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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLandmark Preservation Commission - Minutes - 05/19/19930 LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION Special Meeting Minutes May 19, 1993 Staff Liaison: Joe Frank SUMMARY OF MEETING: The Commission unanimously approved the proposed rehabilitation of the Brown Farmhouse and the proposed renovation of the Welch Block with changes as noted on the drawing. The Commission discussed the proposed Linden Hotel rehabilitation. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Commission Chair Jennifer Carpenter called the meeting to order at 5:42 pm, 281 North College Avenue. Secretary Diane Slater called the roll. Commission members Jennifer Carpenter, Bud Frick, Richard Hill, Kirk Jensen and James Tanner were present. Joe Frank and Carol Tunner represented staff. GUESTS: Brad Pace, prospective owner of the Brown Farmhouse, Tom Lyon of Architractor Design Group in Boulder, Jacques Rieux of Stone Lion and prospective owner of the Welch Block, Tom Schmittling of Pour La France, and Dick Beardmore from CSU Stabilization Center. APPROVAL OF APRIL 21 MINUTES: Mr. Hill moved to approve the minutes of the meeting from April 21, 1993 as submitted. Mr. Frick seconded the motion. The motion passed S-0. Ayes: Carpenter, Frick, Hill, Jensen, and Tanner. Ms. Weatherford arrived. COMMISSION REPORTS: Ms. Carpenter reported that the City Council denied the request for CDBG funds for the Linden Hotel so other sources of funding must be found. CURRENT ITEMS: Mr. Pace presented the points mentioned in the staff report. Any new siding will match the original. 5 1/2" beveled pine or redwood will be used if the grain is the same. Paint will match the original. Windows will use existing frames, with sashes to match the original, Landmark Preservation Commission Spacial Meeting Minutes May 19, 1993 Page 2 single pane glass with storms and screens to fit over a recessed frame with a dividing bar on both window and screen. The two upper roofs can be repaired using cedar shingles matching the original. The roofs on the front and back porches have asphalt over the cedar and will probably need new cedar shingles. The plan to extend the back porch is on hold and Ms. Carpenter noted that he should submit future plans involving any porch extension. The original kitchen door that led onto a patio will be reopened by removing inserted siding, and a new door with glass in the top to match the old style door will be used. Mr. Frick and Mr. Jensen noted that the building code requires at least a 3x3 landing stoop at the door. Mr. Frick moved to approve the proposed rehabilitation of the Brown Farmhouse. Mr. Jensen seconded the motion. The measure was approved unanimously, 6~0. Ayes: Carpenter, Frick, Hill, Jensen, Tanner, Weatherford. Mr. Hill withdrew due to possible conflict of interest. Ms. Tunner opened the discussion by noting that the building is currently not locally designated or nationally registered although requests for both were submitted 5/14/93. Mr. Rieux is leasing the building with an option to buy and Pour La France is a subtenant. Tonight's discussion is an advisory review of the final plans for the facade renovations only, prior to recommendation for a DDA grant. Mr. Lyon presented the amended plans. Detail B of window treatment will be used. The interior soffit will be painted out blue, set back and dropped down. The storefront system will be aluminum with an off-white baked -on finish. Blue-green will be used for divided lite muntins on the transom windows. Windows will be sliders. One sliding glass door to service the outside dining area will be incorporated. Blue-green steel channeling complements the signature royal blue of the awnings of pour La France. Stone Lion awnings will be salmon. The blue-green steel lintels on windows will match throughout. The frame and brick molding of the second level windows will be the same blue-green with off-white window sashes. The Stone Lion awning will have a scalloped valance and no valance or a straight 9" valance on the Pour La France awning. Ms. Carpenter queried regarding the arrangements for protection from rain for the restaurant patrons. Mr. Lyon responded that umbrellas were possible and noted that the awning clearance of 5' might be sufficient. The Pour La France awning ends will be open with 2" steel nosing and the Stone Lion awning may be closed or open. Regarding the Pour La France main entry, the channel steel will be 2" thick, mounted on the surface of the brick and set out in front of the brick. 