2026-09-17 - Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board
Summary
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- The August 27 minutes were approved as submitted. Six board members were present and one was excused.
- CA-26-19, 120 Dorset Rd (Berkeley Park Preservation District): a certificate of appropriateness for reconstructing a deteriorated garage (a 1930s-40s addition to an 1880s house) and replacing its doors. The architect said the walls on three sides had failed, excavation must be done by hand because of a rear power-line easement, and a wooden overhead door is 180 to 200 days out, so a metal insulated door was requested to avoid winter concrete work. Members asked about matching the lime-rich stucco and texture (yes), drainage behind the garage, and a flat rather than raised panel and no wood-grain embossing; the applicant agreed to check for a smooth flat-panel door. No one spoke for or against. The board approved the application as submitted.
- CA-26-20, 301 Highland Ave (Sedgwick Highland Preservation District): replacement of both century-old detached garage doors on Oak Street with composite steel, because the lower wooden panels have rotted and three restoration companies said they cannot be repaired; the owner also wants lockable doors after break-ins. The owner proposed a different window arrangement, but members wanted to keep the double row of glazing for the garage's pedestrian-scale character. The board approved the application with the second row of windows retained, vertical Stockbridge-style muntins, and a privacy film to deter people looking in. No one spoke for or against.
- No new business; the meeting adjourned by motion.
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- Public meeting calendar: https://www.syr.gov/Boards-and-Commissions/Public-Meeting-Calendar
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Transcript
03:07[snorts]
03:30>> Right, now we can start.
03:38We can start right now.
03:39Beautiful.
03:42>> [clears throat]
03:42>> Good morning everybody. This is the
03:43regularly scheduled meeting of the
03:45Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board.
03:47And today is September the 17th, 2026.
03:51Present at today's meeting are
03:53>> Nicole Frignito
03:54>> Kyle Gregory
03:55>> Jeff Romano
03:57>> Hillary Donahue
03:58>> Samuel Prescott
04:00>> and Kate Allred.
04:02>> Excused
04:03>> Howard
04:04>> Howard and we're waiting on Beth. We're
04:05waiting on Beth. Yeah.
04:06>> Okay. Thank you.
04:08May I have a motion to accept the
04:09minutes of August the 27th?
04:12>> I'll motion to accept the minutes.
04:14>> Do I have a second?
04:15>> I'll second.
04:16>> Any changes modifications to those
04:18minutes?
04:20Hearing none.
04:22>> [clears throat]
04:22>> All in favor as submitted.
04:24>> I.
04:24>> I.
04:25>> Opposed?
04:26Abstain?
04:27Motion carries.
04:30Public hearings.
04:32Excuse me. [clears throat]
04:33The board will now conduct the public
04:34hearings on today's agenda. First, the
04:37applicant or their applicant's
04:38representative will be invited to
04:40describe the project scope of work and
04:42present any material and documentation
04:44regarding the proposal to the board.
04:46Next, [snorts] persons wishing to speak
04:48in favor of the proposal will be given
04:50the opportunity to address the board.
04:53Then, persons
04:54who wish [clears throat] to speak in
04:55opposition
04:56will be allowed to address the board.
04:58Finally, the applicant or representative
05:01will be given the opportunity to make
05:02closing comments to the board.
05:04Following public comment, the board may
05:06vote to approve, approve with
05:07conditions,
05:09or deny the applic- application just
05:11heard. The board may also decide to hold
05:13its decision until the next public
05:15hearing.
05:16If the hearing is closed, no additional
05:18information
05:19will be allowed into the record except
05:21for information the board may request.
05:23That information will be available for
05:25the public review with board staff.
05:28Staff, please introduce our first
05:30application. [snorts]
05:30>> That would be me. All right.
05:32Um
05:32>> [clears throat]
05:32>> so, the first application is CA-26-19.
05:36Uh it's a certificate of appropriateness
05:38for 120 Dorset Road. This is for garage
05:42uh
05:44garage repair and new doors. It's
05:45actually
05:46more like gar- garage reconstruction and
05:49and some new doors.
05:51The the
05:52property is in the Berkeley Park
05:54Preservation District.
05:56And we have Tom DeJulio here to speak on
05:58behalf of the project.
