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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes April 18, 2016 Page 5of11 Federal Office of Economic Development, asking for assistance to help this effort to save the building and help identify some sources to help secure a piece of land. That application was denied based on the location identified in the application which was 1517 Main Street, which is immediately next to the school. That location was not found eligible and is not within the URA. I went back to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and proposed the location of 1655 Main Street. I have not heard back from them, but I do know that location is within the URA (Urban Renewal Authority) which drives the question of, if it is a location that the landowner will work with our nonprofit and the City, perhaps that could be a location for the building to be placed. If the landowner, City, and federal government are interested in working together to make it happen, this is where I currently am. I am here to give you an update simply because Plan B, 1517 Main Street, is Tess feasible and is not the highest and best use for the building. I would like to work with a location that sets the building in a permanent location that offers it to the community in a longstanding way. 1655 Main Street offers that. It would be more land than we would need, but there are other opportunities that could present themselves along with the historic preservation of this building. I would like to get support from the HPC to talk with Staff about a potential application to the EDA with the 1655 Main Street address. If I can get the landowner to agree to sponsor and write a letter of support to consider their land for this application, this could be something the HPC could endorse. Chuck Thomas asks what would be the timeframe on such a submission? Simkus says it is an open window with EDA. It takes about one month to respond. I asked them to expedite the submi ey did. Haley says the school district is a "n. d .• adjac the school district is a "no." This is our last property and pote Ily we o hin a month from submission. Simkus says the City asked me to try the '° ` ` ° +`:I district r st because it was the easiest path of resistance and the most politically supportive. That is not available anymore. Tom Abbott, 1800 Plaza Drive, Louisville, CO I have nothing planned to speak. I am surprised to hear from people with whom I have spoken. I want to speak up for the house. I have lived in it over eight years and have had a few different roommates. The energy of this house is very special. It is an interesting and lovely place. I have had guests come and everyone loves the house. It has such style to it. When I moved in eight years ago, there were still remnants of its history such as a stand -alone wardrobe and hooks on the ceilings where curtains were hung. I am told that I need to move now because they want to tear it down or move it. I am leaving. Every day that I think about leaving, I have more and more feeling for the house itself and the land around it. I will be sad to see it go. I know my neighbors who were unable to be here tonight really love the house too. Closed Public Hearing and Discussion by Commission: Fasick says clearly it is eligible because it has the integrity and has social history. It sounds like there are possibilities yet. I agree with Staff that we should put the stay on it of 180 days. Cyndi Thomas says I agree. There is enough will out there currently to try and find some alternatives. We can't keep it there but that wasn't its original location. I am not extremely tied to that. We should let it play out until there are no other options. Why was moved from its original location in 1991? Trice says it was moved because of King Soopers and Louisville Plaza.