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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19940727 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Minutes of July 27, 1994 Meeting was called to order by chairman Joe Krabacher with with Donnelley Erdman, Les Hoist, Roger Moyer, Martha Madsen, Linda Smisek and Tom Williams present. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS Roger: I feel the presentation on the moratorium by Amy was well thought out. The meeting indicated how much luther work we need to do on educating people. We need to make the public informed of the resource that we have. We also need to follow up on a school program. Amy: The Parks Department wants to know what color of paint to use for the new benches on Main Street. Meyers Steel in Basalt is customizing them. They do not want to do them black because they are afraid it will get too hot. Roger: I would suggest that the benches be the same color as the light posts. Amy: The first item on the agenda has been tabled until August 10th at the request of the applicant. The property is owned by the Cowling family and rented by the Langley's. 939 E. COOPER AVENUE - LANDMARK DESIGNATION - PUBLIC HEARING TABLED AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT Roger: Since people are here maybe we should listen to them. Joe: I feel if someone cannot make the August 10th meeting we should hear them because we have a public comment period. Public: I would like to know what the current zone allows and what can be built on it. Amy: It is about a 10,000 sq. ft. property and it is zoned multi- family and they have the ability to build a pretty dense development. I think what they are proposing is a lot less bulky than it could be. One of the reasons they want to landmark is that it allows them to keep things detached so that they can have the historic building, the barn and two separate units rather than one big box. The entire project is an affordable housing orientation and they all will be employee type units including the historical structures. Mark Tyr, 935 E. Cooper: What is the normal course if landmarked because if you know what the plans are and why they are landmarking it then that is going to effect how you are going to look at it. We know they are strictly landmarking for development purposes not for preservation purposes although it is combined. Amy: The landmark program is set up to be a benefit to the owner ad give them some benefits in terms of setback variances and things that help them in their development. Landmarking gives us total review of the design of the project. Geraldine: I did write a letter and my concern is the density of the neighborhood and the barn. There is nothing left on the house. Ron: I owe the unit next door and how many units are being proposed? Amy: I believe there will be four buildings. Jane Kessler, 916 E. Durant: I am across the alley. What does age have to do with historic preservation or landmark designation. Amy: This building is a victorian structure and usually it says it has to be 50 years old. They will take off the asphalt siding and put in te right kind of windows and bring it back to a more victorian character. It is from the 1800. The barn is from the 1930's. Roger: A landmark structure would be restored to almost where it was originally such as double hung windows. MOTION: Roger made the motion to table the request for landmark designation of 939 E. Cooper to August 10th; second by Tom. Ail in favor, motion carries. 590 NORTH MILL STREET - (ASPEN ART MUSEUM) - MINOR Amy: This application is to construct a tent over an existing semicircular stage which is built on the south east end of the building. The stage was built without a building permit a few years ago and now the use the stage for classes etc. I am recommending approval but would not want to see it up for a long period of time so I have asked the applicants to desigate a time period. John Stank, Cunniffe Architects: We represent the Art Museum and this is a light canopy structure that will be removed It would go up in June and stay up until August. Donnelley: This drawing is not a stable structure. John: The poles have to be rigid. Donnelley: More rigid than you can construct. There would have to be horizontal members through each pole or guywires. How it is affixed to the existing building? John: There are some wood members inset in the masonry so there would be a large screw eye set into that and then attaches to the poles. We consulted a tent maker and this is how he suggested this be done. Donnelley: You would have poles radiating down from the apex and they would have to be attached to the verticles. John: We were using cables instead of poles. Donnelley: You are putting a tremendous amount of force on a rigid connection at the stage level. John: I suppose the cables could go to the ground. Mary Ann Igna, art museum manager: The tent maker said this would work and we are trusting him. Les: That is old brick with some wood supports and I want to make sure you are not going into wood that is just sitting there. Horizontal stress could pull that would out. John: The wall has to be a foot deep or deeper. Tom: I used to work there and they had a tent that was there before and it seems like the metal things are to stabilize the brick against the frame. Martha: I am opposed to attaching the tent to this building and feel a separate structure could be set up.