06:00>> Good morning, board. How are you guys
06:01today?
06:02>> Great, thank you.
06:02>> So, may I get you something to introduce
06:04yourself?
06:05>> Sure. I'm Tom DeJulio. Tom Thomas
06:07DeJulio Architects, 237 Wood Ave,
06:10Syracuse, New York.
06:11>> Thank you, sir.
06:11>> a few of these every now and then, so.
06:14Um
06:15it actually became like Kate said, more
06:16of a reconstruction than a simple
06:18repair. Once we got inside and started
06:20inspecting, uh
06:21walls basically are
06:23new walls, concrete new walls, concrete
06:25block new walls, which are different
06:26from what the house has.
06:28Um on three sides of it.
06:30And
06:31we have excessive
06:33deterioration and failure such as
06:36bowing, cracking, and some excessive
06:39deterioration around the the two sides
06:41of it. So, we're going to have to
06:43excavate around there. The only problem
06:45is is we have a rear
06:47easement where power lines run the back
06:49side of Dorset right here up on the
06:50hill. So, we can't get power equipment
06:53back in there and we're close to the
06:54neighbors, so it's going to be a lot of
06:55hand digging and small equipment. So, in
06:57order to keep the cost down so the poor
06:59guy doesn't pay $100,000 for a garage,
07:02um
07:03we're trying to do as much as we can.
07:05And one of the things that we are
07:06looking at to save costs is the overhead
07:08door. And we looked at ordering a wooden
07:10overhead door, and we can get them, but
07:12it's they're 180 to 200 days out.
07:15So, waiting that long putting us in the
07:17winter and doing all the concrete work
07:18outside would be a little
07:21costly if inefficiently. It'd be right
07:24double the cost of the concrete work
07:26having to heat it and maintain it.
07:29So, that's one of the fears we have.
07:30Other than that, everything is going to
07:31be returned exactly the way it is now. I
07:34presented photographs with
07:36Ms. Atwater, and she has all the
07:38photographs of what's there now.
07:40Um
07:41the interior front of the garage
07:44the over the front edge has failed so
07:47dramatically that the and the door is
07:49being rotted halfway up. Um
07:51>> I'll go to the photos. Yeah.
07:55>> Right. Um you can see that we don't want
07:57the failure to start compromising the
07:59roof system and framing.
08:01So that in mind
08:03um it makes it a little bit difficult to
08:06look for cost savings to do anything but
08:10presently the
08:12you know, one of the items that we can
08:13offer would be to replace the doors with
08:15a metal door that looked the same.
08:17And it appears that the house, the
08:19garage
08:20is constructed 1930s, 1940s versus what
08:24the house is which is the 1880s
08:27ish in that neighborhood.
08:29So this is
08:31during pre-war, post-war, World War II.
08:34Um so I think it was an addition to it.
08:37And as you can see there's
08:39there's big old cracks everywhere, so
08:43we don't want to lose the garage and we
08:44don't want to have them have a this, you
08:46know,
08:48dump a whole bunch of money into this
08:50garage.
08:52So it's going to be ridiculously
08:53expensive, so
08:57that's one thing we're asking asking for
08:59is relief to use a
09:02a metal insulated door
09:04versus um ordering a wooden door.
09:14Now if you want to go back to the
09:16survey, Kate, roll down a little bit.
09:18>> Sure.
09:18>> It should show the easement on the back
09:20side of it.
09:21It should show the limited easement. So
09:23it's pretty close to where the garage is
09:24and it's a pretty steep hillside going
09:26up there.
09:28So we want to try and avoid that around
09:31there.
09:33>> Does the easement come down the side or
09:34across the back?
09:35>> the It runs right across the rear of the
09:37building.
09:38If you go to some of the photographs,
09:40you can see the power lines actually
09:41going down the backside of
09:43the property line there.
09:45>> Is it Sorry, is this being indicated on
09:47the
09:47>> Yeah, we have power lines going right
09:49across the bottom. You can see the
09:51right hand side of the survey and then
09:54>> Okay.
09:54>> It's toward the bottom.
09:56Where they run through.
10:01And being a steep a very steep slope,
10:03you know, you want to
10:05excavate a platform order which the
10:07equipment to work properly and then
10:09>> Mhm.
10:10Okay.
