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Home My WebLink AboutDRBM_06012011 City of Ukiah, CA Design Review Board Design Review Board June 1, 2011 Page 1 MINUTES 1 2 Regular Meeting June 1, 2011 3 ◦ 4 Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue 5 1. CALL TO ORDER: Acting Chair Menton called the Design Review Board to 6 order at 3:00 p.m. 7 8 2. ROLL CALL Present: Tom Liden, Alan Nicholson, Nick Thayer, 9 Estok Menton 10 Absent: Tom Hise, Richard Moser 11 Staff Present: Kim Jordan, Senior Planner 12 Jennifer Faso, Associate Planner 13 Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary 14 Others present: Howie Hawkes 15 16 3. CORRESPONDENCE: None 17 18 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: May 12, 2011 minutes 19 Approval of minutes was deferred. 20 21 5. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: None 22 23 6. RIGHT TO APPEAL: There are no appealable items on this agenda. 24 25 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 26 27 7A. Continue working on the Downtown Zoning Code Design District Guidelines. 28 29 The DRB continued review of the DZC Design District Guidelines by discussing buildings 30 they like and identifying the features they like and including these feaures in the 31 accompanying table for the three districts. 32 33 Began with Board discussion about general buildings in the photographs submitted by 34 Member Thayer that the Board have included in the DZC design table of buildings they 35 like. 36 37 Example 8: South of Market Area (SOMA) Project, San Francisco 38 Likes 39  retention of original storefront; nice blend of old with new; nice adaptation of 40 original form from old to new and how to effectively separate old from new 41  articulation of façade 42  good use of color 43  mixed use with commercial on bottom floor and residential upstairs 44  craftsman style of cornice 45  exterior balcony on upper stories 46  pop-outs’ of upper stories 47  working orientation with change from front to back of building 48 Design Review Board June 1, 2011 Page 2  roof pitch 1  height of first floor retail space 2 3 Example 6: Barn Diva, Healdsburg 4 Likes 5  Architectural style 6  First floor height 7  Mixed use, ground floor commercial with residential above 8 9 General comments: 10  Building has traditional look. 11  Building appropriate for Main Street. 12  Form & materials speak to rural vernacular. 13  Building is setback, questioned whether setback requirement would apply. 14  Building would work if constructed to sidewalk. 15  Corrugated metal would look good. 16  Materials would have to be different to withstand this areas climate. 17  Windows could use treatment to reduce heat impacts from hot summer sun. 18 19 20 Example 10: Portola Valley Civic Center 21 Likes: 22  Scale and proportion of building 23  quiet feel, natural appearance 24  abstract appearance to fit use 25  covered entranceways are inviting to public 26  sustainable, surface treatments 27  covered spaces 28  window form 29  building setbacks 30  agricultural vernacular’ 31 32 General comments: 33  Style would not look good in Downtown, but could on Main Street. 34  Form may not be right in all instances. 35  Buildings are earthlike,. Building may have Leed and/or ‘green’ application. 36  Building encourages experimentation. 37  Consider sustainability versus performance for buildings. 38  Consider whether a building would require ongoing maintenance and construct 39 building accordingly with materials that have substance/durability and are 40 sustainable. 41 42 Buildings in the Historic District 43 44 Masonic Hall Building/Mendocino Book Company, 102 School Street 45 Likes: 46  entryway 47  awnings 48  brick use and color allowing for a ‘substantial’ looking building 49  good orientation and form 50  good first story height 51 Design Review Board June 1, 2011 Page 3  nice application of ornamentals 1  likes separator made distinguishing between first and second floors 2  band on top & bottom of building 3  A nice solid ‘substantial’ looking building 4  Window orientation is good, but material could be of better quality 5  Building is a good height 6  Brick is of good quality 7  Has a soft/subtle appearance, yet substantial presence 8  Nice stonework articulation and treatment 9  Has two faces, on West Perkins Street and South School Street that are 10 tastefully crafted, provides effective accessibility, and gives the building character 11  Bottom band not original 12 13 Mammina Building, 201 and 203 South State Street 14 Likes: 15  recessed functional awnings and space between awnings 16  stepped parapets 17  lighting features on one building 18  freestanding blocks on parapet for other building 19  entryways/nice entry space 20  color scheme for buildings 21  use of different colors on parapet to break up mass of buildings 22  1920s vernacular for retail use 23 24 McKinley Building, 200 South State Street 25 Likes: 26  substantial, brick 27  chamfered corner 28  corner entry 29  balcony 30  steel brackets, parapet detailing, cornice 31  scale & proportion of windows and that they are recessed 32  arched dentils 33  Is a nice looking mixed-use building with entry courtyard at rear of building 34 35 Odd Fellows Building, 160 E. Standley Street 36 Likes: 37  ‘Exaggerated’ 2nd story windows 38  great detailing over windows 39  classical-looking façade bracket 40  paint on second story 41  recessed entry 42  cornice work 43  vertical windows, ornamental retailing over windows 44  ‘classical’ looking building 45  a lot of architectural detail on second story 46 47 General comments: 48  First story has been poorly remodeled and materials used not architecturally 49 compatible with second story. 50 51 Design Review Board June 1, 2011 Page 4 Pano Stephens Law Office Building, 201 S. State Street 1 Likes: 2  Deeply recessed entry 3  presentation of signage & address on building, very tasteful and progressive 4  awning over sidewalk 5  orientation of building to corner 6 7 General comments: 8  Did not like treatment and/or design of windows on south side of building. 9  Building as remodeled may not be good example of a building design for historic 10 district. 11 12 Patrona, Shoefly and Sox, Boutique 120, 120 & 130 West Standley 13 Likes: 14  shared recessed entry 15  single awning over two entries and awning with gable 16  stepped parapet 17  signage for Patrona building 18  cornice dentils 19  lighting for evening for Patrona building looks good allowing for an inviting dining 20 experience 21  architecture of buildings provides a lot of space for display of merchandise 22 23 US Post Office, 224 North Oak Street 24 Likes: 25  signage 26  exterior light fixture 27  building is substantial and has substance 28  how window ‘schedule’ wraps 29  staircase entry 30  plain with subtle detail 31  pop-outs in front of building 32  integral architecture 33  building is timeless, has nice proportions and is symmetrically balanced 34 35 Coffee Critic & Apartments 36 Likes: 37  gallery 38  deep recessed storefronts 39  mixed-use 40  overhang for shading 41  outdoor seating 42  recessed exterior wall 43  use of materials 44  substantial look 45  good adaptive reuse of a former muffler shop 46 47 Yoga Mendocino building 48 Likes: 49  recessed doors and windows 50  front porch/entry 51 Design Review Board June 1, 2011 Page 5  repetition of arches 1  setback of second story 2  parapet 3  courtyard 4  nice color scheme 5 6 8. MATTERS FROM THE BOARD: None 7 8 9. MATTERS FROM STAFF: None 9 10 10. SET NEXT MEETING/ADJOURNMENT: Wednesday June 8, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. 11 The meeting adjourned at 5:09 p.m. 12 13 14 Richard Moser, Chair 15 16 Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary 17