Columbus, Georgia

UPTOWN FACADE BOARD

Board Meeting Minutes

June 20, 2005



A meeting of the Uptown Facade Board was held in the Council Chambers on the

Plaza Level of the Columbus Consolidated Government Center, June 20, 2005.



Members Present: Neil Clark Garry Pound Kevin Welch

Jack Collins Brenda

Price Elizabeth Barker, Ex Officio

Fred Greene Mark Renner

John Lester Cherie Sanders



CALL TO ORDER:



Meeting was called to order by Neil Clark, Chairman. A quorum was present. The

Minutes of the May 16, 2005 Meeting were approved as presented.



Case Reviews:



1426 Veterans

Parkway Application was presented by Ed Kendust for Jay Suziki. The request

was for approval of a new monument sign and a landscape plan. The application

was an addition to an earlier request for the construction of a new structure

on the site. The Board reviewed and discussed the application. A motion was

made by Brenda Price to approve the application as presented. Fred Greene

seconded the motion. The motion passed.



212 12th Street Application was presented by Rebecca Wiggins for First Baptist

Church. The request was for the installation of a new monument sign. This

was a new application. The previous application for signage had been denied.

The Board reviewed and discussed the application. A motion was made by Garry

Pound to approve the proposed sign with the addition of finials to the top of

the two posts. Fred Greene seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1226 3rd Avenue Application was presented by Burnie Quick for the Columbus

BID. The request was to construct a storage building in the rear of the

property. The Board reviewed and discussed the application. A motion was made

by Fred Greene to approve the application as presented. Kevin Welch seconded

the motion. The motion passed.



1244 Broadway No one was in attendance to present the application. A motion

was made Fred Greene to deny the application based on a lack of

representation. John Lester seconded the motion. The motion passed.





418/422 14th Street Application was presented by Chan Dent for Alltel. The

request was for the installation of screening/fencing, board/batten style; the

addition of an awning; the reworking/relocating of an existing entrance;

installation of a steel ramp and railings; installation of chain link security

fencing as well as a landscape plan. The Board reviewed and discussed the

application. The Board?s discussion focused on the proposed chain link

security fencing. A motion was made by Garry Pound to approve the application

with the requirement that the wooden board/batten fencing be installed around

the A/C units and that the proposed new sections of fencing around the

generators be board/batten as well and that both fence areas be at least 8 feet

in height. John Lester seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1039 Broadway Application was presented by Diane Stack for Boneheads. The

request was for signage on the awning. The Board reviewed and discussed the

application. The Board?s discussion focused on the proposed material/method of

application of the signage. After the Board?s discussion, the applicant

elected to withdraw the application.







Old/New Business



Board Member Fred Greene raised a concern about the Board?s practice of

reviewing applications without a quorum being present. The Board?s practice

has been to review/approve applications with the applicants agreement/consent

to accept the ruling without the presence of a quorum. The concern is that the

practice may not be a legal procedure and could possible invalidate the Board?s

ruling. The City Attorney will be contacted for an opinion on the practice.



Adjourn:

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.







Respectively submitted by:



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Neil Clark, Chairman



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Mark S. McCollum, Secretary