Historic Preservation Commission Minutes 2008 01 16

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes January 16, 2008 Page 2 of 12 Erik Hartronft, 817 Lincoln Avenue, stated his belief that the City needs a mechanism to fund historic preservation and the need for more incentives for preservation. He suggested putting together a ballot initiative to get a preservation sales tax on the ballot. He noted the great expense required to preserve historic structures and the need that desire among residents to save those structures. He noted that there is a great deal of interest in historic preservation and this would be the time to capitalize on that interest to get something on the ballot. He asked for community support for such an effort. Lewis thanked Hartronft for his idea and asked if this could be placed on a Commission agenda. Muth noted that staff time could not be used for an initiative process. is noted that if there are members of the public willing to work on this idea, a c group could be formed. Discussion - Louisville Middle School Demolition Boulder Valley School District Officials Invited to Ty Gee, 253 Hoover Court, thanked the HPC for its work and noted of Old Town in order to save our community character, architec Louisville is known for its Old Town, it is what defines our com Muth stated that at the December 5 meeting members 0 he HPC asked staff to invite Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) officials to the mee g to review plans for the proposed demolition of the historic section of Louisville Middle School. Muth reiterated that the City has no jurisdiction to require. BVSD save the building as the BVSD is a separate governmental entity. Lewis reported that she and Koertje met WI mbers of Historic Boulder to discuss the loss of school buildings district wide. She noted that they were acting as individuals not as representatives of the City. Koertje reported that he had subml d a request for information under the Colorado Open Records Act (CO A) to the BVSD asking for all information related to the LMS renovations and any . cussion of preservation of the fayade of the building. The school district's initial rely was q0~t it would cost $300 for the requested copies. Koertje submitted an amended req'uest limiting the document request. At this time, he is still waiting for t pies of records from the school district. Lewis repo meeting to in of the building. comments. t she and a number of others attended the January 8 school board the board members of the community's interest in keeping the fayade e noted that the school board members appeared receptive to their PUBLIC COMMENTS Ty Gee, 253 Hoover Court, stated his disappointment in the school district noting that the assumption behind the bond issue was that the school would be renovated, not demolished. He asked what the school could do to preserve the fayade and asked what considerations were made in the process related to the preservation of the historic building.