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and structural features. Exceptions to this community covenant must be objectively justified and <br />ordered by this commission when that prime directive is not feasible. Feasible implies cost- <br />effective, affordable — rather than a preference for new options and conveniences. In that vein I <br />believe it is the duty of the petitioner to prove that restoration is not a feasible alternative-while it <br />is our duty to make an informed and objective decision. Remember that exceptions to standards <br />are universally expected. From page 82 of the Chapin Park Guidebook: "In making its <br />determination, the Historic Preservation Commission shall consider three factors:... first, the <br />appropriateness of the proposed work to the preservation of the building and district, second, the <br />detriment to the public welfare if the proposed work is permitted even though it is not deemed <br />appropriate third, the potential hardship that the denial of the Certificate of Appropriateness . <br />would cause the applicant. " For the past few years this Commission has been a partner with <br />Historic Landmarks of Indiana and its former Community Preservation Specialist, Bob Yapp. <br />From this relationship, we've endorsed a philosophy to educate the public in restoration <br />techniques while promoting this initiative as a cost-effective strategy. Windows have been a key <br />topic of discussion with a clear emphasis toward restoration. I am aligned with that approach <br />and 1 pray that this commission also supports it. " Thank you. <br />LP: Thank you. <br />JS: May I respond to that? Because the standards as written are extremely inconsistent. And it <br />depends who makes the interpretations. It says inappropriate new windows and door feature, <br />such as. metal, vinyl, fiberglass, awnings, hoods or aluminum insulating glass combinations that <br />require removal of original windows and doors shall not be installed. If this actually means what <br />it appears to say, that insulated glass is never going to be allowed in restored windows if in fact <br />that is what is meant by this bit of confusion because later on, it says if you decide that it's <br />beyond repair, it can be used so there is a confusion in the standards which is not very clear. If <br />you ... I'm kind of addressing this to you Shawn, if you'd sort that out, because the standards are <br />not consistent, and I said that when we were reviewing these standards, and I underlined them <br />and they never got fixed. And so I'm reiterating that because now we're bunched into this thing <br />because it says IF new sashes are installed, original materials should be used. Sashes are not, if <br />they're going to be new, they're not the original. It doesn't make any sense. <br />MC: That's a paraphrase. <br />JS: Well, if it's a paraphrase, it shouldn't be in here, it should be quoted exactly. The whole <br />statement... <br />LP: I think that we're at the point where we're parsing the words about the standards... Wayne? <br />WD: I'd like to give a little education to the members of the Commission. Insulated glass .... glass <br />is a terrible insulator. It is the distance between two pieces ofglass that will give you the <br />insulated value. <br />JS: Exactly. <br />WD: The further apart those two pieces of glass are the better insulation factor comes into play. <br />The other real difficulty that I have with the double paned window is that many of them lose their <br />gas and when they do that, they leak. Then moisture comes in. You can talk to almost anybody <br />that's had replacement windows, and that's something that's happened to many, many people. <br />You then have to replace the entire piece of glass. <br />JS: That's right. <br />WD: You've got to replace it. So, that's uh, a little window stuff. <br />CH: I have to concur with Wayne on this because I was at the Center for History, I'm on their <br />finance committee, and they had to completely replace all of those windows in the Carriage <br />House restoration that were not, that were probably put in, brand new, insulated glass, not more <br />than IS years, maybe not even 12 years ago. At a cost of $10,000, they had to re-replace them. <br />New windows. <br />LP: I know what you're talking about, we replaced all the windows in our house, my mom and <br />dad's house, the new people. We replaced them again; they didn't last even 10 years. Did you <br />have a motion that you wish to make about this because it seems that we still have questions. <br />
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