10:11>> But we you know, there's no way of
10:12getting in there and efficiently working
10:14with larger equipment.
10:18>> Back to the
10:20There we go.
10:21Okay.
10:25>> Okay, since this is a public hearing,
10:28um
10:29I need to ask if there's anyone here
10:31wishing to speak in favor of this
10:32project.
10:35Hearing none, seeing none, is there
10:36anyone here to wishing to speak in
10:38opposition to this project? Come
10:40forward.
10:41Hearing none, seeing none.
10:45I ask that the public hearing is now
10:47closed.
10:48>> Public comment.
10:49>> Public comment, excuse me, is now
10:50closed.
10:51Board?
10:52>> [snorts]
10:52>> Comments, questions
10:55on this project?
10:58>> One question I have is can you Are you
11:02What type of material are you planning
11:03to use to repair the stucco? Are you
11:05planning to repair in kind with the same
11:07like
11:08>> cementitious base?
11:09>> Well, the stucco that's there has a lot
11:11higher lime content than we can buy off
11:13the shelf. We're going to use that. It
11:15gives you a much better water tightness
11:17to it. One of the little tricks there on
11:19the old
11:21historic brick usually have a really
11:22high content of lime in all their
11:24mortars there because it gives you the
11:26water tightness of it. And the mortar
11:28you buy now, S&M, are kind of lower in
11:30that and they tend to shear the brick
11:31anyways.
11:33So, when you're doing stucco with this,
11:34you would use the higher lime content
11:36because you want a more of a watertight
11:38one. And it's going to be sprayed on to
11:39get the same stucco finish there.
11:41>> Okay, so we're retaining the same
11:42texture.
11:43>> Yeah, we
11:43>> Okay.
11:44>> We want to keep the same exact texture,
11:45and it's going to be painted the same
11:46color
11:47>> Right.
11:47>> that it is now.
11:49>> That was my
11:51my main concern.
11:56My one [clears throat] comment regarding
11:58the slope,
11:59you feel this little swale right against
12:02the building is sufficient, or you think
12:04you should probably move it?
12:05>> Well, what we're going to do is we're
12:06going to put some larger drain tile
12:07behind the backside of it when we do the
12:08slope and some stone bed, so we can pull
12:11the water down around and let it drain
12:14naturally back onto the driveway area.
12:16>> Yes,
12:18hate to
12:18>> [clears throat]
12:19>> see all the work done and just repeat
12:20the problem, so
12:22>> In 3 more years, yeah.
12:23>> So,
12:24you're going to make a shelf back there?
12:26>> Yeah, we'll make a shelf back there.
12:27>> So, you'll make a shelf to work off of.
12:29>> [clears throat]
12:31>> Right, it'll be 3 or 4 ft back, and then
12:32we'll excavate that down lower and just
12:35put some washed larger stone in there
12:36just to drain it away. It'll work with
12:38the garden, too. They personally have a
12:40garden back there that
12:41>> Okay, so you'll divert it
12:43divert it [clears throat] around.
12:44>> Right.
12:45>> And get it away from the structure.
12:48You'll
12:49it'll be full excavation on that back
12:50wall, correct?
12:51>> Yeah, we have to go all the way down to
12:52the foundation and verify it's not
12:54compromised or failed.
12:55>> Yeah, okay.
12:56>> And then repair it if we have to.
12:58>> Okay.
12:59It's a lot I don't know
13:00>> know from the inside with 3 ft of snow
13:02earth against it, so.
13:05>> Okay.
13:06Any comments on the on the door?
13:13It's partially obscured from the street.
13:15>> Yeah.
13:15>> Um
13:16it is visible, but not not right on the
13:18street, per se.
13:20>> Mhm.
13:20>> So,
13:21um
13:23>> Yeah, there's a change about 9 ft
13:24elevation from street side to where the
13:26garage is, so it's really hard to see
13:28anything but the ridge of the garage
13:30from the street.
13:31>> Right.
13:32>> So, we've got a raised panel.
13:34>> [clears throat]
13:35>> Right, we're going to try and mimic the
13:36door
13:38the existing of flat
13:39>> a flat panel
13:40>> It's a flat panel, it looks like.
13:42>> Yeah.
