HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommission On Disability - Minutes - 05/25/2000COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES
MEETING MINUTES
MAY 25, 2000
Members present: Alan Apt, Nancy Baker, Mark Beck, Don Fish, Kathryn
Johnson, David Marckres, Robert Palmer, Initha Stuckey and Lila Vizzard
Guests present: Gary Dennison and Joe Frye from Vaught -Frye
Architecture, Karen Gerard from Funding Partners for Housing Solutions
and Felix Lee and Mike Gebo from the Building and Zoning Department of
Fort Collins
The meeting was brought to order by Mark Kramer. Felix Lee started the
presentation on the restoration of the old Northern Hotel. He stated that all
the guests asked to speak before the Commission for our input on the
restoration. He said that the Fair Housing Act and state regulations for
rehabilitation don't apply to existing buildings, like the Northern. Mr. Lee
supports the current plan and turned over the discussion to Joe Fry to further
explain the restoration. He stated that funding was the key to the plan and
that it was the main determinate in the restoration. Next, Karen Gerard told
us that the property had been partially condemned since 1975 when there
was a fire there. The current owners bought it November 1999 and that they
are committed to a quality project. Also, she stated that the financing and
historical preservation requirements were very constrictive.
Gary Dennison showed us the plan for the rehabilitation. They are going to
build seven units that are Type A (completely accessible). One of these
seven will be for the blind and the hearing impaired. Twenty more will be
Type B that conforms to clearance requirements for the disabled. The last
twenty will be non -adaptable.
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Mark Beck gave us an update on his visitability project. He met with
Kimberly Stenberg (Home Builders Association of northern Colorado, Inc.)
and he ordered a video from Eleanor Smith (Director of Concrete Change)
that discusses points of visitability.
Kathryn Johnson gave us an update on several issues. First, the letter and
packet to the Mayor, requesting a signer for the city's public business
discussions, has been sent. She is requesting a meeting with the Mayor to
discuss these issues. Next, she told us about the information that she is
gathering about the advances being made in pedestrian safety in California.
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