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REGULAR MEETING November 13, 2017 Mr. Boyd stated that Commissioner Molnar suggested that the HPC work with the Department of Community Investment,regarding neighborhood resources. He also stated that he had submitted a quote for the flat roof to the HPC at the previous appeal, dated August 27th, 2013, in which the membrane of the roof was quoted at$23,000, which was why he went with an asymmetrical roof. Mr. Boyd stated that transcripts of the meetings with the HPC are available that can corroborate his statements. Referring to Ms. Feasel's statements regarding the HPC attempting to aid him, Mr. Boyd stated that transcripts would reveal that there were discussions with Legal regarding drawing up citations against him. Mr. Boyd concluded by asking the Council for help with this situation. Before leaving the podium, Mr. Boyd present the notice of the hearing which, he stated,was still sealed, and arrived a week after the municipal administrative meeting. IV—Questions from Councilmember Gavin Ferlic: Councilmember Gavin Ferlic asked Mr. Boyd what the date of the postmark on the notice was, to which Mr. Boyd responded, It's June 14th, 2017. Councilmember Ferlic asked Mr. Boyd for the date of the meeting, which was June 19th, 2017. Councilmember Ferlic confirmed that the notice was sent before the meeting, and also that, despite that, Mr. Boyd received it a week after the meeting. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic asked the HPC what the differences between the two (2) COA applications were, asking in addition whether or not the applications were completely identical. Ms. Feasel stated that it was the written portion of the application that had changed. IV.a—Questions from Councilmember Karen White: Councilmember Karen White asked if the HPC had gotten in contact with Code Enforcement and the Building Department regarding this matter, given what Ms. Feasel stated regarding the matter being an issue for safety agencies. Ms. Feasel stated that there was a recent Code Enforcement meeting in which the roof was found to be in violation of code, but the whole process was restarted by Mr. Boyd's submission of another application of a COA. So long as this appeal process goes on, Ms. Feasel explained, the involvement of the Building Department and Code Enforcement is put on hold. Ms. Ecker stated that it is not clear, at this point, whether or not there are safety issues at play, but that those assessments cannot be made until this appeal process is complete. Ms. Feasel stated that an inspection process should have taken place before the submission of a second COA application. Councilmember White stated that, from what she has gathered from statements made this evening, mistakes were made in terms of communication between the HPC and Mr. Boyd. Ms. Feasel asked if Councilmember White was referring to the circumstances surrounding the first application, to which Councilmember White responded that she was. Ms. Ecker stated that the circumstances surrounding the first application have no bearing on the current appeal and are only relevant insomuch that the proposals made in both applications are very similar, and the Council upheld the HPC's previous denial of a COA to Mr. Boyd. Councilmember White stated, I'm fully aware of that. IV.b—Question from Councilmember Oliver Davis: Councilmember Oliver Davis asked Mr. Boyd what the difference between the two (2)proposals is. Mr. Boyd stated, The difference is that what was submitted to me was for a whole roof. We also gave them an estimate—I think it was between$8,000 and$10,000—to complete the whole building in order to satisfy them. In the last appeal, which was in June, we only asked to roof half of the building. IV.c— Questions from Councilmember Dr. David Varner: 14