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Home My WebLink About11-07-2007 Historic Preservation Commission REVISED IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Wednesday, November 07, 2007 Senior Center, 28 S. Linn Street Room 202 6:00 p.m. 1. Call to Order 2. Public discussion of anything not on the agenda 3. Items of Consideration A. Certificate of Appropriateness: 1. 829 Kirkwood Avenue 2. 1012 E. Washington Street B. Minutes for October 11, 2007 4. Public Hearing on Draft Preservation Plan -7:00 p.rr:!. 5. Other Discussion of proposed telecommunication tower located on Hawk Ridge Drive. 6. Adjourn Staff Report November 7, 2007 Historic Review for 829 Kirkwood Avenue District: N/ A Classification: Historic Landmark The applicant, William Wang, is requesting approval for an alteration project at 829 Kirkwood Avenue, which is a local historic landmark as well as a national register property. The applicant is seeking approval for the replacement of the existing limestone foundation with a new concrete foundation that would include an exterior limestone veneer. Along with this new foundation the applicant proposes to install new basement windows including installation of at least one egress size window. The applicant is also proposing to repair the damaged exterior brick walls in several locations and the brick chimneys by re-pointing and/ or replacing damaged bricks. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.1 Foundation 4.2 11asonry 4.7 Windows Staff Comments This Italianate Style brick house was built in c. 1874. It consists of an L-shaped two and one-half story main block with rear wing and a one story addition behind the rear wing. It features a hipped roof over the central portion with projecting cross gables facing the front and sides, a wrap-around porch, tall windows, bracketed eaves, and a projecting square bay in the front. The applicant reports that the foundation is deteriorated and needs to be replaced. During pre-application conversations the applicant indicated that they plan to lower the floor level of the basement to create additional habitable space in the basement and therefore propose replacing the foundation with a poured concrete foundation and installation of new basement windows, including egress size windows as required by code. The Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines and Secretary of Interior Standards for Restoration and Rehabilitation recommend correcting all sources of moisture and other circumstances that are causing the existing problems and repairing the original foundations before considering complete replacement. Staff has visited the site and has not seen evidence of deterioration of the magnitude that would warrant a replacement of the entire foundation. The brick superstructure does show signs of uneven settling where the additions are connected to the original house. Given the significance and size of this building, staff believes that a report from an architect or a structural engineer who has experience with historic preservation particularly with masonry structures should be provided showing the extent of deterioration, whether replacement is necessary and whether other alternatives could achieve the applicant's desired results without complete replacement of the original foundation. Without additional evidence of structural deterioration and a more thorough exploration of options, staff cannot recommend approval. If additional information and evidence is submitted that supports replacement of all or a portion of the existing foundation, the new foundation should match the existing in material size, color, composition and joint proftle. The location and width of the historic door and window openings should also be retained. If additional height is required for installing egress windows it can be done by constructing partially below grade window wells. The guidelines require that the window wells should be built with materials similar to the existing foundation. The applicant has not provided sufficient information about the window replacement project including sizes, types of the proposed new windows. The applicant has indicated that they would use wood windows. The applicant has indicated that they plan to reconfigure the basement entry located 'on the southwest side of the house, however has not provided any details. Staff f1llds that not enough information and evidence has been provided to make an informed decision about either the foundation replacement or the window and door replacements on this landmark property. Staff, therefore, recommends deferral until additional information, as outlined above, is provided. i'OJ-02-200'7 1121: 21 UofI Tech Innou Ctr 319 335 4489 P.02 Application for Historic Review Appliation for alu"lltions to the exterior of histClric landmarks or propllr- t!. Iocac8d in a historic dl.sVir;t or c:onservacion distrir;t pursuant to Iowa City Code Saon 14-' Ie. Guidellne& for the Historic Review proc;ess. explanation of the proc:ea ane reaulatiONi can be found in the Iowa City HIstoric Preservation Harrdboolc. which I:. available in tl\e PCD office at City Hall or online at www. Iqcw.OlfIHPhGndboolc. *-'nl schedule; The HPC meets the second Thursday of ~h month. O\lri"l the sUl11f1'ltlf' months, the HPC may also meet on the fourth Thursday. 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The center wall of he basement also is show'ing signs of settling. Having had over 40 years experience In basement replacement, I feel this is the best way to preserve t is home to last for the years; to come. ALLEN MASONRY mcP4tJ;,. · -- - w .." ____ .... v . ~ Wt~hington.lA 52353 www.jeremypattersonhouselllovillg.com Dail Iowa City Historic Preservation Board, My name is Jeremy Patterson, and I am wri ng this letler to you so you can get the insight of what needs to happen to save this Ian k. I was at the Clark House about two weeks ago to look at some loose bricks a d more probl~ in the basement. Aftt~ looking around at the house and seeing what t e interior walls were sitting on; no footings; 1 invesligated the exterior walls and realiz d there are no footings under the house. Instead there are two bricks turned the other direction and one brick on top in the cen:er on the moist ground. The basement dirt is v saturated by water. In turn with lhilS insignificant lack of footing the house is settlin in multiple spots. On a wood frame house Utis is nut a big concern, but the historic elar House is a three layer brick house conm.