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Historic Preservation Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />19 April 2021 <br />Page 6 of 11 <br />Zuccaro clarified that the minutes would stand for the Planning Commission and Council as <br />there would be no formal resolution, and he thought it would be clear what the intent was from <br />Commissioner Dunlap's motion. <br />Motion passed 4-1. Chair Haley voted nay. <br />ITEMS FROM STAFF <br />Discussion/Direction: Historic Structure Assessments (HSA) Requirements <br />Bauer shared her research on different grants and guidelines in other cities. She did not find any <br />cities that had a similar grant process but many municipal guidelines pointed to the state grant <br />and guidelines. Bauer shared that like the state standards, Louisville did not require a structural <br />engineer, though structural engineers were allowed. She noted that the state offered a funding <br />amount of up to $10,000 for assessments with an additional amount of up to $5,000 for <br />consultants. Bauer noted that the state programs covered larger -scale properties including large <br />buildings or ranches. Bauer summarized that the City was generally in line with the State <br />Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) office. <br />Haley asked if the SHPO grant was for commercial or residential. <br />Bauer replied that it could be either, but the additional $5,000 required applicants to show that <br />there was a structural issue. <br />Haley observed that that grant amount was much more than the $4,000 that Louisville offered, <br />relating it to the conversation from March about whether it was reasonable that professionals <br />were charging the full amount to the City. She noted that the state did not require a structural <br />engineer and were also offering more money without that requirement, maybe the Fund was <br />fine. <br />Dunlap stated that when there was an application for extraordinary circumstances, a structural <br />engineer could be required. He stated that he liked the language from Denver — "Consult a <br />structural engineer with historic building experience if a building shows evidence of structural <br />issues, such as cracks in brick, building movement, etc." Dunlap thought it might be good to <br />make the engineer optional but called for if the architect saw structural issues coming. He noted <br />that adding a structural engineer a few years ago cost an additional $600 or $1000 and wouldn't <br />blow the total amount out of the water. <br />Haley liked the requirement for a draft submitted before the final assessment in case there were <br />things that needed clarification and suggested adding some type of verbage that applicants may <br />be required to get a structural engineer. She observed that requiring the draft may alleviate the <br />requirement for the structural engineer and staff could guide applicants as to whether they might <br />need an engineer on their assessments. <br />Bauer summarized that Commissioner Dunlap was suggesting having the information about <br />structural engineers in the information packet and Chair Haley was asking staff to keep an eye <br />out for structural issues, to alert applicants overall that structural issues were something to look <br />out for and that sometimes structural engineers were required. <br />6 <br />