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IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Thursday, July 12, 2018
City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street
Emma Harvat Hall
5:30 p.m.
A) Call to Order
B) Roll Call
C) Public discussion of anything not on the agenda
D) Certificate of Appropriateness
1. 1025 Burlington Street — College Hill Conservation District (Garage demolition and new
construction)
2. 821 N. Johnson Street — Brown Street Historic District (rear entry reconfiguration)
E) Report on Certificates issued by Chair and Staff
Certificate of No Material Effect —Chair and Staff review
1. 1012 Burlington Street —College Hill Conservation District (roof and mansard shingle
replacement)
2. 701 Oakland Avenue — Longfellow Historic District (roof shingle replacement)
Minor Review —Staff review
1. 1206 Court Street — Longfellow Historic District (front step replacement and removal of non -
historic front porch windows)
2. 727 N. Lucas Street — Brown Street Historic District (entry stoop and stair replacement)
3. 1118 E. Court Street — Longfellow Historic District (rear window replacement)
4. 420 N Linn Street — Northside Historic District (porch skirting reconstruction)
5. 513 Summit Street — Summit Street Historic District (radon mitigation system)
6. 528 N Gilbert Street — Northside Historic District (rear step reconstruction and soffit repair)
Intermediate Review —Chair and Staff review
1. 1111 E. Burlington Street — College Hill Conservation District (reconstruction of rear porch
and west side rear wall, repair of internal gutter and replacement of deteriorated trim)
F) Consideration of Minutes for June 14, 2018
G) Commission Information and Discussion
1. Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District to City Council
2. Update on Historic Preservation Fund
H) Adjournment
If you will need disability -related accommodations in order to participate in this meeting, please contact Jessica
Bristow, Urban Planning, at 319-356-5243 or at jessica-bti4tow@iowa-city-org- Early requests are strongly
encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.
Staff Report July 5, 2018
Historic Review for 1025 East Burlington Street
District: College Hill Conservation District
Classification: Contributing
The applicant, Ryan Benton, is requesting approval for a proposed demolition and new construction project
at 1025 East Burlington Street, a contributing property in the College Hill Conservation District. The project
consists of the demolition of the existing garage and construction of a new garage to match house.
Applicable Regulations and Guidelines:
4.0 Iowa CityHistonc Preservation Guidelines for Alterations
4.3 Doors
4.7 Mass and Rooflines
4.11 Siding
4.13 Windows
6.0 Guidelines for New Construction
6.2 New Outbuildings
7.0 Guidelines for Demolition
7.1 Demolition of Whole Structures or Significant Features
Staff Comments
Built around 1890, this house appears to be a free classic Queen Anne with a train hip roof and multiple
gables and cross gables. There is a single doublehungwindow centered in the gable at the second story, as
well as on the cross -gables. The house had been significantly altered by a previous owner including an
addition in the back, enclosed front porch and replaced and resized first floor windows. In 2015, the
Commission approved the rehabilitation work on the house including opening the front parch, replacing the
windows and removing the deteriorated chimney from the garage.
The applicant is proposing to remove the deteriorated existing garage and build a new 25'x30' two -car garage
with LP smart siding in a lap to match the house, a hip roof with 8/12 pitch in asphalt laminate shingles, and
two single -car garage doors with windows. The new garage will be set in slightly from the location of the
existing garage to comply with setback requirements.
The guidelines recommend retaining historic garages and if the garage is insufficient for modern vehicles,
efforts should be made to construct a new garage on another portion of the site. Where it is not possible to
save an existing garage, the guidelines recommend designing replacement garages to be compatible in design
with the primary structure and/or other outbuildings in the neighborhood. New outbuildings should be
constructed to the rear of the property and subordinate in size and ornamentation to the primary structure,
but should reflect the style of the primary structure. Carriage -style garage doors may be used if they are a style
appropriate for the property. Windows should be relatively small and rectangular.
In Staffs opinion, the existing garage is extremely deteriorated. It is stucco with a metal roof. In 2015 a
chimney that had already partially collapsed was completely removed. The roof was patched but shows
further evidence of deterioration. The garage floor inside has begun to collapse where part of the chimney
had fallen in on it and the front portion of the slab has heaved. The garage has a sliding door like a barn to a
parking section that has been unusable for many pears. Currently the sliding door does not open fully because
of a grading issue. The existing driveway does not extend to the garage but would slope down to the garage
creating a drainage issue if was continuous. The deterioration coupled with the homeowner's goal to have a
two -car garage, brings staff to the conclusion that the garage could be removed and replaced with a new two
car garage to match the house.
The proposed garage is a wood-ftame garage that will have siding and roof shingles to match the house. The
hip roof will also match the main hip roof on the house and will help minimize the scale of the roof. Two
single -car garage doors in a carriage style with composite material trim and rectangular windows is
appropriate for the Queen Anne style of the house. The windows will be double -hung like the house but
smaller in scale. The windows in the sketch elevations are squarer than they should be. An appropriate
window would have a more rectangular proportion.
Recommended Motion
Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 1025 Burlington Street as presented in
the application with the following conditions:
• Overhead door, passage door, and window product information is approved by staff
• The garage has corner boards and window and door trim similar to the house.
APMicAT'Iit:)I* FOR HisTofuc RKvi
Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or
properties located in a historic district or conservation district
pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C, Guidelines for
the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and
regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic
Preservation Handbook, which is available in the
Neighborhood and Development Services office at City Hall
or online at: www.icgov.org/bistoricpreservationiesources
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Date sued;
Certificate of No material Effect
Coate of Appropriateness
Major Review
Intermediate Review
Minor Review
The HPC does not review applications for compliance with building and zoning codes. Work must
comply with all appropriate codes and be reviewed by the building division prior to the issuance of
a building permit.
Meeting Schedule: The HPC meets the second Thursday of each month. Applications are due in the
office of Neighborhood and Development Services, by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the
meeting. See last page of thisapplication for deadlines and meeting dates.
Property Owner Name:
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This Property is a local historic landmark.
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This Property is within a historic
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Northside Historic District
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College Green Historic District
Summit St Histonc District
Dearborn.St. Conservation District
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Within the district, this Property is Classified as:
Contributing Noncontributing Nonhistoric
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all
listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected.
Addition (Typically proles entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.)
Building Elevations Floor Plans Photographs
Product Information Site Plans
Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening
alterations, deck or porch replacement/rnnstruction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor
alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.)
Building Elevations Product Information Photographs
Construction of a new building
Building Elevations Floor Plans Photographs
Product Information Site Plans
Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such
as porch, chimney, decorative trim, beluster, etc)
Photographs
Evidence of deterioration Proposal of Future Plans
lte}7air or Restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance.
Other
Photographs
Product Information
Please contact the Preservation Specialist at 356-5243 for materials which need to be included with applications
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Staff Report July 5, 2018
Historic Review for 821 North Johnson Street
District: Brown Street Historic District
Classification: Non -Historic
The applicant, Successful Living, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 821 North
Johnson Street, a Non -Historic property, that has reached the 50-year mark since it was classified, in the
Brown Street Historic District. The project consists of roof repair, removal of awning, removal and
replacement of existing concrete entry stairs, and reconfiguration of exit from kitchen and office to backyard.
Applicable Regulations and Guidelines:
4.0 Iowa City Histmic Pfeservation Guidelines for Alterations
4.1
Balustrades and Handrails
4.3
Doors
4.10
Porches
4.13
Windows
4.14
Wood
Staff Comments
This house is a brick ranch -style home built about 1956. The house has a hip roof, enclosed rear porch and
rear addition, lower level garage and an open front patio. The house is now over 50 years old and as an intact
representative of the Ranch Style, it could now be considered historic. Since it was built outside the period of
significance for the Brown Street Historic District, it would be considered non-contributing to the district.
In 1999, the Commission approved the replacement of the windows in the rear addition. In September 2016,
the Commission approved a new egress window and window well on the rear of the house.
The applicant is proposing multiple exterior projects, most of which could be reviewed by staff such as
removing the awning from the roof and repairing the shingles, replacing the front concrete stairs and the
metal railing if necessary, and replacing the rear wood stairs (tinning them west instead of south). A concrete
patio, not needing review, will also be added behind the house.
The applicant also proposes to remove the south -facing windows in the enclosed rear porch and add an
exterior door and landing with stairs that turn west toward the patio. Both sets of rear exterior stairs will be
constructed of wood that will be painted or stained once the wood has sufficiently cared. The railing will
meet the guidelines and skirting will enclose that exposed portions under the stairs and landings.
The guidelines recommend that if an opening is to be relocated, it should not detract from overall
fenestration patterns. The siding that is used to patch an altered opening should match the existing. New
doors should be trimmed to match other doors and windows in the building. A new door that is in a material
that is not wood should be durable and accept paint and approved by the Commission.