-uction witli a orleinchaitgap in betWeen eac layer; which in retUrn is not . forgiving to any settling movement at an. At any' e any more settling that has OCC1JD'ed could cause sections of this house to co se due to the construction of the house. Because of the three layers of bricks with th air gaps in-between they are not tied tog(lther like a conventional house. So one, two, or I three layers of brick could fall off. We need to come in and secure the house wi th be s and cribbing. Using our 24 jack uniHcd jacking machine; which is the second larges in the United States; we will install and pressure to the brick and tuck point the brick return this will allow us to remove the i)ld foundation and save the stone for re-using. new significant footing will be pomd to carry the load of the house. Tiling and cl rock will be added next to the f001 ings and under the new floor. A sump pit and a adon pit will also be added. In the pasl I have witnessed several jobs that people did n t act fast enough and there was total dev,iStation. Most recently a historic building in do town New Orleans had the same sym.ptoms as this structure. We looked at it and th decided to wait because they didn't feel it was bad enough yet. Less than 48 hours later thc whole side of the building collilp1Sed. We rushed our crews in to secure and p vent the rest urthe building from coll apsing. I cannot emphasize enough how dang us this is. Due 10 the lack of exp:rtise, a whole building in Washington. Iowa co apsed because the workers and staff on the job had no experience in the structural mov' field. So one building on oW' hisl'Jric square has perished. I am an expert in my eld and I have moved some of the uld~~sllandmarks in the U.S. For example I worked n the Amelia Earhart hanger that she new out of at the Newark International Airport. I also worked on the historic Thompson Gymnasium in Louisiana. Plea.'le du no feel this is not an important job. because over time a whole house foundation is de orating and getting worse. Without actil)ms tuday we have a chance of losing one of yo historic sites; but worse of all a MAR-11-2007 15:14 From: To: 13193565217 Page: 3/5 yo'mg family could be killed if they were inside w en it collapses. My recommendation. by whoever does the job, is to get started as soon possible to prevent any more damagc to .this beautiful structure. Sincerely. 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During the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourth Thursday. Applications are due in the PCD Office by noon on Monday the week prior to the meeting. ~:t~t~~b~~ted ..N~JI..~....P.?;..(!.l o Certificate of No Material Effect yd" C~ificate of Appropriateness .......a Major review o Intermediate review o Minor review Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) CllI~ t S CJ.+Af> M A-N o Owner ......................................................................................... Phone..~..................&......~..l....:-::....t..9..~...?:........... Address .1'<2..1.. f.......€::......~tI.~!.i.y:!..€T12.!Y....... .......!..t.?..~I1........?.....!..:t:/...\........ut......................... email................................................................................................ o Contractor .............S..!2:.~.;.!.~......................................... 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Historic Designation o This property is a local historic landmark OR o This property is located in the: o Brown Street Historic District o College Green Historic District o East College Street Historic District o Longfellow Historic District o Summit Street Historic District o Woodlawn Historic District o Clark Street Conservation District ~College Hill Conservation District o Dearborn Street Conservation District o Lucas-Governor Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: o Contributing o Noncontributing o Nonhistoric Project Type o Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar) o Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps) jI'~' Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie. porch, chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar) o Construction of new building o Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not. change its appearance o Other .............................................................................................. 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I ,I' - j- i ,-' " ; i' Iowa Ci(\ I-listoric Preservation COlnmission IlalLllll1 \\-,,,hlllJ.',t')1l Street, Iowa ( 1\ 12210 MEMORANDUM Date: November 7, 2007 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Sunil Terdalkar, Associate Planner Re: Draft Preservation Plan Amendments During public review of the preservation plan, the Commission received public input suggesting adding flexibility within the guidelines to use substitute materials, particularly vinyl windows in certain circumstances. The Commission requested that additional language be added to the Draft Plan to explore this issue further. Recommendations for revisions and changes to the design review process are specified within Goal 2 - Objective 7 and 9 of the plan. An additional subparagraph e), as follows, could be included under Objective 9 to further clarify the issue raised during the public hearing. e) Consider revisions to the design guidelines to allow more flexibility in using alternative/ substitute materials for common alteration prqjects such as door and windows replacement based on specific criteria such as historic status of the structure, properties of the substitute materials, etc. Given that the Historic Preservation Plan is intended to provide guidance for 10-15 years, the Commission discussed whether the plan should have a process to reevaluate which buildings and neighborhoods should be surveyed over time as more properties meet the 50-year threshold for consideration. As part of the Certified Local Government Program, survey and documentation of the historic resources and neighborhoods buildings that are at least 50-year old is required. The Draft Plan suggests extending the survey to the neighborhoods that were developed prior to 1960 (discussed under Goal 1). Adding the following language under Goal 1 - Objective 4 will allow the possibility for consideration of buildings built after 1960 as those buildings meet the 50-year threshold. The progress, priorities, and period of significance of the historic resources and neighborhoods to survry should be re-assessed after five to seven years. