To the Historic Preservation Commission meeting on Thursday, December eleventh, two thousand twenty-five.

Hearings before the historic preservation commission are quasi judicial in nature.

This is a design review process to determine if a proposed project is congruent with the special character of the historic district or landmark.

Decisions of the commission are based on the records or record of these proceedings and the Wilmington design standards for historic districts and landmarks.

Evidence submitted to the commission for review becomes a part of the record.

Appeals of commission decisions are made to the Wilmington Board of Adjustment and then to the Superior Court and are based on this record.

Appeals must be filed within 30 days of the date of the Commission's action.

Evidence is received during the evidentiary hearing portion of an agenda item.

Those who want to address the commission are sworn as witnesses to present material and substantial evidence to the commission.

The chair recognizes those who want to submit such evidence during the evidentiary hearing.

Evidence should be directed to the commission.

To ensure that the evidence is properly recorded, please come to the podium to address the commission, state your name and address, and speak clearly.

Members of the Historic Preservation Commission are appointed by the City Council and serve at its discretion.

Our responsibility is to protect and preserve properties within the city's designated historic districts.

We adhere to the Wilmington design standards for historic districts and landmarks as well as the applicable North Carolina state law to assess whether exterior changes align with the unique character of the city's historic districts.

It is important that we deliberate the merits of each request in a manner that provides a record of the basis for our decisions.

Please remember that our deliberations should center on how the project meets the design standards and whether the proposed change is congruous or not.

Commissioners, if you have been made aware of any outside evidence related to any of these matters, please recuse yourself.

And if you would also please turn off or set your cell phones to silent mode.

Thank you.

Um I'd like to introduce city staff.

Gina Esse is the assistant city attorney, Brian Chambers, assistant planning director, Ben Riggle, uh historic preservation planning manager, Alden Finholm, the Historic Preservation Planner, uh, and Amy Bradshaw Planning Coordinator.

And if I could have commissioners please introduce themselves starting stage left, please.

Beth Rutledge, Allison Watts, Joan Keston.

I'm Christopher Yermal.

Stephen Salke, Ross, Thomas Selly.

Uh the staff will swear in any witnesses you wish to speak this evening.

I think if you can have staff, applicants, and any members of the public to please stand up and raise your right hand.

Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Thank you.

Um, if we could start, please by approving minutes from the November meeting.

Were there any uh changes or modifications?

Or would someone like to make a motion to approve those?

I make a motion to approve the minutes.

There are a second.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Passes.

Um to begin our evidentiary hearings.

Old business 555, I'm sorry, 515 and 517 South Fourth Street.

Case one is a request for a roof replacement at 515 through 517 South 4th Street.

This COA application was continued from the October 9th and November 13th, 2025 meetings to allow the applicant more time to review alternative roof treatments to alleviate the need to replace the existing roof.

The applicant received two formal quotes for recoding the existing roof and determined that neither option was ac economically practical for their situation.

The Brian excuse me, the Brian Brady House, located at 515 through 517 South 4th Street, was constructed circa 1914 and is a contributing resource within the Historic District residential.

As such, all revisions to all facades of the building in the site are subject to design review.

The subject property is located on South 4th Street between Castle Church Street and Castle Street.

On the left slide is a photo provided by the applicant with a view of the existing metal roof looking southeast from South 4th Street right-of-way.

The blue portion of the image to the right depicts the extent of the roof.

To the left is an aerial image depicting the condition of the existing roof provided through the roofing inspection conducted by high tide home inspections on June 17th, 2025.

Corrosion and arrest was identified at the surface fasteners of the existing metal roof, which the inspector noted could result in leaking.

The photo to the right is an example of the proposed certainty landmark fortified 30-year architectural shingles in the color silver birch.

Installation of the proposed shingles will meet fortified standards and will include plywood sheathing.

Certitude, weather guard, ice and water shielding underlayment over the entire roof deck and an aluminum drip edge.

After researching available ceiling options at following the October 9th meeting, the applicant found that investing roughly 10,000 in the product with only a five to ten year lifespan would not be practical or for a long term solution.

Given the risk of the hurricane damage in the presence of other historic homes in the vicinity with shingle roofs, the applicant would like to move forward with replacing the deteriorated metal roof with the proposed fortified architectural shingles.

If approved, staff recommends the following conditions.

Staff would like to enter the presentation and report into night's proceedings.

Are there any questions?