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Historic Preservation Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />February 24th, 2020 <br />Page 8 of 14 <br /> <br /> <br />Christina replied that she did not need the weathervane. <br /> <br />Haley summarized that four commissioners preferred not to have the corner wall for the <br />door but that the applicant could widen the door. She proposed the following conditions: <br />- Maintain current window size and placement. <br />- Widen porch as proposed. <br />- Remove the weathervane from the addition. <br />- Widen door to 3 feet but no corner wall. <br /> <br />Haley asked the Commission to discuss the grant application. <br /> <br />Dunlap stated that the amount staff had proposed seemed generous. He did think that <br />the Commission needed to discuss a better definition of extraordinary circumstances. <br />He agreed with the staff proposal. <br /> <br />Ulm asked if the applicant could come back for additional grant funding using the <br />extraordinary circumstances language. He stated that he was willing to go with the <br />number that had been proposed tonight but he thought it might eventually be higher. <br /> <br />Selvoski read the definition of extraordinary circumstances as “relating to building size, <br />condition, architectural details, or other unique condition compared to similar Louisville <br />properties.” <br /> <br />Haley asked if the City had funded all the other work in the other house where the <br />foundation had been lifted. <br /> <br />Selvoski replied that only the foundation work had been funded in that case. <br /> <br />Ulm shared what he thought was and was not applicable for grant funding, stating that <br />the front porch, foundation, and crawlspace counted, the floor and roof structure maybe <br />did not, the chimney maybe not (because there were similar structures in Louisville), the <br />site grading as it related to the foundation counted, as did the mechanical and electrical <br />if limited to the foundation changes. Finally, he thought that lead and asbestos <br />abatement could count if they were trigged by the foundation work. Adding all those up <br />came close to $40,000 or $50,000 for the City to fund half, which meant that maybe <br />there were not extraordinary circumstances. <br /> <br />Klemme asked Commissioner Ulm if he meant that all those items qualified as <br />extraordinary circumstance. <br /> <br />Ulm replied that his comment was more about which items qualified as preservation <br />work. <br /> <br />Klemme noted that size was not applicable; condition was due to the foundation; <br />architectural details including porch and chimneys were applicable.