In Staffs opinion, the enclosure on the rear porch is not original and changing the south -facing windows to a
door to improve the functioning of the interior space for occupants is an acceptable change. Typically, the
Commission approves fiberglass doors instead of steel doors when the applicant is not using wood and Staff
would recommend that material here as well. While the brick portion of the house has brickmold trim on the
windows, the wood -framed addition and enclosed porch would use flat casing instead. The existing south -
facing door on the addition has existing brickmold trim. Staff recommends matching this only to simplify the
use of materials on the project.
The original proposal for two sets of rear stairs was to have them run alongside each other to the west which
staff felt made situation seem confusing and overly complicated. With one landing higher, the stairs could not
be simplified into a single set of stairs. The existing site grading makes option 1, with the new stairs running
south along the house likely unfeasible without extensive regrading. In addition, the hose bib for the back of
the house is under the location of the higher landing. With this in mind, staff recommends extending the
upper landing to the west about 2 or 3 feet so that the two sets of stairs can be separated as in option 2. The
hose bib access could happen between the stairs. Since it would not be visible, staff recommends that the
skirting enclosure in that area could be left out to increase the ease of access. In the winter, items like the grill
might be able to be stored between the stairs.
Recommended Motion
Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 821 North Johnson Street as presented in
the application with the following conditions:
• The new stair and landing is revised according to option 2
• Materials such as new front railing (if needed) and new door product approved by staff
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APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC REVIEW
Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or
properties located in a historic district or conservation district
pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 14-4C. Guidelines for
the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and
regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic
Preservation Handbook, which is available in the
Neighborhood and Development Services office at City Hall
oronlineat: www.icgov.org/histojoreservationresources
For Staff Use:
Date submitted:
❑ Certificate of No material Effect
❑ Certificate of Appropriateness
❑ Major Review
0 Intermediate Review
❑ Minor Review
The HPC does not review applications for compliance with building and zoning codes. Work must
comply with all appropriate codes and be reviewed by the building division prior to the issuance of
a building permit.
Meeting Schedule: The HP C meets the second Thursday of each month. Applications are due in the
office of Neighborhood and Development Services by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the
meeting. See last page of this application for deadlines and meeting dates.
PROPERTY OWNER/ APPLICANT INFORMATION
(Please check primary contact person)
Property Owner Name: Successful Living
Email: FSuccessfuliving52246@gmail.com Phone Number: 319-358-6800
Address: 2406 Towncrest Dr.
City: 11owa City State: IA Zip Code: 52240
❑ Contractor/Consultant Name: Marc White
Email: mwhite@icsuccess.org Phone Number: 319-330-5819
Address: 12406 Towncrest Dr.
City: 11owa City State: IA Zip Code: 52240
PROPOSED PROJECT INFORMATION
Address: 1821 North Johnson Iowa City, IA 52245
Use of Property: I Residential for Clients Date Constructed (if known):
HISTORIC DESIGNATION
(Maps are located at the following link: w .kggv.or&Zh storicRreservataonnMources)
❑ This Property is a local historic landmark.
OR
This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location):
m Brown St. Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ College Hill Conservation District
❑ College Green Historic District ❑ Summit St. Historic District ❑ Dearborn St. Conservation District
❑ East College St. Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Goosetown/ Horace Mann
❑ Jefferson St. Historic District ❑ Clark St. Conservation Conservation District
❑ Longfellow Historic District District ❑ Governor -Lucas St. Conservation
District
Within the district, this Property is Classified as:
❑ Contributing ❑ Noncontributing m Nonhistoric
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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all
listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected.
W1Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.)
❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans m Photographs
❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans
Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening
alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor
alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.)
❑ Building Elevations m Product Information ❑ Photographs
❑ Construction of a new building
❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs
❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans
❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such
as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.)
❑ Photographs ❑ Evidence of deterioration ❑ Proposal of Future Plans
❑ Repair or Restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance.
❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information
❑ Other
Please contact the Preservation Specialist at 356-5243 for materials which need to be included with applications
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Project Description:
Materials to be Used:
Exterior Appearance Changes:
To Submit Application: Download form, Fill it out and email it to jessica-bristow®iowa-city.org or mail to Historic
Preservation, City of Iowa City, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
'Worklist for 821 N Johnson, Iowa City, IA 52245 Marc White: 319-330-5819
Roof repairs:
Long-term fix far temporarily patched areas where falling tree damaged roof
Remove awning electric and mechanical parts
Repair roof damage left by removal of awning
The contractor needs to work with City of Iowa City staff to get materials and plan approved
by the Historic Preservation Commission. Staff for the Commission will need to review
materials before the project starts and approve the project at completion.
Concrete Stairs (entry to front door)
Remove existing concrete stairs
Replace concrete steps and metal railings using design and materials
consistent with existing stairs
8' elevation, 11 6" risers, 11' deep, 3 6" deep triangular landings
Anchor new stairs to avoid problem of stairs shifting
The contractor needs to work with City of Iowa City staff to get materials and plan approved
by the Historic Preservation Commission. Staff for the Commission will need to review
materials before the project starts and approve the project at completion.
Re -configure exit from kitchen and office to backvard:
Office to outside: use existing wooden stairs
Landing 4' X 4'
Rotate so stairs will go west, ratherthan south
Stairs will extend on to concrete pad
Kitchen to outside: use treated pressurized wood
Outside landing 5' X 5'
5 steps from landing to concrete pad (stairs 55" (h) 5' (w) 11"(d)
Concrete Pad in Backyard (for grill) 12' X 11' Pad is 4+ inch thick, fiber mesh
reinforced 3500 PSI concrete. Broom finish include metal Inserts for chaining grill, etc.
Install outside lights —auto on at dusk 1 above each stairway
The contractor needs to work with City of Iowa City staff to get materials and plan approved
by the Historic Preservation Commission. Staff for the Commission will need to review
materials before the project starts and approve the project at completion.
Office Soundproofing/Ceiling Repair/Entrances/Exits
Ceiling: Take out existing tiles, cover ceiling (13.5' X 24.5') with 5/8" drywall, complete
installation, including painting a smooth finish
Coordinate with installation of a ceiling fan equivalent to:
Hunter Brunswick 52" LED Ceiling Fan with Remote
Install new ceiling over upper level exit from kitchen 68.5" X 68.5"
Windows: Soundproofing inserts for 2 existing windows (to protect confidentiality)
Kitchen to office & outside
Remove existing door from kitchen to office
To office: Complete installation of wall & doorway:
wall 68.5" (1) X 87" (h) door 36" (w) X 80" (h)
use door previously hung in kitchen doorway
To outside: Remove windows and frame in wall & doorway
wall 68.5" (1) X 87" (h) door 36" (w) X 80" (h)
2'X4's, drywall, insulation for an outside wall, paint
Install insulated exterior door with tempered window/screen
Switches (and fixtures, if needed) for office lights, light for inside platform, kitchen light
Kitchen Counters:
Replace all counters in designated area with quartz countertops & backsplashes
Countertops: 24" deep Sections: 9', 3', 9.33' Section plus side splashes: 55.5"
Backsplashes: 4" high
Floor coverings:
Remove existing carpeting 1,400 sq ft
Johnson measurements:
Office
26' X 15'
390
Living room
20' X 12'
240
Hallway
23' X 4'
92
Landing —to office
5' X 4'
20
Room 1
16' X 10.5'
168
Room 2
16' X 10.5'
168
Room 3
16' X 10.5'
168
Room 5
14' X 11'
154
TOTAL 1,400 sq. feet
Lay Vinyl Planking: Prepare floor
Thickness: 4 millimetre
Warranty: Light Commercial/Residential Min.10yrs.
Installation Method: Floating
Clean up leftover materials, etc.
HVAC System:
High Efficiency System including:
Furnace: 138,000 Btuh 0.95 AFUE
Air conditioner 48 MBtuh 15 SEER
Ductwork to office area and basement
Programmable Thermostat
Features: Load matching, Humidifying/Dehumidifying, Flow Control
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MINUTES PRELIMINARY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
EMMA J. HARVAT HALL
JUNE 14, 2018
MEMBERS PRESENT: Thomas Agran, Esther Baker, Kevin Boyd, Zach Builta, Gosia
Clore, Sharon DeGraw, G. T. Karr, Cecile Kuenzli, Pam Michaud,
Ginalie Swaim, Frank Wagner
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow
OTHERS PRESENT: Rachel Klapper, Karen Leigh, Quentin Pitzen, Alex Schmidt, Lee
Shope, Alicia Trimble
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (become effective only after separate Council action)
CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Swaim called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Swaim welcomed Pitzen, chosen to be the new at -large representative, and Lee Shope, to be
the new Woodlawn representative.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA:
There was none.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
519 North Johnson Street.
Wagner recused himself from consideration of this certificate.
