[2. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Resolution Memorializing Updates to the Abilene Register of Historic Properties, as Approved at the Previous Meeting ]

THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME . OKAY, NO ONE THERE. THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS A RESOLUTION , RECEIVED A REPORT, HOLD THE DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC HEARING, AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING UPDATES TO THE ABILENE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT IS APPROVED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. HI, I AM MASON, THE GARDEN CLINIC FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE FOR THE PREVIOUS LANDMARKS MEETING ON AUGUST 22 -- AFTER IT HAS TO BE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY A RESOLUTION, WE ARE JUST APPROVING PRESENTING THAT SO IT CAN BE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED UNTIL WE HAVE THAT SITE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> SO, DO WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON APPROVING?

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO, A NEW LIST THAT WAS SENT OUT IN THE PACKET WAS 405, SO, WE REMOVED THE HOUSES THAT WERE

RAISED FROM THE LIST? >> SO, THE LIST HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE WE APPROVED IT AT THE AUGUST 22 MEETING, THAT HAD ALL OF THE DEMOS AND THE ADDED ONES, IT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE THEN , WE ARE BRINGING THE RESOLUTION HERE TO BE SIGNED.

>> THE REASON IS JUST SO AT ANY POINT IN TIME YOU CAN SAY HERE IS THE LIST THAT WAS APPROVED AS OF THIS TIME, THEN YOU CAN GO TO A POINT IN TIME AND SEE THE MINUTES FOR CLARITY. DO WE NEED

A MOTION AND A SECOND? >> YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> OKAY, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE LIST AND SEND IT

ON . >> ACCEPTED THE LIST OR THE

RESOLUTION? >> THE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING

. >> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. MR. BLACK?

[3. HOZ-2023-02: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request to Add Historic Overlay to a Commercial Building Within Original Town Abilene Located at 1201 S. 1st Street ]

>> IS . >> MR. BUTMAN?

>> IS . >> MR. MCCLELLAN?

>> YES . >> MR. HALLIBURTON? YES.

PINNOCK AND MS. LEE? YES . >> MOTION CARRIES .

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, HOZ -2023- 02, RECEIVED A REPORT , HOLD A DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC HEARING AND TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST TO ADD HISTORIC OVERLAY TO AN HISTORIC BUILDING WITH AN ORIGINAL ABILENE BOOK -- 1201 S. 1ST ST.

>> I AND ME CITY GARNER, THE PLANNER, TODAY WE ARE REVIEWING CASE HOZ 2023 -002, THIS WAS TABLE THAT AUGUST 17 LANDMARKS

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COMMITTEE MEETING, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE IT COME IN OF PERTINENT INFORMATION AND THE APPLICANT WAS NOT HERE TO DISCUSS FURTHER DETAILS OF THE PROPERTY. SO, WE ARE BRINGING THAT BACK NOW. DO WE NEED TO UNTANGLE THIS?

>> IF IT WAS TABLED , WE WOULD NEED TO OF ON TABLE IT .

>> OKAY, MOTION TO MOVE TO ON TABLE , THEN JUST A VOICE VOTE .

>> OKAY. I MOVED TO ON TABLE HOZ 2023 ZERO E- ZERO HOZ 2023

ZERO E- 02 . >> SECOND .

>> YOU CAN JUST ASK ALL IN FAVOR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT

. >> ALL IN FAVOR OF ON TABLING? I NEVER REALLY HAVE SAID ON TABLING

2023-02 ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE .

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> OKAY. SO, WE WILL GO OVER THE BACKGROUND AGAIN , 1927 AND 1928 THE BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR BUICK, THEN THEY PURCHASED THE BUILDING , IN 29 THE GREAT DEPRESSION BEGAN AND AND 31 BUICK MOVES OUT . IN 1932, JESSE FRANKLIN WINTERS BUYS THE BUILDING AND TURNS IT INTO THE TIRE STORE . IN 1951 THE BUILDING WAS SOLD AND TURNED INTO THE AND W FURNITURE, AND FROM THE 50S TO THE 70S IT WAS THE AND W FURNITURE , THEN IN THE 80S IT BECAME THOMAS EVERETT FURNITURE AND IN 2019 IT WAS PURCHASED BY ROBERT HONKY , IN 2023 IT BECAME THE MW UNDERGROUND VENUE. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT ON THE ABILENE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES . IT WE HAVE AN AERIAL LOCATION MAP. AND THE ZONING MAP. AND THEN WE HAVE GOT A CURRENT VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY . AND THEN HERE WE HAVE AN HISTORIC PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY WHEN IT

WAS THE MW TIRE. >> 1949.

