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Advance Planning Department
MEMORANDUM
January 29, 2003
TO: Karla Smith, Boards and Commissions C ordinator
THROUGH: Joe Frank, Advance Planning Direc
FROM: Carol Tunner, Historic Preservation 1 er
Karen McWilliams, Historic Presery on Planner
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Timothy Wilder, City Plannera'y
RE: 2003 LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT
Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) Membership (7):
A.
Term Ended:
- Agnes Dix
B.
Resignation:
- Carole Stansfield
C.
Reappointment
- Agnes Dix
D.
New Appointee
- Ian Shuff
E.
Continuing Members
- Angie Aguilera
- Bud Frick
- Per Hogestad
- Dr. Janet Ore
- Myme Watrous
2. 2003: Year in Review
A. Design Review: In 2003, the LPC convened for 23 meetings.
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Design Review
43
50
55
38
49
38
Administrative
Sign Review
23
11
13
13
16
19
Administrative
Design Review
8
13
12
12
14
18
Totals
74
74
80
63
71
75
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Major projects reviewed for their design include the following:
- 259 S. College Avenue, Empire (New Armstrong) Hotel
- Complimentary reviews of major projects proposed for downtown, including:
the Cortina Project at Canyon and Howes, and the Pine Street Lofts at
Jefferson and Pine
B. Designations: The LPC recommended fourteen (14) properties for Local Landmark
Designation:
1. 716 W. Oak Street: The William and Clara Blair House and Garage
2. 717 W. Olive Street: The William and Eva Stroud House and Garage
3. 1007 W. Mountain Avenue: The J.W. Spencer House and Garage
4. 1009 W. Mountain Avenue: The Richard and Orla Mae Wiggins House and
Garage
5. 505 Smith Street: The Montgomery House and Garage
6. 120 N. Whitcomb Street: The Ruth A. Jones House
7. 817 Peterson Street: The Temple House
8. 612 S. College Avenue: The Darrah House
9. 407 N. Wood Street: The Gamble House
10. 810 W. Mountain Avenue: The John and Edna Squires House
11. 704 W. Mountain Avenue: The Giddings House
12. 2306 West Mulberry Street: The Empire Grange Hall
13. 415 East Elizabeth Street: The E. Kimple House
14. 400 Whedbee Street: The Historic Seventh Day Adventist Church
C. Preservation Week, 2003: The LPC sponsored the following programs highlighting
"May as Colorado Preservation Month":
- Preservation Week Proclamation
- "Friend of Preservation Award" — Four recipients
- A Preservation Mixer Party at the Fort Collins Museum
D. Grants:
- Completed. A Certified Local Government (CLG) grant for LPC and staff
training at Colorado Preservation Inc.'s "Saving Places Conference", for
February, 2002 and 2003. (Grant total project with no match, $2,970.)
Completed. A 1998 State Historical Fund Grant for the historic First Baptist
Church, 328 Remington. (Cash match $161,843, grant amount $158,362, total
project $320,205.)
- Completed. A State Historical Fund grant of $7,083 with cash match $2,361
for a total project of $9,444, to re -roof and add gutters to the Nix Farm East
Farmhouse at 1745 Hoffman Mill Road.
Completed. A $10,000 State Historical Fund grant with a $1,000 cash match
(total project $11,000) do a Historic Structure Assessment of the Nix Farm
East Farmhouse, Barn, and Loafing Shed.
Work In Progress. A federal grant for the TEA-21 Transportation
Enhancement Fund in FY2002-03 in the amount of $90,400 with a city cash
match of $22,000 (total project: $112,400) for interior rehabilitation of the
Street Railway Car Barn at 330 N. Howes. A Determination of Eligibility
Report was prepared, a contractor was selected in an R.F.P. process, and State
Historical Fund approval of the work has been accomplished. n
- Nearing Completion. A State Historic Fund grant of $28,500 (cash match
$9,500 for a total project budget of $38,000) for the historic survey and
contexts of the Buckingham, Alta Vista, and Andersonville neighborhoods.
Work in Progress. A $23,000 CLG grant was awarded by the Colorado
Historical Society for a joint Poudre School District -City survey of school
district properties and preparation of a historic schools context.
E. Other Business: The LPC gave input on the historic preservation aspects regarding:
- The Downtown Strategic Plan
- The City Plan Update
- City Council Policy Agenda
- Flood Plain Regulations
- Sugar Beet Factory Neighborhoods Survey
- 2004 Work Program
- Young's Creek Development
- Support Letters for SHE grant applications regarding:
■ Rehabilitation of the New Armstrong Hotel
■ 328 Remington Street, the Historic First Baptist Church.
■ Acquisition and Development of the Plummer School, 2524 E. Vine
(denied)
- In addition, the Historic Preservation program and the LPC were evaluated in
a quadrennial review as a Certified Local Government. Public hearing and
office filing procedures were approved as exemplary.
F. Ongoing Programs: Ongoing programs in 2003 included:
Demolition/Alteration Review — Staff processed 304 demolition/alteration requests
from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003.
Landmark Rehabilitation Loan Program - The Landmark Rehabilitation Grant
Program provided local preservation assistance via zero interest loans to 8 properties,
totaling $20,000 in awarded funds. Seven residential properties and one mixed use
property were awarded funds. Total matching funds were $171, 240, and the ratio of
private to public dollars was 9:1.
Colorado Historic Preservation Income Tax Credit — The LPC did not elect to
take on the design review responsibility for this program in 2003. Staff did edit and
review applications before they were sent to the Colorado Historical Society, to
ensure that the procedure would run more smoothly at the state level.
Design Assistance Program (DAP) — Provides city funding for design assistance for
changes to local landmarks.
AWNING
SIGNAGE
COLOR
MINOR
MAJOR
TOTALDAP
DESIGN
SELECTION
REHAB
REHAB
REQUESTS
0
2
0
2
3
7
Public Workshops
- Neighborhood Public Meetings held in September and October 2003 to
discuss historic survey of Buckingham, Alta Vista, and Andersonville, and
related historic contexts.
LPC Training
- Agnes Dix, Bud Frick, and Dr. Janet Ore - LPC members, and staff Carol
Tunner attended Colorado Preservation Inc.'s "Saving Places 2003:
Preserving Western Heritage" in Denver, CO., February 6- 8, 2003. Tunner
and Frick were participants in a "Mock Commission Meeting" session,
February 7, 2003. Tunner attended the CSU Architectural Preservation
Institute's pre -conference Preservation Technology Workshops, from
February 5-6, 2003. LPC member Dr. Janet Ore was a presenter on
"Vernacular Houses" at the conference.
- Training Discussion on "Appropriate Types and Location for Roof Windows"
by staff (Tunner) for LPC members (Frick, Hogstead, Dix, Watrous, and Ore),
April 9, 2003
- Training Presentation by Bob Smith, Stormwater Planning Manager, on Flood
Plain Regulations for LPC members (Frick, Hogstead, Stansfield, Watrous,
Dix, Aguilera, and Ore) and staff (Tunner and McWilliams), May 14, 2003.
- Myme Watrous, LPC member, and Carol Tunner, staff, attended the Third
Annual Adams/Larimer/Morgan/Weld Historic Preservation Commission
Forum, in Fort Lupton, CO, June 28, 2003.
- Training Discussion: The Secretary's Standards and Additions to Historic
Properties, August 27, 2003, presented by staff (Tunner).
Training: Awnings on Historic Buildings, October 8, 2003, presented by staff
(Tunner.)
Changes to Historic Preservation Ordinance and/or By -Laws
- None