Bristow said this small foursquare is in the Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District and
is right across from the Preucil School of Music. She said it has a nice, simple exterior design.
Bristow said the house has aluminum siding and soffits that were put on around 1975. She said
that part of the new project is to match what would be underneath that siding. Bristow said that
as the owners open up the back, they would determine what the siding pattern is and any trim
details and match that.
Bristow stated that the drawings in the stapled handout are the updated drawings. She showed
images of this as well. Bristow said that is just kind of a conjecture of what the details might be,
because they could change.
Bristow showed the rear of the house where the addition will be attached. She said that in the
plan, there is a little bit of a recess and then a bump out, which is partly to be able to retain the
two windows. Bristow showed the window that will be moved out and relocated on the exterior
of the rear of the new addition.
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Bristow showed a view from the southwest corner. She showed where the addition will be
attached to the back of the house and will be set in from the corner. Bristow showed a view of
the northeast corner, which demonstrates that it is a nice, simple plan.
Bristow showed the site plan for the house. She stated that the addition will be completely
behind the house, as recommended by the guidelines. Bristow said that there is a small,
projecting bay that is the recess in the addition in order to protect the rear windows. She said
that then it extends back out, which is necessary to have enough room for the bedroom and
bathroom upstairs and the family room and bathroom downstairs.
Bristow showed the first floor plan, showing the bathroom bump out and the south side
projection. She showed the second floor, with a bedroom, bath, and closet.
Bristow showed some elevations. She pointed out that the siding detail could change,
depending on what is found underneath the aluminum siding. Bristow said that at this point,
there is not a plan to remove all of the aluminum siding. She said that is an assumption for the
future, with this owner or a future owner, and that is why what is originally there will be matched.
Bristow said the windows will basically match the pattern of the house on the lower level. She
said they tend to be eight over one on the lower level and six over one on the upper level.
Bristow said this plan is going with the idea that many of these foursquares in Iowa City tend to
have some kind of a two-story rear addition that frequently has a sleeping porch on the second
floor. She said there will be extra windows on the second floor to allude to that kind of look.
Bristow said the shingles will be metal shingles to match the existing metal shingles, which are
not historic but are a recent addition.
Bristow showed the window that will be moved out to the exterior. She added that the dotted
line shows where the wall beyond the recess is to miss the windows.
Bristow said the foundation is stucco -coated, and the new foundation will match that. She
showed the recess on the south side to preserve the corner of the house and the bump out.
Bristow showed the north view. She said this View will not be seen by anyone except for
perhaps the neighbor, but the window patterning that looks appropriate for the house is
continued.
Bristow said that staff has not approved window material yet for any of the new windows. She
said staff also recommends that the siding and trim condition be reviewed and approved by at
least staff.
Kuenzli asked if it would be prohibitively expensive to remove the siding from the rest of the
house so that the whole thing would look more consistent. Bristow said that it would have a
cost, and it is not something that staff feels needs to be required as part of the project. She
stated that the owners have expressed interest in doing that eventually. Bristow said that
perhaps it could be done with the help of the preservation fund at some point.
Michaud asked about the three windows in the back and the allusion to the sleeping porch
concept. She asked if the owners have the option to not have the center window so they can
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June 14, 2018
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have more flexible room usage. Bristow replied that it was not discussed, because the owners
wanted to go with the three -window plan.
Builta said that it looks like the addition will not be visible in the front of the building at all. He
asked if there is a street behind from which this will be visible. Bristow responded that it will be
visible from the south side. She said there is a street that goes in front of the house, and the
house is on a comer on a very small lot. Bristow showed the site plan and said that there is
currently a fence along the south side, although she did not know the plans for the fence. She
showed the view that would be seen from the other street.
Michaud asked if the setback from the rear would still be met. Bristow answered that the
owners did get permission from the Board of Adjustment to be able to do that, as stated in the
staff report. Agran said there is a garage along the back side, so it doesn't back up near a
house or is even visible from a house.
MOTION: Agran moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 519
North Johnson Street subject to the following conditions: siding and trim conditions are
approved by staff and window product information is approved by staff. Baker seconded
the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 10-0 fWaoner abstaininal.
815 Brown Street
Bristow stated that this house is a little bungalow across from Happy Hollow Park. She said the
current application is to remove the original, historic brick chimney.
Bristow said a recent application was to replace the standing seam with new standing seam.
She said the house has an addition from 2009 that has the new standing seam. Bristow said
the application was approved, along with the removal of the modern, bare metal chimney.
Bristow said that at that time, the owners wanted to take down the historic chimney, because it
was deteriorated. She said staff talked to them first about having it repaired and the possibility
of using the preservation fund to help with that. Bristow said staff reached out to numerous
masons who have worked on historic projects, including quite a few chimney repairs and
reconstructions. She said that while the chimney is deteriorated - it needs some tuck pointing
and the concrete cap is completely gone - the biggest problem with the chimney is actually the
flashing of it.
Bristow said that what is used now for flashing is not quite as flexible as what used to be used.
She said it is difficult to require the use of copper on a metal roof where that combination of
metals could cause other, corrosive issues. Bristow said that none of the masons who actually
do this type of work would take this job. She said they did not think that they could flash it
enough to make it so that it wouldn't continue to leak. Bristow said that it has been leaking for
many years, damaging the plaster inside.
Bristow showed where the dormer meets the roof and the chimney overlaps a little bit in that
area. She said it is just a complicated area. Bristow said that after talking to the masons who
would be qualified to do this work but would not agree to do it, staff does recommend allowing
this chimney to come down.
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MOTION: Michaud moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at
815 Brown Street as presented in the application. DeGraw seconded the motion. The
motion carried on a vote of 11-0.
404 Brown Street
Bristow said this property would require an exception to the guidelines to allow for an attached
garage. She said that according to the zoning code, a garage is detached, technically, if it is
separated by a breezeway. Bristow said that the Commission has no such definition in the
guidelines, and it has been historically understood that if a garage is attached, it is attached,
and if it is not attached, it is detached.
Bristow said that at this point, staff is not necessarily going with the zoning code guidelines that
say that a breezeway actually detaches a garage. She said that for that reason, this project
would need an exception to the guidelines that staff feels is justified by the site conditions.
Bristow showed the house, which is in the Brown Street Historic District, and showed the site
condition. She said there is an extremely long lot and said that pretty much all the houses
within the two -block length are aligned with each other - being closer to the street and providing
for a large back yard. Bristow said that this house was built to align with the house next door,
which is much older. She said that puts it back toward the back of the lot. She showed where
the property line curves and showed the driveway that is shared with the neighbor to the north.
Bristow said that part of this project will mean that the owner will be getting an access easement
from the owner of the property to the east to go through what is now a paved driveway into their
driveway from the side. She said the result of that is that the garage doors will not be facing the
street, and no one but the neighbors will see them. Bristow said that part of the current
driveway will have the garage on it, and part of it will be reclaimed. She said there will be a
retaining wall around here, and the grade will be lifted to be equivalent with all of the grade
around the house. Bristow said that part of the driveway will still be maintained for the neighbor
to the north to use.
Bristow said that this site condition and the fact that this is so close to the rear of the house
means that this will still have a breezeway to connect it, but it would still be considered attached
to the Commission. She said staff believes that an exception to allow this is justified because of
the site.
Bristow showed the rear of the house. She showed the original part of the house and the two to
two and one-half story rear addition that goes along the back. Bristow said that the new
addition will not connect to any historic materials, so staff did not discuss removing anything, as
it is all part of an addition. She showed where it will connect to the door area.
Bristow showed a side porch and said this is also an addition and said it is part of the language
of the breezeway and the railing that are included in the garage. She showed the modern
railing and the area where the breezeway and garage will connect so that part of the rear deck
will still be accessible and usable.
Bristow said there are some shared new drawings handed out that are just slightly different from
the projected ones. She showed an image with the thickness of the roof eave being more like
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the porch roof on the front that will be mimicked for that overhang. Bristow said the breezeway
now has a screen door in it, and it will be open like the unconditioned space is for a breezeway.
Bristow pointed out the railing around the top of this. She said it would basically be treated kind
of like a flat roof porch. Bristow said the owner looked at an addition at 328 Brown Street, which
came before the Commission, as a kind of design inspiration. She said that maybe it would
allow the owners to have a green roof and a little more green space in the back yard also.
Bristow showed an image that has been replaced by a new, alternate drawing. She said that it
would be up to the Commission to decide if one is preferable to the other or to leave it open to
the applicant. Bristow said that one has a gang of four windows, and the other has paired
windows.
