Columbus, Georgia

UPTOWN FACADE BOARD

Board Meeting Minutes

June 21, 2004





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

Plaza Level of the Columbus Consolidated Government Center, June 21, 2004.



Members Present: Neil Clark Kevin Welch

Fred Greene Virginia Peebles, Ex Officio

Pat Love

Brown Nicholson







Members Absent: Jack Collins Mark Renner







CALL TO ORDER:



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

The Minutes of the May 17 Meeting were approved.



Case Reviews:





1110 Broadway Application was presented by Barry Harbin for Lane Jewelers. The

request was to install an awning over the front of the building. The awning

would have the name of the business printed on it for primary signage and be

?terra cotta? in color. The Board reviewed and discussed the application. A

motion was made by Brown Nicholson to approve the application as presented.

Fred Greene seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1100 Broadway No one was in attendance to present the application. A motion

was made by Brown Nicholson to deny the application due to a lack of

attendance. Pat Love seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1043 3rd Avenue Application was presented by Johnathan Mann for St. Luke

Methodist Church. The request was to demolish the existing structure and

convert the area to a paved area for parking. The new parking area would match

the existing adjacent parking lot. The Board reviewed and discussed the

application. The Board?s discussion focused on the type of signage and

landscaping that would be installed. The applicant submitted an alternative

layout for the parking configuration. The Board reviewed and discussed the

alternative layout. A motion was made by Pat Love to approve the application

as presented to include the substitution of the alternative parking layout if

selected by the applicant. Brown Nicholson seconded the motion. The motion

passed.



1040 Broadway Application was presented by Mike Lee for Oxygen2. The request

was to install signage for this property. The Board reviewed and discussed the

application. The Board?s discussion focused on the materials the new sign

would be constructed from. A motion was made by Fred Greene to approve the

installation of signage as presented with the requirement that the sign be

professional made from wood or metal, with raised lettering. The color of the

lettering may be ?blue? as presented as a variance. Kevin Welch seconded the

motion. The motion passed.





Administration of the Fa?ade Board:



The Board received and accepted, with regrets, a Letter of Resignation from

Board Member Pat

Love. The resignation is effective August 1, 2004. Tiny Washington, Clerk of

Council will be

notified of the resignation and asked to begin the replacement process.



The Board discussed its continued concerns over non compliance locations and

lack of

enforcement of the Design Guidelines. Neil Clark will ask Bill Duck, Director

? Inspections and

Codes, to meet with the Board to discuss the concerns.



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 McCollum, Secretary