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1 STATE OF COLORADO )
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4 I, Jason T. Meadors, a Registered Professional
5 Reporter and Notary Public, State of Colorado, hereby
6 certify that the foregoing proceedings, taken in the matter
7 of the CSU Performing Arts Center, and recorded on Thursday,
8 August 1, 2002, at 300 West Laporte Street, Fort Collins,
9 Colorado, was duly transcribed by me and reduced under my
10 supervision to the foregoing 65 pages; that said transcript
11 is an accurate and complete record of the proceedings so
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13 I further certify that I am not related to, employed
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16 Attested to by me this 21st day of August, 2002.
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1 says, "Jerry, why do we run away" -- "why do you guys run
2 away from CSU? Why do people run away?" I said, "I don't
3 know, Mr. Boromi, but here's a golden opportunity to have us
4 run to CSU."
5 And I just want to close with that. Because he
6 really got me thinking, what can we do to avoid running
7 away? Well, we've got a chance to run to, and maybe your
8 direction and your staff'.s and the architects' and listening
9 to the citizens can make a big difference.
10 May we have a vote, please?
11 THE CLERK: Torgerson?
12 MR. TORGERSON: Yes.
13 THE CLERK: Carpenter?
14 MS. CARPENTER: Yes.
15 THE CLERK: Craig?
16 MS. CRAIG: Yes.
17 THE CLERK: Gavaldon?
18 MR. GAVALDON: Yes. Okay. The advisory plan is
19 disapproved. Thank you very much for your comments.
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1 think that's true. I don't think that's appropriate when
2 you're adding onto a historic structure, and I'd urge a
3 different approach as design continues.
4 So for those reasons, I'll be supporting the
5 motion as well.
6 MR. GAVALDON: Make my last comment, and that is,
7 Mr. Brian Chase, you have a real golden opportunity to
8 establish a good partnership with the community, the City of
9 Fort Collins, the historical groups, as lifelong citizens,
10 too, as I was born and grew up here in Fort Collins. And
11 I've seen a lot of good buildings, but I've seen some stuff
12 I have to shy away from.
13 This is a big opportunity for CSU to go out into
14 the community. And I missed one session to a family loss,
15 but I sat through the others and I followed through. And I
16 just wanted to say that, this is -- where we've gone, I
17 think we've made some good improvement in the last couple
18 weeks since you've been on -board. Thank you. However, you
19 have a golden opportunity to improve, to enhance, and to
20 facilitate our partnership. And when I talked to the vice
21 president, Jerry Boromi, echoed those words at the open
22 house I went to. And I think you have a golden opportunity
23 to carry forth his vision and his thoughts.
24 Because he had a good point he raised. we need
25 to have citizens come to CSU, not run away from CSU. He
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1 siting of this addition. It seems like, in a site with so
2 much green space around it, that you have a unique
3 opportunity to really properly add onto this building. And
4 that's unique in an urban setting, that you have all this
5 extra room. It's almost like green field development.
6 So I would also urge CSU to look at the other two
7 options that I think would probably be well supported by
8 everyone speaking against you tonight and probably by myself
9 as well.
10 I'd like to also say that the Secretary of
11 Interior standards were developed with broad support from
12 people all around the United States. The local historic
13 community, all their regulations, were developed with broad
14 support from our community.
15 And just because CSU can violate those things
16 doesn't mean they should. The fact that they're allowed to
17 by statute doesn't mean they should. It's clearly flying in
18 the face of all those that had an interest in developing
19 those standards.
20 So I'd like the Board of Agriculture, if they see
21 this, to give that serious consideration, and I'd like the
22 CSU team to give that serious consideration and work on what
23 is a real community resource, a major historical resource.
24 There was also some talk about the fact that this
25 design was sort of a form -follows -function approach, and I
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1 a sour taste in everybody's mouth. Instead of it being
2 something that the whole community is really behind and
3 appreciates and enjoys, it's going to, instead, be the wart
4 that ruined Fort Collins High School. And I really hate to
5 put it that bluntly, but I think it's really sad.
6 And I -- I would urge you to go back and take a
7 look if there's not some way that you can -- can make some
8 changes that would -- and in particular, location. But when
9 you're wiping out the whole gym front and you're taking the
10 green area out, this is really destroying the facade of a
11 really important building.
12 And I hope that you reconsider. I really hope
13 that the University comes to a different decision and tries
14 to be a little bit more cooperative with the community.
15 Thank you.
16 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Mikal?
17 MR. TORGERSON: Yeah, I -- I agree with pretty
18 much everything that was said, both by the audience and my
19 fellow board members.
20 I -- it's hard for me to imagine anything that
21 could be done architecturally that would mitigate the
22 terrible disservice of putting the building in front of the
23 old historic facade, was doing. I was probably just trying
24 to follow procedure there.
25 I absolutely agree that this is the improper
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1 MR. GAVALDON: Jennifer?
2 MS. CARPENTER: I have a couple of other
3 comments.
4 First of all, I have to say that I really have
5 been pretty disappointed in CSU in this project. And most
6 of the projects that -- that are done at CSU, I think, have
7 been done beautifully.
8 This is such an important building to the City of
9 Fort Collins. And I really feel like a lot of people have
10 really gone through the process with the University, trying
11 to make some kinds of compromises, trying to talk about
12 different things that could be done. And with each comment,
13 we came back to, nothing can be done. There will be no
14 changes.
15 And it seems to me that before this ever got out
16 into the public, it was decided how it was going to be done,
17 and there really wasn't any listening to the importance of
18 this building to the City of Fort Collins.
19 I understand that you have budget constraints.
20 Every private developer has budget constraints. Every
21 private developer could put more money in their pocket if
22 they do it just the way they want to do it.
23 But the Secretary of Interior standards were put
24 in place to allow adaptive reuse. And this is a wonderful
25 adaptive reuse. It's too bad that it's going to leave such
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1 Interior's, the criteria, I learned some things tonight from
2 the citizens. Thank you very so much for that.
3 You're right. The private sector would have a
4 hard time doing what they're doing tonight, and we need to
5 uphold our process and our standards. And I'm going to
6 support the denial on it for the location, primarily. The
7 character, I'm sorry, but sketches don't cut it for me, with
8 due respect. Because we've seen some projects in our past
9 reviews and we saw some drawings and all that, and we didn't
10 get the same product. So with due respect,.the architect
11 and the University will need to really, really work hard on
12 the architecture to really show what it is going to be,
13 because there are perceptions.
14 So based on that, I'm going, to support the
15 disapproval.
16 Any other comments? Sally?
17 MS. CRAIG: I'd just like to quickly say that I'm
18 glad we decided not to continue it, because I think we owe
19 Brian Chase a decision tonight so that he can go forward and
20 for us to make this process any longer really isn't fair to
21 CSU. And I think that my fellow board member, Jennifer,
22 capsulated it beautifully in regards to location. It's not
23 there. So why are we worrying about fixing the architect?
24 Because they've already said they aren't moving the
25 building.
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1 the whole building that I really don't believe that any
2 change in architecture is going to -- is going to make it
3 acceptable. And for those two reasons, I move we
4 disapprove.
5 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Do we have a second?
6 MS. CRAIG: Second.
7 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. It's been moved and
8 seconded. Brian, we'd like you to step down while we
9 confer. If we have a question, we'll have you back up.
10 Thank you very much. I didn't want to see you standing up
11 needlessly.
12 Okay. we have a motion for disapproval'of the
13 site plan for the University Center for the Performing Arts,
14 based on location, character, or -- any board members want
15 to make any additional motion, friendly amendments to, or
16 are you okay with this?
17 I'm going to support the motion for disapproval.
18 Fundamentally, the location. It should be on the east side.
19 Not the north, not on -- not on the west side. My family's
20 gone to that school, when I went to the other high school
21 here, but I have a high respect for FCHS and my friends
22 there, and I feel that the architecture of 1953 is very
23 compatible -- very important to pull forward to the
24 development.
25 And looking back at the Secretary of State
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1 MR. CHASE: You know, we're asking for approval
2 of the location of this site, and if there are issues about
3 refining the architecture, we're more than happy to work
4 with you on that. So we're asking for approval of the site.
5 MR. GAVALDON: Jennifer?
6 MS. CARPENTER: I'm going to make a comment, and
7 then I'm ready to make a motion. I think the applicant came
8 asking for location, character, and extent. I think we
9 should give him that. I don't feel that anything they can
10 do to this architecturally is going to change my vote,
11 because I do think the location affects the character.
12 So as far as the extent goes, I think Basil feels
13 that he can -- that they can work this out, given the amount
14 of space that they have.
15 You're right. If this was a private developer,
16 you guys wouldn't be here.. You wouldn't have gotten past
17 the door of the planning officer with this kind of a
18 proposal. But it's not. And the fact remains that we are
19 here. We do need to make a decision.
20 So I'm ready to make a motion. And I move that
21 we disapprove -- is that how I put it -- that we disapprove
22 the CSU Center for the Performing Arts site plan advisory
23 review on the basis of the location is unacceptable; the
24 character, I believe, is incompatible, partly because of the
25 location, because the location so affects the character of
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1 MR. TORGERSON: The question is, I guess, would
2 you be interested in developing the design any further
3 before September 5th, I guess?
4 MR. CHASE: We will.
5 MR. TORGERSON: Or would you just rather have us
6 vote on the entire project now?
