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UPTOWN FACADE BOARD

Board Meeting Minutes

December 21, 2009



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

Plaza Level of the Columbus Consolidated Government Center, December 21, 2009.



Members Present: Scott Allen Brenda Price

Sloan Flournoy Cherie

Sanders

John Lester Garry

Pound



Members Absent: Sonya Eddings Justin Krieg, Ex Officio

Fred Greene



CALL TO ORDER:



Meeting was called to order by John Lester, Chair. A quorum was present. The

Minutes of the November 16, 2009 Meeting were approved as presented. The

Preservation Professional Report for December 2009 was adopted as part of the

record.



Case Reviews:



Various Locations ?

Fa?ade District Application was presented by John Lester for Columbus State

University (CSU). The request was for the addition of various types of signage

at several locations on CSU properties. The Board reviewed and discussed the

application by each address. A motion was made by Board Member Scott Allen to

approve the use of a neon/LED ?open? sign and a menu board as presented for

1006 Broadway. Board Member Cherie Sanders seconded the motion. The motion

passed. A motion was made by Board Member Cherie Sanders to approve the use of

a menu board for 1009 Broadway as presented. Scott Allen seconded the motion.

The motion passed. A motion was made by Board Member Brenda Price to approve

the addition of the address on the awning for 901 Front Avenue as presented.

Board Member Scott Allen seconded the motion. The motion passed. The

applicant further discussed the various requested signage with the Board. The

applicant requested to table the additional requests until further changes

could be proposed.



Old/New Business



The Board did not review the applications approved at the June 2009 Meeting for

compliance with the Board?s rulings. The applications will be reviewed at the

January 2010 Board Meeting.



The Board reviewed and discussed the appeal of its ruling for 1307 Veterans

Parkway. The Board?s ruling was appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals

(December 2009) by the applicant. The Board will select a committee to develop

an amendment to its Design Guidelines to address demolition actions taken

within the Fa?ade District.



The Board tabled the election of officers until the January 2010 Board Meeting.





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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