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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334
Phone: (501) 371-4790 Fax: (501) 399-3435
LITTLE ROCK HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
MINUTES
Monday, March 9, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
Sister Cities’ Conference Room, City Hall
I. Roll Call
Quorum was present being five (5) in number.
Members Present: Marshall Peters
Julie Wiedower
Susan Bell
Bob Wood
Randy Ripley
Members Absent: None
City Attorney: Debra Weldon
Staff Present: Walter Malone
Citizens Present: None
II. Approval of Minutes
February 9, 2009
Commissioner Julie Wiedower made a motion for approval of the minutes as submitted.
Commissioner Ripley seconded. The Minutes were approved with 5 ayes, 0 noes, and
0 absent.
III. Deferred Certificates of Appropriateness
None
IV. Certificates of Appropriateness
None
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V. Other Matters:
Enforcement Issues
Staff Walter Malone stated that there are no items on the enforcement issue list. The
commissioners did not add any items to the list.
Preservation Plan update:
Mr. Malone mentioned the three scheduled meetings of March 17 and 18. Discussion
was held on the purpose of all three meetings and time and place of each. Mr. Minyard
is to email the time and location as of all of the meetings.
Edits to Form Letters to Real Estate Agents and Homeowners:
Chairman Marshall Peters asked if everyone had a chance to read over the letters. The
discussion focused mainly on the letter to the Real Estate Agent. Edits were suggested
in paragraph one to remove the word Congratulations from the homeowner letter. In
paragraph three, the wording "an auto body repair shop starting up next door" was
deleted in favor of more generic terms since the HDC does not govern land use. In
paragraph four, the last sentence was moved to the middle of the paragraph. In
paragraph five; there was a major rewording of the first part of the first sentence to
make the tone more authoritative, yet still friendly and supportive. Other minor edits
were noted. Mr. Malone stated that the drafts of the letters would be forwarded to Brian
Minyard for final editing.
Work Plan:
Mr. Malone wanted to clarify that the markups, the strikeouts and the underlined text,
were what the commission meant to say on the satellite dish section – Problem 4. A
discussion was held about the edits with the visibility of the dish from the street. There
was no discussion on problem 5. On Problem 6, regarding Bylaw issues, there was
discussion of the proposed edits by Staff. Debra Weldon asked if this was to be without
prejudice. It was decided that without prejudice was the intent.
Problem #7 – regulating Paint color. Mr. Malone pointed the committee to what other
cities are doing in regards to this, and the Staff’s position on page 19 of the re port.
Debra Weldon, of the city attorney’s office added that she did not think the commission
had to do it. Chairman Peters commented that he would rather not enforce paint color.
Commissioner Bob Wood asked what if a Victorian was painted day -glo orange. Ms.
Weldon stated that the Commission would have to document what are appropriate
colors for that style of house. Chairman Peters asked to put the issue off until
discussion at CAMP in May. Guidance is provided in the Guidelines. Two tiers of
approval were brought up by Commissioner Woods. Commissioner Wiedower said that
she thought we did have it with the COC’s. Ms. Weldon stated that to paint brick that
was never painted does require a COA. Commissioner Ripley brought up the issue of
repainting the same color versus changing to another color. It was decided to discuss
this item again after CAMP in May.