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Date: October 18, 2021 Late Handouts Distributed
To: Mayor and City Council
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From: Staff Member of the Historic Preservation Commission
Re: Recommendation from Historic Preservation Commission (Date)
At their September 9, 2021 meeting the Historic Preservation Commission made the following
recommendation to the City Council:
By a vote of 7-0 the Commission recommends that City Council direct Staff to research the Opt-
in Incentives for Local Landmarks developed in conjunction with the Iowa City Downtown
District and described in the September 1, 2021 memorandum to the Commission with the goal
of exploring these and other options and incentives and developing them into policy proposals
that appropriate city commissions and councils could later review.
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MINUTES APPROVED
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
EMMA J. HARVAT HALL
September 9, 2021
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Margaret Beck, Carl Brown, Kevin Boyd, Sharon DeGraw, Cecile
Kuenzli, Kevin Larson, Jordan Sellergren, Frank Wagner
MEMBERS ABSENT: Noah Stork, Deanna Thomann
STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow
OTHERS PRESENT: Nancy Bird
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
By a vote of 7-0 the Commission recommends that City Council direct Staff to research the Opt-
in Incentives for Local Landmarks developed in conjunction with the Iowa City Downtown
District and described in the September 1, 2021 memorandum to the Commission with the goal
of exploring these and other options and incentives and developing them into policy proposals
that appropriate city commissions and councils could later review.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Boyd called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA:
None.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS:
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HPC21-0071: 1133 East Court Street—Longfellow Historic District(demolition of original siding
and sheathing and installation of new sheathing, cement board siding, vapor barrier, and new
wood trim)
Bristow said that the applicant has requested a deferral to the October meeting. She said Staff
recommends honoring the request.
MOTION: Brown moved to defer consideration of the 1133 East Court Street Certificate of
Appropriateness to the October meeting. Kuenzli seconded.The motion carried on a vote
of 8-0.
HPC21-0081: 508 South Summit Street—Summit Street Historic District(rear demolition and
new rear addition)
Bristow said this house is a four square with an attached porch, a regular window pattern, a
hipped roof, paneled balustrade, mitered corners, a two-story original open bump out, and an
original garage. She said this project had to get special approval for the minimum open space
requirement for the new rear porch addition, and that it will be set in from and terminate at the
corners (with the same distance from the overhang) and have a hipped roof. She said it was
recommended that the new addition have mitered corners and match the existing roof line of the
house. She said the new addition would extend the kitchen area, as well as have a pair of
French doors to reach the new rear porch. Bristow said the materials used will be stucco-coated
foundation and wood lap siding also being used. She said the applicants are interested in using
AZEK for the trim, which the Commission has not often approved for projects in the past. She
said the applicants want the option to use AZEK as a backup plan, but that Staff is not
recommending approval at this point in time.
Kuenzli asked why the second story windows are so much shorter than the windows on the
main floor. Bristow said she assumes because the applicants are making that room a master
bedroom and would prefer to have a higher windowsill. She said if the Commission feels that
the windows should match the existing then the guidelines would certainly support that decision.
Bristow said the applicants have requested to use Trex for the rear porch floor, which Staff does
not recommend. She said that there is an exception that can be applied for the applicants to use
treated deck boards as long as the space between them is an eighth of an inch or less. She said
typically all porch floors are required to be tongue and groove.
Boyd opened the public hearing. Boyd closed the public hearing.
Kuenzli said she thinks it would be nice to use tongue and groove flooring rather than treated
plain wood. She said she also thinks the shorter second story windows are an issue. Wagner
made suggestions about the soffit material (bead board), the windowsills, the trim around the
windows, and other trim as needed. Bristow said she would talk with the applicants about the
materials used and the requirements to match the existing structure. Brown asked if panels not
being required on the rear porch is a notion that is consistently applied in projects that come
through the Commission. Bristow said yes.
Bristow said she would follow up with the applicants and make the appropriate
recommendations in line with the Commission's suggestions.
MOTION: DeGraw moved to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at
508 South Summit Street as presented in the staff report with the following conditions:
(1)the addition repeats the existing conditions of the bellcast eaves,the mitered corners
at the siding, (2)the applicant use vertical-grained tongue-and-groove Douglas Fir for the
porch flooring, (3) beadboard is used for the soffits, (4)the and that the wood trim
matches the existing trim including thickness and the use of drip caps. Larson
seconded.The motion carried on a vote of 8-0.
OPT-IN INCENTIVES FOR LOCAL LANDMARKS:
Boyd said he has been working with Nancy Bird and the Iowa City Downtown District regarding
recommendations made in the National Register and by the City Council to get more people and
businesses involved in historic preservation. He said he wrote a memo that summarizes their
conversations and provides a framework of options in response to the recommendations
received.
Boyd opened the public hearing.
Nancy Bird, with the Iowa City Downtown District, said that there is a lot of investment in the
buildings downtown and that there has been widespread interest from property owners as well
as the community in preserving these buildings the best that they can. She said that there are
many incentives already in place that work, like we see with the College Street development
(which is a great example of partnership and owners' buy-in)and the option of freezing the tax
increase, which really tends to get business and property owners' attention. She said they can
always do more public education to promote historic preservation as well. Bird said she is happy
to be working with the Commission about ways to incentivize and support historic preservation
instead of regulating it and hopes that it produces more collaborative efforts moving forward.
