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MINUTES PRELIMINARY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
EMMA J. HARVAT HALL
June 13, 2019
MEMBERS PRESENT: Thomas Agran, Kevin Boyd, Zach Builta, Helen Burford, G. T.
Karr, Quentin Pitzen
MEMBERS ABSENT: Gosia Clore, Sharon DeGraw, Cecile Kuenzli, Lee Shope
STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow
OTHERS PRESENT: Tim Weitzel
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
By a vote of 5-1 (Builta, nay) the Commission recommends approval of the local landmark
designation for het property at 225 North Gilbert Street.
By a vote of 5-1 (Builta, nay) the Commission recommends approval of the local landmark
designation for het property at 229 North Gilbert Street.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Boyd called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA:
There was none.
PUBLIC HEARING LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION:
Hohenschuh-Hervert House, 225 North Gilbert Street.
Bristow said both local landmark applications are City-owned properties. They were properties
that had come up during the discussions for moving the Sanxay-Gilmore House. City Council
directed the City to purchase the two properties from Mercy Hospital in order to save them from
demolition, with the intention of local landmark designation.
Bristow said Tim Weitzel was hired as an architectural historian consultant to research the
history of the properties beyond the information found on the existing site inventory forms. This
was necessary to determine if either property was eligible for landmark designation and
exhibited the appropriate historic integrity. Weitzel performed a study of the two properties,
further developing the site inventory forms for each one and including a report on the process
and eligibility. Based on this report, it was determined they were eligible to bring before the
Commission for local landmark designation.
Weitzel presented the properties and began by noting Iowa City adopted a local ordinance
allowing designation of local districts and landmarks. He said the process to determine eligibility
for the local designation is similar to the National Register process, but the local designation
allows a higher level of review and regulation than provided for the National program. Since the
two are very similar, it has been established that local designations follow the National Register
criteria process. This has an added advantage that a future effort toward listing the property for
National Register has been evaluated.
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Because the two properties had initially been linked in their historic context, they were called the
Clara and Christian Hohenschuh House and the Hohenschuh second house. Because of this,
the report followed the format of a multiple property document. Weitzel said he did not find a
connection between the two establishing them as of the same context. So, they are being
recommended separately as two separate landmarks rather than a historic district.
For 225 North Gilbert Street, which was built in 1904 by Charles Mentzer, is called the
Hohenschuh-Hervert House. This house retains historic integrity and possesses historic
significance in the areas of Criterion A for association with patterns of events and trends in local
history, and Criterion C as an example of a significant and distinguishable entity whose
components may lack individual distinction.
Under Criterion A the building derives significance from the associations with second generation
immigrant families in the northside neighborhood of Iowa City, as well as the local tradition of
architectural salvage and reuse. There are secondary associations with the Spanish flu. Weitzel
said he did not really develop those further because it’s just one event – Christian’s death in the
house.
Under Criterion C, the building represents two distinct periods of time in construction trends in
Iowa City and has historic alterations which are more than 50 years old. This house serves as a
well-preserved example of local designer-builder craftsmanship, especially for architectural
salvage, remodeling work, and meets Criterion C. Weitzel said the level of skill in the
modifications to the building are quite extraordinary.
Weitzel said when he looks at the building, the house retains a high degree of historic integrity,
as seen from the exterior. In particular, the condition of the weatherboard and the millwork is
excellent. The exterior trim and millwork consist of typical cottage treatment of the period in
Iowa City with wall units covered in weatherboard, framed in band boards and corner boards
with quarter round pieces in the angle between the two corner boards. It was a typical trend.
The lower band board is capped with a water table. The upper band board has a bed mold at
the top. The window trim is an architrave type and the gable soffits terminate in a decorative
piece, something else you also see around town. The brackets are located under the
cantilevered portion of the bay-and-gable.
A slide of the interior shows a high degree of skill is exhibited in the interior trim work around the
doorway. It is architrave type with very tall base blocks. They have a floral motif carved in them.
On another interior image, the trim work is carried on through an uncased arched doorway.
Weitzel noted an uncased arched doorway is not right for the time period of a 1904 house. It
was much later, something you see in cottages following WWI. The trim flows right through that
doorway, indicating the fact that the house was altered by somebody who knew what they were
doing. Weitzel said the trim work isn’t really something you would find in a house of this type; it
is much more elaborate, indicating it was salvaged.
