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Sarah Kane
From:Jonathon Nagel <jmrnagel@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, September 20, 2021 11:35 PM
To:Jeni Arndt; Susan Gutowsky; Julie Pignataro; Tricia Canonico; Shirley Peel; Kelly Ohlson;
Emily Francis
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Comments for the historic designation of 528 W Mountain
Fort Collins City Council,
I am unable to attend tomorrows council meeting either in person or remotely, but have been following this process
closely and wanted to provide comment on the historic designation of 528 W Mountain. As a former sustainability
specialist for the City who focused on sustainable materials management, specifically construction and demolition
waste, I support the non-consensual designation of this property and encourage all of you to do the same. Combined
construction and demolition waste make up a substantial portion of the City’s waste stream and the majority of that
comes from demolition projects. It has been largely publicized and talked about, but do not let the meth contamination
be the reason this structure is lost. Meth contamination is undoubtably an important topic, but remediation work will
ultimately be less expensive than the cost of demolition and property disposing of contaminated materials. Counting the
embodied energy of the existing materials and off-set demolition waste preserving this home is the most sustainable
path forward. In general the City needs to do more to encourage the restoration, reuse and repurposing of existing
building inventory (while also requiring that all new structures built are built to be a 100+ year structures) in order to
meet its sustainability goals.
Beyond the environmental benefits of preserving this structure, the home itself is a beautiful example of late 1800’s
architecture with many victorian elements that contribute to a vibrant and diverse neighborhood in ways that a new
structure never will. As the owner of a late 1800’s home myself it would truly be devastating to both myself personally
and this community as a whole to lose this structure. I encourage Fort Collins to explore more ways to encourage
existing homeowners to voluntarily designate their properties, but when necessary in a case such as this we need to
approve non-consensual designations.
Thanks for your time and all the hard work you do for this community,
Jonathon Nagel
Real Estate Investor
jmrnagel@gmail.com
720-381-9618