HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/14/2023 - Historic Preservation Commission - AGENDA - Work SessionPage 1
Kurt Knierim, Chair Location:
Jim Rose, Vice Chair This meeting will be held
Margo Carlock IN PERSON at
Jenna Edwards City Hall, 300 LaPorte Ave
Bonnie Gibson
Anne Nelsen
Andy Smith Staff Liaison:
David Woodlee Maren Bzdek
Vacant Seat Historic Preservation Manager
Work Session
June 14, 2023
5:30 PM
Fort Collins is a Certified Local Government (CLG) authorized by the National Park Service and History Colorado based
on its compliance with federal and state historic preservation standards. CLG standing requires Fort Collins to maintain
a Historic Preservation Commission composed of members of which a minimum of 40% meet federal standards for
professional experience from preservation-related disciplines, including, but not limited to, historic architecture,
architectural history, archaeology, and urban planning. For more information, see Article III, Division 19 of the Fort
Collins Municipal Code.
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities and
will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 (TDD 224-6001) for
assistance.
Historic Preservation Commission
AGENDA
All Commission Members in quasi-judicial matters, must be in person according to
Section 2-73 of the Municipal Code.
IN PERSON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
No public comment is allowed during work sessions. Members of the public may observe the meeting
but will not be allowed to comment at the meeting.
The public may comment in the regular meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission which will be
held in person on June 21, 2023. Information on how to participate is contained in the agenda for that
meeting available at https://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/boards/historic-preservation.
Documents to share: Members of the public wishing to submit documents, visual presentations, or
written comments for the Commission to consider regarding any item on the agenda must email them at
least 48 hours prior to the June 21, 2023 meeting to preservation@fcgov.com.
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• CALL TO ORDER
• ROLL CALL
• REVIEW OF ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023, AT 5:30 P.M. VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON
(Please see the agenda for the June 21, 2023, meeting for information on how to join that meeting.)
CONSENT
1. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 17, 2023
DISCUSSION
2. REPORT ON STAFF ACTIVITIES SINCE THE LAST MEETING
3. LAND USE CODE TOPICS – OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ZONING
4. 313 N MELDRUM ST – THE EMMA MALABY GROCERY PROPERTY – LANDMARK
NOMINATION
• BOARD TOPICS
1. HPC Work Plan Progress & Priorities
2. Code and Process Updates – Development Review
• OTHER BUSINESS
• ADJOURNMENT
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Board Topic 1, Page 1
DATE:
STAFF:
June 14, 2023
Jim Bertolini, Senior Historic Preservation Planner
WORK SESSION ITEM 1
Historic Preservation
Commission
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
HPC Work Plan - Progress and Priorities
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Code requires all boards and commissions to file work plans on or before September 30 for the following year.
According to the Boards and Commissions Manual, work plans should set out major projects and issues for
discussion for the following year. The HPC adopted the attached 2023 work plan at its November 16, 2022 meeting.
Consideration of pending priorities associated with the work plan will be a regular work session discussion item.
The regular recurrence of this discussion item is intended to provide the Commission with the opportunity to
measure ongoing progress and identify action items.
ATTACHMENTS
1. HPC 2023 Work Plan
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Community Development & Neighborhood Services
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580
970.416.4250
preservation@fcgov.com
fcgov.com/historicpreservation
Historic Preservation Services
MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 16, 2022
TO: Susan Gutowsky, Council Liaison
CC: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk
FROM: Kurt Knierim, Chair, Historic Preservation Commission
RE: Historic Preservation Commission 2023 Work Plan
The 2023 work plan reflects the results of a planning session held on October 12, 2022, at which the
Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) set priorities that coalesced into 4 primary work plan initiatives
that will be undertaken in addition to the Commission’s ongoing quasi-judicial and legislative business.
2023 Work Plan Initiatives
The 2023 work plan categories are aligned with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Impact
Agenda, the Colorado Statewide Historic Preservation Plan, and most importantly the City’s strategic
plans and key outcome areas.
