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Planning, Development & Transportation Services
November 30, 2010
MEMORANDUM
TO: Karla Smith, Boards and Commissions Coordinator
FM: Terence Hoaglund, Chair, Landmark Preservation Commission
RE: 2011 Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) Work Program
The Landmark Preservation Commission's 2011 Work Program consists of both continuing
responsibilities and new projects. The Commission’s primary focus is implementing the goals and
actions contained in the Historic Resources Preservation Program Plan, an element of City Plan, and the
recommendations in the Historic Preservation Program Assessment, recently completed by the firm of
Winter and Company.
The Commission is pleased to see two of its long held goals come closer to becoming reality: Re-
establishing the highly successful Design Assistance Program and re-instating the ability to offer
Voluntary Design Review. Restoration of these two programs has been identified as the Commission’s
highest priority for 2011.
The Commission has also ranked its preferences for historic preservation grant efforts in 2011. The
highest priority is to seek funding to revise and expand the 1981 Old Town Design Standards and
Guidelines document, followed by continued historic property survey in the core residential and
commercial neighborhoods, required for maintaining the City’s Certified Local Government status.
Due to the reduction in historic preservation staffing, the Commission will no longer administer the State
Tax Credit program, but will instead return that responsibility to the Colorado Historical Society.
Current projects requiring Landmark Preservation Commission involvement in 2011 include:
• The historic survey and associated context of Post-World War II properties, funded through a
State Historic Fund (SHF) grant;
• Restoration and reconstruction of the Avery Block;
• Two SHF grants for the rehabilitation of the Paramount Cottage Camp;
• A Certified Local Government (CLG) grant for the intensive survey of forty properties in the
Campus North area; and
• Restoration or preservation of the Historic Coca-Cola ghost sign.
• Additionally, the Commission will continue to develop an informational brochure and web pages
on predominant architectural styles in Fort Collins, and will work to establish and continually
update its “Historic Treasures” list.
Landmark Preservation Commission
2011 Work Program
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In 2011, the Commission has committed to several new goals:
• Researching designation policies and practices in other communities across the nation, to better
assess what might work in Fort Collins;
• Developing a community-wide educational event on historic preservation and sustainability for
Historic Preservation Month in May;
• Adding historic property information on designated properties to the City’s web pages.
Continuing responsibilities of the Commission for 2011 include the following:
Survey and Identification:
• Review and adopt results of historic property surveys.
Incentives:
• Review applications to the Landmark Rehabilitation Loan Program, and allocate funding.
Design Review Function:
• Final decision-making authority for design review of Landmark buildings.
Landmark Designation Program:
• Evaluate applications for individual and district landmark designation, and provide
recommendations on eligibility to Council.
Planning:
• Review and comment on issues affecting historic properties, particularly implementation of
City Plan redevelopment policies.
• Pursue grant funds for historic contexts and survey, and for rehabilitation and restoration
projects, as appropriate.
Education and Awareness:
• Continue community outreach by providing technical information and education concerning
the community-wide benefits of historic preservation, and by promoting the available
financial incentives for historic preservation.
• Continue the "Friends of Preservation" award program.
• Facilitate communication with other public and private business and development entities.
• Facilitate the Demolition/Alteration Review process, allowing public input on the demolition
or alteration of non-designated properties fifty years old or older
Training:
• Attend professional training and workshops, including Colorado Preservation Inc.’s annual
conference.
cc: Landmark Preservation Commission Members
David Roy, Council Liaison
Diane Jones, Deputy City Manager
Karen Cumbo, PDT Director
Steve Dush, CDNS Director