City of Punta Gorda 2022 Historic Preservation Advisory Board, 17 Nov 2022

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Historic Preservation Advisory Board 11-17-2022

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Historic preservation, Advisory Board, to order I request: everyone mute their cell phones as best they can and are you ready for the roll call? Yes,.

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With steel, Ponte, David Perry here.

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Paschko, you know Casey nemec, yeah, Beth, magnin, Brad Gamblin. Here.

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Kohlberg here.

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Thank you calling now for any citizen comments on uh agenda items, not including public hearings or anything uh since we don't have anyone in the audience not to skip that approval of minutes as everyone on the had a chance to review the minutes for the last meeting, any comments or Corrections.

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If not I, would entertain a motion motion.

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To approve second.

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All those in favor signify by saying aye.

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And I just don't have any public hearings. I guess that takes us to certificates of appropriateness, am.

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I missing something was the election of Vice chair at the beginning of the agenda. Yeah.

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No actually I guess it's above public comments, I see it there now.

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Yeah the election for the donation review is at the end, but the election for the vice chairs.

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Thank you, okay. Thank you. This on our toes appreciate.

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It so at this time, I'd like to open the floor for nomination of Vice chair.

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You can also nominate yourself if no one's.

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No one I'll self-nominate for Vice, chairperson.

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Hoover Meister.

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A self-nominator.

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For myself, okay, okay, are there oh go ahead? Do.

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I hear any other nominations: are there any other nominations?

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Hearing none nominations are closed and you are new Vice Chair by I, guess, consent.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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By the way, for catching that, for me.

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All right good morning, Beaumont hander Urban Design. This one will be to uh intense. We have three certificates of appropriateness. These are all information only um we expect probably more to come as things start to uh unfold. So I'll start with the ca342022 410 Gill Street. This is information. Only it's a fence uh staff approved the ca application.

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um They meet all requirements of code and the type of fence they're going to use is appropriate in keeping with the area. Let's see here, the second one is CA 372022 and that's 426 Harvey Street. This was a information, only roof they're, replacing the current roof with asphalt. Shingle like sane again, this is appropriate for the area, so staff approved that one and then we have CA 38 2022, it's 415 West, Marion Avenue. This is information only and this is going to be uh Windows.

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They were replacing Windows like Sam and character and look and they're an improvement over what they had. So we went ahead and approved that as well. That is it.

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Thank you, and that brings us to General business appointment of chair.

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All right so, um since the historic preservation chair um is always going to be the chair for donation review, I guess we just have to ratify that through you guys. So if we can make a motion to do so to ratify that he's, chair of the donation review I would ask that you do that.

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There's a motion to to make Brad gambling the chair of the donation, review board.

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And call for a vote all of all in favor, say hi.

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Opposed next time, yeah.

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Okay and then, uh since he was the one that was appointed as an extra member for donation review and now he is chair, we will need to replace his position. So does someone want to nominate someone or or are they interested in being in that position on the donation review? So just.

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Anybody interested or understand really what we do with the donation. Review Committee meet, occasionally, if there's a donation opposed to the historic preservation area or historic area than we would review it for appropriateness and.

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They meet quarterly, it's always after the meeting of um hpab, so we haven't, they haven't met this year. Yet it is very, you know it's not something that happens all the time, but when it does it.

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Be significant because I think there's good reasons for the donations to be reviewed for appropriateness to our community in their historic appropriateness.

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I had a little experience with this in a previous life in Dayton, and not all donations made much were appropriate. Let's just put it that way, and one was a house that had been condemned and it was historic and it had been condemned, but if they donated it, they wanted a big tax write-off and it was just a inappropriate and so the Review Committee there we got into it and and researched it us did our staff and we did not take the gift.

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I'll self-dominate myself.

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Good. Thank you.

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Other nominations.

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All right, then, I'll close the nominations and you are appointed to.

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By acclimation thank.

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Great it's on you now: okay,.

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Now that brings us to member comments.

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Here's something I would that's a little different if anybody objects it to it. Let me know, but since we have several members- and this is our been a while since we've met, um may we start over here in this Perry and just in one minute tell a little bit about how long you've been here in town, what your background is or anything that you feel might help your fellow members of the Advisory Board understand where you're coming from I've.

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Been in Punta Gorda for approximately five five years prior to that, I lived in Naples for 30 years, I'm a real estate developer throughout the United States Puerto Rico and Central America University of Florida undergrad MBA MPA. It was a history major as a undergraduate student, um three kids, one who just graduated law school youngest, is in his first year of law school and my daughter is the business development manager at the Naples Zoo.

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Wonderful, thank you joining us.

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Hi I'm I'm, Jackie and I'm new to this board I've been in Punta Gorda for about five years. I I I'm married I have a couple of dogs and I. Previously. In my past, life was an elementary school teacher and for 35 plus.