1.Support Building an Equitable, Affordable, and Vibrant Community
•Provide feedback and ideas for the following staff-led initiatives:
o share local history and elevate appreciation of historic building stock that provides
affordable housing for the community
o prioritize inclusion in order to tell a more accurate and comprehensive story of our
community
o encourage emphasis on the history of individual Fort Collins neighborhoods to help
residents learn about and appreciate where they live
o follow National Register process to consider updating the significance criteria to include
cultural significance and evaluate local potential for application.
2.Grow a Collaborative and Inclusive Network through Improved Public Engagement
•Expanded public engagement opportunities:
o Assist staff with informal presentations to community groups, focusing first on the key
interest groups of cultural and heritage non-profits, realtors, construction and building
trades, and developers as well as youth K-12 education (Jim Rose)
o Use HPC meetings to engage with and empower the participation, self-advocacy, and
storytelling of underrepresented groups who are not typically connected to historic
preservation work
o Interact more closely with Energy Board, Human Relations Board, and others (Jim Rose)
o Help staff to identify new stakeholder interest groups and partner agencies and
organizations to work on shared goals
•Network with community contacts and encourage City Clerk’s Office and City Council to recruit
and appoint new HPC members who represent the diversity of our community’s demographics
•Incorporate the City’s future land acknowledgement statement into HPC meetings.
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Historic Preservation Commission 2023 Work Plan
3. Strengthen Connection to Climate Resilience Work
• Use HPC work sessions and other educational outlets led by HPC members to educate residents
and contractors about value and passive energy performance of pre-WWII building stock and
material conservation/embodied energy, as well as methods for maintaining and improving
ongoing energy performance of historic buildings
• Provide feedback to staff on conceptual design of effective graphics to represent comparative
effects of demolition versus adaptive reuse/rehabilitation of buildings
• Provide comments for City’s effort to consider a future deconstruction ordinance that is connected
to a regional network of participants
4. Develop Modernized and Expanded Tools for Historic Preservation
• Engage a younger demographic with connections to emerging professionals in graduate
programs and emerging digital tools (Jenna Edwards)
• Support effort to create new and more numerous tools for recognizing historic places and learning
about their history (on site and online)
• Participate in staff-led effort to evaluate, address, and strengthen incentives and financial support
programs to encourage and support local landmarks (Jim Rose)
• Use HPC meetings to promote the existing Cost Calculator Tool on the City’s website
• Provide ideas to staff for new information and helpful resources to add to City’s website
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Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) Purpose and Overview:
• The HPC was established in 1968 and is a nine-member quasi-judicial body composed of
qualified residents of the City of Fort Collins. Per Certified Local Government (CLG) requirements
in the United States historic preservation system, the City must demonstrate an effort to maintain
at least 40% of the HPC membership with professional expertise in history, archaeology,
architectural history, architecture, or historic architecture.
o Currently, that expertise is represented on the Fort Collins HPC by 7 of the 9 members
(78%) as follows: Architecture (Anne Nelsen); Historic Architecture and Architectural
History (Jim Rose); History (Jenna Edwards, Margo Carlock, Kurt Knierim); Archaeology
(William Dunn, Bonnie Gibson).
o Two HPC members are Old Town residents who represent the interests of historic property
owners in the community and have relevant backgrounds in local history activities and
education (Meg Dunn) and corporate business, finance, and marketing (Eric Guenther).
• The HPC performs the CLG responsibilities for the City of Fort Collins:
o Enables the City to administer preservation regulations on behalf of the state and federal
governments; residents to receive 25% Colorado State Tax Credits for Historic
Preservation; and City to receive CLG grants for training, surveys, building preservation,
and community education
o Requires enforcement of state and local legislation for the designation and protection of
historic properties consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards; requires on -going
survey of historic resources.
• The HPC is the final decision-maker on:
o Exterior alterations to properties designated as Fort Collins Landmarks; determinations of
eligibility for Fort Collins Landmark designation; and allocation of Landmark Rehabilitation
Loan funds.
