PZC Minutes 103001 (2)Minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission
Work Session
October 30, 2001
Council Chambers
Town of Avon Municipal Building
400 Benchmark Road
The Work Session commenced at 5:35 p.m. with Commissioners Evans, Macik, Klein, Wolfe,
Karow, McClinton and Sipes present.
A. VILLAGE AT AVON
WalMart and Home Depot
Commissioner Ron Wolfe, Planning and Zoning representative to the Village at Avon Design
Review Board, said the multi -family residential area is the next area Traer Creek is going to
develop. Tonight we will be reviewing the proposals for Home Depot and WalMart.
Commissioner Wolfe said he met Magnus Lindholm and his impression is that Mr. Lindholm is
committed to a first class project at the Village. He does have specific ideas about what he
thinks is good architecture. He likes Arthur Erickson's designs. Bill Post has stated his process
for each design area is to acquire competitive, conceptual development submissions from three
or four architectural firms. Rick Pylman is developing the guidelines. It appears that everyone
is working toward a common goal.
WalMart and Home Depot have presented their designs as typical big box following their
standard architecture. They have given concessions to parking, type and intensity of lighting
and access. Traer Creek's concept is to push the buildings as far back as they can in order to
take advantage of the changing grade and minimize the visibility from the road. Linking the two
buildings is a pedestrian covered walkway.
Traer Creek is designing the site, WalMart and Home Depot are building the stores and the
buildings will be leased back to WalMart and Home Depot. There will be a shared responsibility
on who will be maintaining various aspects.
A big concern of the Commission was the roof. There was opposition to the black roof. It
should not be jet black; gravel ballasted and earth -tone is preferred. There is a concern of the
snow loads on the flat roof. Home Depot has said no to stone on the roof. Lindholm's view is
that a black roof will be the least visible.
The Commission discussed some kind of pop -ups on the roof, or second story windows to
minimize the look of the flat roof. It was suggested it may be better to do stepping in the walls.
It needs something to break the fagade that would step it down to bring down the scale of the
size. Roof pop -ups may possibly be a negative by drawing more attention to the roof. The
Commission asked if the dimension of a person could be added to the 3-D concept drawing for
scale.
Site lighting was discussed. The Commission agreed that as much as possible they should
insist that all site lighting be metal halide versus sodium vapor. They agreed less intensity is
better. They want minimal lighting and cut off fixtures. Commissioner Wolfe said Bill Post has
said Traer Creek wants only enough lighting to be able to function and keep the area secure. It
will be less intensely lit than the current WalMart.
Parking has been negotiated down to 4.2 per thousand. Norm Wood, Larry Brooks and Bill
Efting have negotiated the parking requirements.
Comments regarding the signage were that the signs are low and appropriate for the site.
Signage is standard on the building. We don't know what signs are on the backside facing the
interstate; it is not shown. We need to find out what, if anything they are proposing that would
be seen from the interstate. Are there any tall poles? Generally, the Commission was happy
with the signage that is proposed.
The pedestrian covered walkway is shown to be of a certain height spanning the two buildings.
The canopy meets the full height of the building. It would be more human -scaled and make the
building look better if the canopy was down below the top of the wall. It should be kept low
across the face of the building to break up the facade and make the front more interesting.
Will the water feature in the park be seasonal? What will it look like in the off-season? How will
it be maintained?
Trucking in and out of the northwest comer is supported.
If the road passes through the park area, it should be made with pavers, or something besides
asphalt.
The front of the building and curbing should be landscaped, to soften it; but still accommodate
the customers' loading areas. The landscape plan should use evergreens, not deciduous trees
and should be used in areas where there is line of site.
The berm above the buildings coming down along the side of the road is critical.
There was concern what the two large buildings will look like from the interstate.
Some of the nomenclature for different stages in the processes are; Concept Design,
Schematic Design, Design Development and Final Design.
It is very important in order for the Commission to be effective, Commissioner Wolfe be with
Traer Creek when they are talking about ideas. Information should be extracted from Traer
Creek early enough in the process to make the Commission's advisory comments useful.
The Commission thanked Ron for his excellent hard work and time he is putting into the Village
Design Review.
B. LOT C, Avon at Beaver Creek, Sheraton's Mountain Vista
Entry Truss
Several variations of revisions on the entry truss were submitted by Oz Architecture.
Chairman Evans said tearing the truss out is the right thing to do but is not realistic. If we turn it
down, it would go to Council and they will approve it. We need to find an intermediate solution.
We have to come to an agreement on this tonight and give direction to Staff.
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The Commissioners discussed various options. They suggested going all the way up with the
stone. Jeff Edwards, Starwood Director of Construction, said if we go all the way up with the
stone, these two columns would be the only columns with the stone all the way up. They would
not go with the rest of the building.
The Commissioners voted 4-3 to flatten the cap as shown in Oz's drawing, SKA-704-R6, use a
similar 4x4 timber treatment to the top of the transfer glue lam with bolts and decorative square
plates which would make it look strapped in and complete.
C. EAGLE RIVER WATER AND SANITATION PLANT
Chairman Evans said someone mentioned to him the Eagle River Water and Sanitation facility
has an above ground diesel storage tank without any containment. Staff said they will check on
it and will get back to the Commission.
The Work Session adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Cecelia Fenton
Recording Secretary
APPROVED: November 6, 2001
Chris Evans
Chairman
Paul Klein
Secretary
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