Bristow showed one of the views of the driveway. She said it shows that not a iot of the garage
will be visible anyway, and all of the details will match the house. Bristow commented that the
applicant is the same owner who did the previous additions and was very conscious of matching
the details and being considerate and sensitive to the design of the house.
Bristow showed a drawing of the south side of the garage with the connection point, which has
also changed. She said that the second door will no longer be as part of the garage because of
the fact that there is the screen door and the breezeway. Bristow said that the dark lines show
where the breezeway connects.
Bristow showed the north view and said that it only has one window because of the proximity of
the house to the north. She said it would keep car lights from shining into the house to the
north. Bristow said it will be up a little higher than the house to the north, so staff did not feel
that this side of the garage would need to have more windows.
Builta asked if the new garage design encompasses the railing enough that they would match
the railing or does it need to be specifically detailed. Bristow said that the drawings have
corrected that part of the recommended motion. She said that the railings would match the
other railings on the exterior, and the eave thickness has been corrected.
MOTION: Boyd moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 404
Brown Street as presented in the application or the renderings provided at the June 14
meeting through an exception to the guidelines allowing an attached garage because of
the unique conditions provided with the site and the existing setback with the following
conditions: window, door, and overhead door product material is approved by staff; and
trim details on the house such as a frieze board and water table are included to match
the house. Builta seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0.
515 Clark Street
Bristow stated that this house is a little brick craftsman cottage in the Clark Street Conservation
District. She said that the house is single -story with a hip roof. Bristow said there are elements
of Prairie Style here - proportionally the overhang; the fact that the eaves are boxed; the hip
roof; the fact that it has clean, sharp details; and the front entry.
Bristow said that the current application is to remove the front entry patio and replace it with a
new, larger patio created with a concrete landscape block that has a faux limestone appearance
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and to also remove the site stairs and replace them with the same material. She showed an
image of the material installed in a retaining wall, which did not need to be reviewed, along the
driveway. Bristow showed some images of the design.
Bristow said that the front stoop is deteriorated. She said that the caps are degrading and need
to be recast. Bristow said there is some pulling away of the concrete from the brick. Bristow
said that at some point, the front part was re -pointed or reset, a really good example of a
modern technique used incorrectly on an historic material. She said that frequently masons will
put in the mortar now, and assume that modern, smooth hard brick allows one to wipe away the
excess mortar. Bristow said that just cannot be done with that historic brick. She said that is
why there are all of these mortar joints that do not look nice and tight.
Bristow said the step could be rebuilt. She said staff would then recommend pouring new
concrete steps and either re -pointing, resetting, reconstructing the wall in its original location.
Bristow said the applicant has also suggested that the stoop is not very usable and would be
better if it were enlarged. She said staff thinks there is a potential for designing a larger stoop
that could come before the Commission in materials appropriate for this project.
Bristow said that part of the issue with this particular project is the fact that this cottage is
constructed completely of brick, which has a very sharp, modular, regular pattern to it. She said
the stoop is a part of that. Bristow said that moving this over to make the stoop larger is not
something staff believes would degrade the historic character of the house. She said it would
still be in the same material with the same architectural reason for being there and use, and that
would be appropriate.
Bristow stated that the current design is to actually reconstruct it with a completely different
material. She said that it is not a material that has clean, sharp lines like brick does; it is a
material that is meant to look more natural. Bristow said it is not an architectural material; one
would not build a house out of this material, as it is a landscape block.
Bristow said the guidelines are very clear about the goal of historic preservation being to
preserve the historic character of the property. She said that is why many additions and
changes happen on the back. Bristow said that if a porch is put on a house where it might be
missing, one looks first to photographic evidence of what that porch might have been or
compares it to other houses that are similar. She said the goal is to maintain the same material
and the same architectural language.
Bristow said staff does not feel that replacing the existing stoop with this type of material
accomplishes that goal. She said it goes against the guidelines. Bristow said that the staff
report discusses the guidelines, how the different aspects of the project relate to them, and the
idea of using an exception. She said this house does not have the same situation of having a
unique site or a discussion of why the guidelines are unclear or other reasons why an exception
would be warranted.
Bristow stated that there is another part of this project, and that is the site stairs. She said that
site stairs are not discussed at all in the Commission's guidelines. Bristow said it comes under
the Commission's review, because a permit is required.
Bristow said that site stairs tend, in these historic districts, to be concrete or brick. She said that
there are some exceptions, but they are pretty rare. Bristow said that in some of the districts
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where there is a neighborhood with houses closer together and not on the big setback lots, they
really tend to be very regular.
Bristow showed images of streetscapes with stairs. She showed some on Oakland including a
house that uses landscape timbers and is interspersed with stairs and then yard. Bristow said
that interruption in the rhythm of the streetscape is really obvious and would be even more so
without all the vegetation.
Bristow said staff feels that this is replacing something that is very regular and has a rhythm to it
with a material that is much more natural in its contours in shape and form and doesn't really go
with the architecture of the house at all. She said staff would recommend against approval.
Bristow said that if the Commission decides not to approve this, the motion still needs to be
framed as a positive motion and then voted down.
Klapper said that she is the owner of this property. She said she looked into things that Bristow
had cited in her report and understands what she means about the rhythm and having it all
concrete.
Klapper said there are also a lot of examples in the neighborhood where there is a juxtaposition
of stone with brick, for example the Grant Wood house. She said that several of the other
homes in the area, such as the Moffitt houses on Kirkwood, have a mixture of stone and brick.
Klapper said that limestone is very characteristic of the neighborhood.
Klapper said the proposed material is manmade, but it looks very natural. She said she would
call it a happy juxtaposition of materials, not destroying an architectural character. Klapper said
she had a lot of great comments from neighbors after she took out the concrete driveway. She
said that people are really complimentary of the pavers.
Klapper said she was also very concerned, as with all her house projects, to decrease the storm
water runoff. She said she is kind of opposed to poured concrete, because it increases that
runoff. Mapper said she has received great comments from the neighbors about the retaining
wall and how nice it looks against the brick. She said that since this is a stoop, not really a
porch, she feels like it could have that juxtaposition.
Kuenzli asked if it would be less objectionable, for the reasons mentioned by Bristow, if say the
steps were made of the landscape faux limestone but the stoop still retained the brick structure
around it. She said that if one puts limestone, which is very thick and massive, around the
stoop, that really does indicate that this is a new product and there is a lot of it up there.
Boyd said that there are two things to talk about - the stoop and the steps. Swaim said she
thinks the site steps are sort of the prelude to the steps up to the stoop, and they work together
when they are of the same material.
Builta said he is not sure that this is so much about historic preservation as it is about what is
aesthetically pleasing. He said that is important, but in a historic preservation sense, there are
examples of this elsewhere.
Boyd said that to him, the stoop is clearly part of the property and part of what the Commission
has talked about. He said that it is one of the things that is highlighted in the report that was
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done highlighting this house. Boyd said it is very clearly part of the house and part of the
history. Boyd said that he can see both sides of the site stairs issue.
Schmidt, the contractor for this project, said he has been researching trying to find brick to
match. He showed the best match that he could find and said that it is very orange compared to
what is there now. Schmidt said if he replaces it with the best match, it will be a very stark
contrast to what is currently on the house.
Swaim asked Bristow to show again how much of the brick actually shows. Bristow said that
the whole side wall is brick. She said that it is hard to photograph right now, but it is the full
height to the ground in the back and also the shorter section to the ground.
Agran said he believes that it might be a different story if there was not an existing stoop on the
property. He said there are a few things going on here. Agran said there is interest in
expanding the stoop, which he thinks is okay since it doesn't hit the windows. He said that if
there was not a stoop there and this were new construction, he would be more inclined to be
open to the different material. Agran said that since there is something there already, he thinks
it should be made out of the brick.
Agran said it can also be nice to have a transition on the property. He said that there could be
limestone used in other areas or something that mimics the limestone or dressed stone as the
steps. Agran said there is an ability here to use the brick to expand the stoop. He said he is
open to the steps in the front being a different material.
Regarding the photograph of the brick to match, Agran said that some of that brick does match
okay. He said it may be possible to salvage and splice in some of the old brick if some of it is in
decent shape. Agran said he is sympathetic to the storm water runoff issue. He said there may
be a way to have a hybrid situation here on the property.
Bristow said that for a project on a brick house, first staff has worked hard to push contractors to
find matches. She said that so far they have never failed to locate a good match, with the
exception of the addition at 328 Brown Street, which was built of wood because the front porch
was wood and staff new it would be difficult to match the brick. Bristow said it had to follow
certain design elements to make it work in wood since it was on a brick house. She said staff
feels that a brick match that is appropriate enough to enlarge this stoop is something that could
be found if a design for a brick extension came before the Commission.
