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January 5, 2022
Landmarks Board
Meeting
Planning & Development Services | Historic Preservation4
Agenda
1.Call to Order
2.Approval of minutes from the December 1, 2021 meeting
3.Public Participation for Non-Public Hearing Items
4.Discussion of Landmark Alteration, Demolition Applications issued and pending
•Statistical Report for December
5.Public Hearings:
A.5001 Arapahoe Ave –Landmark Alteration Certificate
B.845 14th St –Landmark Alteration Certificate
6.Matters from the Landmarks Board, Planning Department, and City Attorney
7.Debrief Meeting / Calendar Check
8.Adjournment
Planning & Development Services | Historic Preservation5
Statistical ReportLink to dynamic map
Planning & Development Services | Historic Preservation
Historic Preservation Applications Approved, Denied or Withdrawn in December
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Historic Preservation Applications Reviewed and Closed by Year (to date)Statistical Report2019: 366 applications reviewed and closed
2020: 352 applications reviewed and closed
2021: 352 applications reviewed and closed Planning & Development Services | Historic Preservation9
Agenda
Item 5A
Public hearing and consideration of a Landmark
Alteration Certificate application to restore the
Ball Aerospace ADO Building at 5001 Arapahoe
Ave., a pending individual landmark, pursuant
to Section 9-11-18 of the Boulder Revised Code
1981 (HIS2021-00292).
Owner: Ball Corporation
Applicant: Guy Fromme, Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp.
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1.All speaking are sworn in
2.Board members note any ex parte contacts
3.Staff presentation; Board may ask questions of staff
4.Applicant presentation; Board may ask questions of applicant
5.Public hearing opened for public comment; the Board may ask questions
6.Applicant response
7.Public hearing closed; Board discussion
8.A motion requires an affirmative vote of at least 3 members to pass. Motions
must state findings, conclusions, and recommendation
9.A record of the hearing is kept by staff; available within 28 days
Quasi-Judicial Hearing Process
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Criteria for Review
The proposed work:
1.Preserves, enhances, or restores and does not damage exterior architectural
features of the property;
2.Does not adversely affect the historic, architectural value of the property;
3.Architecture, arrangement, texture, color, arrangement of color, and materials are
compatible with the character of the property;
4.The Landmarks Board considers the economic feasibility of alternatives,
incorporation of energy-efficient design, and enhanced access for the disabled.
9-11-18 (b) & (c), B.R.C. 1981
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Landmarks Board Options
Approve
Subject to 14-day City Council Call-Up
Deny
Subject to 45-day City Council Call-Up
Provide applicant opportunity to withdraw application
Application withdrawn; case closed.
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Location Map
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Rendering for Control Cells Building by Hobart Wagener, c.1955.
Photo from Carnegie Library for Local History. 20
Façade (southwest elevation) 1956 Ball Brothers Control Cells Building shortly after construction.
Carnegie Library for Local History.21
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Façade (northeast elevation) 1956 Ball Brothers Control Cells Building shortly after construction.
Carnegie Library for Local History.
Ball Brothers Control Cells Building, c.1957 Carnegie Library for Local History.
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Ball Brothers Campus looking east, c.1961 Carnegie Library for Local History
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Arapahoe Ave at Boulder Industrial Park before the
construction of the multi-story Ball Brothers building, 1961.
Carnegie Library for Local History.
Birdseye view of Ball Aerospace, c.1962.
Carnegie Library for Local History.25
Control Cells Building, c.1962 Photo from Carnegie Library
for Local History. 26