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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19800829Historic Preservation Committee August 29, 1980 .... .o.~u.~.~.,.~o.,o~..~. R ECO R D O F PROC E E D I N GS The Aspen Historic Preservation Committee held a regular meeting on August 29, 1980 at 1:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. Members present were Jon Seigle, Terry End, Mona Frost, Richard Cicero and Georgeann Waggaman. Planning staff representative, Sunny Vann, was also present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Georgeann Waggaman made a motion to approve the minutes of August 5, 1980, as recorded. Terry End seconded the motion; all in favor, motion carried. Mona Frost then made a motion to approve the minutes of August 12, 1980 as recorded. Terry End seconded the motion; all in favor, motion carried. PROJECT REVIEW Mill St. Station Public Hearing & Final Approval Frank Wood presented two choices for materials for the building. They were two combinations of metal roof material and brick. He said they were trying to ge with something which was fairly light in color, becuase the darker materials tend to fade in the sun- light. Their first choice will be green awnings with a beige-brown colored metal roof. It was then sug- gested by Sunny that Fank go through all of the sub- sequent changes in the building. Frank said they had added two windows in the employee units. They also opened one of the staircases. They have set the build- ing back ten feet on the main level in consideration of the Berko building which was hidden with the previous plans. He said that the whole central part of the courtyard will be landscaped with a fountain in the middle. The parapet will be taken off of the building except on one side where it is necessitated by code so the elevation will be between 26' and 27'. On the model, the railing is depicted by wood but they are now thinking of using a light metal railing going around the building. Terry said she thought it was very handsome. Frank said they still needed to do some things to clean up the model because they were just concerned with making the changes on the model rather than worry about the asthetfcs. Sunny asked if the drawings reflected the changes made on the model and if they were up to date and he was told they were. Georgeann said that one thing that bothered her was the color of the metal roof. She said she kind of liked the way they were on the model, the same color as the awnings, green. Frank said they were looking for some contrast in color. He said the green awnings which would match the green they would have to use for the metal roof would tend to fade in the sunlight. Terry asked how high up the walking surface-deck would be and Frand said it was 4 feet. Terry commented that the building was a lot more opan than it was before and Richard and Terny agreed that it was much better. Jon then opend the meeting up for the public hearing. Gideon Kaufman, representative of the Berko's Studio, said that they had worked very closely with the appli- cants and had come to some agreements which he would like reflected in the motion for final approval. He said they were concerened about the visibility of the Berko's building but that had obviously been taken care of. He also mentioned the concern of the snow piling up between the two buildings because of their close proximity. It may possibly rot the wood of the older Berko's building. The Misll St. Station people agreed to have their maintainance men remove the snow before it piles up. Gideon also said they were concerned about the structural integrity of the Berko's building and the possibility of damage during excavation of Mill St. Station. He wanted to require either an engineer report or gaurantee so there would be no problem. He RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS said that otherwise they are pleased with the changes that are taking place and he feels they have done as much as they could. Jon closed the public hearing at this point. As for committee comments, Richard said he thought they have designed a really nice building and that it has come a long way since the first model. Frank turned the model around to show the back elevation where they had done some work so it was not just solid blank wall. Terry asked if the apartments had any windows on the alley side and she was shown where they do have win- dows there. They also have windows on the east side. Jon said, at this point, that he didn't know if the HPC is the proper body to deal with the two concerns of the Berko's building. He believed it was probably a contractual agreement they would have with their neigh- bors and also because HPC's enforcement power is nil. Gideon said he would just like the record to reflect the conditions and then they could probably sit down and work with the Mill St. Station people on their own. Tony Mazoa then said he had a possible solution. He said he would agree on the record and he and @~deon would draw up a document which Tony would sign reflec- ting the stipulations. Gideon agreed to this. Mona then made a motion for final approval with the materials of roof metal gray, green awnings and red brick. Georgeann seconded the motion~ Ail in favor; motion carried. Park Place Development Public Hearing & Final Approval Don Fleisher appeared before the committee on behalf of Park Place Development. He said the ground floor only would be used for commercial purposes; the second floor will consist of employee housing. The building has been set back to honor the relationship of the buildings on either side. He said that in this block the buildings are very low and the front of his build- is designed to takelinto account the front of the surrounding buildings. The