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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY JUIZ 21, 2008 13 Floor Conference Room County – City Building, South Bend, Indiana Members Present: Linda Riley, Tim Klusczinski, Todd Zeiger, Lynn Patrick, Mary Jane Chase Staff Present: Amy Herdman, Larry Meteiver, Catherine Hostetler Absent: Jerry Ujdak, David Sassano Also Present: M. Patricia Hackett, Timothy Lykowski, Frederick Helmen, Stan Kubica, Philip Mata, Mike Pfeil, Jerry Niezgodski, Neal Nowak CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL: President Tim Klusczinski called to order at 7:02 pm. Quorum was duly established. Linda Riley arrived after roll call, and was acknowledged. I. PUBLIC HEARING Application Number: 2008-0606 Property Location: 631 LWT and 625 LWE Property Owner: Verl Sheets and Eve M. Pierce as Trustee of Eva M. Pierce Rev. Trust Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Rating: Non-contributing and a vacant lot STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: The house was built in 1900 by George F. Geyer who owned it until his death in 1930 when it was inherited by Mattie Geyer Gardner. The Geyer family —had been using the house as a rental since 1921. Dean Gardner, Mattie's, husband, sold the house in 1948 to harlotte Jacobs. It was the Jacobs family who constructed the commercial addition on the front of the house round 1955 APPLICATION ITEMS: Install wood fence for property security and appearance. The front being at the set back of 621 LWE. (Exhibit A) EDGEWATER PLACE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: I. THE ENVIORNMENT B. Building site, Landscaping and Accessories: Recommended: New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the buildings that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should be removed. Prohibited: No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing old plants, trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings and other site elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots not paved nor blacktopped. Fronts yard areas shall not be fenced, with the exception of properties along Lincoln Way, which may be fenced, but not with enclosed stockade -type fencing. RECOMMENDATION: The fence will be wood stockade fencing along the rear and side of the property and chain link across the front and other side of the property to match current fencing applications. Staff recommends approval. (Exhibit B.) Petitioner not present at the meeting. Klusczinski: In that case, Chair will move ahead. Chair recognizes any Commissioners with discussion of the project. Unfortunately, we won't have the testimony of the petitioner here to answer any questions but we can certainly consider anything here before we move to public hearing. Anyone have any questions or comments? Chase: I do. So, presently there's a chain link fence?