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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-01-10 Historic Preservation Commission Minutes HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF JANUARY 10, 2013 MINUTES Board Members Present: Julie Williams, Chair Wayne Mallar Donald Lewis III Robb Gordon Kay Blanchard Joseph T. Walsh, Jr. (Assoc.) Eric Mihan (Assoc.) Commission Consultant Present: Sara K. Martin. City Staff Present: Jennifer Boothroyd Chairman Williams called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. NEW BUSINESS Item No. 1: Consider a request for Certificate of Appropriateness and Design Review approval to replace a wall sign, J & R Coin Ventures Inc., applicant Chairman Williams invited the applicant to make a presentation. James Burr, owner of J & R Coin Ventures Inc., told the Commission that the existing sign had fallen into disrepair, and has been removed. He is making the application to replace it with a new sign, of the same dimensions. Ms. Boothroyd noted that the applicant had provided information regarding the sign material; it will be made on alupanel, a composite material composed of an extruded plastic core with aluminum faces laminated on both sides. The sign will have vinyl graphics. Chairman Williams asked for comments or questions from members of the public. There being none, she referred members to the memo prepared and distributed by Commission Consultant Sara Martin, and opened the discussion between commission members. Chairman Williams asked if there was anything behind the sign, specifically architectural features. Mr. Burr responded that it is plywood. 2 Member Lewis asked how the sign will be attached to the building. Mr. Burr stated that the sign will be attached to the plywood behind it. Member Mallar asked if the sign would be illuminated, and Mr. Burr confirmed that it would not be. Member Mallar noted that he has seen bricks protruding from the area above the sign and wondered how the sign would fit around the bricks, and whether the sign would be attached to the bricks or if the bricks would be removed to place the sign. Mr. Burr stated that the sign would not be attached to bricks, and that no bricks would be removed in the sign replacement. Member Mallar asked whether the bricks would cause the sign to be tilted out at an angle. Mr. Burr stated that there is a steel beam above where the sign goes, and the sign would be mounted flush against the building underneath that steel beam. Chairman Williams asked for further questions from the commission. Finding none, she asked that a motion be made. Member Lewis moved that the Commission approve the Certificate of Appropriateness and Design Review for J & R Coin Ventures, Inc. to install a sign which replaces an existing sign at 26 State St., acknowledging that the sign will be mounted flush to the building, and that if attachment to brick is deemed necessary, that the attachment be through mortar rather than brick. Member Blanchard seconded the motion, which carried unanimously, with Members Williams, Mallar, Lewis, Gordon, and Blanchard voting. Chairman Williams stated that, this being her last meeting as both a member and chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission, she had enjoyed her experience and the opportunity to work with the other members of the Commission. There being no further items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:16 p.m.