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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19800708Aspen Historic Preservation Committee July 8, 1980 ~'~O~O~'~PU.L.'H~O~O.,DEN'~R RECORD O F PROC E EDI N GS The Aspen Historic Preservation Committee held a regular meeting on July 8, 1980, at t:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. Members present were Jon Seigle, Gaard Moses, Mona Frost, Richard Cicero and William Clark. Planning represen- tative, Sunny Vann, was also present. APPROVAL OLD BUSINESS City Hall Re-roofing OF MINUTES Mona Frost, keeper of the minutes, said they were in order. Gaard Moses asked if the Aspen Ski Corp. ~ project was the same one which was reviewed six months ago and Jon Seigle said this was a new project which concerned closing the porch on the back side of their headquarters. It was probably subject to growth management and would probably be coming back up again in a while. Mona Frost made a motion to approve the minutes as they stood and Gaard seconded the motion. Ail in favor, motion carried. This was in regard to a grant application to replace the roof that is on the building and there were some problems with the grant application which was sub- mitted. Sheree Sonfield supplied the committee with some additional information: the Colorado Historical Society formally disapproved of a standing seam roof and encouraged application for a corrugated metal roof. Taking a look at the financial aspects of the project, it was determined that it would cost $55,000 or so to put the standing seam on the roof. It would cost only about $20,000, if the grant was approved, to use the galvanized corrugated roof. This would save the city about $35,000 if it got the grant for the corrugated metal roof. The Colorado Historical Society encouraged the appli- cation immediately so Wayne Chapman told the City Council that this was what they were going to do and they did apply for the grant for the galvanized corrugated metal roof. This was done for financial reasons and the fact that the current roof is leaking and a new one is needed immediately. However, Sheree is not sure if the grant will indeed be approved. Sunny said that basically what had happened was that after the HPC approved of the standing seam roof based on the recommendations of the engineering department, Sheree and the committe's own preferences for color, it was found that the project was unfundable so the City Manager acted on its behalf and instructed the council members to, due to the time frame, proceed immediately with the other options available, and unfortunately it was done without coming back to this commission. Sunny also said there were two options available to HPC members: they could register their vote of disapproval or lend their support to that application. Mona Frost was in favor of the new approach because it would save the city $35,000 because it was taxpayer's money. There was discussion as to the roof being shiny but Sheree said that any metal which was not shiny would not be as protective. Jon said that whatever was being discussed was academic anyway so it was decided to pass it on and get to more substantial business. -2- .,,,,,~,.o.~,,.u.,....,.o ;o., ~,..-.~. R E C O R D O F P R O C E E D I N G S Jon then said that since there were two items which would take a large amount of time the committee would let the Aspen Historical Sites/Structure Inventory go ahead because they only had about a ten minute presentation. PROJECT REVIEW Aspen Historical Sites/ Structure Inventory John Stanford and Vera Kirkpatrick were retained by the City to conduct a historic structures inventory throughout the entire City of Aspen. They have a grant which is funded 50% by the Colorado Historical Society and 50% by the City of Aspen; therefore, the data which is compounded will be given to the City of Aspen and also will be stored in the archives of the State Historical Society in Denver. John said that what they wanted to do today was to talk to the HPC about the inventory, where they are at this point in time and tell how the inventory can be used. The inventory is just basically a listing of where the historic structures are in the city and HPC's role in this would be merely to provide public input because they do have regularly scheduled meetings and the mechanism for having public hearings. The project began in the beginning of May and due to be up at the end of October. John and Vera are lookin~ to have a meeting with the HPC sometime in late August or early September to show the committee the results of the inventory and they would then like to have a public hearing sometime in the latter part of Septembez or early October. Prior to the public hearing, John and Vera would like to find someplace to display the results of the inventory gathered at that point in time. They would then be able to catch any which they had missed. They have divided the city into 12 districts based on neighborhood boundries, the river, city limit lines, some existing historic districts, the lodge area at the base of the hill, and so forth. These are districs which they are just using for inventory purposes, gohm pointed out these districts on a map which outlined the entire City of Aspen. To date, they have photographed and inventoried the west end, the area south of Main Street towards West Aspen Mountain or Shadow Mountain and the area between the river and the downtown area on the east side on the east side of downtown. An inventory has already been done on the Main Street area and downtown which they will review and update. Therefore, they still have all of the outlying areas to do. They are also preliminarily putting each structure which they inventory into three categories; an excep- tional building, as far as its historical value, excel- lent and notable. Most of the houses dealt with involve the Victorian eraalthough there is occasionally a significant archi- tect such as Herbert Byers' structures in town which they have listed at least on a preliminary basis. -3- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Oasis Petro Energy Corp. Main and Galena St. Preapplication Review Jon asked about the trees between the two houses in the drawings. Welton said that they were a condition that HPC had placed a year ago to fulfill landscaping needs. Jon requested that Welton plan to plant more coniferous trees than what the plan indicated. Richard Cicero made the motion to approve the preappli- cation review of the building. Terry seconded the motion; all in favor, motion carried. Public hearing and final approval scheduled for July 8, 1980. Sunny Vann gave some background information to the review. He said that the application was not consist- ent with the sign code and therefore, HPC could not approve it at this time. He said that any application that does not comply, should not appear before HPC; it was a mistake that it was on today's agenda. This stand is supported by the city attorney and the build- ing department. Even though HPC could not take any action on the request, they could advise the applicant what would meet the sign code requirements. Tom Schroeder, supervisor of the Oasis Petro Energy Corporation in Aspen said that what he was requesting was to place a 65 foot flagpole at the corner of Galena and Main and fly an American flag which would be 10 x 15 feet. Mr. Schroeder said that he had been working on the process since September 1979. Richard Cicero said that the flag could be considered a sign in this case. Sunny agreed that due to the size it would also draw attention to the location. Therefore, it is subject to sign code regulations and permits. The sign code restricts the height of the pole to the height of the existing building. It would also re- strict the size of the flag to approximately 10 square feet. Richard commented that he felt that a 10 x 15 foot flag on a 65 foot pole, flying 24 hours per day and being illuminated at night would be construed as a sign drawing attention to the business. Jon questioned why Mr. Schroeder felt the be an historic investment. Mr. Schroeder was an American flag in an American city. flag would said that it Sunny asked why Oasis could not consider erecting a flag consistent with the sign code. Mr. Schroeder said that most Oasis stations had this size of flag and pole at all of their stations across the country. Jon asked for the Committee to give their consensus of whether they would be in favor of a flag at that location. Jon said he was not in favor. Miss Waggamam said she would not object to a flag and pole as long as it was in proportion to the height of the adjacent building. Mona Frost, Marjorie Brenner and Richard Cicero said they would not support a flag being in- stalled at the Oasis Station. Richard felt that it would be taking advantage of the flag by illuminating it, by leaving it up 24 hours per day, by drawing at- tention to the location as an advertisement. -4- Mona Frost said that she objected to the height of the pole and reminded Mr. Schroeder that there are regula- tions for having and caring for flags. Sunny said that when an application could be submitted for a flag that would not be construed as a sign or advertising, then the Committee might approve a compro- mise on the size of the flag and pole. Georgeann suggested to Mr. Schroeder that when, or if, he returned to the HPC for approval of a flag and pole, that he also include an elevation drawing of same. Terry made the motion to adjourn the meeting; seconded by Richard. Ail in favor, meeting adjourned at 2:00. Deputy C~//C 1 er k