HDC Minutes 03-14-2024City of Van Buren, Arkansas
Historic District ComYnission
1003 Broadway • Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION MINUTES
Match 14, 2024
1. Call to Order/Roll Call. The Van Buren Historic District Commission held its monthly mee ing on Thursday, March
14, 2024, by email because of thunderstorm/tornado forecast. Commission members present: Chairman Vickie Davis, Vice -
Chairman Derald Porter, Lindsay Dodson, Paul Gibson, Cathy Gifford, Daniel Percy, and Commission Secretary Jennifer
Willoughby.
2. Approval of Minutes from February O8, 2023. A motion to approve was made by Commissioner Lindsay Dodson
and seconded by Commissioner Paul Gibson. The motion was approved unanimously.
3. COA #4-2024-820 Main —Old Time Tattoo/Charles Byfleld; Requesting New Signage, Window/Door
Signage, and Fagade Trim Paint. The paint colors were chosen from the Historic Colors of America chart. The colors being
used for new 2ft x 3ft hanging business sign, new window signage, and door trim are Flat Black, Shaker Red, Lady Banksia,
Flaxen Field, and India Trade. The fonts to be used for the business logo on signage are Black Swash and Caslon Antique. A
motion was made by Commissioner Cathy Gifford and seconded by Commissioner Derald Porter that nothing in the proposed
design significantly affects the adjacent downtown buildings. A motion to approve sign design (10.25) and Color Fagade (10.8)
was made by Commissioner Derald Porter and seconded by Commissioner Cathy Gifford. Both motions were approved
unanimously.
4. Discuss New Design Guideline Draft.
5. Old/New Business
—Discuss Upcoming AHPP
Spring
Cemetery
Conservation Workshop at Fairview
Cemetery.
6. Adjourn. A
motion to adjourn
was made
by
Commissioner Paul Gibson and seconded by
Commissioner Lindsay
Dodson. The motion
was approved unanimously.
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