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AND WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.
[1. Call to Order]
I AM GOING TO CALL THE MAY 22ND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, APPLICANTS, AND I'M ALSO ALWAYS WANT TO THANK PAUL SLECHTA, OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON, AND MATTHEW BOYLE, OUR ATTORNEY, P.W., AFTER THE FESTIVAL, I WANT TO SAY FANTASTIC JOB.
YEAH. WONDERFUL WORK, TEAM EFFORT, GOOD TEAM EFFORT.
I STILL AM ALWAYS AMAZED AT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS IT TAKES TO RUN THAT THING.
YOU JUST YOU CAN SEE PAUL YAWNING FOR JUST THAT REASON.
WHAT'S YOUR OUR TOTAL FOR THE WEEKEND? I DON'T KEEP UP WITH IT. YEAH.
THERE EACH SHIFT. IT CERTAINLY WOULD NEED A CALCULATOR.
COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
WE LOST OUR FIRST COMMISSION CHAIRMAN AND MR. BURL GILLIAM. HE LIVED HIS LIFE AS A AS A TESTIMONY TO GREATNESS.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST REFLECT ON THAT.
BURL SERVED THIS COMMISSION FOR 25 YEARS, AND HE NOT ONLY SERVED WITH HIS HEART AND MIND AND ALSO WITH HIS WALLET BY DOING A LOT OF THE PRESERVATION ON MAIN STREET.
SO THANK YOU TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
HE DID A DID A GREAT JOB AND WAS A REALLY GOOD LEADER DIRECTING HPC. HE SURE DID.
IT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND ANY PERSON WHO'S NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA MAY ADDRESS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION UNDER CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES BY COMPLETING A CITIZEN APPEARANCE REQUEST FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, THE COMMISSION IS RESTRICTED IN DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THE SECRETARY WILL CALL YOU FORWARD TO SPEAK IN ORDER YOU HAVE REGISTERED.
MISS KAYCE SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME.
SO WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO OUR WORK SESSION, WHICH IS THE CA 26 AND 28.
[3. Work Session]
STAFF APPROVED CAS, MR. KLEMPIN.OKAY. THE FIRST ONE IS CA 24-28, AND THIS IS FOR 211 EAST WALL STREET, WHICH IS THE FIRST HOUSE OVER HERE ON WALL JUST BEYOND THE CITY PARKING LOT.
AND THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE WAS PURCHASED BY THE NEW OWNER, MELINDA STREET.
AND SHE REALLY LOVES THIS, THIS HOME.
AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT WAS LAST MONTH.
THEY PAINTED IT DIFFERENT COLORS.
IT WAS NAVY AND SHE MADE IT THIS CHARCOAL GRAY COLOR.
BUT SHE SUBMITTED THE CA SO I WENT AHEAD AND RECEIVED IT.
THE NEXT ONE IS CA 24-26 FOR THE OLD GRAPEVINE CIGAR AND TOBACCO SHOP, AND THEY'RE REPLACING THOSE SIGNS THAT HAD THE RAISED LETTERS.
THE RAISED LETTER SIGNS WERE NOT APPROVED PER OUR CITY ORDINANCE, BUT THEY WERE PUT UP MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, ABOUT 1993, AND THEY WERE JUST IN A BASIC WAY, BEING MAINTAINED.
BUT SOME OF THE LETTERS HAD COME OFF, SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT THAT BACK IN PER OUR ORDINANCE.
SO NOW IT'S A FLAT PAINTED SIGN.
AND SO THIS IS FOR THE CA FOR THOSE SIGNS.
AND THEN THAT COMPLETES THE CAS THAT WE RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
TAKES US DOWN TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
[4.A. Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness #CA24-05 for property located at 522 East Texas Street, legally described as Block 106, Lot 6, College Heights Addition, City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.]
AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA DURING THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM, AND UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRMAN OR BY CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.UPON BEING RECOGNIZED, JUST COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE SPEAKING AND AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE COMMISSION IS RESTRICTED IN DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
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SO I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS [INAUDIBLE] WOULD LIKE TO UP.
OH, SORRY. OUR FIRST THING IS ACTUALLY THE COVER THE CASE.
LET'S GO TO CASE NUMBER CA 24-05.
YES. AND SO THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WAS RECEIVED FROM STEVE HOFFMEYER BACK ON JANUARY 23RD, 2024 TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STORY ADDITION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE.
SO ON THIS IMAGE HERE, YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES LEFT AND RIGHT, THAT PROPERTY IN THE CENTER THERE'S THE HOUSE AND THEN A GARAGE THAT OPENS OUT TO THE REAR ACCESS WAY FROM FROM BEHIND.
