 Okay. Let's get started. The Design Development Review Commission is made up of volunteers with expertise or interest in historic preservation and design. We generally meet on the second Thursday of the month to review cases. Staff to the commission are our urban design and historic preservation staff. They are available to answer questions if you have them, but please do not interrupt proceedings if you do indeed need to speak with one of them. The meeting generally proceeds with the staff calling the case and describing it. I will call for the applicant to come forward afterward to add to the basic description of the request if necessary or if the applicant wishes to do so. If so, the applicant should keep the presentation to 10 minutes or less. The commissioners will then have the opportunity to ask questions. At this point, I will ask if there is anyone in the audience who wishes to speak for or against the proposal. Audience comments shall be kept to two minutes per person. If there is, the applicant will have an opportunity to respond and this rebuttal shall not exceed five minutes. In most cases, we will make a decision tonight after all information has been presented. If your case is denied or if you feel that our decision was made an error, you and anyone with standing have the opportunity to appeal it within 30 days of the decision. If you plan to speak about a specific project, you must have signed in. The sheet is at the back of the room. Also, and so that members of the public understand, commissioners are under strict instructions to avoid discussing DDRC meetings and applications with members of the public or with each other outside of these proceedings to avoid ex parte communications. If you wish to speak during the course of these proceedings, please stand and raise your right hand. Okay. That's a first. Could we have the role, please? Mr. Bucknett. Here. Mr. Broom. Here. Ms. Johnson. Ms. Fuller-Wilt. Here. Mr. Savry. Here. We have quorum. Thank you. Does the agenda still stand? The agenda has changed dramatically since the publication. So, 2237 Marion Street, a request for preliminary certification for the Bailey Bill and certificate of design approval for an addition, as well as 2210 Marion Street. Again, a request for preliminary certification for the Bailey Bill and design approval for exterior changes. Both of these are in Cotton Town. These have been moved to the Consent Agenda. 601 Main Street, a request for design approval for exterior changes in City Center, has been withdrawn from this agenda. The 1700 block. I'm sorry, could you back up and repeat that again? What was that? That was 601 Main Street. Oh, got you. Okay. Under the historic portion of the regular agenda, 1700 block of Calhoun Street, intersection of Calhoun and Talley Streets has been deferred. As has 2100 block of Bull Street, intersection of Bull and Elmwood. Both of these were for modifications to the landmarked wall and various iterations. This is an individual landmark. Otherwise, the agenda stands. So, after the Consent Agenda, we only have 2301 Gaston Street? Yes, sir. Very good. The DDRC utilizes a Consent Agenda for those projects which require DDRC review but which meet the guidelines and typically require no discussion. If anyone wishes to discuss an item on the Consent Agenda, I will ask that you speak up after the Consent Agenda is read and we can pull the item for discussion onto the regular agenda. If you would read the Consent Agenda. Yes, I'm sorry. So, the Consent Agenda is 730 Beltline Boulevard, a request for a preliminary certification for the Bailey Bill. This is an individual landmark. And as stated previously, 2237 Marion, a request for a preliminary certification for the Bailey Bill and design approval for an addition in Cotton Town Bellevue Architectural Conservation District and 2210 Marion Street, a request for a preliminary certification for the Bailey Bill and certificate of design approval for exterior changes in Cotton Town Bellevue Architectural Conservation District. Thank you. Is there anyone who wishes to take an item off the Consent Agenda for discussion? May I have a motion to approve the Consent Agenda and the meeting minutes, please? Second. We have a vote, please. Mr. Bocknight. Yes. Mr. Bram. Yes. Ms. Johnson. Yes. Ms. Fuller-Wilt. Yes. Ms. Moore. Yes. Mr. Savry. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Would you please introduce the case? This is a request for certificate of design approval for unapproved changes at 2301 Gadsden Street, a circa 1910 Gable Front and Wing residence in the Elmwood Park Architectural Conservation District. The structure sits at the corner of Aiken and Gadsden Streets. The homeowners have made several unapproved changes in the past that were handled at staff level, including the removal and replacement of porch columns, balustrade, and a window on the Aiken Street elevation. In these instances, it was made clear to the applicants that exterior changes needed to be reviewed by preservation staff. A design for the deck was approved, but was not built to the specifications on the approved plan. The applicant requested a certificate of design approval for the new deck design, but staff found that it was with the lattice that stands five feet four inches above the raised surface of the deck was not compliant with section 17-674D, criterion H of the ordinance, and denied the request. The applicant requested that this item be heard by the Commission. Prior to the denial of the request, staff searched for historic examples in the neighborhood and was unable to find any. In addition, the structure, which features, in addition, the deck has, as constructed with the lattice, is not integrated well into the existing architecture of the structure, which features more refined and delicate detailing. Staff finds that the unapproved changes at 2301 Gadsden Street are not in keeping with section 17-670 of the City of Columbia ordinance and recommends denial. Should the Commission deny this request for staff recommendations, staff would be happy to work with the