>> AND THEN HERE AS THE MW TIRE ALSO. AND HERE ARE SOME MORE HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE STREETS BEING PUT IN , AND OF THE BUS TERMINAL. AND HERE ARE SOME EXISTING CURRENT PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WHENEVER IT WAS THOMAS EVERETT'S, AND WHENEVER THEY WERE DOING THE RENOVATIONS TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT TO EXPOSE THE WINDOWS. STUB HAS DETERMINED THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE HISTORY OF THE OWNERS AND BUSINESSES WOULD DEEM THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AND THE SIGN IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT FEATURE OF LONG SOUTH FIRST.

SO, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BASED ON THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HEARING UP TO THE PUBLIC, IF THE APPLICANT, OR IF THERE IS ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK? TELL US

ABOUT THIS PROJECT. >> I AM ROBERT HENKE , THE ONE WHO STARTED ALL OF THIS. SO, WE HAVE BEEN DABBLING, MY MOM WAS SINGLE WITH FOUR KIDS, I WAS THE OLDEST IN 1974, WENT TO MAN JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL , I DID NOT GRADUATE TO BUY A BUSINESS SO IT WILL BE 40 YEARS THIS YEAR , WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON A FUN JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS ON RESTORING HISTORICAL PROJECTS , AND I THINK WE WERE INTO THAT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A PROJECT ON AN ISLAND, WANTED TO LOOK FOR THE RIGHT BUILDING . WHEN ABOUT THIS BUILDING I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO , AS FAR AS WHAT I WAS GOING TO FIND. SO, IT WAS A REALLY REALLY FUN PROJECT. THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING , I SEE FRANKLIN WINTERS WHICH ARE OUT THERE , IF YOU WOULD LIKE I CAN GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL OF THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING , BUT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH COVERING THE BASICS. WHEN WE WERE TAKING UP THE DROP CEILING IN THEIR , WE FOUND ABOUT 14,000 FEET OF OUR

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DECO PAINTING AND WE TOOK STENCILS AND COUPLE THE ORIGINAL PAINTING AND TOOK SEVEN MONTHS PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER. I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, SO I DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL YOU WANTED TO SEE, BUT THE BUILDING IS REALLY JUST BEAUTIFUL INSIDE, IT WAS MORE OF A PASSION PROJECT THAN ANYTHING, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO TURN INTO. IN FACT THE CULTURAL ARTS FAIR ANYONE WHO USES IT IN TWO MONTHS -- SO WE CAN USE IT, I WAS NOT PLANNING ON IT THIS YEAR , BECAUSE I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN . BUT, THE CEILING FANS , THE ORIGINAL CEILING FANS ARE UP IN THE ATTIC , THE ONE THAT I ACTUALLY SENT TO FANS IN PENNSYLVANIA ACTUALLY CAST THE ORIGINAL CASTING TO MAKE THE 12 THAT ARE IN THERE NOW GOODNESS.

THE FLOORS WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR , THE GUY WHO HELPED GRIND THE CONCRETE FLOORS WOULD NOT TOUCH THOSE SO AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING I'M GRANTING THOSE FLOORS AND USING HIS EQUIPMENT AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. BUT, YEAH , I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAVE BEEN ASKED, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 27 IT WAS ALL ARCHES ACROSS THE WHOLE BUILDING, AND NEVER HAD AN OPENING IN THE CORNER . AND, ACTUALLY, THE ARCHES WERE ETCHED GLASS THAT SAID BUICK ALL IN THE ARCHES GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING. WHEN JESSE FRANKLIN WINTERS BOUGHT THE BUILDING THEY TOOK OUT SIX ARCHES , THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE SIX ARCHES AND PUT FOUR OF THEM INSIDE THE BUILDING AND BLOCKED OFF AND MADE IT A DRIVE-THROUGH GAS STATION PIXEL, THAT WAS THE MW TIRE AND TEXACO GAS. THEY WERE CHANGING TIRES ON THAT TITLE FOR , AND FIXING CARS FROM 1931 TO 1951 . 51 IS WHEN HE SOLD IT TO THE EMPLOYEES , AND THAT IS WHEN I THINK I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE DATE ON WHEN THEY CLOSED IT , BUT IT WAS THE MW APPLIANCE, OR THE END W APPLIANCE BEFORE THE FURNITURE, SO WE THINK IN THE LATE 50S IS WHEN THEY ENCLOSED IT. I DO HAVE A PICTURE , THIS IS THE ONE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT LOSING .

