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HEMA No. 2023-03 – The Titchenel-Catland House (419 East Wellington Avenue) July 6, 2023 Page 3 3 5 1 9 May 25, 2023, the Committee provided comments to the City, who then forwarded them to the applicant. The Committee’s comments have informed the proceeding project description (Exhibit 9). The proposed exterior modifications to the residence include the partial rehabilitation of an existing, deteriorating front porch at the building’s primary (south) façade. Specifically, the porch will undergo foundation repairs and reinforcement; non-original Craftsman style porch elements that were added during the early to mid-1920s remodel will be removed and replaced by a simple, compatible porch design; compatible porch features that are in disrepair will be either maintained and repaired in-kind or replaced entirely due to sever deterioration. Conjectural architectural features that have been added over time and are not compatible with the historic property will be removed. This project proposes no new square footage and is only concentrated at the building’s front porch located at the primary (south) façade and includes a portion of the west (side) façade, confined only to the porch area. Structural porch repair shall include the addition of three new concrete footers poured in place, each with a 12-inch diameter. The footers shall be located under new porch posts and will not be visible from the public right-of-way as they will be hidden behind the porch skirt, at the building’s foundation. The existing porch skirt (made of one-inch by ten-inch sized pieces of wood) is deteriorating and will be removed and replaced with a compatibly- designed porch skirt. The new design will be similar to the existing, consisting of vertical slats made out of redwood material, that will be one-inch by 12-inch sized pieces slightly spaced apart for airflow. An existing, deteriorating 12-inch horizontal wood band immediately above the porch skirt will also be replaced (or added where missing) to match the existing band that is to the east of the porch steps. The new horizontal band and porch skirt will be placed at the south and west porch facades. A small area immediately east of the porch steps on the south façade will also receive a new horizontal band and porch skirt to cover existing exposed brick at the foundation, and continue the porch skirt design at the porch’s eastern terminus. Two new porch vents will be replaced like-for-like in the same locations at the foundation-level (on the south and west façades). The project will require the removal of two existing, non-original, four-inch by four-inch porch posts, which are each currently wrapped inside a deteriorating 21.5-inch lower pier with a 11.25-inch upper square post. The piers and posts will be entirely removed as well. Immediately east of the porch stairs, there is a piece of wood with the property address “419” (which may have once been a porch pier, although no photographic evidence has been provided). This feature will be removed entirely. The new porch design will include three new porch posts. Two posts will be placed where the existing posts are currently located, and a third post will be placed to the east of the porch steps. The third post location will be equal distance from the center of the main entrance as that of the post to the west of the porch stairs (both eastern posts will frame the main entrance). All three posts will be eight-inch by eight-inch with eight-inch by ten-inch upper and lower wraps. The posts will be made out of redwood to match the existing post material like-for-like.