Swaim said she visited this property and studied it from several angles. She said that besides
the fact that the Commission wants to respect the original materials and work with those
materials or replacements of the same type, the guidelines talk about historic value in
conservation districts as the streetscape and staying consistent with both the feel of the property
and the rest of the street.
Swaim said that, as pointed out by Bristow, there certainly is a rhythm in terms of cement stairs.
She said that when she compared the drawings to actually standing at the site on Clark Street,
the drawings are bereft of a neighborhood. Swaim said the drawings do not show what Clark
Street is, which is a street of very close houses with small front yards. She said that the new
materials as proposed here and the staggering of the site stairs would be an intrusion both of
material and style of the historic house and of the surrounding street.
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Karr asked if there is any concrete used in this at all or if the design is to get away from footings.
Schmidt responded that this was trying to get away from footings with an open -graded base to
allow water to drain.
Karr asked if the Commission or staff has an issue if there were a compromise with some
landscaping materials and some actual brick and mortar that was matched as best as possible.
He said that in the past he has had a company out of Chicago do some staining to match. Karr
asked if staining something to match would be allowed.
Bristow said she did not think it would be approved to stain the original material. She said that it
could be approved to stain a new material. Bristow said that if the Commission believes it might
go one way on the stoop and another way on the site stair, it might be best to have two separate
motions on which to vote.
Schmidt said that in terms of the site steps, he had originally proposed using the more irregular,
more out -cropping type stone. He said that there is a product that looks like a stair step.
Schmidt said it would keep the character and would not break that line, so that would be an
option.
Regarding the stone being used with the brick, Schmidt said that he owned a house at 740
Kirkwood that is brick and stucco and stone, but the stone is in an ashlar stone pattern. He
showed a photograph of this on another house, showing the stone going all the way to the
ground.
Schmidt said that it was brought up that the stone and the brick don't go together in an
historical, architectural manner. He said his home at 740 Kirkwood had that ashlar pattern on it
and brick.
Baker asked if the stamped pattern on his house was specifically on the foundation. Schmidt
said it is on the first floor. He said that it is brick from ground to the bottom of the first floor and
then stucco the next two. Schmidt said that the first floor is the stamped ashlar pattern. He said
it is not out of character for that period of architecture in Iowa City. Schmidt said they are trying
to keep not necessarily with the house but with the period.
Baker said the Commission is concerned with this specific house, which happens to be all brick.
She said there was a concern about making a judgment based on what is aesthetically pleasing.
Baker said this issue is not that this looks bad but that it looks really incongruous. She said
there is no harmony between the limestone product, which may work on some arts and crafts
houses, and the sharp edges of this house and the flat brick of the house.
Baker said that other houses with a combination of stone and brick may have been from another
era or may have been done before a neighborhood became a district. She said it might not
have been allowed if there were guidelines. Baker said this is about the lines and the feel of this
particular house.
Builta suggested that orange bricks would also be disharmonious. Baker said the bricks could
be stained, and Michaud said that the mortar could be tinted.
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Bristow stated that bricks can be stained and mortar may be tinted. She said, however, that if
this were to be designed of brick it would have to come before the Commission again and would
not be approved if it did not match.
Agran said that on this particular house the stoop exists, and it exists in a matching material to
the house. He said that like every other project, when there is an adjustment, the material is
matched. Agran said it isn't about how it looks. He said that it would be somewhat arbitrary to
not match what is known to historically be the material chosen by the architect of the house.
Agran said that to him, its not about what looks right or doesn't - it's that there is an existing
condition. He said he is open to the steps, which feel like more of a bridge to the landscape,
being dressed limestone or CMUs.
Wagner asked about the drawings and if there is a need for a handrail. Bristow answered that a
handrail can typically be approved by staff as a minor review, depending on the project.
Swaim asked Schmidt about the material he had mentioned. Schmidt replied that they are a
rectangular, modular product. Swaim asked if the edges are crisp on that. Schmidt said that
the top corners are, but it does have a live face and top.
Swaim asked to see the driveway wall if that is the material. Schmidt said that it is, but the
actual modular steps are more crisp than that, and it doesn't have as much variation. Swaim
said that the top level would not be as erratic then. Schmidt confirmed this and said that each of
the steps would be one piece. He said they are stacked on top of each other, and it wouldn't be
broken up into the little modular pieces.
MOTION: Agran moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the property at
515 Clark Street for the site steps in concrete or with the site steps in a live -edged
limestone -like material as approved by staff and chair and the railing to be approved by
staff. Kuenzli seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0.
DeGraw asked if the height of the wall that is the stoop right now is equal to the height that is
proposed in the drawing. Karr said that the top of the wall is five feet and asked how far the
walking surface is from the ground level. He said it might be a code issue. Karr said that if the
walking surface is over 30 inches from grade, it will require a handrail at 36 inches, which will
probably take it over the window. Schmidt said it will be at 30 inches. He said that right now it
is at about 32 inches, but he will be raising the grade two inches.
Swaim said she feels strongly that the materials on the stoop need to be consistent with what is
there, as per the guidelines. She said that this is a very simple house, and there are not a lot of
different kinds of materials. Swaim said that adding another one would be considered
inappropriate and not adhering to the guidelines. She said she understands the need to
perhaps expand the size of it, but this discussion is not dealing with that.
Bristow said the Commission is generally discussing the whole design. She said that if the
Commission denies this for some reason, the owner could come back with a design that meets
the conditions the Commission wants to see for approval on a new design.
Boyd said he is very comfortable with the idea of expanding the stoop. He said that the original
materials are there to follow.
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Swaim said, regarding the example of the Grant Wood and Moffitt houses, those are quite
different houses. She said that Moffitt used a very eclectic collection of materials, and that
contributes to the historic character of those houses. Swaim said the Grant Wood house is in its
own category, being much larger and of a different era. She said she does not see those as
valid examples of why the Commission should allow other structures in the neighborhood to
have a different mix of materials.
DeGraw said she agrees. She said that the addition of the limestone, when it was not there in
the beginning, doesn't work. DeGraw said that looking at the overhead perspective of the stoop
with the kind of hound's tooth pattern of the brick does work as an addition of something that is
new and different. She said that suddenly when it becomes the addition of limestone, it is too
much.
DeGraw said that working with the same material but doing a different pattern does work for her.
She said that the sudden use of limestone makes her very aware that it was never introduced in
the first place and that it stands out as incongruous.
Karr said he is fairly certain that if the Commission approved this that it would not pass building
code anyway, because it would not meet the requirements. He said that would just be an issue
for them and an issue for the Commission to resolve later on.
MOTION: Boyd moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the front stoop
replacement project at 515 Clark Street as presented in the application. Agran seconded
the motion. The motion failed on a vote of 0-11.
320 North Lucas Street
Bristow said this property is on a tiny lot next to an alley in the Goosetown/Horace Mann
Conservation District. She showed a photograph of the house and said that it is a front gable
and wing cottage, which is a typical form found in Goosetown.
Bristow said the staff report points out that there is an approved project to replace the porch
floor here. She said that this house is covered in asbestos siding, and it also has asphalt -
shingled siding looking like brick.
Bristow showed where there is a replaced column. She stated that there are engaged columns,
and they have been boxed out. Bristow said they are still in there in the wall.
Bristow said that the application is to replace the architrave, which she showed. She said that it
is a spindled architrave, and it has simple, square spindles. Bristow said the proposal is to
replace the spindles with turned spindles. She said that according to the photograph and staffs
on -site review, they are not deteriorated and so would not need to be replaced in order to put a
non -deteriorated material there.
Bristow said the proposal also includes replacement of the brackets with something that has a
more open profile. She said that may be partly to avoid having to strip the paint for them and
partly for the aesthetic of having a bracket that has a more distinct opening in it.
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Bristow showed another view of the architrave and the bracket. She said it is another one of the
engaged columns that is boxed out. Bristow showed another view and a column that matches
the ones in the wall and one that has been replaced.
Bristow stated that the porch floor will be replaced, as will the skirt board. She said that an Azek
material was approved for the porch floor, because it sits on grade and will always be wet.
Bristow said that the guidelines, in the section on wood, are specific about the fact that historic
materials are not to be removed. She said it is one of the rare things in the guidelines that is
disallowed. Bristow said that replacing them with something that would have a more turned
appearance would be basically giving the house a false sense of history. She said it would be
making it look like the house is a Goosetown cottage that was owned by a craftsman or builder
or someone who had the knowledge to do that themselves or money to do it. Bristow said this
cottage did not have that and has been like this throughout its existence.
Bristow said that for that reason, because the guidelines don't allow the replacement of historic
material, staff recommends not approving this application.
Leigh said that she is the owner occupant of 809 East Bloomington and the former occupant
and current owner of 320 North Lucas Street. She said she wants to rehab and repair the porch
at 320 North Lucas Street, which has brought her before the Commission due to an impasse
with City staff.