>> YOU SAID THERE WAS A FILLING STATION?

>> YEAH, FROM 31 TO 51. >> EXCUSE ME , ARE THERE ANY UST ON THE PROPERTY? UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS?

>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> OKAY, WHEN YOU TRANSFER THE PROPERTY, THE CITY GETS AFTER YOU IF YOU HAVE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS . I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DO, I'M NOT SURE .

>> YOU CAN FILL THEM, I THINK.

>> SO, ANYWAY, I THINK THAT PICTURE IS EITHER LATE 50S OR EARLY 60S, WHEN IT SHOWS WHEN IT WAS ENCLOSED. I AM SURE IT WASN'T CLOSE BEFORE THAT, I THINK IT WAS ENCLOSED ABOUT 5152. ANYWAY, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING IS NOT BUICK, IT WAS THE END W. SO, IT WAS THE MW TIRE OR FURNITURE SO, I FOUND ONE OF THOSE PICTURES TO SHOW THOSE SILVER TOWN TIRES ON THE OUTS THAT WAS PROBABLY 1936 I FOUND HAVE OF THAT SIGN WHENEVER WE DO GET THE SECOND FLOOR, IT'S IN THE BUILDING NOW, I KNOW WHERE THE OTHER FIRST HALF IS , IT IS ON BUTTERNUT, I'M HOPING TO FIND THE SECOND HALF OF IT . GOODNESS, IT JUST KEEPS GOING BACK THE FRONT WINDOWS , THE GLASS WAS THERE , AND IT WAS PAINTED OVER WITH NINE COATS OF PAINT. AND WHEN I WAS RESTORING THE GLASS I ACTUALLY FOUND THAT THE GLASS WAS ALSO GOLD-LEAFED. SO, THAT BUILDING ORIGINALLY HAD ALL OF THE ART DECO PAINTING, THE TILE FLOORS, GOLDLEAF ETCHED GLASS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE EDGES OF IT , AND WHEN THEY TOOK OUT SIX OF THE ARCHES , THEN THEY ENCLOSED IT. SO, COMMEMORATING BUICK IN ONE CORNER OF THE BUILDING, AND THE FLOORS AND CEILINGS AND THE FANS , THEN EVEN WHEN WE DID THE BAR AREA I DID NOT WANT TO REALLY DO A BAR, BUT I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING TO FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL OFFICE TILE FLOORS.

THE ORIGINAL OFFICE FLOORS ARE IN SHAPE, THAT IS THE SHAPE OF THE PARTY MATCH THE FLOORS -- WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE

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FLOORS, THE ROSE GOLD WALLPAPER THAT IS IN THEIR . UP THE MAUVE FLOWER AND COLOR , THE GREEN BAR PICKS UP THE GREEN IN THE FLOORS ALSO, IT IS REALLY, THE BUILDING WAS TALKING TO ME FOR THREE YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE. , THE COOKS ON? THAT WAS FUN. 590 MICHAEL'S WHEN MY WIFE GOT THE LIGHT GOLD LABEL BUILT FOR $1800, SHE WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS FOR. DID NOT ASK FOR ANY PERMISSION TO DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO DO IT , AND THE IN BOTTLES WAS NOT ON IT , THE LAST TIME THAT LIT UP WITH LIGHTBULBS WAS 1979 , A GUY NAMED RAYMOND HALL YOU KNOW OWNED BY GRADE? HE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL PART OF THE SIGN THAT IS SO DESTROYED FROM HAILSTORMS THROUGH THE YEARS , HE ACTUALLY PUT NEON AROUND THE COCA-COLA EMBLEM AND WENT TO DONE I PULLED OPEN THE ON OFF AND PUT ON THE LIGHT AND REWIRED IT AND REDID THE WHOLE BACK , THAT WAS NINE MONTHS DOING THAT. SO, A LOT OF FUN. SO, THEN I FILLED THE BUILDING UP WITH ABILENE AND WEST TEXAS HISTORY IN NEON SIGNS SO, I HAVE THE ORIGINAL INSIDE THE BUILDING , THE SIGN THAT WAS ON THE ORIGINAL POWERPOINT WITH A NEW COURTHOUSES , THEN IT WAS MOVED TO WHERE THE CLIENT IS NOW, THE ONE THAT CLOSED DOWN IN THE 80S . I HAVE THE ORIGINAL NEON SIDE SIGN THAT WAS ON WALMART, I HAVE THE ORIGINAL MILK GLASS IN THERE FROM BIG LIGHT TEXAS WITH THE ORIGINAL STAND, THEN I HAVE A 6 FOOT TALL KILOWATT DOUBLE-SIDED NEON LIGHT , FOUND IN EASTLAND. SO, THAT IS RESTORED NOW SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO, I NEED TO DO , RESTORE THE COVER WINDOW FRAMES ON THE FRONT WHERE THE GLASS IS , IT IS SOLD WITH THE AWNING OVER THE FRONT DOOR WITH A TINY LITTLE 30 INCH DOOR THAT IS ON THE SIDE , THEN A GUY TOLD ME THIS IS A PROJECT I WILL NEVER FINISH.

