Good evening.

Welcome to the March 13th, 2025 hearing of the Historic Preservation Commission for Frederick.

Before we get started, there's some agendas over on the side table.

If anyone doesn't already have one, and there's a sign-up sheet.

Anyone can certainly speak, but it helps if we have your name so we can get it right if you want to sign in.

The technical qualifications of the commission and staff are on file with the City of Frederick and are made part of each and every case before the commission.

The Fred Frederick City Historic Preservation Commission uses the guidelines adopted by the mayor and board of Alderman and the Secretary of Interior standards for rehabilitation published by the U.S.

Department of Interior, National Park Service.

And these guidelines are made a part of each and every case.

Commissioners Eva Saller and Ann Hart.

The Division Manager for Historic Preservation, Christina Martinkowski on the staff, as well as preservation planner Sarah Hofditz, Assistant City Attorney Ira Saun, and Administrative Assistant Tanzy Crate.

All applicants and authorization agents and members of the public who wish to speak tonight must be sworn in.

If you would be please stand as you're able.

I have one for the workshop minutes, please.

Uh, for HPC 25 dash 9, second bullet.

And I'm not quite sure what the terminology needs to be in the second sentence.

A no further action letter.

To me reads as if there is no further action allowed.

But perhaps it should say a no further action required letter.

I don't know the exact terminology that needs to be there.

Understood the your point.

Um so a no further action letter is issued when uh by the planning department when an archaeological application has been submitted and forwarded to our archaeological consultant, and they found that there's no archaeological sensitivity, and basically they're saying there's no further archaeological research or investigation needed, so no further action needed.

Not necessarily what we call we don't call it needed in the letter, but um perhaps just the formatting um no further action letter or who the letters from perhaps might imply because it as I read it it read as if no further action.

Like you're not allowed to do anything else.

That's how I read it.

Anyway, I was just looking for some clarification on that statement.

And if we could do that, we can definitely arrange that.

Thank you.

Perfect.

Sir, after all of that.

Go ahead.

You just want to say no further action, no further action letter regarding archaeological review.

Would that be sufficient?

Absolutely.

Okay, thank you.

With that, I move that we um accept the minutes from both the hearing and the workshop.

I was second.

Motion is made seconded to approve the hearing minutes and the workshop minutes with a clarification.

All in favor, raise your hand.

Motion carries three to zero.

On to HPC business, uh administrative approval report.

I'd like to enter into the record that we had 11 administrative approval reports for the month of February.

Any questions, Commissioners?

Okay, thank you.

No consent items or continuances are listed.

We'll move on to cases to be heard.

Ms.

Hofnetz.

I'd like to enter the whole staff report into the record.

This application concerns the proposal to reinstate a wood window on the rear of the building that was replaced with a vinyl window.

Um the Frederick Town Historic District Design Guidelines establish the following standards for review.

To preserve window features, all existing windows assembly shall be preserved with their defining elements repaired rather than replace.

The functional and decorative features of the windows that help to find a win a building's historic character should be identified, retained, and preserved.

These features include but are not limited to frames, sashes, muttons, glazing, sills, heads, hoods, mold of hood molds, lintels, and paneled or decorative jabs and moldings.

Deteriorated elements may be selectively repaired.

With commission approval, window elements or entire windows that are deteriorated beyond repair can be replaced.

Windows should be repaired in place where possible to prevent further damage and routine maintenance should be undertaken to prevent window deterioration.

For replacing windows, if the commission determines a replacement window is necessary due to severe deterioration, the new window must duplicate the material design dimensions, configuration, and hardware of the window to be replaced.

For the rear and side elevations, leniency regarding one or more of the these characteristics might be allowed for replacement windows.

For windows with divided lights, replacement windows must have true divided lights without insulated glass with the style and size of the muttons matching the window to be replaced.