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Historic Preservation Commission Agenda January 16, 2020

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THEHISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

OF BUDA, TX

6:30 PM - Thursday, January 16, 2020Council Chamber, Room 1098

405 E Loop Street, Building 100Buda, TX 78610

This notice is posted pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act. Notice is hereby given that a Regular HistoricPreservation Commission Meeting of the City of Buda, TX, will be held at which time the following subjects will bediscussed and may be acted upon.

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. INVOCATION

C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG: Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one stateunder God, one and indivisible.

D. ROLL CALL Chair - Belinda Ellis Vice Chair - vacantCommissioner Carman DeLeon-Wissel Commissioner Andrew Minter Commissioner John David Sanford Commissioner Michael Springer Commissioner Cheryl Peterson

E. PUBLIC COMMENTS/PUBLIC TESTIMONY Members of the public who wish to participate in Public Comment must complete a sign-in form and turn it intothe City Clerk before the period provided for Public Comment is called for consideration by the presiding officer.

Members of the public who wish to participate during the Public Testimony period provided for any item on theagenda must complete a sign-in form and turn it into the City Clerk before the item they wish to participate in iscalled for consideration by the presiding officer.

F. CONSENT AGENDA

F.1. Approval of the Historic Preservation Commission Meeting minutes of the December 19th, 2019meeting.

HPC Minutes 12.19.2019.docx

G. REGULAR AGENDA

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H. WORK SHOP

H.1. Work Shop Discussion and Presentation on the Historic Preservation Commission related mattersregarding Certified Local Government (CLG) and Texas Historic Commission (THC) review comments.

I. STAFF REPORTS

I.1. Update regarding the 1898 building (200 Main Street)

I.2. Staff Report regarding 211 Live Oak (FM 967) at the corner of FM 967 and San Marcos - AdministrativeCOA.

J. COMMISSION REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

K. ADJOURNMENT Requests for accommodations must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact City Hall at (512)312-0084, or FAX (512) 312-1889 for information or assistance.

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Historic PreservationCommission of the City of Buda, was posted on the bulletin board in front of Buda City Hall, which is readilyaccessible to the public at all times, by 5:00 pm on January 13, 2020__.

/s/ ____________________________Ray Creswell, Historic Preservation OfficerFacility Manager / Board Liaison

Meetings scheduled in the Council Chambers are set up to publicly broadcast meetings. You may be audio and video recorded while in this facility.Meetings scheduled in other City Facilities are set up to publicly audio record meetings. You may be audio recorded in the other City Facilities.

In accordance with Article III, Section 3.10, of the Official Code of the City of Buda, the minutes of this meeting consist of the preceding MinuteRecord and the Supplemental Minute Record. Details on meetings may be obtained from the Board Liaison, or video of the entire meeting may bedownloaded from the website. (Portions of the Supplemental Minute Record video tape recording may be distorted due to equipment malfunctionor other uncontrollable factors.)

A Public Comment period will be provided to allow for members of the public to participate and speak to the Board/Commission on any topic thatis not on the meeting agenda. At this time, comments will be taken from the audience on non-agenda related topics. A Public Testimony periodwill be provided at each meeting of the Board/Commission to allow members of the public to participate and speak to the Board/Commission onany topic that is on the meeting agenda, prior to any vote on the matter up for consideration. During these periods, the presiding officer shallroutinely provide three (3) minutes to each person who desires to speak but may provide no less than one (1) minute and no more than five (5) 2


minutes to each person addressing the Board/Commission. The amount of time provided to each person, if altered by the presiding officer, shallbe announced by the presiding officer prior to recognizing persons to speak and shall be objectively applied to all persons speaking during PublicComment or each Public Testimony period.

Attendance by Other Elected or Appointed Officials: It is anticipated that members of other governmental bodies, and/or city boards,commissions and/or committees may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the body, board, commission and/orcommittee. Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also noticed as a possible meeting of the other body, board,commission and/or committee, whose members may be in attendance, if such numbers constitute a quorum. The members of the boards,commissions and/or committees may be permitted to participate in discussions on the same items listed on the agenda, which occur at themeeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for on an agenda for that body,board, commission or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.

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Agenda Item #F.1.

Historic Preservation Commission Agenda ItemReport

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020

Agenda Item No. 2020-75- #F.1Contact: Ray Creswell

Subject: Approval of the Historic Preservation Commission Meeting minutes of theDecember 19th, 2019 meeting.

1. Executive Summary

2. Background/History

3. Staff's review and analysis

4. Financial Impact

5. Summary/Conclusion

6. Pros and Cons

7. Alternatives

8. Recommendation

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Historic Preservation Commission Agenda Page 1 December 19, 2019

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THEHISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

OFBUDA, TX

7:00 PM - Thursday, December 19, 2019Council Chamber, Room 1098

405 E Loop Street, Building 100Buda, TX 78610

This notice is posted pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act. Notice is hereby given that a Regular Historic Preservation Commission Meeting of the City of Buda, TX, will be held at which time the following subjects will be discussed and may be acted upon.