>> IT IS AN OLD BUILDING, YOU WILL NEVER BE FINISHED . WHEN YOU GET IT ALL DONE SOMETHING WILL NEED PAINTING AGAIN, I HATE TO TELL YOU. I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT.

>> OH, YEAH. I JUST HAD FUN DOING A LOT OF THE HOTELS TOO, I GOT TO SEE HOW AND WHAT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WITH THE MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS FUN WHEN I WAS DOING THE HOTEL IN OKLAHOMA , I WAS REALLY GIVEN A HARD TIME WITH THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND I SAID MY PASSION IS ALREADY THERE, I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED AND THAT TURNED OUT BEAUTIFULLY. 700 WINDOWS IN THAT ONE OF THE BALLROOM IS REALLY PRETTY IN THAT ONE TOO.

SPACE AND I SPENT TWO HOURS JUST WALKING AROUND FINDING NEW SURPRISES , JUST BEAUTIFULLY DONE .

>> I ENDED UP CALLING THE COCA-COLA COLLECTION , 4400 PIECES , BEAUTIFUL STUFF. SO, I HAVE GOT TO THE BUICK SECTION , THE COCA-COLA WALL , AND WHAT ELSE ? YEAH , IT IS JUST ON HISTORICAL PLACE TO GO HAVE FUN AND ALWAYS BE HAPPY WHEN YOU

WALK IN THERE . >> DID YOU REWIRE THE BUILDING?

>> YES . >> HOW MANY TIMES? EVERYTHING , WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT IT, THEY MADE THE FURNITURE STORE, THEY PUT IN A SECOND FLOOR, BUT THEN THEY DO TWO BY SIXES AND PLYWOOD, IT IS PRETTY EASY , BUT WHEN WE ARE DOING THAT WE FOUND THE INTERNAL WALLS WERE ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE AT ONE TIME , THEY HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE AT ONE TIME, THAT BUILDING IS A CONCRETE ROOF , WALLS, FLOORS AND BEANS, NO WOOD IN IT AT ALL. SO, IT IS ALL STEEL AND STUCCO AND CONCRETE, EVEN THE ROOF IS CONCRETE. SO, OTHER THAN THE INTERIOR STUFF THAT THEY WERE JUST HODGEPODGE IN THERE IS WHY THERE WAS A PROBLEM OCCASIONALLY , WHICH I THINK WE HAVE 120

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CIRCUITS >> GOODNESS .

>> THAT IS INTERESTING. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO SEE IT YET , BUT I HAVE HEARD REALLY GOOD THINGS, I AM EXCITED TO SEE IT AT SOME TIME. NOW, TELL ME ABOUT THIS AWNING , BECAUSE ONCE WE PUT HISTORIC OVERLAY ON IT , IT MEANS IT IS PRESERVED IN SOME

WAYS JUST LIKE IT IS. >> OKAY, SEE WHERE THE PICKUP IS ON THE LEFT? IT IS RIGHT ABOVE THAT SKINNY LITTLE DOOR THAT IS BETWEEN THOSE TWO ARCHES, D.C. THAT AWNING? IT IS WOULD AND IT HAS GOT A CERTAIN DESIGN , AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WAS TAKEN OFF , PROBABLY WHEN THEY STARTED WRAPPING THE OUTSIDE OF THAT BUILDING IN THE 60S OR 70S , I WANT TO PUT THE AWNING BACK ON THEIR PICKS IT IS UP ON THE ROOF LINE?