AND HERE'S A VIEW FROM THE STREET.
SO THIS IS A NON LANDMARK PROPERTY.
SO WE'LL BE JUST LOOKING AT IT FOR ITS RELATIONSHIP FOR THE CHANGE TO THE STREET VIEW.
AND ANYWAY THIS ADDITION THIS TIME AS MR. HOFFMEYER HAS WORKED ON THIS.
HE'S WORKED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, ACTUALLY, AS LONG AS I THINK IT WAS 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO, ORIGINALLY WHEN HE CAME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION FOR AN ADDITION.
SO IT NOW AT THIS TIME, THIS IS A SMALLER ADDITION, AND THIS IS MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND WITH THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND IT HE HIRED THE ARCHITECT RUSSELL MORAN TO DO THIS DESIGN.
SO HERE'S THE THE EXISTING HOUSE.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE, STRAIGHT ACROSS RECTANGULAR HOUSE.
AND THEN ON THE REAR VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE GARAGE THAT IS FROM THE REAR THAT MR. HOFFMEYER HAD ADDED PROBABLY THAT WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO SEVEN 2010 2010, A WHILE BACK.
SO SO HERE'S HERE'S THE ELEVATIONS OF THE HOUSE AND THEN ALSO ELEVATIONS OF THE GARAGE AND THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE AND THE GARAGE, AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE GARAGE AND THE ROOF LINES OF THEM.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED NEW SITE PLAN.
SO THERE'S A SMALL ADDITION TO THE REAR OF THE OF THE ONE STORY HOUSE, WITH THE SECOND STORY ABOVE THAT, WHICH HAS A BEDROOM AND A BATHROOM IN THE UPSTAIRS.
SO IT'S BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE AN AIRPLANE BUNGALOW OR, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
THERE'S A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT THAT THE HOUSE CANNOT BE ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE GARAGE, BECAUSE IF THEY DID, IF THAT WAS DONE, THE GARAGE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO BE 25FT FROM THE REAR BECAUSE IT WOULD ALL BECOME ONE HOUSE.
SO WE CAN'T DO HE CAN'T DO THAT.
SO HE HAS THE THE APPROVED BREEZEWAY, WHICH CAN ONLY BE SIX FEET WIDE, BUT IT'S COVERED.
SO YOU CAN WALK UNDERCOVER TO THE TO THE REAR.
AND HERE'S THE THE NEW FLOOR PLAN HE'S ADDING 829FT².
THAT'S ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR.
SO IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE ADDITION.
BUT IT'S MAKING THE HOUSE WORK IN A BETTER WAY FOR HIM, FOR HIS USE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
SO IT DOES BUILD OUT OVER A BIT OF THE REAR HALF OF THE ROOF LINE OF THE HOUSE.
ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE A PORCH IS BEING ADDED OUT FRONT OF THE EXISTING FRONT WALL.
AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A PORCH OUT FRONT THAT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, SIT OUT UNDER.
AND THERE'S ALSO A SIDE PORCH BEING ADDED TO THE EAST, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ELEVATION HERE.
THE SIDE VIEW OF THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE VISIBLE REALLY FROM THE STREET.
IT'S IT'S PRETTY FAR BACK, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOT.
ALSO THE HOUSE THAT'S IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST FROM HERE.
THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING AN ADDITION BEHIND THERE.
THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE BACK AND MOVED BACK TO THE FRONT.
ABOUT TWO, TWO YEARS AGO WE APPROVED THAT PROJECT.
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AND THERE'S A THERE'S A TWO STORY ADDITION COMING UP BEHIND IT.SO THESE TWO WILL BE HAVE A SIMILARITY TO, TO THEM.
SO THERE THAT'S HOW THE SIDE VIEW APPEARS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A NON LANDMARKED HOUSE.
SO WE'RE WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WE SEE FROM THE STREET.
THANK YOU DAVID. AND THEN HERE'S HERE'S THE ROOF PLAN AND THE ROOF I THINK IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE HOUSE TO HAVE THE INS AND OUTS AND THE LIKE THE SIDE PORCH PROJECTION, THE FRONT PORCH PROJECTION.
YOU GOT SOME MORE ROOF LINES GOING ON.
IT KIND OF BREAKS UP THE HOUSE INTO MORE DETAILED MASS AND SCALE.
SO HERE'S HERE AGAIN IS THE SORT OF STREET VIEW SORT OF PIECED TOGETHER THERE.
