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MINUTES -OF THE REGULAR MEETING of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Monthly Meeting County Commissioner's 7:30 p.m. Conference Room Monday January 19, 1998 7th Floor County --;-City Building' I. Call to Order. John Oxian, president of the commission, brought the. meeting to order at. 7:30 p.m. II. Roll Call Commission members present were:' John Borkowski,•Joann Sporleder, Adrian Fine;. John Oxian, Edward Talley, Catherine Hostetler & Janeanne Petra'ss. Commission staff present were: Rhonda Saunders Administrative Assistant and Aladean DeRose, counsel. Also attending the meeting -were: Stan'Molenda, Peg.Luecke, Robert L. Montel, Sherry L...Montel'and Don Sporleder. III. Public Hearing 'A. Certificate of Appropriateness Applications 1) 1202 Lincolnway East Rhonda Saunders read .the - staff report and "circulated photographs. 'Mr. Oxian asked if, the parking lot had been paved already. Mrs. Saunders stated'that it . had' been paved and that the new surface was, somewhat visible .in the photographs under -the snow. Mr. Talley -asked if,-the.parking lot.'was paved with asphalt. Mrs. Saunders stated that it was paved over with asphalt, and that the parking lot'has also been fully lined. Mr. Oxian stated that since the paving was finished then it'can also be assumed that the tree marked for .removal has been removed. Mrs. Saunders concurred. Mr. Talley stated that it was coincidental that the owners did not have enough money to rehabilitate the carriage house 'behind '1202 Lincolnway East,. but, they did have the money. to pave the, parking'. lot. Mr. Oxian agreed with 'Mr. Talley. Mr. Talley also found -it funny that the applicants had been in front of the Commission several •times with Certificate of Appropriateness"applicat ions and yet forgot that .they needed a Certificate of Appropriateness this. time.- Mr. Oxian again agreed with Mr. Talley Is summary of the situation. Mr. Talley asked if,the� leanency of the staff recommendation.was a result of some sort of agreement ,,with' the owners. Mr. Oxian stated --that in this situation the owner has complied with other. Commission requirements by, paving around the carriage house and not over it. It was asked if a building permit was issued for the paving of the parking lot. Mr. Oxian statedd-that Mrs. Saunders should 'notify, the' -building permit of the situation. Mr..' Fine ' moved to' approve the application .per the staff. recommendation with the. addition 'that a tree be planted on the'site to replace the tree that was lost. The location of the new tree would _be -'determined at a later time by the staff and the applicants. Mrs..Hostetler seconded the motion. Mrs. Sporleder.and Mr..Talley abstained. Mr..,Oxiin_ stated that he wanted to "rearrange the agenda, by placing the Nominating* Committee at.theend of the meeting, bringing the Standards and Maintenance Committee to the beginning - of the- meeting' and placing correspondence under New Business. -Mr.' Talley moved to suspend the agenda.