• The HPC makes formal recommendations:
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Historic Preservation Commission 2023 Work Plan
o To Council on Fort Collins Landmark designations and matters of policy related to historic
preservation and land use; to the Colorado State Review Board on nominations of Fort
Collins properties to the National and State Registers of Historic Places
o To the Planning and Zoning Commission, Hearing Officers, and City staff on design
compatibility of developments adjacent to and/or containing historic resources, as well as
proposed treatment plans for adaptive reuse of those historic resources.
• HPC advises Council on the identification and significance of historic resources, threats to their
preservation, and methods for their protection; and advises Council and staff about policies,
incentives, and regulations for historic preservation.
• The HPC proactively addresses barriers that perpetuate inequality, to help minimize impacts to
historically under-represented and under-resourced community members; and directly supports
the City's goals of sustaining an environment where residents and visitors feel welcomed, safe,
and valued in the community.
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DATE:
STAFF:
June 14, 2023
Jim Bertolini, Senior Historic Preservation Planner
WORK SESSION ITEM
2
Historic Preservation
Commission
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
Code Topics – Development Review
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This is an introductory discussion on the basics of our existing codes and policies related to development review.
Development Review for historic preservation broadly refers to the applicability of Land Use Code section 3.4.7,
which provides for the protection of historic and cultural resources during any permitted activity on non-single-
family properties. The staff presentation will include a review of current code provisions and administrative
requirements, perspective on how staff works with the community when a development proposal is brought
forward that has responsibilities under 3.4.7, a few staff observations and community feedback notes regarding
the status quo, and a summary of recent process improvements. The discussion will invite the HPC to consider
areas of improvement that could be advanced for consideration, in anticipation of potential code updates in the
future.
ATTACHMENTS
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Code Topics #2 – Development Review
June 14, 2023
Historic Preservation Commission, Work Session
Jim Bertolini, Senior Historic Preservation Planner
Overview of LUC 3.4.7
• Code addresses non-designated and
designated resources on development sites
and most permitted projects on commercial
and multi-family properties
•Requires survey and determination of
eligibility
•Requires adaptive reuse of historic
resources following SOI Standards
• Modification of Standards allowed
•Decision-maker (Planning & Zoning,
Administrative Hearing Officer, or Planning
Staff)
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LUC 3.4.7 – The Basics
A. Purpose – essentially, to keep
responding to new needs without
destroying important historic places
B. Identification of Historic
Resources (on site & area of
adjacency)
C. Determination of Eligibility
Required (Presubmittal)
D. Requires adaptive reuse of
historic resources following SOI
Standards
E. Design Compatibility (tiers)
F. HPC Recommendation
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Staff Observations
• Pro-active historic survey is still best (when
possible)
• In most cases, development review shifts to
Modification territory
• Reality of need
• Tendency to differentiate: Designated
Landmarks vs. Landmark-Eligible
• Higher Volumes = Shift to more Staff Review
• Staff tends to limit HPC
recommendations
• Refer to HPC only for large-scale
projects (mostly)
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5Observations and Feedback
• Design Compatibility
•Design compatibility seems to be reducing in importance
•affordable housing
•Redundancy with general requirements in 3.5.1
•Area of Adjacency utility diminishing
•However, strong demand to retain during LUC update engagement
•Demand for more neighborhood awareness
•Now complete neighborhood noticing on Historic Survey from beginning of
survey process
6For Exploration/Potential Code Revisions
• Modify Historic Survey to reflect current practice that includes waivers
• Clarify staff vs. HPC authority to make recommendations
• Codify flexibility for Eligible vs. Designated resources?
• Clarify Modification options & grounds for recommending; establish mitigation strategies
• On-site Interpretative Development
• Payment in-lieu? (contribution to LRL/new local grant account)
• Specify when deconstruction or demolition of an Eligible resource is allowed?
• Incorporate revised demolition notification policy (that addresses other environmental/existing
affordable housing goals).
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Incentives – Require Designation
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8Questions / Requests
• What initial questions/concerns do you have?
• What topics closely related to development review would you like
to learn more about?
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