[4.A. Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application for a Historic Landmark Overlay #HL24-01 for property located at 717 East Worth Street, legally described as Block 109, Lots 12 & 13, College Heights Addition, City of Grapevine and take any necessary action. ]

A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA DURING THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM, OR UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRMAN OR BY CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.

UPON BEING RECOGNIZED, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM MICROPHONE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND AGAIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, THE COMMISSION IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION DURING YOUR COMMENTS. I NOW DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO HL24-01.

OKAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST HL FOR THIS YEAR SINCE JANUARY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE IT.

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING CASE.

THIS IS FOR PROPERTY AT 717 EAST WORTH STREET.

THE OWNER OF THE PROJECT IS THE MAGNOLIA PROJECTS LTD.

NEIL COOPER OF TIN BARN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS THE APPLICANT, AND THIS IS TO LANDMARK THE PROPERTY.

WE DO HAVE THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER IS BILL TIGNER, AND HE HAS SIGNED THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION.

IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD TO THE TIN BARN GROUP, AND SO IT IS TO LANDMARK THE PROPERTY, AND SO WE HAVE SOME IMAGES HERE.

WE'VE DONE RESEARCH STAFF HAS DONE RESEARCH ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW.

IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX BUILDING SORT OF IN A U SHAPE BUILT AROUND A COURTYARD, AND IT WAS BUILT IN 1963, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS WE HAVE HERE AT CITY HALL.

IT SERVED FROM THAT TIME ALL THE WAY UP TO NOW, EXCEPT I THINK IT'S BEEN MAINLY VACANT FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND IT HAS A NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES, I THINK SEWER ISSUES, AND IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE, BRICK HAS COME OFF OF ONE SIDE AND FALLEN OFF, AND, YOU KNOW, MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS ARE GOING ON WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, BUT THE INTENT HERE IS TO LANDMARK THIS PROPERTY SO THAT THE COMMISSION HAS OVERSIGHT AS TO WHAT WOULD BE TAKING ITS PLACE.

IT ACTUALLY SITS LITERALLY ON TWO LOTS, LOTS 12 AND 13 OF THE ORIGINAL COLLEGE HEIGHTS ADDITION OF 1921.

SO SORT OF LIKE ONE HALF OF THIS BUILDING'S ON ONE LOT, ONE HALF OF IT'S ON THE OTHER LOT, BUT IT'S ALL JUST KIND OF COMBINED INFORMALLY TOGETHER

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AT THAT TIME.

I FOUND A BZA CASE FROM 1963 WHERE THEY WERE GRANTED PERMISSION JUST TO BUILD THIS BUILDING ON THE TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

SO ANYWAY SO THE BACKGROUND ON THIS, THIS WAS TURNED IN IN MAY 31ST OF 2024.

THIS BUILDING HAS A HIP AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM OVER THE WHOLE THING.

IT'S CLAD.

HERE'S SORT OF A SITE PLAN OF THAT.

IT'S CLAD IN RED BRICK.

THE BUILDING IS DETERIORATED AND A NUMBER OF THE UNITS.

HAVE THE SHEETROCK REMOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE EXAMINING BUILDING.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY HABITABLE AT THIS TIME.

THE APPLICANT NEIL COOPER, IS REQUESTING TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING, AND IN ITS PLACE HE HAS PROPOSED A TWO LOT DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO PERIOD STYLE HOMES THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, THAT THERE'S GUIDELINES THAT ARE BEING ESTABLISHED WITH THIS SHOW.

THERE'S ALSO BEHIND IT, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THIS REAR VIEW HERE.

THERE'S SORT OF AN ALLEY ACCESS WAY THAT GETS YOU TO THE BACK, BUT THAT WOULD ALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE TWO NEW LOTS.

SO THE LOTS ARE BASICALLY REVERTING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOTS.

HOWEVER, I THINK ONE OF THE LOTS THAT WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS MUCH WIDER THAN THE OTHER ONE.