Another slide showed more of the trim work inside, how it follows around the room and the
finials in the corners. While possible it was built with the house, Weitzel’s interpretation was that
it was not, again, because they somehow managed to find salvage enough to go through that
arched doorway, which Mentzer would have been building. The other indications are the lack of
a fireplace in this room.
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On Slide 5 Weitzel pointed out a projection into the existing kitchen where a fireplace might
have been. This is also known from inference from the basement where there is a foundation for
a fireplace. He said these all indicate alterations to the property, but they were done very well,
using older material.
Bristow said Weitzel’s report indicates that he found the property eligible for the National
Register. The Commission needs to determine if each property meets Criteria A and B, with
Criterion A being significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archeology, and
culture, and Criterion B, possessing an integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and
workmanship. She said for this property it would be related to not only the events that Weitzel
outlined in his report, but also the people and the craftsmanship and skill exhibited in the
architecture.
Bristow said the property needs to meet at least one of Criteria C, D, E, or F. Staff recommends
it meets both C and D. Criterion C is associated with events that have made a significant
contribution to the broad patterns of our history such as the history of craftsmanship and
salvaging, but also the issue with the Spanish flu. Criterion D, associated with the lives of
persons significant in our past, the Hohenschuhs who were active in Iowa City society.
Boyd opened and closed the public hearing with no comments.
Builta thought this application was stretching the idea of historic versus old. He felt it was an old
house and wanted to know what made the residents historic. He thought every house at some
point had immigrants. He did not believe the remodeling had historic value.
Bristow noted the relationships between the immigrant families and how they were intermarrying
between the Germans and the Czech and there was this intermingling that was also related to
the breweries in that area. It was not only those connections, but also the fact that this was an
enclave of a specific group of Czech and German immigrants who were related to the beer
trade, related to things like the Foxhead Tavern. She said it’s not like the family from the
Hohenschuh Mortuary that’s on the National Register right now, but they were so well known in
society that their comings and goings and daily activities appeared in the paper regularly. While
we, looking back at history, might not see them as the most standout people like we would
some of the other builders and some of those types of people, at that time they were well known
enough to be society figures. Their local fame within our community and the ties to the buildings
in that area, along with the fact that this building has an integrity of construction and design that,
while it has changed over time, had achieved historic significance. Weitzel’s report and site
inventory forms fully developed the argument for this significance and presented it in detail.
Boyd thought landmarking this building, is appropriate in part because its owner would like us to
do so and also because it fit the criteria.
Bristow said the City contracted with an independent consultant who had professional
qualifications to further investigate and prove that the property met the requirements and was
eligible.
Bristow said the City requests the designation in order to protect the properties from demolition
or inappropriate future remodel retaining the integrity of at least these two houses in this historic
neighborhood.
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Karr stated he shared some of the concerns that had been brought up. He was trying to figure
out the City’s motivation.
Boyd said the City was already in negotiations with people to buy these houses as landmarks.
Bristow said last fall, before the consultant was hired, the City put out a request for proposals to
seek people interested in purchasing and using both houses for commercial properties, not
residential. A number of proposals were put in and the City has been in talks with various
groups. Since then, the consultant was hired and he has done his work determining their
landmark eligibility. When the timing was discussed, the potential owners always knew that the
properties would come up for landmark designation if eligible. Bristow said it was always the
City’s intention to landmark the properties.
Boyd said the folks that have interest in them are nonprofits. The idea, from the City’s
perspective, was to buy them, help make a transition from more heavily commercial districts into
neighborhoods by preserving the buildings that were there and think of a different use for them.
They had a lot of interest from a lot of different nonprofits. The idea was to help support
nonprofits. It wasn’t just to purchase them as historic landmarks. There was a bunch of other
priorities.
Agran thought it was helpful to remember this isn’t just being approved solely on one of those
criteria. It is meeting multiple criteria. He said if you are searching for our City’s story and our
City’s history, you will find it in a structure that is 120-130 years old.
