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<br /> <br />ANDERSON HALLAS <br />ARCHITECTS, PC <br />(formerly Andrews & Anderson) <br /> <br />Architecture <br />Historic Preservation <br />Planning <br /> <br />715 Fourteenth Street <br />Golden, Colorado 80401 <br /> <br />V 303.278.4378 <br />F 303.278.0521 <br /> <br />www.andarch.com <br />MEMO <br /> <br />Date: September 12, 2012 <br /> <br />To: Tommi Hughes <br /> <br />From: Nan Anderson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C <br /> <br />Re: Building Assessment for 700 Lincoln <br /> <br />AH Project Number: 2012270 <br /> <br />Comments: <br /> <br />Hello Tommi, <br /> <br />Thank you very much for the opportunity to assess your historic home and to help you move forward <br />in the process of improving it. <br /> <br />Attached you will find our “Existing Condition Assessment,” which breaks down the assessment of <br />your house by building component and provides a description of the issues and our recommendations <br />to address those concerns. In addition, we’ve provided a rough estimate of how much it might cost to <br />do these recommendations. This will, of course, be affected by the contractor selected and the industry <br />fluctuations (availability of labor, material costs, etc.) but it should provide you with a ballpark figure <br />for planning purposes. We recommend that final budgeting and grant applications be done after <br />consulting with a reputable contractor and a structural engineer (when applicable) to get the most <br />accurate pricing. <br /> <br />We’ve cited where you’ll need to test for lead content in your paint, but if you were to do three or four <br />tests including a sample from each of the areas of old paint around your house, the results would <br />inform all your paint-related work. You wouldn’t need a test for every individual component as it <br />appears in the assessment. Also, our estimates assume there is no lead content in your paint. If you do <br />find lead, you can expect any removal activities and costs to be affected by the hazards inherent in <br />lead. <br /> <br />We’ve done a bit of legwork with the city to find out what the next steps for you might be. Here is <br />what we’ve uncovered, in addition to the attached Guide provided by the City of Louisville: <br />- Upon a successful application, the City will provide a $1,000 “signing bonus” that can be used for <br />anything, a $5,000 “incentive bonus” that must be used for rehabilitation and restoration including <br />interior projects, and a final grant of $15,000 which is to be used for exterior improvements only. <br />- Grant funding must be matched by the applicant dollar for dollar. <br />- Grant limit for residents is $21,900. <br />- All rehabilitation and restoration work paid for by the grant funding must be applied to the historic <br />portion of the building (that which has been deemed as part of the landmark and 50 years or <br />older). <br />- Clarify with the city if grant funding will be used for engineering costs. The signing bonus may <br />certainly be used for that purpose. It may be that your matching funds may go towards that as <br />well. <br />- The next steps in the process are as follows: <br />1. Schedule a pre-application meeting with the Planning Division. <br />2. Completely fill out Grant Application, explaining the scope of work. <br />3. Provide bids from 3 qualified building contractors (the city can provide some names of <br />contractors). Bids must provide a cost estimate which includes labor and materials.