NOW IT WOULD BE. BUT ON THIS ONE I DON'T HAVE THE UPDATED IMAGE OF HOW THE 518 HOUSE WOULD LOOK, BUT AGAIN, IT WILL BE IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO, SIMILAR TO THIS THERE THERE ABOUT THE SECOND FLOORS DON'T TAKE PLACE TILL ABOUT 60FT BACK INTO THE PROPERTY FROM THE STREET.
SO THAT I MEAN IT'S RECEIPTS ON HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY CLOSE BUT IT'S ACTUALLY RECEDING.
OKAY. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
SO THE EXISTING HOUSE IS 1171 SQUARE FEET.
SO COMBINED WITH THE 1800, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, 829 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TOTALS 2000FT².
SO IT'LL BE A 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
THE EXISTING GARAGE IS GRANDFATHER'S.
IT'S THERE. SO YOU PUT THE TOTAL TOGETHER.
IT'S 2737FT², WHICH IS WITHIN THE MAXIMUM OF 4100FT² ALLOWED PER THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.
THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS 26FT, THE LOT SIZE IS 6850FT², AND THE BUILDING COVERAGE IS 37.5%, WHICH IS WITHIN THE MAXIMUM OF 40% ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF OF THIS PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU SIR. MR. HOFFMEYER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. DON'T HAVE TO.
MIGHT ASK WHY I WANT TO DO THE SIDE PORCH.
THE SIDE PORCH. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A BACKYARD, BUT WE HAVE 14FT BETWEEN US AND THE HOUSE.
THE THE HISTORIC HOME THAT THEY JUST REDID ON THE OTHER SIDE.
PLUS, THEIR GROUND IS, LIKE, TWO FEET HIGHER THAN OURS, SO IT WORKS OUT KIND OF NICE, BECAUSE NOW WE PUT A SIX FOOT FENCE AND CONNECT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND GET A SIDE PORCH OFF THE SIDE. PLUS, SO I HAVE A SIDE YARD DOWN 14FT.
SO IT'S GOING TO KIND OF GO DOWN THE WHOLE SIDE DOWN THERE.
SO SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD TO GET STARTED.
NICE. WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT.
LIKE DAVID SAID YEARS AND YEARS AGO, I SUBMITTED ONE AND IT ACTUALLY WAS ALMOST AT THE MAX.
AND AND SINCE THEN I MOVED TO COLLIERVILLE.
THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO MAINTAIN.
SO THIS IS MUCH MORE SCALED CORRECTLY I THINK, TOO.
SO I'M EXCITED AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? PERFECT.
I'LL ASK THE COMMISSIONERS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
DAVID, WILL YOU REMIND ME ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, OUR LIMIT.
THIS WAS WELL WITHIN. I JUST COULDN'T RECALL.
COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE ANY QUESTIONS? BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I MOVE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
HE HE HE'S THE SECOND LONGEST FLIGHT, FAIR TO TO TO TO MAKE THE MEETING.
SECOND LONGEST COMMUTE STILL OUR CURRENT LEADER IS THERESA.
HEARING PUBLIC HEARINGS, CLOSED QUESTIONS, CONCERNS COMMENTS.
OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CA 24-05 WITH CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. JIM. I SECOND SECOND BY MARGARET.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS DOWN THERE.
TAKES US DOWN TO OUR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
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THIS WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT, I GUESS.SO I WANTED TO GET TO IT SOONER.
THIS IS OUR BRIEFING SESSION TO DISCUSS THE BUSHONG CABIN.
[5.A. Historic Preservation staff to provide an update on the status of the relocation of the Historic Bushong Cabin into the Historic Grapevine Township.]
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN MR. BUSHONG. THAT'S A NEAT PHOTOGRAPH.WHOEVER FOUND THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
AND I THINK IT'S WORTHY THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO GRAPEVINE AND WHY THIS CABIN IS SO IMPORTANT. HE BUILT IT, LIVED IN IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY.
AND SO LET'S GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE ON HIM.
CAME TO GRAPEVINE IN 1858, A YOUNG MAN BUT HE IT WASN'T LONG TILL HE MARRIED.
HE BUILT THAT CABIN FOR HIS WIFE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ONLY HALF OF THE CABIN.
THEN HE BUILT AND OPERATED THE FIRST COTTON GIN.
SO AT THAT TIME, WHERE COTTON WAS BEGINNING TO BECOME KING IN THE ON THE GRAPEVINE PRAIRIE, HE ALSO BUILT A SAWMILL IN A FLOUR MILL.