Agran noted a consultant has said that it meets those qualifications and there happen to be
other benefits, which are outside the scope of this organization. Is this the most notable house
in Iowa City? No, but it is really well preserved. It meets the criteria. Agran did not believe that
landmarking a property would somehow make it less marketable or relevant. He said those who
submitted the RFIs for these properties were interested in having them as historic properties
and celebrating them.
Builta said he was concerned that the designation was no longer about the historic worth to the
community.
Boyd said some of the conversation taking place was about the larger context of other things
happening with these properties, but the Commission’s task was to decide if they meet enough
of the criteria to landmark them.
Burford said she was willing to talk about the larger scope. She said historic buildings have had
difficulty in Iowa City working with zoning to permit the use of a residence for a more creative
use. There has been a lot of resistance to that. She thought in this case they are trying to break
down that barrier and find a way to demonstrate how an historic structure or a residence can be
used creatively. Part of that, fortunately, is that both buildings do demonstrate they have
significant enough historic value and integrity to support that concept.
Bristow explained Iowa City historic districts encapsulate neighborhoods that includes properties
that are individually eligible for landmark status, whether on National Register or locally. Then
we have properties that just contribute to the district. We have properties that do not contribute
because either they were built in an inconsistent era, depending on the district, or they have
been altered significantly. Then we have non-historic buildings. Within our districts there are
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contributing buildings that we would never locally landmark, even if the owner came to us. We
would not say it is eligible because it is just contributing to the district. It contributes to the story
of the neighborhood, but it does not have enough significance individually. At the same time, if a
property owner outside of a district came to us and wanted to locally landmark their property, we
would have to look at it, just like we did with these. If you had a private owner who wanted to
locally landmark their property somewhere in town and it was eligible, it would be hard for the
Commission to say no to that owner.
Pitzen asked what craftsmanship was in the trim and why it was assumed to have been
salvaged. He thought it looked like something that could have been bought from a millwork
factory.
Regarding the craftsmanship, Weitzel said the trim was installed very well. It goes through every
closet. It goes through every doorway. There is no fireplace in the main room. In 1904 you
would have had a fireplace in this size of house and given the status and wealth of the family.
The footing, again, is there for the fireplace so it’s been sealed over. It’s gone, but there’s no
break in the trim across the front of that fireplace, so it’s been installed later.
Weitzel said Frank Hervert worked for a couple different firms that did brand new development.
They also specialized in remodeling houses and updating them. He would have had a ready
supply of trim work pulled out of old houses that people were updating to make them more
modern, which would make it less historic in those cases. But in this case, he salvaged that trim
and he’s put it in a very skilled way, into his own house.
Pitzen said he was a bit conflicted but believed he would say yea.
Karr said he was still completely on the fence because he could see both sides of this. He
understood the criteria to vote on.
Boyd asked if he would feel differently if the owner wasn’t the City.
Karr thought partly yes. He said he loved the idea of a nonprofit and said he would love to have
his office in a landmark. He also loved the idea of buffering the north side. He said he would be
completely on board and not conflicted at all if it was privately owned and that person said I
want it.
Agran said he has only lived in Iowa City during a relatively stable time of demolition. Since he
has lived here, the houses that house businesses and provide that buffer to downtown, whether
it’s the workers’ cottages, whether it’s the three houses that were demolished on Washington
Street, whether it’s any number of other ones, those places and those buffers that we so closely
associate with the identity of Iowa City are very few and far between. He said this is a party that
is interested in landmarking. They are selling to parties that are interested in being in a house
like this.
Agran said when reading the report, it meets the criteria. If the property owner said we really,
really do not want to landmark this, and of course sometimes we still do, you must make a
stronger case to get that super majority from Council, but that’s not the situation here. I think
that does set it apart, in addition to the greater context of what we’re preserving in terms of the
buffers to the neighborhoods in Iowa City.
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MOTION: Burford moved to approve the designation of the Hohenschuh-Hervert House
at 225 North Gilbert Street, as an Iowa City Historic Landmark based on the following
criteria for local designation: criteria A, B, C, and D. Agran seconded the motion. The
motion carried on a vote of 5-1 (nay Builta).
PUBLIC HEARING LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION:
Christian and Clara Dostal Hohenschuh House, 229 North Gilbert Street.