Leigh said she believes that the primary issue is the three spandrels under the porch eaves that
go from porch post to porch post. She said these are approximately six feet long, with two
facing the street and one facing the adjacent property. Leigh said the brackets at each end of
the spandrels are roughly triangles that are seven inches on the spandrel attached side and six
inches on the porch post attached side, totaling six brackets.
Leigh said she would like to replace the one by one -inch vertical on the spandrels with turned
wooden spindles and the brackets with more open design wooden brackets. She said she
wants to have wooden spandrels on this porch and also wants to have wooden brackets. Leigh
said she would like them to be as close as possible to the existing proportions.
Leigh said there are only four other houses in the nine square blocks that include and surround
320 that have spandrels on their porches. She said she had photographs to distribute. Leigh
said that one has one by one square verticals, and the other two are turned.
Leigh said Bristow has put forth the argument that the changes would give a false history to this
modest house, expressing wealth and prestige. Leigh agreed that it is a modest house with 640
square feet of living space on a 40 by 50 foot lot. She said she has considered what one could
possibly do to make this house exude wealth and prestige and has concluded that she
vehemently disagrees with staff on this point.
Leigh said that turned spindles and a variety of brackets were mass produced and not
expensive, especially when one considers how little material one is talking about at the time this
house was built, as were the hundreds of linear feet of decorative window and door casings, the
baseboards, the base and plinth blocks in the interior of this house. She said she would argue
that as now, with each of us falling somewhere on the house proud continuum, this was simply
a matter of taste and priority.
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Leigh said that in addition, she and her contractor have spent too much time over the years with
lead paint. She said that neither of them wants the exposure of sanding and stripping. Leigh
said the estimate she was given was for $50 to $500. She said this was from Matt Pugh of
Finish Matters, who said it was a conservative estimate, if components were brought to his
shop. Leigh said that on -site work would not be considered. She said this has the additional
risk of breakage during removal and the additional expense of duplicating broken items.
Leigh said the points on which they see eye to eye were the duplication of the original porch
posts to replace the mismatched one on the outer corner of the porch and the eventual
exposure of the half posts on the east and north walls when the current siding is removed. She
said that addressing the siding is not part of her summer budget but will happen as soon as
possible.
Leigh said she served on the Board of Adjustment and understands what rules are. She said
she also knows that rules sometimes ultimately undermine the goals they were intended to
serve. Leigh said that under 1.2 in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, it mentions
enhancement of historic districts, stabilizing and improving property values, fostering civic pride,
enhancing the City's attraction to visitors, and promoting pleasure and the welfare of people of
the City.
Leigh said that she has also been the treasurer of the North Side Neighborhood Association for
many years. She said that one of the primary goals has been to attract people to the North Side
and achieve a better balance of young families and owner -occupied properties. Leigh said that
the block that 320 is located on has 14 residential structures on it, but only three of them are
owner -occupied.
Leigh said that her restoration rehab of 809 received a Friends of Historic Preservation Award
and a complimentary review by Marlys Svendsen in the early 90s. She stated that her efforts
there advanced many of the goals of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission and the
North Side Neighborhood Association.
Leigh said that the changes that she wants to make to 320 may seem too small to warrant an
appearance before the Commission, but on the house-proud continuum, she is at the lives for
details end. She said that every change she proposes for 320 is with an eye toward living in
that house again herself some day.
Leigh said that for the last few years, she has been very involved in helping the senior -most
generation of her family with often emotionally painful downsizing. She said this has made her
acutely aware that day will also come for her. Leigh said she lived quite happily at 320 for
eleven years and is sure she could again.
Leigh said that the front cover of the Commission's book says that it is a handbook, not a
constitution. She said it says that it is a resource, not a commandment. Leigh said it says it
contains guidelines, which implies interpretation and/or negotiation. She said that if modest
homes in transitional neighborhoods are held to the same rigid standards as Monticello, then
she is afraid that the perfect will become the enemy of the good.
Leigh said she hopes the Commission will approve her application and hopes that no one there
considers the act of listening to well -considered differing opinion as a waste of time.
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Swaim said the Commission does not consider listening a waste of time at all. She said the
Commission's work involves a lot of conversing with the applicant. Swaim said Leigh and
Bristow have conversed a lot, and the Commission sees this as a conversation between the
applicant and the Commission and with the applicant and Bristow to come up with the best
solution for the property.
Leigh referred to the photographs she had submitted, along with a page from the 1910 Sears
catalogue listing brackets at five cents a piece. She said that five cents was a lot more money
in 1910, but if the owner sprung for the brackets, she does not think it is unimaginable that he
would have spent a penny or two on the spindles.
Leigh said the next two pages indicate materials that she would like to use. She said she had
indicated which ones would be to her taste.
Leigh said that there are a lot of very elegant homes, much larger Victorians, that have just the
one by one squares. She referred to 120 North Governor, 508 Church Street, and 314 Church
Street. Leigh said these houses have turrets and witches caps and bay windows. She said
those owners were not trying to say they were poor any more than this house owner was
choosing them because he was not wealthy.
Agran asked Bristow about the property the Commission approved on the north end of Summit
Street on the east side where the front porch was rebuilt to an entirely different condition. He
asked why that was approved, based on this application, and added that there was deterioration
of the materials and the whole porch corner was sunk. Agran said that rather than being
required to replace the porch exactly as it was, the owners chose to change it to another style
that was sympathetic to the period.
Bristow said that house was probably a Queen Anne that had been remodeled to some degree
as a Foursquare. She said that there was some deterioration to the porch. Bristow said there
was some argument from the architect that the arched parts of the columns had been added
more recently. She said there was also some argument from the architect that it had some kind
of a spindled balustrade instead of a paneled balustrade as well, but she said she did not
remember all of the details. Bristow said, however, that every house is considered individually.
Agran said that as he thinks about this property, he recalls that at that time he made the
argument that it did not make sense for them to replace the whole porch with a totally different
style. He said that is something the Commission has to be careful about as it looks at the
previous application on Clark Street or looks at this application.
Bristow said it also has to do with the investigation of what is original. She said that with the
house on Summit Street, it suffered a lot from no one really knowing what was going on with
that house and it not having a clear style.
Kuenzli asked, if the spandrel is in good condition and is not deteriorated, why would one have
to strip it - why could it not just be repainted. Bristow said that it may have lots of layers of paint
or they have started alligatoring. She said that it could be in good condition but with the paint
failing, because those are two separate issues. Kuenzli said that if it is a buildup of paint, it is
not as though one would be covering up architectural grooves or little motifs - this is pretty
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straight forward. She said that even if it has a thick buildup, another buildup would not distort
anything.
Bristow said that particular issue might be more of something with the brackets. She said that
with the brackets, they do have a smaller, cut opening that could fill with paint.
Michaud said she thinks that the ornate bracketry on the porch would indicate that it is quite
appropriate to have a more ornate spandrel. She said that when one is looking at approving
large additions, whether or not they are visible from the street, it is unfortunate to say that this
modest proposal is outre. Michaud said she thinks that the proposed spindles are fine.
Pitzen said that he will probably be doing the work on this. He said that as far as the spandrel
or balustrade, most likely they will be coming down, because he has to remove the post and
jack the corner up. Pitzen said one can see that they are cockeyed right now and are imbedded
into that board against the house.
Pitzen said to think that he could not strip the paint or do anything when all of these joints are
going to be moving around is pretty unfeasible to him. He said that by the time there is that
much paint on, one doesn't see crisp comers any more - it distorts the look of it.
Swaim said that one of the issues here is that the applicant is asking to replace materials, which
is not normally approved unless they show deterioration. Kuenzli said that by the time they
come down, as Pitzen pointed out, they may be deteriorated. Bristow said that the guidelines
would then have them replaced with matching materials. Kuenzli said that as Leigh pointed out,
these are guidelines, they are not rules.
Boyd said that in the new material presented at the meeting, there is a traditional bracket that
has been circled, indicating that is what the owner wants as a replacement. He said he is trying
to compare that to what is there. Male said the thing he doesn't know is the size - whether
these are larger or smaller.
Leigh said she wants them to match as closely as possible. She said she is very happy with the
proportions that are there.
Wagner said it seems to him that the one the applicant has selected is not that much different
from the one that is there. He said that the one that is there, should the lead -based paint be
removed, might look a lot like the proposal. Wagner said the paint has probably closed it up
quite a bit. He said that one could have new ones cut to match; they can't be ordered any more.
Boyd showed the current selection. He showed the historic as an example and then the ones
that are current and modem. Leigh said there are about eight different companies that make
those kind of brackets, and she was just indicating a style that she likes.