7 MR. CHASE: That's your decision, sir. If you
8 ask, if you wish to continue it, we will provide additional
9 information if you're asking for it. You know, I asked for
10 a vote this evening because, again, my perception is, your
11 main concern and the staff's concern and what I've heard
12 articulated at the work session is the location issue.
13 MR. TORGERSON: Certainly.
14 MR. CHASE: I don't think we're going to have a
15 serious disagreement about architectural details. I think
16 the location is the issue. And if a majority of you feel
17 that you know what that decision is -- if you're really
18 telling me that you think that changing the architectural
19 facade in some way will influence your approval of the
20 location, I'm more than happy to work on doing that. Is
21 that what you're --
22 MR. TORGERSON: Would you be interested, then, in
23 containing tonight's vote to location? As the applicant,
24 that's your option, that we're suggesting earlier, that's
25 what they wanted to do.
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1 MR. TORGERSON: Brian or -- either Brian, I
2 guess. Do you feel like you would be willing or interested
3 in providing any additional information as it relates to the
4 actual architecture of the building?
5 MR. CHASE: Would be happy to do that. I have
6 not heard what exactly you specified. Most of the
7 conversation, my perception, is concern about the location.
8 And we are making a proposal that this is the location we
9 feel that we are presenting to you for your approval or
10 denial. And if there are other issues related to
11 architectural details, if -- we would be happy to provide
12 that subject to your approval of the project and we would
13 continue to work with you.
14 Our issue is not to be all or nothing. But it's
15 basically, if you're so inclined not to approve the
16 location, we'd like to know that tonight, rather than spend
17 a lot of additional time and effort and money in a design
18 that you are not inclined to approve. So I'd like some
19 direction in what you're looking to do.
20 MR. TORGERSON: Well, I guess as it relates to
21 character, your architect described these drawings as
22 character sketches, and we don't typically approve sketches.
23 We usually look at, is this architecture compatible and that
24 sort of thing.
25 MR. CHASE: Is there specific --
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1 MR. GAVALDON: Right.
2 MR. ECKMAN: So you can't wait past that meeting
3 that we have scheduled for September 5th. If you feel like
4 you don't have enough information tonight to make an
5 informed decision, I think you can wait in the hope that you
6 will get more information. But that if, ultimately, you
7 don't get any more information on it, then you're, again,
8 cautioned to vote even without the information, so as to not
9 have it be deemed to be approval by not having acted in a
10 timely manner.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Jennifer?
12 MS. CARPENTER: If we do veto it tonight and
13 voted to disapprove, could they then come back with more
14 information, if part of the disapproval was based on the
15 fact that we don't have enough information? Could they then
16 come back and request to come back with more information?
17 MR. ECKMAN: Sure. They could ask you -- they
18 could come back and ask you to rescind your earlier decision
19 because they have more information to present to you that
20 would persuade you otherwise. But they have no obligation
21 to come back, because you have voted disapproval, in that
22 scenario, and they could then proceed on to the State Board
23 for its decision. But that's a two-thirds vote with the
24 State Board.
25 MR. GAVALDON: Mikal?
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1 questions? Go ahead.
2 MR. TORGERSON: I think I'm able to make a
3 decision tonight on location. I would support moving
4 character and probably even extent to the September 5th
5 docket. But we'd have to make a decision then, because lack
6 of decision is interpreted as approval, and certainly not
7 ready to approve those two items.
8 MR. GAVALDON: Jennifer?
9 MS. CARPENTER: I'm really comfortable with
10 location as well. As far as the rest of it goes, the
11 extent, I -- we really don't have that information.
12 Character, I guess I waiver a little bit more on, because I
13 think that the location of it affects the character so much
14 that I think that has -- kind of takes care of it. But if
15 other board members are not comfortable with character at
16 this point, I would support voting for location, or doing a
17 motion on location, and having that be the only thing that
18 we decide tonight, and in moving the rest.
19 MR. GAVALDON: Let me ask Paul a process
20 question. Paul, can we split up the three, the criteria,
21 and vote on particular items and defer the other items by
22 continuing?
23 MR. ECKMAN: well, I want to caution you that you
24 must vote on this within 60 days or it will deemed to be
25 approval.
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1 MR. CHASE: Okay. Yes, sir. Thank you.
2 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you. Okay. Cameron and
3 Paul, we've got an interesting -- an interesting approach to
4 this. If the application was July 19, 60 days, roughly,
5 would be September 19th.
6 MR. GLOSS: We have a September 5th hearing.
7 Also one on August 15th.
8 MR. GAVALDON: August 15th or September 5th?
9 MR. GLOSS: Correct.
10 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. I happen to agree with
11 Mikal on a number of points. If a private sector brought
12 something like this, I couldn't make a decision to support
13 it. In fact, the private sector wouldn't even make it to
14 the docket unless he was ready to go with something that had
15 some substance.
16 For example, this district brought in the high
17 school, elementary school. They were rather complete
18 projects that we have seen, and we were able to give a
19 recommendation to that, looking at our partners in the
20 County, too, as your partners.
21 I would be open to a continuance until we see
22 something, until September 5th, of substance that can help
23 us on location, character, and extent. Just my preliminary
24 thoughts.
25 Any other thoughts or any other comments or
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1 MR. CHASE: My concern is, I would like to see
2 you vote this evening. We've asked for approval. I think
3 the issues you've raised about different things that we
4 address, that we guarantee we will meet the storm drainage
5 requirements of the City. If there are specific things
6 involved in architectural detail that you wish us to provide
7 you as we develop the site, we're more than willing to work
8 with the staff to do it. We want this to be a good
9 project.
10 But we'd like a vote this evening. We'd like to
11 know, do you or do you not approve the project? And
12 hopefully, you would approve, maybe subject to some
13 conditions of coming back for design control, which we're
14 willing to do, but we'd like to see you vote this evening
15 and not do a continuance.
16 MR. TORGERSON: It does seem -- I'm certain that
17 a lot of developers in the private sector would like to do
18 the same thing, get approval and assure staff that they'd
19 work with them and make something nice. It's a bit
20 unorthodox to come with very preliminary information,
21 frankly, and expect us to make decisions based on that. And
22 I guess that's why I'm asking this, because I don't think --
23 aside from location, I don't think I'm able to even make an
24 intelligent.decision as to whether or not this is compatible
25 in terms of character and extent.
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1 have, I'm pretty confident they can get enough detention.
2 The only question is, when they drain it into our system
3 here, there's a water line or something in the way, like
4 potentially, there's a conflict. But, you know, I'm pretty
5 sure those can be worked out.
6 So as far as I'm concerned, I think we can safely
7 say that they can be dealt with but we don't have enough
8 detail to say, you know, they are dealt with at this point.
9 But I'm pretty confident with the room they have, they might
10 have to move some of this track, which, you know, may affect
11 the character to put the water here, but you know, they
12 resod things. It can be done.
13 MR. TORGERSON: Okay. Thanks.
14 MR. HERMAN: Does that answer your question?
15 MR. TORGERSON: Yes. Thank you.
16 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you, Basil. Any other
17 questions? Are we getting chose on a motion with the
18 advisory? Or make any comments before the motion?
19 MR. TORGERSON: Cameron, when was application
20 made?
21 MR. GLOSS: It was July 19th, so we have a fair
22 amount of time if the Board wishes to delay the action.
23 It's 60 days from the day of formal submittal.
24 MR. TORGERSON: Okay. Brian, you wanted to add
25 something to that?
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1 northeast corner of the site, that they proposed to
2 discharge into it. And that system eventually drains into
3 Spring Creek.
4 That system is built -- I guess -- so, anyway,
5 this is the intersection where they're proposing to drain
6 their site. They're proposing to put in a detention in this
7 location, and they haven't really sized it. They showed it
8 on a conceptual basis on a plan, saying that they could put
9 detention in here, drain the area, all the additional
10 impervious area drainage to the back here, and then our
11 system, as I mentioned, is in this area, on the -- at this
12 intersection, and then that goes down, generally, to the
13 south and drains into Spring Creek.
14 So their proposal is to place a detention pond
15 there. As I mentioned, it's just a conceptual plan, and so
16 it was not reviewed fully because it was kind of saying
17 that, yeah, it can work, we can make it work, and this is
18 where we plan on -- how we plan on doing it, but we don't
19 have the full design plans for it.
20 MR. TORGERSON: So would you be comfortable
21 making a recommendation in terms of extent? They're
22 proposing a certain amount of new impervious areas. Would
23 you be comfortable in making a recommendation whether or not
24 that extent can be dealt with according to our codes?
25 MR. HERMAN: With the amount of open space they
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1 about whether or not the storm drainage is resolved. It
2 seems like -- is he -- oh, great.
3 MR. GAVALDON: Finally, Brian, and CSU staff, I'd
4 like to thank you for the drawings and detail you've
5 provided, they've been helpful, and the changes made. We
6 appreciate you updating us.
