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• From: Katherine Cinninger To: Adam Toering Cc: Donat"s Construction; Elicia Feasel Subject: Re: August 20th Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:51:23 AM Dear Adam, Thank you so much for the time and effort you have spent reviewing our project. I really appreciate it, we are excited to move forward and get our house back to a reflection of how it once looked. We love this neighborhood and the beauty and uniqueness of each home, we want our home to shine and its historic nature to be apparent to all who see it. The front of the home will be exactly as it was, we love the look of it and are excited for Donat to just bring those same features back to life. However, we are hoping that you and the commission will allow us to use the composite cedar shingles on the addition, as the addition is not original to the home. If the addition were original to the 1928 home, I would completely understand having to use the original material of cedar, but since this is an addition I feel that it is in the best interest of all involved to use a material that will imitate the original, but also keep the home looking good for a long time to come. In all honesty, this is an expensive update for us and this is a one time shot, we will not be able to afford the repair of rotted cedar 'shingles every few years if we are asked to use real cedar. The side and rear of the home where the shingles would be is damp from the tree coverage and the real cedar never seems to fully dry out and it is rotting, both the shingles and now small portions of our roof that lay next to the shingles. Several areas are covered in moss and stripping away, and our fear is that we will have water damage as the cedar continues to spread wetness to areas of the roof. We need to use the composite shingles (which will look nearly identical to real cedar) to prevent the • damage caused by the real cedar and to keep the addition looking beautiful and fresh, not only for us, but our neighbors. My husband and I have three small children, and this is an exciting project for us, but also very expensive. We feel though that we have a duty to this neighborhood to keep our home looking updated and in keeping with the beauty of the neighborhood, and so we are happily prepared to take on these costs. We also hope to continue preserving our home down the road by restoring the inside as well. I hope that you will allow us to use the composite shingles, we are eager to get going on this project. We just love our home!! My husband is traveling for work on Monday, so I will not be able to attend the meeting, but I hope you know that we are one hundred percent behind the project and that the use of composite shingles will be such a weight off our minds going forward as we would not have to worry about upkeep and deterioration. Thank you!! Katherine Cinninger On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 6:35 PM, Adam Toering <atoering4a 5 uthbendin.gov> wrote: Ms. Cinninger and Donat's Construction — At the following link you will find the agenda and application packets (including for your • project) for next Monday's Historic Preservation Meeting, to be held at 5:30pm on the 13th I floor of the County -City Building. You — or a representative — are strongly encouraged to attend to advocate for your project.