Michaud said she recalls a very large house on Summit Street. She said the argument was that
the owners did not want to paint their spindles in their old age. Michaud said the Commission
allowed fiberglass spindles and everything else, because it had a nice architectural drawing with
it. She said that modest proposals should be given the same dignity as large proposals.
Michaud said there are precedents for replacing even materials.
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Boyd said he thinks the Commission is taking this with the same seriousness that it takes every
application. He said he is sympathetic to the brackets and thinks they look as similar as can be
matched. Boyd said the Commission's preference is obviously original materials. He said he is
concerned that in the process of fixing the porch that the original materials will be harmed.
Boyd said that he is more torn on the spandrels. He said one can see the original materials and
know what they look like. Boyd said the bracket seems like a near match, but he has a harder
time with the spandrels, because he can see what the original material is.
Michaud pointed out that this is a conservation district. She said this does not have the same
exacting standards as an historic district. Michaud asked if there is any room for individuality
here. She said that her own house is an eclectic Queen Anne. Michaud said that this is more
eclectic, because there are two different styles, than it would be to have turned spindles.
Agran said it doesn't have to do with whether or not the property is eclectic. Michaud said that it
concerns a conservation district versus an historic district. Agran stated that it has to do with
original materials, not conservation versus historic district.
Bristow said that in the guidelines under wood - 4.4 under the word disallowed - it says historic
wood, "Removal of historic wood elements such as trim, porches, cornices and decorative
elements."
Michaud said that then when the owner removes the roof and reconstructs whatever needs to
be done on the porch, she can bring in the examples that are remaining.
Bristow read from under recommended for historic wood, "Replacing damaged wood
components with new or salvaged wood components that match the historic ones."
Karr said that on the surface this seems like a no-brainer. He said that he can see the rationale
of taking it apart and things are going to fall apart. Karr said that where he struggles is the
precedent that would be potentially set when the Commission allows a change, because then it
is a piece of frieze board or a crown or a cornice.
Karr said that when one knows what it is and can still get it, he said if it was flipped around and
it was some turned column that could not quite be matched, but it is a one by one, that is what
he struggles with. He said he has concerns about what precedent is being set. Karr said he
gets that each house is considered individually but wants to balance that with the larger projects
where the Commission has allowed things to go through, because maybe it can't be replicated
or it is part of a larger package.
Karr said this is a minimal thing. He said he wants to figure out what the intent of preservation
is and what the Commission is trying to do and stay true to that.
Regarding the difference between a conservation district and an historic district, Bristow stated
that historic districts have a certain percentage of contributing properties that are constructed
within the period of significance. She added that all of Iowa City's historic districts are listed on
the National Register as well.
Bristow said that a conservation district is something created by the City of Iowa City, and it has
no State or national component. She said that it is a district for which the City felt the need to
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conserve the historic character, but the percentage of contributing properties is less so that it
could not rise to the level of becoming an historic district. Bristow said the hope is that, as
owners put money and work into their properties, the elements that make them non-contributing
will be rectified, remediated, changed so that houses could become contributing, and possibly
the district could become an historic district.
Bristow said that there are, in some areas of the guidelines, specific exceptions that pertain to
houses within conservation districts or maybe non -historic houses in any kind of district. She
said those are listed in the individual sections. Bristow said that the section for wood that
discusses this does not have any exceptions at all, whether an area is a conservation district or
not.
Bristow said it is not a matter of letting people get away with things that would not be allowed in
historic districts. She said it is more a matter of agreeing that there are exceptions, but they are
usually based on a house already being non-contributing or non -historic or already having vinyl
siding or vinyl windows. Bristow said nothing is ever done to reduce or destroy the historic
character of a house, unless it can't be helped.
Michaud said there was a dormer allowed on a conservation district house that was an original
house. Bristow said that was a dormer addition, and there are guidelines about dormers as
well.
Leigh said, regarding the section on historic wood elements, she said that to her it is talking
about the elements, not the wood. She said that historic modifies elements; wood modifies
elements. Leigh said one can't take away the element; can't take away the spandrel; can't take
away the brackets. She said she doesn't want to do that - she wants to modify them.
Bristow read from the guidelines, "Removal of historic wood elements, such as trim, porches,
cornices, and decorative elements." Leigh said that is exactly what she is talking about; that is
not the way she reads that. She said that a spandrel is an historic wood element and is not
seen used on modern homes. Leigh said that a corbel is an historic wood element, as are any
number of things. She said that they are historic wood elements and are not used in modern
construction.
Leigh said she does not think she is changing the historic character with the proposed changes.
She said she is just trying to wrap her head around the fact that two of the properties on this
block recently found it necessary to mow their lawns for the first time this season. Leigh said
that two doors down from this property, the owner has not been mowing for years. She said
that the post office refuses to deliver mail there anymore, and the City has come in and mowed
for the owner and has charged her for this.
Leigh said the fact that these spindles and brackets are the issue being discussed in this
neighborhood is kind of messing with her. Baker said that is what the Commission's purview is.
Karr asked Leigh if her point is that she is not removing but is replacing one element with a
similar element. Leigh confirmed this. She said she would love to make improvements on this
little house. Leigh said she would like to spend her resources on her vision for the house but is
not inclined to spend a lot of resources on fulfilling a vision that is not hers.
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Swaim said she appreciates Leigh's devotion to this house. Swaim said it is a matter of details.
She said that the Commission cares about the details, and Leigh cares about the details.
Swaim said the Commission has guidelines that it needs to follow, one of which is not replacing
historic materials. She said that there are language issues here, but the point is that the
Commission is trying to be honest to the character of the house.
Swaim said she understands Leigh's frustration. She said the Commission is not allowed to use
imagination but is required to do what the house has to say right now as an original, small
Goosetown cottage.
MOTION: Karr moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the spindle and
bracket replacement project at 320 North Lucas as presented in the application. Builta
seconded the motion.
Swaim said an aye vote is for approval of the replacement. She said that a nay vote would be
against replacement.
Agran said he is in favor of this. He said he knows that these properties do not set precedent so
that if it is approved, it doesn't set a precedent - that every case is looked at individually.
Agran said it could be that when this porch is jacked up that all of that wood snaps along where
all the nails are going into the porch posts. He said that if the corner were jacked without
coming to this meeting, then the owner would come to the meeting with materials that were a
problem. Agran said he understands that is not currently the case.
Agran said that when he thinks about the approved Summit Street property, which he is using
as a point of reference and not because it sets precedent, the Commission allowed material that
was part of the story of the house, part of the very old history of the house, to be removed in a
huge degree of creative license to alter the look of that house.
Agran said that, in looking at this property, he would be surprised if those brackets survive the
removal. He said he can see approving this project with the spindles remaining the same, even
if the material is new, and with the brackets being replaced with new brackets if they don't
survive the work.
Wagner asked if, to clarify, the Commission needs to specify which spindle design it is
approving. Michaud said at least those two choices, because it is still obscure to her whether
this is saying they should be straight like they are right now.
Agran said he actually doesn't care if the bracket is a little bit different. He said that the
Commission is looking at every property individually with the best intent to preserve the historic
character of the house. Agran said he does not view what is happening as a gross departure
and would have a hard time saying no to this, based on the approval that was made on Summit
Street.
Bristow said that because the guidelines disallow removing an historic material until there is
proof that it is deteriorated, there needs to be an exception to allow it.
Boyd said the exception concerns the Commission assuming that these items are going to
break when a repair happens. Wagner said that opens up the door for someone who wants to
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replace something to just break what is already there. He said the Commission is assuming
that the one by one squares is the style that was with that house. Bristow said there is no
reason to think otherwise.
Wagner said the Commission recently approved removing deteriorated materials on a garage
and replacing them with identical materials in style, shape, form, etc. Builta asked if they were
stylized materials, and Agran and Wagner said that would not matter, because it just refers to
identical material.
Kuenzli said the motion was to approve the application as stated. Karr said the debate is still
whether the motion is allowing the spandrel change or not. Swaim said the application is to
change them, but it is not specified what they are being changed to.
The motion was withdrawn.
Agran said he thinks that if the spindles are replaced that they should be replaced as they are
and the way that the Commission has looked at the brackets, and if they are replaced, that the
brackets are trying their best to sort of match an approximation of what is there. He said he
does not think they should change and become turned.
Michaud said that the recommended motion that is printed does not indicate a change of style,
and that is what the Commission is debating. Bristow said that the application is to replace the
spindles with turned spindles, so the motion for the application makes that understood. She
said that can certainly be clarified. Swaim said the application says to replace these with turned
spindles and the new, open bracket design.
Builta asked if it is one of the two that these are being replaced with. Swaim said it is not. She
said the Commission has not seen a proposed turned spindle.
Bristow suggested that if a motion is made to approve a new bracket and a new turned spindle
that it be something to be approved by staff and chair. She said that would be the appropriate
thing.