13:44They can go to the
13:45>> Can you go to the
13:46>> the image of the
13:47>> towards the end towards the end
13:49Yeah, there's the proposed with the
13:51raised panel.
13:53If we look at the existing, it's a flat
13:55panel.
13:57>> Did you explore looking at a more of a
13:59flat panel on the
14:00>> Unfortunately, the only thing they have
14:01is the raised panel designs to them.
14:09Everyone wants fancier things nowadays,
14:11so
14:14>> Yeah, it's now we're
14:16Yeah, we're swapping out material and
14:19that and then also we're swapping out
14:21designs, so
14:24board how the board feels about that.
14:28Anyone wants to comment on that? I
14:30If we can get a flat panel
14:32I don't know if it's possible.
14:34>> Yeah, I don't know if we can get one.
14:37I'll have them order the flat panel
14:39versus the raised panel.
14:42>> And it's a it's a large area to change.
14:48Trying to see if this the the aluminum
14:50door itself, it's doesn't have the wood
14:52grain on it, right? It's just a flat
14:55flat steel.
14:56>> But we can get the wood grain as part of
14:58it.
14:58>> I'm not asking for that.
15:00>> I don't think we want that.
15:01>> I'm not asking for that. I'm just making
15:02sure it's not it's not there.
15:04>> No wood grain.
15:04>> Okay. No wood grain.
15:06>> Um
15:07>> Well, we're trying to meet the board's
15:08expectations, so
15:11>> Well, we don't want to falsify
15:13product, right? So
15:15embossing wood grain onto an aluminum
15:17panel is falsifying it to
15:19board's perspective for historical
15:21standards.
15:21>> That's not what my wife thinks on a on
15:23our garage door.
15:25>> So, if it's smooth panel or smooth metal
15:29aluminum,
15:30if we can
15:31possibly get a flat panel on that, I
15:33think that would be my request. And if
15:35the board agrees with that.
15:36>> Sure.
15:36>> Yeah.
15:37>> Okay, I'll check the manufacturer if
15:38they make smooth panels.
15:41>> Say that again?
15:41>> I'll check with the manufacturer if they
15:42do a smooth panel door.
15:44>> Yeah, smooth smooth
15:46flat panel, not non-raised with a smooth
15:49finish.
15:50Um
15:51Any other comments? We got to look into
15:54approve
15:55disapprove or approve with conditions.
15:57>> Are you doing anything with the roof?
15:59I didn't see
15:59>> No, luckily the roof is in pretty good
16:01condition, so
16:03and that's why we want to shore it up
16:04and do as much work as we can before
16:06winter hits and we start getting snow
16:07loads when we're trying to hold it up
16:09with
16:10temporary framing and shoring.
16:14>> Okay.
16:20>> The roof, soffit, all that existing work
16:22remains.
16:26And the front wall is rebuilt as is?
16:29>> The front Yes, it's going to be rebuilt
16:30as is with the wider trim panels and
16:32matching the same trim that goes around
16:34it.
16:35>> Door panel size is the same as existing
16:37openings?
16:37>> Same as existing openings, yep. They're
16:39right now they're a 9-ft by 7-ft door.
16:42So, either that or 8 by 7, that's one of
16:44the two standard sizes.
16:48>> The doors look to be like 30 years old.
16:51So,
16:53they're not really that old the door,
16:55but they're just deteriorated really
16:58extensively.
17:01>> I Would there be any document This is a
17:04later uh neighborhood designation?
17:07>> I don't The only documentations that we
17:10have are
17:10>> I'm 17.
17:11>> Yeah.
17:12>> When the When the district was
17:13>> Yeah. The or yeah, the early Yes. The
17:16The photos would be from the early
17:182000s, I think.
17:20>> And that would
17:21include that door. Okay, I just want
17:22just
17:23>> Yeah, and actually I think the only
17:25images that we have are are of the house
17:27itself and not of the secondary
17:30structures.
17:31>> So then are we as worried about it if
17:32it's a 30-year-old door?
17:36>> I mean,
17:37does it look like a 30-year-old door?
17:38>> For me it looks like a door in a house I
17:40grew up in. The house was built um
17:43same time I was born.
17:45>> Yeah, okay.
17:46>> You know, like this one looks like
17:48Oh.
