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Historic Preservation Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />21 December 2020 <br />Page 4 of 14 <br />opportunities for the preservation program. Johnson stated that an easement was a <br />commitment that the homeowners were willing and excited to make. He shared photos and <br />architectural details of the house, noting that there were many variations of this type of home in <br />Louisville. He showed the 1948 assessor card photo and plan, which showed that a lot of the <br />home was fairly well intact, and that there had been multiple iterations on the 1905 footprint of <br />the house. Johnson also described a 1-story wood -framed studio on the lot. <br />Johnson described the planned demolitions, which included many of the additions that had been <br />added over time, plus some of the original house to accommodate the new addition. He <br />described several iterations of the proposal and showed renderings of the proposal added into <br />photos of the existing streetscape and elevations from different directions of the home. <br />Johnson described what he saw as the benefits of the easement option for some cases, as <br />opposed to the landmark option. While the landmark option was funded and had great <br />recognition, it was a scrutinized process that included some difficult criteria. Johnson stated that <br />the preservation pathway had existed for a long time and was a good option to help properties <br />in Old Town that had smaller homes, but it did not have staying power. He laid out suggestions <br />for the preservation (or easement) pathway versus the landmark option: <br />Preservation <br />Landmark <br />+ First 10 feet or 25%, whichever is less <br />+ 10% FAR and Lot Coverage <br />+ +5% FAR and Lot Coverage <br />+ Local Landmark Designation <br />+ Conservation Easement <br />+ $5,000 Landmark Bonus <br />+ Grant Funding Up to $30,000 <br />+ Grant Funding Up to $60,000 <br />+ Plaque Recognition <br />+ Structural Grant Funding Up to an <br />Additional $40,000 <br />+ List of Landmarked Properties <br />+ Plaque Recognition <br />Roger and Kimberly Greene, 601 Lincoln Avenue, stated that it was important to them to <br />preserve the house. Mr. Greene shared that he and his wife were interested in protecting the <br />structure and that it had been a long process trying to figure out how to fit the needs of the <br />family with those of the neighborhood. Greene stated that landmarking was a great option, but <br />the preservation opportunity seemed like it was better for this project. He also shared that they <br />were interested in trying to get back into the house as soon as possible. <br />Haley asked the Commission to address the easement option. <br />Klemme stated that she thought the Commission had the ability tonight to purchase a <br />conservation easement by passing Resolution 30 and then continue the conversation on <br />Resolution 31. <br />Haley added that commercial buildings already had funding for easements. <br />Zuccaro clarified that the current funding resolution allowed the City to purchase a conservation <br />easement on a residential or commercial property. He stated that there was a separate section <br />of the resolution that allowed for grants up to $50,000 for commercial conservation easements, <br />to be used for properties that may not be eligible for landmarking or in cases in which the <br />4 <br />