Weitzel this property is not eligible for Criterion C, which is architectural significance, because of
the vinyl siding. He said Clara Dostal married Christian Hohenschuh. Christian’s brother was
William Hohenschuh, associated with the historic mortuary on Linn Street. He was the county
coroner. Christian served as deputy coroner for a couple years. Both were well known. They
hired Jacob Hotz, who is a builder of many buildings in Iowa City, to build this house.
The Christian and Clara Dostal Hohenschuh House at 229 North Gilbert Street retains historic
integrity and possess historic significance under criterion A for association with events related to
broad patterns of our local history. He said the photos will illustrate the historic integrity of the
building.
Weitzel presented and discussed a series of slides. Slide 1: Exterior of the house. As second-
generation immigrants, Christian and Clara Hohenschuh were part of the northside
neighborhood immigrant community. Christian was a German-American Catholic and Clara’s
family was Czech-American Catholic. Their daughter also married a member of the northside
Czech immigrant community, and he happened to be the nephew of Emma Harvat, who this hall
is named for. Their daughter Loretta married an American-born man from Cedar Rapids who
was a postal carrier, so there was some assimilation. Christian and Clara were frequently the
subject of society columns and other items in the newspaper. Christian worked at the St. James
Hotel on Clinton Street where he had a shop with Carrie Wieneke. When his health got bad, he
sold his share, but he continued to work there the rest of his life until he was too ill to work. As a
result, he was part of the University community. People came there and shopped at his store.
He was always in the society columns for something, often his health. They entertained visitors
in their homes and appeared to have been well known and well liked. There was one event in
the paper where they had a card game and 400 people in their house.
Slide 2 showed the interior stairway. Both families appear to have been fairly wealthy. Christian
grew up in a merchant’s home across the street from his adult home at 229 Gilbert Street. Clara
was the daughter of a skilled artisan and merchant in the brewery business. They held other
property prior to purchasing the north third of lot 1, block 58, which is the same property the
Wentz house is on, so all three of these properties were on lot 1, block 58. They hired the firm of
Jacob J. Hotz to construct the house in 1898.
Slide 3: Hotz, who was invested in numerous businesses, as well as being an alderman and
county clerk, also circulated in the northside German immigrant community. Though he was
from New York, he was a second-generation German American. His family had immigrated from
Germany before he was born. It is unproven, but likely his influence helped get the house
published in a promotional publication featuring Iowa City businesses. The building appeared on
one page with several other buildings built by Hotz’s company around 1898.
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The next slide showed an illustration in what’s called The Commercial Magazine, volume 1,
number 1, was for Iowa City, IA. Weitzel was not able to find any other versions of it. This
lithograph-filled publication is available at the historical society.
Following an early retirement due to Christian’s health, the Hohenschuh family left their home
for Denver, where Clara’s family had retired. Dostal was the owner of the Iowa Brewing
Company, which is where Bluebird is now. When they returned, they built a second home
adjacent to the first home, as we just discussed, but one that was still on one level for Chris’
health apparently. When Christian died of influenza outbreak in 1918, Clara returned to 229
North Gilbert Street and lived there with her daughter.
Slide 4: Clara eventually sold the house to Mary, who fairly quickly divested of it to a long-term
tenant who was Mary Keating. Mary Keating was a second-generation Irish immigrant,
prominent in the history of Veterans’ Administration Hospital.
Weitzel again pointed out the high level of historic integrity in the interior of this building. At this
time, it is not possible to make a recommendation regarding Criterion C because of the vinyl
siding on the outside. At the point the vinyl siding is removed, it could be re-evaluated for
architecture under Criterion C. Weitzel said he spoke with the State Historic Preservation Office
about that assessment and they agreed that the integrity on the inside is superb. The exterior,
unfortunately, has vinyl siding and that would generally not warrant Criterion C evaluation, but
they do list properties that are criterion A without consideration of the siding on the outside when
you have a high level of context and also integrity on the interior.
Weitzel said at this time, only Criterion A can be recommended despite being a very good
interior of the house.
Karr wondered how much siding needed to be removed to determine Criterion C eligibility.
Weitzel said only couple pieces. He said the goal would be to establish that the wood is there.
Sometimes people work too hard and they take the wood siding off before they put on the vinyl
siding.