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007 EMMA J. HARVAT HALL Preliminary MEMBERS PRESENT: Esther Baker, Michael Brennan, William Downing, Pam Michaud, Jim Ponto, Tim Toomey, Alicia Trimble, Tim Weitzel MEMBERS ABSENT: Ginalie Swaim STAFF PRESENT: Bob Miklo, Sunil Terdalkar OTHERS PRESENT: Helen Burford, Barbara Buss, Norm Cate, Austin Chamberlain, Ron Herman, Mark McCallum, David Ozolins CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Weitzel called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA: There was none. Weitzel welcomed William Downing, representing the Summit Street Historic District, as the newest member of the Commission. Weitzel said that the City received a national preservation honor award at a ceremony he and Regenia Bailey and Mike Haverkamp attended in Minneapolis to accept the award. Weitzel added that there will be a formal presentation to City Council. ITEMS OF CONSIDERATION: Certificate of Appropriateness: Terdalkar stated that two of the applications were fairly straightforward and met the requirements in the guidelines and could be done as consent items. He stated that for 811 East College Street, the application is to install a pergola in the front of an outbuilding that sits in the back of the landmark building. Terdalkar said the applicant will use stained wood materials. Terdalkar said that the application for 411 South Summit Street is to replace windows that are not historically accurate in that they are vinyl clad windows. He said the applicant intends to install four new double hung windows in the kitchen. Terdalkar said the sill windows will be a little bit higher, but that is natural for kitchen windows. Weitzel said that consent items are generally approved by the Commission, but if anyone has a reservation and wants to discuss one of the items, that can be called out, and the item will become a regular agenda item. MOTION: Ponto moved to approve certificates of appropriateness for the applications for 811 East College Street and 411 South Summit Street. Baker seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 6-0. with Downina abstainina from the vote. 821 Dearborn Street. Terdalkar said that this application concerns a contributing structure in the Dearborn Street Conservation District. He said the application is for the demolition of an existing garage, at the back of the house, that has fallen into a state of disrepair. Terdalkar stated that the applicant would like to construct a new two-car garage with a footprint of 24 by 24 feet and would like to match the roof pitch of the garage to that of the house. He said the applicant is considering using stucco for the garage and simple, panel carriage style garage doors. Terdalkar said the applicant plans to use metal clad wood windows and doors for the garage openings. Terdalkar said the only unusual thing on the application would be the installation of two skylights. He said, however, that they are on the alley side of the garage and would not be very noticeable. Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 2 Chamberlain, the contractor for the project, said that the owner would like to make the garage as similar to the house as possible, with the same style roof and sort of a saltbox structure. He said that if he can't use the stucco, he would like to do a Tudor style with panels, if the stucco becomes too costly. Chamberlain said it was recommended to him not to use stucco in this type of climate. Weitzel asked, for the dividing board with the panels, what the panels would be like in between the half- timbers. Chamberlain said that he would probably use cedar or redwood sheets and would paint them. He said he would use cedar board or some weather resistant material painted to tie in with the home. Weitzel said the applicant is asking for two options: one would be stucco, and the other would be the simulated half-timbering. Chamberlain said a third option would be to have painted cedar siding, but he believes the owner would like to use the wood panels. Chamberlain said that the stucco that is on the house right now is cracked in quite a few places. Toomey said that modern stucco is basically a very thick latex with sand and does work in this climate. Chamberlain said there were also cost considerations with the stucco. He said that the paneling with a nice sand roll for texture would look like the house. Weitzel said that stucco is a difficult product to use. Toomey commented that the newer stucco is somewhat easier to install. Michaud said that the high belt course seems prairieish in style. Weitzel stated that there are some definite prairie features about the house, and there is a belt course on the house at the second story. Chamberlain said he is trying to find a way to match that nicely. Weitzel responded that even though the Commission likes to see the style of a garage match that of the house, because that's an easy way to make it fit in, there are other ways the garage could by sympathetic to the house without absolutely having the same features. He said there doesn't have to be a one for one match to the house. Weitzel said he likes the design but doesn't like the arched lights on the doors. Chamberlain said that the owner, Ron Cohen, is an artist and would like a simple garage but would like to have some light from the north so that he