Boyd closed the public hearing.
Boyd said this could apply to commercial buildings outside the Downtown District as well.
Larson said,from a student perspective, it would be interesting if there was more of an
educational component to understand the history of the buildings and such. DeGraw and
Sellergren asked what the rationale was for taxing the buildings. Boyd said he thinks the taxes
are increased because the value of the building also increases. Kuenzli said that they need to
consider that private residential property owners also carry a financial burden for keeping their
property up to date in a historic district. DeGraw agreed, but said it was a conversation for later
down the road on how to make historic preservation more affordable for a larger group of
people. Bristow said that residential properties are eligible for the state tax credit, and
commercial buildings are eligible for both the state and federal tax credit.
MOTION: Sellergren moved to ask the City Council to direct Staff to research the
attached framework to explore other options and incentives that align with these
proposals and goals and turn them into policy proposals that appropriate city
commissions and councils could later review. DeGraw seconded.The motion carried on
a vote of 7-0.
Carl Brown left the meeting before the vote took place.
REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF:
Certificate of No Material Effect—Chair and Staff Review
HPC21-0078: 320 East Jefferson Street—Jefferson Street Historic District(roof shingle
replacement)
Bristow said the property owner is re-roofing this property with asphalt architectural shingles.
HPC21-0079: 328 East Jefferson Street—Jefferson Street Historic District(roof shingle
replacement)
Bristow said the property owner is replacing their roof with appropriate matching materials.
Minor Review—Staff Review
HPC21-0076: 604 Ronalds Street—Brown Street Historic District(roof shingle replacement)
Bristow said the owners are replacing the roof and that it is an unusual case because they using
green shingles (it is possible it has always been green).
HPC21-0085:1107 Clark Court—Clark Street Conservation District(solar installation)
Bristow said the owners are installing solar panels on the south side of the roof as well as the
rear addition and the outbuilding.
Intermediate Review—Chair and Staff Review
HPC21-0075: 701 Grant Street—Longfellow Historic District(basement window replacement)
Bristow said there was one odd window that they replaced to match the rest.
HPC21-0082: 1132 Burlington Street—College Hill Conservation District(minor change to prior
COA)
Bristow said this project came before the Commission a few years ago (rear addition with an
added screen porch, deck, and stairs), and now they are extending the screen porch to the rest
of the addition and just having a landing with stairs instead of the deck.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR JULY 21,2021:
MOTION: DeGraw moved to approve the minutes from July 21, 2021.Wagner seconded.
The motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR AUGUST 12, 2021:
Boyd said, under the discussion about the Montgomery-Butler House, he also mentioned that
there was an agreement with the Army Corp of Engineers, the State, SHPO, and the City to
preserve the Montgomery-Butler House in a three-way agreement on December 9th, 1997.
MOTION: Sellergren moved to approve the minutes from August 12,2021 as amended.
Beck seconded.The motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
COMMISSION INFORMATION:
Bristow said to read the email about ex-parte communication, and that she could answer any
questions they might have about it. Boyd asked for clarification about referring to projects
versus discussing the specific details of a project. Bristow said general questions are within the
purview of the Commission to answer, but specific questions about specific projects should not
be discussed outside of formal meetings. Sellergren asked about when someone seeking to
influence a Commissioner on a Certificate of Appropriateness reaches out directly. Bristow
recommended that they disclose that in the meeting when the project is discussed, if they have
already had the conversation, otherwise not to partake in it at all.
Boyd suggested that someone from the City Attorney's Office come in to provide appropriate
training and then the Commission could have further discussion about this topic.
2021 Historic Preservation Survey
Boyd suggested that they add this to next month's agenda as a discussion item.
ADJOURNMENT:
DeGraw moved to adjourn the meeting. Wagner seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD
2020-2021
TERM 01/14 01/28 02/11 03/11 04/08 05/13 06/10 7/08 7/21 8/12 9/09
NAME EXP.
BECK, 6/30/24 - - - - - - - X X X X
MARGARET
BOYD, KEVIN 6/30/23 X X X X X X X X X X X
BROWN, 6/30/23 X X X X X X O/E X - X X
CARL
BURFORD, 6/30/21 X X X X X X X - - -
HELEN
DEGRAW, 6/30/22 X X X X X X X - - X X
SHARON
KUENZLI, 6/30/22 X X X X X X X X X O/E X
CECILE
KIPLE, LYNDI 6/30/22 x X X X X X
LARSON, 6/30/24 _ _ _ _- - - - X X O/E X
KEVIN
PITZEN, 6/30/21 X X X X O/E X X - - - -
QUENTIN
SELLERGREN, 6/30/22 X X X X X X O/E X X X X
JORDAN
STORK, NOAH 6/30/24 - - - - - X X X 0
THOMANN, 6/30/23 - -- - - - - -- O/E X X O/E
DEANNA
WAGNER, - _ _ - --
FRANK
WU,AUSTIN 6/30/23 x X O/E O/E O/E X X - -- - -
KEY: X = Present
O = Absent
O/E = Absent/Excused
-- = Nota Member
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L ibrary B oard of Trustees: S eptember 23
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Planning & Z oning Commission: October 7 [S ee Recommendations]
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Planning & Z oning Commission: October 21 [See Recommendations]
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Public A rt Advisory Committee: October 7
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Senior Center Commission: August 19