THERE WAS A THE SAW MILL AND FLOUR MILL WERE VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THE CABIN WAS.
SO IT WENT FROM A DOG RUN TO A SINGLE.
AS YOU SEE, HE SERVED HONORABLY IN THE TEXAS CAVALRY.
HE WORKED WITH OTHER GREAT NAMES THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF.
THE JENKINS DUNN, DUNNS, YATES, ESTILL AND WALL FAMILIES BUILT MANY BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET.
A NUMBER OF THE BUILDINGS THAT HE BUILT ARE STILL STANDING ON MAIN STREET TO THIS DAY.
THERE ARE SOME SAY THAT THE BRIDGE IS STILL DOWN THERE, SOME SAY NOT, BUT WE DO KNOW THERE ARE SOME.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BRIDGES THAT ARE UNDER THAT THE WATER.
IT'S IN THE DEEPEST PART OF THE LAKE ITSELF.
SO WE WON'T GET TO REALLY KNOW THAT.
BUT SOME DIVERS TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S STILL A DRAGLINE DOWN THERE.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE 3 TO 5 YEARS TO FILL LAKE GRAPEVINE.
THE VERY FIRST SEASON IT FILLED, IT HAD A LOT OF HEAVY, HEAVY RAINS LIKE WE'VE BEEN HAVING NOW UP IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF DENTON CREEK, WHICH IS WISE COUNTY AND MONTAGUE COUNTY.
AND BEFORE THEY COULD GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT OUT OF THERE, FILLED THE LAKE.
SO THAT LEAVES SOME REALLY NICE FEATURES DOWN THERE.
SO THIS WAS WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO BEING JUST ONE HALF OF A DOG RUN CABIN.
AND THIS IS WHAT REMAINS TODAY.
IT IS IT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND OF COURSE, HAS A MODERN ROOF ON IT.
IT DID HAVE A VERY MODERN CHIMNEY THAT WENT ON IT HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU SEE THE DISTANCE OF THE WELL THERE IN THE THE LOCATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS THE ACTUALLY ONE OF GRAPEVINE'S EARLIEST WATER WELLS IN MODERN TIMES.
AND SO TO TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR FIRST INCLINATION WAS FOR IT TO GO OVER IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
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AND SO WE ACTUALLY MADE LOTS OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT.AND WE HAD ENGINEER, DESIGNER, FOUNDATION AND ALL THAT.
BUT HERE JUST A WEEK OR TWO AGO WHEN BECAUSE WE'RE NOW ONLY A MONTH OR TWO AWAY FROM MOVING IT WE ACTUALLY DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A RATIO OF THE DEPTH OF THE CREEK TO THE DISTANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE FROM IT.
AND SO WHEN WE PUT THAT IN PLACE, IT PUSHED THE CABIN OUT INTO WHAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PARK, WHERE THEY HOLD WONDERFUL SUMMER AND SPRING AND FALL EVENTS, ETC..
AND WE DIDN'T THINK THAT SOMEBODY LIKE GEORGE BUSHONG, WHO WAS SO MUCH ABOUT COMMUNITY, WOULD WANT TO, IN FACT, DISTURB THOSE GREAT, WONDERFUL EVENTS TAKING PLACE. AND SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? HE WAS A MAN OF MAIN STREET AND THAT HE SHOULD, IN FACT PROBABLY BE ON MAIN STREET.
IT IS CONSIDERABLY SMALLER THAN THE [INAUDIBLE].
AND SO YOU SEE, IT'S WELL SET BACK FROM MAIN STREET, BUT IT'S FACING MAIN STREET.
SO IT LOOKS OVER MAIN STREET, BUT IT'S 30FT AWAY FROM THE EXISTING CABIN AND 40FT FROM REALLY THE PARKING SPACES THERE OF WALL STREET.
AND, AND YOU CAN SEE SO IT ALLOWS THE [INAUDIBLE] TO STILL MAINTAIN ITS PROMINENCE ON THE LOT AND I MEAN IN LIBERTY PARK PLAZA AND BUT THIS BRINGS [INAUDIBLE] WERE MORE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOVE IN THAT SENSE.
THEY ALL ULTIMATELY BELONGED TO GRAPEVINE.
BUT BUSHONG HAS A REAL PLACE IN TAKING GRAPEVINE FROM A SUBSISTENCE COMMUNITY TO A REALLY VIABLE REGIONAL COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT CABIN UP TO MAIN STREET AND LIBERTY PARK PLAZA IS A JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
WE WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE MADE THIS CHANGE.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN EMBRACED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE WE SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS WELL, AND MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL GOOD THERE.
