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City Council Meeting Minutes September 6, 2011 • Page 6 of 12 Mayor Sisk voiced concern over revising the guidelines. He stated the City should live within its means with respect to the HPC funds. He supported a private and public sharing of opportunities and felt the commercial component could be viable. PUBLIC COMMENTS Michael Menaker, 1827 Choke Cherry Drive, Louisville, CO stated the ballot language included three uses of the funds. One component ignored in the proposal is new construction. He stated at a previous study session, there was a desire to increase. hours at the Museum. He asked Council to ask the voters to use the funds for museum services. Councilor Dalton suggested the review of future applications be slowed down/discontinued until the guidelines are completed. RESOLUTION No. 56 , SERIES 2011 — A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANT FOR ENGINEERED DRAWINGS FOR ROOF RESTRUCTURING FOR THE JACOE-CONARROE HOUSE LOCATED AT 1131 JEFFERSON AVENUE Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. • Principal Planner McCartney explained the request for a preservation grant would allow for engineered drawings for roof restructuring for the Jacoe-Conarroe House located at 1131 Jefferson Avenue and built in 1932. The applicant requests a Technical Assistance Grant to pay for engineered drawings to be created for the sub-par roofing structure. A staff and HPC sponsored historic structure assessment (HSA) determined the existing roofing structure is substandard and must be retrofitted. The HSA recommended retaining as many of the existing materials as possible. The roofing shingles, however, are not historic and may be removed. A bid from JVA Engineering, the engineer who completed the HSA, is for the completion of engineer drawings as well as site inspection and construction approval. The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) recommends approval of a preservation and restoration grant in the amount of $1,000. The staff is researching for an on-call engineer contract to allow for historic structure assessments (HSA) and engineer drawings to be created for landmarked properties. Having this in place would allow staff and the HPC to find potential life threatening issues, which may exist in aging homes. The previously HPC approved HSA stated the roof is undersized and is in danger of collapsing should the structure receive a heavy snowfall. Because the roof is a life P 9 vY safety matter, staff recommended approving the $1,000 grant to allow for engineered drawings to be created so the roof may be restructured for safety. MOTION: Councilor Dalton moved to approve Resolution No. 56, Series 2011, • seconded by Councilor Muckle. Roll call vote was taken. The motion passed by a vote of 7-0.