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. INVOCATION

C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG: Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.

D. ROLL CALL Chair - Belinda Ellis PresentVice Chair - Vacant AbsentCommissioner Carmen DeLeon-Wissel PresentCommissioner Andrew Minter AbsentCommissioner John David Sanford PresentCommissioner Michael Springer PresentCommissioner Cheryl Peterson Absent

E. PUBLIC COMMENTS/PUBLIC TESTIMONY Members of the public who wish to participate in Public Comment must complete a sign-in form and turn it into the City Clerk before the period provided for Public Comment is called for consideration by the presiding officer.

Members of the public who wish to participate during the Public Testimony period provided for any item on the agenda must complete a sign-in form and turn it into the City Clerk before the item they wish to participate in is called for consideration by the presiding officer.

Melissa, the City of Buda’s new Planning Director, was introduced to the committee. No Public Comments were made.

F. CONSENT AGENDA

F.1. Approval of the Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes of November 21, 2019

HPC 11.21 Minutes.pdfCommissioner Springer’s name was misspelled once and has been corrected. Commissioner Sanford made motion to accept the minutes for 11/21/2019 HPC Meeting. Commissioner Ellis seconded, motion carried and passed with 4-0 vote. 5


G. REGULAR AGENDA

G.1. Election of Officers - Vice ChairCommissioner Ellis expressed support for Commissioner’s Springer and Sanford to be vice chair but also noted that there were only four members present. Commissioner Ellis made a motion to table the election of vice chair until the next HPC meeting. Commissioner Springer seconded, motion carried and passed 4-0.

H. WORKSHOP

H.1. Workshop - Historic Preservation Commission The workshop was called into session at 7:13pm. Ray opened the workshop by explaining the differences between reservation, rehabilitation, and reconstruction and noted that the city mostly does rehabilitation. He also noted that House Bill 2496 gives homeowners the right to opt-out of historic preservation processes. Ray acknowledged that the guidelines for HPC have not been amended in some time and could use an update. Council members can access the HPC guidelines as well as the UDC online but will be receiving links to the documents from Nikki. Commissioner Springer would like clarity on what guidelines HPC should follow (UDC or HPC guidelines) and would like to provide citizens with guidelines or flow charts about the process as there can be confusion about what the committee is approving. Melissa lets the committee know that projects will be thoroughly vetted internally before they are brought before HPC as the committee should not have to focus on codes or UDC requirements but rather aesthetics of historic preservation. Nikki suggested amending the UDC with some HPC guidelines to make them more uniform.

Commissioner Sanford suggested having separate commercial and residential fencing requirements. Committee members expressed the need to have clarity regarding signage and fences for themselves as well as citizens. Nikki and Ray acknowledged that there are guidelines in the UDC for signs and fences, but they conflict with the HPC guidelines. Commissioner Sanford suggested changing certificate of appropriateness as the meaning of it seemed to be vague and beyond the scope for the HPC. Nikki informed the committee that in previous UDCs the was a “certificate of design compliance”. Committee members expressed the need to have citizens understand what they are being approved for when presenting to HPC.

Commissioner Ellis expressed concern about murals and their definitions. At which point, it was noted that guidelines for murals are vague or lacking in the UDC as well as HPC guidelines. Murals brought up concerns from committee members of defining art, content control and standards for a possible art district within the historic district. Commissioner Ellis suggested a case by case bases for these situations, but some general guidelines are still needed. The topic of permanent vs temporary art was also brought up. There was discussion about what temporary would be defined as and if it was something the committee would want to take a hard stance on. These topics need to be further discussed by the committee.

Commissioner Springer expressed concerns for citizens getting HPC approval but being denied further down the line. Nikki informed the committee that she is in the process of creating a development process manual for developers and citizens to guide them through the process of their projects to combat the possibility of that scenario happening.

Melissa noted that the HPC is not CLG certified and inquired on individual structure hierarchy. The committee mentioned a survey from 1994 but there is nothing designated by City of Buda as historic. It was noted that there are buildings, like the Buda Mill & Grain, within the city limits that have historic significance but are not in the historic district. Commissioner Sanford inquired about the possibility of adding it to the district. Nikki mentioned that it may be in HPCs interest to expand their boundaries and Melissa mentioned that HPC may want to invite property owners to be a part of historically significant buildings. Commissioner Springer mentioned that property owners may want to participate but would not want to go through the process of in the future should they decided to change anything on their property. Ray suggested utilizing subcommittees 6


to identify historic structures and acknowledge it to the homeowners in order to increase their want to maintain the historic significance of their property.

The workshop was adjourned at 8:17 pm.

I. STAFF REPORTS

I.1. Staff Report on Buda Elementary, Hays CISD - HCISD proposed work. Ray presented HCISD 2017 Bond Program. It is a 4.3-million-dollar reconstruction/demolition project with plans to remove the lower campus and possibly keep the gym. Upper campus would be demolished except for the old high school building. The school district needs to approve the bond package. Commissioner Sanford expressed concern about demolishment of the school.

