Agenda 10-10-22 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
DATE: Monday, October 10, 2022 TIME: 6:30 P.M.
PLACE: Commission Chambers, 100 E. Ocean Avenue
1. Call to Order
2. Agenda Approval
3. Approval of Minutes — Minutes from July 11, 2022, meeting to be available at a subsequent board
meeting.
4. Communications and Announcements
5. Old Business:
A. Historic Preservation Programming and the local Ordinance — Staff has been reviewing the
preservation regulations relative to the subject of tax exemption and exploring the possibility of
amendments to increase its applicability.
B. Historic Property Designation Reviews/413 NE 12 Avenue—The designation report for the review
of this property's addition to the City's Local Registry is nearly complete and ready for the approval
stage of the process.
C. Historic Woman's Club maintenance — The status of the property maintenance will be discussed
with an emphasis on the building's balconies and compliance issue of the railings with current building
codes.
D. Rosenwald Plaque for Poinciana Elementary School —The marker has been delivered to the City
that recognizes the historic event involving the granting of seed money in 1926 from the Rosenwald
Fund for the construction of a new elementary school building. Staff will finalize the precise location
for the plaque destined for the southwest corner of the N. Seacrest Boulevard/MLK Jr. Boulevard
intersection, and coordinate an event for its installation with all involved including the Board.
6. New Business:
None
7. Other:
Board meeting schedule and staff support for new fiscal period —Staff has discussed the most
efficient use of limited resources available for the new fiscal period which is intended to advance the
program as well as maintain compliance with the State's criteria for Certified Local Government
status.
8. Comments by members
9. Public comments relative to historic preservation
10. Announce date of next meeting — January 9, 2023
Historic Resources Preservation Board Special Meeting Page 2
Agenda June 14, 2021
11. Adjournment
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note the failure to establish a quorum and the meeting shall be concluded. Board members may not
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OLD BUSINESS
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Historic Woman 's Club
maintenance
From: Murray,Jose<MurraYJ@bbfl.us>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 8:08 AM
To: Rumpf, Michael <RumpfM@bbfl.us>
CC: Dunmyer, Gary<DunmyerG@bbfl.us>; Kuntzman,John <KuntzmanJ@bbfl.us>
Subject: RE: Boynton Woman's Club - balcony railings- renovation issue &closing of balconies?
Hey Michael,
The balconies at this time will remain closed.The railings were removed from the scope of work because
they could not meet code. Not only would the railings have to be raised but the spacing for the pickets
would need to be changed.
In order to add new railing there will need to be Historical Alteration Approvals.
We did have a balcony assessment done for maximum occupancy loads. See attached
The contractor has received the permit for this project and has begun work on the bathroom
renovations. We are scheduled to be completed by November V. 2022.
I am Still waiting on confirmation on the elevator delivery, but I will send any new information I receive.
I believe the door and window restoration has been done, I found an asbestos/lead report that was
done in 2017. Sense then the doors and windows have been painted, but this work was done before my
time
Best,
Jose Murray,y, PMP
Project Manager I
Public Works, Engineering
Mailing Address: P,O, Box 310 1 Boynton Beach, Florida33425
Physical l Address: 222 N,F, 9th Ave, I Boynton Beach, Florida33435
551-742-5215
Murr yJ@bbfl,us b5 nton-be cr or /
Please be advised that Florida has a broad public: records law and all correspondence to me via email
may be subject to disclosure,lind r Florida records law, email addresses are public records,
your e-mail communication and your e-mail address may be subject to public:disclosure,
City of Boynton Beach—Women's'Club—Evaluation of balconies.
Florida-Caribbean
Florida Caribbean Architecture Inc.
FA 7 Erwood Place
Ma Boynton Beach,Florida,33426
Tel:561 308 6694(C)
Architecture 561 287 5420(o)
anderson@fcarchitecttire.com
www.FCArcliitecttire.com
November 22, 2021 (updated 6/16/22)
Gail Mootz, Facilities Manager
Public Works/Facilities Maintenance
222 N.E. 9`h. Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL. 33435
Re: City of Boynton Beach—Women's Club—Structural evaluation of Balconies
Ms. Mootz:
We visited the Women's Club site on Friday, November 12`h,2021 to visually inspect/observe the existing
balconies. Our findings are as follows:
a. The balconies and walls appeared to be in good condition, with no visible cracks in the
balcony surfaces or walls.
b. No structural deficiencies were observed in the balcony decks or walls.
c. The height to the top of the railings was however lower than the Code minimum. Note:
Since this building is listed as a historic building, any changes to the exterior of the
building will have to be submitted to the applicable Historic Preservation Board for
approval prior to making any changes. In this case changes to the existing balcony
railings would be construed as a change.
d. A few areas were observed where the railing need to be properly secured to existing walls.
e. The observations were based on visual inspection only and no destructive or non-destructive
tests were conducted to expose hidden structural elements.
