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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLandmark Preservation Commission - Minutes - 12/13/2000LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Meeting December 13, 2000 Minutes Council Liaison: Scott Mason (226-4824) Staff Liaison: Joe Frank (221-6376) Commission Chairperson: Per Hogestad (416-7285) SUMMARY OF MEETING: The LPC approved for final review the rehabilitation for adaptive re -use of 314 E. Mountain Avenue, the State Armory Building; and new awnings for 114-118 Trimble Court, Historic Trimble Billiard Parlor, both under the consent agenda. The LPC recommended the Landmark designation of the HottellHoffman House Ash Pit, 426 E. Oak, and the Deines Barn and Twin Silos, 7225 & 7309 S. College Avenue,. The LPC moved to recommend that City Council to pass a resolution declining the annual design review responsibility for the State Tax Credit. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Per Hogestad called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m., at 281 North College Avenue. Commission members Angie Aguilera, Angela Milewski, Janet Ore, Agnes Dix, and W.J. (Bud) Frick were present. Rande Pouppirt was absent. Carol Tunner, Karen McWilliams, and Joe Frank represented staff. GUESTS: Myrne Watrous, citizen; Rich Gilsdorf for 114-118 Trimble Court Alley; Don Bundy, architect and Paul Jensen, owner for 314 E. Mountain Avenue, the State Armory Building. AGENDA REVIEW: No changes. STAFF REPORTS: Ms. Tunner passed around flyers for some upcoming conferences: The Restoration and Renovation Exhibition and Conference, January 14-17 in Washington, DC; and the Colorado Preservation Inc. conference in Denver in February. COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS: Ms. Aguilera reported that she and Ms. Tunner met on December 11 with the DBA and DDA and representatives from SmartTrips to discuss the information kiosk in Old Town Square. The original design of the vending machine will be used. It will have an umbrella -like cover. The current specifications are in line with the Commission's previous concerns. They will come back to the LPC in February after a mock-up is installed for the LPC to view on the plaza. Ms. Tunner mentioned that there is a small kiosk on the side of the Miller block at the front by the old police station entry. The new kiosk's cover will be modeled after the canvas top on this one. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: No minutes were submitted for approval. Landmark Preservation Com#n • December 13, 2000 Meeting tes Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA: Ms. Aguilera moved to approve the items on the consent agenda. Ms. Dix seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (6-0) DESIGNATIONS: Ash Pit, Associated With the Hottel / Hoffman House 426 East Oak Street (Katherine and Phillip Acott, Owners) Ms. McWilliams said that at the last meeting on November 15, the Commission recommended the designation of the Hottel/Hoffman House. After that meeting, staff found out about the ash pit, the only known example of this style of ash pit remaining in Fort Collins. It is dated c. 1890. It is a three-foot high dome shaped structure, with a width of four feet. The ash pit is constructed of brickwork with a concrete coating. The eastern side of the ash pit has a square, one -foot by one -foot opening, and the top of the dome has a round smoke vent. The interior of the ash pit still contains ashes, and the interior bricks are coated with black soot. Ms. Dix explained that she had spoken to Lydia Hoffman Morrison and Doris Greenacre. Lydia remembered as a young child, Charlie Clay coming to collect the ashes. He was one of the few blacks in town. This was around the turn of the century. Ms. McWilliams said that Lydia died at the age of 101 around 1997, so she would have been a young child right at the turn of the century. Staff recommended approving the request for designation of the Hottel/Hoffman Ash Pit for its architectural and historical significance. Ms. Dix moved to accept for Landmark designation the Ash Pit associated with the Hottel/Hoffman House at 426 East Oak Street, and that it be added to the already, accepted designation for the house itself in the action before City Council. Ms. Ore seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (6-0) Deines Farm Barn & Twin Silos, 7225 and 7309 South College Avenue (Eric c..__� ��---- ----------- - Ms. McWilliams summarized a letter from Brian Fischer explaining that his company, Management Specialists, Inc. will be working closely with Eric Busch and the Board of Directors in the pursuit of this designation. Ms. McWilliams explained that the property originally included two houses, two barns, the twin silos, and two garages. In 1994, an intensive -level survey determined the barn and the twin silos as the only structures with Landmark Preservation Comr n December 13, 2000 Meeting tes Page 3 historical significance on this site. The non -historic properties were subsequently removed. The farmstead was patented in 1890. The barn and twin silos are relatively unaltered from their original condition. The barn is also one of the largest in the Fort Collins area and one of only a handful of gambrel roofed structures. The twin silos are also a rare structure in Fort Collins. Staff recommends approving this designation request as locally rare examples of farmstead architecture in Fort Collins with good integrity, as well as for their historical association with agriculture. Mr. Frick moved to designate the Deines Farm Barn and Twin Silos, 7225 and 7309 South College Avenue. Ms. Dix seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (6-0) DISCUSSION ITEMS: Annual Recommendation regarding the Design Review Responsibility for the State Tax Credit. Ms. Tunner explained that as a Certified Local Government, the City is required each year to determine whether the City of Fort Collins LPC will do the design review for the State Tax Credit. Mr. Frank, Director of Advance Planning, says that the City does not have the staff time to do the review and the state will continue to do the design review. The LPC has to make a recommendation to City Council to this effect. City Council will pass that resolution on January 2. Ms. Aguilera moved to recommend that City Council pass a resolution declining the annual design review for the State Tax Credit. Ms. Ore seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (6-0) OTHER BUSINESS: Ms. Tunner reminded the Commission that the final proposal for work on the carriage house at the Flynn's Inn Bed and Breakfast at 700 Remington will be discussed at the January meeting. She encouraged all of the commission members to visit the site in preparation for this review. The owners came to the Commission in June of 1999 with a conceptual plan to restore the building and reuse it. It sits back on the alley on the corner of Laurel and Remington. There's a fraternity at the other end of the block. The owners are proposing restoration plans, as well as moving the structure 16 feet to the west. The meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m. Submitted by Melissa Visnic, Secretary,