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City Council Meeting Minutes April 2, 2013 Page 8 of 21 5. Olde Town Group sees the importance of tying the property to the rest of downtown through redevelopment and the redevelopment needs to respect the Grain Elevator, not detract from it. 6. Known concerns from the Historic Preservation Commission can be addressed in a development agreement. If City Council approves staffs recommendation to move forward with the Olde Town Group proposal, the next step will be to negotiate a development agreement. Staff will seek input from the HPC regarding their concerns and address them in a development agreement for Council consideration. If the City Council agrees with the Historic Preservation Commission's recommendation to commence emergency stabilization and cleaning of the Grain Elevator, staff requests direction to begin preparing bid documents to engage an architect for design of stabilization work, and bid documents for the proper cleaning of the Grain Elevator. Erik Hartronft, 950 Lincoln Avenue, Louisville, CO Hartronft Associates stated he responded to the first RFP, but on the second RFP he submitted an alternative proposal, which provided a structure to look at the project in stages. He noted he was surprised by the staff recommendation. He stated his proposal looks at the alternative environments for the property. He noted he did not respond exactly to the RFP, but felt he presented a better financial model. Steven Howards, Olde Town Group, LLC stated their proposal followed the RFP exactly. Their proposal is to preserve the grain elevator. He stated they have a lot of experience in adaptive reuse of historic buildings. He noted the core of their proposal is to make the grain elevator attractive to office and commercial businesses. He stated they have extensive historic preservation experience. His wife, Deborah Andrews has been a licensed architect for thirty years and is a member of the Jefferson County Historic Commission. • Peter Stewart, 1132 Jefferson Avenue, Louisville, CO, Chairperson of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) stated when they look at any grant proposal or use of the Preservation Fund they use certain criteria; 1) is it helping with historic resources in Louisville and 2) is the preservation a wise and responsible use of the funds. The HPC strongly supports the acquisition of the grain elevator and the stability and cleanup. The HPC reviewed and discussed both proposals and felt The Olde Town Group, LLC was relying too heavily on the historic preservation fund. They felt the development cost should be borne by the developer and transferring ownership of the property without compensation was unacceptable. They support the stabilization and cleanup of the building to allow potential investors to view the property. They recommended development agreements be undertaken after stabilization was completed.