HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.hpc.19750826RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
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Regular Meeting
Aspen Historical Preservation Comm~ tree
August 26~ 1975
Meeting was called to order by Chairman Groen at 1:17 p.m. with members Mona Frost, Bob Marsh,
Norm Burns and Terry End. Glidden and Michael were excused. Also present was John Stanford of
the Planning Office.
Approval of Minutes
Burns moved to approve the minutes of August 19 with Marsh seconding.
All in favor, motion carried.
Groen noted he hadn't received a copy of the minutes.
Old Business
Stanford presented the members with the letter to property o%~ners
on Main Street, notifying them of the pending zoning change. The
letter was prepared by the secretary with the Planning Office's help.
Pub entrance wires
Groen noted that the Pub entrance still has plastic wrapped around it
and felt it was a waste to spend a lot of money to renovate the
Wheeler Opera House only to have wires hanging down. He asked the
secretary to draft a letter to City Council and City Manager calling
to their attention that this temporary wiring has been there over a
year and there is no reason for it to be there any longer. He would
like to see it removed completely. He also asked that, to be included
in that memo, whether they were contemplating painting of the antique
street lights before the ski season.
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the Gargoyle
Butch Kellog of the Gargoyle presented a plan to the members for
awnings over the building to reduce heat and change the proportion
of the building. The awnings would not be over the sidewalks but on
their property solely. Kellog noted that the roof is steeply raked
from the top of the building, which former architects had assured them
would look good but which they were dissatisfied with now. The
awnings would be white tubular steel with yellow fabric. Groen asked
if there would be any signs on the awnings with Kellog replying in the
negative. Members questioned the flamability factor and Kellog said
it was standard canvas that was treated to retard flames.
Motion
Marsh moved to accept the plan with Ms. End seconding. Burns felt
that they should include in the motion that this was pre-application
final approval. End withdrew her second. Marsh moved to approve the
awnings on the Gargoyle for pre-application final approval. Ms.
End seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
Main Street Rezoning
Mrs. Frost noted that people had questioned her as to whether the
historic zoning would include all buildings within the designated area.
Stanford said that all buildings within the Historic Overlay District
would automatically be subject to review but that only the truly
historic buildings were they trying to preserve. He felt that they
should be more concerned with scale end materials involved. Marsh
questioned whether they would be able to control the lodges such as
the Applejack with Stanford noting that the lodge would not be able
to increase its size but felt that they might be able to come up with
more incentives. Groen noted that they might have more restaurants
on Main Street because of the change but Stanford wasn't sure that the
Planning Office was in favor of restaurants there. Ms. End asked
how it had originally been arrived at to have restaurants in historical
buildings. Stanford noted that Council had decided to help stimulate
Main Street. Burns pointed out that the code also allows boarding'
houses with Stanford noting he would have to consult the code tc be
sure about that. Groen wanted to change the structure of the sentence
on the fourth paragraph of the 1st page. It read "Hpc investigate
the structures on Main Street to determine their need for preservation"
and he thought it should be changed to determine their historical
significance. Burns asked whether they should include what people
can do now under historic designation but Marsh felt that they should
spell it out for them. Mrs. Frost asked how much each person's vote
counted with Stanford explaining that it is ultimately up to Council
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to make the decision. Groen thought that they should bring to Council's
attention what they've accomplished so far with Stanford saying he
could send out a memo to Council stating where they are at now and
asking them to reconfirm their directive.
Ms. End said that the letter doesn't tell people why they should be
in favor of the district and Stanford said that what they are telling
them is that the City of Aspen wants the district. Stanford said
he would have the City Attorney review the letter when she returns
from vacation. Mrs. Frost pointed out that the letter didn't specify
boundaries and Stanford said that they could include a map of them
along with the letter. Members questioned whether Paepcke Park would
be included in that designation. Burns noted that Mrs. Markalunas
had felt they were asking for conflicts when they included it.
Stanford said that they could include a rider that restaurants would
be allowed only on Main Street. Groen felt that P & Z would be more
receptive to Main Street with the Psrk. Burns said that while he and
Ms. End were researching the names of the Main Street property owners,
they learned that there is a group forming in opposition to the
historic designation.
Groen noted that they again this year would be faced with people leaving
town for the winter season causing them to possibly not have a
quorum. He said that Terry End would be leaving for England for a
full school term and would be back in the spring. Also Marsh would
be leaving until the spring. Groen questioned whether they wanted
to approach Council about having alternates. Stanford said he would
do the research and check with Ms. Stuller about the possibility.
He said that they could make a recommendation to Council that they
be allowed alternates for the winter.
Marsh moved to adjourn with Mrs. Frost seconding. All in favor,
meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
Susan B. Smith, Deputy City Clerk
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