could potentially use the garage as studio space in the future. He said that Cohen would like to have the extra lighting features added in. Ponto said that the French doors seem unusual on a garage. Chamberlain said that would be the back side of the garage opening onto the yard. He said that because Cohen may be working in the garage, the doors would open for ventilation and light when he is working. Weitzel asked if the owner was committed to the placement of the door to the right. Chamberlain said it depends on where on the property the garage can be built. He said that the City informed him that if part of the wall of the current garage is kept, he could built the new garage basically there, saving as much of the back yard as possible, including an oak tree, which is what the owner would like to do. Weitzel said that he was unaware of the setback requirements in this case. Terdalkar said that an alley loaded garage can be up to five feet from the property line. Toomey said that if the garage is a new building, it would not be grandfathered in. Chamberlain said that if he used the existing walls, the new building could be grandfathered in. MOTION: Ponto moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application for the application for 821 Dearborn Street as submitted, with the option, instead of stucco, of using half- timbering and with the stipulation that the garage doors not have an arched design and following staff's recommendation regarding the roof pitch. Chamberlain said the garage doors will probably be made of vinyl wrapped in a cedar wood to match and be painted. Ponto said the doors should either be solid or with square or rectangular lights, but not an arch pattern. Toomey seconded the motion. Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 3 Ponto said this is an interesting design that will look nice here. Weitzel asked if Commission members had an opinion about the windows. Michaud said that the windows are somewhat uncharacteristic and unrelated to the house. She said that a double hung vertical sash would be more appropriate. Downing said that garages typically have barn sash windows, not double hung. Michaud said that the five windows give the garage more of a prairie style. Chamberlain said that basically the windows in the diagram are supposed to match. He said that he could use four windows along the top to bring in light and also have the skylights to bring in more north light. Michaud said that having the windows elevated makes the garage a different style. Ponto said that in some ways it makes sense that the windows are above the horizontal banding, instead of cutting through the horizontal banding. He said if the owner uses the half timbering, then that issue goes away, and the windows could be lower. Michaud said the higher windows would not provide much light, because they are right up under the eaves. Toomey said it is on the north side, so it's all indirect light anyway. The motion carried on a vote of 8-0. 718 South Summit Street. Buss, one of the owners of the house, said that she would like to make some changes to an old two-car garage that has been added onto before. She said that she would like to make it a study. Buss said she does not plan to add plumbing, but the garage currently has electrical service, and she would like to add heat, air, and insulation. Buss said that she would like to add three windows on the south and would like to match the barn sash windows, but she would like windows that open. Buss said that the dimensions on the barn sash conform more to casement windows. She said they are about % of an inch wide, and the casement windows are about 7/8 of an inch wide. Buss said that the double hung is about two inches for the horizontal. Buss said they would like to have three windows on the east side, two above the existing windows and one directly in the middle, the same width, but just a little bit higher. She said Terdalkar suggested putting one on the east side, so they would also like to do that. Buss said that the garage is surrounded by other garages. She said they would also like to have a pedestrian door that would be entered from the east. Weitzel said that the illustration shows tall windows on the upper story and shorter windows on the lower story. Terdalkar said that is his illustration. He said that one could either get a double hung or a barn sash window there. Terdalkar said that a double hung could have a two over two divided light, and the mullion in the middle would be the meeting rails of the windows. Michaud said that the two over two windows look more in keeping with the simplicity of the garage/barn. Toomey said that casement windows will look out of place there. Buss asked if the Commission would mind that the other windows wouldn't conform, that the upper windows would have a wider horizontal separator. Weitzel said the dividing horizontal line wouldn't be a mullion, it would be an actual window frame on a double hung. Buss said that she would be okay with that. She added that she would trade the kind of window for the third window. MOTION: Michaud moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application for changes to a garage at 718 South Summit Street, as submitted, with two or three sash or double hung windows on the second floor of the garage, with a door on the east side, a fourth window on the east side, and three windows on the south side, with the windows to all be double hung windows. Ponto, Baker, and Toomey all said that they would prefer double hung windows. Toomey seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 8-0. Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 4 302 East Jefferson. Terdalkar stated that this is a' landmark structure and is the rectory for Saint Mary's Church. He said that the applicant wants to replace the roof over the front porch with some rubberized roofing and also cover the gutters so that the external gutters on the front porch can be used. Terdalkar said the applicant was also requesting permission to use Azek material instead of wood moldings on the eave, which the Commission has not approved as a substitute material. He said the applicant then revised the application to use wood moldings. Terdalkar said that the revised application would meet the guidelines as long as the roof slope is not changed while covering the gutters and the wood moldings are used to match the existing. Terdalkar stated that the existing roof covering is a seamless, flat metal roof. He said that it does have concealed gutters. Terdalkar said that the gutters could be repaired, but the owner's preference would be to cover over the gutters but not remove them and to install external gutters. Weitzel said the applicant suggested there is a problem with the roof pitch, in that the water sheets off and misses the gutter entirely, coming out onto the stairs. He said the applicant then built the structure up on top to catch that, and that is part of the dissatisfaction with the current roof configuration. Downing asked if the owner would then be adding thickness to the profile to direct the water. Weitzel said he believes the idea would be to put a flat covering over the roof and add gutters all around. He said that he doesn't like the idea of hanging gutters over the trim, but if the building has this problem, and obviously it does, because the applicant put a pretty big thing over the stairway, not allowing the owner to hang gutters may just perpetuate the problem. MOTION: Toomey moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application for 302 East Jefferson Street, as proposed, with the changes as suggested by staff in that wood material will be used instead of the Azek material. Michaud seconded the motion. Ponto said this is a reasonable approach, because if, in the future, the owner wants to go back to internal gutters, that would be possible, because they are just being covered. The motion carried on a vote of 8-0. Minutes for September 17.2007. MOTION: Baker moved to approve the minutes of the Commission's September 17, 2007 meeting, as written. Baker seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 8-0. OTHER: Terdalkar referred to the handout discussing the proposed telecommunications tower at Hawk Ridge Road. He said the City receives notice from telecommunications companies whenever they propose any towers and whether they affect any of the surrounding National Register or National Register eligible properties. Terdalkar said that is a requirement to receive federal permits, and therefore GSS Inc. has submitted a brief report. He said the City has also received a copy of a visual effects report prepared by Historian Patricia Eckhardt. Terdalkar said that the landmark property at 747 Benton Street and the Melrose National Register Historic District are within a fairly close distance to the location. He said that he did not see anything that would visually affect the historic district, however. Terdalkar said the tower itself would be a stealth tower in that it would be a light pole with downcast light. He said that this report is for the Commission's information, although if the Commission has serious concerns, he could put it on the Commission's agenda for a formal opinion by the Commission. Terdalkar said that the pole would be on the site, not on the street. He said there is a parking lot at the site that will need some lighting. Michaud said she was concerned about light pollution. Terdalkar Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 5 commented that the site plan shows the tower very close to the highway where there are no residences. Weitzel said that the site cannot be seen from the historic properties. Brennan said these are not local historic districts, so the Commission could not do anything if it wanted to. Terdalkar said the Commission has been invited to provide comments to be forwarded to the State Historical Society, which has something to say about the permits. Weitzel said that the State Historic Preservation Office is actually asking the CLG for comments so that the authority to approve or deny is actually asking for input from the Commission. Brennan stated that seems then like something that should be on the agenda. Weitzel said he agreed. He said that this is part of a Section 106, which is part of the CRF 38 legislation, which comes into play when there is federal money and when permits are required. Terdalkar referred to a free one-day workshop in Coon Rapids, Iowa providing training opportunities. He asked anyone who may be interested to let him know. Terdalkar said there will be an overview of the Secretary of the Interior Standards, and there will also be a session on financial incentives. PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT PRESERVATION PLAN: Weitzel said that the Historic Preservation Commission of Iowa City was enacted because of a certified local government with the State of Iowa and through ordinances that were approved by City Council. He said that the Commission is an independent, volunteer board of citizens - residents who are not part of the City administration. Weitzel said that the Commission is appointed by City Council, and its functions are part legislative and part judicial. He said that the Commission's mission statement is to identify, protect and preserve the community's historic resources in order to enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of current and future generations. Weitzel stated that this public hearing was convened to consider the Preservation Plan update. He said that once the public hearing is opened, citizen participation can greatly aid the process of deliberating whether or not to approve the Preservation Plan update. Weitzel said that in order to arrive at a complete and well-reasoned conclusion, the Commission welcomes all testimony. He said the Commission will base its decision on facts and evidence presented in the open meeting as well as other correspondence transmitted to staff during the Preservation Plan open houses. Terdalkar presented an overview of the draft Preservation Plan. He said that the first plan was adopted in 1992, and it was done through a CLG and an HRDP grant. Terdalkar said that another grant allowed for this draft update of the plan. He