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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes October 15, 2018 Page 5 of 8 materials, which she argued met extraordinary circumstances. None of the houses she had seen had that much original work. Fahey stated that the structure was greatly social significant given that it was built by Tomeo, who built the structures next door on the museum campus. Haley asked what the applicant planned to do with the gutter and roofing work. Paul Bieringer replied that the original metal gutters stood up fine to hail, but the original gutters no longer existed on the front of the house. It was their intention to either use some of the gutters currently in the back for the front or to find similar materials. The roof was damaged by the hail storm, but they would be replacing the whole roof regardless of the hail because they wanted to match it to the rest of the property and the roof was near the end of its life. He added that it was their intention to keep the original materials like windows and doors. Dickinson stated that he was still fixated on the limitations of the $20,000 grant maximum. That amount has not changed in a long time so based on that limit was it extraordinary that this project is going to cost $120,000. He disagreed with the $20,000 limit given the rising costs of work and he wanted to partner with homeowners on these projects. On the other hand, the Commission should not say that anything more than $40,000 was automatically extraordinary. But they could not change the $20,000 limit tonight. Chuck Thomas was comfortable with applying Cyndi Thomas's interpretation of extraordinary circumstances given the materials and the size of the structure. He added that a grant of around 40% coverage would be acceptable. Fahey concurred. Cyndi Thomas clarified that staff had found $86,000 worth of work eligible for the grant, so she proposed a 50% match as was typical. Dickinson stated that the Commission should think about including permits, contingency, and internal work since they were real costs of doing a job. He stated that he was comfortable meeting the applicant halfway at the roughly $44,000 number. Zuccaro requested that the Commission finalize the numbers at the end. He added that the contingency and the permit had never come up before since the City did not usually consider percentages of projects. Stewart asked if they got fewer funds would they be committed to doing the full request. Chuck Thomas stated that the basis for extraordinary circumstances was based on those costs, so if they took tasks out they would have to receive grant less money.