7 Basil, I believe you have some questions from
8 Mikal.
9 MR. TORGERSON: Hi, Basil.
10 MR. HERMAN: Hello. My name is Basil Herman.
11 I'm with the City of Fort Collins storm water utility.
12 MR. TORGERSON: The question I had is, we heard'
13 earlier that there were issues about the storm water, that
14 there were probably ways to resolve them, but they hadn't
15 been resolved? And it sort of relates to our criteria and
16 location and extent and character. I'm wondering if it's
17 appropriate for us to make a decision about extent when
18 extent really relates to, you know, this enormous new
19 parking lot and these additional impervious areas. Are you
20 comfortable --
21 MR. HERMAN: Yeah, I can answer. The applicant
22 has not prepared a full drainage report. What they showed
23 us is a utility plan that shows us a potential location for
24 detention and a potential outfall. We have a storm drainage
25 system -- I don't know if you have a map up that is on the
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16 Go ahead.
17 MR. TORGERSON: Is Basil around?
18 MR. GAVALDON: Is Basil around?
19 MR. GLOSS: It's my understanding that he would
20 be here.
21 MR. TORGERSON: We'll get him back.
22 MR. GLOSS: Probably.
23 MR. TORGERSON: Okay. Maybe, to express my
24 thought here, is it seems like maybe we could even make a
25 real judgment about extent when there are major questions
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17 model? It was brought up by a citizen, and I believe we
18 requested it last week.
19 MR. GLOSS: That's up to the applicant.
20 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Can someone from the
21 applicant let us know why we didn't have a model here
22 tonight? That was a nice model that you had at work
23 session.
24 MR. CHASE: Mr. Chairman, quite honestly, we
25 didn't bring it because that really wasn't part of the
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1 discussion of -- we had about what we'd present to convince
2 you. I mean, I think the issue we were concerned about were
3 showing the architectural details and not the model. I
4 don't think we were trying to hide anything. You know,
5 someone earlier commented, well, why didn't they bring the
6 model, that we could move it around.
7 I mean, I made a point of showing, there are a
8 variety of ways you could design this building and move
9 things around. We didn't have the physical model, but we
10 certainly aren't trying to disguise or hide anything. We're
11 showing the best design. So it just was what -- we didn't
12 think it was necessary to bring it, and I didn't get any
13 requests to bring it, so I'm sorry.
14 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Thank you. we'll just do
15 what we can with the drawings. Thank you.
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20 Historical Society, and I asked him about, could we
21 individually place the building on the national register and
22 the state register, and he said, "Well, that's not really
23 necessary because it's already contributing to the register
24 districts." He said, "You could if you want, but we'd have
25 to get the owner's permission to do that."
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1 On the other hand, we could determine if it's
2 eligible for the national register and state register
3 individually, and he said, "I'd be very happy to entertain
4 that if you'd like to do that." He said, "It would be very
5 eligible to be eligible."
6 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. But it's on the listing for
7 the district. Is that the -- it's a list -- it's on a list
8 that is part of the district?
9 MS. TUNNER: Yes. It's a contributing building
10 in the national and state register districts.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Thank you very, very much
12 for that clarification.
13 Okay. Any other board questions? Member
14 questions?
15 Okay. If I can continue on. Cameron, we didn't
16 get the model tonight. Any reason why we didn't see the
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23 the top page. It is in the book -- in the national register
24 book, in Washington, is a listing. I don't remember what
25 number it was on the list, but it has a number, and it's --
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1 that puts it as a contributing building in the Laurel school
2 national register district.
3 In 1994, there was a state register passed, I
4 believe, that said if you're on the national register,
5 you're on the state register, too, and of course, it was
6 locally landmarked in 1994, which is an even stronger
7 designation, because it controls any changes to the exterior
8 of the building. It's our local landmark -- our local
9 designation set up by the people of Fort Collins to protect
10 their landmarks.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. So this refutes CSU's claim
12 that it is not -- it is actually on the listing.
13 MS. TUNNER: Yes.
14 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. I just wanted to get that
15 clear, because then we're listening to the conversation and
16 hearing yes and no, but now --
17 MS. TUNNER: Yes, that is a confusion. In
18 addition, I've spoken with Dale Heckendorn, who is the state
19 and national registered coordinator for the Colorado
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25 please. Some of the folks from Landmark Preservation,
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1 Historic Fort Collins, have said this is on a local, state,
2 and national register, and then we heard from you that it is
3 not. Can you help me, help us understand, is it really or
4 is it not really, and do we have documentation that says the
5 school is on all three registers?
6 MR. CHASE: Again, I have to -- being new to this
7 process now, I'd prefer to refer to your staff, who I'm sure
8 probably knows better than I do.
9 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Let me ask the Historic
10 Landmark Preservation and maybe can have you back up for
11 more questions, sir.
12 Someone from Landmark or Historic Fort Collins
13 can come up and talk to us about the national historic
14 register.
15 Thank you, Brian, very much.
16 MS. TUNNER: I'm Carol Tunner. I'm City staff to
17 the Landmark Preservation Commission and in charge of the
18 design review to designated properties.
19 Fort Collins High School was placed on the
20 national register as a contributing building in 19 -- I
21 believe 1977. It's listed on the register. I gave
22 Mr. Gloss a copy of that listing with national register on
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1 our intent to exclude parking and landscaping along the
2 north edge of the site, and we would comply with the City
3 regulations for that type of thing. So we'll continue to
4 work with you, if that answers your question. We are
5 asking --
6 MR. TORGERSON: Okay. I guess we're just more
7 accustomed to seeing applications with fully -developed site
8 plans and fully -developed engineering and fully -developed
9 architecture, and for us to make a judgment about location,
10 character, and extent. I think we're able to make a
11 judgment relative to location today, but not character.
12 MR. CHASE: And I appreciate what you're saying.
13 And I think, you know, we do have.the traffic study that
14 shows that there is not going to be a major impact, much
15 less than the high school ever did, and is something you can
16 work with, as well as we will meet the City standards for
17 the drainage issues and retention of the water on the site
18 and that. And I think if the primary concern you've got is
19 architectural design issues, I can give your our assurances,
20 again, we will work with staff on those issues. We want the
21 building to be as nice as possible. It's always been our
22 goal.
23 MR. TORGERSON: Okay. Thank you.
24 MR. GAVALDON: Brian, could you stay up here,
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24 concern that you point out that you would like reviewed.
25 Just as when Cameron and I talked this afternoon, it was not
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1 MR. CHASE: I can't speak for my predecessors and
2 what the reason for that is. Everything takes on a schedule
3 of its own, and they have been working on it. Most of -- I
4 can tell you a big part of it is the internal design of the
5 building has been the primary concern, about how we come up
6 with a project that is financially feasible and meets the
7 user needs. A lot of the work sessions we've been having
8 with users of the building, music, theater departments, so
9 on, is how do we make the internal design of the building
10 work.
11 And it's the old issue of form follows function.
12 We had to have something that functionally works before we
13 could work on the form. And I think, basically, we've put
14 more effort into the design of the exterior after the last
15 work session.
16 MR. TORGERSON: That's apparent. Okay. Well, I
17 guess that answers my question. My concern is that -- so is
18 your application today for approval of location, extent, and
19 character? Or is it for location and extent?
20 MR. CHASE: Mr. Chairman, I'd like to refer back
21 to the staff. I think we're asking for approval of the
22 project; and subject to approval, we would continue to work
23 with staff on the details, if there are some issues of
e
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1 approves it, and we have a project that we intend to have in
2 the community for the next 50 years. We expect that it will
3 be built, approved, and in a way that it will become part of
4 the community. So we have no desire to make you think that
5 whatever your action is tonight, we are not going to work
6 with you and your staff to get the best project possible.
7 MR. TORGERSON: That wasn't why I was asking.
8 MR. CHASE: Okay.
9 MR. TORGERSON: I guess the fact that you're
10 saying you're going to continue to work on the design is the
11 root of my'question. It doesn't seem like we have real
12 architecture here that we can make a decision about
13 character on.
14 MR. CHASE: Okay. And Mr. Chairman, to respond
15 to that is, we have -- I don't know that I would say we
16 tried to separate the site from the design part as much as
17 we're moving along with that and we wanted to have a process
18 where we would say, how can we be responsive. We will
19 develop it in more detail. We tried to be responsive to the
20 comments we heard in the last work session, and we'll flesh
21 that out as best as we can as we continue now and work with
22 you on that. Does that help?
23 MR. TORGERSON: Perhaps. Out of curiosity, why
24 wouldn't you have developed the architecture more before you
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1 questions of applicant and staff.
2 We jotted down some notes, and I'm sure we'll
3 probably capture as many of the citizens' inputs or
4 questions that were brought up as much as we can.
5 So Board members, do you want to start off with
6 some questions? Mikal?
7 MR. TORGERSON: Brian, if you could come up --
8 Brian Chase, I'm sorry. Got two Brians here.
9 Brian, in the two earlier work sessions that you
10 folks came to, you had mentioned that -- we've got a lot
11 more architectural detail -- there's a mosquito here --
12 we've got a lot more architectural detail now than we had in
13 those work sessions, but at the time, you were indicating
14 that the reason you didn't necessarily have all that detail
15 is that you were really looking for input as it relates to
16 the location. And you were even talking about possibly
17 separating the approval of location, extent and character,
18 into separate approval processes.