said that outside consultants, historians, and preservation planning experts were hired, and Svendsen Tyler and Clarion and Associates collaborated to complete the job, conducting neighborhood meetings and individual interviews with citizens and other interested parties. T erdalkar said that the draft provides a progress report of work done in the past 15 years. He said it tells what has been achieved in terms of the goals of the Preservation Plan and what to strive for in the next ten to 15 years. Terdalkar said the public input process began in January of last year, and solicitation of public input was accomplished in neighborhood meetings held over a three to four-month period, as well as through individual interviews. Terdalkar said that the updates are based on the received input as well as future visions collected from the input. He said that the Preservation Plan also provides an adoption policy and implementation policy for implementing objectives. Terdalkar said that in the past 15 years, surveys and evaluations were done for many of the historic districts and historic areas in the City. He said that there are now seven historic districts in the City that are locally designated, five conservation districts, and 56 local and National Register properties. Terdalkar said that recently three national historic districts were added to the City. Terdalkar stated that the 25th annual award program will be held in October. He said all of these efforts have led to neighborhood improvement, stabilization of many of the residential areas, and have provided investment opportunities in the older neighborhoods as well as in downtown and commercial areas. Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 6 Terdalkar said that some of the recommendations in the draft refer to streamlining the Commission's review process in reviewing projects based on exterior changes and alterations. He said, however, the main focus is on providing more technical and financial assistance and incentives to encourage more historic preservation activities, increased efforts to provide education and interpretation, and bringing in outside visitors and creating opportunity for economic development in terms of heritage tourism. Terdalkar said it provides economic potential, and focusing and capitalizing on those resources is one of the recommendations in the draft. Terdalkar said the Commission is seeking public opinion on the draft. He said that after that point, the Commission will discuss the plan and any possible changes and will then recommend this Comprehensive Plan amendment to the Planning and Zoning Commission and eventually to the City Council. Terdalkar said the public hearings for that will be announced, and citizens can also continue to send comments and concerns via e-mail or telephone. Public hearing: Weitzel said that citizens are asked to limit comments to five minutes. He said that the Commission is not here for debate but is present to listen to and discuss public comments. Weitzel said that the Commission will discuss what it hears after the meeting, summarize comments, and eventually make a recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. Helen Burford. 528 East Colleqe Street, said that Friends of Historic Preservation and its board members spent quite a bit of time working with the Commission through this process. She said that what is refreshing about this draft plan is its focus on the economic impact of historic preservation on the community. Burford said the best example of this would be the recovery efforts on Iowa Avenue and in other areas that were affected by the Tornado. She said it is paramount to recognize that this recovery effort created jobs, put dollars back into the community, improved the streetscape, encouraged people in other areas of the community to make investments in their properties, and encouraged those who normally would not want to consider historic preservation as a governmental tool for stabilizing or bettering a neighborhood to take a second view of the situation. Burford said that in stimulating other areas where there is a lot of change about to happen, there has certainly been a positive impact on the community. She said that for the future, it is something that also attracts new people to the community, so that new businesses and new thinking will be supported. Burford stated that the second important thing that the plan addresses is that it encourages neighborhood stabilization. She said that the Plan addresses in detail certain things that the community has heard over and over again. Burford stated that most of the historic areas are already developed properties, so people are concerned with the preservation of certain unique features of the community. For example, she said that this Plan addresses brick streets in a way that the other plan did not. Burford said that the Plan brings forward a rational way of addressing something that is important to some parts of the community. In terms of neighborhood stabilization, Burford said this Plan discusses the older communities and allows one to think of them in a very contemporary way, as with the resurgence of walkable communities and things that have an impact on the environment. She stated that this Plan gives a good framework for talking about these things. Burford said that by encouraging historic preservation, the potential for heritage tourism is created. Burford stated that one other thing that is extremely important about the Plan is the streamlining of the process. She said the Plan really emphasizes better communication both within the City and externally, with the University, community groups, and neighborhoods. Burford said that the Plan reaches and gives a nice framework for encouraging positive actions on the part of the community and also overcomes the hurdle of any sort of negative feelings about dealing with regulations first, because they really do benefit the community. David Ozolins. 