey, Abstract No. 558, also being known as
the southwest part of Block B, Hughes Second Addition, an unrecorded subdivision. (2021-73-
COA) -Nat Waggoner, Asst. Planning Dir. - Long Range
Staff report by Waggoner. This item was considered at the January 13, 2022 meeting of the
Historic and Architectural Review Commission (HARC). At that meeting a public hearing was
held and the HARC approved a motion to postpone the item to the January 27, 2022 meeting in
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Meeting: January 27, 2022
order for the applicant to clarify their request. The fence is proposed to be constructed of 8
horizontal wood pickets, 72 inches in length spaced 1 and 3 inches apart for a total height of 6'.
The proposed spacing of the horizontal pickets provides 21% transparency. The fence is
proposed to align with the front or southwest corner of the house and enclose the side street
and rear yards, approximately 14' from the curb line of 14th Street at the south/east property
pin.
The applicant addressed the commission and further explained his request.
Chair Walton opened and closed the public hearing as no one signed up to speak.
Motion to deny Item C (2021-73-COA) by Commissioner Nunn. Second by Commissioner
Morales. Motion passes 4-0 to deny request.
D. Updates, Commissioner questions, and comments. — Sofia Nelson, Planning Director
Waggoner provided an update regarding the neighborhood small area plans.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Morales. Second by Commissioner Nunn. Approved 4-0
Adjourned at 6:42
Walton, Chair
Historic and Architectural Review Commission
Meeting: January 27, 2022
Attest, Terri Asendorf-Hyde, Secretary
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