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216 Sassano: And so 1 just like the idea that we're not precluding other future options here. 217 That to me is very valuable. 218 Klusczinski: You had something Linda? 219 Riley: I'd like to speak in favor of this, I was presently surprised to see that the staff �0 91 recommended this after all that we've been through. When you look at these windows, 249 unless you go right up to these windows and bang them and knock on them, you're not 222 going to know the difference between the ones that they want to put in and the old ones. If 223 you saw the window in his house, some of the window frames that the glass fits in is so 224 rotted that it would have to be replaced anyway. The only difference being you're going to 225 probably have a majority of the wood replaced, you're going to lose the original glass 226 which is wavy and unique. 227 Sassano: No, you can repair that wood without losing the glass, you can epoxy fill that. 228 Riley: Well... 229 Chase: We've brought that up a number of times. 230 Riley: Well, ok, but I would like to see him have an energy efficient house and it's not going 231 to lookfrom the street like... 232 Sassano: I think that it's also important to note that in this area of the house, either for now 233 or for opening to wall opening is significantly, is... in other words there's far more window 234 opening than wall opening. I do think that it's worth noting that when we look at a lot of 235 the other windows there's a lot of wall in this house and I'm not sure that the gain to 236 energy efficiency is going to be as great as sealing cracks, as insulating, as things like that. 237 Throughout the rest of the house, we're looking at a much smaller percent of the openings. 238 But you know I can appreciate the value in this one spot where it's almost all glass. So I do 239 see this as a somewhat unique condition in this house due to percentage of window to wall. 240 Klusczinski: And how would future boards or petitioners differentiate that particular 241 aspect especially when those qualifications aren't spelled out in the guidelines? 242 Sassano: I appreciate your question. 243 Klusczinski: I think that any window in this house is now at libertyfor change because of 4 these four. 5 Sassano: Sure. 246 Klusczinski: If these are original, those are too. 247 Sassano: Sure, I mean precedent is something that we always have to say, I can only offer - 248 that not being terribly familiar with the guidelines until recently, I'm a little surprised to 249 not see a specific set of statements regarding energy efficiency. I can only tell you that in 250 the Secretary of the Interior's standards, it says quite a bit about it. And maybe that's 251 something that we need to consider addressing. 252 Klusczinski: Did you have something to say, or were you... ? 253 Patrick: I'm just listening. 254 Klusczinski: Any one else with comments? 255 Chase: Am I to understand that this proposal would be acceptable to keep the look to the 256 original? 257 Klusczinski: I wouldn't want to comment on that. 258 Chase: And that's just what I needed to know if this proposal is going to duplicate the look 259 that's there with the change in glass to give you double pane and either repairing or 260 replacing pieces of wood. That this is going to solve the security in the home with a 261 warmer window vs changing the sill in all the way we talked. Is this proposal going to be 262 more to the original look? 263 Klusczinski: To each his own. 264 Sassano: My opinion is that visually the lines will be the same. 265 Chase: Ok. --266------------- Sassano: -The sticking point here is how one interprets the guidelines which could suggest -- 267 - that if the window can at all be repaired that it must be repaired. �8 Chase: Well that was our contention, but the problem with that was we didn't know if the _�9 fill pac could go in. 5