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he nor the Commission could agree to wrapping the windows and soffits. Commissioner Talley moved the issue be put into the Standards and Maintenance Committee. President Oxian said he wanted a new COA filed. Mrs. DeRose asked for clarification on the motion. Commissioner Talley moved to deny the COA application and said if a new COA application is made the Standards and Maintenance shall review the COA prior to it coming before the Commission. Commissioner Bullene seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Bonney inquired what he needed to do now. Mr. Duvall said better specs were required. Mr. Bonney explained that is what he had come to the Commission meeting for this evening. He said the owner just wanted to improve the look of the house. Mr. Bonney asked what additional specs he needed. President Oxian responded that Mr. Bonney had heard the motion and knew what the Commission wanted for specs. 6. Riverside Drive --RSD-LHD-- streetlighting Mrs. Darcia O'Blenis of 934 Riverside Drive brought before the Commission a petition from property owners in the Riverside Drive Local Historic District regarding the meter boxes proposed for the streetlighting. Mrs. O'Blenis explained the petition represented over 50% of the homeowners in the Riverside District and that of the people asked to sign the petition, only one did not sign because he felt he did not have enough information. She said otherwise every person who was asked, signed the petition. Mrs. O'Blenis said she knew that one of the meter boxes would be either on her property or on the property line between her house and 930 Riverside Drive owned by Brian and Susan Coulter, but she.was not proposing the box be moved to a different yard. She said the parents of an autistic child who lives close to her home asked her to speak on their behalf stating their concern for the safety of the child who is fascinated by dials and numbers. She said there was a concern for the autistic child's safety around the box as well as the safety of her own child. Mrs. O'Blenis explained she felt she and the other property owners had not received proper due process on the meter boxes. She presented a photograph to the Commission which she believed to be the style of the box to be installed in front of her property although she indicated she was not certain because she had heard different information from different people. Mr. Brian Coulter of 930 Riverside Drive explained he had additional concerns that the box was going to be an eyesore. Mr. Coulter said secondly he was concerned with the process by which this had been brought up. He said he had sat and listened to nit-picking at people by the Commission which is supposed to regulate the authenticity of a historic area and now he was being told that there were two boxes that were going to be placed somewhere on Riverside Drive. He said the residents were asking that if they had to live up to certain standards, the Commission should be held to those standards as well. Mr. Coulter noted the residents wanted some alternatives such as putting them in an alley or somewhere not quite so much in view. He said he wanted some thought to be put into the placement of these boxes. Mrs. O'Blenis pointed out Mr. Littrell had gone on record as saying the meters were not going to be pretty, and when she saw this one she cried. President Oxian stated in the original motion, the Commission was going to give 60 days for the Riverside Drive residents to comment on the proposal, but