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Railing height does not meet current code requirements. Structure appears to be in good condition
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Based on the lack of available information(existing drawings) regarding the existing balcony support
member sizes, spacing and connection details, we are unable to assess the allowable Live load that may be
imposed on the balconies, or calculate the actual Dead load of the existing structural components of the
balconies.
To obtain the necessary information noted above, destructive testing shall be required on the balconies. The
required destructive testing shall be as follows:
1. Remove a section of the balcony ceilings at each balcony adjacent to the exterior columns.
The sections removed shall be approximately eight feet (8'-0")long by two feet (2'-0") wide, to expose
the beams spanning between the building and the exterior balcony columns, as well as the balcony
support framing located between the exterior balcony columns. The opening should be centered on the
exterior building column and located mid-way between the exterior column and the building. (The eight-
foot direction shall be along the length of the balcony). Exact location of opening shall be determined in
the field.
2. Remove a 12-inch by 12-inch section of the balcony ceiling to expose each end of one of the support
beams located between the exterior support columns to document the support member end
connection details.
3. Obtain a three-inch(3") diameter core sample of the balcony top surface to document the balcony
surface materials. The core sample shall be taken between the balcony support beams to avoid
structural damage to the beams.
4. The architect or engineer shall be given sufficient notice prior to the commencement of selective
demolition and shall be present to measure and document the structure exposed during the selective
demolition.
5. Additional selective demolition may be requested by the architect/engineer at that time.
6. Areas subjected to selective demolition shall be repaired and restored to their original condition to
blend in with the surrounding areas by the contractor, after all necessary data and information has
been documented by the architect/engineer
Balcony Evaluation Update 6/16/22:
On 6/ 10/2022, the Owner had a section of the existing ceiling below the balcony(west side of building)
removed for architect/engineer's inspection. Photos and wood member sizes/spacing, dimensions, detail
composition and connection methodology information were taken and documented.
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An analysis of the existing exterior balcony support beams was conducted to calculate the Live Load-
capacity of the existing balcony support beams.
Field measurements of exposed existing wood beams and span dimensions were made.
The species and grade of the existing beams is unknown. An assumption was made, and Southern Pine,
Select Structural Grade was selected as the wood species for our analysis purposes.
The Code-required Live Load for the balcony, at the time of construction is not known. Current Building
Code Live Load requirements for this balcony would be 100 psf.
An analysis was performed using 100 psf Live Load. The wood beams failed in bending, and deflection.
The load was reduced and the calculations re-run with reduced Live Load until the support beams proved
sufficient for the load selected.
The wood beams passed analysis when the load Live Load was reduced to 50 psf. The maximum Live Load
that may be applied to the balconies is therefore 50 psf.
Please see the accompanying calculations at end of document
Based on the information collected and the structural analysis conducted, it was determined that the
allowable live load that can be imposed on the existing balconies is established at 50 lbs. /sf. (see attached
structural calculations).
Due to the age of this building(approx. 95 years old) and the inability to confirm the exact condition of every
structural members, detail connections and assumptions taken, the occupant load factor for the existing
balconies will be established at 15 sf/person. Therefore, based on that criterion, please note the allowable
occupant loads determined for each balcony:
1. West Balcony (approx. 482 sf)
- 482 sf/ 15sf/person =32 persons
2. South Balcony (approx. 265 Sf)
- 265 sf/ 15 sf/person =18 persons
3. East Balcony (approx. 598s sf)
- 598 sf/ 15sf/person =40 persons
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Based on the overall information collected and our analysis, our recommendation is that the maximum
number of persons allowed on each respective balcony at any given time shall not exceed the calculated
number of persons indicated above. In addition, we recommend that visible signage showing the maximum
number of persons allows on each respective balconies be installed.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Respectfully Yours,
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Anderson Slocombe, AIA, NCARB
Attachments:
1. Main Balcony Support Beams calculations
2. Secondary Balcony Support Beams.
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