[I. Call to order]
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JUST A MINUTE AND A HALF. IT'S SO GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE NEW BE ABLE TO CATCH REVIEW BOARD MEETING. UH FROM MONDAY, APRIL 8TH 2024. COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR HENSON, MR. HERE, MR BROWN. MR DAVEY HERE, MR MALLET HERE. MS MOORE MR STROLLER HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK HERE. THERE ARE FIVE VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A FORUM. THANK YOU VERY
[III. Action on minutes: February 12, 2024]
MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION ON THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY? 12TH 2024. MR CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT'S NAME ON PAGES THREE AND FOUR ARE MISSING. UM HIS NAME IS JIM YEAGER. AND I'VE MADE THAT CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 12TH 2024, A RB BOARD MEETING. I SECOND THAT MR STROLLER. YES, MR HINSON. STAY. MR DAVY? YES. MR MALLET ABSTAIN.
MR. UH, MR E? YES. THERE ARE THREE VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED. THANK YOU
[IV. Additions or corrections to the agenda]
VERY MUCH. UH, STAFF NOW, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? NONE FROM STAFF. LOVELY OH, YEAH, WE NEED FOUR. I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT, UM YOU DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU WERE QUALIFIED TO VOTE ON THE MINUTES. AS LONG AS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THEM, WE CAN TABLE THEM WE CAN TAKE CAN CONTINUE THEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH, SINCE IT DIDN'T RECEIVE FOUR VOTES, HE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT THE NEXT AGENDA, SO THE MOTION FAILED. ARE THERE ANY VISITORS? THAT ARE HERE, NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.[VI. Cases]
HEARING NONE. I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST CASE OF THE EVENING. UH, IT'S FOR A OR B 1720 24 BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO DEMOLISH AN OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED IN 97 AND GRANVILLE ROAD. THE AFRICAN IS BRIAN HASSETT OF NEW ALBANY COMPANY. CAN I GET OUR STAFF REPORT? THANK YOU. THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY HAS SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION BY REQUEST OF THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT UH, THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET BETWEEN THIRD STREET AND MILLER AVENUE. THE OFFICE BUILDING IS NORTH OF THE NEW ALBANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, AS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED HERE IN THE CORNER. PER CITY, CODIFIED ONE AND IT'S 1157 08 B 11 OF THE CRITERIA MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. THE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN OFFICE SPACE FOR BUSINESSES SUCH AS THIS PRESTIGE DRIVING ACADEMY AND SINCE THE OFFICE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1977, IT DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE AREA IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED. NOR DOES IT HAVE ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE SINCE THE BUILDING HAS A RANCH STYLE THAT OFFSETS THE APPEARANCE COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. ALSO THE OFFICE BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE ANY ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING AND VERY FEW WINDOWS. THEREFORE IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE ANY ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE AREA WILL BE LOST WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE OFFICE BUILDING. THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING IS NECESSARY FOR DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S PLANNED MARKET STREET EXPANSION PROJECT. THIS MARKET STREET EXTENSION IS ENVISIONED IN THE ENGAGED NEW ALBANY STRATEGIC PLAN. AS A CRITICAL CONNECTION IN THE VILLAGE CENTER. TO FULLY ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT. THE OFFICE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED TO REPLACE THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES, BUT PARKING SPACES BASED ON THESE FACTORS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, IT APPEARS THE CRITERIA HAS BEEN MET. AND THAT WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. UH, CAN YOU HELP ME FOR A SECOND? BECAUSE IT GO GO BACK TO THE OVER THE OVERHEAD THING. YOU COULD. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER BUILDING BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THIS WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS. YEAH. SO THIS[00:05:01]
