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Home My WebLink About2 - 10.01.14 LB Minutes - DRAFT CITY OF BOULDER LANDMARKS BOARD October 1, 2014 1777 Broadway, Council Chambers Room 6 p.m. The following are the action minutes of the October 1, 2014 City of Boulder Landmarks Board meeting. A digital recording and a permanent set of these minutes (maintained for a period of seven years) are retained in Central Records (telephone: 303-441-3043). You may also listen to the recording on-line at: www.boulderplandevelop.net. BOARD MEMBERS: Mark Gerwing, Chair Kate Remley Mike Schreiner Fran Sheets Deborah Yin *Crystal Gray *Planning Board representative without a vote STAFF MEMBERS: Debra Kalish, Senior Assistant City Attorney James Hewat, Senior Historic Preservation Planner Marcy Cameron, Historic Preservation Planner Lesli Ellis, Comprehensive Planning Manager Angela Smelker, Historic Preservation Intern 1.CALL TO ORDER M. Gerwing The roll having been called, Chair declared a quorum at 6:00 p.m. and the following business was conducted. 2.APPROVAL OF MINUTES M. GerwingK. Remley On a motion by , seconded by , the Landmarks Board approved (5-0) rd the minutes as amended of the September 3, 2014 board meeting. 3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA 4.DISCUSSION OF LANDMARK ALTERATION AND DEMOLITION APPLICATIONS ISSUED AND PENDING th 747 12 St. Stay-of-Demolition expires Oct. 20, 2014 445 College Ave. Stay-of-Demolition expires Oct. 25, 2014 405 Valley View Dr. Stay-of-Demolition expires Nov. 23, 2014 Statistical Report 5. ACTION ITEMS A.Public hearing and consideration of a motion to adopt a resolution to initiate the process for the designation of the property at 445 College Ave. (on which a stay-of- demolition was imposed on June 4, 2014), as an individual landmark pursuant to Section 9-11-3, B.R.C. 1981; or alternatively, to issue a demolition permit pursuant to Section 9-11-23(g) of the Boulder Revised Code 1981 (HIS2014-00085). Owner: George Stark. Applicant: Stephen Sparn. All board members visited the site. Staff Presentation M. Cameron presented to the Board with a recommendation that it direct staff to issue a demolition permit for the property once documentation of the house is completed and reviewed by staff. George Stark, 1225 Marshall Street, Boulder, CO, owner, spoke in support of issuance of a demolition permit for the property. Public Hearing Eileen Kintsch, 435 College Avenue, Boulder, Co., neighbor, spoke in support of the demolition of this building. Motion M. Schreiner,F. Sheets, On a motion by seconded the Landmarks Board voted to initiate M. Gerwing K. Remley individual Landmark designation for the property (3-2, and opposed) finding that it meets the criteria for such initiation pursuant to 9-11- balance is consistent with the goals and policies of Section 2.33 of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. M. Gerwing opposed the motion upon his consideration that landmark designation of this K. property does not meet the balance between private property rights and the public good. Remley stated she voted against the motion as she does not find the property to be of exceptional B.Public hearing and consideration of an application to designate a new historic district th located at the 700 Block of 12 St. as a local historic district per Section 9-11-5 of the Boulder Revised Code, 1981 (HIS2014-00268). Applicant: Ann Scarboro. All board members visited the site. Staff Presentation M. Cameron made a presentation to the board with a recommendation that it initiate the th application to designate the 700 block of 12 Street as a local landmark historic district. th Ann Scarboro, 735 12 Street, spoke in favor of the historic district and stated she has spoken with three property on the block who did not sign the application who are interested in finding out more about the possibility of historic district designation. Public Hearing th Martha Campbell, 750 12 Street, neighbor and resident of proposed district, spoke in support of landmark designation. th Jotysna Raj, 14 Street, owner and resident of the University Place Historic District spoke in support of designation. th Don Reichart, 740 12 Street, owner and resident of the University Place Historic District spoke in support of designation. Abby Daniels, 1123 Spruce Street, Executive Director of Historic Boulder, spoke on behalf of th Street Historic District. th Jim Young, 728 12 Street, spoke in opposition to the proposed historic district and expressed his understanding that many on the block oppose district designation. th Eric Johnson, owner of 747 12 Street, spoke in opposition to the area being designated a historic district. th John Volkmar , 607 Forest Avenue, prospective owner of 747 12 Street, spoke in opposition to th designation of the 700 block of 12 Street. th Christina Dickenson , 848 14 Street, resident of the University Place Historic District spoke of th her experience living in a historic district and her support of the proposed 12 Street district. Motion K. Remley,M. Gerwing,(5-0) On a motion by seconded by the Landmarks Board initiate th historic district designation for the 700 block of 12 St., finding that it meets the criteria for such initiation pursuant to 9-11- nd policies of Section 2.33 of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. C.Public hearing and consideration of whether to initiate individual landmark th designation for the property located at 747 12 St., per Section 9-11-3 of the Boulder Revised Code, 1981 (HIS2014-00070). Owner: 747 Twelfth Street, LLC. M. Schreiner M. Gerwing All board members visited the site.andattended a meeting with theapplicants to discuss alternatives to demolition. Staff Presentation J. Hewat made a presentation to the board with a recommendation that it initiate the application th to designate 747 12 Street as an individual landmark. Public Hearing th Martha Campbell, 750 12 St, spoke in support of landmark designation. th Ann Scarboro , 735 12 St., spoke in support of landmark designation and clarified that her thth previous comments from her neighbors at 1160 Cascade Ave., 770 12 St., and 715 12 St. are interested about what would be put in place if it were demolished were in reference to this case, not the district. Abby Daniels, 1123 Spruce Street, Executive Director of Historic Boulder, spoke on behalf of n. th Eric Johnson, owner of 747 12 St., spoke in opposition to landmark designation. th Kristin Lopez , owner of 747 12 St., spoke in opposition to landmark designation. th John Volkmar , 607 Forest Avenue, prospective owner of 747 12 Street, spoke in opposition to landmark designation. Motion M. Schreiner, D. Yin ,(5-0) On a motion by seconded by the Landmarks Board initiate a landmark designation for the property located at 747 12th St., finding that it meets the criteria for such a hearing per 9-11- -11-23 goals and policies of Section 2.33 of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan and adopt a resolution as contained in attachment 3 of the staff memorandum. 6.MATTERS FROM THE LANDMARKS BOARD, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY A.Update Memo B. Subcommittee Update 7.DEBRIEF MEETING/CALENDAR CHECK 8.ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:34 p.m. Approved on November 5, 2014 Respectfully submitted, Chairperson