17:49>> Yeah.
17:49>> This one looks like
17:52>> newer.
17:53Okay.
17:54All right. Uh if there's any more
17:55questions, um can I get a motion on the
17:58table, please?
17:59>> I I make a motion to approve the
18:00application as submitted.
18:03>> I'll second.
18:04>> Any comments or additions on that?
18:09All right. You have a motion on the
18:10table. All in favor?
18:12>> I.
18:12>> I.
18:13>> Opposed?
18:15Motion carries.
18:16>> Thank you guys very much.
18:17>> Good luck with the project.
18:24>> [clears throat]
18:25>> Thank you. We don't want that to happen.
18:26>> Thank you very much.
18:31>> Okay, I believe it is it is my turn
18:33again.
18:34Um
18:35so the next It's garage day, yes. Um
18:37so the next application is CA-26-20.
18:41Again, a certificate of appropriateness
18:43for 301 Highland Avenue.
18:46Uh this is also a garage door uh
18:48replacement. Well, this is a garage door
18:51replacement. Uh the the uh district is
18:54the Sedgwick Highland Preservation
18:55District and uh the owner is here
19:01to speak about his project.
19:03>> Good morning. Um
19:05my name is Dan Stevens and I'm one of
19:07the owners of the property.
19:09>> Welcome.
19:11>> Thank you.
19:14>> So you can just describe quickly what
19:16what your project is and and the reasons
19:19at this point why
19:20>> Sure. Um
19:22the garage, as you can see, is um
19:25detached from the
19:28uh
19:29residence. Uh the garage itself is on
19:32Oak Street. So, it's about the
19:35I think sixth block of Oak Street.
19:39And um
19:41garage, I believe the
19:44residence was built in 1901.
19:47I think the garage is about 20 years
19:50younger, but uh
19:52almost the same vintage. In fact,
19:54there's a
19:55uh you can't really see it in the
19:56photograph, but in the
19:58uh there's a chimney on the back wall
20:01inside the um
20:03garage, which I think was used to uh
20:06keep vehicles warm while they were being
20:08stored during the winter. So, that's no
20:10longer in operation. Just kind of a
20:13quaint uh architectural remnant. Um
20:17the doors have been
20:20sitting in the snow and ice for um
20:24a century. And over time,
20:27that has uh caused the
20:29uh lower panels of the doors to
20:31gradually deteriorate uh despite
20:35painting and uh
20:37um
20:39some um rehabilitation.
20:42Uh eventually, uh the door uh the
20:46rightmost door
20:48uh
20:51had the There's a uh
20:55a metal plate
20:57that was embedded in a wooden panel in
21:00the bottom of the door,
21:02and the uh chain and pulley system that
21:07raised the door
21:09um
21:12was connected to that plate. The plate
21:15uh because of the deterioration of the
21:17wood around it, the plate simply
21:19separated from the
21:22from the wood. There's now a hole in the
21:24door.
21:25And uh I had three different uh
21:29uh door
21:31restoration companies come and look at
21:34it. Uh
21:35all three are telling me cannot be res-
21:38re- repaired.
21:40>> [clears throat]
21:40>> Um and they all recommend
21:44uh replacing the door with uh
21:47composite steel, which I gather is the
21:51state of the art in 2026.
21:55Um
21:57in order to
21:59uh
21:59let me for two reasons. Number
22:02uh I've decided to apply to do both
22:04doors, even though the door on the left
22:06is still functional. Um
22:10>> [clears throat]
22:11>> it's on the same timeline. It will
22:13eventually it's going to fail also
22:15because of for the same
22:17snow and ice reasons. And I want them to
22:20look the same. I don't want to have one
22:22one way, one the other way.
22:24Um moreover,
22:27the garage has uh the doors are
22:31currently not capable of being locked.
22:34And uh
22:35it was in
22:37I've had uh
22:42people come into the garage. Uh both
22:45cars that were stored in there were
22:47broken into in the past year.
22:50Um so I'm interested in as part of this
22:53project also
22:55being able to lock the door so that
22:57nobody other than me goes in there.
23:04We to answer any questions.
23:08>> Thanks.
23:09So, this is a public hearing, so I need
23:11to ask if there's anyone here in the
23:13audience that's we wishing to speak in
23:14favor
23:15of this project?