0 Landmark Preservation Commission special Meeting Minutes May 19, 1993 Page 3 Ms. Carpenter asked about the door materials. Mr. Lyon responded that the Stone Lion entrance will use cherry wood doors. Pour La France will use a wood door with true divided lites (main door to be painted red). Mr. Lyon noted that the wall at the College Avenue entry of the Stone Lion Book store could be detailed with blond brick to match the storefront. Mr. Frick asked if the proposed red brick would be the same color as the interior brick and Mr. Lyon said yes. Ms. Tunner mentioned that James Stratis of the Colorado Historical Society, said that blond brick and a commercial storefront window would be more appropriate. Mr. Lyon and Mr. Rieux agreed that the blond brick would be more suitable to tie into the facade. Mr. Jensen asked if all the entrances would be the same and Mr. Lyon responded that the College entrance to the second floor would have a wood door and the staircase to the second floor would remain. Mr. Lyon mentioned that Pour La France would like an airlock vestibule at the main entry on West Mountain Avenue. Ms. Carpenter suggested returning with design details if changes to the exterior are made to incorporate a vestibule. Mr. Frick asked if all brick exposed to the weather will be blond and Mr. Lyon responded yes. Mr. Jensen asked if the College Avenue recessed entry window will be like one panel of window Detail B and Mr. Lyon confirmed that it would. Original blond brick will be incorporated here. Some used blond brick may need to be used in other parts of the facade and will be pieced with care and will match previously patched areas in the wall. Ms. Carpenter asked for any citizen input. Mr. Beardmore noted that the south side restaurant exposure is a good placement for the weather in Colorado, affording protection from the north and east winds. Ms. Ttmner asked if a decision had been made about using 2 or 3 window panels on the College Avenue entrance to the book store, and it was confirmed that 3 panels will be used to accommodate a lion sculpture being commissioned by Mr. Rieux. The precedent of approving the use of aluminum in the storefront was discussed. Ms. Tuner noted that the NPS does approve aluminum storefronts if they are factory painted and not bronze or aluminum finish. This treatment meets the need for sliding windows that could only be achieved at considerable expense otherwise. Mr. Rieux pointed out that aluminum actually carve into commercial use in the late 1920s, which is about the time of the 1926 remodel of the Welch Block. Use of aluminum stopped at the time of WWII and resumed in the 1950s. Mr. Kirk asked about the material used in the valance. Mr. Lyon said it would be Sunbrella acrylic. Landmark Preservation Commission Special Meeting Minutes May 19, 1993 Page 4 Mr. Tanner noted that the 45 degree angle on the awning in the plans was more in keeping with the historic look than the more shallow rake shown in one of the sample pictures of Pour La France. Mr. Lyon confirmed the steeper rake would be used. Mr. Hill asked whether the streetscape bubbles were being replaced. Mr. Rieux suggested replacing the deteriorating structures at Mountain Avenue and College Avenue intersection with trees. Mr. Frank noted that Bruce Hendee, consultant, was looking for input from the preservation people. Ms. Tunner noted that the NPS approved of the arched lights, which have a round edged bottom and a square edged top. Mr. Lyon noted that signs will be painted on the awnings. Following is the text of the changes as noted on the drawings: 1. Window Detail B was approved. 2. All doors to be wood and painted or stained as noted. 3. All storefront systems to be aluminum with a baked -on, painted off-white finish. 4. The outside patio steel railing to be painted green/blue, #5504D. 5. Pour La France awnings to be Pacific Blue Sunbrella acrylic fabric with no valance. Bookstore awnings to be salmon color (Sunbrella) with scalloped valance. Awnings to be fixed frame with rake as shown. 6. All steel work to be color #5504D blue/green on all elevations. 7. The brick cornice is not to be painted. 8. Second floor windows to be painted --sash color 582OW Kwal Paint (off-white), frame and brick mould 5504D blue/green. 9. The College Avenue Bookstore storefront windows will have three windows (small -large -small) with transoms. 9 Landmark Preservation Commission Special Meeting Minutes May 19, 1993 Page 5 10. All brick exposed to the weather will be new blond or reused blond brick including the recessed entries to the restaurant and bookstore. The single window at the College Avenue Bookstore recessed entry will match the Pour La France storefront windows. Ms. Weatherford moved to approve the proposed renovation of 107 North College, the Welch Block with the changes as noted. Mr. Tanner seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Ayes, Carpenter, Frick, Hill, Jensen, Tanner, and Weatherford. DISCUSSION ITEMS: i� "-I, .. C The HRPP grant funds will be requested to fund the Linden Hotel. Mr. Tanner suggested that if we screen for grant money we should do it within a system where it is open to all public and other applicants. Ms. Carpenter noted that Greg Byrne, CPES Director, had requested an LPC recommendation on the use of the HRPP funds for the Linden Hotel. Ms. Carpenter will also express LPC concerns about assigning the HRPP money with no plan for future funding to replace it. The LPC will look into the benefit to the public, such as a facade easement, in return for the grant. Mr. Frank said the DDA is also investigating these possibilities. LPC recommended asking for $82,000 to fund the 1994 Work Plan, which would include a full-time staff person to implement the projected programs. Mr. Frank asked for comments on the most recent draft pages of the HRPP. Mr. Frank suggested hiring an intern to complete the worksheets for historic structures but the Commission decided to finish the forms themselves. Three meetings were scheduled for special meeting work sessions - 6:30 pm, on May 26, June 9, and June 23. Chair Carpenter adjourned the meeting at 8:05 pm. Submitted by Diane Slater, Secretary.