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HISTORIC COMMISSION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010
FOURTH FLOOR TRAINING ROOM 416
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
18 NORTH JACKSON STREET
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
5:15 p.m.
1.Call to Order.
2. Comments from the Public.
3. Minutes of the June 14, 2010 regular meeting “C”
4. Review of Certificate of Appropriateness 2010-07, 120 Jackman Street
(Atwood/Friedrichs).
5. Review of Certificate of Appropriateness 2010-08, 222 South Wisconsin Street.
6. Review of Certificate of Appropriateness 2010-09, 17 South Atwood (Atwood/Wolf)
7. Matters Not on the Agenda.
Monday, July 12, 2010.
8. Next Meeting –
9. Adjournment.
** “C” Indicates an item that the Historic Commission will take up under
Consent Agenda.
Please call Tera Barnett (755-3085, barnettt@ci.janesville.wi.us) if you are unable to
attend the meeting.
City of Janesville Historic Commission Minutes
June 14, 2010
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Community Development Conference Room 3 Floor
18 N. Jackson St., Janesville, WI
Members Present:
Dan Atwood, Kim Friedrichs, Tim Maahs, Bruce Dennis, Susan
Thompson, Ken Wolf;
Members Absent:
Janine Peterson
City Staff Present:
Gale Price, Brad Cantrell
Others Present:
Shawn and Lisa Ray, Dan Hartung
Call to order:
1. The meeting was called to order by Dan Atwood at 5:15.
2.Comments from the Public:
a.No comments from the public
Minutes of the May 24, 2010 regular meeting “C”:
3. Dan Atwood had some corrections. A
motion was made by Bruce Dennis and seconded by Susan Thompson to approve the May
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24 2010 with Dan’s corrections and approved by all.
4.Discussion on proposed project located at 315 South Parker Drive.
Shawn and Kim Ray were present to discuss the proposed project on their home located at
315 South Parker Drive. The home owners are looking to replace a series of windows &
doors, replace their front porch, add storm/screen doors, remove a non-functioning chimney,
and raze a small garden shed. They are seeking approval from the Historic commission on
their proposed plans. Susan Thompson and Tim Maahs had previously met with the home
owners to review the project in detail. Thompson and Maahs both supported the proposed
improvements that the Ray’s want to make. There was discussion on materials, restoring a
more original look to the property and time frames. The commission did not have any
recommendations to alter the proposed plans that the Ray’s were presenting. There was a
motion by Bruce Dennis and a second by Ken Wolfe to approve this project. Dan Atwood
stated that this would fall in compliance with Section II of the states guidelines. All
approved and the permits would be provided to the home owners later that week.
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5.Update on the June 8 Downtown Development Alliance Meeting
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Dan Atwood and Bruce Dennis attended the June 8 Downtown Development Alliance (DDA)
Meeting to present the newly printed guidelines for the Downtown. They stated that it was
difficult to ‘read’ the reaction of the attendees. There was no real reaction to the presentation.
The Commission discussed this at length and recommended that we needed a representative from
the downtown to aid the Historic Commission in promoting these guidelines. Brittian Grafft was
recommended to be that contact person.
Brad stated that it was very important for the Commission to get the downtown business owners
excited and involved. Brad also recommends that the Commission take a second look at the size
of the proposed historic overlay district stating that it may prove more difficult to win support for
these additional regulations and review if it is too large.
Bruce states that he proposed that the DDA own the process and take the primary lead with this
effort. The historic commission can support this process 100%, but if the DDA was ehind all of
this, it would have much more credibility to it. Bruce’s point is to show that this really is a joint
effort and he feels this will go along way for the charge.
The commission agreed with these recommendations. Dan will continue to work with the DDA
on this.
Preview of Downtown Projects:
6. Christine Moore requests that this standing agenda item be
removed for the time being.
7.Matters Not on the Agenda:
a.Two volunteers are needed to review the project at 120 Jackman. Bruce and Kim
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agreed to take this project on and report back at our June 28 meeting.
b.Dan asked Gale to update us on the requirements for fencing in the Court House
hill as he had a neighbor contact him about the process for approval to fence in
their yard. Gale stated that a permit was required for this and that it would come
to the historic commission for review and approval prior to issuing the permit.
c.We need to get the review of the downtown overlay on next meetings agenda.
d.The Case Feed building will be discussed at the City Council meeting later
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tonight (June 14) and Gale stated that it was not looking good for anyone to be
able to step in and save the property. He felt that it may end up being razed
because the current owner is no longer interested in investing any more money
into repairs.
8.Next Meeting – Monday, June 28, 2010
Adjournment:
9. A motion was made by Susan Thompson and seconded by Bruce Dennis to
adjourn the meeting at 6:07 pm.