23:18Nobody here. Anyone wishing to speak
23:20against this project?
23:22Nobody here.
23:23So, we can close the public comment.
23:26>> [clears throat and cough]
23:28>> Uh board, any questions for the
23:31applicant? Any comments?
23:36>> Can I Can I chime in just for a second
23:38then? Um
23:40>> You're at the table.
23:40>> Uh
23:41Actually, I have I can give you these.
23:45This is a little bit more information
23:47about the
24:00So, they're the
24:01um
24:03Um Mr. Stevens and I had had discussed
24:06um
24:06all
24:07various window
24:09arrangements too. And uh this was the
24:12window arrangement that that you
24:14included in the
24:16in your application. Um and uh
24:20there are simpler ones as well that are
24:24available, but I we had um
24:27as you can see uh
24:29there are ones that are of perhaps
24:31closer to what is there now.
24:37>> Did you look at um
24:39>> [clears throat]
24:39>> doing two panels of windows that
24:42replicate what's there now? Did you look
24:44at that option?
24:45>> I did. Uh
24:49I want to discourage
24:51people looking through the windows. Uh
24:54there really is no purpose to have
24:56windows.
24:58Cars live in there. They don't look out
25:00the window. Um
25:02the That's an existing window. You can
25:04see it's uh
25:06uh I guess it's my height. So, somebody
25:08on the street can come in and look and
25:10see
25:11what's in there. Um
25:14the uh higher windows seem to uh
25:19uh discourage that and uh people just
25:22walk by
25:24which is what I want them to do.
25:26>> So, I had the same question, but I was
25:28wondering and I understand the concern
25:30for security, of course.
25:32But
25:33would you be open to adding lower level
25:35windows and putting a privacy film
25:38on both? So, you would still maintain
25:40the overall appearance and the
25:41proportion of the glazing,
25:43but no one would be able to see in. So,
25:45and the privacy film would also add an
25:47extra layer of
25:48um
25:50durability against
25:52people breaking the glass or something
25:53like that. So, it wouldn't be the same
25:55as the steel panel, but you would retain
25:57the appearance, the overall proportion
25:59of the glazing, and just
26:00prevent people from being able to see in
26:02for minimal additional cost.
26:06>> Yeah, open to that, certainly.
26:10Um
26:16There In the past 5 years, there were
26:20two
26:21uh incidents where
26:23people came in broke broke smashed
26:25windows and in both cars. Um
26:31this arrangement
26:34I thought was uh
26:36more inclined to discourage that. That's
26:38why I'm
26:40I prefer it, but
26:42>> [clears throat and cough]
26:42>> not the hill I want to die on.
26:46>> All right. What we're speaking towards
26:48is, you know, maintaining the the visual
26:51character of the garage.
26:52>> Yeah.
26:53>> And so having the double row of lights
26:55was always there. It let light in. You
26:56can, you know, there's I know there's
26:58other windows on the garage, but it
27:00presents a friendlier facade to the
27:02street and your garage is
27:04a couple feet from the sidewalk. It's
27:06very pronounced. Um and
27:09uh I wish you included a picture of the
27:11house with the garage, too, because it's
27:13a striking combo, I I I believe. The
27:15house The house is great. Um
27:18but just to show the the character that
27:21was included, even though the garage is
27:2320 years younger,
27:25into the garage, I think um
27:27charismatically connects the house and
27:29you're kind of on the edge of the
27:30district,
27:31and so to me it's very important to keep
27:33those characters, even though we're on
27:35the edge, because once we will start to
27:36lose that pedestrian scale or that
27:39fenestration pattern, we start to
27:40degrade the edge of the edge of the
27:42district.
27:44I mean, you know what I mean. You
27:45understand what I'm saying?
27:46>> Well,
27:46this is true. Uh
27:49I guess if if you think of the Sedgwick
27:51District as being the Monopoly board,
27:55this is Baltic Avenue and uh
27:59it it really is it's around the corner
28:02from Highland Ave. It's on its way
28:05down Oak Street. So, not
28:08the the area that we're looking at is
28:09what not what people think of as classic
28:13Sedgwick uh
28:15district. Across the street from that,
28:17on the other side
28:19>> Mhm.
