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MINUTES Third Floor Conference Room County/City Building 7:30 p.m. --County Council Caucus Room (Room 411) February 18, 1991 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. II. Roll Call Members Present: Mr. John Oxian, Mrs. Janeanne Petrass, Mr. Herb Herendeen, Mrs. Joann Sporleder, Mr. Odell Newburn, Mr. Jed Eide, Mrs. Jean Dennen, Mrs. Lori Dixon - Director, Mr. James Pastor - Survey Manager, Mrs. Gloria Gaytan - Secretary. Members Absent: Mrs. Martha Choitz, Mr. Bill Welsheimer, Ms. Aladean DeRose - City Attorney. Others Present: Mr. David Bowyer, Dwight King Jr., Ms. Mary Hendricksen III. Public Hearing A. Certificate of Appropriateness 1077 Riverside Dr. - RD There was a review of a C. of A. that had been approved in December. A request for variance was made by the contractor David Bowyer, developer for Peacock and Company, representing the owner. The contractor wished to install two window units flanking the chimney which were smaller than the approved sashes. Specifically, the width of the sashes were 5" less and that brought the radius of the quarter rounds down to 13" also, the radius was 5" shorter. According to Mr. Pastor that was less area than the existing windows. Basically, a variation of what was formally approved. Mr. Oxian asked how could the purpose of the project, which was to increase ventilation, natural light and river view, be justified if the window was being made smaller? Mr. Bowyer replied that the confusion arose due to the way the windows had been sized. The glass size and sash size had been getting intermixed. The windows drawn on the original proposal, which had been rejected, were ones using a twenty-four inch sash size, they were too large. They crowded the molding too much. Therefore, in keeping with what