19 Are you still interested in doing that?
20 MR. CHASE: I -- you know, I don't remember
21 saying that exactly that way. What I can tell you is what I
22 told Cameron, is regardless of your vote tonight, we're
23 committed to make this site work well. And we will work
24 with you and the staff when we continue with the design,
25 assuming that you approve it or the State Board of ours
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23 we were working with the University Center for the Arts site
24 plan advisory review, and we went through a presentation and
25 public input. And we will now proceed on the Board
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1 What I'm asking.you to do this evening is, while
2 I agree with a lot of the things that have been said, I
3 think the importance of historic preservation has been
4 important, we're looking at a variety of other priorities
5 and other things as well as looking at the importance of
6• historic preservation.
7 We really feel the plan we've presented preserves
8 not only the essential historic nature of the building; it
9 also enhances it in terms of adds to the building; and yes,
10 there's a compromise there in terms of what some people
11 would like to do, in terms of preserving the building
12 exactly.the way it is. And that is not what we're about and
13 that's not what we're presenting to you this evening.
14 We are proposing a project that we think is
15 worthy for your consideration, and we're asking for your
16 approval. Thank you.
17 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you, Mr. Chase. Thank you
18 very much. We're going to take a ten-minute break and then
19 come back with some questions and our decision after we've
20 .had our questions. So we'll take a 10-minute break.
21 (Recess.)
22 MR. GAVALDON: Good evening, and welcome back.
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1 people that might be listening and thinking we're violating
2 those interior standards that we're obligated to go with.
3 I think the issue we're looking at is, as a
4 -University and as someone who is director of facilities, I
5 do take serious the idea that we are custodian of certain
6 historic structures on the campus.
7 When we look at this building, we are not looking
8 at just strictly a historic preservation issue. We are
9 looking at a commitment the University has made to preserve
10 this structure in the community, make it a living, important
11 part of the community, preserve the impact it might have to
12 the neighborhood if we were to consider some of the other
13 options that people are advocating.
14 We think that this is a good plan. I think, you
15 know, the person who spoke last here, what are people going
16 to think 20 years from now? And I'd like to say the same
17 thing. what will it be viewed as in 20 years? If we do
18 this addition the way we want, if we do the architecture,
19 which even your own staff agrees is.sensitive to the design
20 of the building, we think it is a good, adaptive reuse of
21 the facility.
22 In a pure world, with unlimited budgets, we could
23 redesign things and meet everyone's expectations. In the
24 real world we're dealing with, I have competing obligations,
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20 like to come up and offer a rebuttal?
21 MR. CHASE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't
22 think it's really a rebuttal. I think there are issues that
23 I'd just like to mention.
24 one is that this is not on the national register.
25 That's really not the issue. I want to clarify that for
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23 complete, unacceptable, architectural option.
24 I know that as a planning commission, you have a
25 very difficult task in front of you. You have to make the
1 decisions all the time that will affect this community for a
2 great while.
3 In this particular case, this decision may be
4 seen as one of your greatest legacies, in fact. This
5 particular building and its addition will be there because
6 it's such a prominent part of this community, and people
7 will be driving by 20 years from now and saying, "Why did
8 they put that addition on the front end of the building?"
9 So I, again, would like to support the comments
10 that were made by staff, by the rest of the audience
11 tonight, and urge you to make a recommendation of, if not
12 denial, at least a recommendation for either option B or C
13 to the applicant for revising this plan. Thank you.
14 MR. GAVALDON: Do we have anyone else who would
15 like to come down and speak to the board about the pending
16 advisory review?
17 Okay. Seeing none, I'll close public input. At
18 the discretion of the board, we'll go ahead and offer the
19 applicant a five-minute surrebuttal. Mr. Chase? Would you
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25 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much. Yes, ma'am.
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1 MS. LEFLEITNER: Thank you. Elizabeth
2 Lefleitner. I own two properties in the neighborhood, and
3 I'm also an alumnus of Fort Collins High School. And I'm
4 delighted to see that it looks like it's going to be
5 preserved and put to such good use as a performance
6 facility. I'm really pleased about that.
7 But I echo everything I'd heard this evening,
8 that I think it would be a shame to not be consistent with
9 the historic preservation of the building. And so I also
10 oppose the current proposal. Thank you.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you.
12 MR. LANDERS: Hi. My name is Martin Landers.
13 I'm a resident of the neighborhood. I live at 1418 Whedbee
14 Street. And I agree with almost all of the comments I've
15 heard here tonight as well. This neighborhood is an
16 incredibly beautiful neighborhood. That structure is an
17 icon of the neighborhood. The historic character of it is
18 incredibly important to this -- even the intent of the
19 neighborhood conservation zoning district.
20 And it would seem to me to be a great shame,
21 especially when there's two other excellent options, option
22 B and option C, to put forward what I consider to be a
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1 Fort Collins has a few icons. The first provided
2 by Mother Nature is Horsetooth Rock. And the second being
3 provided by our pioneer ancestors is probably the Linden
4 Hotel building, the linchpin of the Old Town business
5 district. Surely the historic vista provided by old Fort
6 Collins High School for four generations of Fort Collins
7 citizens would be another.
8 Just last fall, this board denied a request by
9 the City to place a homeless shelter at the rear of the old
10 power plant on North College Avenue on the grounds that it
11 would destroy the historic fabric of the site. That
12 decision was upheld on appeal by City Council.
13 50 years ago, old Fort Collins High School and
14 the old power plant were the bookends of this city. Before
15 the construction of I-25, one drove to Denver on what is now
16 Highway 287; and as you returned to Fort Collins, you
17 crossed Prospect Road, just a narrow dirt road at that time.
18 But when you saw the gleaming pillars and the soaring tower
19 of old Fort Collins High School, you knew you were home.
20 Please don't allow the local, state, and national
21 designation of this historic site to be put in jeopardy by
22 this project. Please recommend against this project as
23 presented.
24 Thank you.
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1 If the members had violated those standards, as well as City
2 code, this site would lose its historic designation, and I
3 suspect the commission members would have been in a world of
4 trouble.
5 Lacking approval, it was suggested that '
6 facilities and the architects rethink the placement of the
7 concert hall, perhaps placing it to the north or to the east
8 of the historic building and return to the LPC at a later
9 date for approval. They have not done so.
10 The design they're presenting tonight is not the
11 same design presented to the LPC. In fact, it seems to have
12 enlarged a bit from apparently 25,000 feet to 28,000 feet.
13 The materials to be used are still vague and the placement
14 is the same.
15 In a conversation with Mr. Chase on June 7th, I
16 understood that certain unnamed wealthy benefactors are
17 donating funds for this project. Now, philanthropy for the
18 arts is most certainly to be encouraged. However, in this
19 country, we live under a system of laws designed to apply to
20 all alike, whether rich or poor.
21 CSU apparently plans to take advantage of a
22 loophole in the state statute exempting them from local
23 ordinances. I'm sure this board, like the LPC, endeavors to
24 treat all applicants in a fair and even-handed manner. Not
25 to do so invites public scandal.
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1 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much.
2 Do we have any others who would like to come on
3 down? Please come on down.
4 MS. WATROUS: Mr. Chairman, members of the board.
5 My name is Myrne Watrous. I'm a past president of the Fort
6 Collins historical society and a 50-plus year alumna of old
7 Fort Collins High School. I'm also a member of the City of
8 Fort Collins Landmark Commission. I'm speaking here tonight
9 as a private citizen.
10 In 1994, the then -owner of the property at 1400
11 Remington was bought by Poudre R-1 School District, owned it
12 then, for local landmark designation. And this designation
13 was granted by the LPC, unanimously, at a public hearing
14 July 26th, 1994.
15 On November 14, 2001, the current owner of old
16 Fort Collins High School, Colorado State University, came to
17 the LPC for a conceptual schematic of this proposed concert
18 hall addition; and as according to Fort Collins code, the
19 LPC must review and approve any proposed exterior changes to
20 local landmarks before a building permit can be issued. And
21 of course, we do use the Secretary of Interior standards.
22 And as Agnes Dix said, this particular project
23 violates six of the ten applicable standards. Indeed, one
24 of the building's architects suggested that the commission
25 members violate those standards in making their decision.
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24 for the City of Fort Collins to lose this treasure at the
25 hands of the University. Thank you.
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1 rehabilitating -- for the rehabilitation of such buildings.
2 Even by the most generous interpretation of those standards,
3 the University's plan for the high school will violate six
4 of these standards.
5 Rather than read through them, I will bring to
6 your attention standard number 9, and I quote, in part: New
7 additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction
8 will not destroy historic material, features, and spatial
9 relationships that characterize the property, unquote.
10 The planned addition to the high school
11 overwhelms the original building. It diminishes rather than
12 enhances. It neither refers to nor respects the original
13 structure and fabric.
14 I'm certain that if this proposed plan is put
15 forth by a private developer, the University would be among
16 the first to oppose it. I know that CSU has the resources
17 and vision to create a plan that enhances both the community
18 and the University and respects its history.
19 It's incumbent on us to insist that the
20 University meet their responsibilities and this challenge.
21 I strongly urge the University to reevaluate and redesign
22 these plans so they are in compliance with the spirit and
23 letter of the Secretary's standards. It would be a tragedy
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1 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much. Ma'am?
2 MS. DIX: Good evening. My name is Agnes Dix.
3 I'm a current member of the Landmarks Preservation
4 Commission. But I'm speaking tonight as a private citizen
5 and a 35-year resident of Fort Collins.
