2 - Minutes, June 13, 2007CITY OF BOULDER
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD
June 13, 2007
909 Arapahoe, Creekside Room
6 p.m.
The following aze the action minutes of the June 13, 2007 City of Boulder Landmazks
Preservation Advisory Board meeting. A permanent set of these minutes and a tape recording
(maintained for a period of seven years) is retained in Centra] Records (telephone: 303-441-
3043). You may also listen to the recording on-line at: www.boulderplandevelop.net.
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A. Public hearing and consideration of an application to designate the property located
at 1936 Mapleton Street as a local landmark as per Section 9-11-5 of the Boulder
Revised Code,1981 (HIS2007-00053). Applicant: Landmarks Preservation Advisory
Board.
Applicant: Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board
Owner: John Hickman
Board members were asked to reveal any ex-parte contacts they may have had on this item.
N. Kornbtum, L. May, T. Plass, K. Watson and L. Podmajersky visited the site. N.
Kornblum and T. Plass read email correspondence.
Applicant's Presentation
Rich Lopez, 4450 Arapahoe Avenue, spoke against landmark designation. He stated the owner
conducted research before purchasing the house and found that it was not a landmazk and it was
not in a historic district. He said there have been over 60 inquiries to buy the property, but no
offers have come through because the building is structurally unsound.
John Hickman, 2090 Pearl, was available for questions.
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Steve Montgomery, 2207 Mapleton Avenue, spoke in oppos~tion of de ing the building.
He noted its prominent location and suggested that the landY~iarked pro ude the
accessory building. ~~r, = ~
Abby Daniels, 1123 Spruce Street, spoke in support of land "~` ~ the buildi
Historic Boulder did not buy the property for an educational ecause of ti sues.
She said a buildin does not have to be `exce tionaP to save'~ `'~_'~ t
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John Hickman said the property may not be pos e t e to the fa y foundation and
poor caze. He said there have been over 60 sho s for rt}~, b no buyers.
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Motion A~;~' r;f ` :~~
On a motion made by T. Plass secon d~`~.. May, " arks Preservation Advisory
Boazd recommended (4-0-1, K. Wa bstained) th ouncil designate 1936 Mapleton
Avenue as an individualF l~~ndmark, s~ `f tion 9-11-5 of the Boulder Revised Code, adopting
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3, 20 mdings of the board.
n of i ing landmark designation of the property
as a lu al landmark as per Section 9-11-3 of the
Applicant's PresentaEibn
Brian Woodruff, 820 Mount Evans, Louisville, had no comments. Two representatives were
present, but waived their right to speak.
Public Hearing
Abby Daniels, ll23 Spruce Street, asked the board to review the site review process.
Kr-sten Lewis, 511 Pine Street, spoke in support of preserving the building, but was unclear on
the landmazk process.
Evon Lafevre, 2127 14`h Street, spoke in support of ]andmazking the building.
Iiob Smoke, 2429 19t° Street, spoke in support of landmark designation.
Motions
No motion was made to initiate the process for landmarking.
On a motion by T. Plass, seconded by L. May, the Landmazks Preservation Advisory Board
directed (5-0) staff to draft a letter to the applicant and the Planning Board stating their concerns
regarding the redevelopment of the property and expressing their desire to see the building
preserved and landmarked early on in the site review process.
C. Public hearing and consideration of a landmark alteration certiticate to construct a
3472 square foot house and 470 square foot free standin ar e 171~0 Hillside Avenue
in the Hillside Historic District (HIS2007-00064). y~~~ . ~~;. ~
Applicant: Dave Glaze
ApplicanUOwners: Dave Heuston
Applicant's Presentation
Dave Heuston, 603 Caseade Avenue, said the proposal met all of
board at the Apri14, 2007 meeting.
Dave Glaze, 1595 Tanoka, Erie, nc
meeting.
Public Hearing
Nan Fogel, 1707 Hillside Avenue,
comments.
Motion t ~ e h„~ --
On a motion b ass, se
approved (4,~;; . Kornblum op
squaze fo~house and 470 square
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April 4, 2007
letter and had no further
ervation Advisory Board
[e to construct a 3,472
side Avenue in the
Hillsic]~~:_ ;_,~ic District (HIS200 64), adopting the staff inemorandum dated June 13, 2007
as finding"~'_ boazd, subject to ~ following conditions of approval:
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~~?~~ ~NDITIONS OF APPROVAL
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1. The Applicant~`, ~' ;~ responsible for ensuring that the development shall be
constructed in cc_~ipliance with all approved plans on file in the City of Boulder Planning
Department, e~cept as modified by these conditions of approval.
2. Prior to a building permit application, the Applicant shall submit, subject to the final
review and approval of the Planning Director, final architectural plans showing details
regazding landscaping and hardscaping. The Applicant shall demonstrate that the design
details are in compliance wiih the intent of this approval and the General Design
Guidelines.
3. Require notch on right side to be moved 2' deeper to the south for a total of 6'.
N. Kornblum offered a friendly amendment to add a condition to require native vegetation
and evergreen trees to mitigate the dominance of the north fa~ade. T. Plass and K. Watson
accepted the friendly amendment.
D. , Public hearing and consideration of a landmark alteration certificate to demolish an
existing non-contributing garage and construct a new free-standing 300 square foot
garage at 529 Concord Avenue in the Mapleton Hill Historic District (HIS2007-
00143).
Applicant: Kristin Lewis
Owner: Nancy Doty & Bill Howe
Applicant's Presentation
Kristin Lewis, 511 Pleasant Street, gave a presentation to
Public Hearing
No one from the public addressed the board.
Motion
On a motion by L. May, seconded by N. Ko.
Board approved (5-0) the proposed ]andmark
existing non-contributing garage and constru~
adopting the staff inemorandum dated Ju
following condiUons of approval: ~„ .
OF APPROVAL
're ation Advisory
h~$demolition of the
squaze foot garage,
boazd, and subject to the
The
A rit shall` . sible g that the development shall be constructed
in c liance with all a d plans ile in the City of Boulder Planning
D" mept, except as mo by the~'e conditions of approval.
2. ' P '; building pemvt a cation, the Applicant shall submit, subject to the final
revie proval of the~ anning Director, finai architectural plans, that include
materia lors that, dress the following design details: windows, doors, roofing,
siding maEe''' ;~~ d pat~~ color. The Applicant shall demonstrate that the design details
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aze in complia ~h the intent of this approval, the General Design Guidelines, and the
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Mapleton Hill I~s~oric District Design Guidelines.
6. MATTERS FROM THE LANDMARKS BOARD, PLANNING DEPARTMENT
AND CITY ATTORNEY
A. The board requested to receive comments from Washington School Site Review via
email.
B. The boazd reviewed the retreat noies.
C. Flagging the property located at 3231 11`" Street - The LandLink system is not currendy
set up for this task. The board requested that staff follow through with this matter.
D. Pops/Scrapes committee member selected: K. Watson
7. DEBRIEF MEETING/CALENDAR CHECK
8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m.
Respectfuily submitted,
Approved on July 18, 2007
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