1131 East Burlinqton Street, said that he has lived at his house for 15 years and has worked on the house and slowly been remodeling it since he has lived there. He said that the entire house has Andersen windows. Ozolins said that he put a two-story addition on four years ago and is now Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 7 in the process of putting on a single-story addition. He said that he had ordered a bunch of Andersen windows for the addition and was going to use the French doors from the current house on the new addition but has since been informed that he cannot use vinyl windows. Ozolins said he would be forced to lose $5,000 to $6,000 worth of windows. Ozolins said that he is trying to find a way to appeal this to either the City Councilor Board of Adjustment, because he doesn't feel that is proper. He said his main point is that there has to be more ways of appealing the decision of the Commission. Ozolins said that of all the building codes and ways to build, there are a number of different venues in which to work out a disagreement of variance. He said that with historic preservation, he is trying to figure out how to meet the Code and the spirit of the law and yet be able to use the vinyl windows. Ozolins stated that when the standards were written 20 years ago, vinyl windows were not very good. He said that now, one can step back ten to 15 feet and can't tell the difference between a metal clad window and a vinyl clad window. Ozolins said he has heard comments that one cannot paint a vinyl clad window, but that is the reason he bought them. He said that he is trying to get back to what is close and reasonable for his house but wants to figure out a way to get there with the vinyl windows. Ozolins said he would like to see the Commission codify allowing high quality vinyl windows or separate routes of appeal for that kind of process. Weitzel said that in a conservation district, the normal route of appeal would be to the Board of Adjustment. Ozolins stated that that requires a $375 fee. Ron Herman said that he is Ozolins' contractor for the second part of the addition to his house. Regarding an appeal to the Board of Adjustment, Herman said that is really a meaningless appeal. He said the Board of Adjustment can only say that you follow the guidelines or not. Herman said it is obvious that because the guidelines say that something is not allowed, that that is an appeal that in a conservation district costs $375 to file, whereas in a historic district it is free. Herman said that if it were a building code issue and not a zoning issue, which an overlay district is, he could go to the Board of Appeals and get a variance for that, but he can't get a variance for something that is in the historic preservation code. He said that for whatever reason, it exists outside the normal appeal procedure. Herman said all one can do is go to the Board of Adjustment, which will look at the guidelines. He said that guidelines to him is really a soft and fuzzy word, when it is actually a proscription. Herman said that there is no due process in that under the current regime and the way the overlay districts work, there is no appeal past the Board of Adjustment, which can only look at the guidelines. He said there has to be some way to modify things as we go forward. Herman said that by the time Andersen vinyl clad windows are installed and trimmed, they look exactly identical inside and out. He said they are both quality products. Herman agreed that when the statutes were written 25 years ago, vinyl windows were cheap but said that is no longer the case. He said he is not asking that there be a blanket allowance but thinks that there are cases where an exception should be made. Miklo said that there is a section of the draft plan that discusses the guidelines in conservation districts, and windows is one of the things the Plan suggests be looked at. He said the appeal process is pretty standard for this sort of code, but the Plan does actually support looking at the window issue. Miklo said it might be that when there are already vinyl windows on a building, that might be a time when an exception could be made. Norm Cate. 322 Mullin Avenue, said he took on a project about one and one half years ago, an arts and crafts cottage in disrepair. He said that he now lives there, and he took this on to save a really great old house. Cate said that everything he has done on the house is period appropriate except that he had to take out the wooden casement windows that were original to the house, because they were in such bad shape, and he replaced them with metal clad windows. He said the windows look exactly like the wooden windows that were in there. Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 8 Cate said it concerns him that if this property were in a historic district and he came up with a vinyl product that was as good if not better but for a more reasonable price, he wouldn't have been able to put them in that structure. He said that the guidelines, like any other form of proscriptive code, does need to have some form of appeal, that he should be able to come to a board to present a product that he feels satisfies the intent of the guidelines. Cate said that the way it is currently set is that if it doesn't meet the guidelines, it doesn't meet the guidelines. Cate said this is something the Commission should consider as it continues to grapple with what's being written. He said it is something that will have to be looked at in the coming years for neighborhoods that will be considered as historic districts. Cate thanked the Commission for the work it does. Weitzel said the Commission has a way to review unapproved products that have not been looked at before but does not have a way at this point to overturn things that are specifically disallowed in the guidelines. He agreed that the Commission may want to look at that. Weitzel said that the guidelines are approved by the City Council, so the Commission does not have the authority to overturn them, although the guidelines may be revised from time to time with City Council approval. Public hearing closed. Weitzel said the Commission would discuss public comments regarding the plan. He said the Commission could vote on the draft Plan or direct staff to