Historic Preservation Board

Department of Sustainable Development PO Box 490 Station 11 Gainesville, FL 32627 GNV HPB, October 2025 Minutes Page | 1 City of Gainesville Historic Preservation Board MINUTES DATE: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 TIME: 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Roberta Lisle Kline Conference Room, City Hall, 200 East University Avenue I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL Anthony Ackrill Present Trey Asner Present Vivian Filer Present Liz Hauck Present Michelle Hazen Present Jay Reeves (Chair) Present Nigel Rudolph Present Bill Warinner (Vice-chair) Present George Wilson Present (Non-voting members) Kathleen Kauffman (Staff) Present III. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Motion made by Liz Hauck to adopt the agenda, 2nd by Michelle Hazen. Motion carried, 9-0. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 9, 2025 Motion made by Bill Warinner to approve the minutes, 2nd by Liz Hauck. Motion carried, 9-0. V. PUBLIC COMMENT

Department of Sustainable Development PO Box 490 Station 11 Gainesville, FL 32627 GNV HPB, October 2025 Minutes Page | 2 Dotty Faibisy inquired about the Wilhelmina Johnson Center designation. Staff indicated that the intention is to bring a draft of it to the December meeting if possible. Also noted that this Board was so nice to speak to and be in front of, that everyone acts so professionally. Staff welcomed the visiting students from the University of Florida, the Preservation Law students of Tim McLendon, the HP Master’s degree students from Dr. Cleary Larkin and Dr. Linda Stevenson’s classes, and the Urban and Regional Planning Students. A. Second presentation on the potential redesign of the building for 1021 SW 2nd Avenue (the property bordered on three sides by the University Heights South Historic District). (Verbatim minutes of this presentation are being prepared as well). The developer presented to the Board their idea for a building, though it was not close to a finished product and they would like to collaborate on what that finished product might look like. Stated that the previous project had a twelve-story building approved, so they get to start from that and we are asking to now go up to fifteen stories. Also looking to carve into the historic buffer by 25 feet. They want to collaborate on building materiality, the street level and public realm elements. They have been considering what to offer to help promote the historic district, including signage, custom manhole covers, a catalog of historic research as a coffee table book, or a public lecture series on the history of the districts. VI. PUBLIC HEARING A. Swearing in of the Public B. Requests for Deferral C. Continued Items D. New Items PH1: HPAV-25-001 Part 1 Application for the Historic Preservation Ad Valorem Tax Exemption program, for 413 West University Avenue, Gainesville Lodge. Motion to approve the Part I Application made by Bill Warinner, 2nd by Vivian Filer. Motion carried, 9-0. VII. OTHER BOARD BUSINESS VIII. STAFF UPDATES IX. NEXT MEETING DATE Tuesday, October 7, 2025 X. ADJOURNMENT. Chair Reeves adjourned the meeting at 6:24 p.m.