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ST. LUCIE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEETING
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2300 Virginia Avenue
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Administration Building
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Conference Room Number 3
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May 19, 2008
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5:00 P.M.
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A compact disc recording of this meeting, in its entirety, has been placed in the file along with these
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minutes as part of the record. In the event of a conflict between the written minutes and the compact
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disc, the compact disc shall control.
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I. CALL TO ORDER
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13 Chairman Culverhouse called the meeting to order at 5:12 p.m.
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A. Pledge of Allegiance
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B. Invocation
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C. Roll Call
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20 Brad Culverhouse…………………………...Chairman
21 Jack Connolly .............................................Commission Member
22 Ruth McSween............................................Commission Member
23 Tom Minch..................................................Commission Member
24 Richard McAfoos…………………………...Commission Member
25 Christopher Dillon………………………….Commission Member
26 H.B. Moore ………………………………...Commission Member
27 Arlena Lee………………………………… Commission Member
28 Timothy Harrington………………………...Commission Member
29 Lucille Rieley Rights……………………….Special Advisor
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Commission Members Absent:
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Excused
32 Marjorie Harrell………...………...Vice Chairman
Excused
33 Joyce Rawlins-Teague… ………...Commission Member
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Mr. Harrington motioned to have Ms. Harrell and Ms. Teague’s
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absence excused from tonight’s meeting.
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Mr. Minch seconded.
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The motion carried 8-1 with Mr. Connolly dissenting.
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Staff Members Present
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43 Peter W. Jones A.I.A………………………..Historical Preservation Officer,
44 Planning Manager
45 Heather Lueke……………………………...Assistant County Attorney
46 Dawn Milone……………………………….Growth Management Staff
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Others Present
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3 Mike Miller, Trade Wind Roofing
4 Toni Mondkian
5 Ashlee Jantz
6 Wynsum Hattoon
7 Erin Peterson
8 Publio Samayoa
9 Alina Khayrulina
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1.Approval of Minutes of April 21, 2008
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16 Mr. McAfoos asked that his last name be spelled correctly. Corrections were
17 made on page 2 line5, page 2 line 40 and page 3 line 16 to reflect the correct
18 spelling of Mr. McAfoos’s last name.
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20 Ms. Lueke asked that page 2 line 1 be corrected to read, Approval of Minutes
21 of the March 17, 2008 regular meeting.
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Mr. McAfoos motioned to approve the minutes with the
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corrections listed above.
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Mr. Harrington seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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30 Mr. Culverhouse asked if there was any objection to hear Item 3. A. first.
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3.Public Hearing
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A. Request for Historical Designation- HD 120081384
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Florida Master Site File No. Sl00235
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Parcel I. D. No. 2436-702-0002-000-4
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1.4955 South Indian River Drive – William Robinson House
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42 Mr. Jones spoke to the commission in detail regarding Procedures for
43 Historical Designation set forth in St. Lucie County Code of Ordinances,
44 Chapter 1-10.2 Historic Preservation Section 1-10.2.8.
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1 Mr. Jones feels as Historical Preservation Officer the 2-story residence is a
2 very well designed, elegantly crafted example of Folk Style Victorian
3 Architecture, in considerably great “design” shape and appears to be in its
4 original form and has retained much of the original well-crafted materials. He
5 spoke about the interior of the residence, which he was only able to look
6 inside through the broken front door glass, and from observation, feels the
7 interior woodwork is remarkable, however, neglected.
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9 Mr. Jones gave a Power Point Presentation of the property. He described in
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12 Ms. Rights emphasized the quality of the “Old Timber" that was used in the
13 construction of this home. She also told the commission this “Old Timber” is
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16 For the record, Mr. Jones stated that the owners were notified of this Public
17 Hearing. He received a letter from their attorney, Charles J. Malki, dated May
18 9, 2008, and he has responded to the attorney on May 14, 2008. All
19 correspondence is included in the May 19, 2008, agenda package.
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Mr. Culverhouse opened the public hearing.
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23 Mr. Culverhouse stated that because this meeting had been publicly noticed,
24 and notice had been given to the land owner and to the attorney, he said if
25 there was no objection that he would request that the testimony given by the
26 Historic Preservation Officer, Mr. Jones and by Lucille Rieley Rights, Special
27 Advisor, be included in the public hearing as well so that it strengthens the
28 basis upon which the Commission was making its recommendation. Mr.
29 Culverhouse also recommended statements from Ms. Rights, Special Advisor,
30 be restated as having been speaking in favor of a recommendation of this
31 structure as an exceptional Historical Resource to the Board of County
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34 Mr. Culverhouse put into evidence, for the record, Mr. Jones Historical
35 Designation report, the May 9, 2008 letter Mr. Jones received from Charles J.
36 Malki, Esquire, the Wika’s attorney, the letter of response dated May 14, 2008
37 to Charles J. Malli, Esquire from Mr. Jones, proof of notice to owners and the
38 letter from the African-American Historical Society dated February 26, 2997
39 requesting that the home on 4955 Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida be
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No one from the public spoke and the public hearing was closed.