28:19>> of um Oak Street, there's a 217 Highland
28:24Avenue. That's vacant
28:27and has been vacant for
28:30uh almost 10 years. So, nobody is
28:33looking at that anyway from
28:36that property.
28:38The house adjacent to 217
28:41Highland Avenue, 215 Highland Avenue, is
28:45also
28:47unoccupied.
28:49Uh
28:50no one is living there either. That's
28:52been empty for a while.
28:54Um
28:55on the other if you go further down
28:59uh Highland Avenue or Oak Street, excuse
29:02me.
29:03The next building is another garage.
29:07And next to that is uh what used to be
29:12uh
29:13a photography
29:14uh
29:16shop. That's also closed. So, it's just
29:20not a lot there. It's not Old Sturbridge
29:23Village. Nobody's coming to walk around
29:26and look at these properties. It's just
29:28a building that cars live in.
29:31And I'm trying to keep the cars
29:33protected.
29:34>> Understood. Uh but you are open to a
29:37film that would
29:39as
29:40Cal mentioned the
29:42privacy film on that.
29:43>> Yeah, I am.
29:45>> Okay, I think that's a
29:46really great
29:47comment, really great solution.
29:49Um any other members members of the
29:52board for comments?
29:55And then we got to
29:56put a motion together here.
30:03You know, we do one row windows that are
30:05simplified, the more of the Stockbridge
30:07model.
30:08>> Yeah, I guess I don't know. I'm okay
30:10with one row of windows. I would prefer
30:13the Stockbridge model. Um I appreciate
30:15the extra set of vertical lines in the
30:18doors. You know, it's not just the
30:19standard
30:21>> Yeah, the people would look at this
30:22complimentary of of what's there. It is
30:25a good catch.
30:26>> Yeah.
30:32>> No more comments?
30:32>> [snorts]
30:33>> Was that a motion?
30:34>> Or no, I
30:35Any other comments?
30:37>> I can
30:37>> Any other comments? Go ahead, but if
30:39there's a motion, please
30:41put it forward.
30:42>> Um I will motion to approve the project
30:45as submitted um with a change from the
30:48Prairie windows to the Stockbridge
30:50windows for the one row of
30:52top
30:52windows.
30:57>> Okay, we have a
30:58motion. Do we have a second to that
30:59motion?
31:06>> I'd still like to see the extra lower
31:07glazing.
31:08>> All right, we could we can uh
31:12We can have an amendment to that.
31:14>> Yeah.
31:15>> All right.
31:16>> Or if there's no second, then that
31:18motion fails. Um and then a new motion
31:22can be made.
31:22>> Okay.
31:25All right, we don't have a second, that
31:26motion's going to fail.
31:29All right.
31:30We get a new motion on the table,
31:31please.
31:33>> I move to accept the application as
31:36submitted with the modification that we
31:37retain the second row of windows, but
31:39with the vertical uh Stockbridge
31:42um
31:43muntins
31:45um and a privacy film to
31:49deter
31:50people looking in.
31:52>> Do we have a second on that motion
31:54that's on the table?
31:55>> Second.
31:56>> Second. Any discussion or modifications
31:58to that?
32:01Hearing none, all in favor of the motion
32:08>> I
32:09>> I
32:09>> I
32:10>> Opposed?
32:11Motion carries.
32:13Thank you very much.
32:14>> Thank you.
32:15>> Thank you. Any questions? You can reach
32:18out to Kate.
32:19Pretty simple.
32:23>> You can
32:24If you have any questions, you can talk
32:26to me. I'll
32:30>> Very good.
32:30>> Okay, thank you so much.
32:31>> Thank you.
32:31>> Thank you [snorts] very much.
32:32>> Thank you.
32:33>> Great house. Keep it up. Thank you.
32:41>> I have nothing else for you today.
32:43[laughter]
32:44So, there's no new business and no
32:47particular discussion items at this
32:49point.
32:50Um
32:53So,
32:54unless anybody else has anything.
32:58>> No.
32:58>> Okay.
32:59>> I have a motion to adjourn.
33:01>> Motion to adjourn.
33:02>> Second.
33:04>> All in favor?
33:05>> Aye.
33:06>> Motion carries.
33:08All right.
33:10>> Good job.
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