SO I THINK THE INTENT IS TO REPOSITION THAT.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH EQUAL, BUT THAT WILL BE DONE IN A LATER DATE, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS INTENDED TO HAPPEN AND THEN WHEN THE NEW HOMES WILL BE BUILT ON THE LOTS, SINCE THERE'S NOT REALLY AN ALLEY ACCESS WAY BACK THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR ACCESS FOR GARAGES FROM THE FRONT, SO THEY WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, PERHAPS WITH A DRIVEWAY GOING DOWN THE SIDE OR WHATNOT.

THE BUILDINGS WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC TOWNSHIP THAT IT'S A LANDMARK.

SO STAFF, LET'S SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS.

KIND OF MAYBE A COUPLE MORE THINGS.

HERE'S THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT I FOUND IN OUR CITY LASERFICHE SYSTEM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT HAD A FRONT PARKING JUST OFF THE STREET.

YOU CAN SEE INTO THE COURTYARD AREA.

IT HAD A, B AND C TYPE UNITS IN THERE.

THE A AND B UNITS WERE ONE BEDROOM AND THE C UNITS WAS TWO BEDROOM, AND SO THERE WERE CERTAIN NUMBER OF THESE UNITS IN INSIDE OF THERE.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THE BUILDING IS SIGNIFICANT IN A WAY.

IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR LANDMARK DESIGNATION FORM, WE PUT OUR EVALUATION OF IT IN THE BACK.

IT DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANCE TO THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAPEVINE, AND THAT IT WAS AN EARLY APARTMENT BUILDING OF THE 60S, AND THEN FOLLOWING THIS ONE, THEN THERE WERE MORE THAT WERE DONE BY TIGNER, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA.

SO IN THAT SENSE, YEAH, THAT HAS A SENSE OF SIGNIFICANCE THERE.

ALSO, THE TIGNER FAMILY THEMSELVES, HAVING BUILT MR. TIGNER, HAVING BUILT A NUMBER OF THINGS, HELPED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN IT THE SITE HAS A RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISTINCTIVE BUILDING SITES AND AREAS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRESERVATION, AND IT PER OUR CITY ORDINANCES. SO THERE'S OTHER HISTORIC PROPERTIES IMMEDIATELY RIGHT THERE.

SO TO REVERT THIS FROM APARTMENTS BACK TO HOUSES WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS AREA, AND THEN IT'S ALSO A UNIQUE LOCATION IN THE CITY AND IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT HAS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS.

SO THAT JUST BASICALLY THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE MY I DON'T HAVE A PLAN RIGHT HERE, BUT I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MOMENT THAT PLAN OF THE ON THE NEXT CASE THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS AREA.

IT'S A LARGE MAP KIND OF DEVELOPMENT OF LOTS, AND THEN THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS WAS BUILT, STARTED IN THE 20S, THAT WAS THE FIRST. THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME THE TOWN ACTUALLY EXPANDED.

WAS THAT ADDITION EXPANDED THE TOWN, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT 1 IN 1948, THE [INAUDIBLE] EXPANDED IT FURTHER SO THAT.

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THIS IS ALL PART OF THE SEQUENCE AND HISTORY OF THE CITY.

SO WE'VE TRIED TO DOCUMENT THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE IN OUR DOCUMENTS WE HAVE THE PLANS AND WE HAVE INTERIOR VIEWS OF HOW THE BUILDING UNITS LOOK TODAY.

SO ANYWAY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS AND THE SET OF DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH ARE YOUR STANDARD GUIDELINES FOR PROPERTIES [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU DAVID.

APPRECIATE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DAVID.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.

WE'LL SAY THAT THERE USED TO BE MISS MARGARET.

CRAFTSMAN STYLE HOUSES.

OH OKAY. ON THAT LOT BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE WAS WHERE MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER LIVED.

OH MY. THAT WAS WHEN ALL THE GRAPEVINE SCHOOLS WERE RIGHT OVER THERE WHERE FAITH CHRISTIAN IS TODAY.

YES, BUT YEAH, THEY WERE FRAME, SMALL FRAME HOUSES THAT LIVED, TWO OF THEM THAT ARE NOW GOING BACK TO HAVING HOUSES THERE.

