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Memorializing City Council action taken on November 14, 2012, granting the appeal of Gleeson Architects to conditions imposed by the Heritage Preservation Commission on a building permit to replace the public sidewalks around the building at 366 Jackson Street within the Lowertown Heritage Preservation District.
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WHEREAS, on or about August 20, 2012, the applicant, Gleeson Architects, 1175 East Highway 36, Maplewood, Minnesota, 55109, on behalf of the owner of that property commonly known as 366 Jackson Street and historically known as the Merchant’s National Bank Building (the “Building”), made application to the Heritage Preservation Commission (the “HPC”), in HPC File No. 12-044, for a permit to replace the existing public sidewalk and curb along the west and south side of the Building and replace them with new sidewalk and curbing; and
WHEREAS, because the Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated City Heritage Preservation Site located in the City’s Lowertown Historic District, HPC approval of the applicant’s proposal was required under Leg. Code § 73.06(e); and
WHEREAS, the applicant proposed to replace the existing sidewalk with a two-color concrete slab. Slab color no. 1was described as “matching” the red sandstone of the Building. Slab color no. 2 was described as a “standard concrete color.” The proposal also stated that the sidewalk slabs would display a “scored box pattern” having a “broom finish.” The applicant also proposed to construct an “integral curb,” tree grates, “historic replica light fixtures” and install a “new accessible ramp at the corner.” Finally, the applicant’s plan described installing five “bronze inlays” in front of the Building’s Jackson Street entrance. Further detail regarding the “inlays” was not provided; and
WHEREAS, on September 20, 2012, the HPC, having provided notice to affected property owners, duly conducted a public hearing on the said application where all i...
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