UPTOWN FACADE BOARD
Board Meeting Minutes
October 17, 2011
A meeting of the Uptown Facade Board was held in the Council Chambers on the
Plaza Level of the Columbus Consolidated Government Center, October 17, 2011.
Members Present: Fred Greene John Lester Brenda Price Justin
Kreig, Ex Officio
Rick Johnson Jason McKenzie Cherie
Sanders
Members Absent: Scott Allen Judson Richardson
Sonya Eddings
CALL TO ORDER:
Meeting was called to order by John Lester, Chair. A quorum was present. The
Minutes of the September 19, 2011 Meeting were approved as presented. The
Board adopted the Preservation Professional Report for October 2011 as part of
the record.
Case Reviews:
1221 Veterans Pkwy Application was presented by Billy White for Firestone
Tires. The request was for the upgrade to the existing storefront to include
painting of the facades, new signage and changes to the pole-mounted sign. The
Board review and discussed the application. The Board?s discussion focused on
the replacement/addition of an existing primary sign on the North fa?ade of the
structure. The addition of this sign would be a third primary sign for this
location. Per the guidelines, only one primary sign is allowed business not
located on a corner lot. A motion was made by Board Member Fred Greene to
approve the application as presented with a variance to allow the
replacement/addition of a primary sign on the North facade. Board Member
Brenda Price seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Old/New Business
The Board reviewed and discussed the status of the applications previously
approved at the April 2011 Meeting for compliance with the Board?s rulings.
Board Chair John Lester, on behalf of the Board, thanked Board Member Brenda
Price for her many years of service to the Board. Ms. Price has served two (2)
full terms on the Uptown Fa?ade Board. Her term ends October 31.
Adjourn:
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
Respectively submitted by:
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John Lester, Chair
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Mark S. McCollum, Secretary
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