DEMOLITION IS NEEDED AS PART OF A TRI PARTY. UM AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EYE DOCTOR THAT'S LOCATED HERE SO THEY'LL REMAIN THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THEN THE CITY SO THE CITY'S MARKET STREET EXTENSION WILL COME UP AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO THIS WILL BE THE NEW THROUGH MOTION.SO THAT WILL THAT NECESSITATES THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THESE PARKING. I GUESS THAT IS, BUT THEN HOW DOES THAT HELP PARKING AND WITHOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO WALK THE LONG WAY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE CITY WILL BRING BACK TO THE SO, UH, ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT ALTERATIONS OR NEW PARKING HAS TO COME TO THE A RB. WE'RE FINALIZING THOSE PLANS NOW AND I SUSPECT WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU TO SEE THE FINAL LAYOUTS WITHIN THE NEXT LIKE MONTH OR SO. BUT UH SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE PARKING WILL BE RELOCATED FROM THIS CORNER TO WHERE THIS BUILDING IS, AND THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR, UH FEWER CURB CUTS ON US 62 FOR MORE PARKING WITHIN SORT OF THIS WHOLE GENERAL AREA HERE TO OFFSET THE IS GONNA BE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS AREAS THE METHODISTS CAN DRIVE AND THAT THAT'S CORRECT, BUT THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET. UM MR MAYOR, I'VE GOT A MORE OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE BOARD'S CONSIDERED A DEMOLITION REQUEST ON ITS OWN, CAN YOU UM ADVISE US ON THE CRITERIA. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW . THERE'S A PRACTICALITY TO THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE LACK OF ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND I THINK THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DRIVE BY THIS EVERY DAY WOULD AGREE. BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RIGHT PROCEDURE AND HOW WE EVALUATE THE REQUEST? ABSOLUTELY SO OUR CODE SAYS THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA IN YOUR STAFF REPORT MUST BE MET TO APPROVE THE DEMOLITION. SO IF YOU FIND THAT ANY ONE OF THOSE IS TRUE, THEN UH, THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD NEEDS PER CODE IN ORDER TO APPROVE IT. AND THOSE ARE NUMBER 12 AND THREE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT A STRUCTURE CONTAINS. UH, NO FEATURES OF ARCHITECTURAL, UH, AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. THE SECOND IS THAT THERE IS NO REASONABLE ECONOMIC USE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND THE THIRD ONE IS THAT DETERIORATION HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO RESTORE THE STRUCTURE. SO ANYONE OF THANKSGIVING I WAS IT WAS AN AND OR QUESTION. SO YOU ANSWERED IT. THANK YOU. YOUR ANSWER. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, WE'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE CITY IS IMPLEMENTING, UM AS WAS MENTIONED THE STRATEGIC PLAN LARGER VISION NOT ONLY FOR THE SITE AND CIRCULATION THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF 62, BUT THIS ALSO HELPS FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RE-ESTABLISH THE GRID ON THE WEST SIDE OF 62. SO MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. WE WERE ASKED TO DO THIS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO THE OPTOMETRIST IS NOT PART OF THIS AND NOT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE PART OF THIS. THE BUILDING BETWEEN E YEAH. SO AS STEVEN MENTIONED THE OPTOMETRIST AND CHURCH. THERE'S A RECONFIGURATION OF THE PARKING WILL COME BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD . I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY PARKING WHERE THIS BUILDING IS LOCATED, WHERE IT WILL BE DEBT DEMOLISHED THERE ACTUALLY BE AN ACCESS DRIVE AND THEN DEVELOPMENT PARCEL TO THE NORTH AFTER THAT ACCESS DRIVE IS DEEDED TO THE CITY. SO THE HOPE IS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A NEW BUILDING RIGHT DIRECTLY NORTH OF WHERE THE ACCESS DRIVE WILL WILL BE GREAT. THANK YOU. MR APPRECIATE IT. RECORD. THAT'S TOM RUBY. SPEAKING OF, UM, I AM WELL SATISFIED THAT THE FIRST CRITERIA WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE ONLY WE ONLY NEED ONE IS SATISFIED. I'LL NOTE THAT I'M NOT SATISFIED THAT THE SECOND ONE IS MET. JUST BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOBODY THERE DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS AN ECONOMIC DOESN'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC USE.
BUT YOU DON'T NEED THAT ONE. SO I THINK I'M WELL SATISFIED THAT NUMBER ONE IS NOT I WOULD AGREE.
