07.18.2007 LPAB MinutesCITY OF BOULDER
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD
July 18, 2007
1777 Broadway, Municipal Building- Council Chambers Room
6 p.m.
The following are the action minutes of the June 13, 2007 City of Boulder Landmazks
Preservation Advisory Boazd meeting. A permanent set of these minutes and a tape recording
(maintained for a period of seven years) is retained in Central Records (telephone: 303-441-
3043). You may also listen to the recording on-line at: www.boulderplandevelop.net.
BOARD MEMBERS:
Nancy Kornblum, Vice Chair
Leonard May
Tim Plass, Chair
Lisa Podmajersky
Kirk Watson
*Willa Johnson Planning Board representative without a vote
STAFF MEMBERS:
Ariel Calonne, City Attorney
James Hewat, Historic Preservation Planner
Chris Meschuk, Historic Preservation Planner
Marcy Cameron, Historic Preservation Intern
1. CALL TO ORDER
The roll having been called, Chair T. Plass declazed a quorum at 6:05 p.m. and the following
business was conducted:
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Board requested changes to the June 6~' and June 13`h minutes prior to their consideration at
the August ls` meeting.
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Brady Burke, 1621 16`h Street requested that the stay of demolition on his house at 1621 16`h
Street be lifted.
DISCUSSION OF LANDMARK ALTERATION AND DEMOLITION APPLICATIONS
ISSUED AND PENDING
1621 16`h Street- stay of demolition expires August 13, 2007
3780 23`d Street- stay of demolition expires August 13, 2007
On a motion made by T. Plass, seconded by L. May, the Landmazks Preservation
Advisory Board directed (4-0, Podmajersky abstaining) staff to schedule a hearing to consider
the initiation of local landmark designation of the property 1621 16`h Street prior to the
expiration of the stay of demolition that is currently on the property subject to the condition that
if the applicant w~thdraws the demolition permit application prior to the hearing the hearing shall
be vacated.
On a motion made by T. Plass, seconded by L. May the Landmarks Preservation
Advisory Board directed (5-0) staff to hold a hearing to determine whether to initiate local
landmazk designation on the property at 3780 23`d Street and that hearing must take place prior to
the expiration of the stay of demolition that is currently imposed on the property with the
condition that if the applicant chooses to withdraw the demolition application prior to hearing,
the hearing shall be vacated.
ACTION ITEMS
A. Public hearing and consideration of a permit to demolish the primary and accessory
buildings located at 5653 Baseline Avenue as per Section 9-11-23 of the Boulder
Revised Code (HIS2007-00120)
Applicant: 5653 Baseline, LLC
Board members were asked to reveal any ex-pane contacts they may have had on this item.
L. Podmajersky, T. Plass, and N. Kornblum visited the site. T. Plass and N. Kornblum
reviewed this project at a Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board Design Review Committee
meeting.
C. Meschuk presented the case to the Board.
Applicant's Presentation
Michael Moddess, manager of 5653, LLC presented the case to the Boazd.
Public Hearing
Philip J. Bradley, 3385 Martin Dr. spoke in support of a balance between preservation and
development.
Tyler Hinrichs, 3385 Martin Drive spoke against designating this property as a landmark.
Gunda Ofengand 2325 Spruce Street spoke against demolition.
Christian Griffith, 602 Spruce Street spoke again demolition.
Rishi Raj, 863 14`h Street spoke in support of preservation.
Rebuttal
Applicant waived right to rebuttal.
Motion
On a motion made by N. Kornblum, seconded by L. Podmajersky, the Landmarks Preservation
Advisory Board issued (5-0) a stay of demolition for the five structures located at 5653 Baseline
Road, for a period not to exceed 180 days from the day the permit application was accepted by
the city manager, in order to explore alternatives to the demolition of the buildings, adopting the
findings as listed on page 7 of the staff memorandum dated July 18, 2007.
B. Public hearing and consideration of a permit to demolish the building located at 800
Pearl Street as per Section 9-11-23 of the Boulder Revised Code (HIS2007-00139)
Applicant: 800 Pearl, LLC
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Board members were asked to reveal any ex-pane contacts they may have had on this item.
