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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19881025HIS~ORIC PRESERVATION CONMI~'~EE MINUTES City Council Chambers 1st Floor City Hall October 25, 1988 2:30 p.m. Meeting was called to order by chairman Bill Poss with Zoe Compton, Charles Cunniffe, Charlie Knight, Joe Krabacher and Georgeann Waggaman present. Nick Pasquarella was excused. Commission welcomed new members Chris Darakis and Donnelley Erdman. COMMISSIONER AND STAFF CO~.MENTS Joe: I read Bill Stirling's article in the newspaper with respect to the alleyway behind Explorer Bookseller which goes to show there are a lot of conflicts of interest that people may not realize are actual conflicts of interest or apparrent conflicts of interest. Joe: I have put a house under contract which is in the Main St. overlay historic district and at some point I might come before this Board with an application. Donnelley: I have been an architect for 25 years and do not practice in Aspen. When I was interviewed by the Council I said to them that I don't precieve personally that there is any lack of professional conduct on the HPC however, the public at large seems to have another opinion. On all Boards and Council there is the possibility of a conflict of interest occurring. The focus is on HPC presently. I told Bill Stirling and was ignored that I didn't want to serve on HPC until this conflict was resolved because I feel some of the effectiveness of the Commission is "qualified" by having public conception or misconception about the conflict of interest. I feel the effectiveness of the HPC and its general ability to conduct professional business has improved over the past years by having architect members. There is no solution but my thoughts would be to have the number of projects an architect can bring forward to the Board limited, perhaps one every twelve months. Chris: With my background in construction business for 20 years I thought I would be of help to the Board and the community and fill the gap that I thought was there between the professionals and the people coming before the Board. Bill: We have all taken the "heat" on the Board and we have tried to maintain the integrity and image of this Board. Zoe: We were under a lot of pressure regarding the Berko building and one of the outcomes was if we are really undecided we are entitled to table the issues and "sleep on them". HPC.MINUTES.OCTOBER 25, 1988 Charlie: I wanted to let Chris and Don know that we are going to have the districts, downtown and Main St. that will incorporate development that will be non-historic but will still be influenced. Donnelley: Many cities do have some sort of review process for design standards on new construction and perhaps the HPC could address this issue and bring it up to Council. Georgeann: We can do that by calling it compatibility. Roxanne: Possibly we could offer our services as a design review committee as well. Bill: It might be appropriate at this time. Charlie: We need to get involved and control a little bit the west end townsite overlay and work with compatibility. Roxanne: Council has scheduled a worsession Dec. 5th with the Boards to discuss the conflict of interest issue. PUBLIC COMMENTS Leslie Holst: I am associated with the group of people to save the Berko bldg. What I hope comes out of this is additional tools for the HPC to function at a higher level with. I think every building in town should go through HPC. Gideon Kaufman has someone who wants to buy the building and save it. I would rather not have City Council overturn your decision but rather have them work with you to come up with some method to save that house and determine guidelines for the next house. Bill: As a group we have been analyzing the decision process and I think out of this will come more powers for the Board and more tools to work with. Leslie: If someone comes in to town with an inappropriate building you have to be able to tell him he can't build it. We will support you in order to get more tools to work with. Donnelley: It is tough for any City to arbitrate design unless standards are set. Bill: Aspen is a town of its own diverse, individualistic goals. 2 HPC.MINUTES.OCTOBER 25, 1988 MONITORING PROJECTS Roxanne: With regard to the Berko house I have received a letter from Mr. Berko. The Berko house was originally called the Lilly Reed house. He objects his name being used and in the future to refer to the house as the Lilly Reed house. Gideon came before Council last night and Council unaminously approved his request to indefinately table the appeal hearing on the Berko house. He stated that there are three people who are interested in buying the Berko and keeping it onsite and developing it. Gideon Kaufman and Joe Wells want to do some work on code amendments themselves and present it to the Planning Office so we can present it to Council instead of waiting for the landuse code revision. Joe: The carriage house at 334 W. Hallam has the siding removed, it is jacked up and they are pouring the basement. Zoe: It looks like it is going to be completely redone. Joe: The carriage house is going to be redone and we gave them approval and the only thing old that is left is the interior framing. Roxanne: The structural members are there. I did have a request from the applicant to modify one window, the kitchen window upper floor, northeast corner of the carriage house. It is an insubstantial modification which we approved. Roxanne: 200 E. Main will go before P&Z for exemption from GMP, as it is landmark designated land. Bill: 222 E. Hallam is obviously a vacant lot right now. 715 W. Smuggler, partial demolition done, foundations are in and they are making some modifications because the foundations were poured incorrectly. Charlie: 516 E. Hyman I checked this week and has been created as planned for the first phase. Georgeann: 300 W. Main is going along exactly as expected and is following everything according to agreement. Roxanne: 120 N. Spring house did successfully make the move. Zoe: I wanted the Commission to know that Julie Wycott called me in reference to the paint selection and I went over and looked at the house. 3 HPC.MINUTES.OCTOBER 25, 1988 Charlie: I noticed new front doors on the Mesa Store building. Last year we got a fence around Asia and now we are getting streetscape changes in front of Carl Bergman's two properties on Main St. and the victorian by the Hickory House has New England shuttlers. It seems that a lot of minor things are happening and not being brought to our attention. Perhaps we should direct the Board/Staff to issue a letter to all property owners on Main Street, the commercial core and all the houses rated 3 and up telling them they are either a designated building, in a district and they have to comply with certain restrictions and bring all changes to the HPC. Zoe: What about the little white lights on Main St. Roxanne: The Commercial Core and Lodging Commission regulates and approves lighting. Joe: My feeling is with the amount of lights you almost have a sign. Roxanne: I will be attending the next CCLC meeting and possibly another member of the Board could attend also. Bill: I'll attend the meeting also. Georgeann: I think it is an excellent idea reminding people we are here with a pamphlet or letter. Charlie: It would remind them they are in a specific area. Bill: I will direct Roxanne and Charlie to contact Bill Drueding and find out the building code requirements on the value amount for permits and draft a letter. Roxanne: HPC had voted to change the meeting date and that will come in effect as soon as the ordinance is passed which probably will be January 1st. Roxanne: I attended two outstanding sessions among several all week at the National Preservation Conference: one on stopping demolitions and one on preservations role in managing urban and rural growth. I brought back tapes and books for the Board to review, all are teriffic. I have been appointed to serve on the National Steering Committee for the National Alliance of State wide preservation organizations. At the conference awards are given and the Hotel Jerome received an honor award. 4 HPC.MINUTES.OCTOBER 25, 1988 Bill: It might be a good time to do an information packet handout from the HPC and I would be willing to work on that with Staff. Leslie Holst: I would be willing to volunteer my time as the public. Georgeann: I will volunteer after two weeks. Roxanne: That is an excellent idea and Boulder's pamphlet costs about $1,000 for 1000. MO~IO~: Bill made the motion to approve the minutes of October 11, 1988. Second by Joe. All approved. Motion carries. Meeting Adjourned 4:00 p.m. Kathy Strickland 5