DeGraw suggested a condition that if the brackets are salvageable to work with the pattern that
is currently there and if not, to work with staff to approve a new bracket and a new spindle.
Bristow said there are two ways brackets can be done. She stated that one can look for the
closest match. Bristow said that one can take one down and trace it to match it. She said that if
one doesn't know what the bracket looks like, the owner can come up with a house that might
be similar and match that kind of bracket. Bristow said that, in effect, it could be appropriate to
either actually use the old brackets as a template or come up with something that happens to
exist as a manufactured product that matches.
MOTION: Agran moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the spindle and
bracket replacement project at 320 North Lucas Street with the spindles and brackets
remaining true to spindles and brackets seen currently on the house or to be created or
replaced with the closest approximation to those parts. Wagner seconded the motion.
The motion carried on a vote of 9-2 (Kuenzli and Michaud votina no).
REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF:
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Swaim said that these are items that do not come before the full Commission. She said that
Bristow gives a brief report on them.
Certificate of No Material Effect - Chair and Staff Review.
509 Rundell Street.
Bristow said this project involves a repair of all of the original sashes and the front storm door.
She said this typically would not need to be approved except that the owner is using the
preservation fund for the project.
402 Church Street.
Bristow said this is the repair of a foundation wall that is actually buried in the grade in the back
of the house. She said there will be no effect on the house.
1223 Seymour Avenue.
Bristow said this house has two different projects. She said that wood shake shingles are being
replaced with wood shake shingles. Bristow said that siding will be repaired and painted.
Minor Review - Staff Review.
1230 Burlington Street.
Bristow stated that this is a continuation of a project that had been approved in years past. She
said that the three windows shown plus one on the other side of the house are being replaced.
She said all of the front windows will remain.
425 Clark Street
Bristow said that this house had some kind of asbestos or aluminum siding on it that was
removed. She said that the house was insulated and has insulation holes.
Bristow said that subsequently, because it has plaster walls on the interior, and the owner did
not remove all the plaster walls and put a vapor barrier between the plaster and the stud walls,
the siding is failing, because this is an insulated house.
Bristow said that if one has a plaster wall on the interior of an historic house and one insulates
it, one cannot prevent the water from the interior from migrating into the wall and then
condensating on the insulation, soaking it with water, and causing the siding to fail. She said
either one does not insulate an historic house with plaster walls, or all of the plaster should be
removed from the interior with a vapor barrier installed.
Bristow said there is no remediation for this. She said that one can remove the insulation to let
the wall dry out, but that could take three months of having the wall open. Bristow said that for
this house, the replacement of all of the siding with cement board has been approved, but none
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of the trim or soffits will be replaced. She said that the thought is that the cement board may
deteriorate less quickly than the wood siding.
1118 Court Street.
Bristow said this project is the replacement of a deteriorated garage door.
429 North Govemor Street.
Bristow said this was the replacement of some rickety, non -code compliant rear steps with some
new ones. She said the new railing will have spindles.
Intermediate Review - Chair and Staff Review.
8 Bella Vista Place.
Bristow said that Wagner's original project was keeping the columns at the entry canopy. She
said that the John Shaw project from years ago was putting brackets up. Bristow said that now
the owners are putting brackets up again.
308 and 310 South Governor Street.
Bristow showed the two houses and said they are owned by the same person. She said that
they are going to have an easement agreement to put a driveway on the 310 property that goes
back to a parking pad on the 308 property.
833 Rundell Street.
Bristow said there was a slight change in the dormer, with the dormer wall not being pushed in
quite as far as it originally was, due to structural issues.
320 North Lucas Street.
Bristow showed the porch floor that is being replaced on this house. She said that the skirt
board will also be replaced. Bristow said they will be replaced with a tongue in groove Azek
product that looks pretty good. She stated that although it is pretty much plastic, if the edge of
the board is machined it looks somewhat like wood.
724 Ronalds Street
Bristow said this is now a non-contributing property. She said that the non -historic garage is full
of holes and will come down. Bristow said that since the garage is non -historic, the replacement
does not need to be reviewed at the same time as the demolition is reviewed. She said it is an
intermediate review for staff and chair to review the demolition of a non -historic building like this.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR MAY 10, 2018:
MOTION: Baker moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's May
10, 2018 meeting, as written. Wagner seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of
11-0.
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COMMISSION INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION
Transfer of Development Riqhts
Swaim said there is a lot of information to read in the packet about this. Bristow said this did
come up during the landmark process. She said the National Park Service puts out something
about this, because this type of transfer can go a long way toward preserving historic buildings.
Agran said it is his opinion that in Iowa City, sometimes developers hold historic properties as a
way to leverage development, and that is not always the intended purpose. He said he is not
certain it is all necessarily positive in terms of the overall effect on the community and the
neighborhood.
Clinton Street and Railroad Depot District Update.
Bristow said the district approved by the Commission, which has a grant out to put it on the
National Register, is going before the Planning and Zoning Commission for local landmark
status consideration next Thursday. She asked available Commission members to attend and
speak up for this.
Election of Officers
Bristow asked for nominations
MOTION: Agran nominated Boyd to be Commission Chair. Kuenzli seconded the
motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0.
MOTION: Builta nominated himself to be Commission Vice Chair. The motion carried on
a vote of 11-0. (There was no second here.)
Retiring Commissioners.
Bristow thanked the retiring Commission members for their help. She said that the Commission
is losing a combined 53 years of experience.
Swaim said that at the joint meeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City
Council, one of the City Council members asked how many acres of Iowa City is in historic
property and districts and such. Swaim said that it is about 2.5% of Iowa City's 16,000 plus
acres, with another tenth of one percent for landmarks that are not in districts, to come to close
to 2.6%.
Swaim said that even though it is not a lot of land, it is a lot of buildings. She said it has been a
lot of work for the Commission and staff to identify, designate, protect, and do design review for
these properties. Swaim said that when Commission members drive around Iowa City, they
should take note of these houses and the conditions they are in and give themselves a pat on
the back.
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Swaim said this work isn't easy, but it is important to the Commission and important to the
community. She thanked everyone for taking on the hard work that is not always totally well
received.
Swaim said Michaud has been tenacious in design review, because she is a homeowner of an
historic property and takes good care of it. Swaim said Michaud takes note of details and how
to do them correctly to avoid expense and deterioration. Swaim thanked Michaud for her great
concern for protecting the Unitarian Church.
Swaim thanked Baker for steering the conversation back on track, because there are so many
variables to consider. Swaim said Baker has kept the Commission on target regarding whether
things adhere to the guidelines and what is within the Commission's purview.
Swaim thanked Wagner for knowing the beauty of how old houses were built, how and why they
work, and how they should therefore be repaired. She said that Wagner understands the virtue
of old materials and old techniques. Swaim said that many times Wagner has been able to
contribute essential hands-on information.
Baker said that Swaim is responsible for 16 of the total years contributed by retiring Commission
members. Baker said that Swaim's first stint was from 1993 to 1997, and then Swaim came
back in 2006 and became chair in 2012.
Baker said that means that Iowa City has had the wealth of Swaim's knowledge, strong
leadership, passion for preservation, and thoughtful assessment for 16 years. Baker said that
Swaim has been a strong advocate and has been the driving force behind things like the
Jefferson Street Historic District and the Goosetown/Horace Mann Historic District, as well as an
integral force in promoting downtown as a potential district.
Baker said Swaim has been an educator in why preservation is important and why it is relevant.
She said she has great appreciation for Swaim's eloquence, commitment, and passion about
these architectural gems that the Commission is trying to preserve and save. Baker thanked
Swaim for her leadership, inspiration, and guidance and said it has been a pleasure to be on the
Commission with Swaim.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
ATTENDANCE RECORD
2017-2018
NAME
TERM
EXP.
6/15
7/31
8/10
9/14
10/12
11/9
12114
1/11
218
3/8
4/12
5110
6/14
AGRAN, THOMAS
7/1/20
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
BAKER, ESTHER
7/1/18
&XO/E
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
BOYD, KEVIN
7/1/20
/E
X
O/E
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
BUILTA, ZACH
7/1/19
X
X
X
X
X
X
01E
X
X
X
X
CLORE, GOSIA
7/1/20
X
X
O/E
X
x
X
O/E
O/E
X
O/E
x
X
x
DEGRAW, SHARON
7/1119
x
x
X
x
x
X
O/E
x
X
x
X
x
X
KARR, G. T.
7/1/20
—
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
KUENZLI, CECILE
7/1/19
x
O/E
O/E
X
O/E
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
MICHAUD, PAM
7/l/18
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SWAIM, GINALIE
7/1118
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WAGNER, FRANK
711/18
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