SO WE'VE KIND OF TOUCHED BASES EVERYWHERE.
AND I THINK HERE WE'LL HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT FOR SMALL SMALL MEETINGS, ETC. MAYBE YOU KNOW, THE OCCASIONAL WEDDING AND SUCH AND THERE WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT THE MAYOR FEELS AND I HAPPEN TO MAYBE HE'S LONE SUPPORTER IN THIS, BUT WE THINK THAT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WOULD.
ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, AS ADULTS, LOVE TO SAY I WAS BORN IN A LOG CABIN.
AND AND SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE LITTLE MIDWIFERY GROUP HERE ON WALL STREET.
WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT UP, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE SOME YOUNG FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO, IN FACT, HAVE THEIR CHILD OR CHILDREN IN A LOG CABIN ON MAIN STREET IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMERICA.
SO WE THINK THAT FOR SURE WILL CREATE SOME NATIONAL INTEREST.
I'LL JUST SAY I LIKE THIS LOCATION MUCH BETTER THAN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
I THINK. MORE THOUGHTFUL LOCATION THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CABIN.
EXCUSE ME. WILL THE TREE REMAIN, OR WILL THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED THAT'S NEXT TO IT OR THAT'S THE SHADOWING THAT'S THERE THAT NO TREES HAVE TO BE MOVED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. GREAT.
AFTER YOU MOVE IT. HOW LONG? WHAT'S THE PROCESS IN RESTORING? IS IT? IS IT SIX MONTHS, A YEAR OR NO.
THERE'S NO SORT OF STRUCTURAL THINGS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
ALL THE MODERN ELEMENTS THAT THEY HAD ADDED TO THE INTERIOR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STRIPPED ALL THAT AWAY.
SO WE WILL COME BACK AND PUT AN APPROPRIATE STONE FIREPLACE AND SUCH IN IT.
AND BUT OTHERWISE WE'LL PUT THE FOUR OVER FOUR WOOD WINDOWS, PUT THAT
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BACK IN IT.PICTURE. THE ROOF IS STILL THE SAME.
WE'LL PUT AGAIN, A SHAKE ROOF BACK ON IT.
THE SHED WAS SORT OF TAKEN DOWN AND THEN INCORPORATED INTO THE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT BEHIND IT.
SO WE'LL PUT BACK THAT ORIGINAL SHED THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FACT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE IT IS QUITE SMALL, I MEAN, COMPARED TO THE [INAUDIBLE] IT'S IT'S QUITE SMALL, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO BE USED AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE'LL HAVE, THERE'LL BE A, A STATIC DISPLAY IN THERE.
WE, WE SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL KIND OF VIEW IT THE SAME WAY WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].
WE DON'T LET PEOPLE IN THERE, BUT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF GET INSIDE IT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THE KIND OF TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE NOW ON MAIN STREET WOULD, I THINK, FAIRLY QUICKLY DAMAGE THESE STRUCTURES IF WE LET PEOPLE GET INTO THEM.
BUT I THINK THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER VERY WELL THERE OF YOU KNOW, SIMILAR AREAS.
WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, MARGARET, YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS, BUT HAD THIS, LIKE, OLD RAGTAG ARBOR THERE AND AND THEN AN OLD BELL THAT WAS COVERING THE WELL.
SO THEY PUT A I THINK IT SORT OF HELPED INFLUENCE US, CALL IT THE LIBERTY PARK PLAZA, BECAUSE LIKE THE LIBERTY BELL, IT WAS BROKEN AND IT CAME OFF OF ONE OF THE CHURCHES.
BUT NOBODY MR. WILHOIT, WHO WAS CERTAINLY AN AUTHORITY ON ALL THINGS GRAPEVINE FROM, YOU KNOW, EARLY 1900S ON, BUT HE JUST WASN'T SURE THAT WHICH CHURCH IT WAS.
HE KNEW IT WASN'T ONE OF THE ONES CURRENTLY.
IT WASN'T THE METHODIST CHURCH, IT WASN'T THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
SO BUT HE JUST KNEW THAT IT HAD BEEN IT CAME FROM A CHURCH.
RIGHT. WE PUT THE BROKEN BELL IN.
THERE YOU HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT REPORT.
TAKES US DOWN TO OUR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
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EXCUSE ME. SIX, WHICH IS OUR MINUTES, AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.SECOND, SECOND. THANK YOU JANET.
I THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT DID OUR HOMEWORK, BUT I WE I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
TAKES US DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN FOR ADJOURN.
I'LL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU DAVID.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.