6 I have degrees in art and anthropology and taught
7 both at the University level. For 12 years, I was curator
8 of education at the Fort Collins Museum. Over the year, I
9 conducted many tours and programs on the architecture and
10 history of Fort Collins. I'm deeply committed to this city,
11 both its past and its future.
12 As part of my interest in architectural history,
13 I have been fortunate to take several of the many courses
14 the University offers in preservation. I'm especially sad
15 to be here tonight because I considered CSU a strong
16 advocate for preservation in Fort Collins.
17 It's easy enough to advocate preservation. We
18 want to see the.University implement those preservation
19 standards and -- and has its -- its -- the preservation
20 standards it has long advocated.
21 Old Fort Collins High School was designated a
22 historic landmark at the local, state, and national level.
23 Buildings with this designation are governed by standards
24 set by the Secretary of the Interior. There are 10
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20 The purpose of the National Historic Preservation
21 Act was to preserve the character, the historic character,
22 of our community. This is a primary landmark. It shows the
23 historic character of Fort Collins. And I hope that you
24 will support the landmark's preservation ordinance and stand
25 for preserving that character. Thank you.
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23 primary facade of the building that the people would see.
24 Certainly, additions could be added to the back
25 of the building, to the side of the building, using
1 additions or anything that would keep clear what the
2 original building was.
3 Since that time, I started working for the State
4 of Wyoming in 1985 and worked for their state historic
5 preservation office, and for seven years, I reviewed all
6 projects at the State, Federal, and local level that could
7 have impact on the character of historic buildings.
8 During that time, I went to a lot of different
9 conferences where we discussed the Secretary of Interior
10 standards. We discussed problems like this. I must say
11 this in all of my discussions, though, I have not seen one
12 architect that -- at any of those conferences I went to that
13 would have said that this met the Secretary of Interior
14 standards.
15 First, you've got a complete intrusion on the
16 primary facade of that building. When you look at the
17 building, you don't think it's a colonial revival building
18 if you're looking at this modern structure based on the
19 front of it.
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1 I agree with Janet Orr that we're living in a
2 time of rapid change.We're living in a time that we need
3 to reaffirm to ourselves who we are as a people. And I
4 think we have an obligation, therefore, to realize the
5 historic character of our public monuments. So thank you.
6 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much. Anyone else?
7 Please?
8 MS. MANSEY: Rita Mansey, 1400 Freedom Lane.
9 In 1976, the national government passed the
10 National Historic Preservation Act, and in the late 1970s, a
11 group of architects, urban planners, historians, met in
12 Washington to write the Secretary of Interior standards for
13 rehabilitation.
14 They realized they had a pretty daunting task
15 because there were a lot of different viewpoints that came
16 into this, but one of the things they wanted to do was to
17 allow the use of historic buildings for modern purposes.
18 Yet on the other hand, they wanted to protect the most
19 important historic features.
20 They realized that in order to do that, if you
21 were going to restore or rehabilitate a historic building,
22 that one of the major things you need to protect was the
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1 '53 building, going on down the street. And also because it
2 related to the parking way across the street.
3 There wasn't much mention about parking,
4 additional parking, north and east of the big, current
5 building. So now all of a sudden, I see a lot of additional
6 parking there. So what happened to the argument about all
7 the parking is going across the street?
8 My kids went to Fort Collins High, and they
9 parked as close as they could. And I would do the same if I
10 were going to a performing arts center. I wouldn't park
11 across the street, go under the viaduct and get to that
12 performing arts center. I'd find local street parking.
13 So we'd like to continue the train and have the
14 addition put on the north side. Thank you.
15 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much. Yes, sir?
16 Please?
17 MR. FEEGEE: Hi. Mark Feegee. I'm associate
18 professor of history at Colorado State University. I just
19 want to offer my support of everything that everyone has
20 said thus far, especially in terms of supporting the
21 Secretary of Interior standards; but I want to add something
22 to that, and I think that it's our moral and ethical
23 obligation, duty, to respect the integrity of our public
24 monuments, and I feel that the proposed addition does not do
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1 a scale, so I can't tell. It just visually looks that way,
2 so that was one question.
3 Like everybody else said, what happened to our
4 landmark ordinance? We designated the structure. We did
5 not designate -- or not designate the 1953 addition. We did
6 designate that. So why all of a sudden can someone come
7 along who has what they think is a higher and better purpose
8 and obliterate it, say it's not worth it, and do all sorts
9 of warm fuzzy material things and the fenestration as
10 related to the azimuth of the original relationship of the
11 solar angle of the 1953 sun goddess of the performing arts
12 center.
13 You know, it's -- materials, everything, all the
14 articulation, the style, the spacing, all the proportions,
15 are all great. Just take the thing and move it around to
16 the north side of the existing gym.
17 If fund-raising is a problem, they've done a good
18 job of fund-raising and they say they have a budget
19 constraint. Why don't they go out and do some more
20 fund-raising and make up the difference?
21 And the last thing -- or two last things. At a
22 presentation that was at the Landmark Preservation
23 Commission, there was a lot of mention about stopping the
24 train. In other words, putting this building in front of
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1 An addition like this, with a $7 million
2 investment, should be the very best, shouldn't be a
3 make -do -with -the -budget -that -we -have -now proposal. If there
4 aren't sufficient funds, wait. Do it right the first time.
5 Undoing it is a very difficult proposal, and the project
6 configuration, I don't think, is in keeping with the rest of
7 that building. I can't make myself think it is. Thanks
8 very much.
9 MR. GAVALDON: Thanks. Appreciate it. Anyone
10 else, please come to down. We have two -- two microphones.
11 MR. FRICK: Thank you. I'm Bud Frick. I'm a
12 member of the Landmark Preservation Commission and also a
13 citizen of Fort Collins.
14 First of all, I have to -- I had to get up here
15 soon, because otherwise, I'm going to say ditto to everybody
16 who was up here before, so ditto to Alyson, Janet, and
17 Ralph.
18 I noticed that the applicants didn't bring a
19 model. The last time we had a public meeting, there was a
20 model, and they didn't have part of it glued down, and_we
21 were able to move the addition around to a more suitable
22 location. And I noticed it's not here tonight.
23 I'm curious -- it looks like on the drawings that
24 the corners line of the addition is actually higher than the
25 corners line of the original 1924 building, but I don't have
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1 place. And the old Fort Collins High is crucial to
2 understanding the unique character in history in Fort
3 Collins, so I think it's absolutely crucial that we don't
4 diminish our sense of place by fundamentally transforming
5 the exterior of Fort Collins High with a big addition to the
6 front. Thanks.
7 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much. Sir?
8 MR. OLSEN: Good evening. My name is Ralph
9 Olsen. I'm a resident of Old Town. Over the years, I've
10 restored three old houses downtown. I presently live in a
11 designated property which carries with it some certain
12 responsibilities. If I, as a citizen, want to make a change
13 on the facade to my building, I pass through a review
14 process. The review process is intended to ensure the
15 architectural integrity, the historic fabric, of the
16 neighborhood I live in. I endorse that wholeheartedly.
17 I wanted to speak with you tonight, because I
18 wonder why the University wouldn't be held to the same
19 standard, inasmuch as they're citizens and residents of this
20 community.
21 We have a watch word in preservation effort that
22 we wouldn't want to do anything to the properties we're in
23 that couldn't be undone. There's a sense of stewardship
24 that comes along with temporarily owning a piece of
25 property. Nothing's forever.
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1 should not be destroyed.
2 And I've heard comments that the building is
3 plain, some people have called it ugly and they say it's
4 expendable. But in my view as an architectural historian, I
5 think the 153 addition is a really great example of a
6 modernist interpretation of classicism that very nicely
7 implements the original neoclassicism of the 1924 building.
8 And so I think it's really important, then, that the current
9 addition take its lead from the 153 addition and be
10 subordinate and respectful to the original 1924.
11 Classicism.
12 The other thing is that that 1953 addition is, in
13 itself, a perfect, great example, a high -style example, of a
14 type of trend in modernism after World War II called new
15 formalism, where they returned to classic ideas of symmetry
16 and interpreted them in a modernist sense. And I don't
17 think we should lose that part of our history as well,
18 because after all, it's now historic. And in addition to
19 that, our -- we don't want to lose our 150s-built
20 environment as well.
21 So lastly, my last point is that right now, Fort
22 Collins and the rest of the Front Range has been undergoing
23 a time of really rampant growth, and I think when that
24 happens, our built landscape undergoes tremendous change,
25 and we are in danger of losing our own unique sense of
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1 or withhold your approval or not recommend to the State
2 Board of Agriculture the addition onto the front that's
3 proposed for a couple of reasons.
4 First of all, to restate what Alyson McGee has
5 already said that, this addition to the front of the
6 building violates a basic fundamental principle of historic
7 preservation and that is that additions to historical
8 buildings should not detract from the historic building
9 itself. And as you can tell, any kind of a monolithic
10 structure on the front of this building is going to obscure
11 and detract from the 124 original building built in 1924.
12 So I think in no way should we allow this -- this
13 magnificent building, which is such an important landmark
14 for Fort Collins, to be diminished by an addition onto the
15 front of it. So that's my first reason.
16 My second reason for making this request is that
17 this addition is going to destroy that 1953 addition to the
18 original building. And that addition, in itself, is
19 historic and unique in its own right, separate from even the
20 1924. In other words, it is not just an ancillary feature
21 that can readily be worked around and destroyed. It's
22 historic in its own right, architecturally.
