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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING, of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Monthly MeetingCounty Commissioner's 7:30 p.m. Conference Room Monday December 15,.1997 7th Floor County -City Building - I. Call to Order John Oxian, president.of the -commission,' brought the meeting to order'at•7:35 P.M.. II. Roll'Call' Commission members present were:.John Borkowski, Martha Choitz,'Adrian Fine., John.Oxian, Joann Sporleder, Catherine Hostetler, & Jerry Wiener. Commission staff present was:, David Duvall, director .& Rhonda Saunders, administrative assistant. Also attending .the meeting were:. -Mr & Mrs. Bickel, Don Sporleder, Steve Moerlein and Mr. Kil. III. Public Hearing- Mrs..-Sporleder earingMrs._ Sporleder moved to' alter the order of the agenda 'so that the Standards and Maintenance Committee report would be first. Mrs.. Choitz seconded the motion. The motion passed-unanimously.- A: assed unanimously:A: Standards and Maintenance Mr. -Fine noted that the Standards and MaintenanceCommitteemet a couple of weeks ago to look over, the Certificate of Appropriateness applications that were submitted by the. owners of 1704 East Wayne -Street and 1208 Lincolnway East. 1.--1704 East Wayne Mr. Fine stated that'the house had rotting cedar -siding that the -owners wanted to replace with vinyl' -siding. He noted that the committee had met with the _ owners, Mr. & Mrs. Bickel, who were present, to_discussed the condition of the existing cedar siding. .'Mr.. Fine further rioted that Mr.'Duvallhad gone to the site -and examined the siding. After hearing- Mr. Duvall's report and .the owners,testimony the committee came to the conclusion that the existing siding was.in.a serious .state of deterioration with a severe moisture problem and that to solve this problem the existing siding would have to be removed. Mr. Fine stated that the committee and, the owners then discussed what should be used to replace the cedar siding, either new cedar shingles or, vinyl siding. - - The decision, came down to which option would best 'replicate the. existing sidingwith its 14 inch ,width and which option was the most economically feasible. The committee meeting. adjourned so that a search - could_ be made to see if such siding.existed and to get further prices on other alternatives._ Mr. Fine stated that. the committee and -the owners met again prior to tonights 'meeting, at which time it was decided- that there is no vinyl siding,. which resembles the existing cedar siding, in todays market. -Mr. Fine stated that the committee decided -to -allow, for this case only due to its special, circumstances; the replacement -of the existing cedar -siding with the proposed Dutch Lap vinyl siding. He, furthernoted thatthe proposed siding does -not replicate the existing,scale,,of the c . edar siding,- however, at thistimethere„ does not appear to be anything on the market- that does replicate it. Mrs. Choitz further noted that the current siding,is 14, inches wide -and that there