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the side of the garage. He asked if the white that is there will continue up to the new section. He asked what will be on the front. Mrs. Mancuso said the front will be all roof except for the dormer. The dormer will be siding. Mr. Corell asked if it will match the white on the side or the red in the other dormer. Mr. Mancuso said they will change the red. Mr. Corell said his concern is that they tie it all together. Mrs. Mancuso confirmed they will change the red to white. Mr. Barker asked when the house was last roofed. Mrs. Mancuso indicated they have owned the home for two years and the roof is newer. Mr. Barker asked if the shingles for the addition will match the existing roof. Mr. Mancuso replied they will match. G. Corell made a motion to grant a certificate of appropriateness for an addition above an existing garage as shown in submitted drawings. The resident will continue white siding on the east side, change the red siding to white, and the roof will match existing shingle color. The motion was seconded by T. Dubowski. Roll call on the motion: J. Lang, P. Barker, G. Corell, T. Dubowslu, L. VanAuken, and M. Davis - Yes, and J. Dailey - Abstain. Motion Carried. 3. Patricia Moran 5391 Decker Rd Resident seeking information on obtaining a plaaue for her home Note: Resident unable to attend 4. Halleen KIA, 27712 Lorain Road Applicant is seeking permit for demolition of building (Dr. Barrv's) Mr. Ron Kula and Mr. Carl Halleen came forward on behalf of C&C Realty, the property owner. Mr. Kula said they want to demolish the two buildings and they will return the property to its natural state, which is grass. Mr. Barker asked why they would do that. Mr. Kula said they do have future considerations for that property that are being determined. He said before they can present any plans to the Planning Commission, they have to go through Landmarks. Mr. Dailey asked what time frame they have for these future considerations. Mr. Kula said they have already gone through a renovation process and it took several years. Their intention is to move on this during the spring of next year, and present something to the Planning Commission even sooner. Mr. Dailey asked if there will be a grassy area for perhaps only six months. Mr. Kula indicated he cannot answer that question. Mr. Lang said it will be grass for as long as it takes the applicant to get through all the boards. Mr. Kula said that is correct. Mr. Barker said W. Halleen and an architect were before Landmarks about two or three years ago with the original KIA dealership. He said Mr. Halleen was asked about the existing buildings and the board was told that everything would stay, and then six months later, the Ziebart building on Porter was gone. He said the board was told nothing else would be destroyed except for the building on Dewey and all of a sudden, a building with significant history with the city, just disappeared. There is a big hole there and that has not been sealed up. He said if permission is granted to demolish the two existing buildings, how can the board be certain it won't remain two pits until the other boards and commissions approve whatever it is the applicant doesn't want to tell the board about what they intend to do. Mr. Kula said if they take down a building they have to take it back to its natural state. Mr. Barker mentioned the Ziebart building again. Mr. Kula said that area has been worked on recently to return it to its natural state. Mr. Halleen said they did not own the two buildings in question when they started the project. He said he asked Dr. Barry a long time ago if he would sell the property to him. This is when they started the project. He said Dr. Barry did not want to sell to him. He said they were two-thirds through the project and Dr. Barry put it up for sale. He said obviously he bought it and in the meantime, they buy up buildings with the intention of demolishing them and expanding. It is the only reason he purchased it. He said the Ziebart portion came to a standstill because they want to incorporate the whole corner and went to another set of plans. He said people on various boards wanted them to finish the project they started, and then go to the other. He said they finally agreed to do that and that is why it sat there as it did for awhile. It was not the intention to leave it like that. Mr. Barker said his point is that two or three years ago, Mr. Halleen told this board that he would not tear down that building, and suddenly a permit was granted to demolish the building. Mr. Halleen said he may have said that. Mr. Corell and Mr. Barker confirmed that he did in fact say that and it is part of the record. Mr. Halleen indicated that things change. He said they originally were going to keep the building and then the whole plan changed. Mr. Barker asked if the area where the Ziebart building was will now be parking, a display area for cars, or a driveway. Mr. Kula said it will be grass. Mr. O'Malley 2