applicants on a design that can be approved at staff level. That's some materials for you guys to look at while I feel like I'm in a courtroom, right? Okay, yeah, that's my house that's represented up top. The idea with the handrails came at the last minute from my wife, and that was performed by the subcontractor working on the job. The problem with that area is that the elevation of the house allows for no privacy in the backyard whatsoever. Even that five foot privacy fence does no good with all the windows and the porches on the houses on each side. So looking at the first picture that I gave you, the blue dots show neighboring houses, and the two green areas on the outside show the intersecting streets. So actually if you look at the way the house is built with the outcrop of the kitchen, that porch is barely visible from anywhere from any street. The only street would be Aiken Street, I'm sorry, that's right, Aiken Street going in the uphill direction. This picture is actually taken near the curb side from what looks like from my neighbor's property. So we've actually put the porch in the least visible place for the public for the house, and if you look at the other pictures, so you've seen the house in front of the sides, but that's what I'm showing is that you can't see it from the front, you can't see it from the Aiken Street side. So those are both taken directly parallel to the house. You can see it from this angle, from the street at a little less in this glimpse if you're coming uphill on Aiken Street. So it's put in an area of the house that's least visible to the public. I have 17 windows that overlook my deck in my backyard from the back and from that side house and about 30 feet from his back screen porch. So there is no way to have any privacy at all in the backyard. And due to that elevation, I'm practically on a platter in front of everybody out there. So that was the idea behind this lattice for a handrail. I can't tell you how much I put into this house. I guess the last picture I tried to show it properly. This house was almost gone and this engineer's opinion had about two years left. The back column of the house had rotted to deterioration. And so I used the finest materials, the finest workmanship, had to totally rebuild this house over $300,000. I'm just asking for one consideration on this handrail. My wife and I plan to plant English ivy to give it a little better look. But as I say again, wouldn't be seen from the street except for one glimpse coming up one street. And that's pretty much it. I'm just asking for a consideration here. So first I want to ask staff a question. Has staff seen this packet of information before today? No, I have not seen that information. Okay, so so we're having a conversation about information or a packet of information that you haven't seen. Okay, then I had to have a way to speak to present. I'm just asking them a question. And then my question to I have a couple questions to you. Number one, and I may have missed something here, which is why I'm asking the question. I was under the impression that the way the whole situation on the porch was in discussion. But is it just a handrail that we're talking about? So it's any of the lattice that can be seen from the right of way. This picture was taken from from a city cycle. Okay, so so the porch was permitted. Not with that lattice. And so this is a question of staff. So the lattice that's on the porch was put up without approval. Yes, that's correct. Design was submitted that was approved for a deck. It was a covered deck with a more traditional railing. But that design obviously hasn't been built. This was what was built in its place, but approval wasn't granted. Okay. So you had already met with staff about the design approval for the lattice on the porch, correct? No, I had not. It was a last minute change. My wife and the subcontractor did this. I saw this after it was done. So when it's explained to me about the height about it not being able to be seen much from the street, and I needed some real privacy in that area, there's another house behind there. So I agree to it. I'm trying to stand up and bat forth. I'm asking for approval. After it was done, actually. Okay, then I have one more question. And that is, from what I can see, it looks like the majority of the windows that are looking down on your porch will look down on the porch, even with the lattice there, because you're on a first level elevation and a lot of the windows are on a second story elevation. There are 17 total windows. That house has majority of them. The first four windows will not be able to see over that lattice. And on the house behind me, all of those windows will be below the lattice. So it provides some privacy, not total privacy. Why didn't I submit this first? I'm not sure. Right. So so the design submitted. The subcontractor was underway. I was there the day he started and basically building the base of the porch. But when he finished, you know, the post wrote that they were not cut yet. When he finished, he and my wife decided to go this way for the privacy without me present. Not this exactly. In addition to the port. As far as permitting, yes. Any other questions? Second. We have a vote, please. Mr. Bach night. Mr. Broom. Yes. Miss Johnson. Miss Fuller Wilt. Yes. Miss Moore. Yes. Mr. Savry. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Is there any of the business? Just a reminder that the state to start preservation conference is Friday, April 26. We had several people sign up, which we're very excited about. So that's in a couple of weekends. It is all day, but you don't have to attend all day. If there's certain certain events you want to hear them, you can choose to do that. If you're eligible for those three credit hours, you just have to make sure that you get the sheet at the end of the session that it signed to show that you were there. I just wanted to throw that out there since we don't have thank you. With that, do we have a motion to adjourn? Second. Second. All those in favor? All right. All right. adjourned.