* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] EVERYTHING ON. YES. EXCELLENT. [Board of Architectural Review on October 13, 2020.] OKAY. SO WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN FRONT ROYAL BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020. UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING. UM, I'VE WORKED THEM OVER DIGITALLY AND I'LL GO HERE TODAY. YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM. YEAH. I DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES THERE THAT MOTION ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. UM, OKAY, SO WE'LL GO IN ORDER HERE WITH THE NEW BUSINESS, THE FIRST APPLICATION TONIGHT, UM, ON THE FORM, THE APPLICANT IS AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION, LLC. AND THEN APPLICATION TWO TO ONE OR YES. YES. OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS. UM, I'VE LOOKED IT OVER. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STAFF REPORT? ARE YOU SURE? AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION THAT WAS PROPOSING A ROOF REPLACEMENT FROM GRASS WALL SHINGLES TO A BLACK MATTE BLACK STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF. AND UPON FIRST REVIEW DIDN'T SEEM ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WAS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IT'S A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE. SO IT WAS GOING FROM ASPHALT SHINGLES AS SHOWN ON THE HISTORICAL REPORT TO A METAL ROOF. SO THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE OR BE DEEMED WHAT IS CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION TO THE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE BASED ON THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT. UM, MOST OF THEM HAVE METAL ROOFS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, DURING THE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY WHO WAS SHOWING THAT ASPHALT SHINGLES. YEAH. I THINK WE HAVE LIKE A HISTORICAL PHOTO WE'RE USUALLY WORKING THE OPPOSITE. I THINK IT DIDN'T HAVE ORIGINALLY HAD, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT I WOULD HAVE REFERRED TO IT, BUT YEAH, WE, WE LOOKED AND WE COULD NOT FIND THE EVIDENCE OF THAT, BUT I AGREE. IT'S LIKELY TO GET GOOD ENOUGH TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. THERE WAS A, A PHOTO I SAW WITH THE HISTORIC SURVEY, BUT IT SHOWED, UM, I BELIEVE SHINGLES BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY DONE IN, I THINK LATE 89 OR YEAH. OR NAME IS BELTON 1900. THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME TO REPLACE IT. I'M SURE. YES. THERE WAS NO PICTURES, NO PICTURES IN THE SURVEY, I GUESS. I'M NOT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY, TO HELP RESTORE SOME OF THE MIDDLE ROOMS THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH AN EMOTION, WE DON'T REALLY BECAUSE IT'S NEW MATERIAL, DO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER COLOR? AND I THINK EVEN IF WE DID, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. IT'S NOT CRAZY. I'M SORRY. SO QUICK NOTE ON THAT, THOSE COLORS THAT YOU SEE THERE, THOSE COLOR SAMPLES ARE ACTUALLY FOR THE SECOND APPLICATION FOR THE TOWN TO MIX THOSE UP. OKAY. CAUSE I'M LIKE, THOSE ARE GREAT, BUT IF WE'RE JUST DOING OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ALL SECOND. IT IS APPROVED. OKAY. YOU'RE FREE TO GO, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINISHED PRODUCT. YEAH. IT'S LIKE A COUPLE HOUSES DOWN FROM MINE, FROM MY HOUSE [00:05:16] APPLICATION. THE COLOR IS CALL IT A SAMPLE SHEET. OKAY. APPLICATION TWO, THREE, TWO, ZERO. OKAY. UM, AND THIS IS PART OF THE BLOCK GRANT PROJECT BRAZILIAN DOWN BY THE GAZEBO. I'VE SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THERE WAS A REVISION MADE AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT MISSED COMING TO US FROM VOTE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOWN UPDATE ON THIS AS OF NOW? SO, UM, A MEETING, ANY BLOCK GRANT MEETING LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THAT, UM, DECIDED ON A COLOR THAT THEY'D LIKE TO GO WITH FOR THE METAL ROOF, WHICH WAS HARTFORD GREEN SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS, UH, COLOR SAMPLE. AND THEN, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET PICTURES OF THE STONE. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO ON THE POST KONG BASIS AND ON THE FACE OF THE BATHROOM. SO IT'S LIKE A FIELD STONE, UM, ON PROPERTY IN TOWN, THAT'S NATURALLY AT THE, SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF THE WARREN COUNTY PARKS AND REC FACILITY YOU WERE BEING BROUGHT. SO I CAN REMEMBER THERE WAS A HOUSE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE AND THE STONE WAS RECLAIMED OR THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT STONE WAS RECLAIMED AND IT'S BEEN SITTING AND THIS BECAME A REALLY GOOD USE FOR IT. SO IT'S, IT'S A LOCAL MATERIAL. UM, THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE HARTFORD GREEN, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ARTISTS ON THE MURAL COMMITTEE, I THINK RECOMMENDED THE GREEN AND THAT'S HOW IT WENT TO THE LAST MEETING FOR APPROVAL. AND I HAD TOLD THEM AT THAT MEETING THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM. AND THAT'S WHERE, YEAH, EVERYONE