T. Plass, L. May reviewed this project at a Landmazks Preservation Advisory Board Design
Review Committee meeting. K. Watson and L. Podmajersky and W. Johnson visited the site.
K. Watson has a possible acquaintance with the owners. T. Plass received 2 emails in favor of a
stay and one email in favor of demolition.
N. Kornblum recused herself for a conflict of interest in that she has a financial interest in an
unrelated project with the developer of 800 Pearl Street.
C. Meschuk presented case to the boazd.
Applicant's Presentation
Andy Bush 2345 Bluff Street presented the case to the boazd and said he does not believe the
building meets the criteria for a historic landmark, offered an alternative perspective of historic
value, neighborhood context and proposed an alternative idea.
Public Hearing
Silvia Pettem, 439 Ranch Road, Wazd spoke in support of initiating this property as a landmazk.
Ed Raines, 439 Ranch Road, Ward addressed the issue of integrity and adaptive reuse and
demonstrated the ore sampling process with salt and paprika.
Kate Remley, 646 Pearl Street spoke against demolition and addressed the character of the
neighborhood.
Christian Griffith, 602 Spruce Street spoke against demolition and in support of restoration.
Russell Chandler, 3788 26`h Street spoke against designating the building as a landmazk.
Jane Seaton, 515 Pearl Street spoke in support of preservation of the west Peazl neighborhood
and spoke in support of landmark designation.
Larry Minks, 1020 12a' Street, manager of Lolita's, employee since 1986, spoke in support of
expansion.
Dylan Williams, 646 Peazl Street, spoke in opposition of demolition.
Randy Clapp, 9907 Isabelle Road, Lafayette, owner of Lolita's ,stated he was committed to
keeping Lolita's as a business and spoke in support of expansion.
Gunda Ofengand, 2325 Spruce Street spoke in opposition of demolition.
Charlie Olness, 3675 Clover Leaf Drive spoke in support of demolition.
Kelly Davis, 2455 10`h Street, OZ architecture, spoke in opposition of the initiating the building
as a landmazk.
Tyler Hinrichs, 3385 Martin Drive forfeited his time to speak.
Phil Shull , 497 Pearl Street spoke in opposition of demolition, and expressed concerned with
what will replace building.
Gwen Dooley, 730 Spruce spoke in support of landmazk initiation and preservation of the west
Pearl neighborhood.
Lynn Segal, 538 Dewey Avenue spoke in support of preservation of the viewscape looking
south and spoke in support of a stay of demolition.
CJ Davis 3160 6a' Street, developer, spoke in support of a stay of demolition.
Margo Smith, 3335 14`s Street, spoke in support of landmark designation.
Bob Moorehouse 2225 Grape Avenue, spoke in support of new `green' development.
Abbey Daniels, 1123 Spruce Street spoke in support of a stay of demolition and stated that the
greenest buildings are the ones already built.
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Rebuttal
Andy Bush heard that the public wanted to preserve business, not historic building. He felt that
the gabled roof does not fit into the context and that there are better ways to tell the mining
history than to preserve the building.
Motion
On a motion made by T. Plass, seconded by L. May, the Landmarks Preservation Advisory
Board issued (4-0, Kornblum recused) a stay of demolition for the building located at 800 Pearl
Street, for a period not to exceed 180 days from the day the permit application was accepted by
the city manager, in order to explore alternatives to the demolition of the building, adopting the
findings as listed on page 13 of the staff memorandum.
6. MATTERS FROM THE LANDMARKS BOARD, PLANNING DEPARTMENT
AND CITY ATTORNEY
A. Update Memo
B. Planning Board Calendar
C. 800 Arapahoe Avenue
On a motion by L. Podmajersky seconded by N. Kornblum the Landmarks Preservation
Advisory Board accepted (5-0) staff's recommendation to extend the Landmark
Designation Application for 800 Arapahoe Avenue to the board's September 5~', 2007
meeting.
D. L. Podmajersky and K. Watson gave aPops/Scrapes update.
7. DEBRIEF MEETING/CALENDAR CHECK
S. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved on August 1, 2007
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Chairperson (~
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