I.2. Staff Report regarding future Workshop time and agenda.January 23, 2020 will be the next workshop. Agenda items will be steps for CTG and resumes.

I.3. Staff Report regarding new appointee / resumes.New appointee will be chosen at the January 7, 2020 city council meeting.

I.4. Staff Report regarding next month's Historic Preservation Meeting (HPC) - January 16, 2020.The next meeting will start at 6:30pm and the new time for meetings in the future on January 16, 2020.

J. COMMISSION REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Update on Buda Mercantile (1898 Building)Commissioners request that reminders be sent out for meetings and workshops.

K. ADJOURNMENT

Commissioner Ellis made a motion to adjourn the meeting and it was seconded by Commissioner Sanford passing with 4-0 vote. Having no further business to consider, Commissioner Ellis adjourned the meeting at 8:33pm.

Requests for accommodations must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact City Hall at (512) 312-0084, or FAX (512) 312-1889 for information or assistance.

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission of the City of Buda, was posted on the bulletin board in front of Buda City Hall, which is readily accessible to the public at all times, by 5:00 pm on December 16,2019.

/s/ ____________________________Ray Creswell, R.A, R.I.D., Historic Preservation OfficerFacility Manager / Board Liaison

Meetings scheduled in the Council Chambers are set up to publicly broadcast meetings. You may be audio and video recorded while in this facility. Meetings scheduled in other City Facilities are set up to publicly audio record meetings. You may be audio recorded in the other City Facilities.

In accordance with Article III, Section 3.10, of the Official Code of the City of Buda, the minutes of this meeting consist of the preceding Minute Record and the Supplemental Minute Record. Details on meetings may be obtained from the Board Liaison, or video of the entire meeting may be downloaded from the website. (Portions of the Supplemental Minute Record video tape recording may be distorted due to equipment malfunction or other uncontrollable factors.)

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A Public Comment period will be provided to allow for members of the public to participate and speak to the Board/Commission on any topic that is not on the meeting agenda. At this time, comments will be taken from the audience on non-agenda related topics. A Public Testimony period will be provided at each meeting of the Board/Commission to allow members of the public to participate and speak to the Board/Commission on any topic that is on the meeting agenda, prior to any vote on the matter up for consideration. During these periods, the presiding officer shall routinely provide three (3) minutes to each person who desires to speak but may provide no less than one (1) minute and no more than five (5) minutes to each person addressing the Board/Commission. The amount of time provided to each person, if altered by the presiding officer, shall be announced by the presiding officer prior to recognizing persons to speak and shall be objectively applied to all persons speaking during Public Comment or each Public Testimony period.

Attendance by Other Elected or Appointed Officials: It is anticipated that members of other governmental bodies, and/or city boards, commissions and/or committees may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the body, board, commission and/or committee. Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also noticed as a possible meeting of the other body, board, commission and/or committee, whose members may be in attendance, if such numbers constitute a quorum. The members of the boards, commissions and/or committees may be permitted to participate in discussions on the same items listed on the agenda, which occur at the meeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for on an agenda for that body, board, commission or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.

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Agenda Item #H.1.



Agenda Item No. 2020-76- #H.1Contact: Ray Creswell

Subject: Work Shop Discussion and Presentation on the Historic PreservationCommission related matters regarding Certified Local Government (CLG) andTexas Historic Commission (THC) review comments.

1. Executive SummaryProvide recommended changes to the current HPC Ordinance, the current UDC and the HistoricDistrict Design Guidelines and Standards (HDDGS) for amendment per the review comments from THCfor the CLG status.

2. Background/HistoryApplication for a CLG was sent to the Texas Historical Commission for review and consideration forthe CLG status for the City of Buda Historic District in 2019 in May 2019. In June, 2019, THCresponded back to the City with recommended changes to the current HPC Ordinance, the UDCregarding Sections 2.10.10. The proposed changes by THC would also affect the current HDDGS andreview to update and amend it would be a necessity.

3. Staff's review and analysisStaff has reviewed the THC comments and will provide the HPC the first go through regardingrecommended changes for the HPC consideration.

4. Financial ImpactCLG classification for the COB Historic District would allow the City to apply for State matchingfunds regarding projects within the Historic District.

5. Summary/ConclusionN/A

6. Pros and ConsPros for having the CLG classification would allow the City to apply for matching funds to maintainthe historical characteristics of the City.

7. AlternativesN/A

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8. RecommendationStaff seeks direction and the HPC assistance regarding suggested changes to the HPC Ordinance, theUDC and the HDDGS from this work shop discussion

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Agenda Item #I.1.



Agenda Item No. 2020-77- #I.1Contact: Ray Creswell

Subject: Update regarding the 1898 building (200 Main Street)




4. Financial Impact


6. Pros and Cons

7. Alternatives

8. Recommendation

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Agenda Item #I.2.



Agenda Item No. 2020-78- #I.2Contact: Ray Creswell

Subject: Staff Report regarding 211 Live Oak (FM 967) at the corner of FM 967 and SanMarcos - Administrative COA.




4. Financial Impact


6. Pros and Cons

7. Alternatives

8. Recommendation

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