23 First of all, it's on the national register, so
24 it's been recognized for its significance. So following any
25 kind of preservation guidelines, it -- its historic fabric
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23 arts going into the old Fort Collins High School. But I do
24 have grave considerations about the addition to the front,
25 and I would request that the Planning and Zoning Board deny
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25 acquired that property.
24
1 So I feel, in a sense, and I think a lot of
2 people in the preservation community feel, that the
3 University was acquiring that landmark designation when they
4 acquired the building. And that building was designated
5 that way in order to protect it.
6 And I think that the University owes it to the
7 City and the citizens of Fort Collins to respect that
8 designation and, in so doing, follow the Secretary of
9 Interior standards.
10 Thank you.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you very much. We sure
12 appreciate it.
13 Would anyone else like to come up and speak to
14 the board? Please come on down. You don't have to raise
15 your hand. Feel free to step on up. We have a second
16 microphone for those who would be interested. Thank you.,
17 MS. ORR: Hi. My name is Janet Orr. I'm an
18 architectural historian. I teach architectural history at
19 CSU, and I've been involved in preservation in various
20 aspects for about 20 years now.
21 And I would like to say that overall, I very
22 much, I very heartily support the idea of the center for the
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1 preservation, is that buildings can continue to be used in
2 their historic -- you know, in the same way as their
3 historic use.
4 But I think it's really important for people to
5 understand that putting a large addition on the front of a
6 historic building very clearly violates the Secretary of
7 Interior standards for historic preservation, and those are
8 standards that have been adopted nationwide for historic
9 buildings and how they should be treated.
10 The Secretary of the Interior standards, just to
11 paraphrase, states that new additions will not destroy
12 historic features and spatial relationships that
13 characterize the property.
14 Putting an addition in front of that post -World
15 War II gymnasium addition clearly destroys those historic
16 features. And that gymnasium, although it's in the part of
17 the original -- or has been added to the original building,
18 has acquired a significance of its own, not only because of
19 its age, but because of the fact that it was the site of so
20 many important events for people who went to that -- that
21 high school over the years.
22 Another important point is that that entire
23 building, the gymnasium addition and the original building,
24 were locally landmarked. It was locally landmarked when CSU
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17 we'll grant you additional time as you represent a group.
18 MS. McGEE: Okay. I just wanted to make a couple
19 of brief statements.
20 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you.
21 MS. McGEE: As the head of facilities stated, I
22 think that the public does support the concept of the
23 project, and especially the fact that it is a historic
24 school and it's going to be continued to be used for
25 educational purposes. And that's always a goal of historic
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20 Unless the board has some questions, we'll go to
21 public input.
22 Okay. We're going to move to public input at
23 this time. And is there any -- I'd just like to know, is
24 there an organized group out in the audience? Anyone
25 represent an organized group? Yes, ma'am. And what group
1 do you represent?
2 Pardon me? I'm sorry. Come up and -- please.
3 MS. McGEE: My name is Alyson McGee, and I'm the
4 president of historic Fort Collins development corporation.
5 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. And if you would like,
6 we'll give you additional time above the four minutes.
7 MS. McGEE: I just wanted to make a couple of --
8 MR. GAVALDON: Just let them get their hands up
9 who's in --
10 MS. McGEE: Oh.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Any other groups out in the
12 audience?
13 Okay. If it's okay with the audience, we'll go
14 with your representation. And then anyone else who would
15 like to speak, we invite you to share any comments. We have
16 two podiums here, and time is four minutes per person, and
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22 trying to give the elevation some relief, stepping back, if
23 you will, from the outermost plane, being the primary brick
24 face, and then we start to develop this phase of relief that
25 are identified by the columns.
21
1 And up top, we're looking at some metal
2 detailing, a little more lighter feel that, again, picks up
3 off the -- in the new building, would be located here, but
4 we're trying to pick up some of the elements of the 124
5 building, which are located on these mansard ends, kind of
6 bookends, if you will, on the north and the south of the
7 1924 building.
8 The other element on top here is a precast
9 cornice line, very similar in look and feel to what is
10 currently on the 124 building. A little bit of relief
11 there, provides a nice cap, a nice line, clean line there,
12 for the top of the building.
13 So that's really and architecturally the main
14 elements. Brian, unless you have anything else, we'll turn
15 it back to you for comments.
16 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Thank you very much, Brian.
17 Thank you very much for sharing with us the changes you made
18 and the background information. It's been very informative.
19 Thank you.
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25 The cupola height is a hundred feet above -grade,
10481
1 so again, we're -- that's the high point, and we want to
2 respect that, as well as making sure that the main volume of
3 the new proposed addition is basically equal with the
4 existing building.
5 Architecturally, in terms of the approach and the
6 features, basically, what we have here is a character
7 sketch, trying to give a little more of the tactile and feel
8 nature of what the building will actually be like.
9 Primarily, we're looking at brick masonry to match the
10 existing building of the 124 vintage, bringing in some
11 column elements, basically trying to capture some of the
12 beautiful feel of the existing entrance to the former Fort
13 Collins High School.
14 And that, as you can see here, in the new
15 addition, would be located primarily at the entrance as well
16 as on the west side that fronts Remington. So, again,
17 trying to get some compatibility, looking for a fit here
18 between the new and the existing.
19 The second element to the kind of facade design,
20 if you will, is a precast base, again, to try to pick up
21 some of the elements on the existing building. We're also
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1 to support it.
2 I'd like to have Brian, the architect, who's
3 presented some of the things before, to maybe discuss a few
4 more of the details of how we've also revised the
5 architecture since the work session.
6 MR. FAGERSTROM: My name is Brian Fagerstrom. I
7 represent Slater Paull Architects. I've been hired by the
8 University to develop what is called the performance hall
9 phase, which is the privately funded phase of the project
10 that Brian Chase had mentioned, as well as the renovation of
11 the 1924, the 150s gymnasium, and the 180s addition to the
12 south of the 124 building. That project is on hold from the
13 State. So what we're looking at primarily is, again, the
14 concert hall, performance hall, piece of the project.
15 The current exterior design, as you can see, the
16 fly space that used to be located here, which was 70 feet
17 tall, has been eliminated. The main volume of the concert
18 hall is 47 and a half feet tall. As Cameron had mentioned,
19 that is basically equal to the height of the existing 1924
20 parapet wall. In this drawing, that is represented here.
21 The height of the mansard roof on the ends of the
22 124 building are 57 feet tall, so we're about 9 and a half
23 feet below, basically, the uppermost point on the ends of
24 the 124 building.
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1 cost-effective way of doing it. It's the way that's
2 affordable within the budget that we have. It's also the
3 issue that was brought up by different people with concern
4 about the fly, the area where you would store the sets.
5 The original presentation we made had a fly that
6 competed with the cupola. And that was the big issue we
7 discussed with our user group about being -- you know,
8 trying to be compatible with the architecture of that site,
9 and we have eliminated the fly. Part of that was a budget
10 decision, but quite honestly, I feel that I can represent
11 it, was because of remarks of concern that were made by the
12 commission. That was a primary goal we had, is how do we
13 get this addition more in line and in keeping with what your
14 concerns were for that.
15 We realize there's a value judgment here and
16 appreciate the fact that you're looking at that building as
17 a historic and important part of the community. We view it
18 the same way, too. We feel that through the architecture we
19, do, the landscaping, the siting of it, we're preserving the
20 building, we're preserving the most important elements of
21 the building, and making this compatible with the community
22 and something that has a lot of community support.
23 We realize there is that issue, architectural
24 concern, and that's a -- a value judgment. We're asking you
25 when you consider the whole project that you would see clear
19
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4 You're primarily looking at a site plan. We have to worry
5 about how the internal operation of the building goes. When
6 you look at putting on something to the east, we're
7 concerned about the neighborhood as well as you are.
8 One of the concerns we had is by putting the
9 building, primarily the concert hall, facing to the north,
10 you would adversely impact the neighborhood. You would
11 bring more traffic to that northern end. It would have an
12 impact on the planning commission member who's not voting
13 today who realizes, you know, there's an impact. It also
14 takes away the opportunity to take advantage of the parking
15 on the campus, which allows you to come through the tunnel
16 into the site.
17 So part of that concern was not only the impact
18 on the neighborhood but also, if you look at the uses within
19 the building, how they were laid out, it's moving people
20 through the building, how the public areas relate to the
21 educational areas, the back of the house areas, moving sets
22 and that, those uses just don't work. If we had a perfect
23 world and unlimited budget, we could do it.
24 The one exception I take to staff, they say this
25 is our cost-effective method. It isn't the most
18
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6 We agree with the staff when they say architecturally, we
7 tried to be responsive to you and we understand that the
8 main concern is the site plan.
9 And I just briefly would like to talk about a
10 couple of the issues -- can I move around and talk? Are you
11 hearing me okay?
12
MR.
GAVALDON: You
need to grab
the microphone.
13
MR.
CHASE: That's
fine. I can
do it from here.
14
MR.
GAVALDON: You
can take the
microphone with
15 you.
