HomeMy WebLinkAboutDRBM_05122011 G�ity of 1lktah City of Ukiah, CA
Design Review Board
1 MINUTES
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3 Regular Meeting May 12, 2011
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5 Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue
6 1. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Moser called the Design Review Board meeting at
7 3:15 p.m.
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9 2. ROLL CALL Present: Tom Liden, Alan Nicholson, Tom Hise,
10 Richard Moser, Nick Thayer
11 Absent: Estok Menton
12 Staff Present: Kim Jordan, Senior Planner
13 Jennifer Faso, Associate Planner
14 Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary
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16 3. CORRESPONDENCE: None
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18 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: May 3, 2011 minutes
19 M/S Liden/Nicholson to approve May 3, 2011 minutes, as submitted.
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21 5. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: None
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23 6. RIGHT TO APPEAL: There are no appealable items on this agenda.
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25 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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27 7A. Continue working on the Downtown Zoning Code Design District Guidelines.
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29 The DRB began with review of the DZC Patterns Table and supported the following
30 concepts:
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32 Historic District— Existing Patterns
33 Patterns
34 ■ buildings parallel to frontage line
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36 Articulation
37 ■ canvas awnings, barrel & shed
38 ■ recessed entry
39 ■ flat fa�ade with narrow storefront
40 ■ taller buildings
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42 Historic District— Recommended Desiqn Approach
43 ■ restore buildings that were inappropriately remodeled
44 ■ courtyard spaces
45 ■ recessed awnings and/or functional covered windows
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1 Perkins Street Corridor District— Recommended Desiqn Approach
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3 Composition
4 ■ courtyard like that of Geraldine Somers Building, 290 Seminary Avenue
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6 Main Street— Existinq Patterns
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8 Composition
9 ■ Courtyards of Yoga Mendocino building, 206 Mason Street
10 ■ Geraldine Somers Building, 290 Seminary Avenue
11 ■ Dolores Apartments, 602 N. State Street
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13 Articulation
14 Yoqa Mendocino buildinq
15 ■ recessed doors and windows
16 ■ front porch/entry
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18 The DRB moved from the DZC-Patterns table to the Design Review Board Building
19 Examples Table. The Board determined that the best approach would be to identify
20 what they like about the buildings included in the Building Examples Table and that is
21 where they will start at the next meeting.
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23 The Board reviewed the Building Examples Table. The following are the features that
24 they Board liked about each of the buildings discussed.
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26 Main Street Design District— Examples Identified DRB
27 Coffee Critic, 476 North State Street (photograph DSC0046):
28 ■ recessed Entry
29 • outdoor Seating
30 • materials
31 ■ contemporary design
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33 Geraldine Somers Buildinq, 290 Seminarv Avenue (photoqraph DSC0097:
34 ■ courtyard
35 ■ changing proportion of building
36 ■ repeated form
37 ■ variation in height between buildings
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39 Graces, 232 North Main Street, (photoqraph DSC0050)
40 ■ delete this building from the selection
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42 Yoqa Mendocino, 206 Mason Street (photoqraph DSC0055):
43 ■ articulated entry
44 ■ recessed windows
45 ■ rear portion of the building that gives a different form more reflective of a
46 commercial/industrial form/use
47 ■ arched windows
48 ■ courtyard
49 ■ clerestory windows of corner
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1 Starbucks, First American Title Insurance Company buildinq, 704 E. Perkins Street
2 (photograph DSC5065):
3 ■ materials
4 ■ covered space/cornice & columns
5 ■ roofing
6 ■ `agrarian' style
7 ■ colors
8 ■ clerestory windows
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10 Healdsburg Hotel, (photograph example 5):
11 ■ corner entrance at 45�
12 ■ covered patio
13 ■ proportional
14 ■ courtyard, open spaces
15 ■ balcony articulation
16 ■ `activity' of building
17 ■ materials
18 ■ larger building "broken" into smaller pieces
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20 8. MATTERS FROM THE BOARD: None
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22 9. MATTERS FROM STAFF: None
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24 10. SET NEXT MEETING/ADJOURNMENT: Thursday May 12, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
25 The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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28 Richard Moser, Chair
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30 Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary
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