SO TO HAVE I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE WHICH IS NOT IN YOUR PACKET BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUZZY IT WON'T PRINT, BUT A 1944 AERIAL VIEW AND I SHARED THAT WITH SEAN.

I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT IT, AND YOU CAN SEE TWO HOUSES THERE, AND I THINK MAYBE TWO MORE HOUSES WHERE THE OTHER APARTMENT BUILDING TO THE WEST IS, BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE IMPRINT, ITS ROOF LINES OF HOUSES.

SO YOU'RE REVERTING.

I MEAN, I'M USING THAT WORD, BUT YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE AREA.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE JUST A VERY GREAT WIN FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH THE TOWNSHIP, AND BECAUSE THIS WAS LIKE, NOT WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

IT'S NOT WHAT WOULD BE APPROVED TODAY TO HAVE THE APARTMENT BUILDING ON LAND LIKE THAT.

THAT'S PART OF A HISTORIC PATTERN.

SO THIS IS REALLY FORTUNATE THING TO THAT.

WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S TAKEN THE TIME TO LEARN ALL ABOUT IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW THIS COULD BE DONE AND HAS SOME PLANS FOR TO DO THIS.

SO THANK YOU DAVID.

OTHER COMMENTS.

I MOVE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, MARGARET.

SECOND. SECOND BY JANA.

ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GOOD JOB. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ARE YOU WAITING ON MR. JIM? I WAS GOING TO LET JIM. I KNOW IT SEEMS ONLY APPROPRIATE.

[CHUCKLING] I'M SORRY? WE WERE WAITING ON YOU TO MAKE THE MOTION.

OH, LET'S GET THE MICROPHONE.

I FLIPPED BACK.

SORRY. I CAN'T FIND THE NUMBER.

HERE WE GO. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE HL24-01.

AS RECOMMENDED, SIR.

PERFECT. SECOND BY MARGARET.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT, MR. KLEMPIN, LET'S GO TO ITEM B UNDER PUBLIC HEARING.

[4.B. Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness #CA24-31 for property located at 717 East Worth Street, legally described as Block 109, Lots 12 & 13, College Heights Addition, City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.]

OKAY. THE NEXT ONE. THIS JUST HAS MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT I WAS INTRODUCING BEFORE AT THIS LOCATION.

SO THIS CA THAT WAS TURNED IN AS MENTIONED, I'LL GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THIS, IS TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING ONE STORY. IT'S 9138 SQUARE FOOT RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDING WITH ITS COURTYARDS AND ITS DRIVEWAYS.

TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN AND THEN REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY INTO TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT ARE FACING EAST WORTH STREET.

AS PER THE ATTACHED DRAWINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PACKET AND SITE PLAN.

SO THERE'S THE EXISTING BUILDING.

HANG ON JUST A MINUTE. I'M GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS FOR A SECOND.

WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT A HISTORIC LANDMARK OVERLAY BE APPROVED FOR THE PROPERTY, AND THEN A ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED FOR TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS FACING EAST WORTH STREET THAT ARE BEING APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN A REPLAT OF THE PROPERTY IS APPROVED BY THE P&Z AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN ALL PLANS FOR THE NEW HOUSES ARE TO BE DEVELOPED FOLLOWING THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROPERTY AND ALL EXTERIOR MATERIALS, WINDOWS, DOORS, DOOR HARDWARE, LIGHT FIXTURES AND FENCES AND IN THE PLANS ALL BE APPROVED UNDER A SEPARATE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD ALL COME BEFORE YOU.

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THEY'D WORK WITH STAFF AND BE APPROVED BY A COMMISSION AND A BUILDING PERMIT BE OBTAINED FROM THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

A FEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS.

THE TOTAL PROPERTY OF THE TWO LOTS TOGETHER IS 18,200FT².

THE PROPERTY WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO ROUGHLY TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OF APPROXIMATELY 9100FT² IN SIZE, EACH FRONTING ONTO EAST WORTH STREET WITH DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO GARAGES FROM EAST WORTH STREET.