investigate particular items further. Ponto asked what written comments had come in regarding the draft Plan. Terdalkar said that Friends of Historic Preservation provided input to the Plan, and a section regarding the role of Friends of Historic Preservation was added to the plan. Brennan said that when the process began, he had thought this was supposed to be a roughly 15-year plan, similar to the time frame of the previous plan. He said that as he reads through this, it appears to be a ten-year plan that makes periodic, perfunctory references to a 15-year time frame but doesn't really talk about a ten to 15-year zone. Terdalkar said that he did not think one could put a concrete timeline on a vision plan like this, but it is normal to have it for a period of ten to 15 years. Miklo added that the previous plan did not have a specified timeline. He said that it is difficult to plan much further ahead than ten years, and after ten years, staff recognized that the plan staff was working from needed updating, in that the City had changed quite a bit and the number of buildings reaching the eligibility age for historic properties and National Register consid~ration had changed quite a bit. In terms of planning, Miklo said staff likes to look at a ten-year period, realizing that it might stretch into 15 before a new plan is put in place. Brennan said that the Plan seems to discuss buildings up through 1960, and we are now only two years away from the 50-year threshold for those, so there will be more buildings coming across the threshold during the period of this plan that really are not addressed by it. Brennan suggested the Plan should go up through 1970 or at least 1965. Miklo said that Svendsen did discuss that with the State as to what it wanted to see. He said that a lot of people have a difficult time grasping that buildings constructed in 1960 might be considered historic. Miklo said that is one of the reasons the director from the State Historical Society and the consultant specified up through 1960. Brennan said that the post-war development period runs through the late 1950s and 1960s. He said that back in 1920, no one would have thought that the house he now lives in was remarkable in any way, but we do now. Brennan said the Plan doesn't seem to address the houses coming up to that threshold, where in some ways they are worthy of comment and thought. Terdalkar said that the Plan identifies neighborhoods that are eligible for being historic and stepping up and evaluating and documenting those neighborhoods. He said that if five years from now the Commission feels there is a neighborhood that needs to be surveyed, that can be taken on as a separate project as well. Weitzel said the Plan really doesn't stop the Commission from doing anything, and if the Commission sees a need, it could commission a survey to be done. Historic Preservation Commission October 11, 2007 Page 9 Miklo said this is a legitimate question being raised. He said the Commission might consider adding an objective that discusses this and in seven to ten years the Commission looking at the time frame of the buildings to be studied. Ponto stated that objective nine discusses revising design guidelines to better address key issues in presentation format, and the sub objectives discuss new construction, parking and paving materials, and some other things. He suggested the Commission consider adding a new item under objective nine to say to review and revise as appropriate existing guidelines for windows. Ponto said that would be broad enough to get into the issues regarding materials. Miklo said that objective seven discusses developing clear and specific standards that address frequent design review issues in conservation districts. He said that was put in by Svendsen to specifically address these kinds of things where there has been some controversy. Miklo said that supplementing it in section nine as suggested would go hand in hand with that. Michaud suggested that the Plan entertain consideration of sustainable materials that are either recycled or sustainable and therefore better for the environment. Ponto agreed and said perhaps the Plan should go so far as to address things like solar panels. Weitzel said he would agree as long as they could be incorporated into the design so that it doesn't detract from the building. He agreed that energy conservation will be in the forefront more and more. Weitzel said that may be why the Commission is seeing more and more window replacements and said that the Commission will need to have a general discussion on that topic at some point. Miklo said the Commission could put forth a motion to recommend that this Preservation Plan be adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan, and any amendments could be included as part of the motion. He said the other option would be to consider the information and vote on the Plan at an upcoming meeting. Weitzel suggested the Commission investigate some of these things and perhaps articulate a little better what the Commission is recommending as it moves forward. He said that the comments made at the hearing merit further investigation. MOTION: Trimble moved to defer consideration of the draft Preservation Plan to the Commission's November 8th meeting. Baker seconded the motion. Ponto agreed with Weitzel that it is appropriate to defer, in that a better write-up of the amendments would make the Commission more comfortable in endorsing them. The motion carried on a vote of 8-0. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m. Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte s/pcd/mins/hpcl2007/1 0-11-07 .doc Cl o .... ~ ~ 's 8-c o J. U 8 ~ Cl~ .S ~ r-- -~= ~Cl= E: ~ M ~-c ~ Cl ~ ~ J._ ~- ~< .... J. o - ~ = .... I I I e:! .... x X I X I I X X X X X -- c:> I I I 0 .... I I I l:- I I I I e:! .... x X I I I I X X X X X -- I I I I 0 0'1 I I I I ~ I I I e:! e:! x X I I I X X X X X QO I I I 0 0 I I I M I I I e:! e:! .... x X I I I X X X X X t:: I I I 0 0 I I I QO I I I e:! ~ x 0 I I I X X X X X X I I I 0 \C> I I I M e:! I I I e:! e:! .... 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