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<br />Historic Preservation Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />January 16, 2008 <br />Page 5 of 12 <br /> <br />Kathy Valentine asked if the fayade could be rebuilt or recreated in the new building. <br /> <br />Wilson noted that recreations are not considered true preservation. She added that the <br />design team tried to reflect the look of the old building in the new design. <br /> <br />Billy O'Donnell stated that the DA T discussed preservation in its first meetings, but <br />determined that keeping the fayade was not really possible if they wanted to get full <br />functionality from the site. <br /> <br />Megan Valentine asked if the fayade could be moved forward and the new structure built <br />behind it. <br /> <br />Kathy Valentine asked why Casey Middle School in Boulder will. <br />original outer walls. <br /> <br /> <br />of its <br /> <br />Wilson replied it would be expensive and would create new challenge <br /> <br />Orr stated that the two walls being retained at Casey are alread building <br />envelope on the site so they are not constraining the nstruction by keeping them. <br /> <br />O'Donnell added that the City of Boulder contributed fun . g to the Casey project. <br /> <br />Orr noted that Boulder's funding is specifically for LEEDS certification of the project, not <br />historic preservation. . <br /> <br /> <br />g at LMS to see the site and better <br /> <br />Orr invited members of the community to <br />understand its constraints. <br /> <br />Lewis asked if the school district <br />the building. <br /> <br /> <br />a proposed amount of what it would cost to save <br /> <br />Orr noted that in order get a specific proposal he would need direction from the school <br />board to do that. <br /> <br />Koertje asked when the molition decision was made. <br /> <br />Wilson sai <br /> <br /> <br />.dn't know the specific date. <br /> <br />O'Donnell sta was in the first ~ to % of the DA T meetings and the first DA T meeting <br />was on April 20 it was sometime in the summer. He noted that it became clear to the <br />DA T early on that saving the fayade wouldn't work if they wanted to meet the education <br />specifications. <br /> <br />Annie Hughes, 1405 Garfield Court, stated that she remembered that Adam Fels, LMS <br />principal, stated at the September 4 City Council meeting that the fayade would be <br />retained. <br /> <br />Koertje asked if the DA T minutes would show exactly when the decision to remove the <br />fayade was made. <br />