>> IT'S NOT THERE NOW. OKAY, I SEE NOW .

>> I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT WENT, IT'S WHERE THE OTHER ONE STOPPED SO, I WANTED TO MATCH THAT. THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT I WISH WHEN WE HAD THAT HAILSTORM IN 15 , THIS BUILDING STILL HAD ALL OF ITS TILE ROOF ON IT, ALL OF THAT GREEN TILE, THEN AFTER THAT ALL GOT DESTROYED THEY PUT THE METAL GREEN, IT STILL LOOKS GOOD , BUT THEY PUT THAT ON BACK THEN AND IT HAS GOT A BEAUTIFUL ROOF

ON IT . >> THAT AREA REALLY TOOK A POUNDING, IT WAS BAD. I MEAN THEY WERE HUGE , EVEN AT THIS LOCATION, ONE OF MY DOCTORS WAS PULLING IN TO THE NEARBY BANK , TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAPPENED AT THE ART WALK AT THAT TIME, JUST AMAZING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT GET SERIOUSLY HURT AND THAT ONE PICKS DO YOU REMEMBER THE BIG CLASS ATRIUM AT FIRST METHODIST? IT CONNECTED TO TWO BUILDINGS , THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE PIECE OF GLASS IN THAT THING PICKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUEST YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IT AND WHAT WE QUALIFY FOR HISTORIC OVERLAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME INTERIOR STANDARDS, YOU HAVE TO PICKED SOME PERIOD MORE THAN 15 YEARS BACK , IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO IS NOT JUST THIS PICTURE, BUT PREVIOUS TO IT, CLOSER TO THE 1928

BUILDING? >> I'M TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE PHASES OF IT, PHASE ONE, BUTTE, D&W, EVEN THE FURNITURE PART OF IT, THERE ARE ASPECT ESPECIALLY IN THE NEON SIGNS THAT I PUT IN THERE FOR FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE PUT THE WORD DOORS IN IT, THEY ARE ALL COMPOSITE GLASS DOORS FIBERGLASS DOORS TO LOOK LIKE WOOD. EVEN IN THAT PICTURE , THEY HAD TAKEN OUT IN FRONT OF THAT TRUCK, YOU CAN SEE THE OPENING THAT USED TO BE A WINDOW, THEY HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN IT OUT BACK THEN TO DRIVE CARS AND BECAUSE THERE WAS A LIFT IN THERE. BUT, YEAH, ALMOST ALL OF THE HISTORY HAS BEEN PRESERVED FROM THE BEGINNING ALL

THE WAY THROUGH. >> OKAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES , THE HISTORIC OVERLAY REALLY ONLY PERTAINS TO THE OUTSIDE . SO, TELL ME. SO, THE LITTLE AWNING THAT IS HISTORIC, IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED IN FURTHER

RESTORING THE BUILDING? >> NO, OTHER THAN JUST FINISHING, YOU SEE, THE WINDOWS BACK THEN, BEFORE THE WAR , THEY WERE NOT WRAPPED WITH ALUMINUM, THEY WERE WRAPPED IN COPPER. SO, THOSE THREE ARCHES THAT WERE LEFT WITH THE CLASS IN IT , YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT IS ON THE APPLIANCE SIDE , THAT IS WHERE THOSE THREE PIECES OF GLASS WERE THAT WERE LEFT, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS OUT THERE. SO, PULLING ALL OF THAT OUT AND RESTORING ALL OF THAT AND RESTORING THE COPPER , THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE , THEN PAINTING THE TRIM AROUND THAT , THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IS LEFT , THEN I DO WANT TO DO THE

AWNING AT SOME POINT . >> SO, KELLY, SHOULD WE HAVE A, WHEN HE GETS CLOSER TO DOING THAT SHOULD HE COME AND ASK FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OF APPROPRIATENESS? AND WE JUST

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APPROVE IT? OR IS THERE A WAY TO INCLUDE SOME OF THAT ?

>> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, OR , IF IT IS, PROBABLY FOR THAT AWNING THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE STATUE, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME IS LIKE REPAIRING THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO, BUT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS JUST HISTORIC OVERLAY. SO, WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO DOING THIS PROJECT , LIKE A FEW MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME , YOU CAN COME AND FOLLOW WHAT IS CALLED THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, YOU WON'T EVEN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO , BUT WE NEED TO, WE WILL LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AGAIN , AND ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS AN HISTORIC PHOTO , IT ALMOST MUST CERTAINLY WILL GET APPROVED. SO, JUST LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME PICKS THE OTHER THING THAT I DID, IF YOU WILL NOTICE WHERE THE AWNING IS RIGHT BELOW AT THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN -- WHENEVER I PULLED ALL THE METAL IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING OFF SO, IN FRONT OF THAT TRUCK YOU HAVE THAT TINY LITTLE DOOR THAT HAS THE ARCH , THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN OF THAT WAS GONE AND THERE WAS A BEAM THAT RAN FROM THE OTHER SIDE ALL THE WAY ACROSS . SO, I ACTUALLY READ IT ALL OF THAT , ALL OF THE STONE TO MATCH THE OTHERS, AND PUT THAT ALL IN, BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS NOT EVEN THERE, ALL OF THAT WAS GUTTED, THE WINDOWSILLS WERE GONE , IT WAS JUST BOARDED UP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A RASH OF KIDS SHOOTING OUT WINDOWS AND A LOT OF THOSE -- THE GLASS IN THE BUILDING WAS JUST PLYWOOD. BUT, YEAH. THE CAST STONE WHERE I HAD TO REDO IT, YOU SEE, WHERE THE OTHER ONE, THE D&W TIRE SIGN , OR BUICK, I GUESS, TO THE LEFT OF THAT, IF YOU NOTICE THAT AFTER IT SQUARES OFF RIGHT TO THE LEFT OF THE D , THAT IS ACTUALLY AN ARCH , AND I HAD ALL THE CAST STONE MADE TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS EVERYTHING ELSE, RE-BRICKED IT AND DID ALL THAT RIGHT , THAT HAD ALL CUT OUT IN THE DRIVE-THROUGH GAS STATION.

>> HE SAID CAST A STONE, WAS IT BEGINNING TO DETERIORATE?

>> IT WAS GONE. >> THEY HAD CUT IT OUT TO MAKE

THE DRIVE-THROUGH, MICHAEL. >> -- HAS A CAST STONES SOMETIMES, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, THE STILL INSIDE THE CAST

STONE EXPANDS . >> WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THE CAST STONE ON THIS IS THAT EVERYTHING THERE IS IN GOOD CONDITION , REALLY GOOD CONDITION. I WAS JUST PUTTING IN THE PIECES THAT WERE MISSING . I DID A CAD DRAWING AND SENT IT OFF AND IT

FIT PERFECTLY. IT WAS GREAT . >> I MENTIONED THAT I SPENT SOME TIME AT AN EVENT AND I CONTINUALLY WALKED AROUND IN AMAZEMENT, AND I REMARKED TO MY WIFE SEVERAL TIMES THAT SOMEBODY REALLY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY WERE DOING THIS, I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO DID THIS , IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS OR NOT, BUT THERE IS A VACANT ON THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER ACCEPTING A NOMINATION TO SIT UP HERE. I FEEL LIKE HE WILL BE

WELL-QUALIFIED. >> BEAUTIFUL WORK ON THIS

PROJECT . >> YOU THINK THE ONE , WHEN I WAS DOING HOTELS , THE CITIES LIKE CISCO AND PLAINVIEW -- WAS DIFFERENT, THERE'S TWO SMALL LITTLE TOWNS HAVE THESE HOTELS THAT HAD NO ROOF ON THEM , GUTTED, DERELICT , WHEN I WENT INTO MEASURE WINDOWS MY DOG WOULD NOT EVEN FOLLOW ME IN BECAUSE IT WAS SO SCARY. THOSE CITIES ACTUALLY GAVE THESE GUYS IN KANSAS THESE BUILDINGS AND SAID HERE, YOU CAN HAVE IT, THEY COULD $18 MILLION AND IT , DID IT HISTORICALLY ON THE OUTSIDE, MADE APARTMENT ON THE INSIDE, TO BALLROOMS, TO THE MAIN ENTRY FLOORS CORRECT , AND NOW THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS.

AND I AIN'T THERE IS A BALANCE . THERE IS REALLY A BALANCE , A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HISTORIC YOU HAVE TO KEEP, THE OUTSIDE IS REALLY CRAZY, BUT THEN THE BUILDINGS ALSO HAVE TO BE VIABLE, AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES ALIVE . I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED A LOT , DOING THE BUILDING IS ONE THING, BUT KEEPING IT GOING FOR ANOTHER

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HUNDRED YEARS IS IT, THIS WILL BE AN EASY BUILD BECAUSE IT IS ALL CONCRETE AND STEEL AND GLASS .

