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Village of Springville Historic Preservation Commission March 9, 2026 7:00 pm A meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission of the Village of Springville was held at the Municipal Building, 65 Franklin Street, Springville, New York at the above date and time. Present were: Members: Bill Skura Chairman Helen Brogan-Absent Don Orton John Baronich-Vice Chairman-Absent Kelly Baker Mike Wolniewicz Also present: Jessica Schuster Drew Brown-Visit Buffalo-403 Main St., Suite 30, Buffalo Seth Wochensky Clerk: Jennifer Blumenstein After the Pledge of Allegiance, Chairman Skura called the meeting to order at 7:00pm Chairman Skura asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the February 9, 2026, meeting. Kelly Baker made the motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Don Orton. All in favor, none opposed. The first Certificate of Appropriateness application before the Board tonight comes from Drew Brown, Senior Creative Director for Visit Buffalo. Visit Buffalo seeks to connect Buffalo neighborhoods, Village and Towns across Erie County in a comprehensive neighborhood mural project that sources inspiration from community residents creating a network of murals that will encourage visitors and locals to discover each piece of art. The murals will be painted by the artist James “Yames” Moffitt onto a substrate that will fit into a steel or aluminum frame that will be mounted into the mortar of the bricks on the west facing wall of 39 E. Main Street. The mural will be roughly 42’ wide by 12 feet tall and will feature phrases and iconic attractions that are unique to our community. Seth Wochensky mentioned that the exact mural content has not been determined yet. Visit Buffalo has been going through over 100 suggestions/ideas for the tiles. Don Orton asked about the color samples provided. He wanted to know if the colors provided where the only colors to be used in these murals. Drew Brown said that the colors provided were the Brand Colors for Visit Buffalo and they would be sticking to those colors provided. Kelly Baker was happy to see that the murals will not be painted directly onto the existing brick. Bill Skura asked about the weight of each 3’ x 4’ tile, and Drew said that they are approximately 50 lbs. a piece and there will be roughly 10 tiles for this mural. That is a total weight of about 500lbs. that will be mounted to the wall with either Tap cons or a strong adhesive.