MINUTES – PBCA Architecture Committee
1 November 2004

1. Call to order, 7:30 pm. Present: Burt, Haldeman, Himmelwright, Parks, Porter, Siegel

2. Minutes from 4 October approved as submitted

3. Old business:

  • 3 Ginger Root. Committee met with Mike Cooper, who has promised a plan before the next Committee meeting. The trailer that has been stored on the lot is hitched up to a truck and apparently will finally be moved off of the lot.
  • 7 Plumtree. No report from owner as to whether or not escrow has closed. There appears to be grading taking place; the Board will be asked to determine via the City if a permit has been issued.
  • 3 Figtree. Owner still working with City.
  • *68 Narcissa. Progress was delayed by the rain. He was out working today.
  • 25 Sweetbay. Trailer moved and screened. Matter now considered closed.
  • Riding Club. Some trailers removed. Screening plan in work with the Committee for the remaining trailers.
  • Storage, vacant lot, 4 Peppertree. Owner has responded to overtures from the Committee, and has agreed to provide us with a schedule for the necessary clean-up. He also received the notice from the Fire Department.
  • Cars stored and parked on the street – 7 Fruitree. A phone call with the owner provided no relief. A letter was sent, but no response has been received so far. The Board will be asked to consider intervening.
  • Dead tree, Sweetbay and Peppertree. Has been removed. The Committee expressed it hanks to Chuck Himmelwright.
  • Shed on vacant lot, Narcissa, across from Ride-to-Fly. A letter was sent by the Board to the owner, requesting that he install screen around the shed. He responded in writing, stating that he would do so around the end of the year, and requesting guidance on a few matters. A second letter from the Board providing the requested information was sent, and requesting a schedule in writing.
  • 4. New business:
    * Containers (e.g., 8’ x 8’ x 40’ cargo containers and similar). The Committee requested that the Board consider taking up this matter, following the process of obtaining Community input, as is being done for the matter of sheds. In the meantime, Casey Porter will continue to act as the Community’s liaison on this matter with the City.
  • 6 Sweetbay. Received 2 separate requests from the owner:
  • A request was submitted regarding a corral. Some discussion ensued, and the Committee asked that the plan be made more specific; in particular, that a specific location be designated.
  • A request was submitted regarding perimeter fencing. Questions of height (limited to 42”), materials for the portion facing the road (stone or 3-rail wood), and set-back (25’ from edge of the road easement) were resolved. Materials for the side portion will be discussed off-line with the Committee chairman, and the matter brought back to the next meeting.

5. Audience participation: A perceived obstruction of the roadway at the end of Plumtree was described, consisting of a BMW car that apparently has been there for at least a month, and a set of large rocks that are sitting on the roadway. The Committee will pay a site visit and investigate.

6. Adjoun: 8:00 pm. Next meeting: 6 December 2004.

Respectfully submitted,
Neil Siegel