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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19790710RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Historical Preservation Committee, Regular Meeting, July 10, 1979, City Council Chambers, 1:00 PM The Aspen Historical Preservation Committee held a regular meeting on July 10, 1979, in the City Council Chambers at 1:00 PM. The members present were Jon Seigle, Mona Frost, Lary Groen, and Norm Burns. Staff representative was Jim Reents. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Groen had a correction to make on the last page, 5th paragraph down, he wanted a sentence scratched. Groen made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. Burns seconded. All in favor. KSPN: KSPN was scratched. AJAX MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES: Ashte~n~erson~ Attorney for the Associates, was present,to discussthe case with the com~ittee. Anderson stated that at the last meeting, the general concensus was to modify the first set of plans. They have eliminate the kioske, have eliminated much of the detailed work. Groen asked if there was any thought to the treatment to the large glass areas on the upper floor. Anderson stated that they would have to do that by lease agreement, and it would have to be on a consistent basis. Seigle asked if they have addressed it at all. Anderson replied that they have not. Groen asked if they had given any serious thought to heat generation in that area. Steve the architect stated that they have and it probably would be determined by what sort of space that is leased first, or what they would consider what is more important after that space is leased. He stated that there was a new product that came out that is two sided. One side is absorptive and the other is reflective. In this way, you could keep heat in or out. Seigle asked what type of glass they will have in the building. Steve stated that he would think so. Groen asked if the blind treatments of the glass be on the incline portion of the glass also. Steve replied that it would be. The masonry units and the color are approximately like the Durant~Galena Building, but it would have the smaller brick units. The metal store fronts and the framing for the window and skylight materials, will have a dark duranontic type aluminum finish. The pavers are a brick masonry paver. The paver should be either a brown or a red in color. The glass is planned to be bronze, double glazed units on both the horizontal and the angle surfaces. Groen asked about the materials on the walkway'sand the decks. Steve stated that the walkways would be as close as possible to the paving or slightly lighter. Groen asked about the handrails. Steve stated that the handrails are currently planned to be light metal, either steel or aluminum. The handrails in the shop areas themselves would be glass. The color of the handrails near the sidewalk would be the color of the storefront material. Groen asked if there will be any air-conditioning or ventilating on the roof. Steve stated that all of the air-conditioning or ventilating equipment on the roof would not be visible because of the way that the view plane is. Groen asked about trash storage. Steve stated that there was some discussion on what the trash requirements would be. The trash would be in a covered area on the alley side. FIRST NATIONAL BANK: Groen asked what the materials on the roof would be. Steve stated that the flat portion of the roof would be gravel and they were not planning on a special color. Frost asked about snow removal in the winter time. They will have snow melt sidewalks. Burns asked about the increase in size in the columns. Steve stated they went from 1 foot to 16 inches in width. Groen asked about exterior lighting. Steve stated that in most cases it would be indirect, which means that it would be in the walk-ways. They would like ot make the plaza area lighting landscaped. Seigle opened the meeting to the public. No one from the public responded. Seigle closed the meeting to the public. Burns made a motion to approve the July 10th drawings as presented, on the condition that they would see the reflective blinds before they are installed that any revisions to the July 10th plans be presented to this committee for approval, and any ventilators, fans and such that go on the roof are brought to them for approval before installation, and the final working drawings that will be presented to the building department would also be presented to them for review. Seigle added to the motion. That the materials that they had showed the committee and bronze glass as indicated by the architects. Seigle also added that they approve the demolition of the structures located on Lots N,O,P,Q,R,S, Block 96. Groen seconded. All in favor. The Ajax Mountain Assoicates passes. Ashley Anderson, Attorney for the First National Bank, was present to discuss the project with the committee. What they would like to do is to add an addition to the existing bank. What this would consist of is to extend the second floor over the parking lot which would close the existing drive-in facility and relocate that plus additional off street parking on the ground level. The materials and the design detail would be identical to the existing building. The First National Bank is located in the C-C Zone. Anderson stated that what they are taking about is an extension of 60 feet more. Groen asked if there was any possibility of dropping the proposed expansion back a little bit to create a break. Anderson stated that it would not be possible. Groen stated that it would create a Denver downtown underground parking lot look. It would not be exciting for that area, and he felt that more attention should be given to make that look a little less working like and functional. Groen stated that if there was no parking requirement for the C-C Zone, then he would not mind if the building went to the ground. Anderson stated that there is a big building sitting there, and they are going to do a fairly small addition which would look identical to the building. Seigle stated that they have certain criteria that they have to go by. Groen mentioned that they have never discussed a structure of that type in which they have a building on peers. He stated that he would not mind seeing something that would balance the mass of the building instead of leaving the mass of the building on peers. Seigle stated that mainly their problem is that the quality of the information that they are giving the committee is not very good for the lay people without seeing a rendering so that they can see what they are talking about. Considering they are not architects, it is hard to visualize how the thing would look. Anderson reminded them that they saw the rendering the last time when they gave them preliminary approval. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Historical Preservation Committee, Regular Meeting, July 10, 1979, City Council Chambers ~age 2 COMMITTEE COMMENTS: Groen stated that he would find a building to the ground more acceptable than having that parking structure look. The mass of the building would be should be improved by some type of treatment that would not create that floating look. Burns stated that pulling the building back, you could still retain some of the parking spaces. Seigle opened the meeting to the public. Burns made a motion to continue the meeting to the July 24th meeting. Frost seconded. All in favor. First National Bank will be on the 24th. Groen asked Reents about the Wheeler Opera House and the Mother Lode~ the construction that is taking place between the two. Reents stated that he did not considering Clayton Meyring was out of town. Reents stated to the committee that he is no longer in the Planning Office and that he is now the Housing Director. Frost would like the dead trees in front of the Jerome removed and have alive treesi~for their replacement. Burns made a comment about the Arthur's Restaurant, in that they still have stickers on the windows, after three years, and that they have their trash on the side. Groen stated that when the Lone Pine Project was approved~ he was not aware that the lone pine tree that was standing their would be removed. He asked Reents if they had planned on replacing that tree. Reents stated that he did not know. Groen made a motion to adjourn. Pam Realmuto, ~puty City~lerk Burns seconded, Ail in favor,