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Mr. McAfoos motioned based upon Section 1-10.2-7 of the St.
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Lucie County Code of Complied Laws and the Historical
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Designation Recommendation Report of March 17, 2008 for the
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property located at 4955 South Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce,
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Florida, I hereby move that The Historical Commission
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recommend the St. Lucie County Board of County Commission
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approve the proposed designation and that the property be
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considered an exceptional historic resource.
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Mr. Harrington seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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2. New Business
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A. 4. Reschedule Historical Commission Meetings
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16 The commission discussed their options and agreed to meet on the fourth
17 Tuesday of every month at 5:30p.m.
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Mr. McAfoos motioned that the St. Lucie Historical Commission
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meet on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 5:30p.m at 2300
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Virginia Avenue, Administration Building, Conference Room
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Number 3, Fort Pierce, Florida 34982.
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Mr. Minch seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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A. Applications for Changes to Historical Structures
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1. HC - 520081479- 1108 West 1 Street
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Application to Re-roof
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32 Mr. Jones briefed the commission on the application to re-roof.
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34 The commission discussed the matter and concluded the property needed to be
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Mr. Moore motioned that the Historical Commission recommend
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to the Director of Growth Management to approve the request to
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re-roof application HC- 520081479, located at 1108 West 1 Street,
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Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Mr. McAfoos seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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A.2. HC- 520081480-7652 Okeechobee Road
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Application to Demolish
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4 Mr. Jones briefed the commission on the application to demolish.
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6 The commission briefly discussed the application and concluded that the
7 applicant did not meet the requirements of the application, indicating the need
8 for a required title search has not been met.
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Mr. Minch motioned that this application be tabled to the June 24,
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2008 meeting in order for the applicant to submit the required title
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search.
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Mr. Dillion seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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Mr. Harrington motioned that the commission will not hear any
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application that is incomplete.
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Mr. Dillion seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously
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A. 3.Review Section 1-16-42. of the St. Lucie County Code
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of Ordinances
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29 commission member receive a copy of the above stated section of the
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A.5. D’Albora Groves Archaeological Site
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34 Mr. Culverhouse discussed with the commission his request at the Planning
35 and Zoning Commission Meeting on May 16, 2008, to have more information
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38 Ms. Lueke noted that this site is being placed under a conservation easement
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42 Ms. Rights advised the commission that in the event of unexpected discovery
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44 project, work activities in the immediate vicinity of the find area are to be
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2 The commission discussed the artifacts that were found there.
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Mr. Harrington motioned that the St. Lucie County Historical
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Commission recommend to the Board of County Commissioners,
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as a condition of the Conditional Use Permit for the mine at
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D’Albora Groves, that any artifacts that have been found to date
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and the report be donated to the St. Lucie Historical Museum, and
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if during the mining operation they uncover anything new of
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archeological significance, they must notify the Director of
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Growth Management and the St. Lucie County Historical
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Preservation Officer.
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Mr. Minch seconded.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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A. 4. Member Matters
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20 Mr. Jones, who also teaches Architectural Design and Theory at Indian River
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22 his students are interested in restoring the William Robinson House.
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24 Mr. Moore hoped the Board of County Commissioners would hear about this
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27 The commission also discussed the change to the wording on the Historical
28 application. Mr. Dillion will e-mail the requested changes to Ms. Milone.
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A. 5. Chair Matters
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32 Mr. Culverhouse mentioned that the Florida Power and Light Windmill
33 Project is slated to go before the Planning and Zoning Commission sometime
34 this summer. It is his understanding that there are two Historical Sites on
35 Florida Power and Light property. He wants to know if Florida Power and
36 Light have done a historical and archeological survey on the property as to the
37 two sites, their location and relation to the proposed construction. Thus, if the
38 site will impact the construction, will the applicant come before the Historical
39 Commission before the Planning & Zoning Commission.
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41 Mr. Jones concurred that if the above is in fact true, the project would have to
42 be heard before the Historical Commission prior to the Planning and Zoning
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45 Ms. Rights, stated as President of the South East Florida Archeological
46 Society, it was imperative that the commission ask that surveys be done (if not
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1 already). She was emphatic that after the 2004 hurricanes, it was found that
2 from Martin County up to our county borders, continual occupation of
3 prehistoric Indians along the ocean shores have been found, and chances are
4 there would be historic Indian remains there. If Indian bones are found there,
5 Florida Power and Light must stop whatever they are doing, until a
6 determination is made by the States Bureau of Archeological Resources as to
7 disposal of the bones. She told the commission that this is a very important
8 issue and the St. Lucie County Historical Commission is the organization that
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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