>> WE APPRECIATE IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO

TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT? >> IS REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT PLACE PICKS WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION

>> I WILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY SECOND .

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT A SECOND .

>> MR. BLACK? >> YES PICKS MR. BUTMAN?

>> IS . >> MR. MCCLELLAN?

>> IS . MR. ALBERT AND? >> IS. AND THE MOTION TO

APPROVE CARRIES . >> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, IT IS BEAUTIFUL. WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT THE LOCATION NEXT WEEK.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE TO GET TO, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT.

WORK IT IS BEAUTIFUL . >> I'M ACTUALLY NOT KIDDING ABOUT THE NOMINATION. I REALLY THINK HE WOULD ADD A LOT OF

VALUE TO THIS COMMISSION. >> THAT APPLICATION IS ON THE

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CITY WEBSITE . >> OKAY, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR . HOZ-2023-03, RECEIVED A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST TO ADD HISTORIC OVERLAY TO A RESIDENCE WITH IN ORIGINAL TOWN ABILENE LOCATED AT

1941 N. 3RD ST. >> HELLO, MASON TEEGARDEN, THE CITY PLANNER , TODAY WE ARE LOOKING AT CASE HOZ 20 2303, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS MAKING ME TO COME HIS REQUEST IS TO ADD HISTORIC OVERLAY TO HIS WRITTEN RESIDENT AT 1941 N. 3RD ST. THE HOME IS A TWO STORY MULTIPLE PAY DOMESTIC BUILDING IN THE QUEEN AND STYLE WITH OF BO ART, NEOCLASSICAL INFLUENCES APPROXIMATELY BUILT IN 1910 . THERE ARE THREE CHIMNEYS LOCATED IN THE RESIDENCE, THERE IS A SINGLE STORY RECESS CORNER ON BRIDGE CHARACTERIZED BY THE ABLE ROOF WITH CLASSICAL WOULD POST . THERE IS A 5-SIDED TOWER LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE , THE HOUSE HAS BEEN NAMED THE KING HOUSE AFTER HARRY TOM KING AND HIS WIFE, MR. KING WAS A PROMINENT LAWYER AND JUDGE IN EARLY ABILENE AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE ABILENE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES. HERE WE HAVE AN AERIAL LOCATION MAP , AND HERE WE HAVE A ZONING MAP , AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER HASHED PROPERTIES AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE HISTORIC OVERLAY.

AND THEN I ALSO ATTACHED AN HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONING MAP SO YOU CAN GET A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT IS IN THAT AREA. AND THEN HERE WE HAVE SOME USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY . THERE IS THE MAIN RESIDENCE, AND THERE IS AN ACCESSORY BUILDING LOCATED TO THE SIDE OF IT THAT MATCHES THE HOUSE. HERE ARE SOME MORE SUBJECT PROPERTY VIEWS , AND HERE ARE SOME HISTORIC PHOTOS

OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY . >> EVERYBODY TAKES ACTIVE THE TOP METAL , I WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT PHOTO IN A LITTLE WHILE. IF THE TOP METAL PHOTO -- IF MASON WILL TELL YOU .,

THAT IS THE BACK OF IT RIGHT? >> THAT IS WHAT WE WILL TALK

ABOUT. >> OKAY . SO, BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOUSE , IT IS DISTINCT TO A TYPE AND PERIOD OF DISTRACTION CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE, AND THEN , THE PERSON OF SIGNIFICANCE IS HARRY T KING, A WELL KNOWN LAWYER AND JUDGE WITH HIS OWN OWN FIRM IN OVER SHINER, BASED ON THOSE FACTS, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THE HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DID YOU FIND --? >> I DID NOT, THEY ARE NOT ON THEIR PICKS YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT PICKS YES. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL TELL YOU ALL PICKS I HAVE ONE, WHAT IS WITH THIS PICTURE IN THE UPPER MIDDLE?

>> WE NEED TO CLOSE, I GUESS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MASON?

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>> THE TERM UMBRAGE, WHAT IS THAT?

>> I DON'T REALLY KNOW. I TRIED TO GOOGLE IT AND LOCATING IT AND I COULD NOT REALLY TELL WHAT IT IS EITHER.

>> HAVE NEVER RUN ACROSS THAT TERM .