Bristow said Staff was confident the wood siding is still under there. While not included, Staff
feels that it meets E, because if you look at even the photograph of it with the vinyl siding and
compare it to the published image, there is a high chance that nothing has changed on this
house. You can see detailing such as the curve that’s in the gable front window that’s in the
published image that still exists now. Some of those details would be so much easier to square
off and simplify and cover with vinyl, so since they still show Staff is confident that E is met here,
at least enough for us at the local level. The National Register always has a little bit more
stringent qualifications than we would with any property. In this case, the Commission could
decide it meets E and Staff would agree with that. The vinyl siding is the only thing that would
cause a problem at the National Register level.
Pitzen asked if the windows were wrapped with anything.
Weitzel said they had been wrapped in aluminum.
Karr noted they looked recessed from the picture.
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Builta said this does not meet requirement A at all. He did not believe the people to have
historical value, even if they were great people.
Boyd opened and closed the public hearing.
MOTION: Burford moved to approve the designation of the Christian and Clara Dostal
Hohenschuh House, 229 North Gilbert Street, as an Iowa Historic Landmark based on the
following criteria for local designation: Criteria A, B, and C. Agran seconded the motion.
The motion carried on a vote of 5-1 (nay Builta).
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS:
219 South Summit Street – College Hill Conservation District (garage demolition).
Bristow explained this is a difficult case because the work has already been completed and the
Commission must review it as if it is not yet complete. This is a contributing house in the College
Hill Conservation District.
Bristow shared an image from 2017, as well as a current picture. She received a great number
of calls about the roof on this property because it was recently covered in agricultural metal
roofing. Bristow said roofs are not regulated in conservation districts, if they were this type of
roof would not be appropriate on an historic property and is the reason why we do regulate roofs
in Historic districts.
Bristow said that the reason this house is before the Commission is that the garage, originally
built with the house, had been demolished, work completed without a permit. She shared
Assessor photos from 2009 and 2012 showing the garage in good condition. In 2010 the
Housing inspector said the garage and house needed to be painted. This work was completed.
Photos from 2017 show portions of the garage that did not exhibit deterioration.
The application for the demolition that the owners recently submitted claimed that they sought
approval of demolition based on deterioration of the garage. Bristow said that while we do not
have photos of the garage immediately prior to the demolition, past photos did not show
evidence of deterioration. She said Housing inspectors visit this property as often as they visit
any other rental property and had only pointed out a need for painting that one time. Nothing
else was ever mentioned about the garage.
Bristow noted things that typically would indicate deterioration of a garage, including cracking
slabs, settling where the garage becomes out of plumb and water can get in, and deterioration
of the door.
She noted some waviness of the remaining retaining wall, but it wasn’t certain if that happened
during demolition or not. She noted there was a curb where the door met the concrete to protect
it from moisture. Despite this, if the door had deteriorated, they could have sought approval to
replace the door.
Bristow said it is not known why they removed the garage. It could have been so they can
create an extra parking pad. It was a small garage. They claim it was 9 x 10. If it was 9 x 10 and
the Commission denied their application, they could be required to reconstruct it because that
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doesn’t need setbacks. It was actually a 10 x 20 garage so zoning code will not allow this
garage to be reconstructed.
She said the Commission needs to decide if they would have approved the demolition of this
garage. Approval of demolition of a significant outbuilding needs to be based on the fact that it is
structurally unsound. If the Commission would approve it, then the vote should be to approve
their application and they would be sent a certificate of appropriateness. They would apply for a
demolition permit, pay the fee, and we would be done. If the Commission determines they
cannot approve this, we send them a denial of certificate of appropriateness, they receive a
citation for doing a demolition within an historic district and pay court costs. Since it is a rental
property, it is a citation that goes against their record. It might be the only one they have, but
that’s the extent of what happens here. Staff has not found any sign that this garage has ever
been deteriorated beyond needing painting, and that was done the following year.
Boyd noted the only thing the Commission should consider is the application for demolition of
the garage. The Commission should not take into consideration any possible consequences
since it is already down.
Burford asked if the owner was aware of the review.
Bristow said the owner was told she needed to put in an application for a demolition permit and
she was sent a copy of the Staff report. She knew she wasn’t supposed to take down the
garage. Bristow spoke with the owner this morning. Historic preservation regulations and
housing and building permit regulations do not allow lack of knowledge or ignorance as an
excuse to not meet requirements.