material will be brick all around. The rear of the building will be designed in the came manner as the front. It will not look like the back of a building. On the south side will be a balcony on the second floor so the residents can put some chairs on it. Sunny asked about the fact that the stairwell of the Ski Corp. building will dump out into a brick wall. Don said they are acquiring the Ski Corp. building and after that the stairs will be abandoned. Georgeann asked if they were allowed just one exit because of fire reasons. Don said if they weren't, they would have to design the Ski Corp. building with a new stairwell. Don also pointed out the concrete metal material which will be used across the front and ~round the windows. That is the only other material other than brick which will be on the building. Jon asked if it would be aggragate concrete and Don said he believed it would be. There will also be a little bit of cobblestone imbedded in the concrete around a couple of windows. Don said he has applied for two zoning code variances; one is their penetration into the viewplane. The front of the building is not what penetrates the viewplane - it is several feet of the employee housing at the center of the building. The other variance is the open space requirement. The building does not comply with the 25% open space - there is only about 9%. To RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS McDonough's Ski Finery Public Hearing & Final Approval be in a position to include employee housing in the project, they must fully occupy the site. From the aesthetic point of view, it would be detrimental to the mall by setting the building back the required 25%. By bringing the building up, it helps to define the Cooper St. Mall. Jon said they could always put the 25% on the other end. Don said the building will be bewtween three and five feet above the viewplane. He would not know the exact amount until the building went under the construction document phase and they knew exactly how much material would go between floors, etc. He said they would know by the time they made their presentation to the P & ~. At this point, Jon opened the meeting up to the public for the public hearing. There were no comments from the public so he closed the meeting to the public. As for committee comments, Mona asked if there would be anything above the windows on the Cooper St. side. Don said no, it would be fully bricked. Tom Wells, the architect for the project, added a few things. He said that the mall in which the building would be located has a different character than the other malls in town. The buildings are low and quiet. They have kept the mall side of the building at a one story level which gives the architecture the quiet tone that it has. Georgeann made a motion for final approval as shown. Mona seconded the motion. Ail in favor; motion carried. Sunny said this is also a public hearing. It is not a GMP application. He is only remodeling the front; he is not expanding any of the building. Bill McDonougl appeared before the committee and said that what he is doing is putting up a facade which will cover up a few of the mechanical difficulties in the front. He said the whole face is going to be wood. It is going to be a false front. On the model, there was an opening for the stairs. The committee felt it would be better if they would wrap the false front around to cover that opening. Bill said they could not cover it like the other side, with an awning, because of Aspen Sports being on that side. There would be just a window, without an awning. Terry asked if that was a display window and Bill said it was a window into the entrance. He said there may be a sign there saying something like McDonough's. The awnings will be blue, with materials similar to Andre's, but not that similar. The stain will be dark brown. Jon opened the meeting up to the public but there were no public comments. Terry made a motion to approve the plans as presented on the condition that the west side triangle be moved and made more compatible. Another condition would be that Bill bring the drawings in which reflect the change so they may be stamped and fully approved~! Bill's verbalization of what would be changed was "we are going to take the triangle ~out in the model and continue the false facade in the front to around on the west end side all the way up to the wind screen that's on the top already." Terry modified her motion to approval of the McDonough building on the condition that the plans be brought in reflecting the change of the removal of the triangle on the Cooper St. side to the west side with the triangle going to the existing screen. Mona seconded the motion. Ail in favor; motion carried. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Epicure Building Preapplication Review J. Michael Solheim appeared on behalf of the Epicure Building. He said his plans were to change one doorway on the Mill St. side of the building so that both entrances to the former Emporium space would be the same. There will be two columns built into the interior of the existing space to match the two that already exist in the other space. It will be a little more in line with what it originally was. The doorway will be no wider that it is now. It will also be the same width as the other doorway. Michael said that if the doorway is wider, it will be because it originally was that way. Jon said there would be no problem with that. Richard made a motion for preliminary and final approva[ to change the doors back to more of their original condition and to remove the plywood from above and replacing it with glass. Terry seconded the motion. Ail in favor; motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 2:45 PM. Robin R. Berry Deputy City Clerk