16 MR. CHASE: Great. Get rid of that, then.
17 MR. GAVALDON: There you go.
18 MR. CHASE: The main issue -- three of the issues
19 came up. One was, talking about in order to preserve the
20 facade of the addition, one of the commission members had
21 asked about that. We did a sketch of looking at how that
22 could be accomplished. The trouble with that is if you did
23 do that, it would push the building further out. It also
24 changes some of the internal uses. It also has an impact on
25 the landscaping setback, and it's about 800,000 or more to
17
1 do that. We didn't feel that was an option that we could
2 look at seriously.
3 Staff mentioned about looking at other options.
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9 what 2 felt was not done very well by the University, was
10 explain some of the issues that we have concerns.
11 We agree with two-thirds of what the staff has
12 said, which is, it is a good project. we've had over a
13 dozen events of various types, public meetings, Web site, a
14 lot of input from the community. People like the project.
15 We have a lot of positive responses to that. The last one,
16 Jan Carol was in the office, was someone who was involved in
17 the last event, being the 1952 reunion of all the graduates
18 from Fort Collins from previous years.
19 They liked the fact that we're working to
20 preserve the high school and do a good thing with it. We
21 have $7 million of donated funds to do the addition that
22 we're talking about. The legislature approved it. The
23 governor, who vetoed a number of other projects around the
24 state, specifically approved this project to allow us to go
25 ahead. Even some of the money that we had to do other
16
1 renovations in the building were not approved. But knowing
2 that there was that public support and private funds to go
3 ahead with it, it was approved by the governor.
4 What we're finding is, from the different events
5 that we've had, is that there is support for the project.
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11 you very much.
12 MR. CHASE: Thank you. Mr. Chairman, members of
13 the Commission, my name is Brian Chase. I'm the director of
14 facilities for Colorado State -- are you hearing? It's
15 okay? It's okay. Thanks. I was at the work session that
16 we had over a month ago, and my concern there was that we
17 presented some information. There was a lot of issues that
18 you raised of concern -- no.
19 MR. GLOSS: Pardon me. I'm sorry, Brian. Can I
20 interrupt for a second?
21 MR. CHASE: Yes.
22 MR. GAVALDON: Because we're recording this, come
23 to the microphones, that -- the mike at the podium here.
24 That would be preferable. You can use that as well.
25 MR. CHASE: Okay. Great.
15
1 MR. GLOSS: Sorry.
2 MR. CHASE: And again, for the record, I'm Brian
3 Chase, director of facilities. When we had the work
4 session, there was a number of issues that the commission
5 members expressed that we tried to respond to.
6 The concern I have is that at that point, you
7 know, some of the discussion was like, some of this isn't
8 negotiable. We have problems. And what I wanted to do was,
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14 came back to our Board with changes, we would have to
15 rescind the previous vote to hear it again
16 MR. ECKMAN: Sure, and that would be no problem.
17 You could do that.
18 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Paul, with the applicant's
19 presentation, we offer them 30 minutes for them to present.
20 25, 30 minutes. You may ask them -- that's not a hard and
21 fast rule. We can extend if it's necessary, okay.
22 So at this time, I'd like to have a
23 representative of the applicant come up. Typically, we
24 offer 25 to 30 minutes. With that, I'll give you an
25 opportunity; is that adequate?
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1 MR. CHASE: Yes, sir. That's fine.
2 MR. GAVALDON: 30, then?
3 MR. CHASE: We can do it within 30. No problem
4 at all.
5 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. And then we'll have citizen
6 input, and then if there is -- our process usually allows us
7 a surrebuttal by the applicant. So if there's a need for
8 it, we'll weigh it and we'll go from there, okay?
9 MR. CHASE: Yes, sir.
10 MR. GAVALDON: All right. It's all yours. Thank
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16 MR. ECKMAN: I don't know. The statute is silent
17 on that. It just says, in the case of disapproval, it may
18 be overruled by the governing body of the University by a
19 vote of not less than two-thirds of their membership. So
20 how they conduct their meetings and whether they allow
21 public input or not, programs the applicant could tell you,
22 because I've frankly never been to one of their hearings.
23 MR. GAVALDON: Okay. Jennifer, you may want to
24 ask the applicant that question when it comes to us in time.
25 Great.
13
1 MR. TORGERSON: Paul, you mentioned that it would
2 go to the Board of Agriculture. That's not necessarily a
3 given if CSU chose to respect the decision made by the
4 Board. Isn't that true? It's not a given that it would
5 necessarily go to the Board of Agriculture.
6 MR. ECKMAN: No, that wouldn't be a given. They
7 could change the plan to comply with your -- they may need
8 to come back to this board for another look at the plan in
9 that event, because you wouldn't know for sure that they had
10 changed it until you've seen it again.
11 MR. TORGERSON: Right. Great.
12 MR. GAVALDON: And that would come as asking the
13 Board to rescind the previous vote. Is that correct? If it
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19 MR. ECKMAN: It's Colorado Revised Statute
20 31-22-09, and I guess it's not quite like a recommendation
21 to the State Board of Agriculture, because this board makes
22 the final decision on this, subject to being overruled by
23 the State Board of Agriculture.
24 So, for example, if the project should be
25 approved by this Board, then it would not need to go to the
12
1 State Board of Agriculture for any further review or, as I
2 understand it, the name of that board is changing sometime
3 very soon in the next couple of weeks.
4 But if you disapprove of this plan, then the
5 University must take the matter to the State Board of
6 Agriculture, and it can only be overturned by a two-thirds
7 vote of its entire membership.
8 So I guess in the event of a disapproval, it does
9 become somewhat like a recommendation, because they take
10 your information and they are required to vote on it.
11 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you, Paul. Jennifer?
12 MS. CARPENTER: Paul, could you tell us a little
13 bit about that procedure? Is it like an appeal to our City
14 Council or is it -- can new information be put in at the
15 State Board of Agriculture? Is there public input there?
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21 have questions dealing with storm water staff over this last
22 week, in that we did get a very brief summary of the
23 potential design to deal with storm water impacts with the
24 addition.
25 And it wasn't as complete as we typically get,
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1 but the storm water staff is confident that the professional
2 designer that's been assigned to this project is well -versed
3 in the Fort Collins storm water regulations and that all the
4 options that they talked to them about are feasible. They
5 just haven't done the detailed analysis at this point, but
6 there's confidence by City staff that storm water
7 requirements can quite easily be met on the site, given the
8 open site area, particularly on the north side, east side,
9 of the site.
10 And with that, that's staff's recommendation, and
11 I'd certainly be willing to answer any questions you have.
12 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you, Cameron. Thank you
13 very much for an excellent presentation. If it's okay with
14 the Board, we want to move to the applicant's presentation?
15 MR. ECKMAN: Mr. Chairman, before we do that, I
16 just wanted to explain the operation of the statute just
17 briefly to the Board.
18 MR. GAVALDON: Oh, absolutely. Thank you.
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24 appropriate one. And essentially, based on the three
25 criteria, I wanted to go through our recommendation with
10
1 you.
2 The first being that relative to character, or,
3 excuse me, relative to location, that the location is
4 incompatible with historic spatial relationship of the
5 existing building, the park, the front lawn, streetscape
6 context, and the site and neighborhood.
7 On the second issue, that the character of the
8 addition is compatible with the historical building facade
9 and materials found on the existing building within the
10 immediate neighborhood.
11 And then lastly, that the extent of the addition
12 with regard to the proposed building square footage and
13 operational characteristics is compatible with the site and
14 neighborhood.
15 The staff report did indicate that we received a
16 traffic study. And we find that the impacts are nominal,
17 based on traffic generation within the neighborhood and
18 existing conditions.
19 Also, with respect to storm water, Basil Hampden
20 from the storm water utility is here this evening, if you
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1 the impact of the parked cars here along Pitkin Street. And
2 you would have a full complement of interior landscaping of
3 the parking lot, which we think is a very positive element.
4 Just some graphics that the applicant had
5 submitted, and we took a look at these at our work session.
6 I think also in our packet is in more tabular form an
7 analysis of each one of these and which types of draw -backs
8 each one of these proposals has, different options for
9 fronting the addition or siting it on the property. But
10 essentially, one thing that was looked at was putting the
11 performance hall largely to the east and putting a dance
12 addition here immediately behind the building.
13 And then the other -- another being immediately
14 to the north of the performance hall.
15 And then the last one, which is essentially what
16 you see before you, is the performance hall on the west
17 side, towards Remington Street.
18 The staff certainly has spent a lot of time
19 looking at this issue as well as the Board. And we
20 certainly understand the position that the University is in.
21 We understand the programmatic and financial constraints
22 that the University is under. But we still respectfully
23 disagree that the design option that was chosen was the
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1 street.
2 This is the 1953 addition that respected the
3 setback line of the original building, picked up on a lot
4 of, I think, what we've seen with the latest proposal, that
5 the architect back at that time did pick up on some of the
6 architectural elements of the original building without
7 exactly mimicking it, reflecting it in the brick treatment
8 and window placement.
9 This is also a local landmark element of that
10 building; and this is another shot of it showing the green
11 area in front, and from another angle, and the architect's
12 proposing this design will be, I think, coming forward with
13 either some graphics here that I think show the addition
14 quite well, how it would be projecting here in front of this
15 green area that's presently in front of the 153 addition.
16 The track in the back of the site would not be
17 modified in any way.