WAS KIND OF IN AGREEMENT. IT WAS A NICE GREEN TO REPLACE SORT OF A GREEN LOFT IN THE CANOPY OF SOME OF THE TREES THAT CAME DOWN. AND I THINK THE BLACK SHONE AND I DUNNO, ONE OF THE CONCEPTS I FEEL ON THERE, I THINK IT WAS JUST FOR THE UP PURPOSES. SO THERE WAS NOTHING EVER DECIDED ON THAT'S ON PAGE TWO OF THE STAFF REPORTS OR OTHER TALENT. I THINK WHAT, WHAT IN REFERENCE TO YOUR QUESTION THERE? WHAT THEY NOTED THOUGH, FADED THE ROOF ON THE GAZYVA WAS GREAT. AND SO THIS WOULDN'T BE A GREAT ROUTE THAT WOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH WHAT THE GREEN, THE GRAY ROAD TO GET RID OF. IT WOULD, IT HAD A GREEN. OKAY. AND THE VISITOR CENTER WAS A TERROR ATA, BUT THE GAZEBO GREEN WAS PRETTY DIFFERENT. CAUSE IT WAS FADED AND A LITTLE WEATHER WE HAD, WE HAD A CIRCULAR DISCUSSION ON THIS, BUT THEN WE'RE LIKE THE GREENS DON'T MATCH. BUT THEN LIKE THEY'RE FAR ENOUGH APART AND THERE'S DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, RIGHT? AND THIS GREEN IS OVER THE TREES AND THIS GREENS OUT IN THE STREET, UM, THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE AND YOU GUYS WAS THIS PIECE HERE, IT WAS JUST STRAIGHT ALL THE WAY BACK. AND THERE WAS POST HERE AND IT BREAKS IT UP. THEY WERE, THEY WERE ABOUT TO APPROVE IT. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME BUDGET MONEY THAT KINDA GOT FLEXED AROUND WITH THIS DESIGN. SO THEY ADDED THIS. SO WHEN THEY DO PERFORMANCES, THEY HAVE A WIDER VIEWING POINT WITH AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW. AND SO FOR THE BLOCK GRANT PURPOSES, LEAVE, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE OR DENY IT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DECISIONS LEFT ON THIS AFTER THE ROOF COLOR WITH A STOLEN, THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MANY OPTIONS WE CAN BE ABLE TO WITH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, AND THE BATHROOM, IF YOU FAB LIKE THAT TOP HAT STRUCTURE IS THAT, THAT [00:10:01] COLOR HAS ALREADY BEEN, I'M ASSUMING IT'S BEEN PICKED A LONG TIME AGO THAT I'M NOT UNAWARE, BUT IT'S COLOR. SO IT'S NOT REALLY, IS IT A BATHROOM PORTION? NOT GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT COLOR. NO. RIGHT. WELL THE ROOF ISN'T THERE TYING IT ALL TOGETHER TO GO. THIS IS PREFAB AND IT'S BEING SHIPPED IN AND OUT. AND THEN THIS IS THE ON THAT YOU COORDINATE WITH BEAR AND ALL THIS STONE ALIVE. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE BATHROOM IN THE, UM, MR. CENTER CITY SHUT DOWN? SO THIS IS JUST AN ADDITION TO THAT MORE VISIBLE BATHROOM AND THEN JUST A GREATER NUMBER OF COIL. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS MOTION TO MOVE? WE APPROVED THE PAVILION. I REALLY LIKED THE DESIGN CHANGE MORE CHARACTER. IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO TEND TO THAT? OKAY. WHEN I MENTIONED, I SAW TODAY THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLY SAW A BIG, REALLY THE MURAL ON CLOUD STREET. I'VE HEARD RUMORS. IT JUST LOOKS GREAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN, I SAW A BAND THAT HAD TAKEN THEIR PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE LITTLE WINGS ON THE MARKET AND THEN THEIR BAD PICTURE SHOWED UP SOMEWHERE IN MY FACEBOOK TIMELINE. I'M LIKE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE, BUT IT WASN'T THE MARKET. IT WAS A BAND. AND I'M LIKE, OH LOOK, WE'RE GETTING AROUND. JUST LIKE, YEAH, THE MURALS ARE COMING AND THERE'S A MURAL COMMITTEE GROUP THROUGH SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT'S FORMING OR COMING ALONG. WELL, WE STILL GET MURAL APPLICATIONS IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC MURAL GROUP. IT'S I GUESS SINCE IT'S IN OUR HISTORIC HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHO WILL YEAH. THE STORY DISTRICT. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN HE ROLLS, I'M GOING TO PRETTY MUCH PROVE ANY OF THEM BECAUSE IT CAN ALWAYS BE PAINTING. OKAY. GONE. GOOD. THERE WAS TALK ABOUT RESTORING THE ONE. OKAY. WELL, YEAH, THAT ONE. AND THEN THE ONE THAT WAS DYING, LIKE IN THE NINETIES, IT WAS LIKE THE BARN WITH THE ANIMALS. TALK ABOUT RESTORING THAT ONE. I DON'T KNOW. SOMEONE WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK INTO FINDING FUNDING TO RESTORE THE COAT. COLE WOULD DO THAT SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN. IF SOMEONE GOT INTO SCHOOL, THEY PROBABLY PAID FOR ALL OF THAT. DO YOU KNOW HOW OLD IT IS? NO. THAT'S ABOUT 1900. YES. SETTLE. HMM. BUT THAT'S OUT OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TOO. SO WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T THAT, ARE WE EXPANDING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT? OKAY. THERE WAS TALK [00:15:01] ABOUT MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOUSES AND GIVING THEM DESIGNATION, BUT MINE IS DESIGNATED WITH A STATEMENT ON THE TOWN. THEY STOPPED, LIKE THEY GOT THE FIRST HOUSE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET, PAST POP PROSPECT, AND THEN THE REST OF US, THEN YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT IT'S NOT BEING PROTECTED. NO, ANY AFTERNOON NEWS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ON THE RADAR. I'M AWARE OF MA'AM OKAY. MOTION TO ADJOURN. HMM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.