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And uh I have an interest: I I have a real interest in the environment, in the preservation of the environment and I'm. Also, we moved here because we loved the feel and what happens in this town.

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That's what I'm interested in.

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Thank you welcome thank.

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You hi I'm Casey nemec i2m new. This is my first meeting I own a Visual and Performing Arts Studio right across the bridge in Deep Creek called Studio Seven I've, been here for 20 years, born and raised in Grand Rapids Michigan I came down here to go to Florida Gulf Coast, University and I have two boys Brixton and Hudson. One is eleven, one is 13., they were born and raised here and I also have my master's degree in history from University of Massachusetts, wonderful.

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And I'm Bradford Gamblin born and raised St Louis Missouri lived in Clearwater for about 10 years, moved up north through Dayton Ohio, to uh worked with my older brother, who was an inventor had a doctorates in physics, from Princeton and all kinds of things, and eventually got 30 cents on the dollar back and the opportunity to do other things, and eventually we moved that comment usually brings an understanding.

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So we moved back here. We've been here 10 years, I've been retired, but prior to moving, that in Dayton.

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Ohio I have a background well, prior to that even I have a background in banking and finance been a financial advisor with major Securities firms in moderately successful, but not overwhelmingly in the fact that I just could not bring myself sometimes to do the deal of the day that was put on my desk and uh but no no offense to The Brokerage industry and then also uh ended up I'm a Mason and a Shriner and a job opening came with the uh Masons of Dayton Ohio.

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They wanted needed an executive director to raise funds and help with the restoration of their iconic 1928 280 000 square foot, building, which is huge by the way, and it was going to have to be updated or fall into issues, because you just can't let something like that sit.

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So that meant air conditioning and restoration of the paintings and kinds of things had seven auditoriums, seven pipe organs, uh just huge so set out to accomplish this found some Masons started and what we ended up with I had to learn a lot about history, the history of how you become a designated National, Historic Landmark in the group around grouping around it and uh eventually I raised with all the help I could get close to 10 million dollars and since I've left they've raised another eight million dollars of air conditioned reheated uh restored re-roofed the building, but in the meantime, I was able to get a pretty thorough understanding of what's involved with historic preservation.

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It's also started a foundation for the thirty thousand square foot, Antioch Shrine trainers, uh building in Downtown Dayton and had it designated the National Historic Landmark and formed a foundation for it as well, which allows people to give to an organization that has an endowment to repair the building subject, building over long term, and that is working for them when others are closing and by the way.

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The last four years I understand that the Dayton Masonic Center has been profitable, which is unheard of I'm, not sure how they Define it, but as long as they're happy with it. That's my background.

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College graduate actually Eckerd College in Saint Pete I have traveled pretty extensively throughout Europe and South America and that's hope to do a good job here and any suggestions. Anybody has I'm always amenable to listen. Thank.

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Thank you, I'm Valerie Colbert I've lived in Punta Gorda for 12 years, but I've lived in Florida, most of my life and I'm. The original Floridian I was born in Florida, born.

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In Miami I've.

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Lived in Fort, Lauderdale, Sarasota and here but I've been here for the last 12 years. I raised three children in Sarasota. I am an avogeneologist and history buff, who uh does serious genealogy research for myself and others, and that's how I got interested in the history.

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Local history, particularly and I, just really enjoy learning about the history of the area, protecting the history of the area and making sure it's out there for educational purposes, excellent.

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Thank you, I agree, I'm.

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Lucille Ponte I grew up in the Boston area in a small town, which is one of the things that attracted me to Punta Gorda was that small town feel that you don't have too often my husband and I have been in Florida since 2004 in Orlando in Jacksonville, and now is we're nearing retirement. We wanted to find a nice beautiful, waterslide Community. We were lucky to come upon, Punta Gorda. My background is I'm an attorney. Actually in Massachusetts I went to UMass as well. It takes a probably different time.

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I went to UMass, I was a political science major and my law degree is from the New England school of law, but I spent some time in corporate law and then went on to legal education for over 30 years, which I found the most rewarding for me and I. Think it's my interest in it. Education and also it's my interest in history, and we learn a lot in the law about the history of our country and the history of our our laws evolve.

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So I've always been interested in the historical sides of things, because it's an important part of what's built our country, so I was very interested in enjoying this board and I found it to be a very really collegial nice group of people. So that's been a good experience, but we've been in Punta Gorda only since 2020 just in time for covid, so the first couple of years were a little crazy, but it seems things even with Ian they're settling down a bit, so we're really getting to enjoy living here.

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Welcome. Thank you. Thank you all any other comments from anybody. We kind of run through with that, but uh from our any comments from the staff, no you're not going to. Let me off.

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uh Hearing no other comments and the agenda completed we're a jerk. Thank you. Thank you.

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And thank you Brett for that special meet our fellow members a little more deeply.