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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission Minutes June 12, 2000 Location: 2100 Randolph Rd., Charlotte, N. C. Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:58 p.m. Present: Ms. Ava Autrey/County, Design Review Committee, Education Committee Ms. Deborah Cox/City, HLC Sec., Survey Committee Chair, Projects Committee Ms. Lindsay Daniel/County, Projects Committee, Survey Committee Mr. Scott Hirsch/City, HLC Treas., Finance Com. Chr., Design Review Committee, Education Committee (left 8:31 p.m.) Mr. D. Grier Martin,III/City, Design Review Committee,Survey Committee (left 7:32 p.m.) Mr. Barry Miller/City,HLC Chairman, Design Review Committee Chairman Mr. John Misenheimer/County, Survey Com. V. Chair, Projects Committee Mr. John J. Parker, III/Mayor, Education Committee Chairman Mr. David T. Ritch/MHA Representative (ex-officio) Dr. Dan L. Morrill, HLC Consulting Director Ms. Emily Ramsey, HLC Consultant Ms. Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant Absent: Ms. Tattie Bos/Mayor, Projects Committee Chair, HLC Revolving Fund Liaison, Design Review Committee, Finance Committee Mr. Jeff Bradsher/County, HLC Vice-Chairman, Projects Committee V. Chair, Survey Committee Ms. Phiderika Foust/County, Projects Committee, Education Committee Visitors: Skip Gribble, Myers Park Baptist Church Joe Kluttz, Attorney for Myers Park Baptist Church William D. Cornell, Jr., Myers Park Baptist Church Jim Summers, 509 Clement Ave. Catherine Karns, 509 Clement Ave. Jane Tidtuck Stephen Shoemaker, Minister for Myers Park Baptist Church Alan Morgan, Lee Morgan, Inc. (W. T. Alexander property) Randy Allen, Lord Baltimore Properties (Neely Slave Cemetery) Hayden Harrell Lara Ramsey Wes Freeman Allen Brooks AGENDA Item #1 - Approval of Minutes MR. MISENHEIMER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. AUTREY THAT THE MINUTES FOR MAY 8, 2000, BE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. Item #2 - Chairman’s Report: Barry Miller Mr. Miller welcomed everyone to the meeting. A copy of the Chairman’s Report is attached. Item #3 - Director’s Report: Dan Morrill A copy of the Director’s Report is attached. Item #4 - Design Review Committee Report: Barry Miller Mr. Miller reported that the Design Review Committee did not meet in May but will meet June 21. Item #5 - Projects Committee Report: Tattie Bos Dr. Morrill reported for Ms. Bos that the Projects Committee met May 10, 2000, and June 1, 2000. Minutes for both meetings are on file at the HLC office. Mr. Miller discussed the revised Guidelines for Revolving Fund Projects with the Commissioners. THE PROJECTS COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE GUIDELINES FOR REVOLVING FUND PROJECTS BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. THE PROJECTS COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE COST PROPOSAL ($99,057.00) FOR BARN DEMOLITION SALVAGE PROPOSED BY GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LEE MORGAN, INC., BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. At this point on the agenda, Chairman Miller requested that the Commissioners advance to the Survey Committee’s Report regarding the Bland-McAden House. Item #7 - Survey Committee Report: Deborah Cox Ms. Cox reported that the Survey Committee met June 8, 2000. Minutes are on file at the HLC office. She said that the Survey Committee considered the Survey and Research Report on the Bland-McAden House, 2011 Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte, N. C. Dr. Morrill presented the Survey and Research report prepared by Ms. Christina Wright on the Bland-McAden House. He showed slides of the property and told about the historical and architectural significance. THE SURVEY COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE BLAND-McADEN HOUSE, 2011 SELWYN AVENUE, CHARLOTTE, N. C., (INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE GARAGE, AND THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE GARAGE) BE PROCESSED FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FAVOR: AUTREY, MILLER, MARTIN, HIRSCH, DANIEL, PARKER, ROSS, MISENHEIMER OPPOSE: COX ABSTAIN: NONE. The Commission returned to the Projects Committee Report at this point. Item #5 - Projects Committee Report (continued): Tattie Bos THE PROJECTS COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT THE PROPOSAL BE ACCEPTED FROM MANN CONTRACTORS, INC., TO DEMOLISH AND STORE THE PORCH ($11,800) ON THE BLAND-MCADEN HOUSE, 2011 SELWYN AVENUE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. MS. RICHARDSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MISENHEIMER TO AMEND THE MOTION PRESENTED BY THE PROJECTS COMMITTEE TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FOR $11,800 FROM MANN CONTRACTORS, INC., TO DEMOLISH AND STORE THE PORCH ON THE BLAND-MCADEN HOUSE, 2011 SELWYN AVENUE, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BUT TO DELAY THE WORK UNTIL QUEENS COLLEGE STATES THAT THE HLC MUST REMOVE THE PORCH. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MOTION AS AMENDED WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE: OPPOSE: AUTREY, PARKER, HIRSCH APPROVE: MILLER, MARTIN, DANIEL, RICHARDSON, MISENHEIMER, COX. Item #6 - Education Committee Report: John Parker Mr. Parker said that the Education Committee has worked very hard on the preservation training workshop scheduled for June 16, 2000, at the William R. Davie Conference Center, 4635 Pineville Road, Charlotte, N. C. The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be served on the premises at 12:30 p.m. The $35.00 cost includes coffee, lunch, breaks and materials. Trainers and presenters include 1) Pratt Cassity, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Preservation Commission, and Director of Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia 2) Dan Becker, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Board Member, and Executive Director of the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission 3) David Brook, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer 4) Paul Fomberg, Senior Restoration Specialist of the State Historic Preservation Office 5) Dan L. Morrill, HLC Consulting Director 6) Sherry Joines Wyatt, Historic Preservation Specialist MR. PARKER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. COX TO ALLOCATE HLC MONEY TO PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE ($35.00 EACH) FOR COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PRESERVATION WORKSHOP ON JUNE 16, 2000. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. Mr. Parker reported that the website, cmhpf.org, will be transferred to the County soon. The HLC is currently paying the monthly fee which Historic Charlotte, Inc. formerly paid. 7:32 p.m.: The Commission returned to the Survey Committee’s Report at this point, and Mr. Martin left the meeting. Item #7 - Survey Committee Report: Deborah Cox Ms. Cox continued with the Survey Committee report. She asked the Commissioners to continue with the consideration of processing properties on the Agenda for historic designation . Ms. Emily Ramsey, who prepared the Survey and Research reports on the properties being considered, showed slides and told about the historical and architectural significance of the properties. Ms. Cox reported that on May 8, 2000, the HLC approved a motion presented by the Survey Committee (met April 27, 2000) regarding approval of the Survey and Research Report on the Former Charlotte Post Office, 401 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. (interior, exterior, and tax parcel on which it sits), as to form and approval of the property for processing for historic designation. MS. COX PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. HIRSCH THAT THE FORMER CHARLOTTE POST OFFICE BUILDING, 401 WEST TRADE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. (EXTERIOR, THOSE PARTS OF THE INTERIOR THAT ARE ORIGINAL FABRIC OR HAVE PARTS OF ORIGINAL FABRIC AND THE TAX PARCEL ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY) , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD MOTION, BE APPROVED BY THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, AND THAT THE COMMISSION SCHEDULE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNING BODY UPON RECEIPT OF A FAVORABLE COMMENT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FAVOR: AUTREY, COX, DANIEL, HIRSCH, MILLER, MISENHEIMER, PARKER, RICHARDSON OPPOSE: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE. THE SURVEY COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECOND MOTION THAT THE JOHN MILTON ALEXANDER HOUSE, 14915 BEATTIES FORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE, N. C., (INTERIOR, EXTERIOR, AND TAX PARCEL ON WHICH IT SITS), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD MOTION, BE APPROVED BY THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, AND THAT THE COMMISSION SCHEDULE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNING BODY UPON RECEIPT OF A FAVORABLE COMMENT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FAVOR: AUTREY, COX, DANIEL, HIRSCH, MILLER, MISENHEIMER, PARKER, RICHARDSON OPPOSE: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE. Ms. Cox reported that on May 8, 2000, the HLC approved a motion that the Survey and Research Report on the Neely Slave Cemetery, located on South Ridge Drive in the South Point Business Park, Charlotte, N. C. (and an appropriate amount of ground to insure the historic integrity) be approved as to form and that the property be processed for historic designation MS. DANIEL PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. HIRSCH THAT THE NEELY SLAVE CEMETERY ON SOUTH RIDGE DRIVE IN THE SOUTH POINT BUSINESS PARK, CHARLOTTE, N. C. (INCORPORATING THOSE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS AND LAND ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY AS DESCRIBED IN THE APPROVED SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORT ), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD MOTION, BE APPROVED BY THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, AND THAT THE COMMISSION SCHEDULE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNING BODY UPON RECEIPT OF A FAVORABLE COMMENT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FAVOR: AUTREY, COX, DANIEL, HIRSCH, MILLER, MISENHEIMER, PARKER, RICHARDSON OPPOSE: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE. Ms. Cox asked that the Commissioner consider two additional motions proposed by the Survey Committee at its meeting on June 8, 2000. THE SURVEY COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORTS AND/OR OTHER TYPES OF REPORTS OR REQUESTS WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A SCHEDULED SURVEY COMMITTEE MEETING MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION OFFICE BY 5:00 P.M. A MINIMUM OF TEN(10) DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED SURVEY COMMITTEE MEETING IS HELD. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. THE SURVEY COMMITTEE PRESENTED A SECONDED MOTION THAT A LIST BE DEVELOPED OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PREPARED ACCEPTABLE (ON THE FIRST DRAFT) SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORTS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS ON HISTORIC LANDMARKS WHICH ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. MS. COX PRESENTED A SUBSTITUTE MOTION SECONDED BY MR. HIRSCH THAT A LIST BE DEVELOPED OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PREPARED ACCEPTABLE ( ON THE FIRST DRAFT) SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORTS ON HISTORIC LANDMARKS WHICH ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. Ms. Cox reported that Ms. Sherry Joines-Wyatt and Ms. Sarah Woodard presented an update on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Post World War II (1945 -1965) Survey at the Survey Committee’s June 8th meeting. Ms. Joines-Wyatt and Ms. Woodard have been asked to present Charlotte’s Modernist Architecture: 1945-1965, at the Preservation North Carolina Conference in New Bern on September 15th and at the National Trust Conference in Los Angeles on November 2nd. Ms. Cox reported that $10,000 from Mecklenburg County to match the 20th century industrial and institutional building survey has not been included in the County Manager’s recommended budget. She urged Commissioners to contact members of the Board of County Commissioners. Ms. Cox reported that the Survey Committee’s next meeting is scheduled for July 5, 2000 at 6:00 p.m. Item #8 - Treasurer’s Report: Scott Hirsch No motions were presented. Item #9 - Reports on Designated Historic Landmarks Ms. Foust and Mr. Hirsch will present reports at the July meeting. Item #10 - Reports from Associated Boards a. Charlotte Trolley, Inc: John Misenheimer. Mr. Misenheimer said that he had no new information to report. b. Historic Charlotte, Inc.: Tattie Bos. No new information was presented. c. Mecklenburg Historical Association: Dave Ritch. Mr. Ritch reported that the MHA has voted to donate $1,000 for roof repairs at the George E. Davis House, 301 Campus Street. The MHA has also expressed concern about and interest in the ice house on the Cedar Grove property. d. History Consortium: John Parker. Mr. Parker said that he had no new information to present. e. 2010 Center City Plan: Deborah Cox. Ms. Cox reported that the Citizens’ Advisory Board has completed its job and will no longer be meeting. f. Lynnwood Foundation: Grier Martin. Ms. Morrill reported for Mr. Martin that the Lynwood Foundation plans to move into the Thies House once the neighbors approve the use of three additional rooms in the Duke Mansion for use as bedrooms. Item #11 - Nominating Committee Report: Barry Miller Mr. Miller reported that the nominating committee which will be chaired by Ms. Richardson will present a report at the July meeting at which time the HLC will also vote on HLC officers by secret ballot for the coming year. Mr. Miller distributed a form to each commissioner requesting their interest in HLC offices and committees. Item #12 - Old Business. No motions were presented. Item #13 - New Business. Mr. Summers was present in support of an Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the John Baxter Alexander House, 509 Clement Ave., Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Summers explained that the existing roof over the porch is about half gone and needs immediate replacement. MS. COX PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MISENHEIMER THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE JOHN BAXTER ALEXANDER HOUSE, 509 CLEMENT AVENUE, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. Mr. Ritch invited everyone to attend a special event at the Dowd House on July 7th. He said that the National Association of the 4th Infantry will attend (approximately 250-300 people), and that a wreath laying ceremony and picnic will be held. Ms. Richardson said that she and Mr. Bradsher were appointed by the Projects Committee to select a new realtor for the Croft Schoolhouse. MS. RICHARDSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MISENHEIMER THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION ENTER INTO A DUAL AGENCY CONTRACT WITH PERCIVALS REGARDING A SALE OF THE CROFT SCHOOLHOUSE BUT THAT IT BE UNDERSTOOD THAT PERCIVALS IS TO COOPERATE WITH AND COMPENSATE OTHER BUYERS’ AND SELLERS’ AGENTS. THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. The meeting adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
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