Owosso Historical Commission Minutes

June 21, 2005 - 7:00pm
Gould House

Members Present:  Chairperson Piper Brewer, members Phil Heavilin, Marti Lameti, Lance Ellenberg and Charlie Wascher.

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Chairperson Brewer.

The Minutes of the May 17, 2005 meeting were reviewed.

            Motion by Ellenberg to approve, supported by Wascher; motion passed.

The Treasurer’s Report for May was presented in the absence of Treasurer Tobey.

Motion by Lameti to table until the Treasurer is present, supported by Wascher; motion passed           

Old Business

            2005 Home Tour – there are currently enough homeowners committed to have the tour.  Bonnie Snyder is working on getting them signed.

            Gould House – concerns voiced about whether the eaves as installed are copper or aluminum and whether they are done according to the original bid specs or if there was a change that the commission was not made aware of.  Also there are step flashings exposed on the sides of the dormers; how will these be covered?  The contractor’s lift has done considerable damage to the lawns and the Commission would require this to be corrected prior to final payment.  There was some discussion concerning adding touches of the terracotta color to other elements of the architecture to accent the top cornice.

            Carriage House items – discussion of sale of many of the non-significant items stored in the carriage house.  There was considerable talk of Ebay versus direct sale versus auction.  Some items in the carriage house are original to the Gould house and may need to be retained.

            Motion by Heavilin to solicit architectural salvage firms to give us an offer on taking the entire contents of the carriage house (excluding the carriages, Woodard furniture and items of significance to the Gould House), second by Ellenberg; motion passed.

Apartment 3 is still occupied by the same tenants.  A vacancy is expected in the near future.

Curwood Festival – report $337.05 profit plus a portion of the festival profits (amount unknown at this time).

The organ donated by George Hoddy to the Castle was looked at by representatives of Marshall Music. It needs several hundred dollars in repairs and adjustments to be useable.

New Business:

            The sign in the Curwood Castle Park was vandalized and will require $125 to repair. Motion by Lameti to approve the repair with billing in July, second by Wascher; motion passed.        

Lameti gave an update on Preservation Owosso activities.

Motion to adjourn @ 8:28 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Phil Heavilin