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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19800812Aspen Historic Preservation Committee August 12, 1980 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS The Aspen Historic Preservation Committee held a regular meeting on August 12, 1980 at 1:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. Members present were Mona Frost, Richard Cicero, William Clark, Terry End and Florance Glidden. The Planning staff representative, Sunny Vann, was also present. Mona Frost acted as chairman in the absence of Jon Seigle. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Richard Cicero made a motion to approve the minutes as recorded. Terry End seconded the motion. Ail in favor~ motion carried. PROJECT REVIEW McDonough's Ski Finery - Renovation 400 E. Cooper OLD BUSINESS Mill Street Station Informal Discussion Mill & Hopkins St. Because the people from Mill Street Station were out of the room, it was decided that Bill McDonough could go ahead with his presentation. McDonough's Ski Finery is located in the Golden Horn Building. Bill showed his plans to the committee and they discussed the renovations. Some of the changes are taking the stone wall down on the Cooper Street side, removing the overhang and putting one straight facade up. He said they planned to br±ng the wall up to hide the air conditioners which are visible from the street. The wall will be wood as will the window frames. There will be some stucco on the building and canvas awnings of a light pastel color, maybe yellow. He said the awnings are important because they are coverin~ the display windows and the sun can do damage to the clothing. There will be lighting inside but no outside lighting. The columns will be wood and the stucco will be white, to go with the west side of the buidling. Sunny told the committee that he had told Bill he would probably have to get preliminary approval at this meeting and then go through the process for final approval since he was redoing the whole facade. Bill said they were tryi~gto push the project so they could open. Sunny said the committee, however, had a certain obligation to the public to go through the proper procedures. He felt the HPC would be remiss in their responsibility to %he public if they did not require a public hearing. Terry made a motion for preliminary approval on the condition that Bill come back on August 29th with more materials and details. Florence seconded the motion. Ail in favor; motion carried. Sunny informed the committee that this w~s just another opportunity for the HPC to look at the project and that the architects had made a few minor modifications. He said they would also be coming on the 29th for a public hearing. Frank Wood appeared to discuss the project. He said that one of the things they had addressed was that they had put a metal slanted roof covering the walkway on the top floor only instead of having all of the awnings they had had before. They also cut down the elevation of the building from 30' to 27'~ by taking off the parapet. The front side will be down to a 17' elevation, which is approximately the same elevation as Berko's Studios. He said the Berko's have a concern that their building cannot be seen until you come right to it. So one of their ideas is to set back the facade the same amount of square feet as Berko's. They said they would probably do it as a pati¢ elevation so they can maintain the volumn of the lower level. At this point Gideon Kaufman, attorney for Berko's Studio addressed the committee. He said they had three main concerns, the first being that since Berko's is so small in scale, they are concerned that people will not be able to see it. He said their proposed ideas will give people the opportunity to see the studio other than when right on top of it. He was also concerned about the snow - 2 - RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS piling up between the two buildings since they are so close together. He said the Mill Street Station has agreed to have their maintainance man remove the snow so it would not pile up. Their third concern was that since the Berko's building is so old, a hole being dug up so close to the building would do some damage. Gideon said Frank had agreed to discuss this with their engin- eer. Terry commented that she liked all of the changes. The meeting was adjourned at 1:35 PM. Robin R. Berry Deputy City Clerk