I I'M THRILLED TO HAVE THIS BUILDING. LEAVE THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE ARCHITECTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. YEAH. SO, UM, I, I WILL MORE DISCUSSION. I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF A IS IT A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS? YEAH. FOR THE FOR THE REQUESTED DEMOLITION. ON A RB, UH, IS IT A B? 1720 24. SECOND. MR IT? YES MR MALLON? YES MR STROLLER? YES, MR DAVY? YES? MR HINSON? YES. YOU HAVE FIVE VOTES. THE MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR BUILDING DEMOLITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. UH, MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS FOR ANY
[VII. Other business]
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ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. WE HAVE NO NEW MEMBERS TO SWEAR NO NEW MEMBERS. I WOULD NOMINATE MR HENSON TO SERVE AS HERE WE GO AGAIN AS THE TR. YEAH BUT BB I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE SO IMPRESSED BY WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS. SECOND. MR ITEM. YES MR MALLET? YES, YES. MR DAVY? YES. MR HINSON? YES, MR STROLLER? YES. THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR OF ELECTING ALLEN HENSON, CHAIR OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF I MAY, I WOULD FULLY LIKE TO HAVE MR AON, UH, ELECTED AS VICE CHAIRPERSON. SECOND. MR HINSON? YES MR STROLLER? YES MR MALLET? YES, MR IT? YES, MR DAVIES? YES? THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR OF ELECTING MR HINSON, UH, MR A VICE CHAIR OF THE NEW ALBANY ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. I CERTAINLY WOULD POSE TO NOMINATE MR BROWN. BUT MR MALLET FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO SEE HOW WE ACTUALLY HANDLED THE MEETING LAST TIME, I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE NOMINATE.SO BE IT. SO YOU WANT ME TO NOMINATE? SOMEONE ELSE IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME, JOHN? I'M I'M I'M SAYING I WASN'T HERE TO SEE HOW HE RAN THE MEETING. I DID WE WERE. HOW DO YOU DO YOU KID? WELL, THAT DIDN'T NOMINATE THANKS. UH AND THEN JIM BROWN FOR SECRETARY. I LIKE. MR DAVY? YES MR I YES, MR STROLLER? YES MR HENSON. MR MALLET? YES. THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES TO ELECT JIM BROWN, SECRETARY OF THE NEW ALBANY ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE DATE TIME AND LOCATION FOR OUR 2024 REGULAR MEETINGS AS BEING THE SAME AS THE 2023 MEANS. WE ARE THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 7 P.M. HERE. GREAT HERE. YEAH NOT NOT A MR HENSON. YOU WANT TO WHOLE HOST OF AT YOUR PLACE? I COULD HANDLE SOME OF THEM. BUT NOT ALL OF OURS. YEAH YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN WE'RE HIT, RIGHT? I SECOND MR HINTON, WILLIAM. MR HENSON. MR. I MR DAVY? YES, MR STROLLER? YES MR MALLET? YES THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES TO KEEP THE MEETINGS ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 7 P.M. HERE IN THE NEW ALBANY VILLAGE HALL. LOVELY I I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK THE EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. WHO'S GONNA WIN THE GAME TONIGHT? PURDUE OR CONNECTICUT. IT'S GOTTA BE CONNECTICUT. OH, OK, CONNECTICUT, MINUS 6.5. OH, OK. UH WELL, THAT MIGHT CHANGE THINGS. 000 I'LL COMMENT TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK
[VIII. Poll members for comment]
HERE TO OUR THANK YOU AND ONCE AGAIN COMMENT HOW MUCH A PLEASURE IT IS TO SERVE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS. I THINK WE'VE WE COUNSEL IN ITS INFINITE WISDOM AS APPOINTED A GOOD, VERY GOOD BOARD, SO THANK YOU COULDN'T AGREE MORE. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING LIAISON. MOVING FORWARD FOR COUNCIL. GREAT TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU.WONDERFUL. ANY OF THE COMMENTS. NONE OF THEM STAFF. I MOVE. DO WE EXPECT AN AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK FOR NEXT MONTH? BASED ON THIS PROJECT OR ANY OTHER THAT YOU KNOW OF? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE PLANS YET. I HOPE TO KNOW IN THE NEXT LIKE WEEK OR SO IF AND IF WE DO, THEN WE'LL EXPEDITE THOSE. UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO START CONSTRUCTION. HOPEFULLY BY THIS SUMMER, UH, THE START OF THE STREET PROJECT, SO WE HOPE TO BE , UM YEAH, GETTING OUR LAST APPROVALS THAT WE NEED AND FINISH THOSE PLANS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THERE'S PILE OF DIRT. UM EXTENSION. OK? I DID NOTICE THAT. YEAH, I SAW THAT. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. ONE SECOND MR IT? YES MR HENSON? YES MR MALLET? YES MR STROLLER? YES, MR DAVY. FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
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