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Much of what the homeowner seeks would ordinarily be matters that could be staff approved. However, as we understand the Open Meetings Act, staff may not unilaterally modify a C of A granted by the commission at a public meeting, without bringing it again to the commission's attention at another public meeting. Staff recommends the issuance of a second Certificate of Appropriateness, approving all new items listed in this amendment to the original application, specifically the following: 1. Removal of the existing white aluminum siding, and replacement with white vinyl siding having a five inch or a six inch reveal. 2. Installation of trim around all windows to replicate the original brick mold as near as possible. 3. Install wood trim corner boards at the house corners, similar to those originally there. 4. Add a frieze board under the eaves of the house similar to that originally existing. 5. Add vents under the eaves on the front and back of the house to create airflow in the attic pursuant to architect recommendations. 6. All approvals and conditions in the Certificate of Appropriateness issued June 18 remain in effect. BOB JONES: We have removed some of the siding from around one of the side windows on the house to examine what was there and we found some narrow wooden brick mold siding. We have also found some corner boards on one side of the house when we removed some of the siding from that area. We have not removed any siding yet from the front of the house so we are not sure how much of the original trim we will still find. When we remove the rest of the siding if we do find any original trim we will use it and if there is any wood trim missing we will have it replicated and replaced on the house. If for some reason all or most of the original trim is missing then we will try and replicate the trim as close as possible to what we think would have been on the house at that time. We did remove some of the aluminum siding which is eight inches wide from the house and were able to see the original siding underneath which is only six inches wide. We have been advised by both our architect and our builder that it is not a good idea to put such wide siding on the seams because the seams become more obvious and they do not fit as well. Our builders looked around and found that so far the closest he can come to the original reveal is five inches. The builder is going to keep looking to see if we can find a closer match than the five inch reveal. We are going to remove the shutters that are on the house and when we are finished we are going to reinstall them onto the house. There is also one set of shutters missing from the house. We later found this pair of missing shutters in the attic and we are trying to determine if we can repair them or if they are beyond repair. We are still planning on reinstalling this pair of shutters back onto the house either by repairing the old pair of shutters or having the pair of shutters replicated if possible. We also want to repaint this pair of shutters to closely match the original color of the shutter that we have already found.