18 This is the Pitkin frontage. As I mentioned, the
19 site plan indicates that there would be -- creating some
20 additional parking on this frontage, as well as upgrading
21 the landscape. I did fail to mention in the staff report
22 that there is no landscaping proposed between the sidewalk
23 and the parking area. And we have talked to CSU since the
24 time of the application came in, and they're quite willing
25 to make that change and provide a landscape screen to soften
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3 at this element of the facade. This is the administration
4 building at CSU, and looking at this, I guess it's hard for
5 the staff to imagine that you would put an addition on this
6 building that would project into the space.
7 In fact, it's sited somewhat similarly to Fort
8 Collins High School in that the oval, which is somewhat off
9 the picture, just right off the picture here, does a curve
10 here just off the photograph, and you have the same spatial
11 relationship between the curve line and the face of the
12 building that you have with the Fort Collins High School
13 site.
14 Getting back to that beautiful building that's
15 Fort Collins High, as I mentioned, designed and constructed
16 around 1924. A wonderful neoclassical building. It is a
17 local landmark. It certainly contributes a lot
18 architecturally to this town as well as the whole historical
19 aspect, operating as a high school for so many decades. And
20 there's an analysis of the architectural character of this
21 building, the staff report. I think there are others that
22 will be speaking this evening about the historical
23 significance of this building.
24 And this is the pedestrian underpass under
25 College Avenue and the beautiful park right across the
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5 Denver, was designed by the same architect or actually, he
6 wasn't part of the team that designed this building. His
7 name is William Bowman. Quite well -know architect in
8 Denver. He designed several civic buildings throughout the
9 state, several schools, and he's very highly regarded within
10 this whole movement. You can see, if you think about Fort
11 Collins High School and you're relating it to this
12 photograph, you see that field of green in front and then
13 the neoclassical architecture in back and how well those
14 relate to each other.
15 The great example we have in Fort Collins, other
16 than this high school site, is the CSU oval area. It's just
17 a wonderful example, and this is kind of the classic shot
18 you think of the CSU campus, the walkway coming right down
19 through the middle of the oval.
20 What's interesting is the building that fronts
21 onto the oval. And again, you see it. This is a wonderful
22 building, Ammons Hall, which is on the north end of the
23 oval. Again, you see that relationship. You see the
24 architectural treatment.
25 And another wonderful example, we see these
7
1 columns, very similar to what you see in Fort Collins High
2 School. In fact, it's somewhat reminiscent, when you look
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8 architect that designed this building. It was designed, as
9 I said, back in 1924, completed rather quickly.
10 I think what really characterizes this period in
11 American design history is really a high regard for the
12 aesthetic quality of buildings and communities and the fact
13 that you have very spacious green areas around buildings,
14 and you can see it here, with the park in the front of the
15 building, across the street on Remington. All the greenery
16 around the building is very significant as a part of this
17 movement.
18 And buildings that took -- typically are knee on
19 classical style and quite beautiful and balanced within that
20 field of green; and this is a shot of the 1970 master plan
21 for the Denver Civic Center, which is, I think, one of the
22 best examples in the United States of the city beautiful
23 movement. And you can see that relationship between these
24 neoclassical buildings sitting within this larger green
25 area, in this case some very formalized space, some walkway
1 action and some water features that are typical.
2 And this is the construction of that Denver civic
3 center, about that same time. What's interesting to note,
4 this building, which is the City and County building in
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11 building. You can see this inset right here that has a
12 little bit of articulation of these different elements,
13 column -type treatment, some steel breaks that would mimic
14 some of the others you see here on the facade, as long as a
15 very strong face treatment and then a middle and this strong
16 cornice line.
17 Staff, I think, is very impressed with the
18 response of the applicant with respect to this treatment, as
19 far as it relates to the rhythm and spacing of these bays on
20 the existing building, how that is reflected in the addition
21 without exactly copying it.
22 This is a shot that was taken in the mid-130s.
23 This shows the original 1924 construction, I think, very
24 well of the building. And you can see the track there at
25 the back of the site, what is now improved track, and Pitkin
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1 Street here to the north and Remington curving around here
2 on the west side.
3 This development really epitomizes the city
4 beautiful movement which was started right about the turn of
5 the century here. And you see it, I think, exemplified also
6 in the Denver area. I want to show you some shots of the
7 Denver Civic Center and how it actually ties into the
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14 copy, a full-sized copy, in your records that -- I'd show
15 this a little bit better, but essentially, you have an
16 addition that's being proposed of 28,830 square feet. That
17 would be to the west, the front side -- I'm sorry, I
18 misplaced my pointer. It's this area right here, projecting
19 on the west side of the building, fronting onto Remington
20 Street. And you have a field of.parking that would be
21 reconfigured that's on the north side of the building,
22 immediately adjacent to Pitkin. That would be reconfigured
23 to accommodate additional parking there. Thank you.
24 The parking area here on the north side of the
25 building, the primary addition here, west and northwest of
1 the building.
2 And you've seen these drawings before, with one,
3 I think, substantial change from the previous work sessions
4 where the Board has been presented with information, in that
5 this is the addition here, and you see that the cornice line
6 of the main part of the building is being carried along,
7 it's about 47 and a half feet, which virtually matches
8 what's existing on the north side of the building.
9 And this, the addition, you pick up on a lot of
10 the architectural elements that you see in the 1924 original
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17 want to add on that process?
18 MR. GLOSS: Maybe just a reminder for the Board,
19 that this is a location, character, and extent review, based
20 on State statutes. It's very similar to what we do with the
21 School District and the County in our relationship, in that
22 this is advisory. It's as Mr. Chairman mentioned, and the
23 decision ultimately rests on the State Board of Agriculture.
24 You're making a recommendation to them this evening.
25 I've got some context that I'd like to start with
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1 and then go into, very briefly, an analysis relative to the
2 three criteria.
3 The site is located on the east side of
4 Remington, just south of Pitkin Street. This is an east
5 side neighborhood planning area. The east side neighborhood
6 plan was approved in 1986. The site is bounded on the north
7 by Pitkin Street, and you have CSU over to the west, west of
8 College, South College Avenue. And you have the
9 neighborhood immediately to the north that is zoned NCM.
10 Another contextual area photograph. I think this
11 is good at showing the pedestrian underpass underneath
12 College Avenue and the park immediately across the street.
13 This is a site and landscape plan. You do have a
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Paul Eckman, City Attorney's Office
Cameron Gloss, Planning Department
Georgiana Deines, Planning Department
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1 MR. GAVALDON:- We'll go to the
2 discussion agenda, and our first item will be number 3,
3 number C, center for the art site, advisory review. This is
4 an advisory to the State Board of Agriculture. And Karen
5 will lead off with the staff presentation, and then we'll go
6 to an applicant presentation, and then we'll go to the
7 citizen for public inputs.
8 If we have a group or an organized group, I would
9 need to know that so we can allocate you adequate time.
10 Typically, input is limited to four minutes per person,
11 similar to what we do for City Council. Dan, do you want to
12 go ahead and declare your . . .
13 MR. BERNTH: I will have to declare -- I will not
14 be able to hear this, as I live right across the street from
15 this, so I do have a conflict of interest.
16 MR. GAVALDON: Thank you. Cameron, anything you
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Project: University Center for the Arts Site Plan Advisory
Review.
Project Description: Request to renovate the former Fort Collins High
School building and construct a 28,830 gross sq. ft.
performance hall, instrumental rehearsal area, dance
studio, and support space addition. The main
addition along the west fagade will be constructed
with a pre -cast concrete base treatment, brick veneer,
precast concrete columns and cornice details, and
metal detailing, to reflect the character of the existing,
historic brick building. The school is located at 1400
Remington Street and is zoned NCL, Neighborhood
Conservation Low Density.
Recommendation: disapproval
Hearing Testimony, Written Comments and Other Evidence:
MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Held Thursday, August 1, 2002
At City Council Chambers
300 West Laporte Street
Fort Collins, Colorado
In the matter of the CSU Performing Arts Center
Commission members present:
Jerry Gavaldon, Chair
Jennifer Carpenter
Sally Craig
Dan Bernth
Mikal Torgerson
Staff present:
Council Liaison: Karen Weitkunat
Chairperson: Jerry Gavaldon
Vice Chair: Mikal Torgerson
Staff Liaison: Cameron Gloss
Phone: (H) 484-2034
Phone: (W) 416-7435
Chairperson Gavaldon called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Roll Call: Carpenter, Craig, Torgerson, Bernth, Gavaldon. Members Colton and
Meyer were absent.
Staff Present: Gloss, Eckman, Shepard, Jones, Olt, Stringer, Virata, Moore,
Harridan and Deines.
Agenda Review: Director of Current Planning Cameron Gloss reviewed the Consent
and Discussion Agendas:
Consent Agenda:
1. Minutes of the December 6, 2001, February 21 (Continued),
June 20 (Continued), and July 18, 2002 Planning and Zoning
Board Hearings.
2. #28-02 Modification of Standards — Park Central Condos
Discussion Agenda:
3. #34-02 University Center for the Arts — Site Plan Advisory Review
3. Modification of Standards — Fossil Lake P.U.D., Swift Addition
(County Referral)
4. #24-94A Lindenmeier Estates P.U.D. - Final
Member Bernth moved to approved Consent Item 1, the December 6, 2001 and
July 18, 2002 minutes and Consent Item 2.
Member Craig seconded the motion.
The motion was approved 5-0.