MOTION: Agran moved to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the garage
demolition project at 219 South Summit Street as presented in the application. Karr
seconded the motion. The motion failed on a vote of 0-6.
REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF
Certificate of No Material Effect – Chair and Staff Review.
409 Grant Street – Longfellow Historic District (retaining wall reconstruction).
This property is noncontributing. It is an infill property that needed review because the retaining
walls are attached to the house, related to the architecture of the house, and necessary in order
to have a garage on the house - historically always there. The contractor hopes to tie them back
with pins and plates, but that might not happen or solve the problem, so they sought approval to
reconstruct if needed.
Minor Review – Staff Review.
1121 Seymour Avenue – Longfellow Historic District (roof shingle replacement).
Bristow said this was not a certificate of no material effect solely because they had inappropriate
three-tab shingles and they are putting on appropriate architectural shingles.
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412 North Linn Street – Northside Historic District (roof shingle replacement on bay).
Bristow explained that for 412 North Linn Street the contractor put in an application to replace
the original cedar shingles on the tiny little bump-out. The application was approved even
though it will remove some of the only original material still left on this house. Even so, Bristow
noted this house could be contributing if it had its porch reconstructed.
718 North Johnson Street – Brown Street Historic District (site stair railing installation).
Bristow noted this property is in a little row of very well cared for houses. The owner wanted to
put in a handrail to help her personal accessibility at her site stairs. When Staff reviewed the site
and the neighboring properties, everybody had a slightly elaborate little black handrail, so Staff
did approve her to have a little more craftsman detailing than typical because it fit in with the
neighborhood and it is in an historic district.
919 East Washington Street – College Hill Conservation District (site stair and railing
replacement).
The property management company for this property and the neighboring property, 923 East
Washington Street, is replacing the concrete site stairs and the handrails on both with a simple
black metal rail.
923 East Washington Street – College Hill Conservation District (site stair and railing
replacement).
426 North Gilbert Street – Northside Historic District (garage roof shingle replacement).
Bristow said this application is just to replace the shingles on the garage. They are putting on
the proper shingles so, once the house needs to be reshingled, it will match the garage.
701 East College Street – College Green Historic District (house and garage roof shingle
replacement).
This is a key property in the College Green Historic District. This house has been having some
work done over the past couple years, including recent painting and picking out a little bit of the
detailing about the windows. Now it is reroofed. The garage is being reshingled, as well.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR MAY 9, 2019
MOTION: Karr moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission’s May 9,
2019 meeting. Agran seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 6-0.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR MAY 23, 2019
MOTION: Agran moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission’s May
23, 2019 meeting. Pitzen seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 6-0.
COMMISSION INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION:
Retiring Commissioner.
Bristow thanked retiring Commissioner, Zach Builta, for his service, noting he was the first
University student to serve on the Historic Preservation Commission in recent years.
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Builta said he was happy to have participated. He said it was great to get to know the
Commissioners and his community. He noted we all want the best for Iowa City.
Clinton Street/Railroad Depot District.
Bristow said all the property owners have decided to contest having their district listed on the
National Register with the State, so it will be proceeding as a determination of eligibility only. It
will go through the State review and the National Park Service review so they can make that
determination of eligibility.
Boyd and Bristow noted once eligibility is determined, if there were new property owners who
purchased from the current property owners, they could go back and seek a National Register
listing for that district.
Special Meeting.
Bristow said there would be no meeting on July 11th. She wanted to know if Commissioners
would be available for a special meeting on July 25th, if needed. At the time of this meeting, no
applications had been received needing urgent approval.
Officers.
Builta reminded the Commission they would need a new vice-chair.
Bristow agreed an officer election was needed. She will check the by-laws to see if it must be
done at their next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: Builta moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Agran.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Judy Jones
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ATTENDANCE RECORD
2018-2019
NAME
TERM
EXP. 8/9 8/23 9/13 10/11 11/08 12/13 1/10 2/14 3/14 4/11 5/09 5/23 6/13
AGRAN,
THOMAS 6/30/20 X X X O/E X X O/E O/E X O/E O/E X X
BOYD,
KEVIN 6/30/20 X X X X X X X X X X OE X
BUILTA,
ZACH 6/30/19 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
BURFORD
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