Full Agenda Packet
HISTORIC COMMISSION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2011
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 August 8, 2011 regular meeting “C”
4.Follow-up Discussion on 521 East Court Street Certificate of Appropriateness Request.
5.Discussion on the Proposed Downtown Historic Overlay Ordinance.
6.Review of Historic Commission Annual Report.
7.Matters Not on the Agenda.
8.Next Meeting – September 12, 2011.
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
August 8, 2011
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Community Development Conference Room 4 Floor
18 N. Jackson Street, Janesville, WI
Present:
Britten Grafft, Bob Kimball, Tim Maahs, James Dumke, Bruce Dennis, Susan
Thompson, Stacie Thompson
City Staff:
Gale Price
Absent:
Guests:
Dave Voegeli and Chuck Kohls
1.Call to Order: Bruce called the meeting to order at 5:17 PM
2.Comments from the Public: None.
3.Minutes of the July 25, 2011 regular meeting “C”: A motion was made by James
Dumke and seconded by Susan Thompson to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried.
4.Certificate of Appropriateness 2011-06, Chuck Kohls
a.Flat porch roof with trees overhead. Rolled roof repair and 1 column repair on East
side in the middle. Kimball mentioned concern over brick pillars underneath that
are out of plumb. Gale explained that Randy Fowler will expect the pier to be rebuilt
because it is already listing. James Dumke expressed concern over not having a plan
in place for all the work that is going to be done and not a lot of information has
been given as to what materials are going to be used and to what extent. The owner
and the contractor said that cosmetic repairs will be made out of cedar and painted
to match what is existing. Everything will be painted when completed. A motion
was made that the project be postponed until the applicants have more information
by James Dumke and seconded by Tim Maahs. The motion passed.
5.Discussion of Downtown Historic Overlay Ordinance
a.The plan commission has adopted the plan and map, but they couldn’t come to a
conclusion about the ordinance. The same review rights would apply to downtown
as it does currently to Court House Hill Historic District. There was an article in the
Gazette from August 6, 2011 that was not favorable. The historic commission has
been around for 22 years and only 3 out of 187 have had denials that went ahead and
did what they wanted. Bruce suggests that our testimony be more sympathetic to
the suggestion that we will entertain the idea of having a joint meeting with the plan
commission and coming back to the city council with a recommendation.
6.Matters Not on the Agenda: None
7.Next meeting—August 22, 2011
8.Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made at 6:43 PM by Tim Maahs and seconded
by Susan Thompson. Motion carried.