COLLINGSWOOD HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MEETING
February 10, 2011
The Collingswood Historic Preservation Commission met at the Collingswood Borough Hall
678 Haddon Avenue, on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. and the Solicitor read the
Open Public Meeting Act. The secretary called the roll:
PRESENT:
Keith Haberern, Adrienne Panella, Gerry Chambers, Marlene Granitz
Jorge Franco, Brett Wiltsey, Esquire
ABSENT:
Claire Gustafson, Barbara Hart, John Kilgannon
These minutes are a summary of events that transpired and are not a transcript of the session.
Audiotapes of the session are available for review upon appointment.
NEW BUSINESS
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Torre/Adams Roofing Company – 729 Park Avenue
Block 93 Lot #19 Application – Replacement Roof
The owner was present to discuss the application for the roof replacement. The application is
to remove the existing shingles and install asphalt shingles. The built in gutters will be removed
and covered with plywood. Facia mounted gutters and downspouts are being proposed. The
applicant plans to install a closed valley with Ice & Water shield lining the valley before
installing the shingles.
The Board members discussed with the applicant the Borough Ordinance 141-107 Section 5 &
6 which reads as follows(5) Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship
which characterize a building, structure or site shall be treated with sensitivity; (6)Deteriorated
architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced, wherever possible. In the event that
replacement is necessary, the new material should match the material being replaced in
composition, design, color, texture and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing
architectural features should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by
historic, physical or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of
different architectural elements from other buildings or structures.
Therefore, the Commission explained that they could not approve this type of change and went
on to discuss other options with the applicant. The Commission would discuss approving an
application with the changes to the roof for dimensional shingles with open metal valleys and
maintaining the pole gutters. The applicant decided to speak to his contractor and weigh is
options on replacement with the proper materials vs. repairing just the damage portions of the
roof. The applicant will contact the Commission once he has reviewed all these options before
proceeding with any changes to the roof.
REORGANIZATION:
At this time the floor was opened the floor for reorganization. Ms. Panella made a motion to
re-appoint Keith Haberern as the Chairman for the Historic Commission and Mr. Chambers
seconded the motion. There were no more nominations. Ms. Panella made a motion to close the
nominations. Mr. Chambers seconded the motion. The secretary polled the commission:
Ms. Panella
Ms .Granitz
Mr. Chambers
Ms. Hart
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
VOTE:
-
0
4
Mr. Chambers made a motion to re-appoint Adrienne Panella as Vice-chairman to the Historic
and Mr. Franco seconded the motion. There were no more nominations therefore Mr. Chambers
made a motion was made to close the nominations. Mr. Franco seconded the motion. The
secretary polled the Commission:
Mr. Haberern
Ms. Granitz
Mr. Chambers
Mr. Franco
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
VOTE:
-
0
4
Mr. Chambers made a motion to reappoint Brett Wiltsey as Solicitor to the Collingswood
Historic Commission and Mr. Franco seconded the motion. There were no more nominations
therefore Ms. Panella made a motion was made to close the nominations and Mr. Franco
seconded the motion. The secretary polled the Commission:
Mr. Haberern
Ms. Panella
Ms. Granitz
Mr. Chambers
Mr. Franco
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
VOTE:
-
0
5
Ms. Granitz made a motion to reappoint Carol Sickler as secretary for the Historic
Commission and Mr. Franco seconded the motion. There were no more nominations and
therefore Ms. Granitz made a motion to close the nominations and Mr. Franco seconded. The
secretary polled the commission:
Mr. Haberern
Ms. Panella
---
Yes
Yes
Ms. Granitz
Mr. Chambers
Mr. Franco
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
VOTE:
-
0
5
The next order of business was the setting of the meeting dates for the year 2011 or the
Historic Commission as well as the approval for the Retrospect and the Courier Post for
publication along with the Collingswood Web Page, of the Historic Commission’s notices for
2011 and Mr. Haberern made a to accept the schedule as written and the newspapers as
suggested for publication for year 2011. Mr. Franco seconded the motion. All members
voted in favor.
MINUTES
There weren’t enough members present to vote on the September meeting so the Solicitor
suggested that they be emailed around to the members for final approval.
The October 2010 minutes were discussed and the following changes will be made to the
minutes: Page #1 first paragraph last line should read “All rotted wood will be replaced with
dimensional identical wood including the exposed wood rafters”. On the last paragraph of
Page 1 the second to the last line should be changed to read “the transition into the main part
of the roof will be done with open metal valleys…” Second Page, 1st paragraph, second to the
last line should read as follows: “The other two issues that the Commission had no
jurisdiction over were the items that could not be seen from the street.”, and deleting the rest
of the sentence. Mr. Chambers made a motion to approve the minutes with these changes and
Ms. Grantiz seconded the motion. All members voted in favor of approving the minutes as
amended.
The December 2010 minutes were discussed with one change to be made to the 1st Page on
the first Paragraph. “Two new tapered wood columns will be installed with two new footings”
and therefore deleting the word “round” from the sentence. Mr. Chambers made a motion to
approve the minutes as presented and Ms. Panella seconded the motion. All members voted
in favor of approving the minutes as corrected.
With no further business, Mr. Franco made a motion to adjourn the meeting and
Mr. Chambers seconded. All members voted in favor. The Collingswood Historic
Preservation Commission (HPC) will reconvene on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The
meeting will take place at the Collingswood Borough Hall.
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Carol Sickler, Secretary