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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
December 16, 2003
6:00 p.m.
Present:
Amy Hockett, Committee Chair
Tattie Bos, Committee Vice-Chair
Louis Asbury
Bobby Bookout
Victor Jones
Valerie Lewis
John Misenheimer
John Parker
John Shuley
Dan Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Stewart Gray, HLC Consultant
Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Absent:
Jim Benham
Visitors:
Sally A. Patterson
Von H. Patterson
Herman A. Moore, III
AGENDA
1. Chairman’s Report: Ms. Hockett
Ms. Hockett welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2. Director’s Report: Dr. Morrill
Dr. Morrill explained the business to be
discussed this evening.
3. Consideration of an Application for a
Certificate of Appropriateness to relocate the Dr. J. J. Rone House
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson and Mr. Moore were
present in support of the Application for a Certificate of
Appropriateness to move the house, currently located on Marvin Road.
The application is for a project that involves
moving the house approximately 2,200 feet south of its present position
to a new lot approximately 200 feet by 200 feet which borders Marvin
Road. The 1886 house was originally located in Union County and was
moved to Mecklenburg County in 1964. A good deal
of grading will be done on the new site to accommodate the Rone House
and the other new home sites.
The Committee members discussed the
application, asked questions and addressed concerns. Mr. Gray showed
photographs and a map of the proposed site and of the house on its
current site.
MR. PARKER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR.
MISENHEIMER TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE
APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE MOVE OF THE DR.
J. J. RONE HOUSE BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
Note: The Sentiment of the Committee is that
the entire back edge of the property should be screened with indigenous
landscaping. Mr. Moore said that he will explore this matter and report
to the Commission at its January meeting.
4. Discussion of HLC involvement in a prospective
study of the former Charlotte Union Bus Terminal.
Dr. Morrill said that James A. Malcom was the
architect of the 1941 Charlotte Union Bus Terminal. The building is the
best local example of the Art Moderne style of architecture. It closed
in 1987 as a bus terminal. The HLC has voted to have a Survey and
Research prepared on the property. Dr. Morrill said that Mr. Gray will
attend a meeting tomorrow afternoon with the Historic Districts
Commission and Bank of America, the current owner, about future plans
for the building. An intensive design workshop will probably be held in
January. Ms. Hockett and Mr. Jeff Bradsher, HLC Chairman, will select
HLC representatives for the committee.
5. Old Business
No motions were presented.
6. New Business
Mr. Bookout reported that he read in the paper
that the old Courthouse on West Trade Street might be sold to obtain
money for the new arena. Dr. Morrill said he would get more specific
information. The building is not a designated historic landmark.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 6:50p.m.
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