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REGULAR MEETING
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, I want to make sure, in terms of
<br />who looked at the structure of the roof —that was not at the earf,
<br />the earlier hearing?
<br />Mr. Klusczinski responded, No.
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<br />record: the licensed engineer
<br />hearing? It wasn't evidence at
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, What about the sworn statement y the Building Commissioner
<br />that he made a mistake? Was that entered into the record or takeo into consideration?
<br />Mr. Klusczinski responded, Not at that time.
<br />Mr. Hummer responded, Not at that time, Councilwoman. We actually reached out to him. We
<br />were trying to figure out what happened here with this. So, we obtained that from him to show
<br />that we did not have an application for a Certificate of Appropri teness.
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, And when you purchase —I ass e, Mr. Boyd was the original
<br />purchaser of this property at the time of purchasing —you know that it's a historic property?
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, You're asking me?
<br />Councilmember Broden responded, Yes.
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, When I purchased it and reached out to the HPC, the historic preservation
<br />specialist came to the property —I invited him to come through the property and possibly do
<br />some type of assessment. I don't have any paperwork on that. I did know it was historic, and I
<br />did reach out to them and I spoke with the Director Cathy Hostetler, and I told her that I wanted
<br />to roof the building, that it was exposed to the elements and som thing needed to happen. I
<br />explained to her that it needed a roof and she said, "Well, what kind of a roof are you
<br />considering ?" and I said, "Metal." If you look on that permit, it says, "Metal." This building
<br />never had a metal roof. Metal was considered because I figured it would be the cheapest thing to
<br />put on it, so as far as an RME or a COA, ABC, EBD, I don't un erstand what they're talking
<br />about. I just know that she gave me a piece of paper that said th I could start putting the roof on
<br />the building. So, that was my understanding.
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, So, you were or weren't aware of the Group B standards?
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, I wasn't. I wasn't given that until last year, I think before the hearing or
<br />something. They said that there's some kind of guidelines that I'm supposed to follow.
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, And whose responsibility is that ypically to be aware or to
<br />become aware of those standards?
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, I don't know. When I purchased the prope y, I reached out to them about
<br />fixing the property. No paperwork was given to me. So...
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, Yet, you knew you'd purchased a historic house?
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, Yes. That's right. When I applied for a pe it from the Building
<br />Department, I was given a permit and told I could roof the build ng with a gabled roof, and I
<br />gave them the blueprints, so I thought everything was correct.
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, So, the RME was specific to a re oof?
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, A partial reroot or repair, I guess, is what 1 hey're saying.
<br />Councilmember Broden asked, Pivoting off of that, an additiona I story was added?
<br />Mr. Boyd responded, The back portion— there's a one (1) story garage. There was a flat roof that
<br />was there at one time. We gutted that and also took out the garage door to repair that—it was
<br />dilapidated. Upon trying to recreate a flat roof, it wasn't successful, so we decided we would
<br />structurally put in just a one (1) story add -on. Nothing too fancy for the neighborhood to the back
<br />of the property. In the past, HPC has approved thatadd-ons to the rear, because it's not at the
<br />face of the building. According to HPC-
<br />Councilmember Broden interjected, They had approved that in
<br />cases? In other buildings?
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<br />case? Or just in general
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